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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 6, 17
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Quam ego caecitatem hominum
 nostri seculi in cultissimis Europae
aegionibus admirans multo majorem profecto
prudentiam in illis seculis ac gentibus agnosco
quibus barbariem, imputamus. Legimus  excessu quodam pietatis
multos
olim Reges et Priacises, et de throno descudisse
utDEo viverent principes de throno ddescendisse,
aulicos atque in delitiis nutritos in deserta abiisse
P. e. quam
nam nihil tatum lisse clat
aut sese in carceres volnitarios abdidisse, scimus
ut unam salutis curam haberent et Taponenses, perinde ac veteres martustes
phausta semel Chiisti fide, intelligerent a ternos aliquando tandem
cum
queque
illic cruciabus aeterna gandia, manere, gea gessisse
vel
sese, non tanquam hec recta aut narrata essent,
quae varum afficere solent, sed tanquam
thine coelum apertum illinc horrenda inferni
praecipitia ante his oculis viderent.
quod  profecto sapere est; nos vero
aut occulte infideles sumus aut si credimus
stultissimi, qui tantas spes tanta pericula
quae certissima esse scimus tam parvi
facimus tantum quia nihil habent
quod sensees corporeos afficiat, imaginatio
nostiam percellat. Cum tamen hoc
ipsum sapientis  sit ratione
e
potius quam. sensu duci. Scilicet
quia nondum audimus mugientem sub
pedibus terram, nec coelestia illa signa
videmus, quae rerum commutationem praecedent
securi in diem vivimus; at barbari ali
quorum fideo efficax fuit surgent contra
hos in illa suprema die nostramue
nobis pudendam ac pene incredibilem
negligentiam exprobrabunt