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eſt hodie ſuꝑ om̄s exaltata quaſi cedrus altiſſima: qꝛ xp̄o ꝓxima. Iō Hiero. in ſermōede aſſumptōe dicit. Hec eſt dies p̄clara in qͣdei mater meruit exaltari ſuꝑ choros angeloꝝ ⁊ ꝑuenire vltraqͣꝫ noſtre hūanitatꝭ ē natura cū eleuat̉ in dexterā filij qͥ eſt ī dexteradei patris. Hec eſt inquā dies in qͣ vſqꝫ adthroni celſitudinē intemerata ꝟgo ꝓceſſit atqꝫ in regni ſolio ſublimata poſt xp̄m gl̓ioſareſedit. Hec ille. Hoc igit̉ Dauid in ſpū p̄uidens dixit. Eleuata eſt magnificētia tua ſuper celos deꝰ. De hac itaqꝫ gl̓ioſiſſima aſſumptiōe btē ꝟginis acturi tria myſteria inp̄ſenti ꝑte ꝯtemplemur: que ex p̄miſſo themate elici poſſunt.Primū de p̄eminētia ordīs ad quē ē virgo exaltata hͦ notat̉ ibi. Eleuata eſt.Scd̓m de magnificētia honoris: qͦ ipſaextitit aſſumpta: hͦ ibi. magnificētia tua.Terciū de corona btītudinis qͣ ſuꝑ celūeſt gl̓ificata: hͦ ibi. ſuꝑ celos.Articulꝰ pͥmus ꝙ btā maria in gl̓ioſa aſſumptōe ſua debuit ad p̄eminētē ordinē exaltari .ſ. in qͣrtā hierarchiā ſuꝑ oēꝫ creaturā.Irca primū miſteriū de p̄eminētia ordīs ad quēeſt exaltata btā virgo: vt agnoſcamus qͦ eſt aſſumpta ⁊ qͣꝫ ſublimit̉exaltata ſuꝑ oēs ordines ⁊ choros celeſtes.queſtio nob̓ occurrit ſatis edificatoria iſtaUtrū btā virgo maria debuerit ſuꝑ oēs ordines celeſtes exaltari vt ip̄a ſit aſſumpta inquartā hierarchiaꝫ ſuper omnē creaturamhumanā ⁊ angelicā q̄ ſit ꝓpria ſoli beate virgini ⁊ nll̓i alteri poſſit cōicari. Et potes obijcere ꝙ nō videt̉ quō hͦ debuerit vel licueritfieri. Primo qꝛ nō videt̉ ꝯuenire autoritati ſcpͥture: qꝛ de Iudith in figura btē ꝟginis ſcpͥtū eſt. ca. eiuſdē. xiij. Subueniſti ruine nr̄e in ꝯſpectu dn̄i. Sꝫ ruina tm̄mō fuitin illis tribꝰ angelicꝭ hierarchijs: gͦ ⁊ reſtauratio ⁊ ſubuētio debuit fieri tm̄mō in illastres hierarchias angelicas. ⁊ ꝑ ꝯn̄s dn̄a noſtra debuit locari in aliqͣ triū dictaꝝ hierarchiaꝝ vicꝫ in ſup̄ma ⁊ nō ſupͣ dictas hieratchias vt eſſet qͣrta ponēda. Itē Lu. xv. ſaluator in ꝑabola de reꝑatōe generꝭ hūani dixit. Ꝙ dragma decima eſt inuēta que fueratꝑdita. gͦ tm̄ in id debuit fieri reſtitutio: ex qͦfacta fuit ꝑditio ⁊ caſus: ſed hͦ tm̄ ex tribꝰ an
gelicis hierarchijs fuit. gͦ ⁊c̄. Scd̓o qꝛ nōꝯuenit hͦ rōni theologice. Nā ſancte trinitatis veſtigiū manifeſtat̉ in oībus creaturisẜm plꝰ ⁊ minꝰ: vt dicit̉ in j. ſnīaꝝ. Maximeaūt debuit hͦ veſtigiū trinitatꝭ relucere ī beatis ⁊ angelis eo ꝙ ꝓximiores ſūt deo: vt ſic̄tres ſunt ꝑſone diuīe. ita tres tm̄ ſint angelice hierarchie. ⁊ ſic ter trini .i. nouē ordīes angeloꝝ ſunt ad qͦs aſſumūt̉ hoīes. gͦ ſeqͥtur ꝙſicut in deo nō pōt eſſe qͣrta ꝑſona: ita in celis nō pōt eſſe qͣrta hierarchia. Tercio qꝛhoc repugnat ordini nature: qꝛ naturaliterhierarchia hūana eſt ſub angelica. Un̄ dic̄Dyon̄. Cōſtat naturā hūanaꝫ angelice eſſenaturalit̓ ſubiectā. ⁊ qm̄ naturaliter ſicut ſehabet angelꝰ ad angelū: ita hō ad hoīeꝫ. Etideo ſicut decebat inter angelos vt ip̄e pͥmꝰangelꝰ qͥ erat inter oēs nō ſolū ruētes ſꝫ etiāꝑſiſtētes nobilior ⁊ dignior. vt vult magr̄ inij. ſentē. di. vj. nō eſſet in ꝓpria ſibi ſoli hierarchia ſed in ſup̄ma angelica: vtpote pura creatura licꝫ nobiliſſima. Ita repugnat ordininature: vt pura creatura hūana ſicut ē btāvirgo maria p̄ferret̉ nō ſolū ſuꝑ oēm creaturā hūanaꝫ ſꝫ etiā angelicā: ſed ſufficiebat vtip̄a pura hō: licꝫ nobiliſſima ⁊ excellētiſſimaſuꝑ om̄es puros hoīes exaltaret̉ in locū pͥmi angeli nobiliſſimi: vt ſic in angelica hierarchia eſſet ip̄a ſuꝑ om̄es angelos ⁊ hoīes⁊ nō exaltaret̉ ad p̄eminentiā quarte hierarchie que puraꝝ creaturaꝝ trāſcendit hierarchias: cū et ip̄a btā virgo pura creatura eſthumana nō deo vnita ⁊c̄. Secus eſt auteꝫde xp̄i hūanitate: qꝛ illa eſt deo vnita. Sꝫincōtrariū ē qd̓ canit eccl̓ia. Exaltata ē ſancta dei genitrix ſuꝑ choros angeloꝝ ad celeſtia regna. Et huic ꝟitati ꝯcordant pluresautoritates figuraꝝ in ſcpͥturꝭ. Primo nēpe Gen̄. vij. legit̉ ꝙ aque eleuauerūt archaꝫin ſublime a terra: ita vt ſuꝑ oēm montē eleuaret̉. Hec ibi. Accipe ꝑ archam btām mariā in qͣ xp̄s velut in archa quieuit. q̄ quidēſuꝑ oēm montē. id eſt ſanctoꝝ ⁊ angeloꝝ ordinē eleuata ē. Huic ꝯcordat qd̓ Dauid dicit. Aſtitit regina a dextrꝭ tuis in veſtitu deaurato circūdata varietate. Et illd̓. iij. Reg.ij. ſcpͥtuꝫ. Poſitꝰ eſt thronꝰ matri regis a dextris regis ⁊ ſedit iuxta eū. Deniqꝫ ſcribiturEzech̓. ca. j. ꝙ vidit thronū ſaphirinū ſuperfirmamētū. Nā beata ꝟgo thronꝰ eſt ſaphirinus: quia in ea tāqͣꝫ in ſede ſaphirina .i. ce-