XVIII. Diabolus gloriam Dei evacuare non potest.
XVIII. Diabolus gloriam Dei evacuare non potest.
And again I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: "Creator, who established the world, solidified it with elements, and adorned it with great beauty, filling it with various creatures for the service of humanity; the envious Devil does not cease to ensnare him with the most wicked vices, so that he may completely take away the honor given to him, but he will not be able to diminish the glory of God, as is shown to you even in the present vision."
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Et iterum audivi vocem de coelo mihi dicentem: « Creator, qui mundum constituit, elementis eum solidavit, ac magno ornatu eum decoravit, cum ipsum di> versis creaturis in servitutem hominis replevit; quod invidens Diabolus^ homi> nem eumdem nequissimis vitiis irretire non cessat, quatenus illi datum honorem omnino auferat, sed tamen gloriam Dei evacuare non poterit, quemadmodum > etiam in praesenti visione tibi demonstratur.»
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