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De castitate. Castitas vero monachi in cogitationibus judicatur; cui nimirum cum discipulis ad audiendum accedenti- bus a Domino dicitur: Qui viderit mulierem ad con- cupiscendum, jam moechatus est eam in corde suo (Matth. V, 18). Dum enim vultum illius considerat ille cui consecratus est. verendum est ne inveniat iu anima, quod abominetur: ne forte, juxta sententiam sancti Petri, habeant oculos luxuriae plenos atque adulterii ( II Petr. II, 14). Et quid prodest virgo corpore, si non sit virgo mente? Deus enim spiritus est(Joan. IV, 24), et in spiritu habitat ac mente, quam immaculatam viderit; in qua nulla sit adultera cogitatio, nulla spiritus coinquinati macula, nulla peccati labes.
論貞潔。然而修士的貞潔是在他的思想中受審判的；當他的門徒前來聆聽時，主對這修士說：「凡看見婦女就動淫念的，這人心裡已經與她犯姦淫了」（太五28）。因為當那獻給上帝的人凝視婦女的容貌時，就當懼怕，唯恐他在自己的靈魂中發現可憎惡之物：唯恐照著聖彼得的話，他們的眼睛滿了淫色和姦淫（彼後二14）。身體作童身，若心思不作童身，又有何益呢？因為上帝是靈（約四24），祂住在祂看為無玷污的靈與心思之中；在那裡沒有姦淫的念頭，沒有被玷污之靈的污穢，沒有罪的瑕疵。
On chastity. But the chastity of a monk is judged in his thoughts; to whom indeed, when his disciples were drawing near to hear, it is said by the Lord: 'Whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart' (Matt. 5:28). For when he who is consecrated to God gazes upon her face, it is to be feared lest he find in his soul something to be abhorred: lest perchance, according to the saying of Saint Peter, they have eyes full of lust and adultery (2 Pet. 2:14). And what does it profit to be a virgin in body, if one is not a virgin in mind? For God is a spirit (John 4:24), and he dwells in the spirit and the mind which he sees to be unstained; in which there is no adulterous thought, no stain of a defiled spirit, no blemish of sin.