Fo.CXXVII
quomō hec fiant. interroga grām. non doctrinā. deſideriū. nō intellectū. gemitū or̄onis. nō ſtudiū lectōis. ſponſuꝫ. nō magiſtꝝ.deū. nō hoīe . caliginē. nō claritatē. nō luiem. ſed ignē totalit̓ inflāmantē. ⁊ in deū exceſſiuis vnctionibꝰ. ⁊ ardētiſſimis affectionibꝰ tranſferentē. Qui quidē ignis deꝰ eſt.⁊ huiꝰ caminꝰ eſt in hierl̓m. ⁊ chriſtꝰ homohūc accēdit in feruore ſue ardentiſſime paſſionis. queꝫ ſolus ille vere ꝑcipit. qui dicit.Suſpendiū elegit aīa mea. ⁊ mortem oſſamea. Quā mortē qͥ diligit videre pōt deuꝫ.quia īdubitant̓ veꝝ eſt. Nō videbit me hō.⁊ viuet. Moriamur gͦ ⁊ ingrediamur in caiginē. imponamꝰ ſilentiū ſollicitudinibuscupiſcētijs ⁊ fantaſmatibꝰ. trāſeamꝰ cumpriſto crucifixo ex hoc mūdo ad pr̄em. vtoſtenſo nob̓ pr̄e dicamꝰ cū philippo ſufficitnobis. Audiamꝰ cum paulo. Sufficit tibigr̄a mea. Exultemꝰ cū dauid dicentes. Defecit caro mea ⁊ cor meū. deus cordis mei.⁊ pars mea deꝰ ineternū. Benedictus dn̄sineternū. ⁊ dicat om̄is ppl̓s. fiat fiat.Itinerariꝰ mentis indeū ſancti Bonauenture.ncipit ꝓlogus in paruū bonū ſctī Bonture. qd̓ alias incendiū amoris dicit̉vel regimen ꝯſcientie. vel fons vite.Uigilans ueroanimā meā tanqͣꝫ frigiditate tenebratā caleſcere conor. quā indeuotiōe deſertā ſcio incendi. ⁊ ingenti nimirū deſiderio ſuꝑ terrigenas eleuari. Nōem̄ in ocio aduenit mihi affluētia amoriseterni. neqꝫ dū corꝑalit̓ fuerā nimis aggrauatus. ⁊ fatigatꝰ p̄ itinere ardorē ip̄m ſpeciale potui ſentire. aut etiā īmoderate occupatus ſolacijs vel cuidā vltime diſpoſitiōideditꝰ. īmo me in talibꝰ refrigeſcere deprehendi donec iterū poſtpoſitꝭ om̄ibꝰ qͥbꝰ exterius poſſem detineri. ſolūmō ſaluatorisaſpectibꝰ aſſiſtere ꝯtenderē. in interniſqꝫ odoribꝰ īmorare. Iſtū ergo librū offero intuendū nō ph̓is. nō mūdi ſapiētibꝰ. non magnis theologꝭ. infinitꝭ q̄ſtionibꝰ implicatꝭ.ſed rudibꝰ ⁊ indoctꝭ. magꝭ deum diligere qͣꝫmulta ſcire conātibꝰ Nō em̄ diſputādo ſedagendo ſciet̉ ars amādi. Arbitror aūt ea q̄
hic cōtinent̉ ab iſtis q̄ſtionarijs. ⁊ in oī ſcīentia ſūmis. ſed ī amore chriſti inferioribꝰnō poſſe intelligi. vnde nec eis ſcribere decreui. niſi poſtpoſitꝭ ⁊ oblitis cūctis que admūdū ꝑtinēt ſolis ꝯditoris inardeſcāt deſiderijs mancipati. Primo qͥdē vt oēm terrenā dignitatē fugiāt. oēm oſtentationemſcīe ⁊ vanā gl̓iam odiāt. ac demū pauꝑtatialtiſſime ſe ꝯformātes. orādo ⁊ meditādo.diuine dilectiōi iugiter aſſiſtāt. Sic nimirū apparebit eis interiꝰ igniculus qͥdeꝫ virtutis increate. ⁊ cōponens cor eoꝝ ad capiendū calorē qͦ cuncta caligo ꝯſumet̉. eleuabit eos in ardorē amabilē ⁊ ameniſſimū. vttꝑalia trāſcendāt ⁊ thronū teneāt in terminō trāquillitatꝭ. Quo em̄ ſcientiores ſunteo aptiores ſunt vel eēt ad amandū ſi vere ſpernerēt ſeip̄os ⁊ ab alijs ſperni gauderent. Proinde qꝛ hic vniuerſos excito adamorē. amoriſqꝫ ſuꝑferuidū ac ſuꝑnaturalem affectū. vtrūqꝫ oſtēdere conabor. iſtiuslibri titulus incendiū amoris dicat̉.Cce deſcripſieam tibi tripliciter Prouerbioꝝ. xxij. Cū om̄is ſcīa debeat gerere trinitatꝭ īſigne.p̄cipue illa ſcīa q̄ in ſacra ſcriptura docet̉. debet in ſe rep̄ſentare veſtigiūtrinitatis. Propter hͦ ſapiēs eā tibi tripliciter deſcripſiſſe dicit ꝓpter triplicē ip̄iꝰ intellectū ſpūalem. moralē ſcꝫ allegoricū ⁊ anagogicu. Hic aūt triplex intellectꝰ rn̄det triplici actui hierarchico. ſcꝫ purgatōi. illuminationi ⁊ ꝑfectioni. Purgatio aūt ad paceꝫducit. Illumīatio ad veritateꝫ. Perfectioad charitatē. Quibꝰ ꝑfecte adeptis. aīa beatificat̉. ⁊ ẜm hoc ꝙ circa hec verſat̉. ſuſcipitmeriti incrementū. In hoꝝ igit̉ triū cognitione dependet ſcīa totiꝰ theologie. ⁊ meritū vite eterne. Scienduꝫ gͦ eſt ꝙ triplex eſtmodus exercendi ſe circa hanc tripliceꝫ viam. ſcilicet.LegendoLectio eſt diffuſior.Meditādo Meditatio ē breuior.OrandoOr̄o eſt cōpendioſior.Lectio em̄ huiꝰ triplicꝭ vie totā ꝯtinet ſacrā ſcripturā. īmo fere omnē ſanā doctrināſicut on̄ſū ē. sͣ. in tractatu de reductiōe omniū artiū ad theologiā. Quidā aliꝰ liberhabet ſic. Sciendū igit̉ ꝙ triplex eſt modꝰexercendi ſe circa hanc triplicē viam. ſcilicꝫ