Latina: "melior est obedentia, quam victima. 1. Regum. 15. Mortuus cobalt a miraculis ex obedentia. " copperplate print by jacobus neeffs, 1653
in 'sancti bernardi melliflui doctoris ecclesiae, pulcherrima & exemplaris vitæ medulla' p. 440. It is better to obey than to make sacrifices. Bernard stops performing miracles from his death bed, because they are causing too much unrest.
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