I also admonish and exhort those who preache to use well-chosen and chaste words that are practical and edifying. And let them point out what is evil and what is virtuous, what merits punishment and what leads to eternal glory. And let your discourse be brief, because the Lord's words were few when he was on earth.
St. Francis, Rule of 1223, Chapter iX
(From through the year with St. Francis, p. 25)
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