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V ers. 4.—Dies ille vertatur in tenebras. 7. Vertitur in tenebras, cum quae promittit prospera, intelliguntur adversa.—Quasi lucet dies iste mentibus hominum, cum pravitatis ejus persuasio prospera creditur, et qualis sit intrinsecus non videtur. Sed cum iniquitas illius, sicut est, agnoscitur, dies falsae promissionis quasi quibusdam ante d judicii nostri oculos tenebris obscuratur; quia videlicet qualis est ex merito, talis perspicitur in blandimento. In tene- bras ergo dies vertitur, quando adversa intelligimus, etiam quae prospera suadendo pollicetur. In tenebras dies vertitur, quando antiquus hostis qualis est sae- viens, talis a nobis perspicitur etiam Sub blandimen- tis latens;
Verse 4. — Let that day be turned into darkness. 7. It is turned into darkness, when the prosperous things it promises are understood as adverse. — This day, as it were, gives light to the minds of men, when the persuasion of his depravity is believed to be prosperous, and what he is inwardly is not seen. But when his iniquity, such as it is, is recognized, the day of false promise is, as it were, darkened before the eyes of our judgment with certain shadows; because, namely, such as he is by desert, such is he perceived in his flattery. Into darkness, therefore, the day is turned, when we understand as adverse even those things which by persuading it promises as prosperous. Into darkness the day is turned, when the ancient enemy, such as he is in his raging, is such perceived by us even when lurking under flatteries;
第4節。——願那日變為黑暗。七、當它所應許的昌盛被領悟為逆境時，它便變為黑暗。——這日彷彿向人的心思發光，即當其邪惡的慫恿被信為昌盛、而其內在本相不被看透之時。但當人認出他的罪惡本相之時，那虛假應許之日便彷彿被某些陰影遮暗在我們判斷的眼前；因為，他按當得如何，在其諂媚中便被看透如何。所以，當我們把甚至他藉慫恿所應許為昌盛之事都領悟為逆境時，那日便變為黑暗。當我們把那古蛇仇敵——即或潛藏於諂媚之下——都看透為與他狂暴時同樣的本相時，那日便變為黑暗；
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ne lictis prosperitatibus quasi ex diei lu- mine illudat, et veris miseriis ad 103 peccati tene- bras pertrahat. Sequitur:
lest, with prosperities lightly regarded, he should mock us as it were with the light of day, and drag us with true miseries to the darkness of sin. There follows:
免得他以那被輕看的昌盛，彷彿以白晝之光戲弄我們，並以真實的苦難把我們拖入罪的黑暗。接著說：