Iohānis. Gerſon.

ſum ſemꝑ / qͦ radiante ſi quid in domo deidecoruꝫ probatūqꝫ eſt manifeſtū fiat ſi qͥdautem turpe venenoſumqꝫ velut in angulo deliteſcit palā fiat ⁊ arguat̉. Omnia enīa luce manifeſtant̉ ait ſaluator. ¶ Ampliꝰſicut in hominū corporibꝰ videre eſt innumeras ⁊ diuerſiſſimas cōplexiones aut cōditiones ſic in animabꝰ proſpicere eſt Ecce in corporali refectione/ vt de ceteris adpreſens ſileam/ cōueniens ſumat̉ exemplūTernere eſt aliquos quos ruſticos ⁊ agreſtes vocamus/ cibis groſſiſſimis vti continue/ ⁊ in his delicias cōputare/ qui tamenetatem prouectiſſimaꝫ trahunt. Uidebisalios tanta accuratione delicatiora queqꝫperquirere/ ⁊ in diuerſa curioſe ferri/ vt vixinueniat̉ qui deſideriū illoꝝ vel ſemel libitum explere perficereqꝫ valeat. Sunt rurſus alij cunctis oneroſiſſimi/ qͥ veluti mortifera peſte languentes ad omne quod apponitur nauſeant. et omnia reprobantesvt dici aſſolet neſciūt quid volunt. At alijtemperiē bonam vbiqꝫ retinentes / et ſi alternationibꝰ interdū gaudeant/ omnia tamen oppoſita cū gratiarūactione recipientes/ de omnibꝰ edunt ⁊ dum eſuriē fugentet ventrem vt aiunt impleant qualibꝰ noncurant. Simile aliquid reperire eſt in alimento ſpirituali verbi dei/ quod nō equaliter omnibꝰ cōuenit nec vno modo paſcitomnes ⁊ viuificat. Ea propter ſūmus paterfamilias/ menſam ſacre ſcripture omnigeneris dapibus refertiſſimā nobis appoſuit. in qua ſic celeſtium deliciarum copiaſalutaris exuberat. vt ibi ſit quod ꝑfectuscōmedat ibi quod paruulus ſugat/ ibi lacteus potus quo tenera adhuc fideliū nutriatur infantia ibi ſolidus cibus/ quo robuſtorum perfecta iuuentus ſpiritualia ſācte virtutis accipiat incremēta. ¶ Poſtremo non ignorātur aſtucie dyaboli/ cui mille nocendi artes inſunt/ qui in huius etatis ſenio delirare multos cogit ⁊ vbi palaꝫſeuire non valet inſidiatur interdum pernicioſius in abſcondito quaſi leo in ſpelūca ſua inde raptor attrahit pauperē ⁊ adeoin laqueo ſuo humiliat ⁊ inuoluit vt vix inueniatur quātumuis eruditus ⁊ ingenioſus/ qui ſciat euoluere. propterea ſicut nouis morborū generibꝰ/ nouis remedijs occurrendū eſt. Ita ꝑuerſis ad inuentionibꝰinimici ſalutaribꝰ aſſidue doctrinaꝝ ſtudijs obuiandū. ¶ Hac pia ꝯſideratōne ꝑ-

moti ſunt nouiſſime nōnulli inter qͦs germanū hūc nūero quoſdā tractatꝰ nouelloscudere. ī quibꝰ materias aliqͣs ab alijs etiāvētilatas/ ꝑticulariꝰ vel enucleatiꝰ ꝓ circūſtātiaꝝ varietate dilucidare conati ſūt Nōenī oīa a prioribꝰ modis oībꝰ tradi vel det̉̓minari potuerūt/ ꝓpter īmēſuꝫ chaos circūſtātiaꝝ ꝑticulariū/ qͣs multiplicari ſuꝑ numerū ⁊ diuerſiſſime variari nullꝰ ignorat.Et quēadmodū nō oībꝰ egris eqͣliter ꝯplacet ī medicis ſic̄ nec ineſt oībꝰ eqͣlis gr̄a curationū ſed illi p̄cipue ꝓ ſanitate capeſſenda ꝯſulēdi ſunt/ qui morboꝝ qͣlitates vn̄cūqꝫ ꝑſcrutātes lōga artis exꝑientia bn̄ deoībus norūt iudicare. Ita apud medicosſpūales ꝓportionabilit̓ reꝑire eſt/ vt aliqͦꝝetiā nouelloꝝ traditio vel doctrina/ pleriſqꝫ placidior ſecurior/ ⁊ ꝓ circūſtātiaꝝ qͣlitate accōmodatior īueniat̉. Hiric apparetcur hac etate nr̄a plus qͣꝫ antea; veritatesalique clariꝰ ⁊ iocudius eluceſcūt/ vt verificetur danielis ſentētia/ ꝑtrāſibūt plurimi⁊ multiplex erit ſnīa. Dū enī ꝯferunt̉ antiqͦrū dicta cū ſequētibꝰ ⁊ applicant̉ inuicē ordine ꝯgruo tūc velut in quodā ſuffuſorioꝑferuēs ⁊ acutū ingeniū conflat̉ ⁊ erumpitveritas puriſſima eliquāda in cordibꝰ piorū. Nemo gͦ ꝑuipēdendo dicat nihil a modernis recipio/ quoꝝ auctoritas nō p̄ponderat/ qͥ dictis facta nō cōpēſāt nec moribꝰeoꝝ ꝓfeſſioni ꝯgruis adornant̉/ vel miraculis clarēt ſed ī pluribꝰ vita ſordet̉ ⁊ horrida ē. Naꝫ licet ꝓchdolor ml̓tos lugeat eccleſia tales tāqͣꝫ degeneres ⁊ ꝑditōis filiosſūt nihilominꝰ alij potētes oꝑe ⁊ ẜmōe qͦsalicuiꝰ donis gr̄e ſue dotauit deꝰ vt luceāt īdomo dei ſic̄ ſplēdor firmamēti/ ⁊ ſic̄ ſtellein ꝑpetuas et̓nitates. In qͦꝝ nūero ⁊ ordine ſi germanū quē loqͥmur deputauero nl̓li īiurioſus ero. Eiꝰ fraditō ⁊ doctrīa/ fidēt̉affirmo luculētiſſima atqꝫ ꝓbatiſſima ſemper extitit nec vlliꝰ erroris aſꝑgine fedataquā gratiorē ⁊ efficaciorē reddit moꝝ ſꝑ exꝑta ꝓbitas ⁊ honeſtiſſima vite ꝯuerſatioAſſecutꝰ doctrinā ⁊ moribꝰ pijs adornatꝰ/bonos iure caluit tolerauit malos veritatēpromouit errores eſt ꝑſecutus. ⁊ bonū cōegrandi zelo ꝓſecutus que pacis ſunt requirēs pacē in prīcipio ⁊ in fine ſemꝑ optans.patuit hoc nouiſſime in ſacro cōſtantien̄.cōcilio. in qͦ quidē tū noīe karoli frācoꝝ regis illuſtriſſimi ⁊ vniuerſitatꝭ ꝑiſien̄. qͦꝝ ſolēnis ambaſiator erat. tuꝫ noīe ꝓprio totis

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