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V ers. 16. Qui timent pruinam, irruit super eos nix. 32. Qui temporalium damnorum metu justitiam de- serunt, incident in aeterna mala. Pruina quippe in- ferius gelascit, nix autem de superioribus ruit. Et saepe nonnulli dum temporatia adversa pertimescunt a districtioni se aeternae animadversionis objiciunt. De quibus bene per Psalmistam dicitur: Illic trepi- daverunt timore, ubi non erat timor ( Psal. xiii, 5). Iste namque veritatem jam libere defendere appetit, sed tamen in ipso suo appetitu trepidus indignatio- nem potestatis humanae pertimescit; cumque in terra hominem contra veritatem pavet, ejusdem veritatis iram coelitus sustinet.
Verse 16. 'Those who fear the frost, upon them the snow shall fall.' 32. Those who from fear of temporal losses forsake justice fall into eternal evils. For frost congeals below, but snow falls down from above. And often some, while they dread temporal adversities, cast themselves before the strictness of eternal vengeance. Of whom it is well said through the Psalmist: 'There they trembled with fear, where there was no fear' (Ps. 13:5). For such a one already desires to defend the truth freely, yet in that very desire, trembling, he dreads the indignation of human power; and while on earth he fears man against the truth, he endures from heaven the wrath of that same truth.
第16節。「懼怕寒霜的，雪必落在他們身上。」第32段：那些因懼怕暫時損失而離棄公義的人，必陷入永遠的禍患。因為寒霜在下面凝結，雪卻從上面降下。人往往在懼怕暫時逆境之時，反把自己拋在永遠報應的嚴厲之前。論到這等人，藉聖詠作者說得好：「他們在無可懼怕之處，戰慄恐懼」（詠十三5）。因為這樣的人已渴望自由地衛護真理，卻在那渴望本身之中戰兢，懼怕人間權勢的憤怒；當他在地上為著真理而懼怕人時，便從天上承受那同一真理的震怒。
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Ille, peccatorum suorum con- scius, ea quae possidet indigentibus jam largiri desi- derat, sed tamen ne datis rebus egeat ipse formidat. Cumque carnis subsidia reservando trepidus praepa- rat, ab alimentis misericordiae animam necat; et cum pati in terra inopiam metuit, aeternam sibi abundan- tiam supernae refectionis abscindit. Recte ergo dici- tur: Qui timent pruinam, irruit super eos nix, quia qui conculcanda ab infimis metuunt, a summis me- tuenda patiuntur; et cum transire nolunt quod cal- care poterant, judicium de supernis excipiunt, quod tolerare nequaquam possunt. Sed haec agentes, mundi gloriam temporaliter obtinent.
That other man, conscious of his own sins, already desires to bestow what he possesses upon the needy, yet he fears lest he himself be in want after his goods are given away. And while, trembling, he prepares to hold back the supports of the flesh, he starves his soul from the nourishment of mercy; and while he fears to suffer poverty on earth, he cuts off from himself the eternal abundance of heavenly refreshment. Rightly, therefore, is it said: 'Those who fear the frost, upon them the snow shall fall,' because those who fear the things below that are to be trodden underfoot suffer from above the things that are truly to be feared; and while they will not part with what they could have trampled, they receive from on high a judgment that they can by no means endure. But by acting thus, they obtain the world's glory for a time.
另有一人，自知己罪，已渴望將所有的分給窮乏的人，卻懼怕自己在施捨財物之後反陷貧困。當他戰兢地預備留住肉體的供養時，便使自己的靈魂餓死於慈憐的食糧之外；當他懼怕在地上受貧窮時，便把屬天甦醒的永遠豐盛從自己身上斷絕。所以說得好：「懼怕寒霜的，雪必落在他們身上」，因為那些懼怕在下、本該踐踏之物的人，反從上面承受了那真正當懼怕的；當他們不肯捨棄那本可踐踏之物時，便從高天領受了他們斷不能承受的審判。然而他們如此行，不過暫時得著世界的榮耀。
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Quid autem tempore vocationis suae facturi sunt cum cuncta simul pavidi deserunt quae hic cum gravi timore servave- runt? Unde et apte subditur:
But what will they do at the time of their summoning, when in dread they forsake all at once the things which here they guarded with grievous fear? Whence it is also aptly subjoined:
但到了他們被召的時候，當他們驚恐地一時盡都丟棄那些他們在此以沉重恐懼所看守之物時，他們將怎麼辦呢？因此也恰當地接著說：