Nam et multi fidem quam habebant iniquis profanabant operibus: et aliqui etiam tempore mortalitatis neglectis fidei sacramentis quibus erant imbuti, ad erratica idolatriae medicamina concurrebant; quasi missam a Deo conditore plagam, per incantationes, vel fylacteria, vel alia quaelibet daemoniacae artis arcana cohibere valerent.
For many folk too did defile the faith that they had with unrighteous works: and some also in the time of the mortal sickness, setting at naught the mysteries of the faith in which they had been instructed, ran to the erroneous medicines of idolatry; as though they had power by charms or amulets or any other secret art of the devil to stay the visitation sent from God the Creator.
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