In quibus verbis quinta, idest expavescens, religiositas monstratur, per quam considerat homo prudens pericula que in tali extremitate imminent peccatori atque expavescit ponderans quam insana sit impenitentium vita. […] Tales namque XII pericula digno Dei iudicio incurrunt ex quibus difficilimum et quasi impossibile est animam evadere cum salute. Et de talibus ponamus quattuor pericula prima:     • primum est passionum alteratio et terribilis vexatio;     • secundum est charitatis privatio;     • tertium peccatorum habituatio;     • quartum servilis conditio. 
Addantur alia quattuor pericula duriora:     • primum est diaboli impugnatio;     • secundum temporalium intricatio sive occupatio;     • tertium naturalium gratiarum consumptio;     • quartum a Deo elongatio. 
Superaddantur alia quattuor:     • primum, virtutum et bonorum abominatio;     • secundum, mentis alienatio et alteratio;     • tertium, iusta a Deo et a mundo derelictio;     • quartum et ultimum, temporis ablatio et cessatio.

In these words the fifth form of religiosity is shown, namely the terrified one, through which a prudent person considers the dangers that threaten the sinner in the final hour and trembles, reflecting on how ruinous the life of the impenitent is. […] Such people incur twelve dangers by the just judgment of God, from which it is most difficult and almost impossible for the soul to escape with salvation. Of these, let us set forth the first four dangers: • first, the derangement and oppression of passions;     • second, the absence of charity;     • third, the entrenchment in sin;     • fourth, a condition of servitude. 
Let four more and harsher dangers be added:     • first, the assault of the devil;     • second, entanglement or occupation in material things;     • third, the exhaustion of natural graces;     • fourth, estrangement from God. 
Let four others be added:     • first, the abhorrence of virtues and good works;     • second, the alienation and distortion of the mind;     • third, just abandonment by God and by the world;     • fourth and last, the loss and end of time.

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Fifth in a weekly series of sermons devoted to eight forms of “religiosity” (see sermon 24/1/9)