populo depromentem.Ex qua quidem augufta A
ac veneranda columba inftrudus ille , fandi
hujus Patris cognoverat peregrinationem,
eumque efle Ephraem ilium Syrum.Peroppor-
tune igitur ambo mutua inter fe fruebantur
confuetudine ; ita ut laboriofa illa pe-
regrinatio ipfi Ephraem inutilis non exti-
terit.
Naturalis porro vit» innocentia, raa-
lorum ipfi oftendebat fugam : nam ex ea
difcebat & meliora profpicere, & deterio- B
ra evitare , atque illas fententias , ac rationes
eligere, qua? puree eflènt, queeque
ad excolendam honeftatem conferrent, Sc
docendi ufum nequaquam impedirent .
Abundanter quippe fando feni concert urn
a Chrifto erat fermonis talentum, quod
cum ad menfas cordium plurimis im- .
pertiretur , ei tarnen cum primis profuit.
Fertur autem hsc ipfc de fe dixifle , fibi ,
cum primum e tenera illa excederct metare C
pueriti» , arcana ejufmodi contigifle vifa .
Ipfi etenim juxta* linguam admodum fru-
difera enafci videbatur vitis , qua» quidem
ita excrefcebat, ut univerfum terrarum re-
pleret orbem. Cunda autem cceli volatilia
adventabant, & de frudu ejus comedebant.
Ipfa autem vitis , quanto plures volucres
decerpentes frudus excipiebat, tanto am-
plius racemis abundabat. Illud preeterea ,
quod ad ipfum pertineret, alius quidam E
homo perfpicax, fe confpexifle teftatus eft :
Angelorum fcilicet copiam defcendentem e
coelo , volumen intus , ac foris confcri-
ptum detinere manibus. Sic vero fandam
illam colloqui vifam eflè aciem. Quis pu-
tas volumen iftud in manus accipiet ? &
hos quidem hunc, alios ilium, alios. vero
alium ex preeftantioribus eo tempore homi-
nibus refpondifle , deinde autem poft omnium
fubjecifle probationem : Ifti quidem E
Sandi , ac miniftri Dei funt : fed hoc volumen
in manus accipere nequeunt. Cum-
que jam varios ex tune viventibus nomi-
naflent, neque quifquam ex iis placuiflet,
demum communi omnium confenfu in eam
pariter convenerunt fententiam , ut dicé-
rent, a nullo alio iftud volumen in manus
pofte fumi, pmerquam ab Ephraem Syro.
Tuncquc coeleftes Angelos idem confpexifle
fertur , Ephraem volumen tradere ; nodu- F
que, furgens ad ecclefiam, vifum illud con-
fpiciens pcrrcxifle. Auditoque ipfo Ephraem,
qui tune infignem gratiaque plenam habebat
oration em, quid vifum illud defignarit co-
gnovifle , Deumque collaudafle , & tam
praclarum dicendi donum viro Sando datum
admiratum fuifle. Tantam enim fapien-
tia: abundantiam largitus illi Deus fuêrat,
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A ut quantum vis ei perpetui quart verbo-
rum fontes fuppeterent, rebus tamen ex-
plicandis pares nequaquam eflent. Uludque
non tarn lingua tarditate , quam cogitatio-
nis celeritate accidebat : lingua enim co-
gitandi aliorum vim exxquabat , atta-
men tardior erat , quam ut ipfius fententias
adfcqui poftet . Unde magnus
fenex fingulare quoddam a Deo elo-
quendi donum elBagitabat , hifee ver-
B bis : Remitte Domine flumina gratis t u x :
fiquidem dodrinx profunditas linguam ipfius
abforbebat, ut fenfa animi efferre nequiret,
cum muneri concionandi inftrumenta ad
diferte.dicendum opportuna deficerent.
Conciones porro ipfius , aliud nihil
nifi precatio interpellabat, precationemque
iterum condones, has lacryma: ; lacrymas
rurfum preces excipicbant , eratquc fermo
fermonis : aut ut magis proprie dicam, in
C fermone, aflidue in divinarum re rum con-
templatione occupatus.. Nam ipfum quidem
corpus ita confecerat, ut ration! quart
domina» obtemperans , non magis, quam
fi emortuum eflet , voluptatis ullum- fen-
fum haberet. Cumque ad ea, qus non decent
, obeunda , inedia atque abftinentia
prius domitum, immobile languefceret, il-
lis tamen quee animarum conferunt faluti per-
ficiendis robore pr^ftabat. Qujd $ quod nc
D nodes quidem fomniorum fimulacris, atque
imaginibus faepe decipientes , ei virtutis
ac pietatis curfum in ullo interrumpebant ?
nam quern aggredientes exceperant fobrium,
eundem recedentes vigilantem relinque-
bant; illudque fcdulo curantem, ne manus
principis iftius tenebrarum ipfum fomno op-
preflum deprehenderet. Tantum vero tern-
poris quieti tribuebat , quantum vitK de-
gendtC neceftarium ducebat: ne natural! pe-
E nitus fublata viciftitudine , caro violentam
diftolutionem fuftineret. Cum autem varia
eflent , qux ab oculis ejus fomnum depel-
lebant j turn illud in primis, quod afperam
ac duram vitam agens , multifque modis
corpus fuum affligens, humi etiam cubaret.
Nam hifee potiflimum rationibus, fomni affe-
dio excuti folet. Paupertatem porro tantam
fervabat, quantam vel fandis ipfis audis fu-
ifle Apoftolis. Quapropter fi quis eum pauper-
F tatem colentium exemplar appcllarit, haud-
quaquam a “veritate aberrarit. Dulciflimam
fane prorfufque beatam illam nobis vocem,
velut paupertatis magiftram, hinc.in coelum
emigraturus,reliquit,qua ajebat:Nec crumena,
nec bacillus, nec pera.Ephraem unquam fuit.
Nunquam aurum,aut argentum, aut ullam rem
aliam in terra pofledi. Nam bonum Regem
ad fuos dicentem difcipulos audivi in Euan-
b 2 gelio: