XVII. Qxiod opus hominis non pcribit.
XVII. Qxiod opus hominis non pcribit.
But just as the work of God, which is humanity, will not be destroyed but will endure, so too the work of man will not vanish, because the work of man that aims at God will shine in the heavens; however, the work of that man, which extends to the Devil, will be revealed in punishments. When God created man, He commanded him to work in creation. And so he will not end, unless he is changed into ashes, and when he rises again, his works will be seen: the good ones for glory, but the bad ones for his shame, unless they are wiped away through the commerce of manifest repentance.
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Sed ut opus Dei, quod homo est, non exterminabitur, sed durabit, ita etiam opus hominis non evanescet, quia opus hominis, quod ad Deum tendit, in coelestibus fulgebit; opus autem illius, quod ad Diabolum extenditur, in poenis manifestabitur.
Cum enim Deus hominem creavit, illi injunxit ut in creaturis operaretur.
Et ut ille non finietur, nisi quod in cinerem mutabitur, et ut postea surget, sic et opera ipsius videbuntur, bona scilicet ad gloriam, mala vero ad confusionem ipsius, nisi per commercium manifestatae poenitentiae deleantur.
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