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  • In order that I may not slumber all night like a buffalo, God of His grace hath given me pains.
  • Through this infirmity the mercy of Kings has been aroused, and Hell’s threatening of me has been silenced.” 2260
  • Pain is a treasure, for there are mercies in it: the kernel becomes fresh when you scrape off the rind.
  • O brother, (to dwell in) a dark and cold place, to endure patiently sorrow and weakness and pain,
  • Is the Fountain of Life and the cup of (spiritual) intoxication, for those heights are all in lowliness.
  • That Spring is implied in autumn, and that autumn is (fulfilled) in the Spring: do not flee from it.
  • Be a fellow-traveller with grief, agree with desolation, seek long (lasting) life in thy death (to self). 2265
  • Do not listen to what thy fleshly soul says, that this place (of self-mortification) is bad, inasmuch as her doings are contrary (to thy spiritual advancement).
  • Do thou oppose her, for such (is the) injunction (that) has come from the prophets in the world.
  • It becomes necessary to take counsel concerning things to be done, so that there may not be repentance in the end.