XX. Occulta propheliarum per doclores revelanlur.
XX. Occulta propheliarum per doclores revelanlur.
And he also has one wing on his back and one wing on his chest, which are those mysteries that were veiled in many obscurities in the old prophecy before the birth of the Son of God, as if they were on his back, through the hand of his protection. Now, true teachers strive to reveal these mysteries according to God's will, just as they draw from the depths of wisdom to defend spiritual matters, like drawing from a well the mysteries of the New Testament, and they will not cease from this; just as God did not cease until he completed all his work in six days, although they themselves can never fully draw from that same well.
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Et etiam in dorso suo alam unam, ac in pectore suo alam unam habet, quae sunt mysteria illa, quae ante nativitatem Filii Dei, quasi in dorso ejus, per manum protectionis suae in veteri prophetia multis obscuritatibus velata erant, quae nunc veri doctores, secundum quod ea Deus denudare voluerit, aperire contendunt, sicut etiam et nunc, in profunditate sapientiae, ad defensionem spiritualium, mysteria no-> vi Testamenti velut de puteo hauriunt, nec ab hoc cessabunt; quemadmodum nec Deus cessavit antequam in sex diebus omne opus suum perfecit, quanquam ipsi eumdem puteum exhaurire nunquam valent.
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