(which God forbid) should do otherwise, being mindful of that precept
47. To have death always before our eyes.
48. To observe at every hour the actions of our life.
49. To know for certain that God beholds us in every place.
50. To dash at once against Christ the evil thoughts that rise in the mind.
51. To reveal all such to our spiritual Father.
52. To keep our mouth from evil and wicked words.
53. Not to love much talking.
54. Not to speak vain words, nor such as move to laughter.
55. Not to love much and boisterous laughter.
56. Willingly to hear holy readings.
57. To pray often devoutly.
58. With tears and sighs, daily to confess our past evils to God in prayer and to amend them for the time to come.
59. Not to fulϐil the desires of the ϐlesh, and to hate self-will.
60. To obey in all things the commands of the Abbot, though he himself (which God forbid) should do otherwise, being mindful of that precept of our Lord: "What they say, do but what they do, do not."
61. Not to desire to be called holy, before we be so, and ϐirst to be holy, that we may truly be called so.
62. Daily to fulϐil in deeds the commandments of God.
63. To love chastity.
64. To hate no man.
65. To ϐlee envy and emulation.
66. Not to love contention.
67. To ϐlee Haughtiness.
68. To reverence the Elders.
69. To love inferiors.
70. For Christ's sake to pray for our enemies.