2024/5/10 君子慎獨!
(你/妳中了幾個?)
不文且愚昧之人認為教導是可笑的,不願受教,因為那會暴露他們的粗野,他們希望每個人都像自己一樣。
同樣,那些生活浪蕩的人也急於證明其他人都比自己差,他們試圖與周遭的所有罪人比較,來表現自己的清白。
鬆懈的靈魂是混亂的,會因邪惡而腐敗,因它自身就包含了:
揮霍、驕傲、不饜足的欲望、憤怒、急躁、狂熱、兇殘、抱怨、嫉妒、奢望、貪婪、自憐、撒謊、感官享樂、懶惰、頹廢、懦弱、病態、憎恨、挑剔、衰弱、妄想、無知、欺騙和對神的遺忘。
The lax soul is turbid and perishes through wickedness, since it contains within itself profligacy, pride, insatiate desire, anger, impetuosity, frenzy, murderousness, querulousness, jealousy, greed, rapacity, self-pity, lying, sensual pleasure, sloth, dejection, cowardice, morbidity, hatred, censoriousness, debility, delusion, ignorance, deceit and forgetfulness of God.
當悲惨的靈魂與神分離時,就會通過這些和類似的邪惡而受到懲罰。--《慕善集》