XIV S . G R E G G
toris, focii frementes in medium libroS produ-
xiflent, inveteratus ille dierum maloruin inju-
fticiar judex,nnum ex iis in manus fumens,ape-
rire atque explicare nitebatur.Sedquodgluti-
no undus non cederet,ad partem ejus mediam
aperiendam eft aggrefftis, eamque ipfam eo-
dem conglutinatam modo invenit. Quare fua
ilia ex priore libro fruftratus fpe,ad alterum fe
contulit, quern quidem totum ira firmitcr con-
nexum cernens, ut prorfus explicari nequiret;
tanto rubore atque pudore fuffufus eft , ani-
moque ufque adeo perturbatus , ut ex co
confeflii abiens , quad mentis atque confi-
lii inops , & exanimatus, in morbum pro-
lapfus fit , illamque ignominiit notam ita
zegre ac molefte tulit , ut parum admodum
abfuerit , quin turn mortem obirer.
Talis autem pictatis zelo exftitit ma-
gnus noftcr Pater & Dodor S. Ephraem .
Nam alias manfuetum fe prasbens ac mitem,
cum nulla decertandi neceflitas urgeret :
alias acerbum ac gravem, cum fidei peri-
culum imminerct, cunda prudenter pro tern-
poris ratione moderabatur. Et ex hoc quidem
erga Deum zelo , non minus quam
ob multa jejunia, aclacrymas continuafque
preces commendandus eft : atque haud fcio,
an propterea etiam magis, quod ifta in eo
uno concluderentur, ille ad utilitatem quo-
que communem pertinebat. Quemadmodum
enim verum infignis alicujus venatoris fpe-
cimen exhibetur , cum bellicofas infequitur
feras : bonique gubernatoris virtus fe pro-
dit in tempeftate adverfa : medici pruden-
tis in gravioribus morbis, militis ftrenuiin
ipfo pugna: difcrimine : ita quoquc pietatis
ac religionis ftudiofum virum , magna ac
difficilia pericula oftendunt, cum & fe , &
alios ex infidiis periculifquc eximit. Nullum
fine virtutis genus a veteribus excul-
tum eft, in quo hie etiam non excelluerit.
Quare & animum ipfius , utilitate, dulce-
dine , jucunditate fcaturientem , fonti qua-
cumque aquarum abundantia fluenti fimi-
lem dicere poflumus , vel prato diverfis
fragrantibus floribus refplendenti, vel coe-
lo variis ftellarum luminibus diftindo, vel
paradifo , quern in Eden fuifle audis, in-
numerabili frudiferarum arborum copia de-
corato : ( ita tarnen ut ferpenti maligno ,
communifquc exilii audori, nullus omnino
in eo aditus detur) aut fi quid aliud, ve-
nuftüm, amoenumque multis variifque bonis
cohoneftavit natura ; talem quoque bea-
tum ilium magni Ephraem animum, pluri-
bus undique virtutum gencribus exornatum
puta . Nam femper vir ille admiratione di-
gnus, in earn incubuit curam,ut perfedum ab-
folutumque cujufvis generis virtutum chorum
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Siquidem ut facerdos , eum qui inter
juftos primus recenfetur , Abel imitatus ,
non ex ovium gregibus , neque ex adipe
facrificia Domino obtulit, verum abfque
fanguine rationabile obfequium vitas pu-
ritate facrificavit j ea dumtaxat re Abel dif-
fimilis, quod a nefario homicida, utille, per-
emptus non fuerit , fed inimici dzemonis
B evitans laqueos , fuperatis infidiis ad vi-
tam omni fine carentem, ficut.ille, perve-
nerit. Enos porro fpem fic asmulatus eft,
ut non folum Domini Dei fui nomen invo-
caverit, verum & alios, utiidem illudim-
plorarent , docuerit. Enoch autem ut fimi-
lis redderetur, operamdedit, non quidem
admirandam ejus e terra in paradifum tranf-
lationem atque fecelfum , fed ex materia:
perturbatione in fpiritu tranfitione, xmulan-
C d o . Noe etiaVn fimilis exftitit, non quidem
modicam in area lignea generis confervatio-
nem, at fuam potius animi incolumitatem
procurans, ut vita: procellas tutius fubterfu-
giens, nullum virtutis naufragium pateretur.
In plurimis quoque Abrahce (emulator fuit;
atque ut fidem, manfuetudinem, & amorem in
■ Deum taceam, in eo potiffimum, quod quem-
admodum propriam terrain , atque cogna-
tionem ille, ita quoque hie nofter Ephraem
D mundum effugit, & in fuo corpore Unigeniti
facrificium expreflit, Deo feipfum confecrans,
& membra qua: fuper terrain funt, mortifi-
cans. Ifaac vero imitator exftitit, propter
mortem quam prompto tranquilloque fubire
paratus erat animo, non tarnen inferente pa-
tre - Quin & quotidie inftar Apoftoli, corpore
quidem fru&um, quod attinet ad propofi-
tum, percipicbat, fpiritu autem Deo , ob
caftum corporis veluti in ariete facrificium,
vivebat. Jacob porro emulator fuit, fupplan-
tando ipfum Efau, hoc eft,h(erefum parentem,
ac primogenita, id eft, reda Ecclefice decreta,
accipiendo. In eo prasterea, quod non fealam
a terra ad caslum ufque pertingentem, fed ob-
longam ignis columnam, pulcloriorem myfte-
rii profunditatem indicantem confpexerit:
quodque hie difeipulis, quemadmodum ille
filiis, ex hac emigraturus vita, benedidiones
impartitusfit, quas qui pronus excipiebat ,
magni illius Jacob efle arbitrabatur. Verum
ipfius Jofeph fimilitudinem, vel maxime ex-
preflit vit(e integritate, & corporis caftitate:
multo autem magis per hoc, quod ficut ille
triticum,ita hie verbum falutis communicavit.
In non paucis quoq; Moyfi fimillimum fefe
prasbuit: nam & ipfe Pharaonem diabolum fu-
git, & commoratus eft in folitudine,Deumque
vidit, quatenus contcmplatione videri poteft,
refque