LXXXIII. De eorumdem poenitentia.
LXXXIII. De eorumdem poenitentia.
Therefore, if people want to escape from the evil spirits that urge them toward actions leading to destruction, and if they desire to be free from perdition, they should trust in God and fulfill His commandments justly and holily, as best they can, with a good will, and they should persist in watchfulness, fasting, and almsgiving, so that they may rescue themselves from the Devil, who is in perdition. Anyone who does not trust in God doesn't know what the soul is, nor does he seek to understand or see God through the miracles He works in creation. God, who is at such a great height that man cannot see Him in a physical way, shines forth in the greatness of His works to humanity and provides them with everything they need.
Read the original Latin
Quapropter homines, si malignos spiritus, qui eos ad opera illa exhortantur, quae ad perditionem respiciunt, de se fugare voluerint, et si perditioni abesse desideraverint, in Deum confidant, et praecepta ipsius juste et sancte, prout potuerint, bona voluntate compleant, ac vigiliis et jejuniis atque eleemosinis insistant, quatenus Diabolo, qui in perditione est, se eripiant.
Quicumque enim in Deum non confidit, quid anima sit, nescit, nec Deum per miracula, quae in creaturis operatur, intelligere aut videre quaerit.
Deus enim qui in tam magno culmine est, quod homo eum carnaliter videre non potest, in magna ciaritate operum suorum hominibus fulget, et omnia nccessaria eis tribuit.
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