"The land which you inhabit is too narrow for your large population; it scarcely furnishes food enough for its cultivators. Hence it is that you murder and devour one another."

"For if He, shall find worms, that is, sins, In them, because you have been negligent in your duty, He will command them as worthless to be thrown into the abyss of unclean things."

"That royal city, Jerusalem, situated in the middle of the world, is now held captive by its enemies."

"The land of promise, which the Lord gave to the children of Israel, is now occupied by the enemies of Christ."

"Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulcher; wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to yourselves."