T1 8 S . E P H 11
pugnaût : & propterea magnum negli- A
gencioribus adeft periculum ; fîcut contra
ingens vincentibus fiet mercedis retribu-
tio . Cogitemus igitur , quomodo inimi-
cmn vincerç , ipfique refiftere valeamus.
Si enim , exempli gratia , ad ventris
gulæque infaniam nos provocaverit, je-
junio cuni illo pugnemus « Si ad mu-
lieris nos concupifcentiam titillaverit ,
patientiæ remedio adhibito fenfum co-
erceamus , & e veftigio profugiet. Si ad B
iracundiam nos incitaverit , pace arme-
mur . Si furore excandefcerc nos tc-
cerit , manfiictudinem anTumamus. fi ad
odium nos impulerit, caritatem comple-
damur . Si ad honorent provocaverit ,
noftri ipforum delpicientiam adhibeamus .
Si ad gloriam , vilitatem & abjedio-
nem objiciamus . Si ad fuperbiam in-
ftiget , Domini humilitatem contemple-
mur . Si ad æmulationem erga proxi- C
mum irritaverit , Caini lapfum animo
reVolvamuS. Si ad invidiam , Efau per-
ditionem cogitemus. Si ad dctradionem
nos impulerit , filentio os noftrum ob-
ftruamus . Si ergo hifce modis ipfi re-
ftiterimus , a nobis profugiet , & con-
fiftere nequibit. Redibit autcm ad nos
gratia. Crédité , fratres mei , me o-
mnium eorum , a quibus ut abftincre-
tis , vos cohortatus fum, rcum cfiè. Sed D
quamvis vos puri fitis , ego autem coe-
no peccatorum deturpatus , vos tamen
rogo , ut bona veftra poenitentia me
quoque liberare ftudeatis . Crédité me
nihil obfervafle eorum , de quibus ha-
denus locutus fum . Verum vos fadis
meos decorate fermones. Confîdo enim
fore , ut vos immaculati inveniamini :
ego vero fuper iis damnabor , quæ di-
co & non facio . Salutem ergo noftram E
ne negligamus, neque quafi in proverbiis
hæc dida cenfcamus. Nihil enim a Scri-
ptura alienum falfumve protulimus. Faxit
Deus , ut vos omnes femen verbi fufci-
pientes , inftar bonæ terræ , frudum affe-
ratis , aiii trigefimum , alii fexagefimum,
alii vero tentefimum : ut virtutibus exor-
nati, gaudium afferatis Domino noftro
Jefu Chrifto, ipfeque vos lætos efficiat in p
requie regni fui in fiecula fæculorum. Amen.
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A E J U S D E M S AN CTI PA TRI S
E P H R A E M S Y R I
R e p r e h e n s i o s u i I P S I Ü S ,
ET C O N F E S S I O .
CUm in muîtis 5 fratres, prodefle vobis
videar, animæ quoque propriæ utiliter
confulcre debeo. Abfurdum quippe eft, fa-
me ilium confici, qui cibum aliis imperti-
" tur ; turpeque eft me fiti perire , qui reli-
quis potum fubminiftro : quod fane fiet 3 nifi
mcam ipfe confcientiam reprehendero. Novi
enim, quantum mihi iilud fcciflc, infu-
turo profuturum fit judicio. Nam quando •
adhuc in fæcularium multitudine verfabar,
inimicus oppugnavit me in juventute, quæ
mihi fere perfuaferat, ilia quæ iii hac acci-
dunt vita, fortuito cafuque fieri : contigir-
q que mihi,quod navi alicui gubcrnaculis defti-
tutæ, gubernatore in prora confiftente : quippe
quæ vel retrocedit, vel non procedit, vel
etiam evertitur, nifi aliqua vel per Angelum,
vel per hominem vifitatione fublevetur.Quod
ipfuin & in me accidit, qui procellarum erro-
re agitabar, nec pericula imminentia præ-
fentiebam . Quid igitur Divina benignitas ?
Me in interioris Melopotamiæ regione pera-
grantem fecit in paftorem quemdam ovium
-p incidere : qui cum ex me, quonam tende-
rem, percontaretur ; egoque, quo me pedes
ferrent, refpondilfem -, ad me ille : fi
me, inquit, audieris, adolefcens , hue ad
nos diverte : quoniam ad vefperam inclinât
jam dies. Quibus ego permotus verbis, re-
manfi apud eum. Media autem notftelupi
gregem adorti, oves dilfiparunt, cum interim
paftor gravi fomno propter ebrietatem
correptus jaccret. At domini fupervenien-
g tes, me quoque tamquam reum in judicium
abripucrunt. Conftitutus autem ante judi-
cem , me defendebam , & rem , uti ac-
ciderat, enarrabam. Interea vero poft me
addu&us eft quidam in adulterio deprehen-
fiis : fed millier fe fubduxerat. Judex autem
re dilata , utrumque noftrum in eumdem
carcerem detrudi juflit : in quo agricoIan%
quemdam propter homïcidium detentum re-
perimus. Sed neque qui mecum ducebatur,
p adulter erat i neque hic agricola homicida ;
fîcut neque ego ovium fur atque aba&or fue-
ram. Cadaver autem propter agricolam, &
paftor propter me, & maritus propter adul-
terum, in alia fervabantur domo atque cu-
ftodia. Peradis igitur feptem illic diebus,
afpexi o&avo die quemdam per quie-
tem fie me compellantem. Pietatem cole,
&divinam providentiam intelliges. Expen-
de tccum quæ cogitaveris ac feceris, & ex