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But now also thy spiritual children , placed and ranked in this same firmament - - thy grace being thus manifest throughout the world - - may shed light upon the earth , and may divide between the day and night , and may be for the signs of the times [ 587 ] ; because old things have passed away , and , lo , all things are become new [ 588 ] ; and because our salvation is nearer than when we believed ; and because " the night is far spent and the day is at hand " [ 589 ] ; and because " thou crownest the year with blessing , " [ 590 ] sending the laborers into thy harvest , in which others have labored in the sowing and sending laborers also to make new sowings whose harvest shall not be until the end of time . Such stand simply upon the goodwill and the fortune of him who has elevated them - two most inconstant and unstable things . The same goes for many shows across the channels . Unless this something is good , it cannot be corrupted , because corruption is nothing more than the deprivation of the good . And we have accomplished certain good works by thy good gifts , and even though they are not eternal , still we hope , after these things here , to find our rest in thy great sanctification . The other man " thinks about the things of the world , how he may please his wife " [ 151 ] ; that is , he builds upon the same foundation with wood , hay , and stubble . Their book is never closed , nor is the scroll folded up , because thou thyself art this to them , and art this to them eternally ; because thou didst range them above this firmament which thou madest firm over the infirmities of the people below the heavens , where they might look up and learn thy mercy , which proclaims in time thee who madest all times . And as to the king , he learned his mind when he himself , after taking the duchy of Urbino , attacked Tuscany , and the king made him desist from that undertaking ; hence the duke decided to depend no more upon the arms and the luck of others .