Noli attendere ad possessiones iniquas, et ne dixeris: Est mihi sufficiens vita: nihil enim proderit in tempore vindictæ et obductionis. Ne sequaris in fortitudine tua concupiscentiam cordis tui, et ne dixeris: Quomodo potui? aut, Quis me subjiciet propter facta mea? Deus enim vindicans vindicabit. Ne dixeris: Peccavi: et quid mihi accidit triste? Altissimus enim est patiens redditor. De propitiatio peccato noli esse sine metu, neque adjicias peccatum super peccatum. Et ne dicas: Miseratio Domini magna est, multitudinis peccatorum meorum miserebitur: misericordia enim et ira ab illo cito proximant, et in peccatores respicit ira illius. Non tardes converti ad Dominum, et ne differas de die in diem: subito enim veniet ira illius, et in tempore vindictæ disperdet te. Noli anxius esse in divitiis injustis: non enim proderunt tibi in die obductionis et vindictæ. Non ventiles te in omnem ventum, et non eas in omnem viam: sic enim omnis peccator probatur in duplici lingua. Esto firmus in via Domini, et in veritate sensus tui et scientia: et prosequatur te verbum pacis et justitiæ. Esto mansuetus ad audiendum verbum, ut intelligas, et cum sapientia proferas responsum verum. Si est tibi intellectus, responde proximo: sin autem, sit manus tua super os tuum, ne capiaris in verbo indisciplinato, et confundaris. Honor et gloria in sermone sensati: lingua vero imprudentis subversio est ipsius. Non appelleris susurro, et lingua tua ne capiaris et confundaris: super furem enim est confusio et pœnitentia, et denotatio pessima super bilinguem: susurratori autem odium, et inimicitia, et contumelia. Justifica pusillum et magnum similiter.
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