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than that which is below, and much more than anyone
could count by any number that he could think of. For it
is a thing that will never have an end or stop. For this
reason I can think of nothing that can be taken up or
esteemed in greatness more than that which is above the
firmament, where Paradise takes its place, nor can anything
be filled with anything at all if it is not filled with the
good things of Our Lord God. But the most gracious Lord is
so full of all good things that He fills everything else that should
have a part and merit in goodness. And evil departs from
the good so much that it is left empty and stripped
of all good things whatsoever, as though it were nothing
at all. One says on this matter that sin is nothing but
that which is empty and stripped of all goodness, and that
it causes the body and the soul to be so greatly weakened
and stripped of all good things and all virtues and graces
that one is totally destroyed, and everyone perishes together.
For evil always comes to nought. And on the