XXIV. Qtu)d $icut nullus aeterna gaudia, sic infernales miserias nullus manifestare valehit.
XXIV. Qtu)d $icut nullus aeterna gaudia, sic infernales miserias nullus manifestare valehit.
Therefore, whoever strives to escape the torments of hell should flee from the Devil and reject his suggestions; let him receive the faith of the fiery fountain that he brought, who came without sin, and let him keep it through righteous deeds, so that he may reach those joys that are prepared for those who love God. But just as no mortal tongue can explain those same joys, so neither can any human knowledge reveal the torments of hell. These things have been spoken and declared by the living voice of the eternal and unchanging light; they are faithful, and let the faithful pay attention to them, and let them be composed in the memory of good knowledge.
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Quapropter homo qui tartarea tormenta evadere studuerit, Diabolum fugiat, et suggestiones illius de se repellat; fidem igniti fontis, quam ille attulit, qui sine peccato venit, suscipiat, ac eam justis operibus custodiat, quatenus ad gaudia illa perveniat, quae diligentibus Deum praeparata sunt.
Sed ut eadem gaudia nulla mortalis lingua explicare poterit, sic etiam nec infernaies miserias ulla humana scientia manifestare valebit.
Haec autem de viva voce viventis et indeficientis lucis prolata et dicta sunt, et fidelia sunt, et fidelis his attendat, et ea in memoriam bonae scientiae componat.
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