XVII. Verba Zeli Dei.
XVII. Verba Zeli Dei.
The wickedness of diabolical arts is truly terrible; through the strength of God, I will rise up against you and destroy you, just as the Devil was cast down in the first light. And just like Goliath and Nebuchadnezzar, who wanted to erase the justice of God, they were cast down and prostrated by the fiery light of the Spirit of God, reduced to dust. For against the causes of your passions, which you pursue in every evil, I am strong and steadfast, and you will not be able to resist me.
Read the original Latin
25. c diabolicarum artium iniquitates pessimae, per fortitudinem Dei vos pro» stemam et delebo, quemadmodum Diabolus in prima luce prostratus est, et sicut 1 Goliath et Nabuchodonosor, qui justitiam Dei delere volebant, per igneum circu> lum Spiritus Dei dejecti et prostrati, in pulverem redacti sunt.
Nam contra omr > nes causas viscerum vestrorum, quae in omni malo contrahitis, fortis et constans sum, nec mihi resistere poteritis.»
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