Ecl 7, 4-7

Ex 2, 1314

reproveth the wise, and the to be rebuked by a wise man
obedient ear.
than to be deceived with the
Anger is better than laugh-flattery of fools;-For as the
ter, because by the sadness crackling of thorns burning
of the countenance the mind under a pot, so is the laugh-
of the offender is corrected. ter of a fool: now this also
-The heart of the wise is is vanity.
where there is mourning,

Better are the wounds of Pv 27,6 and the heart of fools where a friend than the deceitful there is mirth.-It is better kisses of an enemy.

Why

50.-BROTHERLY ADMONITION ILLUSTRATED. Going out the next day, he this transgression? [Moses] saw two Hebrews have you forsaken the Lord quarrelling; and he said to the God of Israel, building a him that did the wrong: sacrilegious altar, and revoltWhy strikest thou thy neigh-ing from the worship of Him? bour? But he answered: I was exceedingly angry 2 E5, 6-7 Who hath appointed thee when I heard their cry,-And prince and judge over us? my heart thought with myWilt thou kill me, as thou self: and I rebuked the nodidst yesterday kill the bles and magistrates, and said Egyptian ? to them: Do you every one Jg 20, 12- They [the Israelites] sent exact usury of your brethren ? messengers to all the tribes And I gathered together a

13

3 K 18, 21

To 2, 17

18

Js 22, 16

of Benjamin, to say to them: great assembly against them.
Why hath so great an abom- I pleaded the matter against 2 E 13, 11
ination been found among the magistrates, and said:
you?-Deliver up the men of Why have we forsaken the
Gabaa that have committed House of God?

this heinous crime, that they O generation of vipers, how Mt 12, 34
may die, and the evil may be can you speak good things,
taken out of Israel.
whereas you are evil? for
And Elias coming to all out of the abundance of the
the people, said: How long heart the mouth speaketh.

do you halt between two Herod had apprehended Mt 14, 3-4
sides? If the Lord be God, John, and bound him, and
follow Him; but if Baal, then put him in prison, because of
follow him. And the people Herodias, his brother's wife;
did not answer him a word. -For John said to him: It is
Tobias rebuked them, say- not lawful for thee to have
ing: Speak not so; for we her.

are the children of Saints,-| I have told you lefore, and 2 C 13,2-3
And look for that life which foretell, as present and now
God will give to those that absent, to them that sinned
never change their faith from before, and to all the rest,
Him.
that if I come again I will
Thus saith all the people not spare.-Do you seek a
of the Lord: What meaneth proof of Christ Who speaketh

Da 5, 2224

in me, Who towards you is that neither see nor hear nor
not weak, but is mighty in you? feel: but the God Who hath
Thou also his [Nabucho-thy breath in His Hand, and
donosor's] son, O Baltassar, all thy ways, thou hast not
hast not humbled thy heart, glorified. Wherefore

He

whereas thou knewest these hath sent the part of the
things, But hast lifted up hand which hath written this
thyself against the Lord of that is set down.

41

Heaven; and the vessels of The other [thief] answer- Lu 23, 40-
His House have been brought ing, rebuked him, saying:
before thee, and thou and thy Neither dost thou fear God,
nobles, and thy wives and seeing thou art under the
thy concubines, have drunk same condemnation?-And
wine in them and thou hast we indeed justly; for we re-
praised the gods of silver, and ceive the due reward of our
of gold, and of brass, of iron, deeds, but This Man hath done
and of wood, and of stone, no evil.

51.-VICES OPPOSED TO CHARITY: IN THE FIRST PLACE,

Pv 8, 36

Ps 138, 21

Ge 27, 41

Am 5, 10

Mt 24, 9

Jn 15, 18

Jn 15, 25

1J3, 1415

HATRED OF GOD AND OF OUR NEIGHBOUR.

All that hate Me love derer hath eternal life abiding
death.
in himself.
Have I not hated them, O He that saith he is in the 1J2, 9-11
Lord, that hated Thee, and light, and hateth his brother,
pined away because of Thy is in darkness even until
enemies?
now. He that loveth his

Esau always hated Jacob brother abideth in the light,
for the blessing wherewith and there is no scandal in
his father had blessed him; him.-But he that hateth his
and he said in his heart: brother is in darkness, and
The days will come of the walketh in darkness, and
mourning for my father, knoweth not whither he
and I will kill my brother goeth, because the darkness
Jacob.
hath blinded his eyes.
Examples of uncharitable-

They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate; and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

You shall be hated by all nations for My Name's sake.

If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated Me before you.

They hated Me without a

cause.

He that loveth not abideth in death.-Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no mur

ness:

1

Eci 22,1-2

52.—EVILS, PUNISHMENTS, AND EXAMPLES OF

SPIRITUAL SLOTH.

Ecl 10,18 By slothfulness a building before kings, and shall not be shall be brought down, and before those that are obscure. through the weakness of The Israelites wearying of Nu 11,4-6 hands the house shall drop the Heavenly Manna, said: through. Who shall give us flesh to The sluggard is pelted with eat?-We remember the fish a dirty stone, and all men that we ate in Egypt freewill speak of his disgrace.- cost; the cucumbers come The sluggard is pelted with into our mind, and the melons, the dung of oxen, and every and the leeks, and the onions, one that toucheth him will and the garlic.-Our soul is shake his hands. dry, our eyes behold nothing else but Manna.

Ecl 4, 5-6

Is 56, 10

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own The people began to be Nu 21,4-6 flesh, saying:-Better is a weary of their journey and lahandful with rest than both bour:-And speaking against hands full with labour and God and Moses, they said: vexation of mind. Why didst thou bring us out of His watchmen are all blind, Egypt, to die in the wilderthey are all ignorant; dumbness?-Wherefore the Lord dogs, not able to bark; seeing sent among the people fiery vain things, sleeping and serpents. loving dreams.

Jonas, agitated by the Ac 17, 21 All the Athenians and furious tempest, went down strangers that were there into the inner part of the employed themselves in no-ship, and fell into a deep thing else but either in telling sleep.

Jo 1, 5

or in hearing some new While men were asleep his Mt 13, 25
thing.
enemy came and oversowed
Slothfulness casteth into a cockle among the wheat, and
deep sleep, and an idle soul went his way.
shall suffer hunger.

The virgins who slept, and Mt 25,1
The sluggard willeth and whose lamps were not filled
willeth not.
before the coming of the

Hast thou seen a man swift Spouse, were excluded from in his work? he shall stand the Eternal Nuptials.

W2,24-25 By the envy of the devil shall not be partaker of wis-
death came into the world: dom.
-And they follow him that
are of his side.

16

If you have bitter zeal, and Ja 3, 14there be contentions in your hearts, glory not, and be not liars against the truth.--For this is not wisdom descending

Ga 5, 15

Po 14, 30

Pv 28, 22

Ps 36, 1, 7-8

Ro 13, 13

Ga 5, 1921

Ga 5, 26

Mt 27, 18

Ac 13, 45

1 C 3, 3

from above; but_earthly, Let not thy heart envy Po 23, 17
sensual, devilish.-For where sinners; but be thou in the
envy and contention is, there fear of the Lord all the day
is inconstancy and every evil long.
work.

Instead of a friend become Eci 6, 1

If you bite and devour one not an enemy to thy neighanother, take heed you be not bour; for an evil man shall consumed one of another. inherit reproach and shame : so shall every sinner that is envious and double-tongued.

Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is

the rottenness of the bones. The eye of the envious is Eci 14, 8
A man that maketh haste wicked; and he turneth away
to be rich, and envieth others, his face, and despiseth his
is ignorant that poverty shall own soul.

come upon him.

To envy doth the spirit Ja 4, 5 which dwelleth in

Be not emulous of evil-covet
doers; nor envy them that you.

work iniquity. --Envy not the Whereas there is among 1 C 3, 3
man who prospereth in his you envying and contention,
way, the man who doth un-are you not carnal, and walk
just things. Have no emula- according to man?
tion to do evil.

iCharity envieth not.

54.-EXHORTATIONS TO SHUN ENVY.

Let us walk honestly, as in another.
the day; not in contention
and envy.

1 C 13, 4

Laying away all malice and 1 Pt 2, 1 envies.

The works of the flesh are I considered all the labours
manifest, which are:-Con- of men, and I remarked that
tentions, emulations, dissen- their industries are exposed
sions, sects, Envies, and to the envy of their neigh-
suchlike. Of the which I bour: so in this also there is
foretell you, as I have fore- vanity and fruitless care.
told to you, that they who
do such things shall not ob-
tain the Kingdom of God.

Ecl 4,4

Envy not the glory and Eci 9, 16 riches of a sinner; for thou

knowest not what his ruin

Let us not be made de- shall be. sirous of vain-glory, provoking Envy not the unjust man, Pv 3, 31 one another, envying one and do not follow his ways.

Nu 12, 1

Nu 16, 1

21

Pv 26, 20- When the wood faileth, | Six things there are which Pv6, 16,19 the fire shall go out; and the Lord hateth, and the when the talebearer is taken seventh His Soul detesteth. away, contentions shall cease.--A deceitful witness that -As coals are to burning uttereth lies, and him that coals, and wood to fire, so an soweth discord among breangry man stirreth up strife. thren.

1 C3, 3

La 4, 15

Pv 29, 9

Eci 8, 1-4

Eci 28, 11

of

Whereas there is among There arose a strife be- Ge 13, 7 you envying and contention, tween the herdsmen are you not carnal, and walk Abram and of Lot. according to man? The Bread that I will give Jn 6, 53 They quarelled, and being is My Flesh. The Jews thereremoved, they said among fore strove among themselves, the Gentiles: He will no saying: How can this Man more dwell among them. give us His Flesh to eat?

57.-WHAT LEADS TO STRIFE, AND THE INJURIES
AND PUNISHMENTS WHICH RESULT THEREFROM.

no rest.

Pv 20, 3

If a wise man contend It is an honour for a man with a fool, whether he be to separate himself from angry or laugh, he shall find quarrels; but all fools are meddling with reproaches. Strive not with a powerful Refrain from strife, and Eci 28,10 man, lest thou fall into his thou shalt diminish thy sins. hands.-Contend not with a If a man will contend with Mt 5, 40 rich man, lest he bring an thee in judgment, and take action against thee. For away thy coat, let go thy gold and silver hath de-cloak also unto him.

stroyed many, and

hath Cast out the scoffer, and Pv 22, 10 reached even to the heart of contention shall go out with kings, and perverted them — him, and quarrels and reStrive not with a man that proaches shall cease.

is full of tongue, and heap He that boasteth and Pv 28, 25 not wood upon his fire. puffeth up himself stirreth

A passionate man kindleth up quarrels.

strife, and a sinful man will An evil man always seek- Pv 17, 11 trouble his friends, and bring eth quarrels;

but a cruel

in debate in the midst of angel shall be sent against
thera that are at peace.

him.