Letter CDVI. To the Abbot of S. Nicholas

[A new letter.]

To his valued friend and co-abbot of S. Nicholas, Brother Bernard of Clairvaux wishes health and the spirit of piety.¹

The enemy of Christ, the devil, has acted according his manner, in seducing a soul: as for me, to whom the man seduced happened to come, I have done what I cPuld, as I always strive to do, to correct and bring him back. There remains therefore, that you should do your duty likewise; in sustaining him now that he is recovered. God also will one day do that which is His function: in that He will render to everyone according to his works.