The Fourth Chapter
DO NOT yield to every impulse and suggestion but consider things
carefully and patiently in the light of God's will. For very often, sad
to say, we are so weak that we believe and speak evil of others rather
than good. Perfect men, however, do not readily believe every
talebearer, because they know that human frailty is prone to evil and
is likely to appear in speech.
Not to act rashly or to cling obstinately to one's opinion, not to
believe everything people say or to spread abroad the gossip one has
heard, is great wisdom.
Take counsel with a wise and conscientious man. Seek the advice of your
betters in preference to following your own inclinations.
A good life makes a man wise according to God and gives him experience
in many things, for the more humble he is and the more subject to God,
the wiser and the more at peace he will be in all things.
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