35. Ego, inquit, lux in saeculum veni, ut omnis qui crediderit in me, non maneat in tenebris
Chapter 4.
To the other points which Pelagius makes them urge who argue against original sin, I have already, I think, sufficiently and clearly replied in the two former books of my lengthy treatise. Now if my reply should seem to any persons to be brief or obscure, I beg their pardon, and request the favour of their coming to terms with those who perhaps censure my treatise, not for being too brief, but rather as being too long; whilst any who still do not understand the points which I cannot help thinking I have explained as clearly as the nature of the subject allowed me, shall certainly hear no blame or reproach from me for indifference, or want of understanding me.449 [Or, “because they lack my own faculty of understanding the subject.”]. I would rather that they should pray God to give them intelligence.
0188 4. Jam caeteris, quae Pelagius insinuat eos dicere, qui contra originale peccatum disputant, in illis duobus prolixi mei operis libris satis, quantum arbitror, dilucideque respondi. Quod etsi quibusdam vel parum vel obscurum videbitur, dent veniam, et componant cum eis, qui fortasse illud non quia parum est, sed quia nimium, reprehendunt: et qui ea, quae pro natura quaestionum dilucide dicta existimo, adhuc non intelligunt, non mihi calumnientur pro negligentia vel pro meae facultatis indigentia, sed Deum potius pro accipienda intelligentia deprecentur.