X. Respo7isum divinae vicioriae.

X. Respo7isum divinae vicioriae.

And again, from that troubled cloud, I heard a voice responding to this image: 'You, in your first error, spoke against God, and you began to stray; you did not want to imitate justice. Just as in your wandering, you went into exile with a tremendous awe, and in the changing of favor, you deceived man.' For you have no righteousness within you. But I have the sword of the strongest virtues of God, with which I cut off all injustice; and with this very sword drawn, I will strike you on the jaw. I will also harden myself against you, because you are dust and ashes, and whatever you gather is small and few. For I do not want the life that lies in the ashes and the empty vanities of this world, but I desire to come to the spring that flows. I fight against the ancient serpent, and I destroy all its spoils with the mystery of God's Scriptures, in which I constantly stand firm against the battles of the Devil's arrows. However, the sixth image had the face of a man, except that its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and it had a whiteness in its eyes more than that of the pupils. His arms were like a man's arms, but his hands were curved with long claws; his chest, belly, and back were like a crab; but his legs were like a locust's, and his feet like a viper's. And she was entangled in the standing wheel of the mill, so that she held the upper spokes of the same wheel with her hands, and stood with her feet above the lower spokes; however, she had no hair on her head, but was completely naked in her body, and emitted much fire like torches from her mouth. And he said: