Job about the devil, saying: "He lies under the lotus plants, in the covert of the reeds and marsh" (Job 40:21).The reeds signify empty pride, and the marshy places represent the lust of the flesh. Through these two vices, the devil takes hold of humans, either by elevating the m…

lla est divina misericordia, ut in Job: «Aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus [Note: [Col. 0863] 21 Job XL, 21.] ,» quod circumplectens nos undique divina misericordia a potestate nos diaboli eruit a justificato, ut in Genesi: «Cognosce cujus est annulus et armilla [Note: [Co…

rculus, protectio superna, ut in Job: «Nunquid pones circulum in naribus ejus [Note: [Col. 0895] 27 Job XL, 21.] ,» id est, nunquid * [Col. 0896C] compesces per protectionem tuam astutias ejus. Per circulos libri sancti, ut in Exodo: «Quatuor circulos aureos praeparabis [Not…