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of prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? So every good tree bears good fruit; but a corrupt tree bears evil fruit, and so forth. LUKE. And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said to them: They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 2 TIMOTHY. No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

RULE 27. That one must not be likened to those who are strangers to the Lord's teaching; but imitate God and His saints according to the power given to us by Him.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over

them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to be first among you, shall be your servant; and whoever desires to be first 31.748 among you, shall be your slave; just as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. TO THE ROMANS. Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God. 1 TO THE CORINTHIANS. Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

RULE 28. That one must not be carried away simply or without examination by those who feign the truth; but from the character given to us by Scripture to know each one.

Chapter 1. MATTHEW. But beware of false prophets, who

come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you will know them. JOHN. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. 1 TO THE CORINTHIANS. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking in the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed."

RULE 29. That each one must confirm his own profession by his own

works. Chapter 1. JOHN. The very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the

Father has sent me. If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me; but if I do, though you do not believe me, believe my works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. 2 TO THE CORINTHIANS. Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, and so forth.

RULE 30. That one must not profane holy things by mixing them with things for common

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προφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύ μασι προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσι λύκοι ἅρπαγες. Ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. Μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὴν, ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα; Οὕτω πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρ ποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ· τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Καὶ ἐγόγγυζον οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ Φαρι σαῖοι, πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· ∆ιὰ τί μετὰ τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίετε καὶ πίνετε; Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ' οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες. ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜ. βʹ. Οὐδεὶς στρα τευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγμα τείαις, ἵνα τῷ στρατολογήσαντι ἀρέσῃ. Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις, οὐ στεφανοῦται, ἐὰν μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ.

ΟΡΟΣ ΚΖʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου διδασκα λίας

ἐξομοιοῦσθαι· μιμεῖσθαι δὲ τὸν Θεὸν καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν δοθεῖσαν ἡμῖν παρ' αὐτοῦ δύναμιν.

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Οἴδατε, ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν

αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξου σιάζουσιν αὐτῶν. Οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ' ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος· καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν πρῶτος 31.748 εἶναι, ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος· ὥσπερ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀν θρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜ. Μὴ σχηματίζεσθε τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ. ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, καθὼς κἀγὼ Χριστοῦ.

ΟΡΟΣ ΚΗ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲ ἀνεξετάστως ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπο κρινομένων τὴν

ἀλήθειαν συναρπάζεσθαι· ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ δεδομένου ἡμῖν παρὰ τῆς Γραφῆς χαρακτῆρος γνωρίζειν ἕκαστον.

Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπρο φητῶν, οἵτινες

ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασι προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσι λύκοι ἅρπαγες. Ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. ΙΩΑΝΝ. Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες, ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγάπην ἔχητε ἐν ἀλλήλοις. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. ∆ιὸ γνωρίζω ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἐν Πνεύ ματι Θεοῦ λαλῶν λέγει ἀνάθεμα Ἰησοῦν.

ΟΡΟΣ ΚΘʹ. Ὅτι δεῖ ἕκαστον διὰ τῶν οἰκείων ἔργων πιστοῦσθαι τὸ ἑαυτοῦ

ἐπάγγελμα. Κεφάλ. Αʹ. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ, μαρτυ ρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ὁ

Πατήρ με ἀπέστειλεν. Εἰ οὐ ποιῶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Πατρός μου, μὴ πιστεύετέ μοι· εἰ δὲ ποιῶ, κἂν ἐμοὶ μὴ πιστεύητε, τοῖς ἔργοις μου πιστεύσατε· ἵνα γνῶτε καὶ πιστεύσητε, ὅτι ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. βʹ. Μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπὴν, ἵνα μὴ μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία. Ἀλλ' ἐν παντὶ συν ιστῶντες ἑαυτοὺς ὡς Θεοῦ διάκονοι, ἐν ὑπομονῇ πολλῇ, ἐν θλίψεσι, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

ΟΡΟΣ Λʹ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τὰ ἅγια τῇ ἐπιμιξίᾳ τῶν πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν χρείαν

καθυβρίζειν.