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ninus agilis ad cōſurrectionē diuīoꝝ efficitur. ſed nō tm̄ irretentibile ſed om̄e abſolutū dr̄ Abſolutū dr̄ omne quod ſua ꝓpriaforma cognoſcit̉ hn̄s eſſe diſtinctū. cuiꝰ omnē ſpeculationē vl̓ cōtemplationē amouerineceſſe eſt. qꝛ ſic̄ om̄e irretētibile īmūdū rediffectū dū in creatura ſeip̄a viliori deleaffectꝰ. ita ꝑ ſcd̓m īmūdus efficit̉ intellectus .i. tenebroſus. qꝛ dū tm̄ hūana ſcientia ſpeculatiua replet̉. in cōparatōe illius ſapiētie q̄ eſt ꝑ ſuꝑſplendētes diuīos radiosqͣi quadā obtenebrāte caligine obfuſcatur.Sed ⁊ illud verbū vltimū nō tm̄ de agiliori ꝯſurrectōe eſt. ſed ⁊ de cognitōe ſupremaip̄iꝰ intelligētie. qꝛ ẜm ſapīam btī Dionyſijilla ſola vera eſt cognitio de dīnis q̄ experimētali noticia ſurſū actiue ꝯſurrectōis reuit̉. Un̄ diuīa miſeratiōe ẜm ꝙ cōpetitgenti hͦ accidit. vt qn̄ mens ꝑ multorūpoꝝ curricula aſpirauit. vt ſuū dilectūniꝰ ſibi cōiuncta ardētiori vincl̓o amoris ꝯſtringeret ad modicū ꝓut capax eſt ꝓut fit in raptu viſio beata cōcedit̉. maxīe cūab irretentibili ⁊ abſoluto ſit mūda. ⁊ erigitur tūc ad diuīaꝝ tenebrarū radiuꝫ .ſ. lumēdiuīe incōprehenſibilitatꝭ q̄ ibi vocat̉ tenebra ẜm ꝙ in epl̓a dr̄ ad Thy. ſic. Diuīa caligo lumen eſt inacceſſibile in qͣ habitare deꝰdr̄. ⁊ īuiſibil̓ quidē exiſtēs ꝓpter excedenteꝫclaritatē ⁊c̄. Un̄ ſapīa illa eſt in mente antecognitōem. ⁊ ſic diutiꝰ aſpirāti a dilecto dr̄Amice aſcende ſuꝑiꝰ. Un̄ pͥmo dr̄. cōſurge⁊ibi ſurſum agerꝭ. qꝛ in cōſurrectōe vnitiueſapīe natura oꝑat̉ ⁊ gr̄a. in iſta aūt ſupremaoꝑatōe intelligētie ſola gr̄a eleuās īmedianiſſime oꝑat̉ qͣntū ad ip̄am eleuatōem raptꝰꝓut mens ſic in corꝑe erigit̉. vt a ſenſibꝰ corporꝭ ſequeſtret̉. cū in iſta vltima intelligentie eleuatiōē tā ītellectiua qͣꝫ affectīa potiſſime officiū conſūmatū. nō ꝑ modū patiendiſed agēdi actuū ſuoꝝ obtineāt. Poſtea dr̄.Uide aūt ne qͥs indoctorū iſta audiat. Ethoc qͥdem āmonet in fine pͥmi de dīnis nominibꝰ. ſic ſcribēs ad thy. loquēs de cognitione ꝑ amorē preuiū. d. Apponamꝰ in ſctīsſctā. ẜm dīnā traditōeꝫ collocātes. ⁊ ip̄a abindoctoꝝ vſibꝰ ⁊ deriſionibꝰ auferētes magis ip̄os illos ſi talit̓ ſunt. tales qͥdeꝫ homines ab impugnatōe dei ī hoc liberātes ⁊c̄.Hoc idē ſepiſſime āmonet in alijs librꝭ ſuis. Et hec eſt rō quā ip̄e aſſignat ſtatim poſſea qꝛ putāt ea q̄ ẜm ip̄os eſt cognitōne co
gnoſcere eū qͥ ponit tenebras latibulū ſuū.qꝛ nō pn̄t deū app̄hendere niſi ſub rōne boni vl̓ veri vl̓ dulcꝭ. ⁊ ſic de alijs. Et iſta ſapīaanagogica eſt quedā theorica ꝑ ſe diſtincta⁊ diuerſa ab om̄ī ſpeculatiua ſapīa. q̄ omnērōnis app̄henſionē trāſcendit. Et qꝛ multi ſapiētes ⁊ doctores hoc videre nō p̄ualēt.hanc ſummā ſapīam irridēt. ⁊ in hoc ꝑ ꝯſequēs deū altiſſimū collatorē huiꝰ ſapīe impugnāt. Iō cū beato Dionyſio ſed qd̓ magis cū dn̄o ieſu xp̄o rogo illū qͥcūqꝫ hoc ſcriptū inſpexerit ne indoctꝭ huiꝰ mūdi doctoribꝰ ph̓is carnalē vitā ducentibꝰ vllatenusmanifeſtet. niſi hac via puerili velint inciꝑeſcꝫ purgatiua via. ⁊ citiꝰ qͣꝫ aliqͥs eſſet nontm̄ in aliqua liberaliū artiuꝫ. ſed ī arte mechanica induſtriꝰ oꝑator. in ſeip̄is ſola diuina īmiſſione gradatim aſcēdentes oīa quedicta ſunt multo meliꝰ ⁊ multo iocūdꝰ experimētali noticia veraciſſima approbabūtSed hec ſcribere volui ad hͦ ꝙ minꝰ exꝑtiin iſta ſapīa corroborato itinere ſemitas dirigant ſcientes ꝙ citiſſime īuenit̉ ꝙ ſi in pͥncipio purgatōis vl̓ extatice ꝯſurrectōis difficultas mirabil̓ ſentiat̉. tn̄ in paucꝭ vexaticitiſſime ī multꝭ bene diſponent̉. ita vt experimēto videāt om̄e qd̓ oculus nō vidit necauris audiuit. nec in cor hoīs aſcēdit. hͦ etiāin pn̄ti videre pn̄t qͥ ip̄i ꝑ dilectionē huiꝰ ſupreme ſapīe inherebūt. vt iā mēs dicat. Teneo eum nec dimittā. ſed licꝫ ab indoctꝭ qͣſiſtulta hec ſapīa videat̉ ſubdit̉ theorica. vbiꝑ rōnes ⁊ argumēta ꝓcedit̉. vt quō mēs cōſurgere valeat. quō remouēda obſtacula. qͣvnitiōe media. ⁊ multa alia q̄ ad hͦ ꝑtinēt adꝯfutatōem hūane ph̓ie. Sed ⁊ ne aſcenſustante ſapīe videat̉ irrōnabil̓ argumētꝭ tamnaturalibꝰ qͣꝫ theoloycis qͣꝫ anagogicꝭ ſumptis a rōnibꝰ et̓nis euidentiꝰ diſputat̉. Etideo ſapīa Dionyſij difficillima videt̉. quiamodꝰ ꝓcedēdi ſuꝑ oēm rōnem exiſtit. ⁊ ſolaſpūſſctī influitōe ꝑcipit̉ maxīe de dīnis nominibꝰ. vbi dr̄ ꝙ nō aſſeuerat̉ hec doctrinain ꝑſuaſionibꝰ hūane ſapīe ꝟbis. ſꝫ ī demonſtratiōe a ſpūſctō more ꝟtutꝭ in ſup̄mo apice ẜm quā ineffabilibꝰ ⁊ ignotꝭ ineffabiliter⁊ ignote cōiungit̉ ⁊c̄. Qn̄ ergo ſpūſſcūs mouet apicē affectiue. ẜm Psͣ. tange montes ⁊fumigant. tunc tota ꝓfunditas ſapīe Dionyſij vbi intellectū accedit. ſuꝑ omnē diſcipline alteriꝰ leuitatē certiſſima ⁊ leuiſſimacōprobat̉. Et ideo amātiſſima. quia ſine oīE. E 3