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CHAPTER X. 161and to the example of the Prince of pastors. A raanought continually to serve or minister in the work ofsalvation, as our blessed Lord did ; and to spare neitherhis health nor his life to contribute to the savingof one soul : this is a duty belonging to the pastoraloffice, upon which he ought to reckon before hetindertakes it. O sovereign Pastor of souls, renewin thy church the spirit and zeal of thy sacerdotalservitude, so little known, and much less put inpractice.Sect. VII.— The Blind Man of Jericho cured." 46. ^ And they came to Jericho: and as hewent out of Jericho with his disciples, and a greatnumber of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus,sat by the highway-side begging."In the cure of this blind man, let us reflect uponman delivered from blindness of heart, indigence, andimpotency, by the mysteries of Christ's life.Blindnessand indigence are not always found together inthe blind of body ;spiritually blind.but they are never asunder in theFaith is at the same time both theeye and life of the soul ; and truth is the light andbread of the heart. O eternal truth ! O heavenlybread ! grant that I may be always sensible howmuch I stand in need of thee, that I may know thee,go to thee,and feed upon thee." 47. And when he heard that it was Jesus ofNazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thouson of David, have mercy on me."That which a sinner ought to observe in the cureof his soul, is, 1. To know his own blindness, and tobe willing to be delivered from it. 2. To have re-