Genef. 6.
Matth. 2
Luc. 17.
rem memo, ne repente nobis dies ilia fuper- A n n,u/p<* ex tern, yj*} 'jïJcêY/vtss yv'xyot >&) tslX&I-
veniat : nudique tunc invent!, ac miferi, & ^ ' ^ , 4 4 * 0 * .
T à , ctuTv yèyp tnraSov %dj ca TOjS y/Aegeus v
Nwg • yo&iov xsy fc7T/voy • ;........... ' * ' '
imparati, nos ipfos accufemus. Idem enim
& in diebus Noë pafli funt , quando ede-
bant & bibebant, uxorcs ducebant & da-
bantur ad nuptias, vendebant & emebant,
donee repente fuperveniens diluvium perdi-
dit omnes. Res quippe admiratione dignil-
fima tunc erat , ira très , intueri fera ani-
mantia in unum cogi : ac elephantes qui-
dem ex India & Perfide adventare : leones
autem & pardos ovibus caprifque mifee-
ri , & nihil eis nocere : ferpentes & volu-
cres riemine impellente accedere , & cir-
cumcirca Arcam degere atque excubare ,
idque per dies plurimos : ipfumque Noë
ftudiofe Arcam fabricari , ac magnis illos
vocibus ad poenitentiam hortari ; & ne fie
tarnen illi refipifeere voluerunt ; neque tot
mirabilibus inlpedis , tantoque variorum
animalium atque immanium ferarum con- q
ventu compundi funt, ut falvari mereren- 1
tur. Timeamus igitur, cariflimi, ne eadem
& nos patiamur. Nam qua* fuerant feripta,
jam compléta funt : & quæ prædida erant
figna , finem acceperunt : nihilque reft at
deinceps , nifi ut inimici noftri Antichrifti
adventus reveletur. Nam ubi Romanorum
Imperium finem acceperit , omnia confum-
mari oportebit. Qui ergo falvari cupir, ftudiofe
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ignis liberari expetit, légitimé decertet : &
qui vermi nunquam dormienti pabulum elfe
noluerit , vigilem ac fobrium fe præbeat .
Qui exaltari optât, penitus. fe fe humiliet :
& qui vult confolari , lugeat ac fleat. Qu,i
thalamum ingredi concupifcit , & gloriari
atque exultare in eo ; lucidam lampadem
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& qui ad illas nuptias invitari exfpedat, ve-
ftern fibi fplendidam comparet-f Eft enim
civitas ilia Regis plena lætitiæ & jubilatio-
nis‘ I plena luminis , dulcedinis , & fuavi-
tatis , quæ æternæ conjuntfta vitæ omnibus
in ea habitantibus jugiter manant. Si quis
ergo illîus Regis appétit civis atque fami-
liaris fieri ; celeriter eo pergat : nam dies
jam inclinatur ad vefperam j nullufque quid
fibi in itinere occurfurum f it , novit. Quem-
admodum enim fi quis viator feiens itineris
fui longinquitatem , fatigatus in via obdor-
miat ufque ad vefperam.; ac deinde fomno
experreélus , videt jam diem inclinatam :
cumque ulterius pergere tentet, repente in
iplo itineris initio nubes ilium ac grandi-
nes , tonitrua & fulgura , tribulationefque
atque anguftia? undique obruunt atque exa-
gitant,
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gitant, ita ut neque ad deftinatum locum
ultra progredi , neque domum retrogredi
poffit : ita etiam nos, fi poenitentiam age-
re neglexerimus , dum tempus poenitenti^e
adhuc nobis fuppetit , graves fane poenas
fimiliter luemus . Advenæ enim & peregri- Tfalm^ 8.
ni hic fumus. Quare ftudeamus in ci vita- uebr.u*
tem ac patriam noftram cumulati divitiis
introire. Ncgotiatores fpirituales fumus ,
fratres 3 pretiofam quærentes margaritam ,
qui eft Chriftus Salvator nofter, gloriatio &
thefaurus nofter a prædæ periculo immunis .
Quamobrem magna diligentia ftudeamus ilium
acquirere atque polfidere. Felix fane,
imo feliciflimus , qui ilium fibi acquirere
ac vindicare ftuduit : ficut contra miferrimus
atque infeliciflimus eft , qui conditorem
omnium noftrum poflidere , atque ab eo
poflideri neglexit. An nefeitis, fratres, nos
vitis veræ, quæ Dominus e ft, palmites elfe ? Joan. 15.
Videte igitur, nequis infru<ftuofus invenia-
tur. Nam veritatis agricola Pater e ft, qui
hanc vitem excolit , illofque qui frudum
afferunt , majore ftudio atque amore colit,
ut copiofiorem frudum référant : eos ve-
ro , qui frudum non faciunt, exfcindit,&
extra vineam projicit , ut igné comburan-
tur . Solliciti ergo vobis ipfis attendite, ne
infruduofi inveniamini, exfeifique, igni tra-
damini. Similiter fernen bonum fumus , quod
feminavit coeli terræque creator , Chriftus
paterfamilias. Nunc tempus meflis advenit, ¥ att *
& melfores paratas manibus tenent falces,
folumque Domini nutum exfpedant. Videte
igitur, nequis inveniatur elfe zizania, & in fa-
fciculos colligatus7comburatur ignèfempiter-
no. Non intelligitis, fratres mei, quam formi-
dabile pelàgus nobis fit transfretandum >Per-
fedi quoque, ac fapientilfimi mercatores, paratas
fuas tenent merces, exfpedantque, donee
illis fecundus afpiret ventus, ut trajedo
pelago, ad portum vitæ applicent. Ego vero,
meique fimiles, qui negligentia & otio difflui-
mus, variifque vitæ diftradionibus tenemur,
nullam prorlus animofollicitudinem gerimus,
quo hoc pelagus trajicere poflîmus.Quare memo
, ne quando repente ventus afflaverit, imparati
reperiamur ac minime inftrudi, ligatof-
queinnavim nos projiciant, ubi dies negli-:
gentiæ atque focordiæ noftræ deplorcmus,
dum interim alios exultantes lætofque confpi-
ciemus, nos vero ipfos in afflidione atque dolore
eonftitutos. In illo enim portu unufquif-
que cum fuis opibus ac mercibus gloriatur &
exultât. An ignoratis, diledilfimi,quodad nuptias
a rege regum vocati fumus ? Cur ergo
negligimus ? Cur hic nontota animi intentio-
ne curamus nobis fplendidam parare veftem,
lampademque lucentem una cum oleo in va-
F j fis