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Even though you, and your followers, and the prince of Avernus the underworld are unwilling. For what would the life of men be without the sun and the day? Without the knowledge of the Redeemer, what pleasant and solid thing would the world possess? Therefore He will preserve both, even if your entrails burst, and those of the Cardinal fathers the Roman College of Cardinals. Truly, I cannot wonder enough why you are so foolish, and why you kick against the goad, and strive to stand against a full torrent. Do no examples move you, or the sad ruins of this heart, and its rebellious spirit? No one has ever resisted the exalted Thunderer God with impunity. Christ has always bravely prostrated His enemies and broken insane kings and wealthy kingdoms, so that He might save and defend His lambs. Had not Egypt and the impious care of Pharaoh pressed the grandsons of Abraham with long and hard servitude? When it seemed good to the heavenly King to lead them out, did He not lead them out with a hand stronger than all things? And did He not drown Pharaoh together with his men in the deep? Do you hasten to succumb to a similar fate? Make haste, exercise your rabid fury, do not yield, and show yourself as the supreme example of divine wrath. The republic of the Jews perished miserably, and their walls fell along with their famous temple, and thousands of the discarded nation perished, while they hated Christ the King, despised the word of salvation, and raged with slaughter against all the faithful.