[117] Ps. xii. 1.
[118] Rev. xiv. 3.
[119] John v. 35.
[120] Heb. xi. 38.
[121] Ecclus. xlv. 1.
[122] Cant. ii. 12. For the meaning compare Cant. lix. 3: The voice of the turtle "is a sign that winter is past, proclaiming nevertheless that the time of pruning has come.... The voice, more like one who groans than one who sings, admonishes us of our pilgrimage." After Eugenius III. had visited Clairvaux St. Bernard wrote, "The voice of the turtle has been heard in our chapter. We had great joy and delight." (Ep. 273.)
[123] Matt. xxviii. 20.
[124] That is, at Clairvaux. See § 75.
[125] Apparently a confused reference to 2 Cor. iii. 10; xi. 17 (vg.).
[126] Ecclus. xviii. 7 (inexact quotation).