priest ought to have, and I have not, and before others, this: his soul must be altogether purified from the desire of the office. 225. For if he should perchance incline too eagerly to this post, when he attains it he kindles a yet more violent flame, and being taken by force, he will suffer a myriad of mischiefs in order to hold it fast, even though it should be necessary to flatter, or to suffer what is ignoble and unworthy, or to spend abundance of wealth. 226. For that some have filled the churches