XIII. Aq%mc <xd salutem hominum creatae.
XIII. Aq%mc <xd salutem hominum creatae.
And again I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: "Creator of all, who divided the waters from each other, so that they might flow in different places, both above and below, and who gathered them together for the sustenance of those things that are under the earth; He not only liquefied them for various uses of the bodily needs of the living on earth, but also directed them for the salvation of human souls through the washing of baptism; so that the faithful, believing in the Only Begotten of God, may cast off the sins of their own transgressions and the vices of diabolical suggestions; and that, aiming at heavenly desires, they may happily and gloriously reach the life of eternal beatitude, as is also manifested to you in the present vision." •)
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Et iterum audivi vocem de coelo mihi dicentem: Creator omnium, qui aquas ab invicem divisit, ita quod eas in diversis locis, scilicet tam in superioribus quam in inferioribus, emanare jussit, et qui abya&um ad sustentationem illarum quae sub terra sunt, coadunavit, eas non solum ad diversos usus corporalium necessitatum in terra viventium liquefecit, sed etiam ad salutem animarum hominum per ablutionem baptismi direxit; ita quod fideles in Unigenitum Dei credentes, per ablutionem peccatorum suorum vitia diabolicarum suggestionum a se projiciant; et quod coelestibus desideriis intendentes, ad vitam aeternae beatitudinis feliciter et gloriose pertingant, velut etiam in praesenti visione typice tibi manifestatur. •)
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