XXXI. De creaturis et summa heatitudine
XXXI. De creaturis et summa heatitudine
As long as the temporal creation continues to assist humanity in the world, producing things suitable for human use, a person will not see the greatness and perfection of eternal joys; because the elements interact with humans, and humans interact with them in the world. But when the end of the world comes, and creation falls into the dryness of temporal decay, and it senses its own transformation, the chosen ones will see their Creator and the rewarder of good deeds in the life of eternity and the fullness of joy, with the highest bliss, because then they will have no care and no need for the elements and temporal things anymore, since they will be in eternity and will cling to God in the blessed life, as it is written:
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Quamdiu etiam •) creatura temporali necessitate hominibus in mundo subveniens, ea quae usui hominum apta sunt, producit magnitudinem et perfectionem aeternorum gaudiorum homo non videbit; quia elementa cum hominibus, et homines cum illis in mundo conversantur.
Postquam autem finis mundi advenerit, ita quod creatura in ariditatem temporalis defectionis ceciderit, et jam transmutationera suam senserit, electi Creatorem suum et remuneratorem bonorum factorum, m vita aeternitatis et totius gaudii, cum summa beatitudine videbunt, quoniam tum nullam curam et nullam necessitatem elementorum et temporalium rerum amodo habebunt, quia in aeternitato sunt, et in beata vita Deo adhaerebunt, velut scriptum est:
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