3 10 S . E P H R A E M S Y R I
l.Tetr. 4. fccundum cam, quidicit: Hofpitales invicem
fine murmuratione. De hofpitalitate autem
non opus habetis, ut quid fcribatur vobis:
noftis enim hanc multis virtutibus efle
majorcm . Etenim hac Patriarcha Abraham
Gen, 18.19. Angelos hofpitio fufccpit. Per earn Lot
ctofuc. 2 6. iuftus bifubverfioneSodomorumnonperiit.
Hebr.iuiz. Per hofpitalitatem fimiliter & Rahab cogno-
mcnto meretrix non interiit cum incredulis,
excipiens exploratores cum pace. Ait enim
Matth Salvator : Hofpes er am, & collegifiis me. Et,
* *5* Beati mtfericordes, quoniam ipfi mifericcrdiam
confequentur.
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CAriflime, fi ad te venerit frater quif-
piam, ainboque pariter fteteritis ad
perfolvendam ' confuetain regulam fynaxis , «
& hortatus fuerit fratrem dicere parum ^
quid a pedore j ipfeque femel atque iterum
& tertio recufaverit ; nolieum cogéré : funt
enim multi, qui non noverunt verbo pne-
dicare virtutem, fed opéré veritatem. Et
fie cor fratris exhilarabis. Nam contentio
virtuti non eft conveniens, quin potius ad
iram excitât.
C A P. X X X V .
SI aegrotum vifitas, vide, ne mimicus
inter vos fuggerat fermones otiofos, aut
detradiones, 11e tuas mercedis jaduram
patiaris; cum moris fit diabolo, nocere uni
per auditum, alten vero per linguam. Sed
ex divinis Scripturis confolari oportet
laborantem,& ex paffione Salvatoris, cui gloria
infecula. Amen. E
C A P . X X X V I .
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tuum , quantum vires fefunt j
congredere ei , ut hofpitalitatem adjuves:
& Dominus diriget , fecundabitque vias t
tuas. I"
C A P . X X X V I I .
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bus tuis ad opus aliquod extraordi-
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quas tibi largitus eft Dominus , feiens ,
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C A P . X L .
F Rater , fi ad opus manuum tuarum
velox exftiteris, magna & multa &
opulenta operando ; noli in hoc efferri,
neque imbecilliores fratres fpernas. Non
enim fie virtutem perfecifti ; quin potius
Dominum honora ac time, ut fortitudinem
E tibi ufque ad finem largiatur. Quoniam vani
ac ftulti funt, qui in propriis confidunt viribus.
Qm autem gloriatur , in Domino 2>Cor. IO#
glorietur.
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vidia tangi: membra enim corporis Chri-
r fti fumus.
C A P. X L I I .
MfOnache, fi Prefedus tuus reprehen-
derit te , five operis diftributor
jde elegantia operis : ne xgre feras re-
.prehenfionem ; quin potius bonam habere
confcientiam ftudeamus , ut & em