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Idols. Wis.14.1-11

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1Iterum alius navigare cogitans,
et per feros fluctus iter facere incipiens,
ligno portante se, fragilius lignum invocat.
Idols. Wis.14.1-11
2Illud enim cupiditas acquirendi excogitavit,
et artifex sapientia fabricavit sua.
 
3Tua autem, Pater, providentia gubernat:
quoniam dedisti et in mari viam,
et inter fluctus semitam firmissimam,
 
4ostendens quoniam potens es ex omnibus salvare,
etiam si sine arte aliquis adeat mare.
 
5Sed ut non essent vacua sapienti? tu? opera,
propter hoc etiam et exiguo ligno credunt homines animas suas,
et transeuntes mare per ratem liberati sunt.
 
6Sed et ab initio cum perirent superbi gigantes,
spes orbis terrarum ad ratem confugiens,
remisit s?culo semen nativitatis qu? manu tua erat gubernata.
 
7Benedictum est enim lignum per quod fit justitia;
 
8per manus autem quod fit idolum,
maledictum est et ipsum, et qui fecit illud:
quia ille quidem operatus est,
illud autem cum esset fragile, deus cognominatus est.
 
9Similiter autem odio sunt Deo impius et impietas ejus;
 
10etenim quod factum est, cum illo qui fecit tormenta patietur.
 
11Propter hoc et in idolis nationum non erit respectus,
quoniam creatur? Dei in odium fact? sunt,
et in tentationem animabus hominum,
et in muscipulam pedibus insipientium.
 

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