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I bid.— Occupet eum caligo. 32. Mentis poenitentis salubris caligo. — Quia enim in caligine oculus confunditor, ipsa per poenitentiam mentis nostrae confusio, caligo nominatur. Nam sicut caligo nebulosa congerie obscurat diem, ita confusio perturbatis cogitationibus obnubilat mentem. De qua f per quemdam dicitur: Est confusio adducens glo- riam ( Eccli. iv, 25). Cumenim ad mentem male gesta poenitendo reducimus, gravi mox moerore confundi- mur, perstrepit in animo turba cogitationum moeror conterit, anxietas devastat, in aerumnam mens ver- titur, et quasi quodam nubilo caliginis obscuratur. Haec namque caligo confusionis eorum mentem sa- lubriter oppresserat; quibus Paulus dicebat:
Same verse.— Let gloom occupy it. 32. The salutary gloom of the penitent mind.— For since in gloom the eye is confounded, the very confusion of our mind through penance is named gloom. For just as a misty gathering of gloom obscures the day, so confusion, with disturbed thoughts, beclouds the mind. Of which it is said through a certain one: 'There is a confusion that brings glory' (Ecclesiasticus 4:25 [4:21]). For when by repenting we bring back to mind our evil deeds, we are soon confounded by a heavy grief; a throng of thoughts clamours in the soul, grief crushes, anxiety devastates, the mind is turned into distress, and is obscured as if by a certain cloud of gloom. For this gloom of confusion had salutarily oppressed the mind of those to whom Paul was saying:
同節——願幽暗佔據這日。三十二、悔改心思有益的幽暗。——因為在幽暗中眼目昏亂，所以我們的心思藉著悔改所生的昏亂，便被稱為幽暗。因為正如霧氣的濃聚遮蔽白晝，昏亂也以紛擾的思念遮蔽心思。論到這昏亂，藉著某人說：「有一種昏亂能帶來榮耀」（便西拉智訓四21）。因為當我們藉著悔改把所行的惡帶回心思時，我們立刻被沉重的憂傷所困擾；思念的群眾在心中喧鬧，憂傷輾壓，焦慮蹂躪，心思陷入苦惱，並彷彿被某種幽暗的雲霧所遮蔽。因為這昏亂的幽暗曾有益地壓制那些人的心思，保羅對他們說：
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Quem enim fructum habuistis tunc in illis, in quibus nunc erubescitis ( Rom. vi, 21)? Hunc ergo peccati diem caligo occupet, id est, blandimentum nequitiae affli- ctio poenitentiae digno moerore perturbet. Unde et apte subjungitur:
'For what fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed?' (Romans 6:21). Let gloom, therefore, occupy this day of sin, that is, let the affliction of penance disturb, with worthy grief, the allurement of wickedness. Whence it is also fitly subjoined:
「你們現今所看為羞恥的事，當日有甚麼果子呢？」（羅馬書六21）。所以願幽暗佔據這罪的日子，就是說，願悔改的苦楚以相稱的憂傷擾亂邪惡的諂媚。因此經上也貼切地接著說：