§25Praesente ac teste me ipso accipite quid euenerit.
Receive what happened with myself present and as a witness.
parentes forte fugientes dum trepidi minus consulunt, sub nutricis alimento paruulam filiam reliquerunt.
Parents, fleeing by chance, while in their panic they took less counsel, left their little daughter under the nourishment of a nurse.
relictam nutrix detulit ad magistratus.
The nurse carried the abandoned girl to the magistrates.
illic ei aput idolum quo populus confluebat, quod carnem necdum posset edere per aetatem, panem mero mixtum, quod tamen et ipsum de immolatione pereuntium supererat, tradiderunt.
There, near the idol where the crowd was flocking, since by reason of her age she could not yet eat meat, they gave her bread mixed with raw wine, which nevertheless was itself left over from the sacrifice of those perishing.
recepit filiam postmodum mater.
Afterward, the mother received her daughter back.
sed facinus puella commissum tam loqui et indicare non potuit quam nec intellegere prius potuit nec arcere.
But the girl could no more speak of and indicate the crime committed than she could previously understand or prevent it.
ignoratione igitur obreptum est, ut sacrificantibus nobis eam secum mater inferret.
Thus, it slipped in through ignorance that the mother brought her with her while we were sacrificing.
sed enim puella mixta cum sanctis precis nostrae et orationis inpatiens nunc ploratu concuti, nunc mentis aestu fluctuabunda iactari, uelut tortore cogente quibus poterat indiciis conscientiam facti in simplicibus adhuc annis rudis anima fatebatur.
But indeed, the girl, mingled among the holy ones, unable to endure our prayers and supplication, was now shaken with weeping, now tossed about by a wave of mental agitation, and, as if a torturer were compelling her, the untrained soul in her still simple years confessed the consciousness of the deed by what signs she could.
ubi uero sollemnibus adinpletis calicem diaconus offerre praesentibus coepit et accipientibus ceteris locus eius aduenit, faciem suam paruula instinctu diuinae maiestatis auertere, os labiis obdurantibus premere, calicem recusare.
But when, the solemnities being completed, the deacon began to offer the cup to those present, and as the others received it, her turn arrived, the little one, by the prompting of the divine majesty, turned her face away, pressed her mouth with hardened lips, and refused the cup.
perstitit tamen diaconus et reluctanti licet de sacramento calicis infudit.
Still, the deacon persisted, and, although she resisted, poured in from the sacrament of the cup.
tunc sequitur singultus et uomitus.
Then followed sobbing and vomiting.
in corpore adque ore uiolato eucharistia permanere non potuit, sanctificatus in Domini sanguine potus de pollutis uisceribus erupit.
In the defiled body and mouth, the Eucharist could not remain; the drink sanctified in the Lord’s blood burst forth from the polluted bowels.
tanta est potestas Domini, tanta maiestas: secreta tenebrarum sub eius luce detecta sunt, sacerdotem Dei nec occulta crimina fefellerunt.
So great is the power of the Lord, so great His majesty: the secrets of darkness were detected under His light, nor did hidden crimes deceive the priest of God.
§26Hoc circa infantem quae ad loquendum alienum circa se crimen necdum habuit aetatem.
This happened around the infant, who did not yet have the age to speak of another’s crime committed around herself.
at uero ea quae aetate prouecta et in annis adultioribus constituta sacrificantibus latenter obrepsit non cibum sed gladium sibi sumens et uelut quaedam uenena letalia intra fauces et pectus admittens angi et anima exaestuante concludi postmodum coepit et pressuram non iam persecutionis sed delicti sui passa palpitans et tremens concidit.
But indeed, that woman who, advanced in age and established in more mature years, secretly slipped in while we were sacrificing, taking for herself not food but a sword, and admitting, as it were, certain deadly poisons into her throat and breast, began afterward to be tormented and choked with a seething breath, and, having suffered the pressure not of persecution now but of her own transgression, fell down gasping and trembling.
inpunitum diu non fuit nec occultum dissimulatae conscientiae crimen.
The crime of a feigned conscience was not long unpunished, nor was it hidden.
quae fefellerat hominem Deum sensit ultorem.
She who had deceived man felt God as an avenger.
et cum quaedam arcam suam in quo Domini sanctum fuit manibus inmundis temptasset aperire, igne inde surgente deterrita est ne auderet adtingere.
And when a certain woman tried with unclean hands to open her box in which the holy thing of the Lord was, she was deterred by fire rising from there, so that she did not dare to touch it.
et alius qui et ipse maculatus sacrificio a sacerdote celebrato partem cum ceteris ausus est latenter accipere, sanctum Domini edere et contrectare non potuit, cinerem ferre se apertis manibus inuenit.
And another, who himself was also defiled, after the sacrifice was celebrated by the priest, dared secretly to receive a part with the others, but could not eat or handle the holy thing of the Lord; he found that he was carrying ashes in his open hands.
documento unius ostensum est Dominum recedere cum negatur nec inmerenti ad salutem prodesse quod sumitur, quando gratia salutaris in cinerem sancto fugiente mutetur.
By the proof of one, it was shown that the Lord departs when He is denied, nor does what is taken benefit the undeserving for salvation, since the saving grace is changed into ashes when the holy thing flees.
quam multi cottidie inmundis spiritibus adinplentur, quam multi usque ad insaniam mentis excordes dementiae furore quatiuntur! nec necesse est ire per exitus singulorum, cum per orbis multiformes ruinas tam delictorum poena sit uaria quam delinquentium multitudo numerosa.
How many are daily filled with unclean spirits! How many are shaken, out of their minds, by the fury of madness even to the insanity of the brain! Nor is it necessary to go through the ends of individuals, since through the manifold ruins of the world the punishment of transgressions is as varied as the multitude of transgressors is numerous.
unusquisque consideret non quid alius passus sit sed quid pati et ipse mereatur, nec euasisse se credat, si eum interim poena distulerit, cum timere plus debeat quem sibi Dei iudicis ira seruauit.
Let each one consider not what another has suffered, but what he himself deserves to suffer; nor let him believe that he has escaped, if punishment has deferred him for a time, since he ought to fear more whom the wrath of God the judge has reserved for Himself.
§27Nec sibi quo minus agant paenitentiam blandiantur qui etsi nefandis sacrificiis manus non contaminauerunt, libellis tamen conscientiam miscuerunt.
Nor let those flatter themselves to the end that they should perform less repentance, who, although they did not defile their hands with abominable sacrifices, yet mixed their conscience with certificates.
et illa professio est denegantis, contestatio est christiani quod fuerat abnuentis.
That declaration is also of one denying; it is a contestation of a Christian denying what he had been.
fecisse se dixit quidquid alius faciendo commisit, cumque scriptum sit:nonpotestis duobus dominis seruire, seruiuit saeculari domino, obtemperauit eius edicto, magis obaudiuit humano inperio quam Deo.
He said that he had done whatever another committed by doing; and although it is written: "You cannot serve two masters," he served a secular master, obeyed his edict, and listened to human command more than to God.
uiderit an minore uel dedecore uel crimine aput homines publicauerit quod admisit: Deum tamen iudicem fugere et uitare non poterit, cum dicat Spiritus sanctus in psalmis: quod est inperfectum meum uiderunt oculi tui et in libro tuo omnes scribentur, et iterum: homo uidet in faciem, Deus in cor, ipse quoque Dominus praemoneat et praestruat dicens: et scient omnes ecclesiae quia ego sum scrutator renis et cordis. perspicit ille abdita et secreta adque occulta considerat, nec Dei oculos euadere potest aliquis dicentis: ego Deus adproximans et non Deus de longinquo.
Let him see to it whether, with less disgrace or crime among men, he made public what he admitted; yet he will not be able to flee and avoid God as judge, since the Holy Spirit says in the Psalms: "Your eyes saw my imperfect being, and in your book all shall be written," and again: "Man sees into the face, but God into the heart," and the Lord Himself also forewarns and prepares us, saying: "And all the churches shall know that I am the searcher of the reins and the heart." He beholds hidden things and considers secrets and concealed matters, nor can anyone escape the eyes of God who says: "I am a God at hand, and not a God afar off.
si absconditus fuerit homo in absconditis, ego ergo non uidebo eum P uidet ille corda et pectora singulorum, et iudicaturus non tantum de factis sed et de uerbis et de cogitationibus nostris omnium mentes uoluntatesque conceptas in ipsis adhuc clausi pectoris latebris intuetur.
If a man shall be hid in secret places, shall I therefore not see him?" He sees the hearts and breasts of each one, and being about to judge not only of deeds but also of our words and thoughts, He gazes upon the minds and wills of all, conceived in the very recesses of the still closed breast.