The Rule of Our Most Holy Father St. Benedict, Patriarch of Monks: From the Old English Edition of 1638

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Contents

I
3
II
16
IV
17
V
20
VII
21
IX
32
X
33
XI
36
C
163
CI
164
CIII
165
CIV
168
CVI
169
CVII
172
CIX
173
CX
176

XII
37
XIII
46
XV
47
XVI
52
XVIII
53
XIX
56
XXI
57
XXII
74
XXIII
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XXIV
78
XXV
79
XXVI
82
XXVIII
83
XXIX
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XXX
85
XXXI
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XXXII
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XXXIII
90
XXXIV
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XXXV
94
XXXVI
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XXXVII
96
XXXIX
97
XLI
98
XLII
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XLIII
100
XLIV
101
XLV
104
XLVII
105
XLIX
112
LI
113
LII
114
LIV
115
LVI
116
LVIII
117
LIX
118
LXI
119
LXII
122
LXIV
123
LXV
124
LXVI
125
LXVIII
126
LXX
127
LXXI
128
LXXII
129
LXXIII
130
LXXIV
131
LXXV
134
LXXVI
135
LXXIX
138
LXXX
139
LXXXII
140
LXXXIII
141
LXXXIV
142
LXXXVI
143
LXXXVII
148
LXXXVIII
149
LXXXIX
150
XC
151
XCI
152
XCII
153
XCIII
154
XCV
155
XCVI
158
XCVII
159
XCVIII
162
CXI
177
CXII
180
CXIII
181
CXIV
184
CXV
185
CXVI
190
CXVII
191
CXIX
194
CXXI
195
CXXII
196
CXXIII
197
CXXIV
198
CXXVI
199
CXXVII
200
CXXIX
201
CXXX
206
CXXXII
207
CXXXIII
210
CXXXIV
211
CXXXV
212
CXXXVI
213
CXXXVII
214
CXXXIX
215
CXL
216
CXLII
217
CXLIII
222
CXLV
223
CXLVI
224
CXLVII
225
CXLVIII
230
CL
231
CLI
232
CLIII
233
CLIV
236
CLV
237
CLVI
244
CLVIII
245
CLIX
248
CLX
249
CLXI
252
CLXII
253
CLXIII
256
CLXV
257
CLXVII
260
CLXIX
261
CLXX
266
CLXXII
267
CLXXIII
272
CLXXV
273
CLXXVI
278
CLXXVIII
279
CLXXIX
282
CLXXXI
283
CLXXXII
286
CLXXXIV
287
CLXXXV
288
CLXXXVI
289
CLXXXVII
290
CLXXXVIII
291
CXC
292
CXCI
293
CXCII
296
CXCIII
297
CXCIV
298
CXCV
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Page 127 - When you are assembled, and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 'you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Page 45 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 12 - A Devout Paraphrase on the Seven Penitential Psalms ; or, a Practical Guide to Repentance. By the Rev. Fr. Blyth. To which is added : — Necessity of Purifying the Soul, by St. Francis of Sales. i8mo., is. 6d. ; red edges, 2s. ; cheap edition, is. "A new edition of a book well known to our grandfathers. The work is full of devotion and of the spirit of prayer.
Page 171 - And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.
Page 49 - For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me...
Page 7 - Come, ye children and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Page 238 - Ecce lex sub qua militare vis ; si potes observare, ingredere; si vero non potes, liber discede.
Page 26 - Argue, obsecra, increpa': id est miscens temporibus tempora, terroribus blandimenta, dirum magistri, pium patris ostendat affectum; id est indisciplinatos et inquietos debet durius arguere, oboedientes autem et mites et patientes ut in melius pro55 ficiant, obsecrare; neglegentes et contemnentes ut increpet et corripiat admonemus.
Page 18 - ... fidem, mentiri Deo per tonsuram noscuntur. Qui bini aut terni, aut certe singuli sine pastore, non Dominicis, sed suis inclusi ovilibus, pro lege eis est desideriorum voluptas: cum quidquid putaverint vel elegerint, hoc dicunt sanctum, et quod noluerint, hoc putant non licere.
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