“What is there to find fault with in the framing
of the body? Come forth into the midst and speak. Control
thine own will, and nothing evil shall proceed from any of thy
members. For every one of these has of necessity been made for
our use. Chasten thy reasoning unto piety, submit to God’s
commandments, and none of these members sin in working and serving in
the uses for which they were made. If thou be not willing, the
eye sees not amiss, the ear hears nothing which it ought not, the hand
is not stretched out for wicked greed, the foot walketh not towards
injustice, thou hast no strange loves, committest no fornication,
covetest not thy neighbour’s wife. Drive out wicked
thoughts from thine heart, be as God made thee, and thou wilt rather
give thanks to thy Creator.