Quod perfectus Dei amator mauult magnam penam incurrere quam semel Deum per peccatum offendere; et cur Deus cum impiis iustos affligit

Quod perfectus Dei amator mauult magnam penam incurrere quam semel Deum per peccatum offendere; et cur Deus cum impiis iustos affligit

From the great fire of love, such a beauty of virtue grows in the heart that a just person would rather choose to endure any punishment than offend God even once, even though they know they could rise again through repentance and later please God more and be holier; because anyone who is perfect understands this: that nothing is dearer to God than innocence, and nothing is more acceptable than a good will. If we truly loved God, we would prefer to lose a great reward in heaven rather than sin even a little, because it is just that we should not seek the reward of justice, but rather the friendship of God, who is Himself God. It's better to endure suffering always than to be led willingly and knowingly into wrongdoing just once. However, it is clear that those who love Christ so ardently that they do not want to sin in any way will not only be free from punishment but will also rejoice with the angels for eternity. Those who serve wicked deeds and consider impure and carnal pleasures as great and delightful, and who pursue them with desire, certainly lose the good they love and incur the evil they do not seek. But some often complain about why the all-powerful God punishes the just along with the wicked. You see that grain and chaff are both under the flail, but in the winnowing, the chaff is thrown out while the grain is carefully gathered for human use. , Psalm. ,.