CHAPTER II. The need of a Good Courage. HOWEVER much we may admire and crave for light, it is apt to dazzle our eyes when…
CHAPTER XLI. One Word to Maidens. O YE virgins, I have but a word to say to you. If you look to married life in…
CHAPTER XXXIX. The Sanctity of the Marriage Bed. THE marriage bed should be undefiled, as the Apostle tells us, [169] i.e. pure, as it was…
CHAPTER XXXVII. Of Wishes. EVERYBODY grants that we must guard against the desire for evil things, since evil desires make evil men. But I say…
CHAPTER XXXIV. When to use such Amusements rightly. IF you would dance or play rightly, it must be done as a recreation, not as a…
CHAPTER XXXIII. Of Balls, and other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements. DANCES and balls are things in themselves indifferent, but the circumstances ordinarily surrounding them have…
CHAPTER XXXII. Of Forbidden Amusements. DICE, cards, and the like games of hazard, are not merely dangerous amusements, like dancing, but they are plainly bad…
CHAPTER XXXI. Of Amusements and Recreations: what are allowable. WE must needs occasionally relax the mind, and the body requires some recreation also. Cassian relates…
CHAPTER XXX. Further Counsels as to Conversation. LET your words be kindly, frank, sincere, straightforward, simple and true; avoid all artifice, duplicity and pretence, remembering…
CHAPTER XXIX. On Slander. FROM rash judgments proceed mistrust, contempt for others, pride, and self-sufficiency, and numberless other pernicious results, among which stands forth prominently…
