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ſint ſeptem temꝑa. ⁊ in veteri teſtamento ⁊in nouo. ⁊ in quolibet triforme vel in quolibet tria ſint ſeptenarius multiplicatꝰ perternarium bis. xlij. facit. ⁊ ille ſunt quadragintadue manſiones quibus peruenit̉ adterram ꝓmiſſionis. Et ſic patet quomodoſcriptura deſcribit ſucceſſiones temporū. ⁊nō ſunt a caſu ⁊ fortuna. ſed multa lux eſt īeis intelligentie ſpiritualis.Sermo. xvij.Quomodo ſcriptura reficit intellectum⁊ affectū ⁊ anima quaſi in paradiſo delectatur. ⁊ de theorijs ſacre ſcripture.iotulit te. A Herꝯybam virentē ⁊c̄. Gen̄. jͣ. Dictuꝫ eſtꝙ viſio intelligētie ꝑ ſcripturā erudite verſat̉ circa tria. Circa ītelligētias ſpirituales que intelligunt̉ ꝑ cōgregatōes acrum. Circa figuras ſacramētales ꝑ germinationē herbaꝝ vel arborū. Circa theorias multiformes ꝑ multiplicationē ſemini⁊ refectionē herbarū. Iſte theorie ꝯſiſtūtin cōſiderationibꝰ tempoꝝ ſibi ſuccedentium que ſunt ſeminaria quedā. ⁊ in correſpōdentia earundē. Alie theorie conſiſtūt ī cōſiderationibꝰ ſalutariū refectionū. quia nōin ſolo pane viuit homo. Cōſiderare debꝫhomo ex quo paſcat̉. quia eloquio ſcripture. Unde eſt lignū faciens fructū. Indigetem̄ intellectꝰ refectione. Indiget ⁊ affectꝰPrimo dicendū de refectione intellectus.Sed ſicut dicit apoſtolꝰ. Laborantē agricolam oportet pͥus edere de fructibꝰ. quiaoportet ꝙ p̄dicator ſit imbutꝰ ⁊ dulcoratꝰ īſe. ⁊ poſt alijs p̄ponat. Multi tamē voluntvideri ꝓphete ⁊ audiri tanqͣꝫ ꝓphete ⁊ paniseoꝝ inſipidꝰ eſt vel male coctus ⁊ frigidus⁊ populū detinēt ⁊ paꝝ ꝓficiūt. Notādūꝙ ſicut fructꝰ oblectat viſum ⁊ guſtum ī fame. maxime tamē pͥncipaliꝰ viſum oblectatſua pulcritudiue ⁊ decore. guſtū vero dulcore ⁊ ſuauitate. Sic ille theorie reficiūt intellectum ſuo decore. ⁊ affectū ſua ſuauitate.Hoc innuit ſcriptura dicēs. Plantauerataut dn̄s deꝰ paradiſum voluptatis a pͥncipio in quo poſuit hominē ⁊c̄. Hoc dictumeſt ꝑ recapitulationē. poſt ſeptimā diē. quiaiſta plantatio fuit tertia die. Sequit̉. Produxitqꝫ om̄e lignū pulcrū viſu. ⁊ ad veſcendum ſuaue. Lignū vite in medio paradiſi.
lignū ſciētie boni ⁊ mali. vt intellectum ſuodecore reficeret ⁊ affectū ſuauitate. Conſeruatio aūt erat in ligno vite ſi lignū ſcientiecaueret̉. Terra gͦ eſt ſcriptura q̄ ꝓduxit omne lignū pulcrū viſu ⁊ ad veſcendū ſuaue .ſ.multiformes theorias oblectātes ⁊ reficiētes. In ꝑadiſo aūt celeſti nō eſt plantationiſi rationū eternaꝝ. Et licet ibi ſit refectiode p̄deſtinatōibꝰ omniū ſanctoꝝ. potiſſimetamē gaudebo de mea p̄deſtinatiōe. et hocinnuit ſaluator. Gaudete qꝛ nomīa veſtraſcripta ſunt in celis. Paulꝰ potuit loqui deparadiſo celeſti qui raptꝰ fuit vſqꝫ ad tertiūcelū. Nos aūt neſcimꝰ ſed loquemur de terreſtri. Eſt aūt aīa paradiſus in qua plantata eſt ſcriptura. ⁊ habet innumerabiles ſuauitates ⁊ decores. Un̄. Ortus cōcluſus ſoror mea ſpōſa. Ortꝰ in quo ſunt ſacramētalia myſteria ⁊ ſpūales intelligētie. Ubi ſcaturit fons ſpūalium emiſſionū. Sed ꝯcluſus eſt ortꝰ ⁊ fons ſignatꝰ. quia nō patet immūdis ſed illis de quibꝰ. nouit deꝰ qͥ ſūt eiꝰHunc ortū eterna ſapiētia diligit ⁊ circa eūverſatur. Ecc̄i. xxiiij. Ego ſicut fluuiꝰ dorixexiui de paradiſo. Itē hunc ortū rigauit ille qui omēs plantat. Quā em̄ plantationēipſe nō plātat illa eradicabit̉. Om̄is plātatio quā nō plantauit pater i. ⁊c̄. Seqͥtur.Dixi rigabo ⁊ inebriabo ortū ⁊c̄. Rigat autem ſanguine quo aſperſus eſt liber ⁊ om̄ispopulꝰ. Rigat affluētia ſpūſſcī manantꝭ abip̄o. quā ſcriptura habet ⁊ quā inuenimusin ſcriptura. Hec ſunt ergo ligna pulcra viſu ⁊c̄. ratione fructuū pulcroꝝ ⁊ dulciū. Derefectione intellectꝰ dicendū. Sicut enimcorpꝰ ſine cibo perdit virtutē. decorē. ⁊ ſanitatem. ſic ītelligētia veritatis ſine ſuo cibotenebreſcit. infirma. deformis. ⁊ ſtabilis fit īom̄ibꝰ. oportet ergo refici. Hinc eſt ꝙ mēsvagabūda nō habēs cibū diſcurrit ⁊ eſt inſtabiliſ. Peccatū peccauit hieruſalē propterea inſtabilis facta eſt. ⁊ ideo eiecta de paradiſo vagatur ⁊ dat queqꝫ p̄cioſa ad refocillandū animā. Unde hec eſt paſſio miſerrīaUnde nihil ſaniꝰ niſi vt reſtringant̉ cogitationes ne vagent̉ in malū. Unde Iohāneſcaſſianꝰ venit cū multis ad quendā ſanctūpatrē. ⁊ ꝯqueſtus eſt de inſtabilitate cogitationis. ⁊ ꝙ in nullo poterat firmare intellectum. Et ille reſpōdit. ſi illa que nunqͣꝫ verſata fuerāt in corde tunc cogitabāt. Reſpōderūt ꝙ intm̄ ꝙ vix de aliquo alio cogitare