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non ſolū viciſſe malū bonū eſt. ſed et ꝓ viribꝰ malo reſtitiſſe. īmo nōnunqͣꝫ meliꝰ eſtdiutiꝰ pugnā exercere qͣꝫ cito p̄ualere. Attendit nanqꝫ prudentiſſimꝰ ⁊ eqͥſſimꝰ rexnoſter deꝰ militū ſuoꝝ velle potiꝰ qͣꝫ poſſe.Et ſicut poſſe vincere ſuū ē. ita vīcere velle noſtꝝ ē. Et qͣꝫqͣꝫ in vtroqꝫ gr̄a dei neceſſe eſt cōcurrat. in velle tn̄ magis qͣꝫ in poſſelibeꝝ arbitriū hoīs ſibi locū vendicat. vnde iuxta ip̄m militū ſuoꝝ dominꝰ certamēad remunerandū pēſat. Et dignū vtiqꝫ etiuſtū eſt vt qͥ longiꝰ et laborioſiꝰ certauitp̄miū copioſius ꝑcipiat. ¶ Non tn̄ eſt pugna optāda ne videamur amare ꝑiculumſed cū venerit eſt viriliter agendū in noīeeius qͥ nō patit̉ nos tēptari vltra id quodpoſſumꝰ. ſed facit etiā cū tēptatōe ꝓuentūvt poſſimꝰ ſuſtinere. Cui et quotidie hūiliter ⁊ fiducialiter idcirco ſupplicare debemꝰ dicēdo qd̓ ip̄e docuit. Et ne nos inducas in temptatiōem. Credit̉ nāqꝫ ꝙ hecipſa clauſula breuis v̓bis/ ſed ampla viribꝰin temptatōibꝰ irruentibꝰ deuota mēte replicata; nō mediocris ſit efficacie/ de qͦ nullus eſtimo dubitabit niſi infidel̓. et is qͥ igͦrat qͥs eiꝰ autor ſit. ¶ Notent etiā ſcrupuloſi quoꝝ puſillanimitatē cōſolari intēdebamꝰ/ qͣꝫqͣꝫ nonnunqͣꝫ ad alia digredi videamur. Notent inqͣꝫ ꝙ valde eis expedit cuꝫconſilio ſuoꝝ ſuꝑioꝝ et alioꝝ viroꝝ ſuorūprudentū deū timentiū cōtra ſuos ſcrupulos agere. vt ſic tandē aſſueſcant eos nō timere. ſicut domificatores aſſuefacti ambulant ſecure ⁊ intrepidi ſuꝑ tecta altiſſima/vbi nō ſic practicati ſtatim forēt ſi hmōi attēptarent in ꝑiculo vite. ¶ Intendāt quoqꝫ puſillanimes ſcrupuloſi ꝙ inimicꝰ hūani generis cū impugnat hoīem ſtercoribꝰturpiſſimaꝝ cogitatōnū/ veluti in obſidione vrbiū vel caſtroꝝ fieri ꝯſueuit cū ſtercoribꝰ cloacaꝝ. aut cū terret repentino ſtrepitu quēpiā vl̓ horrorē immittit qͣſi īopinate ꝓut ſil̓r bombardoꝝ tonitruo impugnatores munitionū agere ꝯſueuerūt. ⁊ quemadmodū ioculatores ⁊ trufatores puerishorrorē inuſitatis ſuis geſtibꝰ incutere nouerūt. Intendāt inqͣꝫ ꝙ talia nō curēt/ neqꝫ multū cū his litigent. ſꝫ potiꝰ irrideantdicentes cū illo patre in vitaſpatꝝ in talibus exꝑto. Immūdicia tua ſuꝑ te demondn̄s mihi adiutor nō te timebo. Quia enīimmūdus ſpūs es immūdicia opꝰ tuumeſt. Itē terrores tuos nō timeo/ qꝛ eū qͥ vē
turus eſt iudicare viuoſ ⁊ mortuos et ſeculū ꝑ ignem defenſorem habeo ¶ Puſillanimes ſcrupuloſi ſil̓r ſciāt ꝙ ſi ꝯfeſſiōes ſuemagis ſe inqͥetant qͣꝫ trāquillent/ dūmodotn̄ firmū et fixū iudiciū de mortali pctō inſe nō habeāt qd̓ ex hͦ ſepiꝰ cognoſcere poſſent. qꝛ ſi in ſimilibꝰ caſibꝰ eos mouentibꝰab alijs reqͥrerēt̉ dicerēt caſus tales mīmefore pctā mortl̓ia/ tūc ceſſandū cū ſuꝑiorū⁊ peritoꝝ cōſilio foret a freq̄ntatōne cōfeſſionū ⁊ fiducialiter nihilominꝰ celebrādūatqꝫ hūiliter dicendū. Dn̄e nō in iuſtificationibꝰ meis ꝓſterno p̄ces meas an̄ facieꝫtuam. qꝛ nulle ſunt. ⁊ ſcio ꝙ ſi milleſies cōfiterer ⁊ diſtricte diſcutere volueris me/ n̄ero mūdꝰ in cōſpectu tuo. Sola nāqꝫ domine miẜicordia tua mūdabit me. Ideoqꝫ in multitudine miẜicordie tue introiboad altare ſanctū tuū in timore tuo/ timensꝙ te plꝰ offenderē ſi dimitterē qͣꝫ ſi acceſſero. eo ꝙ tu in memoriā tuā ita fieri iuſſiſti.⁊ ego multis debitor ſum ꝓ qͥbꝰ orare teneor. Nulli debꝫ eſſe dubiuꝫ qͥn talis hūiliatio plꝰ accepta ſit deo qͣꝫ nōnulloꝝ vana p̄ſumptio. qͥ poſt ꝯfeſſionē ſuā ⁊ qͣliacunqꝫexerciola ſe dignos ⁊ bene mūdoſ reputātquaſi ītrepide ad illa terrifica diuīa myſteria accedentes. Secꝰ autē eſſet vbi haberet̉ fixa et quaſi certa ꝯſciētia de pctō mortali Illud enī eſſet ꝯfitendū. nō ſic de veniali qd̓ de neceſſitate nūqͣꝫ cadit ſub obligatione cōfitendū ſacramentalit̓ in ſpecie/ ꝙqͣꝫ qn̄qꝫ ꝑutile ſit. ſed ſufficit cōfeſſio generalis. Nam venialia ꝑ diuerſa delēt̉. vti cōfeſſiōe generali. oratōe dn̄ica. tūſiōe pectoris ⁊c̄. ¶ In nōnullis etiā eſt tā arta ꝯſciētia vt quanto magis eā ſcobare ꝑ confeſſionē conant̉/ tanto ampliꝰ quaſi inde fedātur/ ꝓpter plura nouiter ex fricatōne pullulātia/ que tn̄ freq̄nter modice aut nulle ſūtreputatōis. cōſcientia talis nō firmat̉ meliꝰ qͣꝫ dimittēdo eam in pace ⁊ quiete. et ꝙſolū imbre lachrymaꝝ irriget̉. ⁊ ſic fecundata celeſtis dono gr̄e ſolidetur ¶ Uenialeautē peccatū cōmuniter eſt om̄e illd̓ quodfactu eſt abſqꝫ ratōis deliberatōe quodcūqꝫ ſit illud. etiā ſi ſit odiū vel ira cōtra deū.aut horribilis blaſphemia Ul̓ veniale peccatū eſt quādo actus talis eſt qui nō tollitdebitā ſubiectōem hoīs ad deū/ atqꝫ eiusamiciciā ſeu dilectōnem. nec perimit debitum fraterne ſocietatis vinculū ad ꝓximūIuxta ſimile in legibꝰ ſecularibꝰ et politio
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