De eccleſiaſtica hierarchia

corpꝰ meū ⁊ in ſeruitutē redigo. ⁊c̄. Iaſpisꝟo qͥ eſt gēma fugās fantaſmata. illos ſignificat qͥ temptationes demonū ſuꝑant. ⁊ ip̄orum fantaſticas vincunt illuſiones ⁊ declinant. ſicut apoſtolꝰ qui dixit. Nō ignoramꝰaſtutias eiꝰ ⁊c̄. Et talibꝰ gēmis. id eſt. virisſolidis ī fide ⁊ oꝑe ꝟtuoſis p̄parat dn̄s tronū ſuū. ſic̄ d̓r de hierl̓m celeſti. tronꝰ dei dicebat̉. Math̓. v. in Thob̓ penul. Ex ſaphyro⁊ ſmaragdo edificabit̉ ⁊ ex lapide precioſo.⁊c̄. Itē throni ſunt nubei ꝑ cōpaſſioneꝫ ⁊pietatē in quibꝰ dn̄s reſidēs velut de qͥbuſdum nubibꝰ pluēs ꝑ ip̄as ſubuenit miẜijsafflictoꝝ. Ecc̄i. xxxv. g. Specioſa eſt dei miſericordia in tꝑe tribulatōis. qͣſi nubes pluuie in tꝑe ſiccitatis. ⁊ Prouerb̓. xx. g. Miſericordia ⁊ veritas cuſtodiūt regē. ⁊ roborabitur clemētia thronꝰ eiuſ. De hͦ throno d̓rEcc̄i. xxiiij. Thronꝰ meꝰ in columna nubisItē iuſti dicunt̉ throni dn̄i. ſꝫ qͣſi aurei ꝑincorruptibilē iuſticiā ⁊ inflexibilē eqͥtatemNā auꝝ incorruptibile eſt ⁊ vix flexibile. ſiciuſtia Sap̄. j. Iuſticia ꝑpetua eſt ⁊ īmortal̓⁊c̄. Et in eodē. iij. Iuſti in ꝑpetuū viuent. ⁊ideo in eis velut in throno aureo firmo ⁊ ſolido dn̄s requieſcit. ſic̄ Aſſuerꝰ qui ī thronoaureo ⁊ in ſolio regni ſui reſidebat. Heſterxiiij. d. Prouer. xxv. a. Aufer iniquitatē ⁊ impietatē de vultū regis ⁊ firmabit̉ Poſſūtetiā dici iuſti throni ſyderei ſiue ſtellei. ⁊ hocꝑ trāquillitatē ꝯſciētie ⁊ ꝑfectā cordis hūilitatē. Nā quāto homīs cōſcientia humiliando ſe magis indignū reputat. tāto circa celeſtia obtinenda āpliꝰ ſe coaptat ⁊ ad deū in ſeſuſcipiendū tāto eſt abilior. qͣnto in ſui ꝯſideratiōe humilior iudicat̉. Psͣ. Thronꝰ eiꝰſicut ſol in cōſpectu meo. ⁊ ſicut luna ꝑfecta⁊c̄. Sol quidē ⁊ luna cōputant̉ inter ſideraq̄ qͣꝫuis corꝑali dimēſione ⁊ ꝟtuali effectu ⁊oꝑatione ſint maxia. tamē minima ẜm ſenſaſpectū iudicant̉. Et hͦ humilibꝰ cōgruit. qqͣnto in mūdo minꝰ reputant̉. tāto ſunt maiores. Sapīe. v. Habuimꝰ eos in deriſum⁊ ī ſimilitudinē īproperij ⁊ finē illoꝝ ſine honore. ⁊ ecce quomō cōputati ſunt inter filios dei ⁊c̄. Sancti itaqꝫ viri qͥ tā multiplici cauſa dei dicunt̉ throni. angelis tertij ordinis cōparant̉ ꝓpter altiſſime pauꝑtatis ꝓfeſſionē. Nā illud reputamꝰ altius quod eſta centro remotiꝰ. Tales ſunt pauꝑes ſpiritu quoꝝ eſt regnū celoꝝ. Matth̓. v. Qui cūterrenis nihil cōmune poſſidēt. ⁊ ideo ſuꝑi

orem in celeſtibꝰ locū habent. ij. Chor̄. vij.a. Altiſſima eoꝝ pauꝑtas abūdauit in diuitias ſimplicitatis eoꝝ ⁊c̄. Alta quidē ē paupertas q̄ tollit ſuꝑſlua. Altior q̄ diſtribuit.licita ⁊ ꝑmiſſa. Sꝫ altiſſima ſibi ſubtrahitetiā neceſſaria. ſicut illa vidua q̄ in gazophilacio de ſuis neceſſarijs duo dedit minutaMarci. xij. Altꝰ eſt igit̉ pauꝑ ſpū ſuperfluaabijciēs. ſic̄ Abraā Gen̄. xiiij. qͥ dixit. iuro tibi ⁊c̄. Altior ꝟo a licitis abſtinēs. ſic̄ dauid ēabſtinuit ab aqͣ qn̄ ſitiuit. ij. Para. xxiij. Sꝫaltiſſimꝰ eſt ea q̄ vident̉ neceſſaria nō admitenſ. Iſa. lviij. g. Suſtollā te ſuꝑ altitudinēterre. ⁊ cibabo te hereditate iacob pr̄is tui.⁊cͣ. Itē throni angeli ſūt cōpacti .i. ꝯueniēter aptati ⁊ ꝯiūcti. qꝛ mutue caritatꝭ iūcturā aliqͣ relaxāte iniuria nō deſerūt ſꝫ ẜm nature ſue ⁊ gr̄e capacitatē dn̄i ſuꝑueniētē aptiſſime recipiūt. ⁊ receptū de ſe vlteriꝰ nō repellūt. Et hͦ ꝯuenit ſanctis viris ⁊ ꝑfectꝭ vtſint cōpacti ſic̄ throni ꝑ mutue charitatis ⁊affectiōis indiſſolubilē cōpaginationē. ſꝫ inoībꝰ ſe deo coaptātes ſibi ī ſuis affectibꝰ inmutabilē p̄parēt māſionē. Ad Epheẜ. iiijCreſcamꝰ in charitate ī illo qͥ eſt caput ex qͦtotū corpus ip̄i cōꝑattū eſt ⁊ cōnexu ꝑ oēmiuncturā ⁊c̄. Nā in illis qui ſunt vniti ⁊ cōpacti in charitate ſine omi ſciſſura ⁊ affectionis ſeꝑabilitate deus pacis requieſcit ⁊c̄.Itē ab om̄i ignominioſa ſubiectōe ſuntliberi quantū ad omnimodā ſeruitutꝭ peccati euacuationē Nam throni qͣꝫuis d̓o ſintſubditi. nō tamē ſeruiliter ſunt oppreſſi tātomagis ſunt liberi qͣnto ei magis ſunt ſubiecti cui ſeruire eſt regnare ⁊c̄. Seruitꝰ itaqꝫnimis ignominioſa ⁊ turpis eſt peccare Nāqui facit peccatū ſeruus eſt peccati. vt dicitapoſtolꝰ. Deo vero ſubijci ⁊ eius iuſſis obtemperare ſūma eſt libertas ⁊ iam cū Chriſto in ſpiritu cōregnare. Ad Romanos. v.Liberati a pctō ſerui facti eſtis iuſticie ⁊c̄.Ueri ergo ſerui ſunt in quoꝝ mentibꝰ ꝑ maliciam regnat dyabolꝰ. Sed vere liberi ſūtquoꝝ corda ꝑ gratiā inhabitat deus Itēſunt deiferi ꝑ legis diuine voluntariā ſupportationē. Nā tūc deū ferre dicimur qn̄ fidei ſue p̄ceptꝭ volūtarie ſubijcimur. ad Colloẜ. v. Glorificate ⁊ portate deum in corde ⁊corpore veſtro. Tanqͣm ergo throni deumferimus quando preceptorū ſuorum onera comportamus. Cant̓. iij. Ferculum fecſibi Salomon ⁊c̄. Itē diuini ſuꝑaduētꝰ