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corpus eccl̓ie ſe viuificare pōt ⁊ vnire ſalubriter in cuius efficacia ⁊ v̓tute ꝯgregabūtur filij iſrl̓ ⁊ iuda ꝑiter. ¶ Bn̄ hec iacta ſūtfundamenta ſicut ex Cycerone ſumit Lactantius. Hec aūt fundamēta ſunt ꝑfectibilitas eccl̓ie ꝑ ꝯgregationē / vt cauſa materialis. ordinabilitas eccl̓ie vt ad vnius capitis poſitionē vt cauſa finalis. intelligibilitas in epikeyādo ſeu interp̄tādo vt efficiciens. Inſita fecūditas in ſe ꝯuerſando vtformalis diſpoſitiua ¶ Suꝑedificemus fabricā qͣdrangularē qͣttuor ꝯſiderationū pͥncipaliū ad erectōeꝫ edificij pn̄tis ꝯgregationis ampliorē. ¶ Et dicamꝰ ꝓ pͥma ꝯſideratōe iuxta pͥmā cauſaꝫ in v̓bo notatā.Cōſideratio prima.¶ Cōgregatio filioꝝ iſrl̓ ⁊ Iuda ꝑiter/ q̄rit̉ab eccl̓ia quēadmodū materia q̄rit formaꝫ⁊ īꝑfectū ꝑfectionē. ⁊ mulier viꝝ ſiue ſponſa ſpōſum. Tractat diuinus Diony. ⁊ poſteū Boe. ⁊ Augꝰ. qͥbꝰ exꝑientia ſuffragat̉ ꝙres q̄libet nō minus diligit aūt appetit cōgregationē ſuijp̄ius qͣꝫ ꝓpriā entitatē nimirū qꝛ ens ⁊ vnū ꝯuertunt̉. Hīc ē ille dolorilla ꝯcuſſio ille vehemēs horror in corporeꝟo. dū membratī q̄rit̉ diuidi vel diſpergiSic nemo dubitauerit qͥn eccl̓a diuiſionēſuā refugiat ⁊ horreat cū ſit corpus myſticū ẜm deductionem apl̓i ad Eph̓. iiij. ⁊. i.Choꝝ. xij. ⁊ ad Roma. xij. ⁊ alibi ſepiſſimeEſt etiā terribil̓ vt caſtroꝝ acies ordinataAciei ꝟo qͥs neſciat ſeꝑationē maximū afferre detrimentū. Eſt inſuꝑ eccl̓ia ciuitas.de qͣ gl̓ioſa dicta ſunt. Eſt regnum dei. Eſthierarchia ſubceleſtis. ⁊ ita de multis ſil̓itudinibꝰ ẜm qͣs ꝯuincit̉ diuiſionē ei atꝫ ſeparationē ſciſmaticā eſſe penitus odioſaꝫ.¶ Potuerat hoc loco fieri ſermo ꝓlixior deducēs ꝑfectionē eccl̓iaſtici corꝑis ſtare pͥncipaliter in vnitate/ tanqͣꝫ in ꝯſūmatōe oīsboni. Fallor itaqꝫ ſi nō optabūdus ꝓph̓apoſtulat hͦ/ imp̄cās pacē ſuꝑ iſrl̓ ſciēs qm̄poſuit autor eius deus fines ſuos pacem.Uide ſi nō hinc ortū eſt illud xp̄i ad ip̄amhicrl̓m que figurā tenet eccl̓ie. Hierl̓m hieruſaleꝫ quotiēs volui ꝯgregare filios tuosſicut gallina ꝯgregat pullos ſuos ⁊ noluiſti. Ad hoc quippe mortuus eſt ieſus vt filios ſuos diſꝑſos in vnū ꝯgregaret tāqͣꝫ lapis angularis faciēs vtraqꝫ vnū. Et ecceheu fera peſſima/ mōſtꝝ horrēdum ingēs/monſtrū biceps portētū iaꝫ. xxxi. ānos ha
bens/ ſciſma peſtifeꝝ pulcerrimā hanc ⁊ ꝑfectā pacē qͣꝫtū ī ſe fuit lacerauit diſſipauit⁊ in exilij longinquā regionē truſit. ¶ Sed Rveniato vtinā pax iuxta votū Eſaie. Ueniat et requieſcat ī cubicl̓o ſuo qd̓ eſt eccleſia. quatinuſ expulſo diſcōueniēti ſciſmateforma pacꝭ cōueniēſ inducat̉. Nam qͣlis ēiſta deformitas. qͣlis īꝑfectio videre corpꝰmille ꝑtibꝰ miſerꝭ modis laceratū diſſipatū et diſꝑſum. Cuiꝰ laceratōi nulla hactenꝰꝓfuerūt efficaciter hūana remedia qͥn potius ſciſma hoc horrēdū velut inſanabiliscācer egreſcit medēdo vt de trano loquiturUirgilius. Ip̄m deniqꝫ tāqͣꝫ fabuloſa hydra redit ex ſucciſiōe ſua fecūdius. Hīc ſcādala ppl̓oꝝ ſine nūero aduerſus fidē nr̄aꝫreligionē nr̄aꝫ/ mores ſctōs aduerſus ſpeqͦꝫ future btītudinis. ꝯtemptū ſeculi. ſctītatē īmobilē iuriſiurādi voti ſacr̄oꝝ v̓tutemobedientiā ad deū ⁊ ad omneꝫ diſciplinā:Quare? Quia ſeuiſſima dn̄andi libido mr̄infauſta ſciſmatis huius peſtiferi ꝯfundithec oīa/ faſqꝫ nefaſqꝫ velut hiāti voraginemergit ſorbet ⁊ obruit. ¶ Quid porro de paganoꝝ infideliūqꝫ fabuler probro ⁊ irriſione aduerſus catholicos. Demū tota illa flebilis hieremie lamētatio ſi ad calamitatemeccl̓ie pn̄tē deflectat̉ neſcio ſi ſatis illā vt dignū eſt exp̄ſſerit dū ait. Quō ſedet ſola ciuitas plena ppl̓o ⁊c̄. Neqͥt ꝓrſus eqͣri verbisquantū res ip̄a videat̉ indigna. Pro qͣ reformāda celeriter expeditiſſimū ē ꝙ ꝯgregent̉ filij iſrael et filij iuda pariterConſideratio ſcd̓a¶ Pro cauſa ſecūda ¶ Cōgregatio filioruꝫ Liſrael ⁊ iuda ꝑiter q̄renda exeq̄ndaqꝫ eſt vtponant ſibimet caput vnū Iſte ē finis hecintentio īminentis ſacri cōcilij Piſis celebrādi ad quod voſcū ceteris religioſa ⁊ filiali ad mr̄em eccl̓iam pietate ꝑgitis ⁊ perueniatis oro felicit̓. Nō ignoratꝭ ſcio odoctiſſimi ⁊ ſapiētes viri ꝙ caput eccl̓ie pͥmariū ⁊ pͥncipale ſemꝑ vnū eſt inuariabile ⁊ ꝑmanens ſicut teſtat̉ apoſtolus. Caput inquit eccl̓ie chriſtꝰ. Chriſtus aūt manet ī et̓nū vt idem ait. ſempiternū habēs ſacerdotiū et papatū Itaqꝫ ſalutifer chriſte caputnoſtrū es/ a quo fluūt in eccl̓ia ſenſus oēs⁊ motus viuifici ſpūales ac gͣtuiti. ac proinde nunqͣꝫ eccl̓ia tua eſſe p̄t acephala. neqꝫ te ſponſo ſuo viduata. Nihilominuſ tuqͦndā aſcēſurꝰ ad pr̄em reliqͥſti ſibi vicariū