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die virgo parit . Virga Aaronis germina-
vit refloruitque aridum lignum , myfte-
rium déclarât hodiernus dies proponens Vir-
ginei Uteri partum . Erubefcat populus ille,
qui Prophetas vera pradixiffe afleverat ,
Salvatorem tarnen venifTe negat ; nam li
hunc venifle verum non eit,falfa funt illo-
rum oracula, fiAæ fabula, & vera menda-
cia. Quin ergo laudemus ilium veritatis vin-
dicem , qui ad nos delapfus, Vatum prædi-
Aionibus effeftum dedit, Sc autloritatem af-
feruit. Laudabimus Te utique, Domine, fi nobis
de thefauris tuis , tuarumque fcriptura-
rum depofito vetetum Juftorum feriem de-
promas, qui videre diem adventus tui jfu-
fpirarunt. Primus Seth, dum interfecio Abeli
C ft fubftitutum confiderat, Filium Dei occi-
fum,fibi velut in imagine objeftum ,vidit,
crediditque fore , ut ipfius nèce introduira
in Orbem per Cainum Invidia hebefceret,
Dolens Noê filios Dei à bono ftirpis fuæ
repente degenerafle depravatæ voluntatis
vitio, lafciviaque diffluxifle, & luxuria ; fu-
fpiravit ad fanctum nepotem, qui impures
homines puris moribus imbueret. Gemini
Fratres Sem, & Japheth, dum Noe nudatum
contegerent, Unigenitum Dei cogitabant,
detraftas Adamo veftes redditurum ; fuper-
bia namque ilium inebriaverat nudaverat-
que : Iidem infelicem hominum conditio-
nem miferari affuetiiUdum Chanaanis fra-
tris fortem plorarent, fimul fufpeétabant ad
adventum pii Filii, a quo ilium à peccati
fervitute liberandum fperabant.
Nec dubium, quin Melchifedech Ponti-
ficem expeäaverit, cujus interim vices ge-
rebat, præfciens ejufdem hilfopo Muudum
dealbatum iri univerfum. Loth fimiliter in-
tuens, Sodomitas naturæ ordinem pervertif-
fe, naturæ Dominum cogitabat venturum,
quern noverat, fanciitatem, quæ fupra natu-
ram eft, hominibus communicaturum. Aaro-
ni quoqué fimilem injecit cogitationem vi-
difle Serpentes baculo fuomirabiliter devo-
ratos, intellexitqüe fimili modo Cruce Domini
venturi, abforptum iri Draconem, Ada-
mi & Evæ voratorem . Miratus eft Moyfes
humi defixum æneum Serpentem Afpidum
fanare morfus ,-inde fperavit, fibi aliquando
adfuturum ,qui Serpentis antiqui iftum me-
dicaretur. Rurfus cogitans fibi communica-
tam uni Dei claritatem, profpectabat venturum
qui non to t , quin plures fuis inftitu-
tis efficeret deiformes . Caleb illæ terræ
promiflæ explorator in illo botro, quern in
vefte fuipenfum geftabat, vitem agnovit, fuo
Mun-
S. P A t R I S N O S f R I
e p h r a e m s y r i
d e N A T I V I T A T E D OM I N I
S E R M O N E S.
S E R M 0 P R I M U S .
GRatiffimus mfiltoque jucundiflimus ac-
cidit Regibus , Sacerdotibus, ac Pro--
phetis hodiernus dies; ipforum fiquidem_»
prißdiaiones re prxftitit , idemque con-
firmavit . Virgo Emmanuelem hodie in_>
qppido Bethlehem peperit: Natus eft igitur,
qui Ifajce vaticinium implevit: Natus eft
86.6' qui in fcripturis gentes numerabit; & quod
in Pfalmo David cecinit futurum , hie
dies effeaum dedit : & Miches oracu-
lum eventus probavit, ex quo de Ephra-
ta exiit Paftor fuo animas baculo reau-
rus. Stellam ex Jacob orituram , & Prin-
cipem ex Ifrael proditurum, Balaam prje-
nunciabat j qu«e ille prxfagiebat futura ,,
preefens dies reprajfentat . Sic lux ilia-»
occultata diii , tandem emicuit, effulfit-
que ex humano corpore divina ejus cla-
ritas. Oriens, quem Zacharias nafeiturum
prxfenfit, hodie in Bethlehem illuxit , &
poftquam in Ephrata affulfit venturi Regis
jubar, Jacob bona, qux precabatur,
exhibita vidit . Hodie Filius natus eft nobis
5 meritoque nomen illi inditum eft Ad-
jmrabilis ; oftentum liquidem omni admi-
ratione dignum inde exhibebatur , unde—»
Deus fe exhibebac infantem . Et quidem
Spiritus ilium vermi fimilem futurum prx-
dixerat, quo ejüfdem conceptum citra operam
viri tranfigendum infinuaret; Symbol!
tarnen hujus obfeuritatem fuftulit hodiernus
53. 2. dies, & myfterium declaravit . Afiendet,
prxdixcrat Propheta, quaß radix coram eo,
radix de terra fitienti, obfeure diiftum ail urn
exhibet hie dies , & confpicuum . Rexr
quem in femore Judx occult urn Thamar
deprehendit , & fuffurata fuit , hoc die
formas dignitatem oftendit , quam occul-
tatx divinitati magis congruentem ipfe—»
delegit. Ruth accidit ad pedes Booz, do-
da fibi paratum alexipharmacum vitx in illo
repofitum: enimvero quod petebat, ipfi
hodierna lux obtulit; ex ejus fiquidem progenie
natus eft, cujus vi ac nutu cunda_r
vivunt.
Adam mulieri laborum, & dolorum
caufa fuit, matri damnum compenfavit fi-
lia Virgo , quo ipfi peperit Salvatorem;
Evam genitricem genuit ingenitus v ir , quanto
credibilius videatur, filiam Evas citra_»
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