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Preciſa ē ve. a texē. vi. mea. Un̄ Greg. dic̄ꝙ tela tarditatē ꝓuectꝰ: vita āt pn̄s morādefectꝰ nō hꝫ. In illa nāqꝫ cū laborātꝭ manus figit̉ aduētꝰ termini elongat̉. In iſtaꝟo qꝛ tꝑe deſinēs īdeſinēter ꝯſumimꝰ ad finē nr̄i itinerꝭ etiā qͥeſcēdo ꝑuenimꝰ: ⁊ percurſuꝫ nr̄i trāſitꝰ etiā dormiētes imus. Electi gͦ qꝛ pn̄tis vite momēta decurrere ſubfeſtinatiōe ꝯſpiciūt: nequaqͣꝫ in hͦ mobilitatis itinere cordis intentionē figūt: ſicut dicit Grego.¶ Capl̓m:LXXXVIta hūana ſpivritual̓ aſſimilat̉ militie. Prīoꝓpt̓ pugne neceſſitatē. qͣꝫdiu em̄in hac vita pn̄ti hō tenet̉: pugͣre neceſſe eſteū. pͥmo ꝓpt̓ diaboli malignitatē: Un̄ Iobvij. ẜm vnā lr̄aꝫ d̓r: Tētatio ē vita hoīs ſuꝑterrā. Grego. Quid tētatiōis noīe niſi pugna ꝯͣ malignos ſpūs expͥmit̉? Ergo vitahoīs tētatio ē: qꝛ dū ꝯͣ malignoꝝ ſpirituūīſidias vigilat: ī belloꝝ ꝓcīctu ꝓculdubiodeſudat. Scd̓o hꝫ pugͣre ꝯͣ ꝓpriā īfirmitatē. Spōte qͥppe a ſtatu ꝯditiōis lapſuscorruptiōis ſue putredini ſubditꝰ: dū ſibiex ſeip̄o moleſtiaſ gignit: in qͣdā pugna varietatꝭ exiſtit. Un̄ nūc ⁊ ſi ad ſūma appetēda ⁊ etiā ꝯſeq̄nda ſe erigit mutabilitatꝭ: lubrice īpulſu ꝓtinꝰ ad ſemetip̄m cadit: vultin ꝯtēplatiōe ſtare: ſꝫ nō valet cogitatiōisegreſſuꝫ fige̓ nitit̉ ſꝫ īfirmitatibꝰ ſue lapſibus eneruat̉. Qui nimiꝝ mutabilitatꝭ ſueonera: qꝛ volēs expetijt nolēſ portat. Quietus hō carnē poſſidere potuit ſi bn̄ ab auctore ꝯditꝰ poſſideri voluiſſet. Cūqꝫ ſe erigere ꝯͣ ꝯditorē ſtuduit: in ſemetip̄o ꝓtinꝰcarnis ꝯtūelias īuenit. Sꝫ qꝛ cū culpa ſil̓ab origīe etiā pēa ꝓpagat̉: inſerto īfirmitatis vitio naſcimur: ⁊ qͣſi cuꝫ hoſte deducimur quē cū labore ſuꝑemꝰ. Ip̄a gͦ hoīs vita pugͣ ē cui ex ſemetip̄a naſcit̉ vn̄ ꝑimat̉.Tertio hꝫ pugͣre ꝯͣ vitioꝝ naſcētiū ꝑplexitatē: qꝛ .ſ. penitētꝭ aīa ſꝑ ī pugna ē: ꝙ ⁊ ſiſꝑ ex ꝟtute ſuccidit qd̓ ex īfirmitate generat: ſꝑ tn̄ ex īfirmitate generat qd̓ ex ꝟtuteſuccidat. Nā ⁊ ſi iā ab iniqͥtatꝭ ꝑpetratiōecōpeſcit̉: in ip̄is tn̄ bonis oꝑibꝰ mō maloꝝmēoria: mō ſeductiōis caligīe tētatiōis ſueīterruptiōe fuſcat̉. Aliꝰ nāqꝫ a luxuria iaꝫcarnē refrenat: ſꝫ tn̄ adhuc luxurie fantaſmata tolerat: qꝛ qͥ volēs fec̄ hoꝝ etiā īuitꝰmemīt: ⁊ penā ſuſtinet qd̓ voluptatē puta
uit: qꝛ ꝟo ad deuictā culpā retrahi metuit.ventrē mire rigore abſtinētie ꝯſtrīgit: vultuſqꝫ ex abſtinētia palleſcit. Cūqꝫ pallor īfacie aſpicit̉: venerāda ab hoībꝰ vita laudat̉ moxqꝫ īanis gl̓ia abſtinētꝭ aīaꝫ cū verbis fauoris ꝯcutit: quā ꝯcuſſa mēs dū ſb̓ij.cere nō valet eū ꝑ quē venerat̉ tergere a facie pallorē q̄rit: ſicqꝫ fit vt īfirmitatꝭ nexibuſ ligata aut pallorē abſtinētie fugiēs iterū ꝑ alimēta ſb̓di luxurie metuat: aut īpulſū luxurie ꝑ abſtinētiā ſuꝑans pallorē ſuūīani gl̓ie militare ꝑtimeſcat. Aliꝰ lapſū ſuꝑbie ſuperās: toto iā deſiderio ſtatū hūilitatꝭ app̄hēdit. Cūqꝫ ſuꝑbiētes qͦſdaꝫ vſqꝫad opp̄ſſiōes īnocētiū erūꝑe ꝯſpicit: pꝰ ponere aliqͣꝫtulū cogit̉ qd̓ decreuit: vim rectitudīs exerit ⁊ prauis nō māſuetudine ſꝫaucͣte ꝯͣdicit. Un̄ plerūqꝫ fit vt aut ꝑ hūilitatꝭ ſtudiū rectitudīſ c̨elū deſerat: aut celorectitudīs turbet hūilitatꝭ ſtudiū qd̓ tenebat. Cūqꝫ ẜuari ſil̓ ⁊ c̨eli aucͣtas ⁊ ꝓpoſitahūilitaſ nō poſſit: ſibimetip̄i hō ex ꝑturbatiōe incognitꝰ reddit̉: ita vt vehemēter ambigat ne apd̓ ſeductū animū aut ſuꝑbia ſeauctoritate celi īſinuet: aut torpor pauidꝰhūilitatē fingat. Aliꝰ qͣꝫta ſit fallacie culpa⁊ fidei virtꝰ ꝯſiderās arcē ꝟitatꝭ eligēs decernit vt ex ore iā falſus ẜmo nō ꝓdeat: ſeſeqꝫ funditꝰ a mēdacij tranſgreſſiōe diſiungat. Sꝫ fit plerūqꝫ vt dū veꝝ d̓r vita ꝓximi gͣuet̉. Cūqꝫ īgerere alteri leſionē metuit: ad hͦ qd̓ dudū p̄ſſerat fallacie vitium qͣſiex ſtudio pietatis redit: ſicqꝫ fit vt ſi malicia mentē nō teneat: in eo tn̄ veritatis iudiciū vmbra mēdacij obſcuret. Un̄ ⁊ ſepe qꝛꝑcōctatus qͥſqꝫ ꝯticere nō valet: aut falſuꝫdicēs ſuā mentē trucidat: aut verū loq̄nsꝓximi vitā grauat. Alius amore ꝯditorisexcitatus a terrenis cogitatiōibus mentēcurat aſſidua orōne ſuſpēdere: atqꝫ hāc inſecreta qͥetis intime ſecuritate collocare.Sꝫ in ip̄o ſue orōnis aſcenſu dum eleuareanimū ab infimis nitit̉: īfirmoꝝ fantaſmatibus reuerberat̉ atqꝫ ad intuendū lucemmētis oculus tēdit̉: ſꝫ ex corporeo vſu ſurgentibus terrenoꝝ imaginibus obſcurat̉.Un̄ fit plerūqꝫ vt intēdētis animꝰ ip̄a ſuainfirmitate fatigatus: aut orōnē deſerensdeſidia torpeat: aut ſi diu in orōne ꝑmanſerit: apd̓ eiꝰ oculos obortaꝝ imaginū caligodenſeſcat. Propter q̄ omnia recte d̓r ꝙ militia ſiue tētatio eſt vita homīs ſuper ter-
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