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fieri. vt in fuga ⁊ comeſtione ⁊ loculis taceamus. q̄ oīa tā abſurda ſunt vt ſi qͥs ea conet̉defendere. nō tā videat̉ errare qͣꝫ inſanireT aūt hec ⁊ his ſimilia prudens lector effugiat incōueniētia. in que iscui reſpōdemꝰ ex īcōſideratōe deueītattēdere debet ꝙ deceptiōis huiꝰ duplex extitit cauſa. Prima cauſa eſt. qꝛ cū ſcirꝫ xp̄umeſſe om̄is ꝑfectiōis exemplū. modū tn̄ huiꝰexemplaritatꝭ neſciuit. vel aduertere neglexit. Secūda cauſa ē. qꝛ cū clare ꝑpēderet imperfectionē a ꝑfectiōe deficere. modū tamēhuiꝰ defectōis nō potuit inueſtigare. Intelligendū eſt igit̉ ꝙ cū xp̄s ſit verbū increatū⁊ incarnatū. duplex eſt in eo ratio exēplaritatis. eterne videlicet ⁊ tꝑalis. Eterne inquā.ẜm ꝙ eſt ſplēdor eterne glorie. ⁊ figura ſub̓edei patris. atqꝫ cādor lucis eterne ⁊ ſpeculūſine macula maieſtatꝭ d̓i. In quo quidē ſpeculo exēplariter cūcta creata relucēt. q̄ a pͥncipio ꝯditionis mūdi vſqꝫ in finē. ad perfectionē vniuerſi totiꝰ tā ſpūaliter qͣꝫ ſenſibiliter ꝓducunt̉. Et ẜm hoc eſt xp̄s vt verbū increatū. ſpeculū intellectuale ⁊ exemplū eternum totiꝰ machine mūdialis. Inqͣntū aūtverbū incarnatū in aſſumpte humanitatisꝯuerſatiōe. exemplū ⁊ ſpeculū eſt oīm gratiarum ⁊ virtutū ⁊ meritoꝝ. ad cuiꝰ exemplariſimitatōnē erigendū eſt tabernaculū militātis eccl̓ie. Iuxta qd̓ Moyſi myſterialit̓ dictum eſt. Inſpice ⁊ fac ẜm exēplar qd̓ tibi inmonte monſtratū eſt. Et quēadmodū ab illo vno et̓no exēplari īdiuiſo tā diuerſe manant creaturaꝝ nature ⁊ naturarū ꝑfectiones. ẜm variā ipſiꝰ ſummi boni ꝑticipatōeꝫqd̓ ꝑfecte ab vna aliqua creatura capi n̄ poterat. ꝓpter qd̓ ⁊ diuerſas ꝯſtituit deꝰ reꝝ ſpecies ad vniuerſi cōpletionē. fic ⁊ a verbo illoincarnato tāqͣꝫ ab originali pͥncipio gratie.de cuiꝰ plenitudine accepimꝰ om̄es. ⁊ tanqͣꝫa ſpeculo in quo ⁊ a qͦ omis ſanctitatis ⁊ ſapiētie plenitudo ⁊ pulcritudo refulgꝫ. diuerſi ſtatus gradꝰ ⁊ ordines ẜm variā diſtributionē donoꝝ ⁊ variū imitādi modū exēplariter deriuant̉. in quibꝰ ẜm multiformē ꝑticipationē multimoda xp̄i ꝑfectio ſic diſtribuit̉. vt ſimul reperiat̉ in om̄ībꝰ. nec tamē inaliquo vno ſolo ẜm om̄imode plenitudiniſtotalitatē refulgeat. ſꝫ quilibet gradꝰ et ſtatus ꝓ ſue mēſure modulo ẜm plꝰ ⁊ minꝰ iſtiuſmodi exēplarꝭ influentiā ſuſcipit. ⁊ ad ip̄iujs imitationē accedit. Refulgēt āt a chriſto

tanqͣꝫ a totiꝰ noſtre ſalutis exēplari ⁊ origīali pͥncipio actus multiformes. Nā quidamactus in ip̄o reſpiciūt ſublimitatē potentievt ſuꝑ aquas ſiccis pedibꝰ ambulare. elemēta cōuertere. panes multiplicare. ſeip̄m trāſfigurare. ⁊ cetera miracula facere. Quidā ſapiētie lucē. vt arcana celeſtia referre. ſecretacordiū ſcrutari ⁊ futura p̄dicere. Quidā ſeueritatē iudicij. ſicut vendētes eijcere de tēplo. cathedras vendētiū colūbas euertere.⁊ dura increpatōne ferire pōtifices. Quidāofficij dignitatē. vt ſacramentū ꝯficere ſacratiſſimi corꝑis ſui. manꝰ imponere ⁊ relaxarepeccata. Quidā ꝯdeſcenſionē miſerie. vt latere in ꝑſecutōe. trepidare ⁊ ꝯtriſtari in morte. ⁊ ꝓ amotiōe calicis patrē rogare. Quidāinformationē vite ꝑfecte. vt pauꝑtatē ſeruare. virginitatē cuſtodire. deo ⁊ hominibꝰ ſeip̄m ſubijcere. noctes in oratōe ꝑuigiles ducere. ꝓ crucifixoribꝰ exorare. ⁊ morti ſe ſūmacharitate etiā ꝓ inimicis offerre. Cū igit̉ ſexſint hmōi actuū varietates. in his vltimisdūtaxat ip̄m imitari eſt ꝑfectū. Nā in his q̄ſunt excellētie ſingularis eſt impiū ⁊ luciferianū. niſi fuerit alicui priuilegij ſingularꝭ dono cōceſſum. In his autē que ſunt ſeueritatis ⁊ dignitatis eſt p̄ſidentiū ⁊ p̄latorū. Inhis q̄ cōdeſcenſionis. eſt infirmoꝝ. inqͣntuꝫloquimur ad actū extrinſecū. Nequaqͣꝫ igit̉vt dogmatiſat. ſumma xp̄iane ꝑfectiōis cōſiſtit in vniuerſali imitatiōe actuū xp̄i. ſed tm̄illoꝝ qui vite ꝑfecte imitatōnē reſpiciūt Exquo apparet ꝙ hmōi veritatꝭ ignorātia prima fuit in eo cauſa erroris. Quā etiā ſecunda comitata eſt. videlicet ꝙ imꝑfectiōem a ꝑfectione rōnabiliter nō diſcreuit. dū imprudenter aſſeruit ꝙ imꝑfectio ⁊ ꝑfectio differunt ſicut rectitudo ⁊ diſtortio. ſicut iuſticia⁊ peccatū. ſicut puritas ⁊ pollutio. ſicut gloria ⁊ ignominia. ſicut vita ⁊ mors. ſicut ſanitas ⁊ morbꝰ. ſicut inceſſus ⁊ claudicatio Exquibꝰ magna incōuenientia ſequunt̉ ⁊ ml̓taquoꝝ aliqua ſuꝑiꝰ ſunt exp̄ſſa. Propt̓ qd̓ diligens lector aduertat ꝙ ꝑfectio ⁊ imꝑfectionō differūt ſicut duo ꝯtraria. ſꝫ ſic̄ maiꝰ bonū ⁊ minꝰ bonū. ſicut fini ꝓpinquū ⁊ longinquū. ſicut magꝭ meritoriū ⁊ minꝰ. ſicut magꝭdeiforme ⁊ minꝰ. ſicut gloria ⁊ ſanctitas maior ⁊ minor. Quod qͣꝫqͣꝫ intelligētibꝰ ſit ꝑ ſenotum. ad tolſendū tamē omnē dubitatōiſſcrupulū. auctoritatibꝰ ſanctorū eſt ꝓbandūAit em̄ Ambroſius de officijs libri primo.