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" ( i ) Ecclcf. c. i l . n. 3.
lo aliter expofuit Nyflenus : ait enim, K«u ^eç/,<
popav ovofiu^u 10 wâ5@* > 8^*p /ffO^ er/ J'/«-
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fjiHTB tpyov tirt <nvi trxowp xK^op^a(isvoy . S"ix-
W a n <T* ropiums xuptnrvs , v^g» wy&txwr®- xhov&
tÿ i ßpaffpeot ôxv ris <ru[Jtct<n>{ $ iutok» irap&uv ,
ygi yuptvvffts oS'ovrav re rgt v \u v tyi Cirtpuui ,
«u^é/-®* re XvyicriAoi, A& <t>(ovm vetpuKoyos 5pu-
«lis ffvPtvmt'jriDtttyii r y ru vviviixios , t/ .
av ttVho es» risio, fü r s , ^ * itupayoix\ S to <pn<ri,
r u ytKum airu irupaepopav , ûs *v « i \ t y t rtp
y ix u r s y n a v y tÿi r x p t ^ n x e t f um *x ty<ns ris
jcaSesvBOT* pttyas, a%utiorav, *, ïs a r p ifu r
tv rtp 7t*$h no «J'of , e®-’ X P ^ /W rlw S'sxçpoçlw
tpyuÇoptrov. id eft , f t circumattionem
Tum lætitiam increpare pergit, cam-
que fie interpellât} Q u i d boc fa c t s ? tam-
quam fi diceret , nihil tu mihi utilitatis
attulifti J nec ulla profeâo me ope ad
beatum exitum adjuvifti, quin tua opera
evanui , & quafi compedibus adftridtus
fum, ne iis vero faluberrimoque confilio
vacarem , quæ Deo placent, & homini
conyeniunt, apage hinc procul, ne me-
cum verferis ac vivas , ne redeas
in pofterum • numquam cnirn mihi in
optatis adventus adfpe£tufque erit tuus,
femperque inutilis habebitur, quum malum
ad exitum me çompellas. propterea
fubjecit,
XXI.
E t c b n ß d e r a v i , f t cor m e u m t r a b e t tarn-
q u am n im m ca rn em m e am : & cor m e u m
d e d u x i t i n f a p i e n t i a , & u t o b tin e r em la t i-
t ia m } donee n id e r em q u id f i t b o n um f i l t t s
b om in um 3 q u o d fa c i e n t f u b f o l e n um e ro d te -
r u m n i t x f u x . ( I )
QUum ea 5 qua; media inter varias
muhipliccfque corporis voluptates
tripudiat, infipientium lastitia op-
ponatur atque adverfetur animi ftudio vo-
luntatem conditoris fui tamquam unicum
bonum & jocundum & perfe6tum inqui-
rentis, animadverti, inquit, fi mens animi
cupiditates corporis fubegerit 5 & in
fervitutem adduxerit > fore , ut fequiores
affeftus in ipfo exortu, quafi vinum hau-
flu exhilarans 5 fpiritus voluntate abfor-
beantur. ( a ) fed tarnen non ita eas, in-
quit,
morbunt ilium appellat , quod fenfu idem ejl ac
delirium & amentia .* Jjquidem nil aliud quis
propric rifum appellaverit, quam rem , qua ne-
que oratio efl , neque opus confulto fufeeptum.
oris autem indecorus hiatus & anbelatio atque
totius corporis concujfio , turn genarum didu&io-
nes & dentium gingivarumque ac palati ^ often-
fto, & colli flexus & vocis interrupts inexpe-
ttata, qua frattus fpiritus colliditur, quid aliud,
inquit, boc f i t , nifi amentia ? propterea a it, R i-
fui dixi delirium , perinde ac f i diceret rifui ,
in f anus cs , & emota mentis , neque manes infra
con ft i tut os fines, decorum fponte non fervans ,
ac formam in affeftu pervertens, qua immutata
null am afferat utilitatem. (Homil. il. inEccJ.)
(<?) Illud Sis oivov ex Gregorii Neocxfarien-
fis
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a v& p a ro v JjjAyp ■OwoAtîttîop .
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tktop «TTctPTOP scsfonyc-tTcm 7ii? xatk to Suva
to v eyxpATUd; 6 xpipAK-rnp » oiqv tiva
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jyy ■ S'fojp/Ay? roXtT&A; etxovci > xata to
«xoAyS'op fT/zCto^tpyaJo®^ cunv\v% ôtov rtrtv
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Xotfis
fententia expofitum videtur. fic enim file
interpretatus eft: Aoyiauptr®" •J-yx'/ <l'w“
p*to/ rno-cM x> ptvruv ùcrirep oivov au[i<tros
ipvasy t tyxpctreict S'e i'wXST/« tTri^'JfAitty ' t pot-
HuunStw xxTtS'uy y <n tro78 «» tspoxcsiitroy avSpa-
rrois cirisiïcuBv y /ja <rj» opti xccXop , • x«w^>«ÇoP'
«ai irsep« r«TOPi top /îiop . id eft , Quum autem
cogitajfem, ea?» «»»pW iw» cj/e, «f temulentam
corporis naturam atque inftar vint diffluentem
fiftere poffit , rurfufque contincntia cupiditatem
E R I. 41
quit, fpiritui obremperare atque obfequi,
deprehendi planeque cognovi. quippc luxuriante
corpore & deliciis adfluente, cupiditates
ejus intumefeere magis incen-
dique & vires capere majores necefle eft.
idcirco divinam fapientiam naétus viæ
ducem, hujus ope fubigere inftitui ac co-
hibere penitufque comprimere quae in lae-
titia funt prava defideria 8c corporis voluptates:
ut quod animo propofui, vidto-
riæ calculum ferrem ; unum id optans
atque inquirens, puram honeftamque vi-
tam 9 in qua nihil inordinatum, & quantum
fieri poteft, nihil culpabile invenia-
tur : quo dehique adfequercr, & ipfa re-
rum experientia intelligerem , nihil hoc
filios hominum fadturos dfe præftantios,
quamdiu illi vitae fuæ dies numerare per-
gent. nam quod numerum appellat die-
rum vitæ eorum, id ad totam a v i, quod
hie homines degunt, vitam referri» præ-
fumendum eft.
Monet igitur , nulla alia ratione fieri
poffc , ut virtutem homines & innocen*
tiam & conftantiam & fanélitatem adipi-
feantur , quam fi animutn a volupeariis
rebus j ab heluationibus , a crapulis ab-
ftinerc inducant , quæ nempe viam ad
interitum deducentem , amplam illis la-
tamqui demonftrant. fi enim & perfpi-
caces ac purse mentis meditationes , &
propenfa rerum divinarum ftudia , & pre-
ces adfiduse 8c manfuetudo demiflioque
animi & cetera , qoæ virturis propria
funt munia , ad innocentiam atque con-
ftantiam magnopere conferuntj hæc fane
omnia antecedit perfeftæ continentiæ vis,
quæ prima quamdam veluti imaginem in
animo pingit fpiritalis Deoque acceptas
inftitutionis , & eo fubinde ornatu , qui
egregiam probamque vitam maxime ho-
neftat , quafi floridioribus pigmentis colorât.
( a ) quam utinam ut omnino ad-
F fcfubjici
ac fervitute premi ; perfpiciendum mibt
efje conftitui, quidnam tandem bominibus propo-
fitum f it ferium vereque bonum & honejtum ,
quod in hac vita confidant. porro nec Olym-
piodori diffimilis interpretafio eft: ut Neocae-
farienfem seque fequutus videacur j nifi forte
aut noftrum Olympiodorus , aut hunc nofter
imitatus fit: qua de re alio loco difTeremus.
( a ) Similia olim apud Methodiutn in Sym-
pofio Domnina virgo docuerat: Ou«T*/> iras ova