Портрет художника в юності
Chapter 3
Theyreasonthusbecause,blindedbythegrossillusionofthefleshandthedarknessofhumanunderstanding,theyareunabletocomprehendthehideousmaliceofmortalsin.TheyreasonthusbecausetheyareunabletocomprehendthatevenvenialsinisofsuchafoulandhideousnaturethateveniftheomnipotentCreatorcouldendalltheevilandmiseryintheworld,thewars,thediseases,therobberies,thecrimes,thedeaths,themurders,onconditionthatheallowedasinglevenialsintopassunpunished,asinglevenialsin,alie,anangrylook,amomentofwilfulsloth,He,thegreatomnipotentGodcouldnotdosobecausesin,beitinthoughtordeed,isatransgressionofHislawandGodwouldnotbeGodifHedidnotpunishthetransgressor.
—Asin,aninstantofrebelliousprideoftheintellect,madeLuciferandathirdpartofthecohortofangelsfallfromtheirglory.Asin,aninstantoffollyandweakness,droveAdamandEveoutofEdenandbroughtdeathandsufferingintotheworld.ToretrievetheconsequencesofthatsintheOnlyBegottenSonofGodcamedowntoearth,livedandsufferedanddiedamostpainfuldeath,hangingforthreehoursonthecross.
