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row, for perhaps to-morrow will be your time of death." (Vol. IV, p. 330; cf. Matt. 6: 34)

" Behold the bird, it does not sow nor reap nor lay up store and God Most High provides for it." (Vol. IV, p. 190; cf. Matt. 6: 26.)

"Said Jesus (on him be peace), He is not wise who does not rejoice when he enters upon trials and sicknesses of the body and loss of his possessions; for in it he may find atonement for his sins/ " (Vol. IV, p. 205; cf. Matt. 5: 10.)

" It is related of Jesus that he said: If you see a young man passionately fond of prayer to God you will know that he has escaped all tempta tions. " (Vol. IV, p. 221; cf. Matt. 26:41.) The reference might be to Christ’s words in the Garden of Gethsemane.

" Said Jesus (on him be peace), Serve God by hating the people who transgress, and draw near to God by departing from them. Seek the good will of God by hating them/ They said to him: O spirit of God, with whom then shall we keep company? * He answered them: Keep company with those who make you remember God and those whose words improve your conduct and those whose example makes you earnest for the world to come/" (Vol. II, p. 110.)

" It is related of Jesus (on him be peace) that he said to the children of Israel: Where does that which ye sow grow? They replied: In the good ground/ and he said: Verily I say unto you,