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FOEnitentia. fertilis eft fruétus, carif-
firm : quia omni ex parte præclarum
Deo opus affert . Prugifer eft ager:
quia tempore’ quocumque excolitur. Sa-
lutis eft arbor : propterea quod multos
in peccatis mortuos refufcitat. In-
feritur in ipfa omnis coeleftis conditio
ac ftatus : quia divinitatis eft
confors . Gaud et namque ea Deus ,
tamquam virtute creativæ potentiæ ipfi us. :
quia quos peccatum moliebatur peri-
mere > ipfa ad Dei reparat gloriam.
Indemne Poenitentia eft Dei marfu-
pium : quia hominum animas, ne pereant,
tuetur „ Copiofus eft. hic Dei ,
redditus , atque proventus : eo quod
homines afferat , ôc peccatores, cumular
tim congreget. Spiritales. in ea confiftere
ufuras exiftimo. : metit enirn Poenitentia,
quæ non lerainavit : nam corpus feminat
corruptionem •„ ôc Poenitentia me-
tens , eam ad caftitatem elevat. Peccatum
feminat paiïîones ac perturbationes.*
& Poenitentia illas. demetens , fuperfemi-
nat vitæ rationem laudabilem . Accipit I
ea , quæ non dédit, pia ufuraria, re-
petens quæ non mutuata eft. Dicit pec-
catoribus : date mihi peccatorum pondus ;
id mihi opens fit ufura.. Fidem habes. ?
da Poenitentiæ ufuram fidei : in ipfa—*
enim fides tua debito libera redditur .
I^fon dedi t i b i inquit , malum : hoc
mihi , a homo. I præbe , ôc extermi-
nans illud § te fiflara Deo , quemadmo- 1
dum de talcnto legjfti.. Quid Evangelium
dicac , nofce .. Poenitentiam, a i t , opus
atque negotiationem elfe Dei : ôc
qui bene negotiate funt , duplicafîè
lummarn . Boni quippe operatores ,
ni ipfa venufte affabreque fecerunt
Dei agriculturam . Per ipfam fru-
dlibus Ecclefiam impleverunt : in
ipfa Dei horrea referfemnt . Per
ipfam ôc terra fada , eft coelum , J
quia Tandis angelis ,, qui funt in
t?na 7 tepleta eft . Laudantur boni
famuli, qui per poenitentiamu»
lernen multiplicarunt . Remune-
îantur boni dilpenfatores , magno
lucro Dei pecuniam foeno-
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difcamus . A collaudationibus
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ôc moerorem parat :
poenitentia hortatur , non " efle.
angendum neque defperandum de iis ,
qiue ad falutem pertinent . Excoecat
malitia mentem : fed poenitentia lucer-
nam accendens , Deum ipfi a longer
oftendit . Lucerna pedibus poenitentis ,
lex efficitur : fed non fine poenitentia
. Quid ais , propheta ? Lucerna—»
non oculis lucet ? Numquid pedes ,
oculos habent ? Quo igitur paefto,
omilfis oculis , vifum pedibus attribuis ?
Pedes animas funt intelleduales oculi .
Caro graditur, ut videat : verimi anima
intelligens, hunc licet immota contuetur.
Propheta lucernam animze accendit : non
enim materia indigent intelledluales oculi.
In poenitentia, lucerna fit lex : quoniam
per eam, peccatores denuo cum Deo con-
grediuntur , ac colloquuntur . Tenebris
obdudla eft mens inique agentis , nec
cernit bonitatem: quomodo ? quia defpe-
ratione ipfam implevit inimicus : at poenitentia,
velut bonus medicus, labores atque
moleftias, nebulamque animas adimens,
lumen ipfi benignitatis Dei oftendit. Refi-
pifeentiam impiis prsecidit diabolus , afpe-
ritatem proponens poenitentia : at .poenitentia
fubdolam ejus ccrnens vafri-
tiem , majori fuavitate .accedit., dicitque:
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