Devil accuses congregation of sins.
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Devil shows priest long parchment roll of sins of congregationDevil writes faults of man on goat skinDevil writes down names of men on a hide in church. Woman laughs when she sees himDevil stands in church door and writes down names of his own people on a sheepskinDevil in church fills his sack with dissolute songsDevil writes down all idle words spoken in church. His parchment is not long enough and he has to stretch itDevil writes names of those who sleep in churchDevil writes down names of those who whisper in churchThe devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks