"To be sure, there are admirable and commendable works and examples in the accounts of the patriarchs, for these men walk in the Word of God; but more attention should be given to the Word, which guides the life of the patriarchs. It is the rule and standard according to which I can reach the conclusion that I am a preacher, a husband, a wife, a servant, a maid, a child, that God has committed this to me, and that for this reason it pleases Him, not on account of the works in themselves—for we are flesh— but on account of our guide and leader, namely, the Word of God, under which I walk. If I die, I do not die in the rule of Francis but in the rule and Word of the Holy Spirit."
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