LXXXini. Secreta Dei esse oportet.
LXXXini. Secreta Dei esse oportet.
And who would do this, except God? What good would it do the Lord if He allowed His servant to know all His hidden secrets? What good would it do the master if his servant knew all his secrets? Where this is the case, servants would want to dominate their masters.
Read the original Latin
Et quis hoc faceret, nisi Deus?
Quid Domino prodesset, quod famulum suum omnia occulta sua scire permitteret?
Aut quid dominae conferret, si ancilla sua omnia secreta ejus sciret?
Ubi hoc esset, famuli super dominos suos dominari velient.
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