4. Not to commit adultery.
less moment have to be done for the beneϐit of the monastery, let him take counsel with the seniors only, as it is written: "Do all things with counsel, and you shall not afterwards repent you of it."
CHAPTER IV.
What are the instruments of good works.
First of all, to love the Lord God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength.
2. Then our neighbour as ourself.
3. Then not to kill.
4. Not to commit adultery.
5. Not to steal.
6. Not to covet.
7. Not to bear false witness.
8. To honour all men.
9. Not to do to another what we would not have done to ourselves.
10. To deny ourselves, in order to follow Christ.
11. To chastise the body.
12. Not seek after delights.
13. To love fasting.
14. To relieve the poor.
15. To clothe the naked.
16. To visit the sick.
17. To bury the dead.
18. To help those who are in tribulation.
19. To comfort the sad.
20. To withdraw ourselves from worldly ways.
21. To prefer nothing to the love of Christ.