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māna in voluntariū ſaporē vertit: ſic̄ Grego. dicit ¶ Itē ſapiētia ſacre ſcripture īueſtiganda eſt ad modū aque. ¶ Primo cummentis humilitate. Docet enī Pall̓. in li.ſuo de agricultura: ꝙ ſi qͥs vult puteū fodere ⁊ in qͦ loco inuenire poſſit aquā inueſtigare: hunc modum tenere debet: Maneante ortū folis his locis quibꝰ aqua q̄renda eſt eqͣliter pronꝰ mento ad ſolū depreſſo iacens in terra ſpectare debet orientē: ⁊in qͦ loco aſpiciens ſubtilē nebulaꝫ in aerecōſurgere viderit: ⁊ ſe velut rorē ſpargere:ſigno aliquo vicine ſtirpis vel arboris prenotare. Nā cōſtat ſiccis locꝭ vbi hoc fieretaquā latere. Sicut ergo cū ꝓſtratione corporis q̄renda eſt aqua material̓: ita quoqꝫcū humilitate mentis inueſtiganda ē aquaſapientie ſalutaris: Prouerb̓. xj. Ubi humilitas ibi ſapīa. Sed notandū ꝙ qͥ ſe adterrā ꝓſternit ad orientē debꝫ ſpectare: qꝛqͥ humiliter ſcripture ſacre ꝑſcrutat̉ myſteria a xp̄o. de qͦ ſcriptū ē Zach̓. vj. Ecce viroriens nomē eiꝰ: eorundē intelligentiā debet ⁊ petere ⁊ ſpectare. Un̄ Iaco. j. d̓r: Siqͥs indiget ſapīa poſtu. a deo: qꝛ dat oībuſaffluenter ⁊cͣ. Ip̄e enī chriſtꝰ deꝰ eſt ſapientiā p̄ſtans paruulis .i. humilibꝰ. Vnde iacens ⁊ orientē cōſpiciēs ſubtilē nebule vaporē cōſpicit: qͥ ſe velut rorē ſpargit. Quiaqͥ humili mente a chriſto ſapīam petit: primo hanc qͣſi ſubtili ⁊ tenui vapore .i. ꝯſideratione ꝑcipit q̄ poſt paulatim excreſcensvelut ros deſuꝑ veniens copioſiꝰ ac largiſe infundit: Matth̓. .xj. Abſcōdiſti hec a ſapientibꝰ ⁊ prudētibꝰ ⁊ reuelaſti ea paruulis. ¶ Scd̓o inueſtigāda eſt cū cordis puritate. Dicit enī idē Palla. ꝙ ſi in aliqͦ loco vbi nō ſit lacuna: neqꝫ aliqͥs ex ꝯſuetudine humor inſideat aut tranſeat in tenuiſaltu ſalix ſiluatica virens arundo ederaqꝫ humore gignant̉: fodiat̉ locꝰ ille latitudine pedū triū: altitudine pedū qͥnqꝫ ⁊ ꝓxime ad ſolis occaſum mundū vas ereū vl̓plumbeū interiꝰ vnctū immerſum ponat̉in fundo ipſiꝰ foſſiōis: ⁊ ſupra foſſaꝫ cratisde virgis ac frondibꝰ: additaqꝫ terra ſpaciū om̄e cooperiat̉: ſequēti die aꝑto loco ſiin eodē vaſe ſudores intrinſecꝰ inueniant̉:aut ſtille aquas ibi eſſe nō dubites. Sicutergo ad inueniendā materialē aquam cōgruit habere vas immūdū: ita ad inueſtigaudū ſpiritualē ſapientiā cōuenit habe-

re corpurū: Sap̄. j. In maliuoalā aīaꝫ nōintroibit ſapīa. Sed notandū ꝙ ideꝫ vasde ſolida debet eſſe materia ſcꝫ ereum velplumbeū: vt videlicet inueſtigator ſpūalisſapiētie ip̄m vas cordis ſolidū habeat nōcōfractū: ſicut illud de quo dicit̉ Eccī. xxj.Cor fatui qͣſi vas cōfractū oēm ſapientiaꝫnō tenebit ¶ Itē debet idē vas eſſe interiꝰvnctū illa vnctiōe videlicꝫ. de qͣ d̓r .j. Ioh̓.ij. Vos vnctionē quā accepiſtis ab eo maneat in vobis: ⁊ nō neceſſe habetꝭ vt aliqͦsdoceat vos: ſed ſicut vnctio eiꝰ docet vosde oībus. ¶ Item ꝙ idē vas debet ſub crate viminea ꝑ diem operiri ⁊ ſequēti die diſcooperiri: ſignat ꝙ ſacri inueſtigator eloquij ⁊ debet ſe tacendo aliqn̄ occultare etaliqn̄ ſcꝫ oportuno tꝑe ſe docendo ꝓpalare ¶ Uel pͥmo debet ſe abſcōdere ad ſtudēdum ⁊ meditandū ⁊ poſtea ſe ꝓpalare adaquā doctrine ſtillandū ¶ Sed iterū notaꝙ nō eſt q̄renda aqua ſapiētie ſalutaris inlacunis .i. in hereticoꝝ doctrinis ſeu librꝭ:neqꝫ vbi ſit humor trāſiens .i. mūdana ſcientia q̄ ſolū tranſitoria q̄rit: ſed in herbishumoroſis ⁊ ſemꝑ virentibꝰ .i. in ſacre ſcriture ſeu ſanctoꝝ doctrinis in qͥbus abundat humor ſpūalis deuotiōis ⁊ viror ꝟtutis vel ꝑpetue veritatis. ¶ Tertio inueſtiganda eſt cū mētis trāquillitate. Dicit enīPalladius: ꝙ ſi vas figuli ſiccū neqꝫ coctum eadē rōne ponat̉ ac ſil̓r operiat̉: altera die ſi aquaꝝ vena eſt in pn̄ti: vas concepto hūore ſoluet̉. Sil̓r in inueſtigādo diuinā ſapientiā debet eſſe vas ſiccum ab humore cōcupiſcentie ⁊ non coctū caloribusire. Nā iſte due paſſiōes maxime mentē inquietant ⁊ reddūt ineptā ad ꝑcipiendū lumen ſapientie: ſcꝫ paſſio ꝯcupiſcētie et ire.Unde oportet inueſtigatorē diuini eloquijab vtraqꝫ paſſione mentē habere trāquillam. Et ideo caſtitas ⁊ māſuetudo maxīecōferre dicunt̉ ad cōtemplationē ſapiētie.Iaco .j. In manſuetudine ſuſcipite inſituꝫverbū ⁊cͣ. ¶ Quarto inueſtigāda eſt cū deuotionis ſuauitate. Nā idē Palladius dicit ꝙ lucerna oleo plena ⁊ intēſa ſi ibi ſimiliter recta ponat̉: ⁊ ſecūda die inueniat̉ extincta ſuꝑſtitibꝰ alimētis aquas idē locushabebit. Similiter inueſtigator ſacre ſcripture debet hr̄e lucernā .i. mentē oleo deuotionis plenā: qꝛ talis mens eſt q̄ aquaꝫverę ſapiētie efficacius ⁊ fructu oſius inue