“What are riches and dominions to me who am commanded by the voice of the Lord not to be anxious for the morrow, and to whom he said; ‘Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, possess not gold nor silver nor money in your purses,’[426] and ‘It is harder for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven, than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.’[427] Therefore he chose poor men as his ministers, and those who left all to follow him, and was himself an example of poverty. Even so is the handling of riches and of money, not merely their possession and ownership, the enemy of uprightness. Judas alone, he that had the purses and carried the alms, was a liar, and for the love of money, to which he had become accustomed, chided and betrayed his Master, his Lord, his God. So I fear, your Majesty, lest you change me from a Peter into a Judas. “Hear also what Paul says: ‘We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare of the devil, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things.’[428] And you command me, your Majesty, to accept what I ought to shun as poison!