Let me read the king’s decrees to you. He makes the following promises and threats many times: “I will take you from your present abode and bring you to the realm of my absolute rule so that I may bestow happiness on the obedient and imprison the disobedient. I will destroy that temporary abode and establish a different realm containing eternal palaces and dungeons.” He does what he promises with great ease, and these promises are very important for his subjects. His dignity and power do not allow him to break his promise.

So reflect, O confused one. Do not listen to your lying imagination, distressed intellect, and deceiving soul, all of which deny the words of one who cannot break his promise, whose high stature allows no deception, and to whose trustworthiness all visible deeds bear witness. You deserve to be punished, for you are like a traveler who closes his eyes to the sunlight in order to follow the light provided by his imagination. You want to illuminate this awesomely dark path with the light of your brain, although it is no more than a glowworm. The king fulfills all his promises, an act that is easy for him and necessary for creation as well as for himself and his kingdom. Thus, there is a Supreme Tribunal and a lofty happiness.