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\x erant: & parentes mei,cum in his verfaren-
tur,& in urbe,humili conditione crant ac genere
. Qua igitur jadantia me Nabuchodonofori
fimilem effe putabo ? quave reruin copia atque
affluentia ? numquid avires giganreas habeo ?
numquid naturam pulchritudine gaudentem ?
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ferim, utne me aboininandum vobis propoperegrinierant^
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contumelioius.fui, & percufTor , atque feditio-
fus ; & cum vicinis contentions ac invidus, in
advenas & peregrinos inhumanus, in amicos
durus, in pauperes acerbus : ob res viles ac levés
occurrentes pugnaxySc infipiens: improbis
cogitationibus indulgens, & lafeivia: quoque
prêter tempus incitamenti vacans. A t de his
omnibus fcio me veniam coniecutiim elfe in
Tribunali. Quid vero de iis, quæ poftea gelîl,
quæque poft veritatis cognitionem admifi?
Ideo auxilio veftro valde indigeo. Succurrite
mihi, o amici, 8c me vel quafî mortuum defle-
te,vel tamquam adhuc viventem,fedfemimor-
tuum commiièramini. In me, velutifuper ca-
ptivum,veftram mifericordiam effundite, mi-
hique tamquam putridis vulneribus featenti
auxilium præbete : namplenus cicatricibus ac
plagis fum. Ipfos ego Judæos fupero : quippe
autem & anima ipfa corrupta eft.. Illi a capi-
te ufquc ad pedes miferiis comprelli crant; at
mihi etiam vifeera ad unum ufque compu-
truerunt. Illi alfentatorum errore fedu&i funt:
me autem nemo feduxit. A me ipfo contumc-
liam adverfus Deum cogitavi: & folum Dia-
bolum, qui mentem meam excoecavit, fo-
cium habeo. Vereor,viri fratres, ne ficut illi,
ita & mihi ad fit impoenitentia. Unam hanc
excufationem habeo, quod tentationem ille. E
mihi fuggeflerk. Sed neque Adamo hx c pro-
fuit excufatio r ille nimirum fuggefftt, & ego
morem geffi: neque Eva fententiam effugit:
cui & Efau obnoxius, fe inexcufabilem reddid
it. Ut difeamus Diabolum fibi focios habere
fimiles, quos Paulus vafa ir^ dixit, qui funt ex
parte ejus. Timeo, ne&me ex ipfis unum
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tia, in iracundia, in amore proprio, in gula,
m malitia, in odio paupertatis, &inegcn-r
tium improperiis atque conviciis. Et cum ipfe
nihil fim , me tarnen aliquid effe reputo .
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pfe eidem obnoxius fim vitio . Splendide in-
cedo, cum totus fim immunduS . I11 ecclefia
primum locum occupo, cum ne poftremum
quidem merear . Honorem appetö, ipl'epo-
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fpicio, & gravem me gero . Homines fecu-
lares video, & infolentia efferor . Foeminis
videri volo gratiofus, divitibus pius, hofpi-
tibus gravis, dotnefticis cordatus ac prudens,
propinquis honorabilis, & perfedus pruden-
tibus . Inter homines pios ac religiofos ut fa-
pientior verfor. Simpliciores, veluti jumen-
t a , defpicio. Si côntunielia ab aiiquo affi-
ciar, ulcifcor. Si a quoquam redarguar, fuc-
C cenfeo. Si quis jufte quid a me répétât, liti-
g o . Vera mihi dicentes, ut inimicos æftimo.
Reprehenfus ægre fero. Non adulantibus i--
rafeor. Laborare nolo ; & fi quis miniftraré
mihi reeufaverit, in eum ftomachor. Operan-
tibus auxilium denego : & fiquis fuam mihi
operam detredaverit, illi veluti fuperbo ma-
ledico. In neceffitate fratremnon agnofeo : at
fi fanus fuerit, cundatitem urgeo. Ægrotan-
tem odi ; & fi ipfe ægrotavero, ab omnibus
h xcvmAccAcSy 5C,' q&ùv xoAaxâJco • y ^g'Aw Zfx*- D ^mari volo. Majores contemno, & in con-
Tefïibus fide ac fîmulateago. Abfensde-
traho, & præfens adulor. Honorare eos tqui
honore digni funt, nolo ; & indignüs cum
fim, honores ab aliis exigo. Omitto recèn-
fere cogitationes mentis meæ de Lege, de
Prophetis, de Euangelio ( quibus premor atque
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tudines, inprecibus negligentiam atque defi-
diam , & in obtredationibus vigorem. Si
quis forte narret fabulas , obledor. Si, de
temperantia loquatur ac continentia, contri-
ftor. Si divinam quis feripturam légat, con-
turbor. De quæftionibus concertantes audi-
r e , mihi jucundum eft. Omitto fidas aflen-
^ tationes, ut ad preces non affurgam : trivia-
E les item ac minus religiofos in ecclefiam in-
greffus : conquifitas de induftria tarditates :
futiles in congregationibus fermones: nimiam
in apparândis epuliscuram, in ipfis facris lo-
cis obtredatioiies, in orando pigritiam, in
pfallendo negligentiam, in decipiendo ftu-
dium, in lucrando artifîcium , fîmulata cum
piis mulierculis colloquia, compellationefque
crebras ? indigentium contemtionem, divi-
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