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Ctnef. 12. BBIte retinebat, & opus impediebat: Abraham
, Abraham, dicens , ne injicias manum
tuam in IJ'aac : ne que malum quid in filium
tuum committas , Nunc enim vere cognovit quod
time as Deum, & non peper ci Hi dilefto filio tuo
propter me. Ecce aries colligatus eft in planta
Sabec , accipe , & offer ilium , inquit,
prolfaac , ut certior fias , quod fufceperim
ego facrificium tuum , arden tern videlicet
voluntatem . Admirati funt Angeli, principa
ls & potcftates , throni, dominationes,
omnefque exercitus : obftupuerunt coeli, Sol,
& Luna, & aftrorum chori , fuper re adeo
admirabili atque ftupcnda. Deus porro fola
contentus fuit voluntate fideliflimi révéra
fandique Abraham , Sc dixit ad
cum : Benedicens benedicam , & multiplied
» cans multiplicabo fern en tuum fuper terram
, ficut aHra coeli : quia promte q ^ can
obedifti voci meæ , Sc ftudiofe curafti
adimplere mandatum meum . Deditque
ex rupe ovem Deus pro puerulo , ad
perficiendum Sacrificium . Non enim
gaudet Deus occifis vidimis , quæ cul-
tro Sc fumo offeruntur ipsi : fed ho-
12. ftiam requirit à nobis viventem , fan-
dara, beneplacentem , ac rationabile ob-
fequium , quemadmodum cundos aperte
admonet Apoftolus , fciens quid Deo D çoXos f&Qctm 'exaoi, a-AtycS*.
acceptum fit. Neque enim Deus volens ûlctpeçoi t J 0 g<a . « yS A
pueri interfedorem efficere Abraham ,
jubebat ut filium offerret ; verum ut
cundis habitatoribus terræ oftenderet ,
quod vehementer Abraham diligeret Deum:
quia propter eum non pepercit Ifaac , licet
ilium unigenitum parvulum dumtaxat ha-
berct. Ideoque myfterium Deus magnum
& admirabile oftendit Abrahæ : nam per facrificium
iftud Sacerdos fadus eft, & in figura
prophetam ipfum fecit ; indicavitque ei
Deus Altiffimus, quod Sc ipfc filium fuum
unigenitum pro mundo daturus effet, ut ab
erroribus genus falvet humanum, Deus homo
fadus. Illudquippe fignificabat, quum
ovem è Sabec pro Ifaac dedit, ut offerretur
in facrificium. Nam quum futuri effent homines
increduli, qui fidem non præberent
partui Virginis Sandiffimæ, qua ratione po-
tuerit fine virili contadu filium concipere,
quafi fieri non poffet ; idcirco ex rupe aric-
tem produxit, ut quod admirabile erat, ex
hoc fidem acciperet ; Sc quum quidquid voluntate
ipfius divinitatis imperatur, fubfiftit
protinus . Sicut ergo ibi folo verbo ovis in
rerum naturam prodiit ; ita & in Virgine
Verbum caro fadum eft. Et quemadmodum
ovis in planta ligata hærebat : fie etiam
Unigenitus in cruee clavis confixus pendebat
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E T I S A A C. 3JP
bat. Propterea ciamat Ifaias , dicens :
ficut ovis ad occifionem duCius eft , fine voce.
Rurfus autem Dominus dicebat ad Ju-
dæos : Defiderabat Abraham videre diem
meum y & vidit, & gavifus eft : diem fei-
licet palfionis in figura Ifaac, fuper montera
fandium. fîenedi&us Deus , qui cun-
<5ta nobis ad falutem præfigurat in feri-
pturis fanclis , venienfque , fermones
impie vit Prophetarum , & Tn majeftate
ad fuum afeendit Patrem : ut omni in_>
loco adoremus Patrem cum Filio & Spi-
ritu fando , in fecula. Amen .
E j u s d e m S e r m o i n D a n i e l e m
P r o p h e t a m 3 e t i n s a n c t o s
TRES PuEROS. E t IN EUM QJJI
d i c i t : T e m p o r a m a l a s u n t ,
SALVARI NEQUEO.
A Ge jam, contemplemur Danielis Pro-
phetæ, Sc fandorum Puerorum gefta;
quales hi fandi exftiterint in diebus illis,
quando tradidit Dominus civitatem Hieru-
falem propter peccata populi in manus Na-
buchodonofor Regis Babyloniæ. Attende-
runt autem hi fibi ab ineunte ætate tuto :
quare & in tantis adeoque variis periculis
atque vexationibus probi funt reperti. Cu-
jufmodi enim non exantla runt la bores iii_»
confufione fada in ilia captivitate , pueri
illi adeo pii ac Deum amantes ? Et primum
quidem fpedantes eledum populum ab
Affyriis ita crudeliter divexari : ait quip-
pe Hieremias : Faciem facerdotis non Jufce-
perunt, fenis non miferti funt : principes ma-
nibus fufpenfi funt , & pueri in lignis infirmai
funt : & quæ fequuntur. Cernen-
tefque fandam civitatem ab iniquis va-
ftatam , Sc Dei templum igne combu-
ftum , & vafa fanda iniquorum mani-
bus contredata , ac in idolorum fa-
nis repofita , prophetafque vinculis fer-
reis conftridos : non tarnen ob hæc
cor eorum converfum eft retrorfum ,
nee funt óbloquuti Deo , neque va-
cillarunt : ficut quidam alibi ait :
Ecce hoc malum a Domino eft : quid am-
pli us exfpeffabo a Domino’ ? Poftea ad-
huc captivi dudi , immenfum per^ vi-
am coguntur fubire laborem : dum_»
ærumnas in ea varias cum nuditate pa-
tiuntur , famemque tolerant , eo quod
fe ab iUicîtis prorfus pollui nollent. Sub
hæc in Babyloaem dudi, aliud eos cer-
tarnen
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