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"My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restless; those who ever seek after soft things, and not after the things of Jesus Christ; those who continually plan and devise that which will not stand. For whatsoever cometh not of God shall perish. Hold fast the short and complete saying, ‘Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest. ' Dwell upon this in thy mind, and when thou art full of it, thou shalt understand all things."
O Lord, this is not the work of a day, nor children's play; verily in this short saying is enclosed all the perfection of the religious.