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moreret̉ ſi comederet de ligno vite. Nō ꝙilld̓ lignū vite ꝓpria virtute poſſit corpꝰ homīs facere incorruptibile. cū hͦ ſit ſoliꝰ potētie diuine ſꝫ qꝛ virtute ſibi data hēbat ad hͦdiſpōere. Et dīna ꝟtus ligno illo tanqͣꝫ ſacram̄to aſſiſteret ꝙ immortalitatē ꝑficerethͦ etiā pꝫ in multis exēplis. Nā ml̓ta ſūt aromata. vt mirra. balſamꝰ. que corpꝰ homīsdiu a putrefactōe ꝯẜuāt. Quō nō dīne virtutis rōe aſſiſtentis diceret corꝑibꝰ illis immortalitatē p̄bere. Sil̓e hr̄ in ſacr̄is que dicunt̉ ꝯferre grām qͣꝫuis ip̄am grām n̄ creātſed diuina ꝟtus ip̄is aſſiſtēs. ¶ Ad argumn̄tū in pͥncipio dd̓m. ꝙ licet hō ꝯpoſitus ſitex ꝯͣrijs. tn̄ ꝑ donū ſuꝑadditū nature fuiſſetꝯẜuatus a morte Un̄ veꝝ ē ꝙ oē ꝯpoſitū exꝯͣrijs corrūpit̉ natural̓r. p̄t tn̄ aliqd̓ ꝓpt̓ donū ſuꝑadditū eē incorruptibile. ſic̄ patebitpoſt reſurrectōꝫ. Nec eſt ſil̓itudo d̓ beſtijs q̄illd̓ donū nunqͣꝫ habuer̄t vt aīme eoꝝ eēntdeo obediētes. Iō in eis mors n̄ eſt pea ſednatura. In homīe āt licet natura in ſe ꝯſid̓rata ſit mortal̓ hūit tn̄ donū qͦ morte caxerepotuit. et iō in nobis ē pēa qd̓ in animalibꝰeſt natura. ¶ Quātū ad ꝓſecutōꝫ euāgelijheri ſaluator on̄dit penitēti poſſe ſubuēiri ſuſcitatōe adoleſcētiſ. hodie ꝓponit grauitatēmāſuetudinis iuſtificationē ferētis Et ſcd̓ꝫhͦ tria notant ſpēaliter in euēgelio.Primo calamitas periculi affligentis. ibiExat quidā languens Lazarus.Secundo facilitas remedij exigentis. ibiLazarus amicus noſter dormit.Tercio claritas miraculi excellentis. ibi.Iheſus ergo vt vidit.¶ Quantū ad primaꝑtem ſicut ibi immediate p̄mittit̉. Cū ſel̓ iudei audiſſent xp̄m dic ere. Ego ⁊ pr̄ vnū ſumus. voluer̄t eū lapidare ⁊ volentes euꝫ capere exiuit d̓ māibꝰ eoꝝ ⁊ abijt trās iordanēvbi ſtabat Iohānes ad baptiſandū. et ibimorabatur dn̄s cum diſcipulis ſuis. Locuſautē ille diſtabat a bethania ꝑ vnā dietamDethania vero diſtabat a hieruſalem perduo miliaria .ſ. xv. ſtadia. ⁊ ſtadium eſt ꝑs.viij. miliaris. Dū gͦ ibi dn̄s eēt. Lazatꝰ fr̄Marthe et magdalene ad mortē īfirmabat̉⁊ iſti tres ſingularit̓ amabāt̉ a xp̄o. ſorores
gͦ Lazari de amore dn̄i plene ꝯſidentes. nūcium ei miſerūt dicētes. Ecce quē amas infirmat̉. quaſi dicerēt. Ad ſubueniendū nōſolū mouere te debet nr̄a ꝯpaſſio. ſꝫ etiā ip̄iꝰamici tui languentis fiemā dilectio. Dn̄sāt nūcio rn̄dit Infirmitas hec n̄ eſt ad mortē. Et credendū eſt. ꝙ ſorores ex iſta rn̄ſiōeneſcientes intentione dn̄i ſūt pl̓imū admirate qꝛ eod̓ die qua ab eis receſſit nūcius.Iazarus obijt. licꝫ āt xp̄s ſingularit̓ diligeret eas. tn̄ audita lazari infirmitate expectauit duobꝰ diebꝰ. ⁊ die. iiij. ad ſepulcꝝ eiusverſus bethaniaꝫ iuit. Expectauit aūt ꝓptertria. ꝓpter honorē dei. vt miraculū fiendummagiſ pateſceret. ꝓpter vulitatē lazari vt ꝓbata ꝯditōe vite alterius reuocatus ad vitam magis ꝓficeret in ꝯtemptū mūdi. in d̓ſiderio celeſtis p̄mij. timore futuri iudicij ⁊amore xp̄i. ꝓpter ſalutē ppl̓i. vt viſo miraculo infideles crederēt. ⁊ credentes firmarēt̉.Moraliter ꝑ iſtū Lazaꝝ lāguentē ⁊ amicūcuiꝰ infirmitas nō fuit ad mortē. p̄t notari qͥlibet homo aduerſitate l̓ infirmitate flagellatus. Hic em̄ eſt amicꝰ dei ſpēalis cui de mēſa ſua hāc ſcūtellā miſit. Nā ſicut pr̄ carnal̓filiū quē magis diligit plꝰ corrigit vt bn̄ diſciplinatus hereditatē iuſte poſſideat. Iuxta illd̓ in can̄. xxiij. q. v. non putes. Filius n̄diligit̉ qͥ n̄ diſciplinat̉. Sic deꝰ celeſtis pr̄hic aduerſitatibꝰ filios ſuos corrigit ⁊ caſtigat vt exercitent̉ in ꝟtutibꝰ. ⁊ tandē hēanthereditatē eternā. vn̄ Augꝰ. ad Uincen̄. donatiſtā. et allega. v. q. v. Non om̄is. Quisnos ampliꝰ p̄t amare qͣꝫ deus. ⁊ tn̄ nos n̄ ſolū docere ſuauiter. veꝝ etiā ſalubriter terrene n̄ ceſſat fom̄tiſ lenibꝰ qͥbꝰ deꝰ ꝯſolat̉. ſepeetiā mordaciſſimū medicam̄tū tribulatōnisadiūgit. Exercet fame pr̄iarchas .ſ. Iacob⁊ filios eiꝰ. qͥ fame coacti iuerūt in egiptumetiā pios ⁊ r̄ligioſos. ppl̓m ꝯtumacēᶠ grauioribꝰ agitat. Nō aufert apl̓o ſtimulū carnistercō rogatꝰ vt ꝟtutē in īfirmitate ꝑficiat.⁊ r̄gnū eternū poſſideat. In ſignū hꝰ poſuitdeꝰ an̄ ꝑadiſū flāmeū gladiū vt ſignificarettribulatōes ⁊ aduerſitates hꝰ md̓i. ſin̄ qͥbꝰnēo p̄t intrare regnū celoꝝ teſtāte apoſtoloPer multas tribulatōes oꝑtet nos intrat̉regnū ce. Nā ꝑ tribulatiōes aduerſitatum.