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243* in the hatred of the enemy, and in the unwillingness to be patient with evil. Their root is in intemperate self-love and in immoderate affection for temporal possessions. And these conflicts are brought into this world because men do not trust the Son of God enough to abide by his commandments. And so they choose the evil and the bitter; for when true things perish, evil weeds grow in their stead, and the sword is immediately after them with extermination.

In the Czech original, "sluz̄ebnost mec̄ova̍," i.e. the "servitude of the sword."

In the original, "na̍lepec," "something that is plastered over."

Luke 9:54-56,.

Gen. 31:34.

John 1:10.