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ccm, mutabiJitatcmque immucabilem , tum
tentationem malam , quam Deus permific
live dcdit hominumiiliis, arbitriiquopol-
Jent, ratione habita: .& exceïïum Xapien-
tiæ, live præftaniiam, quam præ ftulti-
lia hæc habet ad melius: 8c utilem in
lua cujufque tempeftivitate ele£Uonem re-
ium oppoliiarum: ac reliquaomnia, quæ
liiperius oratio complexa eft. poftquam
igitur hæc omnia Xapientiæ illius ope,
quæ mihi divinitus dataeft, cognovi j fu-
binde ardore quodam amoris animum in-
cendente atque ad ejufmodi defiderium incitante,
in fapientia proficere magis ac
magis volui, 8c multiplicem vim cjus &
gratiam adfequi: ut 8c ipfius fapientiæ
pulcritudinem naturæque fplendorem per-’
îpicerem ac deprehenderem. at ilia mul-
to magis a me receflit, &captum cogni-
tionemque meam longe fupergrelïà eft.
( a ) eft enim natura incomprehenfibilis,
8c quæ inveftigari nonpoflit: habetquip-
pe tembras htibulum fuum : ( i ) neque il-
ïam prorfus cognitione comprehendere
quifquam poterit, ne is quidem, qui ad
faftigium pervenerit fcientiæ ac puritans.
nam id lignificavit, quum tamquam
ftupens dixit, Et alta profunditas, quis
inveniet eam? incomprehenfibilem natu-
ram ejus, 8c a nemine inveftigandam
delignans. ait deinde fapiens Ecclefiaftes,
( a ) Appofite Baftlius in oratione altera we-
iri-eiv« quum pr*fatus elfer, quam homini
arduum fit divina inveftigare, fubjecit: 'IWr*»'
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ipfa longius receflit a xne, quam erat, nonquidem,
quod ilia fuget et, fed quod ii maxime in-
telligunt y quantum ea hominis captum exfuperet,
qui Dei beneficio ampliorem quam ceteri cognitio-
nem funt confequuti. Hæc porro ipfa in eun-
dem fenfum magnus ipfe Athanafius ufurparat,
quum ad folitariam vitam agentes fcriberec, &
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fe t . vide etiam, ii vacat, Origenem in Hier,
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& conjtderarem 6* qu&rcrem fapienttam &
calculum, & ut cognofcerem impii flultitiam
& turbulentiam & circumaSlionem. & inve-
nio ego eam morte amariorem. ( i )
POft inveftigationem confiderationem-
que ac comprehenfionem operutn
univerli & rerum cetcrarum, quæ a filiis
hominum vel natura vel volumate hunt,
quum ad fapientiæ quoque illius, qua
hæc ipfa pcrceperat, cognitionem intdli-
gentiamque pervenire optalTet ac voluif-
fet; nec tamen majus quidquam invenire
potuifter, fed quafi veriigine correptus,
quod ante majeftatisej.is celfituclinem con-
fiftere non valeret, rurfum & ad fe ip-
fum 8c ad terreftria reverfus fe retuliftet;
ob nimiam confilii inopiam, in eam ve-
nit cogitationem, ut aftrologorum artem
edifeeret, quo pernofeeret, quibus freti
rationibus ex aftrorum motu profitcantur,
fe futurorum eventus p^ænunciare, & eo-
rum pofitionibus 8c progreflibus & con-
centibus hominum nativitates adtribuere,
atque iifdem humanam virtu tern ac vitia,
nec minus alia omnia, quæ in mundo
adminiftrantur, transferre 8c adfcribere:
minime tamen ut fecundum illos opinio-
nes abfurdas 8c falfas admitteret, quibus
rationalis intelligentifque animæ libertas
evertitur, 8c utraque humanæ voluntatis
quoad virtutem 8c vitium tollitur optio,
quæ optima fcilicet, 8c quæ peftima, (a )
B b 2 Ma-
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terea infani homines aggte[ft funt? quod eft in
boniinc omnium prajlantijfimum, id homini eti-
piunt y ac magnum natures munus van is comment
s auferunt. voluntatis enim fttee potentem effe
negant, ac lihertatis fu<e compotem nolunt, qu<e-
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