30. So, then, Lord
Jesus, come wholly to Thy Church, since Novatian makes excuse.
Novatian says, “I have bought a yoke of oxen,” and he puts
not on the light yoke of Christ, but lays upon his shoulders a heavy
burden which he is not able to bear. Novatian held back Thy
servants by whom he was invited, treated them contemptuously and slew
them, polluting them with the stain of a reiterated baptism. Send
forth, therefore, into the highways, and gather together good and
bad, S. Luke xiv. 21. bring the weak, the blind, and the lame
into Thy Church. Command that Thy house be filled, bring in all
unto Thy supper, for Thou wilt make him whom Thou shalt call worthy, if
he follow Thee. He indeed is rejected who has not the wedding
garment, that is, the vestment of charity, the veil of grace.
Send forth I pray Thee to all.