⁹Holy Wisdom confounds
Satan and all his cunning.
¹⁰Pure holy Simplicity confounds
all the wisdom of this world ^{1 Cor 2:6}
and the wisdom of the body.
¹¹Holy Poverty confounds
the desire for riches,
greed,
and the cares of this world.
¹²Holy Humility confounds
pride,
all people who are in the world
and all that is in the world.^a
13Holy Charity confounds
every diabolical and carnal temptation
and every carnal fear. ^{1 Jn 4:18
14}Holy Obedience confounds
every corporal and carnal wish,
¹⁵binds its mortified body
to obedience of the Spirit
and obedience to one’s brother,
¹⁶so that it is
subject and submissive
to everyone in the world,
¹⁷not only to people
but to every beast and wild animal as well
¹⁸that they may do whatever they want with it
insofar as it has been given to them
from above ^{Jn 19:11} by the Lord.

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⁹Sancta sapientia confundit
satan et omnes malitias eius.
¹⁰Pura sancta simplicitas confundit
omnem sapientiam huius mundi
et sapientiam corporis.
¹¹Sancta paupertas confundit
cupiditatem
et avaritiam
et curas huius saeculi.
¹²Sancta humilitas confundit
superbiam
et omnes homines, qui sunt in mundo,
similiter et omnia, quae in mundo sunt.
¹³Sancta caritas confundit
omnes diabolicas et carnales tentationes
et omnes carnales timores.
¹⁴Sancta obedientia confundit
omnes corporales et carnales proprias voluntates
¹⁵et habet mortificatum corpus suum
ad obedientiam spiritus
et ad obedientiam fratris sui
¹⁶et est subditus
et suppositus omnibus hominibus,
qui sunt in mundo
¹⁷et non tantum solis hominibus,
sed etiam omnibus bestiis et feris,
¹⁸ut possint facere de eo,
quicquid voluerint, quantum fuerit eis datum
desuper a Domino.