De dilatione penitentie et quare multi tardant seu differunt ad penitentiam redire audientes Deum benignum sic misericorditer ipsos vocantem. Ubi de dilatione penitentie seu prologatione, tria misteria occurunt declaranda: Primum dicitur causalitatis, quod multi differunt penitere seducti a Diabolo, aut per timorem, aut propter pudorem, aut propter spem, aut desperationem. Secundum fatuitatis, quam fatue agunt qui differunt penitentiam propter impedimenta, que possunt differendo provenire, propter que exponunt se periculo maximo. Tertium iniquitatis, quod iniqui sunt qui penitentiam tardant et converti ad dominum et agunt contra Deum et angelos et contra seipsos et contra omnem creaturam.

On the deferment of penance and why many delay and procrastinate conversion to penance when they hear the benevolent God calling them so mercifully. On the postponement and deferment of penance, three mysteries must be stated: The first is that of cause, since many procrastinate repentance seduced by the Devil, or out of fear or shame or hope or despair. The second is that of foolishness, the foolishness of those who procrastinate penance because of impediments, which may favour procrastination, and, by doing this, they expose themselves to serious danger. The third is that of iniquity, as unjust are those who delay penance and conversion to the Lord and act against God and the angels, as well as against themselves and all creatures.

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