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to grauata ⁊ terreſtritate in terreno amore reſperſa. Sed tūc eſt mēs ꝑfecta: qn̄ eſtigne diuine amoris decocta vl̓ igne tribulationis purgata ⁊ ꝓbata: qꝛ patiētia opꝰꝑfectū hꝫ. ſꝫ ſi ſit cruda igne amorꝭ nō calefacta nec ignē alicuiꝰ aduerſitatꝭ purgata: tūc nec laudabil̓ ē nec ſana. Ca. XIIIAritas aſſimilatur ſoli ꝓpter ſex ¶ Primo quiaſol eſt virtutꝭ vnitiue: planetasenī vnit ⁊ cōciliat in effectibus ſuis. Conciliat etiā cōtraria elemēta inuicē: ſic etiācharitatis effectus eſt vnire ſpūaliter:Apl̓s vocat eā vinculū ꝑfectionis .ſ. ꝑfecte vnit ⁊ ligat aīam deo: et corda fideliūinuicē in deo. Propter qd̓ de pͥmis fidelibus eccleſie in quibꝰ charitas abūdabatdicit̉: Actꝭ. iiij. ꝙ multitudinis credentiūerat cor vnū ⁊ anīa vna. Psͣ. ciij. Ortuseſt ſol ⁊ congregati ſunt .ſ. fideles in vnū.¶ Scd̓o qꝛ ſol ē virtutis viuificatiue qꝛ nihil viuit vbi ſol nō attingit. Un̄ planēte ꝑabſētiā ſolis vident̉ in hyeme mortue: approximante ſole in vere iterū fiunt viue.Ita charitatis dilectio de morte tranſfertad vitā: ẜm illud. j. Ioh̓. iij. Nos ſcimꝰ qͥatrāflati ſumꝰ de mortē ad vitā: qm̄ diligimus frēs. Ecc̄s. ix. Perfruere vita cū vxore quā diligis cūctis diebus vite inſtabilitatis tue qͥ dati ſūt tibi ſub ſole. Quaſi eīvir eſt ſpūs ⁊ qͣſi vxor caro. Tunc eī ſpūscū vxore ſua vita ꝑfruit̉ qn̄ ſiml̓ cū ip̄a carne charitatis oꝑbꝰ exercet̉: ⁊ ip̄oꝝ dulcedine quaſi fructibꝰ qͥbuſdā reficit̉: ⁊ hͦ cūctis diebus vite pn̄tis q̄ eſt inſtabilis. qꝛnūqͣꝫ homo in eodē ſtatu ꝑmanet: ⁊ ſub ſole. .i. ſub charitatꝭ feruore. ¶ Tertio qꝛ ſoleſt virtutis eleuatiue ſiue attractiue: qꝛ vicaloris vapores a terra ⁊ mari deducit: ⁊eductos ſurſum attrahit ⁊ cōdenſat in nubes: ⁊ ſic cōdenſatos inuicē in niues grandines vel aqͣs reſoluit. Ita charitas corda calefaciēs vapores affectionū vel or̄onū vl̓ cōpūctionū ab eis educit ⁊ ſurſū addeū attrahit ⁊ tandē in lachrymas reſoluit. ¶ Quarto qꝛ ſol ē ꝟtutis ꝑfectiue: qꝛcalor elementaris incipit agere generationē corpoꝝ: ſolarꝭ aūt calor ꝑficit ⁊ ꝓducitad debitu cōplemētū vt dicit AlexanderIta vitā ſpūalē timor inchoat: ſꝫ charitatis amor ꝓuehit ⁊ ꝯſūmat: vn̄. j. Ioh̓. iiij.
Perfecta charitas foris mittit timorem.Quīto qꝛ ſol ē ꝟtutis formatiue: qꝛ .ſ. ꝑeiꝰ elongationē ⁊ approximationē facies.hoīm ⁊ corꝑaliū diſponunt̉: vt dicit Iſid̓.ſicut ptꝫ in ethiopibꝰ ⁊ alijs ꝯtrarijs regionibꝰ. Ita charitas forma eſt oīm ꝟtutuꝫſic̄ dicit Amb̓. Et hoc apparet qͣdruplicit̓.¶ Prīo qꝛ mouet oēs ꝟtutes ad oꝑa ꝑ q̄ꝑficiunt̉ virtutes ⁊ merentur augeri. Secundo qꝛ oēs virtutes mouent̉ ad finemcharitatis .ſ. ad bonū. Charitas eī habetbonū ꝓ fine tantum. Tertio qꝛ charitasaugmētat virtutū delectatione ⁊ tollit faſtidium ⁊ alleuiat onera ꝓpter ipſius boni deſiderium. Quarto qꝛ cōplet aīam etꝑficit: nō quidem in eſſe nature ſed gratuito ¶ Sexto qꝛ ſol eſt ꝟtutis immutatiue.Immutat eī ip̄os dies: quia ẜm diuerſaꝫſolis diſpoſitionē immutationē recipit dies. Nam primo rubet in mane: lucet ī tertia: feruet in meridie: pallet in veſꝑe. Vnde ⁊ quattuor equos fingit̉ in fabulis habuiſſe. primus eritheꝰ .i. rubens. ſecūdusathericeꝰ .i. ſplendens. tertius lampas .i.ardens. quartꝰ philogeꝰ .i. amās terram.Ita charitas quoſdam facit rubentes inmartyrij paſſione: quoſdā lucētes ī doctrine inſtructiōe: quoſdam feruentes in deiaffectione: quoſdā pallētes in carnis maceratione ¶ Itē charitas aſſimilat̉ igni qad quattuor. ¶ Primo quo ad formalitatequia vt dictū eſt ſupra ca. v. Ignis int̓ cetera elemēta ē maxime formalis. Multumenī habet de forma: parū de materia. Sicamor charitatꝭ qͦs replet facit habere modicū de affectu materialiū ſiue tēporaliumrerū ⁊ plurimū de appetitu formaliū id eſtſpūaliū bonoꝝ: vt iā n̄ carnalia carnal̓rſpūalia ſpūalit̓ diligat. Diſtīguit eī Bern̄hardꝰ qͣttuor modos diligendi .ſ. diligerecarnē carnaliter: ſpūm carnaliter: carnemſpūaliter ⁊ ſpūm ſpiritualit̓. ¶ Secūdo qͦad mobilitatē: quia ignis ſemꝑ ē ī motū.Sic ⁊ amor charitatis eos in quibꝰ ē ſemper facit eſſe in motu boni operis. VndeGregoriꝰ dicit ꝙ nunqͣꝫ ē amor dei ocioſꝰ:operatur enim magna ſi eſt. ſi aūt operarideſinit: iam amor nō eſt. ¶ Tertio quo advirtuoſitatē. Nam ignis habet virtuteminclinandi alta et eleuandi infima: congregandi ſparſa. Sic amor ẜm Dionyſium habet vim inclinatiuam: quia inclinat