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...all things which are usefully brought forth and which either define or promise the state of eternal life are only fruitful if they are aided by the strength of divine indulgence for the profit of the work. We do not only bring forth words which come from the sacred fountains of the Scriptures, but with the words themselves we join prayers and vows to the Lord, that He may open to us and to you both the treasures of His sacraments and grant strength for the fulfilling of those things which we recognize. For it is a greater danger to have known the will of the Lord and to have ceased in the work of God’s will.

Therefore, although I always urge you, as you know, toward many tasks and toward the precepts of divine admonition—for what else can be my prayerful desire or what can be greater than that you should stand perfect in the Lord in all things—I advise you especially to hold fast to the ramparts of chastity, which you indeed do: knowing that you are the temple of the Lord, the members of Christ, the habitation of the Holy Spirit, elected for hope, consecrated for faith, destined for salvation, the children of God, the brothers of Christ, the consorts of the Holy Spirit, owing nothing now to the flesh, having been reborn from water and chastity, beyond that will which we ought to wish to be our own: let it be offered also on account of redemption, so that that which has been consecrated by Christ may not be corrupted. For if the Apostle declares the Church to be the bride of Christ, I ask you, what great chastity is required, where the Church is offered among marriages as a bride and a virgin? And I, indeed, except for what I proposed to briefly advise you...