XXVI. De fruciibus terrae a peccato corruptis
XXVI. De fruciibus terrae a peccato corruptis
The winds are also hindered by the terrible stench of wickedness, so that they do not blow rightly with pure air, but instead, they rage with thunder during storms, and the air spews forth filth because of the many impurities of humanity, where it releases an unjust and unworthy humidity that dries up the greenery and fruits that people should nourish themselves with; these are sometimes cloudy, sometimes snowy, from which often harmful and useless worms are born, which damage and consume the fruits of the earth, preventing them from being of any benefit to humanity, because they close their hearts and mouths to justice and other virtues, and do not open them to the truth.
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Venti quoque de pessimo foetore turpitudinum impediti sunt, ita quod recte puro aere non flant, sed quod cum tempestate tonitruum graviter incedunt, et aer sordiditatem propter plurimas immunditias hominum evomit, ubi injustam ac indignam humiditatem emittit, qua viriditatem et fructus, quibus homines nutrire deberent, arefacit; quae etiam interdum nebulosa, interdum nivea est, de qua saepissime nocivi ac inutiles vermiculi nascuntur, qui fructus terrae laedunt ac comedunt, ne ad utilitatem hominum proveniant, quoniam ipsi ad justitiam et ad caeteras virtutes corda et ora sua claudunt, nec ea ad veritatem aperiunt.
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