Sermo de natiuitate

mare. O mirāda ꝓrſus ioſeph ſublimitastua. O dignitas incomꝑabilis. vt mr̄ deiregina celi. dn̄a mūdi appellare te dn̄m nōindignū putauerit. Neſcio ſane pr̄eſ orthodoxi qͥd hic ampliꝰ habeat/ mirabil̓ vl̓ humilitas in maria. vel in ioſeph ſublimitasqͣꝫuis incomꝑabiliter exuꝑet vtrūqꝫ puerieſus bn̄dictꝰ in ſecl̓a. de quo ſcriptū ⁊ iamdictū eſt ꝙ erat ſubditꝰ eiſ. Subditꝰ fabrois qͥ fabricauit aurorā et ſolē. Subditꝰ femine textrine cui flectit̉ omnē genu celeſtiūterreſtriū et infernoꝝ. ¶ Cuperē mihi v̓baſuꝑpeterēt ad explicādū tā altū ⁊ abſcōditū a ſecul̓ myſteriū. tam admirādā venerādamqꝫ trinitatē ieſu ioſeph ⁊ marie. Uellēmihi qͥdem adiacet ſed poſſe nō inuenio acin ip̄o conatu deficio. Un̄ cū gͣtia ſimiliter⁊ gl̓ia naturā nō tollat ſꝫ extollat et ꝑficiat;recogitemꝰ pia deuotōe ꝙ ſi vincl̓o qͦdamnaturali / obligatio ꝯſurgit filij ad mr̄em etmatris ad ſpōſum ſuuꝫ. ⁊ vtriuſqꝫ .ſ. filij etmatris ad fideliſſimū vigilātiſſimū ⁊ ſedulū cuſtodē ⁊ nutritium ioſeph; qͥ fuit caputmarie; habēs inde auctoritatē aliquā/ principatū dn̄atōeꝫ/ vl̓ imperiū in mariā/ ſicut⁊ maria ſuo mō in filiū ſuū ieſū iure nat̉al̓mr̄nitatꝭ. quātꝰ exiſtimādꝰ eſt iuſtꝰ ip̄e Ioſeph nūc in gl̓ia et in cel̓ qͥ talis ⁊ tantus īuentus eſt h̓ in miſeria ⁊ in terris? ¶ Profecto ſi nō mentiebat̉ ieſus qͥ ait. Ubi ſū egoillic ⁊ miniſter meꝰ erit. Ille ꝓximior videt̉collocādus in cel̓ qui in miſterio fuit vicinior obſeq̄ntior atqꝫ fidelior poſt mariā inuentꝰ in terrꝭ. ¶ Sed hec hactenꝰ de ip̄a natiuitate corꝑali ieſu xp̄i cuiꝰ ꝑticeps quemadmoduꝫ Ioſeph extiterit ſupͣ viros ceteros/ ⁊ de ſublimitate ſua aliqͣliter aꝑtū ē honore ſanctoꝝ ſanctarūqꝫ oīm īter qͦs nō ēꝯtentio quis eoꝝ videat̉ maior eſſe ac intelA ligētie ſobrietate ſemꝑ ſaluis. ¶ Nūc de tercia natiuitate que ſpūalis eſt ⁊ omni deuote viuēti ꝯmūicabilis ſermo loquat̉. d̓ quachriſtꝰ apd̓ Ioh̓em ait. Oportꝫ vos naſcidenuo. Et iteꝝ. qd̓ natū eſt ex carne caro ē.⁊ qd̓ natū eſt ex ſpū ſpiritꝰ eſt. In hac autēnatipitate viciſſitudo mirabil̓ eſt. qꝛ dū naſcit̉ ieſus in aīa deuota ꝑ fidē ⁊ gr̄am fit ipſa verbigena. hͦ eſt verbū generaſ ⁊ mr̄ dei.que tn̄ anīa nedum ꝑ naturā ſed ꝑ gͣtuitamadoptōem eſt filia. vt veꝝ ſit de qͣlibet taliaīa ꝙ ip̄a eſt virgo mr̄ et filia. Itaqꝫ ꝙ mater ſit teſtis eſt om̄ī exceptōe maior qui ait.Qui fecerit volūtatē pr̄is mei qͥ in celis eſt

ip̄e meus frater ſoror ⁊ mater eſt. Porro defiliatōe qͥd iohānes. quid paulꝰ dixerīt ſcimus. Dedit eis ptātē filios dei fieri inquitioh̓es. Et quō? ſubdit ꝙ ꝑ fidē. qꝛ his quicredūt in noīe eiꝰ. Eodē enī teſte. Oīs quicredit qm̄ ieſus eſt chriſtꝰ ex deo natus eſt.Sequit̉ aliud qd̓ ꝑtinet ad anime v̓bigene; dei mr̄is et filie virginitatē. Qui nō exſanguinibꝰ (ait) neqꝫ ex voluntate carnis. neqꝫ ex volūtate viri. ſed ex deo nati ſūt. Neſcio dicere qd̓ ſentio neſcio ſi ſatiſ aſſequorverbis/ ſuppleat imꝑfectū meū ſapientiſſima beatitudo vr̄a. ¶ Itaqꝫ cōſiderat̉ ī aīarōnali indiuiſibili qͥdem ſubſtātialit̓ portiuncula q̄dā virginalis/ que nec obnoxia p̄teſſe violatōi. Hec appellat̉ quādoqꝫ a doctoribꝰ ſynderiſis. qn̄qꝫ apex mentis. qn̄qꝫſcintilla ratōis. qn̄qꝫ naturalis inſtinctꝰ inbonū. Hanc aūt ſynderiſim nec ip̄i violatoresⁱ ⁊ ꝯſtupratores aīaꝝ demōes corrūpere pn̄t; etiā ī īferno qͥn ad bonū ſtimulet⁊ ad malū remurmuret. Hinc naſcit̉ acerbiſſimꝰ ille vermis qui nō moriet̉. Hīc rixa diſcerpēs ⁊ diſſipās (ſupͣ qͣꝫ cogitari p̄t)aīam infelicē dū ſyndereſis impellit ad dilectōem dei/ ſed reproba volūtas toto odiorū conatu reſilit ī aduerſū. ¶ Sꝫ ad quidiſta de ſynderiſi? Certe vt oſtenderemꝰ eaꝫſꝑ virginē eſſe que dū carꝫ obūbrāte ⁊ fecūdante ſpūſancto manet infelicit̓ ſteril̓. duꝫautē adeſt idē ſpūs viſitās gratificans ⁊ fecūdans/ fit ip̄a verbigena. hͦ eſt verbū pariēs. et hoc ſine corruptōne. qꝛ nō ex ſanguinibꝰ corporaliū fantaſmatū. neqꝫ ex voluntate carnis deſiderioꝝ carnaliū. neqꝫ ex volūtate viri. hoc ē ex poteſtate liberi arbitrij.ſed ex deo eſt qͥcquid hic natū eſt. Nec tamen excludit̉ ſynderiſis/ ratōiſqꝫ cōſenſus.Sed dum nūciatrix gratia afflatu ſecretoet intimo veluti clauſo ſuꝑ animā oſtio ſuggerit aduentū verbi in mentē reſpōdet ſynderiſis humili genuflexione. Ecce ancilladn̄i fiat mihi ẜm verbū tuum. Deinde viſitat Elizabeth ſenē et corruptā. ꝑ quā myſtice deſignat̉ inferior portio ratōnis/ ſe conuertens ad corꝑalia ⁊ terrena/ vnde qd̓am.modo violatur. ſed ex munere diuino iohānem in ſe recipit. hoc eſt; gr̄am participat.Et ita gaudiū marie verbigene ī elizabethgrauidam partu tali gr̄e deriuari recte memorat̉. ¶ His itaqꝫ breuiter ⁊ ꝓ captu tante rei tenuiter expoſitis de hac virginali natiuitate et filiatōe dū in aīa naſcitur ieſus qͥ