4 i o S. E P H R
Dominus Unigenitus Patris in coelis àd A
dexteram fedet Patris . Angeli , Archan-
geli, Cherubim & Seraphim cum metu
äc tremore ei adftant preflîs deorfum
cum horrore obtutibus : -pulvis autem
ac cinis in terra fedens » opifîcem îcru-
tari præfumit ? Cherubim prope folium
conliftentia , fuam fub alis contegunt fa-
ciem > neque tantam illam Domini ma-
jeftatem intueri fuftinent : homo v.ero
lute’us | qui fèipfum > Ôc mortis fuæ
tempus' nefcit , Dominum cundtoium
creatorem rimatur ? Audi mifer , qui
Dominum tuum fcrutaris , ôc admiran-
da quædam de ipfius deitate » deque
unigenito dilecto Patris , te enunciatu-
rum pollïceris . Qui gloriofam ôc in-
compréhenfibilem deitatem in fua maje-
ftate contèmplari te affirmas ; pauca
prius de creaturæ ratione explica « ôc (
■ fecund um tuam fapientiam arque intel-
ligentiam , miniftrorum expone ordines
qui' coram Deo adftant . Exhibe nobis
& exprime , ac in luccm profer natu-
ram Angelorum , figuram Cherubim ,
* Seraphim imaginem propriam > Gabrielis
faciem , ignëm Michaelis vcre flagrantem
. Miniftri autem. Deitatis & Spiritus
quum lint omnes- , ignem quo
pactö confpiciunt ? Lux quippe in cir-
cuitu eft . Quo item ordine, ac modo
fpiritum ducit adminiftratorius Spiritus
? Flagrantis ignis ubi funt ocu-
li ? ubi nares ad requiem Spiritus ?
Quænam illorum funt ftaturæ ? Ere-
&æ n e , in juftæ atque honeftæ altitu-
dinis , ac procetitatis fpeciem ; an
globofæ , atque rotundæ ? Tradabi-
les ne funt , an intradabiles ƒ Hæc
omnia réce-nfe , homo temerarie > atque
infane ; ifta expone , quat nobis
funt ignota ; quæ nam fcilicet igneo-
rum fpirituum lint alas , & qui flam-
mantium pedes . Die » ut illi igneos
fuos operiant axes , fub igneis alis :
& quo pado inter igneas alas , fuam
velent faciem > non iuftinentes inten-
dere- aciem in ignem ilium immorta-
lem gloriæ Domini . Si ifta te fupe-
rant , homo ignare , atque ingrate ,
neque inæftimabilis Domini creaturas
eloqui vales : ipfum Creatorem qua temeritate
c'ircumfcribere conaris ? Dices
autem mifer , rerum magnitudine fu-
peratus : Invifibilis eft natura conditionis
Angelicas : apud fuperos commorantur
Deitatis miniftri . Sed die
faltem , vel ipfa vifibilia . Ignis fane
nobis in ufum datus eft , atque in mi-
nifterium :
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R U T A T O R E S . 4 2 I
A nifterium : hune igitur temere tibi ipfi in
osinjiciens , Carbonem ignitum intrepidus
comede, ut auditôtibus omnibus, pariter-
que fpeda tori bus perfuadeas , te ipfius
quoque Domini opificis fummi naturam
probe eloqui polîè. At fi id nequiveris ;
facefiè hinc , temerarie gàrrule , & teip-
fum defle, ac luge : nam fide fiindi con-
ditoris delerta, quas falvare omnes po-
teft, qui falvari per earn defiderant , in
propriam perniciem arma fumpfifti ; exacu-
enfque gladium , Iponte ilium in tuum ipfius
cor infixifti : quin & derelida Patris
majeftate ac gloria, curiofus fummi aster-*
nique opificis ferutator effedus es. Infelix
profedo , ac mifer , & impudentiffimus
eft, qui opificem , ac conditorem fuum
curiofe rimari , atque ferutari præfumit-.
Millia millium, & centies millies millena
c millia Angelorum , ôc Archangelorum cum
•timoré, atque horrore ipfum glorifieant,
tremulique adorant : ôc homines lutei ,
plenique peccatis , de Divinitate intrépide
diflèrunt ? non illorum contremilcit corpus
, non perhorrefeit animus : fed loqua-
citer, ac temerarie de Chrifto Dei Filio,
qui pro me indigno peccatore palfus e ft,
verba effutiunt : femper enim , ut lux cla-
riffima , refplendet Salvatoris nativitas.
D Cæterum die mihi rurfus, o infelix : Si
voluerit csecus quifpiam , qui nunquam
Solis radios adlpexerit, cum aliquo claris
luminibus prædido, de Soleifto, ejufque
radiis loqui ; contenderitque cæcus ille a
nativitate, Solem ipfum in fublimi eoeli
regione extra fuos radios, fine luce fuum
curfum peragere ; quis fidem verbis cæci
iftius habere volet ? Nonne potius decebat,
g ut cæcus de Inmine audien* , crederet ,
certaque fide teneret , Soli lemper fuos
adelfe radios , quum hæc præfertim,
uti jam diximus, abiis, qui vidèrent, ita
elfe certa, & indubitata ratione probaren-
tur ? A t , fi cæeus ille cedere iis , quæ
dicuntur , reeufet, figuram Solis fecum in
corde infinitis cogitationibus effingit, atque
deferibit, quum formam veram infi-
gnire nequeat, eo quod Iplendentem So-
F lem cum radiis fuis, oculis corporeis nunquam
intueri potuerit ; & neque his qui-
dem, qui Solem inlpexilfent, fidem præ-
ftare velit . Sic quoque nos cundi j nifî
Sanclis credere voluerimus Prophetis, &
Apoftolis, de unigenito Patris Filio lo-
quentibus , quod nimirum homo factus
•eft, natufque ex Virgine de Spiritu San-
cîro, cæco etiam pejores erimus . Sancti
quippe illi Prophetæ , Ôc Apoftoli confpe-
xerunt eum ; illi quidem in Spiritu
Sandto ;