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1 Tim. vi. 7, 8.

  • trite of Heart, and who fears

my Words? And the other: For we brought nothing into this World, and it is certain we can carry nothing out of it. But having food and a covering to our Bodies, let us be therewith content.

Cant. i. 6. And when the Blessed Francis had come up with them, he said unto them: Tell me, I beseech you, where the Lady Poverty dwells, where she feeds her flock, where she takes her rest at noon, for I languish for the Love of her. But they answered him, say-