17 Jan. 18 Maii

In omnibus igitur omnes magistram 17 Sept. sequantur regulam, neque ab ea temere declinetur a quoquam. Nullus in monasterio sequatur cordis proprii voluntatem, neque præsumat quisquam cum Abbate suo proterve intus, aut foris monasterium contendere. Quod si præsumpserit, regulari disciplinæ subjaceat. Ipse tamen Abbas cum timore Dei, et observatione regulæ omnia faciat; sciens se procul dubio de omnibus judiciis suis æquissimo judici Deo rationem redditurum. Si qua vero minora agenda sunt in monasterii utilitatibus, seniorum tantum utatur consilio, sicut scriptum est: "Omnia fac cum consilio, et post factum non pœnitebis." 1

1 Eccli. xxxii. 24.

In all things, therefore, let all follow the Rule as their master, and from it let no man rashly swerve. Let no one in the monastery follow his own will. Neither let any one presume, within or without the monastery, to contend insolently with his Abbot. If he do so, let him be subjected to regular discipline. Let the Abbot, however, do all things with the fear of God, and in observance of the Rule, knowing that he shall undoubtedly give an account of all his judgments to God, the most just Judge. If any matters of less moment have to be done for the benefit of the monastery, let him take counsel with the seniors only, as it is written: "Do all things with counsel, and thou shalt not afterwards repent thee of it." 1

QUÆ SINT INSTRUMENTA BONORUM OPERUM.

19 Maii

18 Jan. 1. PRIMUM Instrumentum: In primis, 18 Sept. Dominum Deum diligere ex toto corde tota anima, tota virtute.1

2. Deinde proximum tamquam teipsum.2 3. Deinde non occidere.3

4. Non adulterari.4

5. Non facere furtum.5

6. Non concupiscere."

7. Non falsum testimonium dicere."

8. Honorare omnes homines.8

9. Et quod sibi quis fieri non vult, alii non faciat.9

10. Abnegare semetipsum sibi, ut sequatur Christum.10

11. Corpus castigare.11

12. Delicias non amplecti.12

13. Jejunium amare.13

14. Pauperes recreare.14

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1 Deut. vi. 5.- Luc. x. 27.- Luc. xviii. 20.-4 Matth. xix. 18.- 5 Exod. xx. 15.-6Deut. vi. 21.'Marc. x. 19.- 1 Petr. ii. 17.-9 Tob. iv. 16.-10 Luc. ix. 23.-11 Cor. ix. 27.-12 2 Petr. ii. 13.13 Joel i. 14; ii. 12, 15.— Tob. iv. 7.

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WHAT ARE THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOOD WORKS.

1. FIRST of all, to love the Lord God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength.1

2. Then our neighbour as ourself,3

3. Then not to kill.3

4. Not to commit adultery.*

5. Not to steal."

6. Not to covet."

7. Not to bear false witness."

8. To honour all men..

9. Not to do to another what we would not

have done to ourselves."

10. To deny ourselves, in order to follow Christ.10

11. To chastise the body."1

12. Not to seek after delights."

13. To love fasting."

14. To relieve the poor."

15. Nudum vestire.1

16. Infirmum visitare.2 17. Mortuum sepelire.3

18. In tribulatione subvenire.4

19. Dolentem consolari.5

20. A seculi actibus se facere alienum.6 21. Nihil amori Christi præponere.?

19 Jan. 22. Iram non perficere.8

20 Mai 19 Sept.

23. Iracundiæ tempus non reservare.9 24. Dolum in corde non tenere. 10 25. Pacem falsam non dare.11 26. Charitatem non derelinquere.12 27. Non jurare, ne forte perjuret.13 28. Veritatem ex corde, et ore proferre.1 29. Malum pro malo non reddere.15 30. Injuriam non facere, sed factam patienter sufferre.16

31. Inimicos diligere.17

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32. Maledicentes se non remaledicere, sed magis benedicere.18

1Isai. lviii. 7.-2 Matth. xxv. 36.-3 Tob. i. 21; ii. 4, 7--9.—4 Isai. i. 17.-51 Thes. v. 14.- Jac. i. 27.— 7 Matth. x. 37, 38.-8 Matth. v. 22.- Ephes. iv. 26.10 Ps. xiv. 3.-"Rom. xii. 18.-12 1 Petr. iv. 8.-13 Matth. v. 33-37.-14 Ps. xiv. 3.- 15 1 Thes. v. 15.-16 1 Cor. 6, 7. 17 Luc. vi. 27-35.-18 1 Petr. iii. 9.