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He became man, that He might save and deliver them,
especially when they dwell wilh Him in His house that He may
Rf. 114,; heal them. Likewise unto others also,* when they need cure
and sustenance, shall he give in compassion, rejoicing at their
healing. And thou knowest, O steward, that mankind are
His beloved ; do good therefore unto them, according as
thou canst, and especially unto the sick
(S 8l). no and strangers. If thou have not aught that they
need for their sustenance, go unto the bishop or to the chief
steward 4T and they shall give thee for them that whereof
thou hast need. For the glory of the city is the church
and the church doeth all these things. Her name hath
filled the whole earth 4s , yea and the heaven, because she
hath walked according to the pleasure of Christ s, her bride
groom, who spared not His own soul, but gave it for His
sheep. 4
( 82). uv Whatso remaincth over for the bishop of the
first-fruits and the tithes in the church, beyond the portions of
the priests and the sick, he shall take the remainder every
year and give it unto the poor, that nought of that which
he hath over may remain with him. For God saith, 50 Give
to him that asketh thee ?
.
( 83). Tc .r Not the laity alone doth it behove to give tithes,
but the priests also must give tithes, from the bishop to the
door-keeper. For He saith in Nahum the prophet, 51 O Judah,
keep thy feasts and thy months . And
no M. >.
R.
Contents: Of the welcoming of strangers.
s M. her bridegroom, Christ.
nv M. .
David the prophet
81. R. Contents: That what remaineth over to the bishop, that
shall he give unto the poor.
u<x M.
.
priests and the laity.
82. R. Contents: Of such as give tithes and first-fruits among the
47 V. . 6 1 end, note 7.
48 R om< X
. 18.
Joh. X. n. M Mt. V. 42.
51 Nah. I. 15 (II. i).