Regula Benedicti: good works 13 (chapter IV)
The Latin:
61. praeceptis abbatis in omnibus oboedire, etiam si ipse aliter – quod absit – agat, memores illud dominicum praeceptum: Quae dicunt facite, quae autem faciunt facere nolite.
62. Non velle dici sanctum antequam sit, sed prius esse quod verius dicatur.
63. Praecepta Dei factis cotidie adimplere,
64. castitatem amare,
65. nullum odire,
The English:
61. To obey the commands of the Abbot in all things, even though he himself (which Heaven forbid) act otherwise, mindful of that precept of the Lord: “What they say, do ye; what they do, do ye not” (Mt 23:3).
62. Not to desire to be called holy before one is; but to be holy first, that one may be truly so called.
63. To fulfil daily the commandments of God by works.
64. To love chastity.
65. To hate no one.
