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E J U S D E M S A N C T I P A T R I S T O T A T T O T E T A T P O S H M O N
E P H R A E M S Y R I E O T A IM T O T 2 T P O T
S ermo i n P a t r e s d e f u n c t o s . A O T 0 2 E I 2 F T A T E P A 2
T E A E I Q 0 E N T A 2 .
COr mihi dolet : compatimini mihi fra-
tres, fervi benedidi. Vcnite, & audite
. Anima mea dolore affiigitur : dolent renés
m ci. Ubi jam funt lacrymæ ? & ubi com-
pundio , utlacrymis ac fufpiriis corpus meum B
abluam ? Quis me in locum ' tranftulit inhabi-
tabilcm ? ubi rumultus adeft præcidens atque
, intercipiens lacrymas, neque confufio adeft
impediens plandum. Exaltanfque vocem me-
am, ploravi ad Deum, acerbas lacrymas fun-
dens : & inter fufpiria dixi : Sana me Domine,
jerem. 17. ^ ^anabor r-nimio enim dolore cor meum an-
gitur ; & gemitus ejus non finunt me vel
ad momentum temporis requiem capere.
Confpicio enim Domine , quod fandos C
tuos , tainquam aurum eledum , ex vano
hoc fæculo in vitæ requiem allumas . Quem-
admodum enim fapiens agricola prudent
ter celeritcrque frudus colligit maturefcen-
tes , ne damnum ab adverfitate aliqua in-
gruente patiantur atque lædantur : fie &
tu , Salvator , eledos congregas fände
ac jufte laborantes. Et nos interim adeo
pigri , & in inftituta vitæ ratione fegnes,
in duritie noftra perftftimus : & frudus no- D
fter Temper immaturus remariet abfque bo-
no animi propofito, ut pulchre maturefee-
re nequeat in operibus bonis , & fände
piequè in horrea vitæ recondi. Non enim
lacrymas frudus ille nofter continet , ut
iis irroretur ac maturefeat. Non compun-
dionem habet , ut ex lacrymarum afflatu
revirefeat atque florefeat. Sed neque hu-
militatem , ut æftum ingentem amoena de-
fuper adumbratione coërceat. Non volun- E
tariam paupertatem , quæ ilium ab adver-
fariis opprimi haudquaquam permittat. Nec
caritatem Dei habet , radicem , fcilicet,
fortem ac validam, quæ frudum fuftineat.
Nec contemtum continet rerum terrena-
rum , nec vigilias , neque fenfum vigilan-
tém , & attentum in precibus. Cæterum
vice iftarum pulcherrimarum optimarumque
virtutum contraria plane habere deprehen-
ditur : iram nimirum gravem, atque furorem F
frudus decutientem, ut ad nihil jam profit.
Immodica polfîdendi cùpiditas deorfum incurvât
eum *. angor ac tædium animi ingens,
& reliqua ejufmodi mala, qua tandem ratione
finant frudum pie maturefeere, ut Domino
fuo , coelefti inquam agricolæ, ufui
elfe polfit ? Hei mihi, hei mihi, o anima,
eloquere jam , & lacrymas effunde, quæ
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D E F U N C T O S . 1 7 3
Patribus perfedis, & Tandis Afcetis ram cito
orbata es. Ubi funt Patres ? ubi fandi ? ubi
vigiles $ ubi fobrii ? ubi humiles ? ubi mites ?
ubi quietis ftudiofi ? ubi continentes ? ubi pii
ac religiofi ? ubi paupertatis amantes ? ubi
corde compundi,& gratiacceptique Deo?
qui quidem in pura atque fyncera prccatione
coram Deo alfiftebant, tainquam Angcli Dcij
madefacientcs atque irrigantes propemodum
terrain imbribus dulcium lacrymarum & com,-
pundionis. Ubi funt amici illi De i, caritate
pleni, qui nihil prorfuscorruptibilefuper terrain
poflidentes, fed crucem fuam jugitcr tol-
lentes , lequebantur, Salvatorem, caute per
anguftam viam incedentes, fibique provide
attendentes, ne in præcipitia inciderent, neque
oberrarent in deferto invio & inaquofo
atque caliginofo : fed per viam redam ve^-
ritatis mandatorum Dei pergerent , pleni
femper lumine præceptorum Chrifti , ala-
criter atque ardenter in bono vitæ inftitu-
to ambulantes Deoque infervientes , ac
voluntarie in hoc vano fæculo afflidi ? Pro-
pterea Deus vehementer eos diligens , in
portum vitæ collegit ipfos , & in gaudium
fempiternum : ut ibi exultent illicque cum
magna voluptate perfruantur immortali fpon-
fo , in Paradifo deliciarum , coeleftique
thalamo . Hinc quidem migrarunt , pro-
fedi ad Deum fandum , habentes fecum
paratas lampades fuas. Non eft in nobis
modo illorum virtus , neque in nobis jam
eft illorum exercitatio. Non eft nunc in
nobis illorum temperantia atque continen-
tia. Non eft in nobis modo illorum pietas atque
religio. Non eft inter nos jam illorum
manfuetudo. Non eft inter nos modo illorum
voluntaria paupertas. Non funt inter nos
jam illorum vigiliæ . Non eft in nobis illorum
in Deum caritas atque diledio. Non eft
in nobis modo ilia Chrifti commiferatio :
non eft jam in nobis ilia membrorum com-
patfio. Sed cundi jam fumus agreftes atque
feroces , immites & atroces, nec ferre
prorfus nos invicem pofiiunus. Sagittæ
ignitæ funt linguæ noftræ in alterutrum fin-
gulis horis. Cundi honorem quærimus .
Cundi vanam gloriam captamus. Cundi
avaritiæ ftudemus. Cundi relaxati fumus .
Cundi fomnolenti fumus. Omnes perverfi,
ad nugas expediti , ad pieces fundendas
pigri : ad vagandum alacres, ad quiefeen-
dum infirmi : ad delicias parati , ad tem-
perantiam triftes : ad caritatem frigidi, ad
iracundiam fervidi : ad bona fegnes , ad
mala ftudiofi ac diligentes. Quis igitur non
lamentetur ? quis non deploret conditionem
noftram torpore ac negligentia plenam ?
Patres illi , qui nos præcefierimt , ..utilef- .
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