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Eatus, qui flamma amoris Domini in-
cenftls , fordidas quafcumque cogita-
tiones & animæ fuæ inquinamenta com-
burit.
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, J s g JC 'ütvQos ) X5t/ g(pA c^6 *sravfc
h o y i v ( A o y punupov > xJ «JtV T (AKAC/Aotf .
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BEatus , qui fuapte voluntate eft velut
terra puichra ac bona, fru&ificatis fernen
bohum in centefihio , trigefimo , ac
fexagefîmo.
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Jtjt/ et‘yefc(§'«' , xap7ro(po^6)» cttrogov XctAo'v
g*v exanoii x^ 't^axovTa q^ t/xovtw •
Iç .
REatus, qui ex inftituto inventus eft fernen
bonum in agro, quod in fuo agro
feminavit Dominus.'
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BEatus , qui eledam & coeleftem illam
invenit margaritam , venditifque uni-
verfîs fuis in terra bonis, emit illam folam.
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B Eatus , qui in agro abfconditum the-
faurum invenit , & gaudens vendidit
fua omnia, & ilium folum polfedit *
XIX.
B Eatus , qui animo fuo verfat àffidue
diem ex hac vita difceffus , ftudetque £
fedulo paratus & iritrepidus in hora ilia in-
veniri.
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B Eatus, qui in hora ilia emigratiodis,
quando cum timoré atque dolore anima
feparabitur a corpore , fiduciam inve-
nerit. Venturi enim funt Angeli, qui ani-
mam accipiant, & â corpore feparent , fî- p
ftantquc ante tribunal immortalis ac tre-
rftendi Judicis . Magnus timor erit 4 o fra-
tfcs, in hora mortis, quando cum timoré
atque dolore feparabitur anima a corpore.
Siquidem in hora ilia feparationis præfen-
tabuntur animæ fua quæ geflerit opera, di-
urna atque noâurna , five bona g five mala
. Impellentibus autem earn jam Angelis,
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et g'CJfetÇOV nfxepcç j(jtf VliKTi , aya&cL re T&} TCo-
vtiça * x$Lf ayyeXoi cz?%Sü!^ones gTîgtyovTeq c^,ccTut
ff’eq
^ ccJtx'v tv ca'fAccTos, ri o tu. A ut exeat e corpore , ilia relpiciens ad fua
epyee ctuTTts cPgiÀia ? c^gÀ>v. a/accpTCt)À« 3 opera , egiedi pertimefeet. Peccatoris ve-
(poG« 'XCOZA^TOj \i tyJfACLTDÇy Xj Tpg-
|U,«<rct ct7rgj0^gTetƒ 'urQyçyiVdl xpiTU^/o) ct^etVetVoj.
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^(ocTtqov . Xp/^o'v /aovov Tro.S'nVûJ^ao»' T «/yiov Au-
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cl/aaotuXqs gv 7tTw'pa XSy rj.ttgpa , -n « ÆF^ctTo-
x<x 57rAr)^«s «cet 4^VX ^ c“ /r^> cc/AAfrricov , ^on g^ -«-
(Vct ‘^7Tc\oyiAV . Vctp/v t 8tü /«j^exctAcj, ef)/ct7rn-
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tPyAgtctv ßA# t «t « î /xctTcq« Tc, 'Ofocxdjj?« . Ü Arr-
pns gÇiV 0 ßtos «TDS CXcCVdWUtJV Tî X^ TTetT/ieP^V
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tpo7r?a tzxç 7TccyiStijS ivcoiuov £ ^ v ^ t is ti(acov , ^ a^s quibufclam extollamus. Improbus dæro
anima cum timoré e corpore recedet ,
& tremebunda abibit , ftatuenda ad tribunal
immortalis Judicis. Cum autem jam
emigrare c corpore cogetur 5 contue-
biturque fua opera , tunc cum timoré di-
cet eis : Concedite mihi unius adhuc ho-
ræ fpatium, donee egrediar. At cun#a ejus
opera fimul una voce relpondebunt , dicent-
B que ei : Tu nos fccifti, tecum una ad Deum
ibimus.
Defpicientes igitur vanitatem hujus vi-
tæ , fratres mei cariflimi, Chriftum unicum
defîdercmus, fandum ac redemtorem ani-
marum noftrarum. Ignoramus, fratres, qua
hora nofter exitus futurus fît. N^modiem
& horam feparationis exploratrim habet.
Nobis fuper terrain abfque omni follicitu-
dine ambulantibus, & deliciis ac volupta-
C tibus vaçantibus, repente formidabile man-
datum emittitur,feparationis animæ a corpore
: migratquc peccator die & hora non
exfpe&ata , animam plenam peccatis ha-
bens , nec iis exeufationem reperiens .
Quamobrem hortor moneoque , carilfîmi,
ut efficiamur liberi , neque vanæ & fu-
gacis vitæ hujus fervitute detineamur .
Hæc vita oifendiculis & laqueis mortis
plena eft. Ab his animam noftram quafî
perpetuo noftris animabus ftruit in-
Vvet CUITWV CXetViTbcAiCeCç 7Tct>fl»<ni SIS XoActOlV djCO'
viov. A vct/agcoy T cncetVcTttÀcov ßocS'fPoiAev y ccycc-
nrnDi* 'OfoG-éxa ^ o^ot/ ecunois. (at\ é/AHea-av eis
Ttccyi'S'tLs â'ctvctT«. ïlA n ^ a s aoi yXvxvTmDS aj
nocytSss t v 3"cwaV« ? 7rov«^x . /a ri ç^ctuvcoSn
ri Xü'Vrj' ri/uftf gis t ctoTV yÀvxvTUTu «r Hccyt-
cTojv . gç /v cwTZtfii ri yÀvxvms <r nciyiJ'cov, n /tog-
ç/(A\a t yrnvcov Tzr^Ay^qetTcov, xj ^n^fscTcov 5 Xj E dulcedo , follicitudo rerum terrenarum 9
Xoyttr^jdß/^ WJ 'Cyfct^ecov t W TzrovnpcJv . /UT}' yXvmon
fidias , ut cum eas fcandalis affecerit, ad
æterna fupplicia pertrahat. In medio of-
fendiculorum incedimus, carilfîmi . Quarc
attendamus nobis , ne in laqueos mortis
incidamus . Dulcedine pleni funt la-
quei malignæ mortis . Caveat anima
noftra , ne laqueorum ejus dulcedine re-
laxetur. Eft autem iftorum laqueorum
xcü)§r,s ( ru , <x.Shhtye, yX v u v 'm 'T t t * HccytJ'oç t v
^oyictT« . (AYi ^cfcüVGj>s oocAu^ tiç ets (a sAgTJiv r
7royrj^aTv Aoyt<y(JdÇiP. E c tv o H ow p c s Ao y i -
tr/Aos atro^ov cm n f ^ X ^ } "> yAuj($t/ïgTaj ets (a ?-
AgTXV tji'v T?ovrjpetv , /vet cuithV <&ctVctT(o<rri , x | y t -
vSTctj 0 Ttorngos h o y ic (A o s , cocareç T z c ty is cm vy
rjsvX7 t M «l't* w X ^ 5 > ’Ô
xpvcov, Xj g'yxpctTaocç Xj ct^u7rvictç . F iv s 3 eyçy-
yopoç Xj eXß JS ep o s ^TiD 7ra vT 0»v tzJ v ynïvcov 5 /yct
pvcd’r.s T $ f HAytJ'coV Xj Xoyto-fidfrf 7(51) Gjfa.^scov T
TToynpcSv. (Aii 'XA icuco^y s (aiom po7r2«j d s (A s \e -
tdv ? Ttovnpv Aoyi<r(AV . /An .^ovnrri o Ttoyn^os
\ôyt<rfAos g’v tw ’i ' t 'X y ** * ct^Aepg7. $ g y > g «ta'
<ür£ßS r ©gov J7 Q^X*5 W VYlÇèl0^ W Sùxpvcov,
ac pecuniarum , nec non pravarum co-
gitationum atque adlionum. Ca ve, dulcedine
laqueorum mortis capiaris , frater
. Cave , dilfolutus laxeris meditatio-
ne improbarum ac turpium . cogitationum
Quod fî aditum fibi in animam cogitatio mala
fecerit, iniqua meditatione earn oble&at,
ut ipfam morti tradat : fitque mala cogitatio
tamquam laqueus in anima ; neque
expellitur, nili precibus, lacrymis, continen-
tia , atque vigiliis. Idcirco advigila, &
liber efto a cundlis rébus terrenis, ut a laqueis,
& a cogitationibus, a&ionibufque
iniquis libereris. CaVe,ad momentum quidem
temporis in improbæ cogitationis meditatione
relaxeris . Cave, frater, ne cogitatio
perverfa in anima tua immoretur. Afliduis
ad Deum precibus , jejuniis, ac lacrymis