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autem alius quifpiam ipfum hoc moli-
tur ad illaqueandas mentes, temerè in
hæc retia incurrentes, Evangelium, fpe-
culum videlicet admirabile proponitur, in
ifto divinæ Perfonæ très in una confidentes
natura fine ambiguitate difcernuntur,
uti fine difceptatione illarum nomine Ba-
ptifmus ab Apoftolis celebrari confuevit.
Iterum obfecro, Domine,ne committas,
ut veftigatio tua Baptifmum meum inuti-
lem mihi reddat : non enim défunt, qui
captiofis quæftionibus fufcepti Baptifmi vim
effe»dumque fibi abftulerunt. Cæterum fi
qui nova imbuti difciplina, innovatos fe
efle credunt, novo perinde Baptifmo fe__>
indigere intelligant : quöd fi Baptifmum_>
iterare recufant, fatis declarant, nihil novi
fibi compertum efle, indeque ftatuifle fibi
in priftina fententia perfiftendum.
SERMO X L I I.
Q Uis ille qui arcana' divina cogita-
tione conclufit, claufo velut ftagno
.tumentes pelagi flu^us ? Atqui fi
mentilaboranti difceptare moleftumeft,an
non grave magis fit, aciem intendere in_>
fcopum luce præditum vehementiflima ?
Nemo profe&ö «egris incumbentem fenfibus
ferre poteft vim illius Numinis, cujus ge-
nerationis ordo indagantium fagacitatem
prætervolat, Spiritum videre noftris non
congruit pupillis, nec ejus fpeciem intue-
ri datur. Quid ergo ? cenfen ’ , ilium a
quopiam difceptando apprehendendum, qui
a tota rerum univerfitaie omninö fecretus,
a nobis remotiflïmus eft. Audiftin?homi-
nem,admoto prunis ardentibus ore,ignis
explorafle faporem, aut ejus fulgorem pri-
moribus labiis guftalfe ? Difce, fili, ignis
quidem calorem guftu minime difcerni ,
vim tarnen fentiri in præparatione cibo-
rum, & hinc atque ex aliis ejus effe^is
conftarc, quam opidö commodus fit nobis
ignis, & utilis . Qualem vides ignem ,
talem quadamtenus Divinitatem imaginäre
i quarc fi hanc pernofcerc cupis, cam
in fuis benefacftis donifque confidera : fe-
cus durum tibi , multique laboris opus
moliris, fi quidem ipfam in feipfa perfcru-
tari obftinas .
Sol pofitam in fpeculari vafe aquam
verberans,fervidum, quod mireris,generat
in frigido elemento ignem, fobolem fibi fimilem
, foetus, ut vides, fine (ciflione exclu-
ditur, Solis radius non opacatur aquis, &
iftæ minime finduntur, partus punis eft & fine
labe editus. Aurum plane unum eft , flos
S. Ephr. Syr, & Lat. Tom, III, trinus,
rationem, aut locum, neque petendas cau-
fas, aut perveftigandum tempus. Comper-
tiifimum quidem eft, odorem exiftere , co-
lorem , faporem, ac tametfi cadant fub fen-
fum, ob fuam tamen fubtilitatem tadui
minime fubjiciuntur j finguli nimirum cum
proprio feniu aliquam habent affinitatem,
odor namque olfatftu percipitur, & palato
faporj at qualis fenfus altiflimæ Majefta-
tis affinis efle poteft , ut ex fpecie re-
rum cognatarum huic imprefla ad cogno-
fcendam illius exceilentiam manuduca-
mur. Qui nec affinitate nec genere nobis
conjunâus eft, hunc perveftigare cuinam
liceat, cuive fas fit difcutere? nihilomi-
nus,quia hoc illi placuit, fuam nobis na-
turam manifeftavit, ut qualis ipfa fitper-
nofceremus. Rurfus quia volait, minorem
• fe fecit, ad nos fe demifit fuique notitiam
nobis indulfit, Filium fuum nobis cogna-
tum fecit, & Spiritum fuum nobis infu-
dit. Sic nos amavit , fic nobis amorem-«
fuum teftari voluit .
Quum fuam Balaamus Afinam re-
pentè præter exemplum loquentem au-
diflet, prodigium utique præfens vidit,
oculis tamen objeétam fuis rem opido
admirandam tacitus præteriit, atque ju-
mento perinde ac fi huic mentem na-
tura dediflet, faéli fui rationem redde-
re inftituit. Talis vecordia Scribarum fuit,
qui reftitutum cæco homini vifum quum
négaré non poflent % de fabbato o f *
luto quæftionem moverunt . Hæc fi di-
fciplinam amas, ad profedum tuum di-
éla capej fin contendere & difceptare—»
magis placet, ad tuam corredtionem di-
cenda fuerunt i vel ad confufionem , fi
frontem exuifti . Interim tamen carnem
tuam répété , explora , ejufque eru-
befee finus , fordium conceptacula : fi
arcana ferutari libet , ejufmodi cloacas
tibi reli&as puta, velut infanæ libidinis
fræna .
Quoniam verô phantafîæ fua fæpe
Diabolus objicit fpedlra, difeeptari pof-
fet, quomodo, fi nobis ille affinis non
eft, ipfi tamen extraneum non. fit habere
motus, & irreptiones noftris ima-
ginationibus cognatas, imo & menti atque
rationi , qua? utique pars noftri
fublimis & nobiliffima eft . Quod fi
Dærnon nofter inimicus ratione prædi-
tus non eft , quomodo ratiocinationibus
& argumentis mentem noftram implicat
& fallit? Oro te , Domine , cujuflibet
naturæ repertor & re«5tor, cujus fubftan-
tia cuilibet menti recondita latet, prohibe
malum, nc naturam tuam rebus à
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