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, ficut nydicorax in domicilio. Hominis
eft grätiam invocare , ut ilia adve-
niens 3 meutern ejus illuminet ; purificanf-
que feipfum homo , earn inhabitatricem &
auxiliatricem fibi acquirat , & per earn quaf-
cumque virtutes exerceat ; illuminatufque
ab ipfa , varium ac multiplicem omnino fu-
turi feculi decorem contemplari valeat: efri
feculi. Inclina ergo aurem tuam , ca
riflime , & ero tibi bonorum confiliator ,
fi ad vitam cupis ifeternam pervenire, & bea-
titndinem Domini tui confequi. Die mini,
cur aqua abluis faciem tuam ? numquid ut
proximo tuo placeas ? necdum ergo, ut videtur
, refpuifti pafliones carnis tiue, fed eis
adhuc fervis. Quod fi faciem tuam lavare
defideras 5 lacrymis cam abluito, & fufpi
ria ac claritate refplendeat. Nam facies
quæ lacrymis abluitur , immarcefcibilem
pulchritudinem acquirit. Sed fortaife didu-
rus es mihi : Pudet me turpem atque deformem
faciem præferre. Verum fordes pedum
tuorurn vultufque tui , ficormundum
caftumque habueris, fuper claritatem folis
inter Deum & fandas virtutes refulgebunt.
Quorfum autem temere ac paflim rides ?
nonne plangere atque lugere potius deberes ?
Et hoc unde , nifi quod non appetas bea-
titudinem ejus , neque fupplicia quæ ipfe
comminatur , pertimçfcas ? Qui igitur ten-
tationes expertus eft, commonere eos potent
, qui necdum eas funt experti : & qui in
latrones incidit mercator, viatores poterit
cautos atque follicitos reddere.Quoniam vero
& ego ex parte tentatus fum, ( quod pruden-
tiæ tuæ commemoro, ) & ob meam igna-
viam ad horam dumtaxat cautelam adhibui,
rurfumque per meam inertiam atque pigri-
tiam in eadem recidi : ideo confilium vo-
bis præbeo , qui eftis diledus grex Chri-
fti j ne propter carnales pafliones, achujus
vitæ voluptates , divina gloria privemini,
& a puro illo exultationis atque lætitiæ tha-
lamo rejiciamini. Scitis enim , quod; labor
exer-
S E R M O A S C E T I C U S . Ci
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pariter deperdas, & pro utroque ultionem
ac poenam exfolvas. Da autem potius ope-
ram , ut perfedam virtutem confequaris ,
quæ omnibus adornata fit, quæ diligit Deus.
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tututn. Quf madmodum enim regale diade-
ma abfque pretiofis lapidibus fel&âifque mar-
garitis componi texiqne nequit: ita & bæc
unica ac fingularis virtus fine aliarum ful-
gore virtutum perfeûa. coufiftere non pot-
e ft. Eft enim révéra quam fimillima regio
diademati : nam ficut in eo fi vel unus
pretiofus lapis aut margarita defuerit , re-
fulgere fuper caput Regis decenter nequit ;
ita & hæc fingularis virtus , nifi reliquarum
virtutum ornamento conferatur , perfeûa
virtus appellari non poterit. Similis quoque
eft copiofis dapibus, exquifitiiîtmo condimen-
to præparaus , fed fairs fapore carentibus:
nani ficut pretiofæ illai epulæ ac dapes abfque
fale inutiles fnr.t : ita & ifta Unica virtus,
variarum: licet virtutum gloria & ho-,
nore decorata , nifi caritatem erga Deum &
proximum adjunûam habuerit, contemtibi-
lis prorfus atque inutilis habebitur. Similis
item eft perfeûo pulchroque corpori Alpba-
beti pulchre fuis literis formati ac perpo-
liti : fi enim vel un a ex illo dematur dite-
ra , totum illico mancum & imperfccium ted-
ditur : ita & huic fi vel una cæterarum defuerit
virtutum , tota inutilis abjedtaque re-
perietur *=.- Similis rurfum ilia eft Aquilæ ingénu
in altum volitanti : quæ efeam in la-
queo alligatam eernens, tota fe alarum ve-
hementia e fublimi in earn demittit -, volenf-
que prædam inde abripete , comprehenfa
repente ungulæ fummitate , laqueo derine-
tut : atque ex hoc parvo licet impedimen-
to , omnis vis ac fortitudo ejus devinûa
imminuitur , totum quantumvis 'corpus liberum
& extra laqueum habere videatur.
Eundem fane in modum & hæc virtus , fi
vel in uno aliquo negotiorum terrenorum
vinûa hæfeat , tota mox mortificatur, de-
bilitatur, & extinguitur, nec in altum fer-
ri poteft nifi a terrenis negotiis liberetur.
Qmfquis igitur lacrymas non habet, veniat
& ploret:& cui non fuppetit compunâio,
prêterions ingemifeat & fufpiret , confide-
retque, qubmodo hæc virtus dum ad coe-
lum ufque afeendit, regnique coeleftis pointas
attingit , ingredi tarnen nequeat. Eft
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