Fo.CXIX
reꝝ ſufficiētē ẜm ꝙ expedit ei ad ſalutē. partim ꝑ plana verba. ꝑtim ꝑ myſtica deſcribittotiꝰ vniuerſi cōtinentiā. quaſi in qͣdā ſumma. in qͦ attēdit̉ latitudo. deſcribit decurſūin qͦ attēdit̉ lōgitudo. deſcribit excellētiā finaliter ſaluādoꝝ. in qͦ attendit̉ ſublimitasdeſcribit ⁊ miſeriā dānatoꝝ. in qͦ ꝓfūditasꝯſiſtit. nō ſolū ip̄iꝰ vniuerſi. verū etiā diuiniiudicij. ⁊ ſic deſcribit totū vniuerſum qͣꝫtuꝫexpedit de ip̄o habere noticiā ad ſalutē ẜmipſiꝰ latitudinē. lōgitudinē. altitudinē. et ꝓfunditatē. Ip̄a etiā habet ī ſuo ꝓgreſſu hecqͣttuor ẜm ꝙ poſteriꝰ declarabit̉. qꝛ ſic exigebat cōditio capacitatꝭ humane. q̄ magna ⁊multa nata ē magnifice ⁊ multiplicit̓ capere tāqͣꝫ ſpeculū quoddā nobiliſſimū. in qͦ nata eſt deſcribi. nō ſolū naturalit̓. veꝝ etiā ſupernaturalit̓ reꝝ vniuerſitas mūdanaꝝ. vtſic ꝑgreſſus ſacre ſcpͥture attēdat̉ ẜm exigētiā capacitatis humane Statꝰ vero ſiuefructꝰ ſacre ſcripture nō eſt quicūqꝫ. ſꝫ plenitudo eterne felicitatis. Nā hec eſt ſcripturain qua ꝟba ſunt vite eterne. q̄ ideo ſcpͥta eſtnō ſolū vt credamꝰ. veꝝ etiā vt vitā poſſideamꝰ eternā. In qua qͥdē videbimꝰ. amabimus. ⁊ vniuerſalit̓ omīa deſideria noſtra īplebunt̉. Quibꝰ īpletis vere tūc ſciemꝰ ſuꝑeminētē ſciētie charitatē. ⁊ ita impleti erimꝰin omnē plenitudinē dei. Ad quā qͥdē plenitudinē conat̉ nos diuīa introducere ſcriptura. iuxta p̄dicte ſnīe apoſtolice veritatē.Hocigit̉ fine. hac etiā intētiōe ſacra ſcpͥtura ꝑſcrutāda eſt ⁊ docēda. ⁊ etiā audiendaEt vt ad iſtū fructū ⁊ terminū recto ꝑueniamꝰ ꝓgreſſu. ꝑ viā recti itineris ſcripturarūinchoandū eſt ab exordio. hͦ eſt vt cū merafide ad patrē luminū accedamꝰ flectēdo genua cordis noſtri. vt ip̄e ꝑ filiū ſuū in ſpirituſancto det nobis verā noticiā ieſu chriſti⁊ cū noticia amorē ipſiꝰ vt ſic ip̄m cognoſcētes ⁊ amāteſ. ⁊ tanqͣꝫ in fide ſolidati ⁊ in charitate radicati. poſſimꝰ ipſiꝰ ſacre ſcripturenoſſe latitudinē. lōgitudinē. altitudinē. ⁊ ꝓfunditatē. ⁊ ꝑ hāc noticiā ꝑueīre ad pleniſſimā noticiā ⁊ excellētiſſimū ⁊ exceſſiuū amorē btīſſime trinitatꝭ. qͦ ſctōꝝ tēdūt deſideriain qͦ eſt ſtatꝰ ⁊ cōplemētū oīs veri ⁊ boni.De latitudine ſacre ſcriptureUiꝰ ſacre ſcripture fine ꝯcupito ⁊ ītento. ⁊ pͥncipio credito ſimul ⁊ īuocato videndꝰ eſt ꝓgreſſus qͣꝫtum adipſiꝰ latitudinē. longitudinē. ſublimitatē et
ꝓfunditatē. ẜm viā ⁊ ordinē apoſtolici documēti. Cōſiſtit aūt ipſiꝰ latitudo in multitudine ſuaꝝ partiū. Lōgitudo ꝟo in deſcriptione tēpoꝝ ⁊ etatū. Altitudo in deſcriptōne hierarchiaꝝ gͣdatim ordinataꝝ. Profūditas in multitudine myſticoꝝ ſenſuū ⁊ intelligētiaꝝ. Si igit̉ velimꝰ latitudinē ſacreſcripture ſpeculari. pͥma fronte occurrit nobis ſacra ſcriptura ſecāda in duo teſtamenta .ſ. in vetꝰ ⁊ nouū. Uetꝰ aūt occurrit cū ml̓titudine libroꝝ. Habet em̄ libros legales.hyſtoriales. ſapiētiales ⁊ ꝓphetales. ita ꝙ pͥmi ſunt. v. ſecundi. x. tertij. v. quarti ſunt ſex.ac ꝑ hoc in vniuerſo .xxvj. Nouū ſimilit̓ teſtamentū habet libros his correſpōdētes.ẜm qͣdruplicē formā. Nā legalibꝰ corrn̄dētlibri euāgelici. hyſtorialibꝰ actꝰ apl̓ici. ſapiētialibꝰ epl̓e apl̓oꝝ. ⁊ maxīe Pauli. ꝓphetalibus correſpōdet liber apocalipẜ. vt ſic mira ſit ꝯformitas int̓ vetꝰ ⁊ nouū teſtamētū.nō ſolū in ꝯtinētia ſenſuū. veꝝ etiā in qͣdriformitate partiū. In cuiꝰ figurā ⁊ cōſignificationē vidit ezechiel rotā qͣttuor facierū. ⁊rotā in medio rote. qꝛ vetꝰ eſt in nouo ⁊ ecōuerſo. Nā in libris legalibꝰ ⁊ euāgelicis ē facies leonis ꝓpter excellentiā auctoritatꝭ. Inhyſtorialibꝰ eſt facies bouis ꝓpter exēpla ꝟtutis. In ſapiētialibꝰ eſt facies homīs propter prudētiā ſagacē. In libris ꝓphetalibꝰeſt facies aqͥle ꝓpter intelligentiā perſpicacēRecte aūt ſacra ſcriptura diuidit̉ in vetꝰ⁊ nouū teſtamētū. ⁊ nō in theoricā ⁊ practicam. ſic̄ ph̓ia. qꝛ cū ſacra ſcriptura fundet̉ ꝓprie ſuꝑ cognitionē fidei. q̄ virtꝰ eſt ⁊ fundamentū moꝝ ⁊ iuſticie. ⁊ totiꝰ recte vite. nonpoteſt ī ea ſequeſtrari noticia reꝝ ſiue credēdoꝝ a noticia moꝝ. Secꝰ aūt eſt de ph̓ia. q̄nō tm̄ de veritate moꝝ veꝝ etiā agit de ꝟonuda ſpeculatiōe cōſiderato. Quoniā igit̉ſcriptura ſacra eſt noticia mouēs ad bonū⁊ reuocās a malo. ⁊ hoc eſt ꝑ timorē ⁊ amorem. ideo diuidit̉ in duo teſtamēta. qͦꝝ breuis differētia eſt timor ⁊ amor. Et qͥa quadrupliciter pōt qͥs moueri ad bonū ⁊ reuocari a malo .ſ. ꝑ p̄cepta potiſſime maieſtatisvel ꝑ documēta ſapiētiſſime ꝟitatis. vel perexempla ⁊ bn̄ficia innocētiſſime bonitatisvel ex his om̄ibꝰ in vnū collectis. ideo tā innouo qͣꝫ in veteri teſtamēto ſunt quadriformiter traditi libri cōtinentes ſacrā ſcripturam ẜm correſpōdentiā ad qͣtuor premiſſa.Nā libri legales mouēt ꝑ p̄cepta maieſtatꝭ