XXIIII. Quod Deus homines cruciat, ut eos reducat ad poenitentiam.
XXIIII. Quod Deus homines cruciat, ut eos reducat ad poenitentiam.
But the same man, namely God, responds that He will purify these things through His judgments and punishments, and that He will sometimes torment men, who are filthy in their sins, with many whips and calamities, until they return to Him in repentance, because then He will prepare many desires of men for Himself in this way.
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Sed idem vir, scilicet Deus, respondet quod scopis, id est judiciis et castigationibus suis, ea sit purgaturus, et quod homines, in peccatis sordentes, plurimis flagellis et calamitatibus sit interdum cruciaturus, quousque ad ipsum in poenitentiam redeant, quoniam tunc multas voluntates hominum sibi hoc modo praeparabit.
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