XI. Canons concerning good angels and their governance
XI. Canons are to be observed concerning good angels and their governance. First, the confirmation of angels in the good was not a wages owed to some merit, but the free reward of most liberal God (Romans 11:35). Second, angels serve each person and each order (Psalm 34:7). Third, a human being has not only one guardian angel but many at once (Psalm 91:11; Matthew 18:10; Acts 12:15; Zanchi). Fourth, angels are not to be adored (Revelation 19:10). Fifth, angels turn away from whatever smells of vice; yet among vices they most hate heat, smoke, and stench — the heat of anger and envy, the smoke of pride, the stench of luxury.
Latin
XI. Sunt autem de bonis angelis eorumque gubernatione observandi canones. 1. Angelorum in bono confirmatio non fuit debitum meriti alicuius stipendium, sed gratuitum Dei liberalissimi praemium (Rom. 11:35). 2. Angeli cuique et homini et ordini inserviunt (Psal. 34:8). 3. Homo non unum duntaxat Angelum custodem, sed multos simul habet (Psal. 91:11; Matth. 18:10; Act. 12:15; Zanchius). 4. Angeli non sunt adorandi (Apoc. 19:10). 5. Aversantur Angeli quicquid vitium redolet; maxime tamen oderunt in vitiis calorem, fumum, foetorem — calorem irae et invidiae, fumum superbiae, foetorem luxuriae.