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Chapter
II.—Much to Be Done in a Little Time.
When he had said this, as very many had already
assembled in the accustomed place of the garden to hear him, Peter went
forth; and having saluted the crowds in his usual manner, began to
speak as follows:776
| 776 [To chaps. 2, 3,
there is a parallel in the corresponding chapters of Homily XI.
Then follows a long passage similar to that in book v.
23–36.—R.] |
“Since, indeed, as land neglected by the cultivator necessarily
produces thorns and thistles, so your sense, by long neglect, has
produced a plentiful crop of noxious opinions of things and dogmas of
false science; there is need now of much care in cultivating the field
of your mind, that the word of truth, which is the true and diligent
husbandman of the heart, may cultivate it with continual
instructions. It is therefore your part to render obedience to
it, and to lop off superfluous occupations and anxieties, lest a
noxious growth choke the good seed of the word. For it may be
that a short and earnest diligence may repair a long time’s
neglect; for the time of every one’s life is uncertain, and
therefore we must hasten to salvation, lest haply sudden death seize
upon him who delays.
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