AE 1166 [2]
The Lord alone resists the evils with man by Himself and not through any angels of heaven, because to resist evils with man is a work o f Divine omnipotence, Divine omniscience, and Divine providence.
It is a work of Divine omnipotence, because to resist one evil is to resit many, and even to resist the hells. For every evil is joined with innumerable other evils, and they cling together like the hells with each other; for as evils make one so do the hells, and as the hells make one so do evils, and no one but the Lord is able to resit the hells so united.
It is a work of Divine omniscience, because the Lord alone knows what man is and what his evils are, and what their connection is with other evils, thus in what order they must be removed that man may be inwardly or radically cured.
It is a work of Divine providence, that nothing may be done contrary to the laws of order, and that what is done may promote man's eternal good; for Divine omnipotence, Divine omniscience, and Divine providence have respect in every least particular to what is eternal.
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All this makes clear that no angel is able to resist the evils with man, but the Lord only. The Lord carries on this work in man both immediately from Himself, and mediately through heaven, and yet in such a way that no angel knows anything about it.
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