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XVIIl. De insidiis Diaboli

XVIIl. De insidiis Diaboli

But because the Devil, like a spy, joyfully deceives humans, he also lies in wait for them with such a flaw as he sees them delighting in the power of the elements. All vices come from the Devil, and just like thieves, he robs everything good that exists in a person, as much as he can, and he does this even with the elements and with other creatures at times, with whom a person lives and works.

Read the original Latin

Sed quia Diabolus, sicut speculator, hominem jocunde decipit, tali etiam vitio illi insidiatur, quali vi elementorum eum delectari videt.

Omnia namque vitia a Diabolo procedunt, et ut latrones sunt, quoniam omnia bona quae in homine sunt, quantum possunt, illi diripiunt, et hoc etiam cum elementis et cum aliis creaturis interdum faciunt, cum quibus homo vivit et operatur.

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