XVIIT S. G R E G O R I I N Y S S E N I
primogcnitorum ccetus , ubi puræ exultan- A
tiura voces , ubi ilia bona patent , cjuce
Angeli profpiccre optant. In fandum ilium
locum , feliciffima beati clarique Pa-
tris Ephraem anima pervenit. Arbitror ve-
ro j cum in cælum iplê afeenderet , lingulas
, quas in hac vita excoluerat , virtu-
tes prxcclfiffe , ac res illas reconditas &
fpeciofîffimas , qus mortalibus cerni ne-
que unt oculis , demon ftralfe ; omniumque
excellentilîîmam caritatem lie ad earn ac-* B
cedcntem dixiffe : Intuere dileda anima
, pulchritudinem , quam tibi compa-
ravi ; fimulque delicias oftendilfe. Mox-
que accurrentem humilitatem , ita earn
coin pell affe : Afpice anima Deo chara ,
oujufmodi ego tibi locum quietis exor-
navi . Turn esteras omnes fingillatim
recenfuifle, demonftraflTeque prsmia, quæ
jam inde , cum ab ipfa adhuc in corpore
excolerentur atque exercerentur , in fu- C
turum comparabant . O decantanda , &
imitatu digniffima emigratio ! O mors,
lacrymis non indigens ! O feparatio ,
optatam focietatem concilians ! O tran-
fitus , cujus tranfeuntem minime psni-
tet ! O funus omnis doloris atque mo-
leftiæ expers 1 Dum enim ipfius mores
fufpicimus 5 confolationem inde percipi-
mus . Aliorum quippe hominum mors,
illis qui relinquuntur , lacrymandi præ- D
bet caufam : fandorum autem , læti-
tiam nobis ceîebritatemque conciliât. Quare
ifta non dicenda mors , fed potius
tranfitus, & ad vitam hinc meliorem emigratio.
Hæc funt , quæ tibi , Patrum optime
, mundique Dodor clariffime , lau-
dum præconia audax lingua , ut vilia
munufcula , offert : non ea quidem pro
dignitate , neque ut indigenti tibi : E
(* quam cnim afferre queat gloriam oratio
, quæ laudati meritis plane fupera-
tur ? ) verum propter viventium potius
utilitatem . Nam bonorum atque præ-
ftantiorum virorum encomia , maximam
plerifque confolationem & cohortationem
ad meliora adferunt . Hanc vero lau-
dandi provinciam alacrius fufeepimus ,
cum variis aliis addudi rationibus, præ-
ter vitæ dodrinsque tuæ famam toto F
terrarum orbe ccleberrimam : tum cura
ilia , quam in homine ejufdem nominis
liberando adhibuifti. Ille liquidem nos ad
fubeundum hoc onus impulit, quiapofte-
ris Ifmaël in bello captus ? & longius a pa-
tria diu commoratus, cum jam ad earn redire
defideraret, viamque commodam igno-
raret, fingulari ope tua aptam ad falutem
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rat , adeptus eft. Cum enim in maximum
vitae difernnen addu&us eftet; ( quod omnes
v is Barbarorum interclufs copiis tcncrentur)
tc nomine dumtaxat invocavit}dicens: Sande
Ephraem , fuccurre mihi. Sicquc tuto pe-'
riculorum laqueos evafit , ac mortis me-
tum neglexit ; inopinatamque confecutus
falutem , patris tuo munitus prsfidio prs-
ter fpem eft reftitutus. Quarc ad ifta cnar-
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puns s attingere labiis non fumus veriti .
C^ua quidem in re , fi quid profeccrimus,
id tuo nos adfecutos auxilio fatebimur, ti-
bique acceptum feremus : fin vero tua dignitate
multo inferiores fint noftrs lauda-
tiones , te quoque ( licet forte audacius
hoc didum videatur) in caula fuilfe dice-
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, five illud , nos quantum tulerunt vires
, pietatis officio latisfecimus: teque hoc
ipfum minime nobis fuccenfurum , neque
tui amantiffimos averfurum ; verum squo
bencvoloque animo filiorum balbuticntium
laudes admilfurum, confidimus. Tu autem
di vino jam adfiftens altari, vitsque prin-
cipi, ac fandiffims una cum Angelis fa-
crificans Trinitati, omnium noftrura memi-
D neris , veniamque nobis peccatorum impe-
tra : ut fempiterna coeleftis regni beatitu-
dine perfrui poffimus. In Chrifto Jefu Do-,
mino noftro : cui gloria cum Patre princi-
pio carente , & fando ac vivificante Spiri-
tu , nunc & femper , & in fccula feculo-
rum. Amen.
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