De quo constat quia, sicut beatus papa Gregorius de quibusdam scribit, non pro se ista cui non profuere, sed pro aliis viderit, qui eius interitum cognoscentes, differre tempus poenitentiae, dum vacat, timerent, ne improviso mortis articulo praeventi impoenitentes perirent.
Of whom it is evident that (as the blessed pope Gregory writeth of certain) he had not those visions for his own sake whom they availed nothing, but for the sake of other men which knowing his end might be afeared to put off the time of their repentance, while they have opportunity, lest by sudden prevention of the moment of death they die impenitent.
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