.

[103] Matt. xxiv. 12.

[104] Job xli. 22 (vg.).

[105] Luke xvi. 8.

[106] Gal. ii. 9.

[107] Isa. xlix. 6.

[108] Matt. vi. 23.

[109] 1 Tim. vi. 5.

[110] Phil. ii. 21; 1 Cor. xiii. 5.

[111] Cp. Matt. v. 47.

[112] Luke iii. 14.

[113] Isa. xxiv. 2; Hos. iv. 9 (inexact quotation).

[114] 1 Tim. vi. 8 (inexact quotation).

[115] Ps. xxxvii. 31.

[116] _Gratis._

[117] Ps. xii. 1.

[118] Rev. xiv. 3.

[119] John v. 35.

[120] Heb. xi. 38.

[121] Ecclus. xlv. 1.

[122] Cant. ii. 12. For the meaning compare Cant. lix. 3: The voice of
the turtle "is a sign that winter is past, proclaiming nevertheless
that the time of pruning has come.... The voice, more like one who
groans than one who sings, admonishes us of our pilgrimage." After
Eugenius III. had visited Clairvaux St. Bernard wrote, "The voice of
the turtle has been heard in our chapter. We had great joy and
delight." (_Ep. 273._)

[123] Matt. xxviii. 20.

[124] That is, at Clairvaux. See Sec. 75.

[125] Apparently a confused reference to 2 Cor. iii. 10; xi. 17 (vg.).

[126] Ecclus. xviii. 7 (inexact quotation).

[127] Job xxix. 13.

[128] See Sec. 73, end.

[129] 1 Pet. iii. 9.

[130] This abbot, to whom the _Life_ is dedicated, belonged to the
Cistercian Order, as the words "reverend brother" imply. He may
therefore be identified with Congan, abbot of the Cistercian monastery
of the Suir, mentioned in Sec. 64. That he was personally known to St.
Bernard is clear; and it is probable that he was one of the Irishmen
who by Malachy's desire were instructed at Clairvaux (Sec. 39). Thady
Dowling (_Annals_, _s.a._ 1147) identifies him with "Cogganus," abbot
of Killeshin, near Carlow, stating on the authority of Nicholas
Maguire that he wrote the _gesta_ of Malachy and Bernard. Though this
statement is probably not accurate, it is possible that our Congan was
abbot of Killeshin before he became a Cistercian.

[131] Ecclus. xxxi. 11 (vg.).

[132] _Vestra illa omnis ecclesia sanctorum._ We should perhaps
render, "the whole church of holy persons over which you preside,"
_i.e._ Congan's convent. Elsewhere in the _Life_, _ecclesia_ is used
for a local community, such as the church of Armagh (Sec. 20, etc).
But see Serm. i. Sec. 3. Vacandard understands the phrase to mean
"the Cistercian communities of Ireland" (_R.Q.H._ lii. 48).

[133] _Vobis_ (pl.); _i.e._ Congan and others in Ireland.

_Here begins the life of Malachy