_ 26 _ Do not delegate this task to someone else, because the people who come to do it for you are greatly edified and, moreover, the people come to hear and learn the Christian Doctrine. You will visit the poor of the hospital and admonish them from time to time. You will preach what is required of their consciences, exhorting them to confess and receive communion, since it is because of their sins that they are in their present state. You will hear their confessions whenever you can. Afterwards you will help them with the necessities of life by asking those who are in powerful and commanding positions to favour them in temporal matters. You will visit the imprisoned and preach to them, exhorting them to make a general confession of the whole of their past life, because among these people there are many, or a majority, who never confess. You will commend such as these to the Holy House of Mercy that it may take extra care to help them with their rights and give the suffering poor what they need. You will serve the Holy House of Mercy as far as you can and you will be friendly to its Brotherhood, helping them in every way. You will order those who confess in this
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