[948] Jas. iii. 2.
[949] John xiii. 8 (inexact quotation).
[950] Mellifont was probably founded immediately after the brothers mentioned in the letter reached Ireland. The date is therefore in or before 1142. They would hardly have been sent till news had reached St. Bernard that the site had been chosen (Lett. i, § 2). Cp. p. 75, n. 4.
[951] The brothers sent from Clairvaux "sufficient in number for an abbey" (Life, § 39).
[952] Gen. xxiv. 63 ff.—Cp. De Cons. ii. 13, where the same passage of Genesis is referred to. It is there (§ 12) explained that the field is the world, which has been placed in charge of the Pope.
[953] Printed text patribus. I read partibus.
[954] Rom. ix. 29 (inexact quotation).
[955] 1 Cor. iii. 6.
[956] Mellifont had been founded a good while before the letter was written. Christian had returned to Clairvaux; and now after further instruction he was sent back, apparently as the bearer of the letter. The house had made good progress, but the buildings were still far from complete (§§ 2, 3).
[957] Ps. cxix. 103.