Theologia ſpeculatiuaLXV
ſeu theologia myſtica qͣꝫ in ꝯtēplatōe intellectiua reponit̉. Contēplatio nāqꝫ ſi nudeꝯſideret̉ ſine dilectōe vl̓ affectu ſubſeq̄nte;iā arida eſt inqͥeta ē/ curioſa ingͣta inflata ēDeniqꝫ fit lōge ab illa pace q̄ exuꝑat oēmſenſū. Quapropt̓ ꝯcludere fas ē/ ꝙ ſcholaorādi laudabilior eſt ceteriſ paribꝰ qͣꝫ ſchola lr̄as edocēdi. quēadmodū ſchola religionis ꝓ affectu excellit ſcholā eruditiōis ꝓintellectu. ¶ Proinde laus orōnis extaticeſeu ꝑfecte colligit̉ ex ordine ſuo qͣdruplici.videlicꝫ. ex ordine ad deū. ad ꝓpriū ſubiectū. ad ꝓximū/ et ad inimicū. ¶ Prīo qͥdeꝫad deū. qm̄ ſibi ſoli dat gl̓iam/ adoratōeꝫ /gr̄aꝝ actōem/ ⁊ honorē/ eū ſibi amicū cōcilians. Ac inde ꝑ legem amicicie q̄ eſt ideꝫvelle et nolle ip̄a qd̓ petit accipit/ ⁊ qd̓ q̄rit inuenit. ſibiqꝫ pulſanti aꝑit̉. nō ſic ītellectio aūt q̄uis alia oꝑatio. ¶ Scd̓o oratōſubiectū ꝓpͥum qd̓ inhabitat purgat. ꝑficit. illuminat. qͥetans ip̄m. ſatiās atqꝫ ſtabiliēs. ¶ Tercio or̄o iuuat ꝓximū nō vnūaut duos ſꝫ totū corpꝰ eccl̓ie myſticū viuifico qͦdā influxu/ nutrit/ ⁊ capaciſſimo qͦdam materne beniuolētie ſinu/ oīa eccleſiemēbra ſuaqꝫ oꝑa ꝯplectit̉. offerēs ea deo. ⁊ꝓ his ſupplicas ⁊ impetrās tanqͣꝫ q̄ſtuaria gͣtiſſima ꝓ indigentijs inopū ſpūaliuꝫſubleuādis. ⁊ ꝓ elēoſynis gr̄aꝝ q̄rēdis atqꝫ impetrādis/ ī magno ac miſerabili hoſpitali huiꝰ mūdi/ īmo ⁊ carceris ⁊ penal̓purgatorij. ¶ Huic oꝑi nulla exterior admonitio. nulla ꝓrſus ꝯꝑabilis exercitatiop̄t in efficaciā coeqͣri. Nimirum qꝛ fruſtrahec oīa fiūt et vane ſi nō aduenerit or̄o iūcta charitati. Poſtremo nihil ita ſicut orōvires inimici ſeuiētis ꝓterit. nihil ita tendiculos laqueoꝝ ſuoꝝ euacuat et on̄dit. Alioqͥn nō dixiſſet ꝓph̓a. Oculi mei ſꝑ ad dominū. qm̄ ip̄e euellet de laq̄o pedes meosEt iteꝝ. ꝓuidebā deū in ꝯſpectu meo ſemꝑ. qm̄ a dextris eſt mihi ne cōmouear. Etrex Ioſaphat ad deum. Cū ignoramꝰ (inqͥt) qͥd agere debeamꝰ; hͦ ſolū habemꝰ reſidui vt ocl̓os nr̄oſ ad te dirigamꝰ. Quocirca bene iubebat dn̄s. Oꝑtet ſꝑ orare ⁊ nōdeficere. Sꝑ aūt orat. ſꝑ ocl̓os ad deū habet/ qͥ ſemꝑ pio humiliqꝫ affectu deſiderat¶ Deniqꝫ de orōe quā cū vera ſapīa ⁊ myſtica theologia conuenire diximꝰ. de eiꝰ qͦꝫꝟtute ⁊ ꝯditōibus ac ꝓpͥetatibꝰ copioſis/hͦ loco ſermo poſſet incidere. ſed de his remitto ad ea q̄ ſācti ⁊ doctores ſaluberrime
tradiderūt. ⁊ p̄cipue Hugo de ſctō victore ī tractatu ſuo quē de orōe ꝯpēdioſiſſime⁊ ſubtiliſſime cōpoſuit. cuiꝰ eſt hͦ initium.Quo ſtudio qͦue affectu orādꝰ ſit deus ⁊c̄.Legat̉ Guilhelmꝰ ꝑiſien̄. ī libello qͥ rhetorica diuīa intitulat̉. Legant̉ ⁊ ceteri qͥ orōnis ꝓprietates/ vtilitates ⁊ qͥbꝰ excludit̉.qͥbuſqꝫ īpedit̉ doctiſſime tradider̄t ¶ Suꝑeſt vt de p̄ctica theologie myſtice ī ſeq̄ntibus ꝓſequamur.Finit prima pars d̓ myſtica theologiaſpeculatiua.cIncipit pro oguseiuſdē in partē ſcd̓am de theologia myſtica practice ꝯſcripta ab eodē ſub xij. ꝯſideratōibꝰ ſiue induſtrijs.Ractātes in lectōibꝰ nr̄is iāa multo qͣꝫuiſ interrupto tꝑetd̓ theologia myſtica ſecuti ſumus ordinē ī alijs ſciētijſ obẜuatū. vbi pͥus tradit̉ de ſpeculatiua qͣꝫ p̄ctica. nihilominꝰ hec ſcīa ſupͣceteras ml̓tas hͦ habꝫ ꝓpͥum vt ſpeculatōin ea nec ꝑfecte tradi nec plene ītelligi poſſit. niſi practicꝰ p̄ceſſerit vſus. Quāobremdeinceps pn̄tis oꝑis erit tradere ſub aliqͥbus ꝯſideratōibꝰ modos ⁊ vias qͥbus adtheologiā myſticā habeat̉ acceſſus. Perqͥrere enī qͥd ſit theologia myſtica/ ⁊ in qͣ viaīe reponit̉. ⁊ de drn̄tia eiꝰ ad ſpeculatiuātheologiam/ ⁊ ſimilia qͣlia prelocuta ſunt.nō ſatis eſſe debꝫ homī xp̄iano/ p̄ſertim eccleſiaſtico. opꝰ exercitatioqꝫ reqͥrit̉ qd̓ vtfiat ꝓdeſt nō mediocriter aꝑire ea que adopus aggrediēdū finiēdūqꝫ neceſſaria ſūtvel accōmoda vt obẜuent̉. q̄ etiā ꝑturbareſolebant oꝑantem vt vitent̉ qͦꝝ elucidationos expediret ab his oībꝰ q̄ in hͦ negociotractāda pridē ſuſcepimus. ¶ Et dicimꝰ īpͥmis ꝙ magiſterium theologie myſtice ⁊orōis extatice ſeu ꝑfecte ieſuſ chriſtꝰ ſibi ſoli ſueqꝫ volūtati retinuit. nec ad illd̓ humana ſufficit induſtria. qͣꝫuis ip̄a non debeatpenitꝰ derelinqui. Etenī ſi om̄e datū optimū ⁊ om̄e donū ꝑfectū deſurſū ē deſcēdēsa patre luminū/ ꝑſpicuū habet̉ ꝯſideratōiſhuiꝰ pͥncipiū. qd̓ donū ꝑfecte orōis ꝓfluit a diuīa volūtate tenente lucē in manibꝰ.ſicut Iob notat/ ⁊ exponit Gregꝰ. ꝙ dumvult illuminat/ ⁊ claudit dū vult. Ceteruꝫꝙ hūana nō ſufficit induſtria poſteriꝰ elu-
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