ita etiam oportet eos, qui vel monachi votum, vel gradum clericatus habentes arctioribus se necesse habent pro Domino continentiae frenis astringere, formam quoque coronae quam ipse in passione spineam portavit in capite, ut spinas ac tribulos peccatorum nostrorum portaret, id est, exportaret et auferret a nobis, suo quemque in capite per tonsuram praeferre, ut se etiam inrisiones et opprobria pro illo libenter ac promte omnia sufferre ipso etiam frontispicio doceant: ut coronam vitae aeternae, quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se, se semper exspectare, proque huius perceptione et adversa se mundi et prospera contemnere designent.
so also it behoveth them, which either being made by vow monks, or having degree among the clergy are required to bind themselves more straitly with the bridle of continency for the Lords sake, to bear also each of them in their head by means of the tonsure the form of the crown, as He Himself carried upon His head at His passion a crown of thorns, to the intent He might bear the thorns and thistles of our sins (that is to say, bear out and take away from us), and to the end too that they may shew, even by their open head itself, that they are ready and glad to suffer even mockery and all reproaches for His sake: that they may testify that they look ever for the crown of eternal life, which God hath promised to them that love Him, and that for the gain of this they despise both the buffets and the blessings of this world.
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