7. Simple and chaste ought to be the eyes that behold the body of Christ.
8. Assist us, Almighty God, with thy grace, that we who have undertaken the office of priesthood, may serve thee worthily and devoutly, in all purity and good conscience.
And, if we cannot live in so great innocency as we ought, grant us at least duly to bewail the sins which we have committed; and in the spirit of humility, and with full purpose of heart, to serve thee hereafter more fervently.
[♦]CHAPTER IX.
How he who is to communicate, ought to prepare himself.
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The voice of the Beloved.
I AM the lover of purity, and the giver of all holiness.
I seek a pure heart, and there is the place of my rest.