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I bid.— Non exaudierunt vocem exactoris. 69. Diabolus exactor. Non exauditur, cum tentanti resistitur.—Quis alius debet nomine exactoris intel- ligi, nisi importunus ille persuasor, qui humano ge- neri semel nummum deceptionis contulit, et e ab hoc quotidie expetere mortis debitum non desistit? Qui in paradiso homini f peccati pecuniam commodavit; sed iniquitate crescente, hanc quotidie cum usuris exigit. De hoc exactore in Evangelio Veritas dicit, Et judex tradet te exactori ( Luc. xii, 58). Hujus igitur exactoris vox est tentatio miserae suggestionis. Au- dimus autem vocem exactoris, cum ejus tentatione pulsamur; sed non exaudimus, si pulsanti resistimus.
Same verse.—They heard not the voice of the exactor. 69. The devil is the exactor. He is not obeyed when the tempter is resisted.—Who else ought to be understood by the name of exactor, but that importunate persuader, who once lent to the human race the coin of deception, and daily ceases not to demand from it the debt of death? Who in paradise lent to man the money of sin; but, iniquity increasing, daily exacts it with interest. Concerning this exactor, Truth says in the Gospel: And the judge shall deliver thee to the exactor (Luke 12:58). The voice of this exactor, therefore, is the temptation of wretched suggestion. But we hear the voice of the exactor when we are struck by his temptation; yet we do not obey, if we resist him who strikes.
同一節——他們沒有聽從索債者的聲音。六十九、魔鬼是索債者。當人抵擋試探者時，就沒有聽從他。——除了那糾纏不休的慫恿者，還有誰該被理解為索債者之名呢？他曾一度借給人類欺騙的錢幣，並天天不停止向人類索取死亡的債。他在樂園中把罪的錢財借給人；但隨著罪孽增加，他天天連本帶利地索取。論到這索債者，真理在福音書中說：「審判官要把你交給索債者」（路十二58）。因此，這索債者的聲音，就是可憐慫恿的試探。但當我們被他的試探所擊打時，我們聽見索債者的聲音；然而我們若抵擋那擊打者，就沒有聽從。
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Audit enim, qui tentationem sentit; exaudit vero qui tentationi consentit. Dicatur itaque de justis: Non exaudierunt vocem exactoris, quoniam suggestionem ejus etsi audiunt, quin tentantur; non exaudiunt, quia consentire contemnunt. [ Vet. XLII.] Sed quia quod valde mens amat, etiam in sermone saepius re- plicat, beatus Job, quia internae pacis frequentiam diligens conspicit, a descriptioni eius iterum servit, dicens:
For he hears who feels the temptation; but he obeys who consents to the temptation. Let it therefore be said of the righteous: They heard not the voice of the exactor, since, though they hear his suggestion when they are tempted, they do not obey, because they disdain to consent. [Old Version, chapter 42.] But because the mind repeats more often even in speech that which it greatly loves, blessed Job, because he beholds with delight the frequency of inward peace, serves its description again, saying:
因為感受到試探的人是聽見；但順從試探的人是聽從。因此，論到義人可以說：他們沒有聽從索債者的聲音，因為他們受試探時雖聽見他的慫恿，卻不聽從，因他們不屑同意。〔舊版，第四十二章。〕但因為心靈甚愛之物，甚至在言語中也更頻繁地重述，蒙福的約伯既欣然仰望內在平安的屢屢臨現，便再次為其描述效勞，說：