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V ers. 11. — Condixerant enim sibi, ut pariter ve- nientes visitarent eum. 66. Foedus adversum nos ineunt.—Vitia quippe sibi sub virtutum praetextu condicunt, quia sunt quaedam quae adversum nos inter se quadam convenientia conjunguntur, sicut superbia et ira, remissio et ti- mor. Vicina namque est ira superbiae, remissio timori. Condicendo ergo veniunt, quae contra nos sibi ex quadam pravitatis cognatione sociantur. [ Vet. XXV. ] Sed si aerumnam nostrae captivitatis agnoscimus, si ex amore aeternae patriae in intimis dolemus, vitia, quae male laetis surrepunt, bene tristibus praevalere non possunt. Unde et bene subditur:
Ver. 11.—For they had appointed together, that coming they would visit him at the same time. 66. They enter into a covenant against us.—The vices, indeed, appoint together among themselves under the pretext of virtues, because there are certain ones which are joined against us by a kind of mutual agreement, such as pride and anger, remissness and fear. For anger is near to pride, remissness to fear. By appointing together, therefore, they come, which are allied against us by a kind of kinship of depravity. [Old div. XXV.] But if we acknowledge the misery of our captivity, if out of love of the eternal homeland we grieve in our inmost parts, the vices, which creep in evilly upon the joyful, cannot prevail well over the sorrowful. Whence it is well added:
第十一節。——他們彼此約定，一同來看望他。六十六、他們彼此立約敵擋我們。——那些惡習實在以德行為藉口彼此約定，因為有某些惡習藉某種相互的協議聯合起來敵擋我們，如驕傲與憤怒、鬆懈與懼怕。因為憤怒與驕傲相近，鬆懈與懼怕相近。因此，那藉某種敗壞的血親而結盟敵擋我們的惡習，就彼此約定前來。〔舊分卷二十五。〕但我們若承認自己被擄的悲慘，若出於對永恆故鄉的愛而在肺腑深處哀痛，那些惡意潛入喜樂之人的惡習，就不能勝過哀痛之人。因此經上美妙地補充說：