invenerit lie facientem. Beati futnus &
nos , fratres , nifi pulfando fatifeimus :
nobis enim aperiet : verax eft eniin qui
7. ait : Pulfate, & aperietur vobis ? Et rur*
y0.1T1. 6. fus : Bunt, qui venit ad me, non ejiciai/t
forfts. Ipfe nempe Deus nofter eft : ipfe
fecit nos. Ipfum dccet gloria in Cecula
feculorum. Amen ■
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s§ « . A uto's sçtv o' ©sos m,uoS». etóuV ETronipa
mi - r a (Toça a s t v s ajcSvets . TJ|.
d ju v a v . à(A,im,
Se r m o i n a d v e n t u m D o- B
m i n i , e t de C o n s umma t i o n s
s e c u l i : e t i n a d v e n t u m
A n t i c h r i s t i .
A o r o s EIS THN IIAPOT2IAN
TOT KTPIOT , KAI nEPI 2TNTE-
AEIA2 TOT K 02M0T , KAI EI2
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2TOT .
OITomodo minimus ego, & peccator
Ephrem, plenufque delidis, enar-
rarc eapotero, qu;e meas excedunt
vires ? Quia tarnen Salvator nofter pie-
tate fua indodlosfapientiam docuit, per-
que cos fideles ubique illuminavit, &
ipfe linguam noftram aifatim movet ad ea
recenfenda , quæ in communem utilitatem
ædificationemque & mihi dicenti, & cun-
dlis auditoribus cedere poflint: verba in
doloribusfaiturus fum, & cum fufpiriis dicam
de inftanti hujus mundi confummatio-
ne ,.. impudenti(fimoque ac feviflimo Dra-
cone, qui turbaturus adveniet omnem fub
cælo regionem , timorem ac pufillanimita-
tem, gravemque perfidiam cunAorumfi-
mul hominum pedloribus injiciens, prodi-
gia quoque ac figna terrorefque portendens
, ut, ft fieri poilit, in errorem etiara
Matth. 24. ipfos inducat eleâos, omnefque decipiat
in falfis ac mendacibus fignis prodigiorum-
que imaginationibus, quæ ab illo fient. Si-
quidem fanai Dei permiflii, poteftatem .
decipiendi mundum accipiet, quod imple-
ta jam fit impietas fæculi, quodque ab omnibus
& ubivis locorum peflxma quæque
perpetrentur. Earn igiturob rem immacu-
latus Dominus Ipiritu erroris tentari patie-
tur mundum propter eorum impietatem :
quandoquidem fic Deo reliao, placuit ho-
minibus adhærere maligno. Magnum ,
fratres, tunc cunftishominibus, maxime
vero fidelibus erit certamen in diebus illis,
quando figna & prodigia in magna potefta-
tate ab ipfo Dracone perficientur : quando
rurfus feipfum ut Deum oftentabit, formi- ,
dabilibus portentis per aera volitans, cun-
âique dæmones in forma Angelorum corâ
tyrannoin acre fublimes volitare confpici-
entur.Clamabit enim cum fortitudinc.etiam
formas immutans, ad immenfum terrorem
cunftis incutiendum hominibus. Quis ,
quæfo, fratres, fic tunc reperietur mundus,
&im-
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A immobilis per/îftens, ut evidens tune
argumentum fecum in animo habeatj jam
fanctum unigeniti fîlii Dei adventum adef-
fe ,qùando inenarrabilem illam viderittri-
bulationem ubique fuper omnem animam
fieri, omni prorfus folatio ac requie defti-
tutam undique, in terra & in mari ? quando
univerfum mundum confpexerit turba-
tum, (fugict enim unufquifque ad montes,
ut abfcondatur in illoriimcacuminibus , )
^ & alios quidem fame perire , alios gravifli-
ma fiti ,inftar ceræ , liquefeere : & qui co-
rumdem tunc mifereatur, nullum adefle..
Qyando videric quameumque faciem lacry-
mis madentem, ac magno cum ddiderio
homines feifeitari , num ufque adhuc fit
verbum Dei in terris ? refpondeatürque ,
nufquam. Quis obfecro dies illos feret £
quis intolerabilem illam fuftinebit ? quan-
C do viderit confufiönem populofum undi-.
que ab ultimis finibus terræ venientium
ad videndum Tyrannum, multofque eoram
Tyranno procidentes, clamantefque magno
cutn tremore : Tu es Salvator nofter.
Tunc mare turbabicur, terra exarefeet, exit
non pluent, plantæ marcefcent, cundi-
que orientalis plagæ incolæ terrore nimio
exterriti, ad partes occidentales fugient ;
& viceverfa qui occiduas regiones inhabi-«
D tant, præ timoré ad loca oriçjitaliafugam
capient. Aftumpta enim poteftate tune im-
pudentifllmus Üle dæmonas ablegabir ad
univerfos terræ fines, qui ctunftis palam_»
predicent, magnum jam regem cum gloria
apparuiffe : venite, & videre eum. Quis
quçfo ita adamantino eft pe&ore, ut forti-
ter atqùe intrépide cuiidâ ilia fcandala_»
perferat ? Quis, inquam, erit ifte, ficut
g ante dixi,homo, ut eum omnes Angeli
felicem predicent ? Ego quidem , o fratres
Chrifto dileôti, & perfeéti, vel fola recor-
datione fçvi illius Draconis attonitus fio,
dum animo mecum compledtor cogitoque
futuram illam tribulationem atq; anguftiä ,
quç illo tempore cun<5Us obveniet hominibus
:& quomodo feeleftus hic Draco huma-
no generi apparebit, maxime vero quant
atrox infeftufquefuturus fit fanétis Dei ho-
F minibus, qui fallacia ejus portenta vinceré
potuerunt. Erunt enim tune plurimi, qui
Deo gfati placitique reperientiir, in inon-
tibus & collibus ,locifque defertis , in mul-
tis orationibus plan&uque immenfo , fal-
vandi. Deus liquident famftus contemplans
eos fic in gemitibus ineffitbilibus , fideique
finceritate perfeverantes, connuiferatione
illorum ducetur, velut indulgehtiflîmus pater,
falvos eos ubifefe abdiderant, con-
fervans. Etenim impurilfimus ille non cef-
fabit