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VERS. 10. — H Revelabit quoque aurum eorum, ut corripiat; et loquetur, ut revertantur ab iniquitate. 56. Amore cœlestis gloriœ graviora fiunt peccata prius perpetrata. — Aurem ab iniquitate revelare est intellectum cognitionis aperire. Revelata vero aure unusquisque corripitur, quando intrinsecus aeternorum bonorum desiderium percipit, et quae mala extrinsecus perpetravit agnoscit Potest vero in catenis et funibus paupertatis paena etiam temporalis afflictionis intelligi, quia saepe qui jubentis verba non audiunt, ferientis verberibus admonentur, a ut ad bona desideria saltem poenae traham, quos præmia non invitant. Unde per Prophetam dicitur:
第十節。——祂也必啟示他們的耳朵,好糾正之;祂必說話,使他們從罪孽中回轉。五十六、因愛慕屬天榮耀,先前所犯的罪變得更為嚴重。——啟示耳朵脫離罪孽,就是開啟認識的悟性。而當耳朵被啟示時,各人便得糾正,就是當他內心領受了對永恆美善的渴慕,並認出自己外在所犯的惡行之時。但「鎖鏈」與「貧窮的繩索」,也可理解為屬世苦難的刑罰,因為那些不聽從發命者話語的人,往往被那擊打者的鞭傷所警戒,好叫刑罰至少能吸引那些不受賞賜招引的人歸向美善的渴慕。故此藉先知說:
V. 10.—He will also reveal their ear, that he may correct it; and he will speak, that they may return from iniquity. 56. Through love of heavenly glory, sins formerly committed become more grievous.—To reveal the ear from iniquity is to open the understanding of knowledge. And when the ear is revealed, each one is corrected, when inwardly he receives the desire of eternal goods, and recognizes what evils he committed outwardly. But by 'chains' and 'cords of poverty' the penalty even of temporal affliction can be understood, because often those who do not hear the words of Him who commands are admonished by the stripes of Him who strikes, so that at least penalties may draw to good desires those whom rewards do not invite. Whence it is said through the Prophet:
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In camo et freno maxillas esrum b constringe, qui non approximant ad te (Psal. xxxi, 9). Si vero etiam flagella despiciunt, constat nimirum quod tanto illic gravioris vindictæ supplicia sentiant, quanto hic majoris providentiæ gratiam calcant. Unde et sequitur:
你要用嚼環轡頭勒住那些不肯就近你之人的腮頰(詩三十二9)。但他們若連鞭打也輕看,那麼可以確定:他們在那裡所感受更嚴厲的懲罰之刑罰,正與他們在此地所踐踏更大眷顧之恩典成正比。故此接著說:
With bit and bridle bind fast the jaws of those who come not near to thee (Ps. 32:9). But if they despise even the scourges, it is certainly established that there they feel the punishments of a heavier vengeance, in proportion as here they trample upon the grace of a greater providence. Whence it follows: