Now, when we would know who are in Christ’s livery or not, we must learn it of St. Paul, who most evidently described charity, which is the only livery, saying, “Love is patient, she suffereth long.”  Now whosoever fumeth and is angry, he is out of this livery:  therefore let us remember that we do not cast away the livery of Christ our Master.  When we are in sickness, or any manner of adversities, our duty is to be patient, to suffer willingly, and to call upon Him for aid, help and comfort; for without Him we are not able to abide any tribulation.  Therefore we must call upon God, He has promised to help:  therefore let me not think Him to be false or untrue to His promises, for we can not dishonor God more than by not believing or trusting in Him.  Therefore let us beware above all things of dishonoring God; and so we must be patient, trusting and most certainly believing that He will deliver us when it seems good to Him, who knows the time better than we ourselves.

“Charity is gentle, friendly, and loving; she envieth not.”  They that envy their neighbor’s profit when it goes well with him, such fellows are out of their liveries, and so out of the service of God; for to be envious is to be the servant of the devil.

“Love doth not frowardly, she is not a provoker”; as there are some men who will provoke their neighbor so far that it is very hard for them to be in charity with them; but we must wrestle with our affections; we must strive and see that we keep this livery of Christ our master; for “the devil goeth about as a roaring lion seeking to take us at a vantage,” to bring us out of our liveries, and to take from us the knot of love and charity.

“Love swelleth not, is not puffed up”; but there are many swellers nowadays, they are so high, so lofty, insomuch that they despise and contemn all others; all such persons are under the governance of the devil.  God rules not them with His good spirit; the evil spirit has occupied their hearts and possest them.

“She doth not dishonestly; she seeketh not her own; she doth all things to the commodity of her neighbors.”  A charitable man will not promote himself with the damage of his neighbor.  They that seek only their own advantage, forgetting their neighbors, they are not of God, they have not His livery.  Further, “Charity is not provoked to anger; she thinketh not evil.”  We ought not to think evil of our neighbor, as long as we see not open wickedness; for it is written, “You shall not judge”; we should not take upon us to condemn our neighbor.  And surely the condemners of other men’s works are not in the livery of Christ.  Christ hateth them.