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fins Salvator nofter hodie per manus impio-
rum, in ligno Crucis per fummam injuriam
lublatus eit. Vcniteomnes, & lacrymis atque
fufpiriis noftrum corpus abluamus : quo-
niam Dominus nofter , ôc Rex gloriæ in mortem
propter nos impios eft traditus. Si quis
forte ex inopinato de morte carifsimi alicujus
fui amici nuncium accipiat , vel etiam repente
ipfum dileeftum fuum ante oculos mortuum
videat ; mox ejus immutatur vultus, ôc venu-
ftas adfpedtus obfcuratur. Sic quoque Sol lu-
cidus ex fublimi axe coeli, contumeliam Domini
pendentis in ligno cernens , immutata—*
facie contraxit ferenitatis fijæ radios, injuriam
Domini contueri non fuftinens, fed lu-
cftu fe ac tenebris induit. Rurfus Spiritus ipfe
faneftus, qui in Pâtre eft, eonfpiciens dileéfcum
Filium in ligno crucis pendentem,rupto mun-
difsimo illo templi vélo, quod a furfum erat
ulque deorfum , in fpecie columbæ continuo
de templo exivit. Omnis creatura timoré ,
ac tremore perculfa eft , quando Salvator
nofter Rex [coeleftis palfus eft . Nos vero
peccatores , deipicimus femper J: propter
quos ôc traditus e ft, qui folus habet im-
mortalitatem . Quin ôc ridemus quotidie,
pafsionem ôc contumelias Salvatoris audi-
entes. Singulis diebus delicias fedtamur , om-
nemque curam in veftium ornatu ponimus.
Sol in in coelo lucens, ob injuriam Domini
fplendorem fuum convertit in tenebras :
ut ôc nos , qui ifta videmus , imitari ftu-
deamus . Dominus in cruce propter te
contumeliis afficitur j ipfe vero , o mifer,
veftium femper ornamenta fedtaris. Non—»
tibi cor tremit ; non mens tua horrefeit ,
ejul'modi audiens. Qui folus immortalis elt,
propter te impium morti , contumeliis, Ôc
opprobriis eft traditus : ipfe autem vaga—»
ac diftradta mente hæc omnia excipis ? At-
qui decçt gregem omnem ratione utentem
aisidue ,paftorem fuum obfervare ; ipfurfique
femper defîderare ac revereri, quum pro illo
palfus fît , licet impafsibilis ôc immacu-
latus eilet ; ôc nequaquam inani ac fu-
perfluo corruptibilium veftium cultu de-
ledtari , aut etiam delicias fîeculi quæ-
rere ; quin omni potius exercitatione ,
ac vitæ fandlimonia contendendum eft , ut
Creatori placeamus . Ne fîmus imitatores
Judæorum , velut populus durus , incre-
dulus , femperque bona , ac bénéficia«-»
Dei repellens. Deus altifsimus propter A-
braham ôc teftamentum fuum , ab initio
duritiem atque perfidiam tulit po-
puli . Manna de coelo ad manducan-
dum dédit eis : ipfî vero coelefti pane-»
indigni , petierunt fibi allia dari , ci-
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ôc pafsiones ejus afpernari caveamus . Ve-
nite hue cunCti Ecclefîæ filii , qui pretio-
k ) ac fanefto Sanguine immaculati Domini
redemti eftis . Venite , pafsiones Domini
cum lacrymis , atque fingultibus meditemur:
atque inter meditandum contremifcamus,
ôc ad invicem dicamus : Chriftus Salvator
nofter propter nos impios morti eft traditus
. Difce atque perpende , frater , quid
f î t , quod audis : Deus, qui fine peccato eft ,
Filius Altifsimi propter te traditus e ft. Ape-
ri cor tuum , ôc addifee diligenter pafsiones
ejus , atque ita tacitus tecum loquere . Deus,
in quem cadere nequit peccatum, hodie traditus
e ft, hodie illufus eft , hodie contume?
liis affedlus eft , hodie alapis csefus, hodie—»
flagellatus, hodie coronam fpineam geftavit,
hodie coeleftis agnus crucifixus e ft. Contre-
mifeat cor tuum , perhorrefeat anima tua.
Diftillent tibi jugiter lacrymæ, ex hac Palsio-
nis Domini meditatione : dulcefcunt namque
lacrymæ hujulmodi, illuminaturque anima ,
pafsiones Chrifti afsidue verfans. Lacrymare
per fingulos dies, gratîas agens Domino, pro
to t , tantisque , quæ tui foiius gratia palfus
eft : ut in die adventus ejus , fint tibi lacrymæ
tuæ gloria ôc exaltatio coram tribunali illo
tremendo . Perfer tu quoque afflieftiones, memoria
recolens quæ tua caufa pertulit pius ac
benigaifsimus Dominus. Perfer tentationes,
gratias ex animo referens . Beatus fane homo,
qui ob oculos femper habens coeleftem_»
Dominum , ôc pafsiones ejus, fe ipfum cruci-
fixit mundo, cum univerfis concupifcentiis
ejus, rebufque terrenis : qui faétus eft imitator
Domini fui. Hæc prudentia , hæc cura
atque alfeeftio eft bonorum famulorum, quum
femper imitari ftudent fuum Dominum in—»
operibus bonis. Contemplaris,o homo, imma-
culatifsimum Dominum in cruce fufpenfum :
audefque, o impudens, ôc infelix homo, in de-
liciis ac riftt univerfum vitæ tuæ tempus in—»
terris tranfîgere ? An nefeis, o mifer , ôc impudens
, qued de his omnibus negligeutiis atque
defpicientiis rationem abs te exiget, qui
pro te crucifixus eft Dominus ? Nunc quidem
hæc dum audis ,.rregligis, in deliciis rides, ôc
omni