83. And this, I say, not in order to lay a snare
for others, but that as a good husbandman of the land entrusted to me,
I may see this field of the Church to be fruitful, at one time
blossoming with the flowers of purity, at another time strong in the
gravity of widowhood, and yet again abounding with the fruits of
wedlock. For though they be diverse, yet they are the fruits of
one field; there are not so many lilies in the gardens as ears of corn
in the fields, and many more fields are prepared for receiving seed
than lie fallow after the crops are gathered in.