quippe minor natura aciem si intendere temptet acrius ac penetrare Dei secreta supremi, quis dubitet victo fragilem lassescere visu vimque fatigatae mentis sub pectore parvo turbari invalidisque hebetem subcumbere curis? sed facilis fidei via provocat omnipotentem credere qui bona non tantum praesentia donat, sed ventura etiam longisque intermina saeclis promittit, ne totus eam resolutus inane in nihilum pereamque brevem post luminis usum.
If the lesser nature seek to strain its gaze too keenly and to penetrate the mystery of the most high God, who would question that its vision is beaten, its frail power flags, the working of the tired intellect is thrown out in the little mind and is dulled and fails under its feeble efforts? But the easy way of faith calls to believe that the Almighty is He who not only grants us blessings for the present time but promises blessings to come, that will last without end through the long ages, so that I shall not wholly pass away into empty nothingness and perish after a brief enjoyment of the light.
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