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ad pedes magdalena. eadem ad pedesſtrata.ſedet.manꝰ ī cruce facie ꝟſa ī celū aꝓcidit in faciēiheſusib̓s ⁊ ſcīpl̓i ī aſcēſioneincidit.exerit.alto.¶ Illa āt inter has ſituatio efficatior eſtimatur ꝑquam ad deuotioēm acqͥrēdam ⁊ ꝯſeruādam homomagis diſpōit̉ Que ẜm Gerſoēm eſt Seſſio vultū ꝟſo ad celum Sedēdo ⁊ qͥeſcēdo eī fit aīa prudēs Iuxta vvilhelmū pariſien̄ eſt accubitꝰ ad appodiaculumex ꝑte ſiniſtra qꝛ ſic cor qͥetatur Dyoniſiꝰ āt carthufretur ꝙ aptior ſituatio eſt ſtatio cū eleuatiōe oculoꝝin celum clauſoꝝ tn̄ ne fantaſmata hauriat Sꝫ ſucuiqꝫ mos eſt nec voto viuit̉ vno Sic qͥſqꝫ ſe diſponat qͣtenꝰ corꝑis diſpoſitio interne actiōi corrn̄deatſꝑ. Un̄ in meditādo vel flendo ꝓ peccatis alia diſpoſitio erit. Tūc em̄ more publicāi forte terrā reſpiceī̄hꝫ nec oculos niſi tenuiter eleuare in celis. Qn̄ autēde regno ſtet facie ꝟſa ad celū. Qn̄ de paſſiōe īterduꝫbrachia in crucis modū extēdere p̄t. ſicut Bōauēt̉a⁊ Bernardinꝰ agere ſolebāt. Et licꝫ qͥbuſdam gͣuisſit diſpoſitio corꝑis ⁊ ꝯtinētia hec in certo loco. Itaꝙ ꝑuus infernus eis eſt vel qͥeſcere paꝝ. ſi tn̄ ad guſtum internū qūqꝫ ꝑtingere velint opꝫ vt violentialeuitates corꝑis ⁊ inſtabilitates dediſcāt. ¶ Heeinduſtrie poſite multū ꝯferūt meditatiuo. Sed caueat qͥſqꝫ ne cū alijs vel inter exn̄s ſingl̓ariter ſe hrēvelit. Diligentiſſime cerimoniales obẜuātias obſenet. alijs ſe ꝯformēt cū alijs exn̄tes. Alioqͥn ve illi ꝑquem ſua ſingl̓aritate ſcandalum vēit. Caueat eſſeẜnꝰ ſingl̓aris. Qui facit ꝙ nēo mirāt̉ oēs Oīs ſingularitatis nota vitanda.De pūctis determinatis nccārijs meditātiMembꝝ. iij.Editatio cordis mei in conſpectu tuo ſemper. p̄s.Im ōibus vijs tuis cogita illum.Qui ſemꝑ meditatioēm ſuam in dei conſpectu eſſevolet. qͥ in ōnibꝰ vijs cogitare illum. huic nulla tā induſtria cōducticia qͣꝫ certa ⁊ determinata de varijsmaterijs hrē pūcta. Hinc Caſſianꝰ ſuadet vt aliqd̓ſacꝝ fixe infigat̉ mēti qd̓ ſꝑ inſpiciat ⁊ intēdat. qͦtienſqꝫ ab illo ſe viderit elōgari doleat ⁊ aciē mētis reflectat ad illud ſatagens in eodē ꝑdurare. Alioqͥn facile cor qͥbuſſibet occurrētibꝰ adheret ſi certꝭ nō ſit qͥbuſdā pūctis affixū. Hinc docet autor de t̓plici via ⁊ſuadet ſpūalia fercula multiplicare vt ſic ſint ꝓmptuaria plena cructātia ex hoc in illd̓ ne vnqͣꝫ nauſeatſuꝑ aliquo cibo ex eiuſdē cōtinua aut diuturniore replicatiōe. ſed mox cū ſe in vno deuotiōis exercitio ſē
tit laſſari ad aliud deuotionale ſe cōuertat. U̓ſi indiuinitatis cōtemplatiōe iugiter figi nō valet. Iamde xp̄i vita ⁊ celi gloria aut alia meditāda aſſumat.Solū obẜuet ne locū pͦ inſtabilitate mutet ⁊ ad vana ad lectionē tūc cōfugiat. Qꝫ ergo vt de certꝭ ⁊ deuotis materijs qͥſꝫ ꝓuideat ſibi. qͣs vbi habuerit oꝫvt ſuꝑ ſingulis meditabilia pūcta ſibi aggreget ⁊ ml̓tiplicet vt ſic ſingul̓ īmorari poſſet ⁊ ſꝑ que circa ſingula meditari debeat noſcat. Et hoc mgr̄ Ioannesnider docet in ſuo alphabeto amoris allegās Cācellariū ꝑiſienẜ Ioan. gerſon ſcꝫ qͥ ſuaſit abudantiamcolligere pūctoꝝ ꝑ q̄ ſe ſꝑ hō ⁊ in meditatiōe ſtabilire ⁊ inflāmare poſſit. Uere beatꝰ vir qͥ impleueritpharetrā ſuā ẜm trāſlatiōem Hiero. ex ip̄is. n̄ eniꝫceteroꝝ more vane vage fluxe iactabit̉ in ſua meditatione. In oībus vijs ſuis p̄ſto erit cogitare deū. ſemper meditatio ſua in ꝯſpcū eiꝰ Puto em̄ ad excludēdā ⁊ prohibendā fluctuationē cogitationū ⁊ ad ſtabiliendā meditationē tā vtile eſſe nihil. nullūqꝫ efficatiꝰ remediū poſſe adhibereqͣꝫ hrē abūdantiā hmōipūccoꝝ ad manū. Nā licet in eadē re diu no poteritqͥs morari. licet nō rē ꝓfundare nouit. ſupplebit tn̄pūctoꝝ abundātia. ⁊ licet nō de vna re diu vnum devna tn̄ multa poterit cogitare donec exercitatior factus etiā ꝯmoratior ⁊ ꝓfundior ſpeculator fiat. Un̄meōrabilis ille dictꝰ Ioan. nider has vtilitates nō ignorans formā tradidit quandā plura puncta de materijs aggregādi ẜm ordinē alphabeti. vt pꝫ in libroſuo alphabetico. qͥ modus vere laudabilis atꝫ pietatis ſue labor nō aſꝑnendus. Ueꝝ quia in illo nulluſordo niſi alphabeticꝰ inuenit̉. ideo ⁊ minꝰ eſt doctrinalis ⁊ difficilis retētu. Quare nos eiꝰ inſtitutꝭ edocti pūcta q̄dā ſuꝑ qͥbuſdā materijs collegimꝰ in hocnrō oꝑe ⁊ alibi. ſed nō forma nec ordine ſuo Collegimus qͥppe ẜm cōſideratiōes varias de vna materiahabiles ⁊ in verſꝰ redegimꝰ ea. Ita ꝙ ⁊ ordinatioralatiora ⁊ ad retinendū multo ſint faciliora Quare ātſub verſibꝰ poſuimꝰ in prime ꝑtis initio puto d̓claCur ſub roſarijs tradāt̉ pūctuli. §. pͥmꝰ Lratū.Uod ſi quis inquirere ꝑgat quare ſub quinquagenario ꝑ modū .ſ. Roſarioꝝ hec meditabilia pūcta pleꝝqꝫ ꝯplexi ſumꝰ paucis accipiat rationē. miſterijs huiꝰ nūeri omiſſis q̄ oīs eccl̓ia nouit.Tripliciqꝫ ex cā id ſciat actitatū videlicet ¶ Primone punctoꝝ multitudine obruer̄mur ¶ Secūdo vtſic faciliꝰ ſub certo numero poſitorū remēoraremurTertio vt crebrius in hijs exercitaremur. vt ſcilicetdum meditari hec puncta piguerit. vel ſaltem ꝑ mōdum Roſarij cum angelicis ſalutationibꝰ hec legeremus. et ſic per orationem ad meditationē diſponeremur. O practicam felicem. O exercitationē ſacrāin cōtemplationis culmen introductiuam. Nouimus vnū cui puncta hec ad manū erant qui anteqͣꝫ
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