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For why, such strained doings under the stirrings of kind, without touching of grace, is a passing pain without any profit; but if it be to them that are religious, or that have them by enjoining of penance, where profit riseth only because of obedience, and not by any such straitness of doing without; the which is painful to all that it proveth.

To subordinate Prophets of perpetuall Calling, I find not any place that proveth God spake to them supernaturally; but onely in such manner, as naturally he inclineth men to Piety, to Beleef, to Righteousnesse, and to other vertues all other Christian Men. But these operations are not alwaies supernaturall.

The other language is veiled and concealed, so that whatever lieth hidden in the heart of the malevolent may be made manifest and their innermost being be disclosed. Thus hath Ṣádiq, son of Muḥammad, spoken: “God verily will test them and sift them.” This is the divine standard, this is the Touchstone of God, wherewith He proveth His servants.

This proveth further what I said at first, That in the first chaos was contained all that was made upon the earth. "And brought them unto Adam, to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof." "And brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them."

I shall slay all the sons of Dhritarashtra along with the Sauvalas, indeed, Duryodhana, Karna, and any one else that will fight with me. And after I shall have slain all our foes, thou mayst come back unto the woods. By acting thus, O king, no fault will be thine. Such a consummation may come to pass, if our king proveth not unwise or procrastinating. Thou art, however, virtuous.