fie fe ifta habere ; fed noveris velim,
quibus ea data tint , & qaibus difpenfa-
ta . Dominus Deus ex multa fua , &
infinica erga humanum genus liberalitate
ac benignitate , poft qua ni a mandato ex-
cidilfet homo , quod acceperat , fubje-
ftufque effet fententiæ iræ , & quafi in
captivitatem , ac lolitudinem , atque__>
exfilium , fodinamve , ex deÜtiis pa-
radifi in hune mundum eje&us , & fub
poteftate tenebrarum fa&us ; carnifque
paffionibus ac morbis fubjiceretur , qui
prius paffionum , atque morborum ex-
pers crat ; omnefque præterea qui ab
ipfo produ&i fuerunt, iifdem malis ac
paffionibus fa&i effent obnoxii ; hæc
tandem infirmis atque incredulis permi-
fit , nolens omnino deperdere homi-
num peccatorum genus , fed propter
multam bonitatem , & immenfam mi-
fcricordiam dedit in folatium ac refrige-
rium , & curam atque medelam corpo-
rum ifta , hominibus lm jus mundi, qui
nondum fe totos concredere Deo pote-
rant . At tu qui vita folitaria gaudes,
& ad Chriftum aceeffifti , cupiens filius
Dei fieri , 8c defuper ex Spiritu San&o
nafci , primoque , ac impaffibili homi-
ne luperior evadere ; & qui majora accipis
promilla , advenrum divini bene-
placiti ; 8c velut peregrinus , ac hofpes
hujus mundi fadlus , debes fidem ali-
quam magis novam , 8c admirandam ,
inteliigentiamque , ac vitæ rationem &
inftitutum præter omnes homines mundi
tibi vindicare , quum & vitam , ficut
cunifli alii degas. Ecce & mundus nubit,
comedit, 8c bibit, auro 8c argento utitur,
mercaturam & artes exercet , ac di-
vitiis gaudet , quæ omnia Deus
permifit homini peccatis fubdito : ne-
que enim fine Deo quiequam ad
ufus humanos dicemus ordinatum .
At tu ab his omnibus exemptus
es , ut Deo. perfe&e placere pof-
üs . Sic ergo alienus a cura , in
curandis m jndi malis , medicorum-
que induftria adhibenda effe debes ;
ut qui ad Chriftum profugeris , qui
cunfla fe largiturum fuis fervis
promifit . Si autem quæ mundi
funt fapis , & pateris , fimiiis
hominibus illis mundanis j adhuc
es incredulus , licet te fidelem , 8c
Chrifti fervum profitearis . Novo enim
quodam, ac peregrino confilio , mente,
fide, converfione , vitæ denique ratione ,
mundum hunc & curare & obtinere debes,
qui Chrifto perfeóte placere, ejufque
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A veftigia perfequi cupis, contrariaque hominibus
mundi hujus fapere ; quoniam nova
quædam & admiranda credis promifta ^
& fempiternis te bonis fperas effe fruiturum,
coeleftiique Civitatis, acregni incorrupti-
bilis, deliciarumqueperpetuarum, ac fem-
piternæ fruitionis hæreditatem, cordis quo-
que fandificationem, & purgationem per-
fetftam, quæ tibi per Spiritum Sanflum fît,
^ adepturum. Nam qui vere cupit effe homo
Chrifti, æternifque fe bonis perfruiturum
fperat , paupertatem divitias cum gaudio
exiftimare debet, & affli&ionem recreatio-
nem ; afperitatem viiftus, delicias ; impro-
perium honorem, & contumelias gloriam
ducere : hæc enim vera fervorum Dei gloria
eft. Neque vero folum improperia ferre
debet pugil ac miles Chrifti; quin &, fi forte
divitiæ obvenerint, cas ut ftercora rcfpue-
(2 re oportebit. Si gloria 8c principatus , non
extoilatur , & iuperbiat : Si laudes atque
honores hominum , ut quæ 11e fint quidem ,
exiftimanda : quin etiam propter hujufmodi
res, quæ habentur gloriofæ, confundi atque
lugere oportet; 8c propter ejufmodi,
contra lætari , 8c gaudere > quæ habentur
vilia, & abjedta putantur . Poteft fiquidem
aliquis interdum opprobria ferre , gloriam
autem 8c honorem non item . Sed efferri
O fiepe folet mens, 8c a feipfa excedere quo-
dammodo, & humilem viam juftitiæ dere-
linquere. Ait enim Paulus: Per arma ]uftu i,cor»&
tice , a dextris , & a ßnißns, per gloriam ,
& ignobilitatem , per infamiam, & bonarn
famam, ut in utrifque per omnia probatus ,
idem 8c inconculfus inveniatur, extra fe nun-
quam difcedens.Talem enim eum elle oportet
, qui vere placere cupit Deo, ficque vo-
■ jß luntatem fuam habere debet fundatam . Et
quemadmodum incus aliqua, licet quidem
femper verberetur, non tarnen dat tergum,
neque concavitaris form am in fe recipit, fed
eadem Temper manet, fibique fimilis: fie 8c
qui verum fe vult gerere chriftianum, inter
diverfas tribulationes, atque tentationes ,
five extrinfecus ab hominibus illatas contumelias,
perfecutiones, damna , aut aliqua
ejufmodi ; five intrinfecus a fpiritibus mali-
F gnis indudas anguftias diverfiffimas, unus
atque idem rnaneat oportet, fortiter qtiæ-
cumque obvenientia perferens . Pro muni-
tione ac caftro , & turre fortitudinis a
facie inimici , femper Chriftum Dominum
habeat , ad eumque belli tempore
, in regione inimicorum conftirutus
confugiat , & illuçj lcripturæ ufurpet :
Eflo mihi in Deum protefforem , & in •prai9’
locum refugii , ut falvum me facias ,
Sic enim quafeumque poterit ^fuperare—»
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