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orauit in vanitate ſeculi. eſurire vētremad rugitū. qui ſepe repletꝰ eſt vſqꝫ ad vorū. ſed modꝰ in omnibꝰ eſt habēdus. Afendū eſt corpꝰ aliquādo. ſed nō ꝯterenm Nā et̄ corꝑalis exercitatio ad modicūdē valet. ⁊ pietas ad om̄ia vtilis eſt ꝓpterad modicū ſed nō in cōcupiſcentijs curarnis agēda. alenda vero eſt ſobrie ⁊ cūſpirituali diſciplina. neqꝫ in mō neqꝫualitate eius neqꝫ in quātitate appareateceat ſeruū dei. Hucuſqꝫ bervt virtꝰ diſcretiōis tibi meliūteſcat. audi breuiter quid de ip̄iꝰ comndatiōe dicat idem Bern̄. ẜmone. xxiij.n̄. Uirtꝰ ſiquidē diſcretōnis abſqꝫ feruoritatis iacet. ⁊ feruor vehemēs abſqꝫmēto p̄cipitat Ideoqꝫ laudabilis cui⁊ deeſt vt feruor diſcretionē erigat. ⁊ dilo feruorē regat. Idē ẜmone Can̄. Diuidē virtuti ordinē ponit. ordo moiit ⁊ decorē etiā ⁊ ꝑpetuitatē. Derdinatiōe tua ꝑſeuerat dies. dieꝫappellās. Eſt igit̉ diſcretio non tā v̓loderatrix ⁊ auriga virtutuꝫfectuū ⁊ moꝝ doctrix. Tollevirtꝰ viciū erit. ip̄aqꝫ affectio naturationē magis cōuertet̉ extermiHucuſqꝫ Beruardꝰ. Habuigit̉ ex p̄dictis quomō in hoc diſcipulorūdeſtruit̉ ſuꝑfluitas ⁊ guloſitas. Sꝫdo pōpa mūdi etiā deſtruat̉. nōduꝫcex toto omittēſ. ſed hͦ dicere ſufficere pup̄ſens ꝙ hoc exemplo renouata videne etatis beata ſimplicitas. in qͣ erātes cōtenti fructibꝰ arboꝝ ⁊ radicibꝰ⁊ ſimplici aqua. Si igit̉ ſic hodie fin indigeremꝰ molēdinis nec clibavtenſilibꝰ. ⁊ apparatū rerū nec ſuppelvaria ⁊ pompoſa in quibꝰ humanuꝫeſt inextricabilit̓ intricatu.Feria quintaDe miniſterio marthe ⁊ marie. Item d̓alne cōtemplationis ⁊ ꝙ duas hꝫ ꝑtes.Capitulū. xlvj.Um quadaꝫ uice dn̄s ih̓s iret bethaniā ad domū marthe ⁊ marie. ip̄e toto afdiligētes eū reuerēter ac multū alacrit̉ceperūt eundē. Et martha qͥdē ſoror maeſe in cōtinēti ꝑauit ad refectionē hono-
rabilē ei ⁊ diſcipulis ꝓcurandā. Maria ꝟoad pedes dn̄i ſe poſuit. Et cū dn̄s nolēs exiſtere ocioſus more ſuo loq̄ret̉ ꝟba vite eterne. ip̄a oculis ⁊ auribꝰ in eū intēta iocundabat̉ in ꝟbis ſuis. vltra qͣꝫ dici poſſit. nec qͥcqͣꝫ aliud cogitabat. Martha ꝟo moleſte hͦtulit. ⁊ eā cōpelli a dn̄o ad laborandū ſecuꝫin miniſterio poſtulauit. ſed ꝯtrariā ſentētiam reportauit. ⁊ mariā optimā ꝑtē elegiſſeaudiuit. Maria ꝟo que in verbis dei qͥeſcebat ad clamorē ſororis qͣſi a ſomno euigilāſde qͥete ſua timuit. ⁊ facie inclinata in terraꝫſiluit. Sꝫ poſt dn̄i rn̄ſionē ſecuriꝰ ⁊ iocūdiꝰſedit. Deinde ꝑata refectiōe. ⁊ dn̄o ceſſanteloqui ꝯtinuo ſurgit. aquā manibꝰ eiꝰ parat.⁊ deinceps eidē ſꝑ aſſiſtēs fideliſſime ſeruitCōſpice bene dn̄m ingredientē. ⁊ illas ip̄mletiſſime ſuſcipiētes ⁊ deinceps alia in predictis eorū actibꝰ. qꝛ pulcerrima ſunt. Scireautē debes ꝙ ꝑ iſtas duas ſorores dicūt ſācti duplicē vitā intelligi .ſ. actiuā ⁊ ꝯtemplatiuā. De qͥbꝰ tractare lōga materia eſt. Sꝫquia tibi expedire credo nō longū tractatūhabere. tn̄ tibi aliqua inde ſcribā. tū qꝛ beatus Bern̄. in diuerſis locis ip̄m copioſiſſime tractat. tū quia vtiliſſimꝰ ſpūaliſſimus ⁊valde neceſſariꝰ eſt. Nā ẜm p̄dictā dupliceꝫvitā cōtinue viuimuſ. ⁊ qualiter nos viuereoportet ignoramꝰ frequēter. qd̓ eſt magnuꝫꝑiculum ⁊ iactura nō leuis. p̄cipue religioſam vitā gerentibꝰ. Eſt igit̉ vitā actiua q̄ deſignat̉ ꝑ marthā. Sꝫ actiue vite ſicut ex dictis bernardi colligere poſſum due ſunt ꝑtes. Prima ꝑs qua qͥs ſe exercet ad ſuā pͥncipaliter vtilitatē corrigēdo ſe. emēdādo a vicijs. ⁊ informādo v̓tutibꝰ. Et id idē ſecundario fit ad vtilitatē etiā ꝓximi ꝑ oꝑa iuſticie ⁊obſequia pietatis ⁊ charitatis. Scd̓a parseius eſt quō qͥs pͥncipalit̓ ſuū exercitiū ꝯfertin vtilitatēpxi qͣꝫuis ad ſuū etiā maiꝰ meritūvt alios regēdo docēdo ⁊ adiuuādo ī aīaꝝſalutē. vt faciūt p̄lati ⁊ p̄dicatoreſ ⁊ hmōi Etint̓ has duas ꝑtes vite actiue ē vita ꝯtēplatiua. vt iſte ſit ordo ꝙ pͥmo qͥs ſe exerceat ⁊ laboret ī orōe. ⁊ ſacraꝝ ſtudio lr̄aꝝ ⁊ alijs oꝑibꝰ boīs ⁊ obſeqͥis ī ꝯuerſatōe qͣſi corrigēdoſe a vicijs ⁊ acqͥrēdo v̓tutes. Scd̓o qͥeſcat īꝯtēplatōe ſolitudīem mētꝭ q̄rēs ⁊ ſoli d̓o vacās toto poſſe. Tertio ꝑ p̄dicta duo exercitia ꝟtutibꝰ ⁊ ꝟa ſapīa ībutꝰ ⁊ illūiatꝰ ⁊ feruidꝰeffectꝰ ad alioꝝ ſalutē ītēdat Prīo igr̄ vt tētigi oꝑtꝫ ꝙ ī prīa actīe vite ꝑte mēs expurget̉.