quae quidem ad praesens non ita loquor, quasi tu non utraque laudanda conficias aut, si adhuc durat in sermone laetitia, non custodiatur in actione censura, sed ut qui Christo favente clam sanctus es, iam palam religiosa venerandus iugo salubri colla pariter et corda subdare invigiletque caelestibus lingua praeconiis, anima sententiis, dextra donariis:
I mention this on the present occasion not with any idea of implying that you do not meritoriously perform both, or that, if there still remains in your words a merry gaiety, there is not maintained in your conduct a strict discretion; no, my aim is that you, who by Christs grace are pious in private, should come into the open and earn veneration by subjecting neck and heart alike to the salutary yoke of religion, your tongue devoting itself to heavenly praises, your mind intent on heavenly thoughts, your right hand busy with heavenly offerings
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