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Neander, Michael · 1559

Drink wine very sparingly; for where it does not maim, it makes those who drink it in every way sordid/unclean.
Curb your anger; for this is the father of madness, which goes beyond measure.
In illnesses, use prayer before doctors and medicines.
Honor all priests, but associate with the good.
Venerate the houses of God, and make yourself a house for God.
Gather in the church; for it is accustomed to relieve us from the tumults and fluctuations of the exterior.
Whatever things in the world are temporary, do not let them separate your mind from God.
When a thought of lack of sympathy engraves itself on you, subject it to the captive state of men, and to the offense against God.
Make secure your hearing and your eye; for through them all the arrows of malice enter.
When you pray, lift up the mind to God; and if it has descended wandering, lift it up again.
Understand logismos thoughts.
The mind never ceases to generate; but you do not cast out the base, and you cultivate the good.
Rejoice in humility; for the height from it is great, and once fallen it cannot be destroyed.
Exercise so much as to loosen the movements of the flesh; and truly, if you are ill, heal the body for health, not for luxury.
Lever out evil thoughts with other thoughts.
Consider the beauty of heavenly goods; and no passion of the earth, or the pleasantness that comes from it, will enter.
When some thought about God comes to you, do not blame God, but yourself. For nothing is safe that exceeds the measure we can contain.
a It is the second person passive of the verb boulomai to wish. For some verbs in that person change to es by Attic custom. b Literally: Let some of them become common to you for the needy. That is, you will make them common; or, you will communicate with the needy.
Regulate base thoughts, and believe them to be from the devil; for thus they cease, or the doubter is taken captive.
Spare much laughter; for it softens the soul; and being softened, it is easily wanting the bridle of the law.
It is necessary to divide the soul into anger and prayers; for thus the devil finds many entrances to us.
Consider reading to be the labor of the law, when the mind, wanting to know what is in the books with the tongue, is occupied.
If you move your hand to labors, let the tongue sing psalms, and let the mind pray; for God demands that we be always mindful of Him.
Seal every action with prayer; and do this especially for that thought which you see is wavering.
If you wish the labors of your hands to become divine and not earthy, communicate those that come from them to those who are in need.