Propter quod, inquit, oportet nos admonitioni eius caelesti, debito cum timore et amore respondere; ut quoties aere commoto, manum quasi ad feriendum minitans exerit, nec adhuc tamen percutit, mox imploremus eius misericordiam, et discussis penetralibus cordis nostri, atque expurgatis vitiorum ruderibus, solliciti ne unquam percuti mereamur, agamus.
And therefore, quoth he, it behoveth us with due fear and love to make answer to His warning from heaven; that, as oft as He troubleth the air and stretcheth out His hand as He were threatening to strike, and nevertheless smiteth not yet, we straightway call upon His mercy, and bolting out the very bottom of our hearts and casting out the refuse of sin, do carefully provide that we never deserve to be smitten.
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