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diferepent : ac puerum & paupe-
rem, qui fapiens inventus fit , extollit,
potioremque illo judlcat , qui rex quum
fit & fenior , ftulttis tamen inveniatur.
quo nempe ab infipientia atque infeitia
juvenes & fenes , pauperes & reges de-
ducat , eofdemque ad fapientiæ pruden-
tiaeque certamina pertrahat. fic enim eos
affari mihi videtur: ecquam rex capit uti-
litatem, vel fi decus leneftutis in capite
præferat , fiquidem innata prudentia fa-
pientiaque ilia careat , quam fibi homo
difeendi cupidus 8c laborum patientia 8c
honeftatis Audio comparât? nam fi fapien-
tia ab eo 8c prudentia abfit, perturbata
confufaque rerum adminiftratione, ftipen-
diarios fuos quafi reftoris expertes oftendet
, & alienorum atque hoftium arçnis
abfumet ac perdet, vicam vero fuat#at-
que regnum calamitatibus objiciet quam-
plurimis. (a) at contra quid juveni obfit,
mendico licet atque inopi, fi fapiens fit,
& prudentiæ luce inçlaruerit ? fiet enim
quandoque , opportunitate invitante , ut
fermonibus fapientiæ prudentiæque plenis
divites 8c magiftratus & dynaftas 8c reges
ftupore metuque afficiat , 8c utilior
ipfe atque honore dignior , quam ceteri
omnes, habeatur, falutis quippe communis
auélor , veræque juftitiæ ac public»
fecuritatis conftitutor inventus $ quemad-
modum Jofepho contigit, quum puer ef-
Q. fa
. (a ) Ad hasc & qus in articulo proximo habe?
, aliorum interpretationem adferipfit Hieronymus
his verbis: V i r fa n b lu s G re g o r iu s P o n t i
E p i f c o p u s , Origen is a u d i t o r , in M e ta p b r a f t E c -
c le fia fta i ta h u n c lo cum i n t e l l e x i t . E g o v e r o . . . .
a d o le fc e n tu lum p a u p e r em & fa p i e n t e m r e g e fe n e &
f t u l t o , c u i n u n q u am v e n i t in v n e n tem , q u o d p o f-
f i b i l e f i t , q u em q u am d e b i s , q u o s v i n x e r a t , a d
r e g n um e x ir e d e c a r c e r e , & f e ip fu m d e in iq u a
d e in c e p s p o te fta te f u a c o r ru e r e . e v e n i t e n im in te r -
d u m , u t h i , q u i f u b a d o le fc e n tu lo fa p i e n t e f u e -
r i n t , a b fq u e meerore f i n t .“ i ta t a m e n , u t f u b
f e n e reg e a n te v e r f a t i f i n t . q u i e n im p o fle a n a t i
f u n t , q u i a m a la p r a t e r i ta n e f e i e r u n t , nec a d o le fc
e n tu lu m la u d a r e p o f f u n t , q u ip o fte a con f u r r e x i t ,
a b d u b li o p in io n e p e r v e r fa & im p e tu f p i r i t u s a d -
v e r f a n t i s . Graca vero etiam afferenda funt,
quum & illud demonftrent, perperam a Billio
& aliis Metaphrafim hanc Gregorio Nazianze-
no effe adtributam: nam quae exftat, ipfamef-
fe, quam legit Hieronymus, exhis manifeftum
pft. Ej-a S ' t , inquit Neocaifarienfis Gregorius,
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vctvTca, uyonwoi <n yvopp cttoyirp, xgx apply nrvdjptUTOS
WOWTIV .
Addit deinde Hieronymus quæ in eundem
locum feripferat Apollinaris: L a o d ic e n u s , in-
quit, in te r p r e s r e s m a g n a s b r e v i fe rm o n e e x p r im
e ra c o n te n d e n s , m o re f i b i f o l i to e tia m h ic l a -
q u u tu s e ft : D e c o m m u t a t i o n , i n q u i e n s , b o n o rum
in m a la n u n c E c c le fia fta fe rm o e f t , in fip ie n te r r t
h om in em c o n a n tis e x p r im e r e , q u i f u t u r a n o n cog
i t a n s , p r a f e n t ib u s & c a d u c is q u a fi m a g n is a tq u e
p e r p e tu is d e le B a tu r : & p o ft d iv e r fa , q u a : f o l e n t
b o m in ib u s a c c id e re in v i t a f u a , a tq u e m u t a r i ,
q u a fi g e n e r a lem in f e r t d e m o r te f e n t e n t i a m , q u e d
in n u m e r a b tlis m u l t i tu d o in t e r e a t , 0 “ p a u l l a t im
c o n fu m a tu r , & t r a n f e a t , u n o q u o q u e in f u o loco
a liu m r e lin q u e n te , & r u r fu m a l i u m , fu c c e ffo re
m o r ie n te .