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I bid. — Nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per s(??)mitus illius. 71. Perversi ideo reprobo sensui traduntur, quia divino lumini rebelles fuerunt. — Qui enim prius scien- do rebelles sunt, postmodum caecantur ut nesciant, sieut de quibusdam dicitur: i Quia cum cognovissent Deum, non sicut Deum glorificaverunt, aut gratias ege- runt ( Rom. i, 21). De quibus paulo post additur: Tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum, ut faciant ex quae non conveniunt ( Ibid., 28). Quia enim glorificare nolucru t(??)quem cognoverant, reprobo sensui traditi, ad hoc relicti sunt, ut nescirent jam pensare mala quae faciebant. [ Vet. XXVII.] Bene autem dicitur:
Same place. — They knew not his ways, nor returned by his paths. 71. The perverse are for this reason delivered over to a reprobate sense, because they were rebels against the divine light. — For those who first are rebels by knowing, afterward are blinded so that they may not know, just as it is said concerning certain persons: Because, when they had known God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave thanks (Romans 1:21). Concerning whom it is added a little after: God delivered them over to a reprobate sense, that they might do those things which are not fitting (Romans 1:28). For because they were unwilling to glorify him whom they had known, being delivered over to a reprobate sense, they were left to this, that they no longer knew how to weigh the evils which they were doing. Well, moreover, is it said:
同節——他們不認識祂的道路，也不循祂的路徑回轉。七十一、邪僻的人所以被交給那可羞恥的心思，正因他們曾背叛神聖之光。——因為那些起初憑知曉而背叛的人，此後便被弄瞎，以致不再知曉，正如論到某些人所說：他們雖然知道上主，卻不當作上主榮耀祂，也不感謝祂（羅馬書一章21節）。論到這些人，稍後又補上：上主任憑他們存邪僻的心，行那些不合宜的事（羅馬書一章28節）。因為他們既不肯榮耀那位他們所認識的，便被交給邪僻的心，落到這地步，以致不再懂得衡量自己所行的惡。此外，經上又美妙地說：
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Nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per semitas illius. Angustior quippe est semita quam via. Qui autem bona manifestiora agere contemnunt, nequaquam a(??)1 subtiliora intelligenda perveniunt. Exspectavit autem omnipotens Deus, ut per ejus semitas pergerent; sed utinam per eas vel reverti voluissent, ut vitae itinera quae noluerunt per innocentiam saltem per poeniten- tiam tenerent! Qua in re quantae sint misericordiae viscera Dei omnipotentis ostenditur, qui eos quos a se discedentes aspicit, ut revertantur, quaerit. Unde post enumeratas a culpas delinquentium Synagogam per vocem propheticam revocat, dicens: Ergo saltem amodo voca me, pater meus, dux virginitatis meae tu es ( Jerem.
They knew not his ways, nor returned by his paths. For the path is narrower than the way. And those who scorn to perform the more open goods can by no means arrive at understanding things more subtle. But almighty God waited that they might walk by his paths; yet would that they had been willing at least to return by them, so that the journeys of life which they refused to hold through innocence they might at least hold through penitence! In which matter it is shown how great is the tender mercy of almighty God, who seeks those whom he beholds departing from him, that they may return. Whence, after enumerating the faults of the offenders, he calls back the Synagogue through the voice of the prophet, saying: Therefore at least from now on call me: thou art my father, the guide of my virginity (Jeremiah).
他們不認識祂的道路，也不從祂的小徑折返。因為小徑比大道更為狹窄。凡是輕看行那更為明顯之善的人，斷然無法達到領悟那更精微之事的地步。然而全能的天主等候著，盼他們循祂的小徑而行；但願他們至少肯藉這些小徑折返，好使他們不肯藉純潔所守的生命之途，至少能藉痛悔而守住！在此事上顯明了全能天主慈悲的心腸何等深厚，祂尋找那些祂看見離祂而去的人，好叫他們回轉。故此，在列舉了犯罪者的過犯之後，祂藉先知之口召回會堂，說：「所以，如今你至少要呼喚我：你是我的父，是我童貞的引導者」（耶利米書）。