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72 oðerra] godra weorca, gelicost ðæm þe he gewemme ealne ðone lichoman, ðonne he ðurh ealle uncysta ðæt [þa] mod gescrencð; ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus þa he cwæð ðæt ælces yfles wyrtruma wære ðæt mon wilnode hwelcere gidsunge. Se ðonne þe bið healede he mæg mid weorce began ða sceondlicnesse, & swæðeah bið ahefegod mid ðæm singalum geðohte butan alcum gemete, & swæðeah næfre ne mæg ðurhteon ðæt unryhtlice weorc, & hwæðre ðæt mod hæfð fullfremedne willan to ðære wrænnesse butan ælcere steore & wearne gif he hit ðurhteon meahte. Đonon cymeð sio medtrymnes ðæm healedum, ðe se wæta ðara innoða asigð [astigð] to ðæm lime, ðonne aswilð hit & hefegað & unwlitegað. Se bið eac eallinga healede se þe eal his mod bioð aflowen to gæglbærnesse & to dole, ðonne he byrð on his heortan ða byrðenne ðæs bismeres, & swæðeah mid woon weorcum hit to ðweorlice ne fremeð, ðeah he hit on his mode forlætan ne mæge, ne fullice gewunian to godum weorcum, forðæm sio byrðen ðære sceonde hiene diegollice hefegað. Swæ hwelc ðonne swæ ðissa uncysta hwelcre underðieded bio, him bið forboden ðæt he offrige Gode hlaf, forðæm hit is wen ðæt se ne mæge oðerra monna scylde ofaðwean, se se þe [hine added] ðonne giet his agna on herigeað. Ær ðissum we sægdon feam wordum hwelc se bion sceolde þe medeme hierde & lareow bion sceolde, & eac hwele se bið þe him ondrædan sceal ðæt he unmedeme sie. Ær ðissum we reahton hwelc se beon sceolde þe to ðæm biscepdome cuman sceolde ; nu we willað reccean, gif he ðær swelc to cume, hu he ðæron libban scyle.

body by perverting his mind with every vice, which Paul confirmed by the remark that "covetousness is the root of all evil." He who is afflicted with hydrocele cannot carry out his shameful desires, and yet is excessively troubled with continually thinking of it, and yet can never accomplish the unrighteous deed, though the mind is altogether desirous of lasciviousness without any restraint or hesitation if he could accomplish it. Hydrocele is caused by the humours of the body collecting in the member, so that it swells and becomes heavy and disfigured. He is altogether hydrocelous whose whole mind is addicted to wantonness and folly, when he bears in his heart the burden of shame, and yet does not too perversely carry it out in evil deeds,