Meditationes uite chriſti

ac duciſſa tua beata Elara vt in eoruꝫ vitapatet artiſſime ſeruauerūt. Uidet̉ tamē ẜmeundē Bernardū in tribꝰ caſibꝰ abſtinentiatemꝑanda. Primꝰ cū fieret cōtra volūtatemp̄lati. hoc em̄ nullo modo fieri debet. Secūdus qn̄ fieret cū notabili ſcādalo ſociorum.Magis em̄ ꝯfert ad exercitiū ſpūale ex charitate vti vita cōmuni. qͣꝫ ex ſcādalo fratrisſupͣ vitā cōmunē ſpēaleꝫ abſtinentiā exhibere. Tertiꝰ caſus eſt qn̄ fierꝫ vltra corꝑis poſſibilitatē. Nā indiſcreta abſtinētia nō virtutis ſꝫ vicij eſſe ꝑhibet̉. Un̄ de his ſic d̓t Ber.xix. Can̄. ẜmōe. Nō vultis eſſe cōtenti cōmuni vita. nō ſufficit vob̓ regulare ieiuniū. nonſolēnes vigilie. nō impoſita diſciplina. nonmēſura quā vob̓ ꝑtimur in veſtimētis vl̓ alimētis pͥuata p̄fertis cōmunibꝰ. Qui vr̄i curam ſel̓ nobis credidiſtꝭ. qͥd rurſum de vob̓vos intromittitis. Nā illā qua totiēs dominū ꝯſciētijs veſtris teſtibꝰ offendiſtꝭ ꝓpriamſcꝫ voluntatē vr̄am ecce nūc iteꝝ magiſtruꝫhabetis. nō me. Illa vos nature docet nō ꝑcere. rōni nō acqͥeſcere. nō obtꝑare ſanctorūꝯſilio vel exēplo nō obedire nobis. An neſcitis qꝛ angelꝰ ſathane multotiēs trāſfigurat ſe in angelū lucꝭ. Sapiētia eſt deꝰ. ⁊ vultſe amari. nō ſolū dulciter ſꝫ ſapiēter. Undeapl̓us. Rationabile inqͥt ſit obſequiū veſtꝝAlioqͥn facilime zelo tuo ſpūs illudet erroris ſi ſcīam negligas. nec habet callidus hoſtis machinamētū efficaciꝰ ad tollendaꝫ decorde dilectiōꝫ. quā ſi efficere poſſit vt īcaute ⁊ nō cū ratiōe ambulet̉ Idē ẜmone. xxxiij.Can̄. Uideas ꝓchpudor illos īportune ſuperflua q̄ritare qͥ pͥus neceſſaria obſtinatiſſime recuſabāt. qͣꝫqͣꝫ ſi qͥ in ſua forte īuicti obſtinatiōe ꝑdurāt indiſcretiꝰ abſtinētes. ⁊ ſingularitate notabili ꝯturbātes eos cū qͥbushabitare debēt vniꝰ moris in domo haudſcio ſane an ſe eſtimēt pietatē retinere. cū huiuſmodi mihi vident̉ ⁊ longiꝰ abieciſſe. Nāqͥ ſapiētes in oculis ſuis decreuerūt apd̓ ſenec cōſilio acquieſcere nec p̄cepto videantqͥd rn̄deant. nō mihi ſꝫ dicēti. qm̄ qͣſi peccatum ariolādi eſt repugnare. ⁊ qͣſi ſcelꝰ ydolatrie nolle acqͥeſcere. Premiſerat aūt. qꝛ melior eſt obediētia qͣꝫ victima. ⁊ auſcultare magis qͣꝫ offerre adipē arietū. id eſt. abſtinētiaꝯtumaciū. Idem. lxiiij. Can̄. ẜ. Quid illudqd̓ nos quoqꝫ totiēs in domo iſta ⁊ tā grauiter inquietat. notabilē loquor quorundāqͥ inter nos ſunt ſuꝑſticioſamqꝫ abſtinenti

am. ex qua ſe om̄ibꝰ ſibiqꝫ omnes moleſtosreddūt. quomō nō hec ip̄a diſcordia tā generalis ⁊ ſue illiꝰ ꝯſciētie diſſipatio eſt. ⁊ qd̓ īip̄o eſt grādis vinee huiꝰ quā plātauit dextera dn̄i. noſtre .ſ. omniū vnanimitatꝭ d̓molitio. Ue homī ꝑ quē ſcādalum venit. Quiſcādalizauerit inqͥt vnū de his puſillis. dyrum eſt qd̓ ſequit̉. qͣꝫto duriora meret̉ qͥ tantā ⁊ tam ſanctā multitudinē ſcādalizat. Duriſſimū ꝓrſus iudiciū portabit quicūqꝫ ē ille. Idē ẜmone. iij. in circumciſiōe Illis qͥ addeuotiōis gratiā ꝑueniūt. vnū dicit̉ reſtarepericulū. ⁊ om̄ino timenduꝫ eis a demoniomeridiano. Ip̄e em̄ ſathanas trāſfigurat ſein angelū lucis. Hoc eſt gͦ timendū ei qͥ tāta delectatiōe om̄ia facit ne dū ſequit̉ affectonē. corpꝰ deſtruat ꝑ immoderata exercitationeꝫ. ac deinde neceſſe habeat nō ſine magno ſpiritualis exercitij detrimēto circa debilitati curā corꝑis occupari. Ergo ne īcurrat qui currit. illuminari neceſſe eſt luminediſcretiōis. que vtiqꝫ mater eſt virtutū ⁊ cōſummatio ꝑfectiōis. Hec nimiruꝫ docet nequid nimis vl̓ minꝰ fiat. atqꝫ hec eſt octauadies in qua circūcidit̉ puer. quia diſcretivera circūcidit vt nec plus nec minꝰ fiat. nā⁊ qui nimiuſ eſt. fructu boni operis abſciditnon circūcidit. ſicut qui tepidus eſt minꝰ facit. In hac igit̉ die nomen imponit̉ ⁊ nomēſalutis. nec de eo qui ſic cōuerſatur dubiteꝫdicere ꝙ ſuā ip̄iꝰ ſalutē operet̉. Uſqꝫ ad hūcem̄ diem dicere poſſunt angeli qui nouerūtſecreta celeſtia. ſed ego nūc primū ei fiducialiter nomen falutꝭ impono. At vero qꝛ omnino rara iſta auis eſt in terris. huiꝰ diſcretionis locū fratres ſuppleat virtus obedientie. vt nec plus vel minꝰ vel aliter qͣꝫ imperatum ſit faciatis. Idē in epiſtola ad fratresde monte dei. Sunt corporis exercitia ī qͥbus neceſſe eſt corpus laborare. ſicut ſuntvigilie ⁊ huiuſmodi. que quidem ſpiritualianon impediūt ſed adiuuāt ſi cum rationediſcretione fiant. Que ſi ex indiſcretiōis vicio ſic agātur. vt deficiente ſpiritu vel languente corpore ſpiritualia impediant̉. qui ſiceſt crudelis corpori ſuo. tulit bonuꝫ effectū.ſpiritui affectū. proximo exemplū. d̓o honorem. ſacrilegꝰ eſt. ⁊ omniū horū in deū reus.non ꝙ ẜm ſenſum apoſtoli non videat̉ etiāhumanū hoc. ⁊ non deceat ⁊ nō debeat. ⁊ nōiuſtum ſit caput aliquando dolere in ſeruitio dei Quod olim ſepe vſqꝫ ad dolorem