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Hei mihi quod nullis ratio est medicabilis herbis!

Shall the Lord threaten judgements, woe to him that trembles not. Non sapient, sentient tamen. Hell was not made for nothing. The vanguard of that accursed departing rabble, the ringleaders of the crew that dance to hell,¹ are unbelievers. Revel. 21. An unsettled heart accompanied incredulity.² If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Neither are they that believe not, gathered within the pale and sold of the Church; but wander like straggling goats, and wild beasts on the mountains and forests of this world. Hereupon, through the improvident and incircumspect courses, that mad Infidelity keeps, the soul stumbles at the Rock, ³and is broken by that, which might have been her eternal safety. 1. Pet. 2. They that wander from the mounds and bounds of Faith, madly invite dangers to salute them. Sub clypeo fidei, & subsidio virtutis vir tutus. But where faith is not our Proctor, nor is providence our Protector: what shall shield us, in the absence of faith? Not Solon, not Solomon, a Wise man among the Gentiles, a wiser among the Christians; but grow mad in the deficiency of faith.

Shall the Lord threaten iudgements, woe to him that trembles not. Non sapient, sentient tamen. Hell was not made for nothing. The vantguard of that accursed departing rabble, the ringleaders of the crew that dance to hell,¹ are vnbeleeuers. Reuel. 21. An vnsetled heart accompanied incredulity.