Proinde licet quamvis caelum terramque reantur incorrupta fore aeternae mandata saluti; et tamen interdum praesens vis ipsa pericli subdit et hunc stimulum quadam de parte timoris, ne pedibus raptim tellus subtracta feratur in barathrum, rerumque sequatur prodita summa funditus, et fiat mundi confusa ruina.
Therefore let them believe as they please that earth and sky will remain incorruptible, given in trust to life everlasting; and yet sometimes the very present force of peril applies this goad of fear also from one part or another, that the earth may be suddenly withdrawn from under their feet, and fall into the bottomless pit, followed by the whole sum of things utterly giving way, and then may come the confused ruin of the world.
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