Christus ostendit sponse cogitaciones suggestionum boni et mali spiritus, que in corde regine supra proximo dicte certabant inter se, et determinat dominus, quid ipsa de illis debeat eligere.
The Conflict of Two Spirits
Christ explains how both the good and evil spirits influence the human heart through competing thoughts.
Christ speaks to his bride, saying: Thoughts are suggested and poured into the hearts of men by two spirits—the good spirit and the evil one. The good spirit, of course, urges a person to think about heavenly things and not to love the things of this world. The evil spirit, however, persuades a person to love the things of the present that they can see, makes light of sins, brings up excuses for weaknesses, and holds up the examples of the weak, and so on.
Reference to Further Teaching
The text directs the reader to a previous chapter for the continuation of the discourse.
You can find the rest of this chapter in Book 4, Chapter 4, in its entirety.
Read the original Latin
Christus loquitur sponse dicens: A duobus spiritibus suggeruntur et infunduntur cogitaciones in cordibus hominum, a bono spiritu scilicet et a malo.
Bonus nempe spiritus suadet homini futura celestia cogitare et temporalia non amare.
Spiritus vero malus suadet homini diligere illa presencia, que homo videt, leuigat peccata, allegat infirmitates et proponit exempla infirmorum etc. Residuum huius capituli require in IIII libro, IIII capitulo per totum.
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