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But just as the praise spoken of the Jews does not mean that anyone should be believed to shine with inborn holiness, so calling malice natural does not mean that the seeds are being declared defective.The constitution of nature is unshakable, and whatever it possesses it receives from God its author.Without counting against that nature, this variety of words marks either the force of rebuke or the work of praise.
Porro, sicut illud quod de laude dicitur Iudaeorum, non ad hoc valet, ut quisquam genuina credatur sanctitate fulgere; ita etiam quod naturalis malitia vocatur, non ad hoc valet, ut semina vitiosa commendet, sed sine praeiudicio naturae, cuius imperturbabilis ratio est, quae quidquid habet, a Deo suo auctore sortitur, varietas ista verborum, aut invectionis impetum signat, aut laudationis officium.