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enteret ne eū venenaret. vn̄ d̓r Act̉. .xxviij.ꝙ Paulꝰ viperā q̄ manū ſuā inuaſit ⁊ adip̄am pēdebat in ignē excuſſit. Tūc enī vipera vl̓ venenoſus ꝟmis manū iudicꝭ īuadit vt vitā eiꝰ veneno extinguat qn̄ aliqͥseū muneribꝰ tentat vt cupiditatis venenoiuſticiā corrūpat. Sed ꝓbus iudex eam inignē excutit: qꝛ hāc cū quodā quaſi furore⁊ īdignatiōe repellit. vn̄ d̓r Eſa. xxiij. Beatuſ qͥ excutit manꝰ ab om̄i .ſ. mūere. Quiatriplex eſt munꝰ: cuiꝰ acceptio vl̓ expectatio corrūpit nō ſolū manꝰ iudicātis: ſꝫ etiāinterdū cuiuſcunqꝫ bona oꝑantis. vn̄ Gre.Tres ſūt acceptiōes muneꝝ ad q̄ ex fraude feſtinat̉. Munꝰ nāqꝫ ex corde eſt vanagr̄a ꝑ cogitationeꝫ. Munus ab ore ē vanagloria ꝑ fauorē. Munus ex manu eſt p̄mium ꝑ dationē. Sed iuſtꝰ qͥſqꝫ ab omni munere manus excutit: qꝛ in eo ꝙ recte agit:nec ab humano corde vanā gr̄am: nec aborē laudē: nec a manu dationē accipere q̄rit. Solꝰ igit̉ ī dei oꝑatiōe fraudē nō fac̄: qͦcū ad ſtudia bone actiōis īuigilat: nec adcorporal̓ rei p̄mia: nec ad laudis ꝟba: necad hūani iudicij gr̄aꝫ anhelat. ¶ Ca. LBediēti deo oo bediūt oīa ⁊ creator et creatura.Quod patet exemplo Ioſue qn̄mādauit ſoli ꝙ ſtaret ⁊ ſtetit. vn̄ Ioſue. x.Nō fuit poſtea tā lōga dies obediēte dn̄ovoci homīs: Grego. Si obediētes fuerimꝰp̄ceptꝭ diuīs: obēdiet dn̄s orōnibꝰ noſtrꝭ.Itē aſſuefactio ad oꝑa obediētie facit eavideri facilia. Equus enī aſſuefactꝰ circūuolutionibꝰ de facili ad voluntatē ſeſſorisflecti pōt: Prouer. xxj. Equus parat̉ addiē belli: dn̄s aūt ſalutē tribuet. Equꝰ iſtereligioſus eſt: cui frenū obediētie īponit̉:qꝛ paratꝰ eſt ꝑ aſſuefactionē ad obediēduꝫvt ad dextera vl̓ ſiniſtrā ꝟtat̉. Psͣ.cxviij.Paratꝰ ſū ⁊ nō ſū turbatꝰ ⁊c̄. ¶ Ca. LIPus bonū debet offerri deo pure et complete.Sicut iubebatur offerri hoſtia in lege. Nāin lege iudeis preceptum erat vt ſubtractapelle hoſtie artꝰ in fruſtra cōciderēt. Pellē nanqꝫ hoſtie ſicut Grego. dicit ſubtrahimus cū a mentis noſtre oculis ſuꝑficiē virtutis amouemꝰ: cuiꝰ artus in fruſta cōcidimus cū diſtinguētes ſubtiliter eius ītima
mēbratimqꝫ cogitamus ¶ Item Leuit̉. iij.Preceptū ē vt cauda hoſtie in altari offerretur: vt videlicet omne bonū qd̓ īcipimꝰetiā perſeuerāti fine cōpleamus. ¶ Itē operantes bona ꝓpter difficultatē aſſimilant̉aſcendentibꝰ. mala ꝟo ꝓpter facilitatē deſcendentibus. Nā ſicut dicit Gre. oīs aſcēſus in labore eſt: deſcenſus in voluptate.Quia per āniſū greſſus ad ſuperiora tēditur. per remiſſioneꝫ ꝟo ad inferiora declinatur. Ad montis eī verticē ip̄m ſaxū ſubuehere magni laboris eſt: ipſūqꝫ a ſummis.ad ima dimittere laboris nō eſt. Sine mora videlicet ꝓruit qͥ magnis conatibus adſūma ꝑuenit. longo ſtudio ſeges ſerit̉ ſoliatqꝫ imbri diu committit̉: ſed tn̄ vna ⁊ ſubita ſcintilla cōſumitur. Paulatim edificiaad alta ꝓficiunt: ſed repentinis caſibꝰ terrā petūt. Robuſta arbor in aere per tardaincrementa ſe erigit: ſꝫ quicqͥd diu ad altaꝓtulit ſemel ⁊ ſimul cadit. Sicqꝫ fit vt iuſtiad ſumma ꝑ tarda incremēta ꝓficiāt: ſꝫ iniqui ad vitioruꝫ ima ſine vllo obſtaculo acdifficultatē deſcēdāt. ¶ Itē opꝰ bonū reqͥrit deꝰ ab homine ſic̄ hō de qualibet arbore que eſt in horto ſuo vult habere bonumfructū. ad hoc enī plantauit: ⁊ ſi nō portatfructū bonū ſcindit ⁊ cōburit. Sic deꝰ de qͦlibet homine quē poſuit in mundo fructūbonoꝝ operum requirit: Alioquin ſcindetur ⁊ in ignē eternū mittet̉: Mat. iij. Omīsarbor q̄ nō facit fructū bonuꝫ excidet̉ ⁊ inignē mittet̉ ¶ Itē materia mollis cito diſſoluit̉: ſic opus molliū ⁊ tepidoꝝ cito deficit: Prouer. xviij. Qui mollis ⁊ diſſolutꝰeſt in opere ſuo: frater eſt ſua opera diſſipātis. ¶ Itē bona oꝑa faciēs ⁊ a mal̓ ſe nō cuſtodiēs: ſil̓is ē fatuo qͥ mittit aquā ī ciſternā ꝑforatā. vel vinū ponens in vegētē fractū: vel frumētū ī ſaccū ꝑtuſū. Quia qͣꝫtūex vna ꝑte poneret tātū ex alia exiret. Itatalis quiequid lucrat̉ ex operibꝰ bonis cōſequēter ꝑdit ex malis: Aggei .j. Et qͥ mercedes cōgregauit miſit eas in ſacculū ꝑtuſū. de ꝑtuſo enī ſacculo ſic̄ dic̄ Gre. aliundeexit ꝙ aliūde mittit̉. Quia indiſcrete mentes mercēdē quā ex bono acqͥrūt nō aſpiciunt: quō ex malo oꝑe ꝑdūt. Aliuſ nāqꝫ caſtitatē corporis ſeruat: ſeqꝫ vigilāter circūſpicit ne qͥd foris rep̄henſibilis admittat:ſuis cōtētꝰ ē aliena nō diripit: ſꝫ tn̄ odiumfortaſſe in corde ꝯͣ ꝓxīm ſeruat. cū ſcriptū