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V ers. 14. - Qui dixerunt Deo: Recede a nobis. 59. Qui Dei mandatis non obsequuntur, eum a se abigunt. — Haec verbis dicere vel stulti minime prae- sumunt; sed tamen perversi omnes Deo Recede, non verbis, sed moribus dicunt. Qui enim illa agunt quae Deus omnipotens prohibet, quid aliud faciunt quam suum animum contra Omnipotentem c claudunt? Si- cut enim ejus praecepta cogitare eum ad se introdu- cere est, ita ejus mandatis obsistere eum a cordis inhabitatione repellere est. Dicunt ergo: Recede a nobis, qui ei ad se aditum praebere recusant, eumque pravis actibus impugnant, etiam si verbis laudare videantur. Dicunt etiam:
Verse 14. — 'Who said to God: Depart from us.' 50. Those who do not obey God's commandments drive Him away from themselves. — These things not even fools presume to say in words; but nevertheless all the perverse say 'Depart' to God, not in words but in morals. For those who do the things which God almighty forbids, what else do they do than shut their own mind against the Almighty? For just as to ponder His precepts is to introduce Him to oneself, so to resist His commandments is to repel Him from the dwelling of the heart. Therefore they say 'Depart from us,' who refuse to grant Him access to themselves, and assail Him with depraved acts, even if in words they seem to praise Him. They say also:
第十四節。——「他們對神說：離開我們吧。」50. 不順從神誡命的人，把神從自己身邊趕走。——這些話連愚昧人也不敢用言語說出；然而一切悖謬的人都對神說「離開」，不是用言語，乃是用行為。因為那些行全能神所禁止之事的人，除了向全能者關閉自己的心以外，還作了甚麼呢？正如思念祂的誡命就是把祂引入自己心中，抗拒祂的命令就是把祂從心的居所驅逐出去。所以那些拒絕給祂進入自己之路、並以邪惡行為攻擊祂的人——縱使在言語上似乎讚美祂——就是說「離開我們吧」。他們還說：