sed si tu inter me et illum, cui concrucifigeris, dominum nostrum pro scelerum meorum populo, iunior mage quam minor Moyses, intercessor assistas, non ulterius descendemus in infernum viventes nec per carnalium vitiorum incentiva flammati ad altare domini ignem diutius accendemus alienum; quia quamquam nos utpote reos gloriae libra non respicit, satis tamen superque gaudebimus, si precatu tuo levare valeamus interioris hominis nostri etsi non integrum ad remunerationem, certe vel cicatricatum pectus ad veniam.
But if you, a later rather than a lesser Moses, stand as intercessor for my multitude of sins between me and Him, our Lord, with whom you are crucified, then I shall no more descend alive into the pit; no longer aflame with the lure of fleshly vices shall I kindle strange flame at the altar of the Lord; for although a sinner like me can claim no recompense of glory, it will be for me joy abundant, joy superabundant, if through your prayers I am able to raise up my spiritual being, presenting not indeed a heart unscathed in the fight now to receive its reward, but a heart battered and scarred to receive its pardon.
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