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Because of these and similar sins - - and of others even less than these , such as offenses in words and thoughts - - and because , as the apostle James confesses , " we all offend in many things , " [ 180 ] it behooves us to pray to the Lord daily and often , and say , " Forgive us our debts , " and not lie about what follows this petition , " As we also forgive our debtors . The spiritual man also judges by approving what is right and reproving what he finds amiss in the works and morals of the faithful , such as in their almsgiving , which is signified by the phrase , " The earth bringing forth its fruit . Such principalities only are secure and happy . " But just as it is truly said to those who were to speak through the Spirit of God , " It is not you who speak , " so it is also truly said to them who know through the Spirit of God , " It is not you yourselves who know , " and just as rightly it may be said to those who perceive through the Spirit of God that a thing is good ; it is not they who see , but God who seeth that it is good . When they are , it is easier to hold them , especially when they have not been accustomed to self-government ; and to hold them securely it is enough to have destroyed the family of the prince who was ruling them ; because the two peoples , preserving in other things the old conditions , and not being unlike in customs , will live quietly together , as one has seen in Brittany , Burgundy , Gascony , and Normandy , which have been bound to France for so long a time : and , although there may be some difference in language , nevertheless the customs are alike , and the people will easily be able to get on amongst themselves .