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tuam obfcurare conantur.
Sed quoniam alii te fupra tuum ex-
tulere modum, & infra depreflerunt alii,
ut partem utramque ad xqualitatem re-
ducas , agefis, & ex eo faftigio , in quo
Pagani & Barbari telocarunt, delcendito;
rurfus inde afcendito, quo a Judxis abje-
dafuifti, Caslum licet femper obtineas. Tu
verb veritatis amicus imaginäre Dominum
noftrum medium inter homines, ac Deum
tibi prxfentem : fac accedant Prophet#, pa-
lamque & publice, quem hunc efte cre-
dant, loquantur ; ilia nunc Genitor fua_>
recinat verba, quorum vim Judxos& Pa-
ganos fruftra nituntur infringere.
Hie jam adefto , fides , donum fand#
Ecclefi# divinitus concefliim ; in hüjus ,
oro, finu morare & conquiefce. Quod fi
te exagitavere Circumcifi, id non mirum,
fabulas ifti & fua fomnia confedantur; cum
ipfis confpirarunt Heterodoxi, nec iftuc
novum, contentiones quippe amant & li-
tes. Videdum, ut ei gratam te prxftes ,
qui tibi condidit adjunxitque gentem tibi
decoram, quae te fuis fubvedam hume-
ris, gloriose per Orbem circumfert. In Mo-
faico teftamento primoribus velut lineis de-
fcripta fuifti, in novo deinde foedere perfe-
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S E R M O V I I .
SEcefliim quxrebam , in palaeftram in-
cidi, convenerant huc ex parte He-
terodoxorum Sophifta*, novainceflerat otio-
fos cupido explorandi faporem ignis, cer-
nendique fpirituum colores ac mollitudi-
nem, Sc lenitatem lucis: in has nimirüm
lites egregios illos difceptatores fplendor
ä Sole emicans impegerat . Filium Dei
noftris utique fenfibus minus obvium ,
quam noftra; mentis cogitatio , manibus
etiam attredare fe pofife nugabanturjnam
Spiritum fandum ab omni itidem noftra_j
facultate abftradum jadabant, fe fuis fibi
fpeculationibus fenfilem feciffe: Patrem_*
vero, qui vulgo incomprehenfus haberetur,
ab ipfis proprio acumine fuilfe inveftiga-
tum, & comprehenfum . Nos autem per-
fedum fidei exemplar accepimus ac tenemus
Abrahamum : poenitentise noftrx formam
Ninivitas & Rahab domum ; fpei demum
noftrx archetypuin Prophetas , & Apo-
ftolos •
S. Ephr.Syr. & Lat. Tom. III* Invi-
S . E P H R
ralfe , qui pervcrfum difceptandi ftudium
cxcum ducem fequi obftinarant. Lucem_»
fuis incurrentem oculis transformarunt in
tenebras , quo liberius vagari liceret .
Incidit in manus Margarita , fides , dum
illam curiofi negotiatores circumfpiciunt
& examinant, imprudentibus excidit Sc pc-
riitj fie Margaritam -in lapidem transformarunt
, unde fibi offendiculum paratum
invenirent .
O donum mortis antidotum, quod fa-
tui homines in venenum converterunt
Judæus,ut claram tuam a fonte featuriginem
intercideret,elaboravit, exitus conatum elu-
fit. Simili aftu Hxrefes, quum tuam puldiri-
tudinem extinguere non poffent, a fuo prin-
cipio diftrahere tentarunt . Sed enimvero
quicumque eo projedi funt, ut a tuo te Au-
dore avellere cogitarint, non te , fed ipfi fe
ab illo alienarunt, tuâque virtute refedi ex-
ciderunt; en videmus,quos Sion protule-
rat furculos , avulfos ac difperfos , atque
Hxreticorum fedas exitu non admodum
dilfimili fublatas. Oro , fides , tuam no-
ftræ parvitati admetire amplitudinem ;
quamdiù enim te totam infpicere & di-
metiri non licet, amor nec conquiefcere,
nec tacere poteft . Te ipfà , quæfo, con-
trahito , & parvam, quo potis es modo,
minorem facito : cundis , fateor, fuperc-
mines, te tamen omnibus longé latèque
fuperfundis.
Jam vel ex eo coarguendi veniunt
noftræ Margaritæ ferutatores, qubd dece-
dente caritate, difeordia fratres inceffit ,
mox ctiam audacia, adeo ut vifendx tuæ
formæ defiderio incenfi, velum ori tuo ob-
dudum reducere pertentarent ; fufpicaban-
tur nimirum, hanc efle fuco quxfîtam >
quum tamen feirent, ejus originem &or-
tum effari nemini licuifle . Quamquam
vel incredulis aliquando te quadamtenùs
confpiciendam dedifti, ut cujus archetypi
typus efles cognolcerent, quum autem te
totam oculum efle cernerent , hæfere_*
mente attoniti, & ufque adeo perturbât!,
ut ipfi in contrarias fedas divifiUte pariter
feindere molirentur j fed contra accidit, ut
iidem a te difeifli, jam nec fibi ipfi con-
fentirent, quum tamen ipfa invariata per-
feveres, tibi femper fimilis & conftans. Iis
folummodo tuum cernere non licuit vul-
tum , quibus fuos veritas oculos nega-
vit. Præterquamquod velum proprium Pro-
phetarum infîgne arcanis intextum notis,
oris tui fulgorem tegebat, fimul illorum
oculis occultabat ; aliam proinde te efle_j>
crediderunt, quum eadem ipfa fis datum
nobis fpeculum veritatis, proptereaque—>
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