venire matrem/ aperit roſtrum verſus celum: ſic cumfrequenter viſitet nos deus per inſpirationem ſuam:quaſi ſemper debemus habere os apertuꝫ per oratio-nem deuotam. ſicut dicit apl̓s Prime ad theſſal̓. v.Sine ītermiſſiōe orate. Et de viro iuſto dr̄ eccl̓iaſticixxxix. Aperiet os ſuum in oratione: ⁊ ꝓ delictis ſuisdeprecabitur.Sicut armatura militē ornans.¶ Item or̄o eſtSicut lucerna viā demōſtrans.Sicut columba oliuam portans¶ Eſt itaqꝫ oratio ſicut armatura. Nā ſicut miles nōexit ſine armis ad belluꝫ: ita ſine armis or̄onis nullomodo debemus intrare tētatōis cōflictū. In cuius figura dr̄ Exodi. xvii. ꝙ moyſe eleuāte manus ad orationem vincebat iſrael. ⁊ cū remittebat manus ſuꝑabat amalech .i. dyabolus.¶ Eſt autē oratio ſicut lucerna viam demōſtrans. nāſicut lucerna eſt neceſſaria in tenebris: ſic or̄o ī rebusdubiis. In cuiꝰ figura mulier illa euāgelica .i. animadeuota accēdit lucernā/ ⁊ inuenit dragmam. Luce. v.Lucerna eſt or̄ois inſtātia/ dragma vero eſt gratia diuina/ q̄ ſi perditafuerit: reꝑitur cuꝫ or̄one deuota. Etſicut lucerna dirigit greſſꝰ: ſic oratio dirigit oē bonūopus. Vn̄ dicit hieron̄. ad paulinuꝫ. In principio cu-iuſtibet operis boni premitte ſignum crucis in frontecum oratione dominica.¶ Eſt inſuꝑ oratio ſicut colūba q̄ reuerſa ē ad archācū oliua. gen̄. viii. Nā ſicut illa denunciauit pacem/ ⁊iam ceſſaſſe diluuiū: ſic or̄o denūciat penitenti diuinārecōciliationē ⁊ veniā pctōꝝ. ⁊ ſicut colūba illa portauit ramū oliue: ſic or̄o ramū diuine gr̄e/ ⁊ ſicut colūbahꝫ duplicē alā: ſic or̄o hꝫ duplices alas .ſ. ieiuniū ⁊ ele