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Omnipotent God. Section 5. El septimo [articulo], creer que vendra 

 a juzgar a los vivos y a los muertos, etc. ('' The seventh [article], to 

 believe that He shall come to judge the quick and the dead"). 

 On the left is, first, the numeral G, which reall}' belongs in the previ- 

 ous section. Then follows God with the sword, the symbol of justice, 

 in His hand. Then followed, evidently, the dead in one square, and 

 the living in another; but the edge is destroyed and very little more of 

 the picture is now to be seen. The last words of explanation follow 

 in the next row. 



The fourth row begins at the right. Section 1. Conviene a saber, 

 a los buenos, para darles gloria, porque guardaron sus Santos Manda- 

 mientos (" The good should know, to give them glory, because they 

 kept His holy commandments "). First, on the right, is the numeral 

 7 and the hieroglyph " article '\ which really belong in the previous 

 section. Then comes a house containing a man, behind whom is a 

 sign like an ear of maize, which is used as below in the third com- 

 mandment (row 5, section 6), as an expression for " receiving honor ". 

 The whole probably signifies a good man. Then follows a picture 

 Avhich I can not exactly explain, and this is followed by the bearded 

 face of a priest who seems to proffer the same sign for " honoring ". 

 Sections 2 to 4. Y a los malos pena eterna, porque no los guardaron. 

 Amen ("And to the wicked eternal punishment, because they kept 

 them not. Amen"). Here I am not quite sure whether the first 

 of these sections does not belong to the foregoing. On the right we 

 see first a hand with a circle, which in section 5 seemed to indicate the 

 beginning of a new chapter. Indeed, the whole fragment begins 

 above, with a hand. Then follows the hieroglyph " article ". Then 

 comes a circle with a cross and a semicircular figure over it, which I 

 can not explain. In the next section flames seem to be indicated, and 

 farther on are the heads of the damned. In the next section we have 

 a man prostrate on the ground, probably one of the damned, or the 

 devil looking on. Then follow^ the black iron bolt and the inverted 

 heart, Avhich signifies souls in hell, as we have already seen in the 

 representation of the jaws of the earth in the second section of the 

 third row. With section 5 begins the new chapter, the ten command- 

 ments. The catechism begins with the words: Los mandamientos de 

 la ley de Dios son diez (" The commandments of God's law are ten "). 

 The picture shows us, first, on the right, a hand and -a circle, which 

 denotes the beginning of a chapter. Then follows the iron bolt, 

 which possibly expresses the idea " commandment ". Then the 

 numeral 10. 



The fifth row begins at the left: Section 1. Los tres primeros 

 pertenecen al honor de Dios (" The first three appertain to the honor 

 of God"). The picture shows the numeral 3 and the head of God 

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