shalt thou desire it
As long as thou art in the body.

FOR A BISHOP.

9. If you be a bishop of noble order,
Assume thy government in full;
Be thou obedient to Christ, without guile;
Let all others be obedient to thee.

10. Heal the difficult disorders
By the power of the pure Lord,
And conciliate the lay multitudes--
Check the noble kings.

11. Be thou the vigilant shepherd
Over the laity and over the Church;
Be orthodox in thy teaching,
Be stimulative, be pleasant.

12. To subdue the wicked,
Who love the doing of evil,
To magnify every truth,
Is what is due of thee.

13. Thou shalt know the Holy Scripture
At the time that thou takest orders,
Because thou art a stepson of the Church
If thou art deficient and ignorant.

14. For, every unwise man is ignorant--
This is the truth and the right--
Of the Lord he is not the representative,
He who reads not the Law.

15. To condemn all heresy, all wickedness,
To thee, of a truth, belongs;
There shall not, then, be evil in thyself,
In word or in deed.

16. Rising[A] shall not be made for thee,
Nor shalt thou be obeyed;
If you be meek with these,
You will be guilty yourself.

17. For it is certain that you shall pay,
When the great assemblage comes,
Along with your own transgressions,
The sin of every one who is under your government.

FOR THE ABBOT OF A CHURCH.

18. If you be the chief of a church,
It is a noble distinction;
It shall be well for you if you worthily assume
The representativeship of THE KING.

19. If you be the chief of a church,
It is a noble distinction;
Administer with justice the church,
From the least to the greatest.

20. That which Christ, the All-pure, commands,
Preach unto them in full;
And what you command unto others,
Be it what you perform yourself.

21. The same as you love your own soul,
Do you love the souls of all others;
'Tis thine to promote all good,
And to banish all evil.

22. Not like a candle under a bushel,
Shall be thy learning without cloud;
Thine it is to heal all thy hosts,
Be they weak, or be they powerf