Now spiritual sickness is most virulent in the loins in men, and in the navel in women, according to Job 40:11 : "His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly," as Gregory expounds the passage (Moral. xxxii, 11). Therefore these parts should be anointed.…

uc generandus erat. Per lumbos, libido, ut in Job: «Fortitudo ejus in lumbis [Note: [Col. 0989] 40 Job XL, 11.] » quod sexum virilem [Col. 0991A] multum per libidinem vincit diabolus. Per lumbos luxuria cordis, ut in Petro: «Succincti lumbos mentis vestrae [Note: [Col. 099…

onis. Umbilicus, luxuria, ut in Job: «Et virtus ejus in umbilico ventris ejus [Note: [Col. 1085] 3 Job XL, 11.] ,» quod diabolus femineo sicut et masculino per luxuriam maxime dominatur. Umbilicus, affectus carnalis, ut in Ezechiele: «Non est praecisus umbilicus tuus [Note:…