In Solomon, in Ecclesiasticus: |Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds useless and remiss.| And Paul, in the first to the Corinthians: |The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.| Also to the Romans: |Not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.| Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: |He who shall do and teach so, shall be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.| Also in the same place: |Every one who heareth my words, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon a rock. The rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one who heareth my words, and doeth them not, I will liken him to the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. The rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and its ruin became great.|