of life and to return to an easier life: for one might quote to his discredit that which is written, Lk. 14:30 : "This man began to build, and was not able to finish." Now Christ began a very strict life after His baptism, remaining in the desert and fasting for "forty days and f…

risiones metuo hypocritarum dicentium, quoniam Hic homo coepit aedificare, et non potuit consummare (Luc. XIV, 30) : et offensam potius pertimesco antistitis, ne dum seriem exponere nitor arctatus eloquii siccitate, magis ei injuriam videar irrogasse quam vitam exposuisse. His ig…

i coeperunt aedificare, et non potuerunt consummare. Avertat autem Dominus hoc improperium a nobis (Luc. XIV, 30) . Haec enim turris non ex lapidibus construitur, sed ex virtutibus animae; nec auri et [Col. 0604D] argenti sumptibus indiget, sed conversatione fideli: nam terrena…