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cūt a montibus eternis. ¶ Hec intelligenon ꝙ verus hūilis querat ſolū duci ꝑ reuelatōes ſpūales ꝯtēpta rōne natural̓r indita ſibi ſeorſum hec p̄ſumptio. ſed eandērōnē plurimū obſcurā ⁊ nubiloſam ac ꝓinde in errorē quēlibet ꝓmptiſſimā/ petittergi mundari poliriqꝫ/ vt in lumine hocvultus dei ſignato ſuꝑ ea/ on̄dant̉ bona ſibi. Preterea ſenſum alienū p̄fert ſuo/ noninnitēs prudētie ſue. Exinde cauet ſibi abilluſione demōis meridiani trāſfigurātisſe in angelū lucis. qͥ nō aliter ꝙͣ ꝑ hanc credendi alijs humilitatē exufflat̉. Non omnes aliter laquei ſui/ teſte oraculo ad Anthoniū euādūt̉. ¶ Beniqꝫ videre eſt in hͦhūilitatis exitu/ p̄cipue in xp̄o/ ſtupēda diuine ſtulticie miracula. Nam de pctō dānauit pctm̄. ⁊ de infamia famam. De ludibrio ⁊ ignobilitate/ glorioſaꝫ nobilitatē ꝓgenuit. Placuit inſuꝑ ꝑ ſtulticiā p̄dicationis deſtruere oēm ſcīam extollentē ſe ꝯtradeū. Nam ꝯtra ſcādalū iudeorū irriſionēgentiū aſtutiā demonū atrocitatē tyrānorum reclamantibus vndiqꝫ magno boatuph̓is. imo ꝓprijs ſenſibus: docuit ꝑuulosſimplices ea q̄ doctus Plato neſciuit queDemoſtenes eloquēs ignorauit. ⁊ ſic docuit ꝙ nihil certius teneat̉ ꝙͣ ꝙ humili fideiſtulticia credit̉.Tercia conſideratioDeus ſuꝑbis reſiſtit hūilibꝰ aūt dat gratiaꝫ. Iacobi. iiij. Ad quē reſpiciā ait dn̄sᵛniſi ad pauꝑculū ⁊ cōtritū ſpū ⁊ trementēſermōes meos? Eſa. lxvj. Itaqꝫ aīa ꝙͣtuꝫexit a diuina bonitate ⁊ ꝑfectōe in ſua vilitatem deiectionē ⁊ imꝑfectionē. tanto ē ꝑfectior. Noli mirari hec. qꝛ dīnis gratijset donis eo eſt plenior tanꝙͣ vallis abundans frumēto virtutū. tanꝙͣ intelligibilisquedā abyſſus fluenta ſorbēs aquarū viuentiū. qͣſi vacuū quoddā ſpūale ad qd̓ replendū confluūt oīa. nec implere ſufficiūtniſi deus. ẜm Aug. j. ꝯfeẜ. ¶ Hāc ꝑfectiſſimā imꝑfectione. hanc optimā (ſi ſic dicipōt) peccabilitatē/ ſibimet aſcripſit Paulus/ dū ſe primū inter peccatores noīauit. ⁊qꝛ nō mētiebat̉ ita vere ſenſit. Hoc planemagnū miraculū videre hoīem in virtutibus oībus clareſcere. ⁊ laborare plus oībꝰ.

nihilominus ſe primū inter homicidas ⁊matricidas ⁊ oēs ſceleratiſſimos cōputare¶ Dicere aliqͥd grādius meditor neſcio. ſipotero iuuate me. puto imo certe credo. ꝙxp̄s ⁊ maria/ paulū in humilitate nō paululū trāſcēderūt. Uellē gͦ ſcire. Nunqͥd fecit hec hūilitas vt xp̄s ⁊ maria/ ſe tanto verius inter peccatores primos noīarēt. quāto hūilius a deo in ſe exeuntes/ ſuuꝫ imꝑfectū lucidius cognouerūt? Poterat eſtimo ſic intelligi (acſi nō horrerent pie aures) ſic dici. nō quidē de pctō cōtracto abſit. ſed de labilitate ad peccandū. Nā creatura rōnalis quelibet labilior ⁊ ꝓnior adcaſum et defectū/ quāto in naturalibus etetiā gratuitꝭ fuerit ornatior ſecluſa dei manutenētia ſpāli/ qͣſi vicꝫ plus habeat creatura oīs de vanitate ⁊ tendētia in nihiluꝫquāto plus de entitate. Signū hmōi euidēs fuit in lucifero adā ⁊ alijs multis. qͦꝝnobilitates ⁊ ꝑfectōes quid fuerūt eis/ niſi pondus grauius ad ruinā? Hoc ſentitaīa xp̄i. hoc maria eo ꝓfundiori humilitate qͦ lucidius cōtemplant̉. Hinc Aug. vocauit mariā puellā vilem ⁊ abiectā in oculis ſuis. Nam qͦ pacto Maria ⁊ xp̄us ẜmaīam fixius ſe ⁊ oīa dona ſua ſtabilirent indn̄o. ſi quōlibet fidendum eſſe ſentirentin viribus ſuis ⁊ in abūdātia diuitiarū ſuarū. Et ſi p̄terea nō ſeipſos ꝯputarēt in illorum numero de qͥbus ꝓpheticus ſermodicit. Ueruntn̄ vniuerſa vanitas oīs hōviuēs. Si nō inſuꝑ iubentē audirēt. Quāto magnus es humilia te in oībus ⁊ coraꝫdeo inuenies gratiā. Ecc̄. iij. Demū qui ſehumiliat ſi exaltet̉ quō maxīe exaltabit̉ qͥmaxīe ſe humiliat? Xp̄s aūt humillimꝰ eſtergo ſibipſi ẜm hūanitatē (vt ſic conſideratam) vaniſſimū aliqd̓ ens ⁊ inane reputatus ē. recte quidem. vt nō in ſe ſed in dn̄ogloriet̉. j. ad Coꝝ. j. ¶ Audis ne hoc p̄ſūptio ſtulta cordis hūani. o ſtultiſſima inquaꝫ cordis hūani p̄ſumptio. nunqͥd hocattēdis? Ut qͥd ſuꝑbis terra ⁊ cinis veſicaventoſa. cur inflaris: o pellis fragilis ⁊ citorūpenda cur tēderis? Si q̄ris honores ſuꝑba ceruice/ ſi ſapīam/ ſi gratiā tota (vt dicunt) erras via. Tu qͦ tibi maior: eo viliorpauꝑior ⁊ ſtultitior efficieris. Tu phariſeico more diuitias tuas iactas/ noli mirari ſi