Lo, the amnesty of the forgiveness of sins has come ; it is Jesus,
who giveth repentance unto him that repents.
He stands in our midst, he winks unto us secretly, saying :
"Repent, that I may forgive you your sins".
He is not far from us, my brethren, even as he said in his
preaching , "I am near to you, like the clothing of your body".

He that is angry, sins : he that causes wrath is a murderer;
he that sheds a life, of him shall it be demanded.
The Good is destined to come : blessed is he by whom it
comes ; the Evil too is near to be : woe unto him because of
whom it comes.

When thou comest in with thy gift to set it on the table, be
reconciled with thy adversary that thy gift may be received from thee.
Look out, my brethren : smite not at the life of them that . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pass you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

O man, thou desirest to honour thyself, let thy fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
for the fruits of the tree which . . . . . . . forth . . . . . . .
Man, thou lovest thy life : love thy neighbour as thyself ;
that which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do it not, that thou come not to
judgment concerning it. If thou art to give a lesson, perform it
first before thou givest it : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thou shalt be a sign of that
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judge not thy brother in the thing which thou shalt be found . . . . . . .
look not at the mote which is in his eye lest . . . . . . . . . . . . all of it
beneath thine.

He has need of the physician who goes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and bears forth the
burning of the medicines, that he may see the light. The physician of the
souls, he is the Light-Mind ; this is the New Man : the burning medicines are
the Commandments. But the cool medicines, they are the forgiveness of
sins: he that would be healed, lo, of two kinds are the medicines of life.

Be not ashamed, o Faithful one, as thou goest unto thy . . . . . . . . . . . . life ;
do not seek to please man and become an enemy of God.
Thou hast been ashamed of Him today : He wull be ashamed of thee
at the end: do not be at ease in thy body and pay the penalty with thy soul.
For all men are running about, desiring to profit their soul, fearing and all
confounded, desiring to save their lives.

The life and death of each man is in his hands, he knowing that perchance
this is the man who shall be half dead in the middle of the way.
They all passed him by , none pitied him save only the Faithful who knew their soul.
The fire that dwells in the body, its affair is eating and drinking ; but the soul thirst
for the Word of God always. Blessed is the man whose heart condemns him not;
the faithful man of God judges himself of his own acccord.

Pray for thy enemies, bless them that revile thee, that thou mayest be good
like thy Father who is in heaven. He that shines . . . . . . . . . . . . that are evil and
them that are good equally, spreading his Light upon every man.
Let us be merciful to one another that we may ourselves receive mercy ;
let us forgive one another that we ourselves be forgiven.

Glory and honour to Jesus, the king of the holy ones and his holy Elect
and the soul of Plousiane and the blessed Mary!

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