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74. Militem Dei primum armet fides. — Unicuique animae, f cui Dominus misericorditer prj-sidet, ante omnia fidei fortitudinem pra'bet, de qua Petrus ait: Adversarius vesta diabolus, sicut leo rugiens, circuit quaretis quem devoret; cuiresistite fortes in fide (I Pet. v, 8). Huic autem for titudini hinnitus jungitur, dum fit quod scriptum est: Corde creditur ad justitiam, ore autem confessio fit ad salutem (Rom. x, 10). Sequitur:
七十四、願信德首先武裝神的士兵。——對於每一個蒙主慈憐所治理的靈魂，祂在萬事之先賜下信德的剛勇，論到這剛勇，彼得說：「你們的仇敵魔鬼，如同吼叫的獅子，遍地遊行，尋找可吞吃的人；你們要用堅固的信心抵擋牠」（彼得前書五章八至九節）。而這剛勇又加上嘶鳴，就是當那所記的成就之時：「人心裡相信，就可以稱義；口裡承認，就可以得救」（羅馬書十章十節）。接著說：
74. Let faith first arm the soldier of God. — To each soul over which the Lord mercifully presides, He grants before all things the fortitude of faith, of which Peter says: 'Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour; whom resist ye, strong in faith' (1 Pet. 5:8-9). But to this fortitude a neighing is joined, when there comes to pass what is written: 'With the heart man believeth unto justice, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation' (Rom. 10:10). There follows: