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He Who Confesses Magic Or Sorcery Shall Do Penance For The Time Of Murder, And Shall Be Treated In The Same Manner As He Who Convicts Himself Of This Sin.

Just As We Would Have No Need Of The Farmer's Labor And Toil If We Were Living Amid The Delights Of Paradise, So Also We Would Not Require The Medical Art For Relief If We Were Immune To Disease, As Was The Case, By God's Gift, At The Time Of Creation Before The Fall.

Through The Holy Spirit Comes Our Restoration To Paradise, Our Ascension Into The Kingdom Of Heaven, Our Return To The Adoption Of Sons, Our Liberty To Call God Our Father, Our Being Made Partakers Of The Grace Of Christ, Our Being Called Children Of Light, Our Sharing In Eternal Glory, And, In A Word, Our Being Brought Into A State Of All "fulness Of Blessing," Both In This World And In The World To Come, Of All The Good Gifts That Are In Store For Us, By Promise Hereof, Through Faith, Beholding The Reflection Of Their Grace As Though They Were Already Present, We Await The Full Enjoyment.

First And Foremost, The Monk Should Own Nothing In This World, But He Should Have As His Possessions Solitude Of The Body, Modesty Of Bearing, A Modulated Tone Of Voice, And A Well-ordered Manner Of Speech. He Should Be Without Anxiety As To His Food And Drink, And Should Eat In Silence.

The Bread Which You Hold Back Belongs To The Hungry; The Coat, Which You Guard In Your Locked Storage-chests, Belongs To The Naked; The Footwear Mouldering In Your Closet Belongs To Those Without Shoes. The Silver That You Keep Hidden In A Safe Place Belongs To The One In Need. Thus, However Many Are Those Whom You Could Have Provided For, So Many Are Those Whom You Wrong.