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C ap. xvii, V ers. 1.— Spiritus meus attenuabitur. 32. Boni brevem vitam, longam vero mali sibi pol- licentur. — Attenuatur spiritus timore judicii, quia electorum mentes quo amplius extremo judicio pro- pinquare se sentiunt, eo ad discutiendas semetipsas terribilius contremiscunt, et si quas in se carnales unquam cogitationes inveniunt, poenitentiae ardore consumunt, nec cogitationes suas dilatari carnali voluptate permittunt, quia eo semetipsos dijudican- tes subtilius feriunt, quo districtum judicem prae- stolantur vicinum. Unde fit ut propinquum sibi sem- per exitum suspicentur. Nam reproborum mentes idcirco multa nequiter agunt, quia hic se vivere diutius arbitrantur.
Chap. xvii, Ver. 1.—'My spirit shall be attenuated.' 32. The good promise themselves a short life, but the wicked a long one.—The spirit is attenuated by fear of the judgment, because the minds of the elect, the more they perceive themselves to draw near to the final judgment, the more terribly do they tremble at sifting themselves; and if ever they find any carnal thoughts in themselves, they consume them with the ardour of penance, nor do they permit their thoughts to be dilated by carnal pleasure, because the more attentively they await the strict Judge as near, the more subtly they smite themselves in judging themselves. Whence it comes to pass that they always suspect their departure to be near to them. For the minds of the reprobate therefore do many things wickedly, because they reckon that they will live here for a longer time.
第十七章第一節——「我的靈要衰微。」三十二、善人為自己預許短暫的生命，惡人卻預許長久的生命。——靈因懼怕審判而衰微，因為蒙揀選者的心思越覺得自己臨近末後的審判，就越可畏地為審視自己而戰兢；他們若曾在自己裡面發現任何屬肉體的思念，便以悔改的熱誠將之消滅，也不容自己的思念被肉體的宴樂所鋪張；因為他們越儆醒地等候那嚴厲審判者臨近，就越精微地在審判自己中擊打自己。因此便發生這事：他們總疑心自己的離世臨近。至於被棄者的心思之所以多行惡事，乃因他們料想自己在此還要活得長久。
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Justorum ergo attenuatur spiri- tus, sed crassescit iniquorum. Quo enim per elatio- nem tument, eo attenuationem spiritus non habent. Justi vero dum brevitatem suae vitae considerant, elationis et immunditiae culpas declinant. Unde et subditur:
The spirit of the just, therefore, is attenuated, but that of the wicked grows gross. For inasmuch as they swell with elation, so far do they not have attenuation of spirit. But the just, while they consider the brevity of their life, decline the faults of elation and of uncleanness. Whence it is also subjoined:
所以義人的靈衰微，惡人的靈卻粗肥。因為他們既因高傲而膨脹，就照樣沒有靈的衰微。但義人思想自己生命的短暫，便躲避高傲與污穢的過犯。故此也接著說：