XXVIII. Quod solertia justorum vitia repellit.
XXVIII. Quod solertia justorum vitia repellit.
However, in that aforementioned fog, where various kinds of vices exist, as has been shown above, you also see here five vices in such images, which are rooted in the worst infidelity of reckless haste, where diverse varieties of wicked vices roam, as has been previously indicated; here too, five vices oppose the five senses of man, revealing themselves in perverse figures and meanings, because all of this, with every effort, seeks to ensnare and corrupt the senses of faithful people into the contradiction of wickedness, although the clarity and wisdom of the just repel them and do not allow them to dominate.
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Quod autem in praefata nebula, in qua multimoda genera vitiorum sunt, ut supra ostensum est, etiam hic quinque vitia in hujusmodi imaginibus aspicis, hoc est quod in pessima infidelitate temerariae precipitationis, in qua diversae varietates nefandorum vitiorum discurrunt, ut praemonstratum est, etiam hic quinque contra quinque sensus hominis bacchantia, in perversis figuris et significationibus suis se declarant, quoniam haec omni conatu sensus fidelium hominum in contrarietatem perversitatis irretire et pervertere conantur, quamvis ea divino adjutorio perspicuitas et solertia justorum a se repellat, nec illa sibi dominari permittat.
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