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Is 14:15.
Cf. 2 Co 5:s.
Cf. Si 25:17:
Rv 6:12.
Cf. Pr 17:ll.
Ps 9:17.
Mt 25:41.
Ps 101(100):3
P$101(100):8
Make careful uae
of thii world
*Cf. 1 Co 7%.
Cf, Lk 6%
1 K 1756.
Keep away from
farnieation
Now, into thegulfof hell with you; nowfall into ame. Do not run after any flesh, because if stone cf. si 9:s
the belly of the earth!' Oh what a terrible dis- 11s upon steel, flame blazes up and consumes
grace1 In the world you went about praised as one ubstance. Run at all times to the Lord,
of the elect, and when you arrive in the valley o hadow: for he who dwells in theprotec-
Josaphat, the place of judgement, you are foun e Most-High will dwell in the shadow of
naked,= and all see your sins and ugliness lai he God of heaven,* and willnot waverfor ever.+ *PS 91(90):1.
hare to God and men. Woe to you at that mo hink of the Lord and the heavenly ~erus~lern;:' 2 g:(;i$;j:6,
mentl Where will you turn your face? Will it comes to your mind, you will be under heav- fcf. HCI, i2:42.
open yonr mouth? To say what? Your sins ng, and the glory of God will carry you
etched into your soul which is as black as a hair-
shirt. What will yon do at that moment? Weep? , Guard your body and your heart in all Seekpeace
There will be no one to accept your tears. Pray?
No one to accept your prayers, for those to whom
tchfnlness: seek out the peace and purity*l
t are knit together, and you will see God.2 Do
and Purity
*Heb 12:14.
you are handed over are pitiless.' How awful the be at enmity with anyone, because he who is
moment when you hear the terrible, cutting enmity with his brother is an enemy of God;
voice, Sinners, go to hell, and, Depart from me, d he who is at peace with his brother is at peace
you damned, to the eternal fire prepared for the
devil and his angels, and again, Z have deteste
those iuho I must wipe out of the ci
b God. Have YOU not learned bv now that
othing is preferable to peace, which makes each
erson love his br~ther?~ Even if you are free of all
of the Lord all who commit iniquities.
34. Now then, my son, make careful use of th
world;* go on counting ourself as nothing; follo
the Lord in all things, to have confidence in the
valley of Josaphat. Be considered in the world
n, [yet] being your brother's enemy you are a
ranger to God, for it is written, Seek out peace
d purity, for they are knit together. It is also
ittten, If I had the faith necessary to moue
ountains, if I did not have charity of heart, it
Heb 12:14.
one of its rejected and discover yourself clothe
with glory on the day of judgement1 Entrust your
heart to no one for the gratification of your soul
auld profit me nothing.' Charity is construc-
"e.t What will be purified of foulness?: If you
ave hatred or enmity in your heart, where is
'1 co 13:s-s.
2ig2,1.
but thmw all your cares to the Lord, and he wil ur purity? The Lord says in Jeremiah, He talks
feed you. 1 Consider Elijah who entrusted himse his neighbor with words of peace, and enmity
to Him at the torrent of Cherith, and He fed in his heart; he speaks considerately with his
by means of a raven. neighbor, and enmity is in his heart, or he thinks
35. Keep well away from fornication,' for it h enmity; and shall Znot be angry with the likes of
hurt and brought many low. Do not make fti hese, says the Lord; shall my soul not have its
with a youth. Do not run after a woman.+
bodily satisfactions, for friendship blazes up like a
euenge on such a Gentile? It is as though he said,
'The man who is an enemy of his brother is the
Jr 9:s-9.