De ſco michaele.Sermo

pͥmates celeſtis exercitꝰ michaelē in virtute conterente zabulon .i. dyabolū ꝓquod dicit thema. Uidete ne contempnatis vnū ex his ſcꝫ ſegregādo ab officōeccīe qͣſi dicat xp̄us pape ⁊ p̄latus clericis ⁊ religioſis ⁊ ſecularibus. Uidete neetcͣ ptꝫ thema ⁊ ſū in materia p̄dicandaInueni in ſacra ſcriptura ꝙ ſex vtilitateshabemꝰ a ſcīs angelis. Iō nō ē aliqͥs expellendꝰ ab officio eccīe. Nā ī hͦ mūdoPer angelos ſumꝰ ꝯͣ demonēs defēſatiPer angelos ſumꝰ ī tēptatōibꝰ cōſolatiPer āgeloſ ſumꝰ ad verā pnīaꝫ ꝓuocatiPer āgelos ſumꝰ ī fide xp̄iana ꝯfortatiPer āgelos ſumꝰ corā deo aduocati.Per āgelos ſumꝰ ī celo feſtiuati.Per angelos erimꝰ ad gl̓iam portatiDico pͥmo ꝙ ꝑ ſcōs angelos ſumꝰ in hͦmūdo ꝯͣ demōes defenſi. bn̄ ē nobis neceſſariū. Rō qꝛ nos nō poſſumꝰ videredemones inimicos nr̄os qꝛ velū carnisīpedit qͦ amoto vident̉ ab aīa ⁊ miraturSꝫ ip̄i inimici vidēt nos ſtāt in domibꝰin vijs ⁊cͣ. Et niſi haberemꝰ angelos defenſores deſtruerēt nos ſtatī qn̄ creatura naſcit̉ ab eis ſuffocaret̉ ne haberet baptiſmū. Idē qn̄ peccat ne faceret pnīamſꝫ angelꝰ bonꝰ defendit. Itē qn̄ creatura facit aliqd̓ bonū vt orare miſſam celebrare. p̄dicare ⁊ ſil̓ia deſtrueret creaturāſtatī niſi boni angeli nos defenderet quiin oībꝰ oꝑbꝰ ⁊ vijs nos ꝓtegūt̉. Namdicit b. tho. in pͥma ꝑte q. cxiiij. ar. pͥmo īcorꝑe vbi q̄rit vtꝝ hoīes impugnent̉ ademonibꝰ. ꝙ demones impugnant homīes ⁊ eſt cōtinuū bellū inter hoīes ⁊ demones iuxta illud apl̓i ad Ephe. vi. Nōeſt nobis colluctatio aduerſus carnem ⁊ſanguinē ſed aduerſus pͥncipes ⁊ poteſtas aduerſus mūdi rectores tenebrarūhaꝝ ꝯͣ ſpūalia neqͥcie in celeſtibꝰ. Undecirca impugnatōnem illā duo oꝫ cōſiderare vt dicit ibidē pͥno ip̄am impugnationē. ſcd̓o impugnationis ordine. Im-

pugnatio qͥdē ip̄a ex deinonū malicia ꝓcedit qui ꝓpter inuidiā ꝓfectū hoīm impedire nitunt̉ ⁊ ꝓpter ſuꝑbiā ſil̓itudinē diuine poteſtatis ſibi vſurpant deputandoſibi miniſtros deterīatos ad hoīm impugnationem ſicut ⁊ angeli deo miniſtrantin deterīatis officijs ad hoīm ſalutē. Sꝫordo impugnationis ip̄iꝰ eſt a deo qͥ ordinate nouit malis vti ad bona ea ordinando. Sed etiam angeloꝝ tam ip̄a cuſtodia qͣꝫ ordo cuſtodie reducit̉ ad deumſicut ad primū auctorē hec ille ibidem ⁊ſic qͣꝫuis permittat nos deus temptari tamen prebet auxiliū angeloꝝ ⁊ ideo rectefacit deꝰ ut dn̄s vl̓ paſtor qͥ hꝫ ml̓tas oues ī nemore ad cuſtodiēdū qͥbꝰ dat paſtores ⁊ canes ne a lupis deuorent̉. Itafecit xp̄s qͥ dic̄. Ego ſū paſtor bonus etcognoſco. ⁊cͣ Ioh̓. x. Nos ꝟo ſumus oues paſcētes ī nemore hꝰ indi ⁊ deuoremur a lupis inferni niſi qꝛ xp̄s mittit adnos paſtores .ſ. ſcōs āgelos qͥ cuſtodiūtregna ꝓuincias ciuitates villas caſtra ⁊quālibꝫ ꝑſonā ī ꝑticulari. vn̄ ait dauid.Angelis ſuis deꝰ mādauit ⁊cͣ pͣs. xc.¶Bicat̉ practice quō deꝰ p̄cipit angel̓ qn̄mulier dꝫ parere xp̄s qͥ oīa videt vocatvnū āgelū ſuo ꝓprio noīe vt ait dauid oībus eis noīa vocas nos neſcimꝰ niſi trianoīa āgeloꝝ .ſ. michael gabriel raphael.Cui dicit. Ecce vides talē muliere talihora ꝑiet cū mitto tibi filiū vel filiā ⁊cͣangelꝰ rn̄det dn̄e reputo mihi ad maxima gr̄aꝫ ⁊ honorē ꝙ cōmittatꝭ mihi creaturā ad ymaginē ⁊ ſil̓itudinē vr̄aꝫ factāvr̄o ſāguīe redēptā. ⁊ hoc hūano dicendo ē intelligēdū. ⁊ qn̄ naſcit̉ creatura cicius venit ī manibꝰ āgeli qͣm obſtetricisEx hͦ ſeqͥt̉ correlariū ꝙ nūqͣꝫ aliqͣ mulierꝑit ſine obſtetrice .ſ. āgelo qͥ nūqͣꝫ deſeritcreaturā illā qͦuſqꝫ ē ī ꝑadiſo l̓ ī infernoaut purgatorio. Non dico ꝙ ſꝑ ſit pn̄scū creatura tn̄ ſꝑ ē ꝑatꝰ ad adiuuādumcreaturā r̄ſpiciēdo creaturā d̓ celo qͥd fa