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Matth. i<
Marc. 8.
Luc. Q.
Luc. 14.
E J U S D E M S A N C T I P A T R I S
E P H R Æ M S Y RI
A d h o r t a t i o
AD P I E T A T E M.
P A R Æ N E S I S II.
B CAriffime, divina gratia Chriftianus
es ? Serva mandata Domini noftri
Jefu Çhrifti ; & falvaberis. Scriptum eft
enim : In veritate comperi , quia non efï
perfonarum acceptor Deus : fed in omni
gente , qui timet cum, & operatur ju-
Jiitiam, acceptas eft illi. Si autem vo-
lueris etiam ad perfeiïam vitæ mona-
chorum rationem contendere, ut & me.
lioribus potiaris : fcito, quod nifi itn_» C
ftatueris ? jam te ex hac vita migraf-
fe , mundumque iftum cum omni gloria
Tua inftar umbræ evanefcere; non_>
poteris affeâiones terrenas 3c coneupi-
icentias mundanas fuperare ; quæ qui-
dem demergunt homines in pcrniciem-»
carnis atque perditionem . Verax enim
eft, qui ait: Si quis voit poft me venire
, abneget feipfum , & tollat crucem
fuam, & fequatur me . Qui enim vo- D
luerit animam fuam invenire, perd et earn.
Qui autem perdiderit earn propter me ,
inveniet earn. Quid enim proderit homi-
ni, f i univerfum mundum lucretur, ani-
m<e vero fu<& detrimentum patiatur : aut
quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima
fua? Neque enim eft labor fundamentum
jacere, fed ædificium perficere. Quanto £
enim amplius in altum erigitur ædifî-
cium, tanto major labor rclinquitur ædi-
ficanti ufque ad perfecflionem operis .
Audiamus falutarem vocem dicentis :
Quis enim ex vobis volens turrim adi.
ficàre , nonne prias fedens computat fum-
tus , fi habeat ad perficiendum ? ne poft-
e a quam pofuerit fundamentum , & non
potuerit perficere, omnes qui vident, in-
lipiant illudere e/, dicentes : Quia hic ho- p
mo coepit adficare , <& non potuit con-
fummare. Bellum quidcm militum , breve
: fed monachi pugna , quoad ufque
emigret ad Dominum , durât . Idcirco
omni cum ftudio ac vigilantia & pa-
tientia opifîcium aufpicari oportec . Si
igitur , dile&ilfime , leonem jugula»» »
tentes , firmiter appréhendé , ne forte
tibi confringat ofta inftar vafis teftacei.
Si vero te ipfum in mare précipite m_»
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Tom. II. gv
A dederis, cave abjicias animum, donee ad
terrain evaferis, ne forte in profundum •
defeendas tamquam lapis. Frater, ft ad
certamen ingrediaris, fobrius efto ac vi-
gilans , ne forte adverfarius tuus vi/ftor
evadens, fupergaudeat tibi, & pro corona
contrarium referas. Quicumque igitur
cupit elfe monachus, ad fortiter refi-
ftendum fe promtum exhibeat : ne in-
grelfus, dicat, ignorafte fe, quod ifta_»
B libi eventura elfent. Ecce pr^feivifti ifta,
ut & tu cogitationem tuam componas,
feiens quod in hoc manifeftabicur tua_»
probatio. Intellige quod dicitur, carifli-
me, ne hodie pro foribus confiftens, in-
terrogatufque dicas, omnia fuffero ; eras
autem in verbis 8c operibus detretfles .
Angcli enim Dei adftant , audiuntque
omnia de labiis tuis proçcdentia . Vide,
carilftme, quod nemo te cogit: 8c ft ve-
G re 8c ex animo hoc inftitutum cepifti, cave
mentiaris, quoniam Dominus perdit
omnes qui loquuntur mendacium . Hæc
igitur ad Deum accedenti contingunt :
primo quidem tentatio, deinde tribulatio,
poftea labor, tædium , nuditas, pafliones,
anguftia, contemtus. Atqui in iftis ap-
paret p atientia atque probatio fidelium :
8c in his omnibus fuperior eft, qui feipfum
ex toto corde gubernationi di-
D vinæ offert, voluntatis çjus imperio fe
fubdens . Bonum enim tantummodo a
nobis propofttum poftulat atque requi-
rit Deus , 3c ipfe nobis fortitudinem
fubminiftrabit , concedetque vidloriam,
ficut feriptum eft : Protestor eft omnium
fperantium in fe . Rurfufque ait : Prope j>pai
eft Dominus omnibus invocantibus ipfum in
veritate : voluntatem timentium fe faciet,
& deprecationem eorum exaudiet, &• fal-
E vos faciet eos. Orate autem & pro nobis
, obfecro , ut quæ fumus di/fturi ,
Domino nobis dante , fine reprehenfio-
ne peragamus. Non enim, quafi ad hanc
menfuram pervenerimus , vos adhortari
ftatuimus ; fed invocato prius Domino
Jefu Chrifto datore 8c largitorc gra-
tiæ verbi , incipimus iermonem exer-
cere , ut fimul 8c juvemur 8c juvemus .
Nam ft ii qui dicuntur pigmentarii, fi-
E ve pharmacopolæ , ftudiofe inquirunt
radices ac fpecies herbarum, ealque__^
in feriptis tradunt : & hoc difpenfatio-
nem divinam oftendit in folatium infirmorum
fecundum carnem : nonne_>
multo magis debemus thefaurum gra-
tiæ ab co donatum promulgare ? ne-
quaquam enimi effugit poenam fervus
nequam , qui talentum Domini fui per
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