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the Son, as the finger from the arm and the body; but
on this occasion it was manifested to me, that Thou
holdest the same infinite power with the Father and the
Son. Through thy sovereign presence the heaven and the
earth are moved by such opposite effects in all its inhabi
tants
at one and the same time; but they are similar to
those, that will happen at the last judgment. The saints
and the just Thou fillest with thy grace, thy gifts and thy
ineffable consolations; and the impious and the proud
Thou chastisest and overwhelmest with confusion and
pain. Truly I see here fulfilled what Thou sayest through
the mouth of David; that Thou art a God of vengeance
and workest freely, dealing out retribution to the wicked,
in order that they may not glory in their unjust malice
nor say in their heart that Thou failest in perception or
judgment while reproving and chastising their sins (Ps.
93, 1).
67. Let the insipid of this world then understand, and
let the foolish be warned, that the Most High knows
the vain thoughts of men that if He
;
is liberal and most
kind to the just, He is also rigid in punishing
the im
pious and the wicked (Ps. 93, 11). It was befitting
that the Holy Ghost should show Himself to be the one
as well as the other on this occasion; for He proceeded
from the incarnate Word, who had assumed human
nature for the sake of men, who had died for their sal
vation, and had suffered ignominies and torments without
opening his mouth or seeking retribution for those in
sults and offenses. In coming down into this world it
was just that the Spirit should be zealous for the honor
of that same incarnate Word
; though He did not punish
all his enemies, yet He indicated in the punishment of
the most wicked, what all the others deserved, who, in
their stubborn perfidy had despised Him, if by the respite
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