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I bid. Nemo loquebatur ei verbum. 53. Quandoque silere coguntur haeretici.—Nonnun- Quam tamen cum per torporem c inertia fidelium cor- da considerant, erroris semina spargere loquendo non cessant. Cum vero mentes bonorum vident alta sa- pere, ad patriam reditum quaerere, de aerumna hujus exsilii strenue dolere, circumspectione sollicita lin- guam frenant, quia vident quod contra corda dolen- tium incassum loquentes citius obmutescant. Unde et recte cum diceretur: Nemo loquebatur ei verbum, mox causa silentii subinfertur, cum dicitur:
同上。無人向他說一句話。五十三、異端者何時被迫緘默。——然而有時，當他們察覺信徒的心因怠惰的麻木而遲鈍，他們便不停地藉言語撒下謬誤的種子。但當他們見善人的心靈嚮往崇高之事，尋求歸回故鄉，為這放逐之苦切切哀痛時，他們就以憂慮周密的謹慎約束自己的舌頭，因為他們見到：對著哀痛者的心徒然說話，反而更快啞口無言。因此，當經上恰當地說「無人向他說一句話」時，隨即補上緘默的緣由，說：
Ibid. No one spoke a word to him. 53. When heretics are compelled to be silent.—Yet sometimes, when they observe the hearts of the faithful sluggish through the torpor of inactivity, they do not cease to scatter the seeds of error by speaking. But when they see the minds of the good aspiring to lofty things, seeking a return to their homeland, sorrowing vigorously over the misery of this exile, then with anxious circumspection they bridle their tongue, because they see that speaking in vain against the hearts of the sorrowing they are sooner struck dumb. Hence too, when it was rightly said, No one spoke a word to him, immediately the cause of the silence is added, when it is said: