CVI. De poenitentia pro his excessibus
CVI. De poenitentia pro his excessibus
And I saw through the living spirit, and I understood these things. And from the living light I heard again a voice saying to me: "What you see is true, and as you see it, so it is." Therefore, those who have bound themselves to the aforementioned penalties because of their vices should strive to punish themselves for those same offenses while they still live in this world, lest they suffer worse punishments in the future, if they have turned away from their torments. For those who prefer anger in hatred and habit, if they have managed to repel the aforementioned evil spirits that suggest anger to them and evade their punishments, let them afflict themselves with sackcloth and lashes, and take on full fasts.
Read the original Latin
Et per viventem spiritum vidi, et intellexi haec.
Et de praedicta vivente luce iterum audivi vocem dicentem ad me: Haec quae vides, vera sunt, et ut ea vides, ita sunt.
Quapropter homines qui vitiis praedictarum poenarum se obligar verunt, si cruciatus eorum abhorruerint, studeant ut seipsos pro eisdem excessibus suis, dum adhuc in saeculo vivunt, puniant, ne deteriores poenas in futuro suslineant.
Qui enim iram in odio et in consuetudine sibi praeferunt, si praefatos malignos spiritus, iram sibi suggerentes, de se repellere, et poenas ejus evadere sluduerint, cilicio et verberibus se affligant, ac plena jejunia arripiant.
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