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es eoꝝ cōuertat. In hoc igit̉ te multū exerceas dū fueris in actiua ſꝑ tenēdo charitaumilitatꝭ ⁊ pietatis obſequia. Superīvero teneas meditatōes vite xp̄i ⁊ oraſē. qꝛ in vtriſqꝫ miro modo illuminabecirca vicia ⁊ v̓tutes. ⁊ ſuꝑ om̄ia alia exerin eis ad puritatē aī ꝓficies. ad quā toiribꝰ te intēdere oportet. qꝛ om̄es ꝟtuauc̄tates ſupra de ꝯtēplatiōe poſitas īiſti. tāto qͥs maiori puritate ſe muniret. qͣꝫto ad celſiorē ꝯtemplatiōꝫ aſcēderet. Depurat̉ aūt aīa in meditatiōibꝰ vitemaxīe paſſiōis ip̄iꝰ. vt habuiſti ſupra īeralibꝰ ꝯtēplatiōibꝰ ex ẜmone. lxxij. Cāepurat̉ etiā in orōe q̄ vicina ⁊ ꝓxima ēlatiōi. ⁊ qd̓ orō laborioſis ſudoribꝰ īperat. ꝯtēplatio amene qͥeſcēdo deguſtat. Etꝟecde mō vite actiue ſufficiāt.De mō viuēdi in vita ꝯtemplatiua.apitulū. lvj.Nꝯtēplatiua ꝟo aliter ⁊ lōge alit̓ teviuere oportet Cōtemplator em̄ ſoi deo vacare dꝫ ⁊ manere in ſolitudie ſaltē mētis. de qͣ habuiſti ſupra d̓ ieiunioNbiligit̉ ad eū de aliqͥbꝰ rebꝰ cōibꝰ velil ad eū de ꝓximis qͣꝫtū ad obſeqͥapillo tꝑe. ſꝫ a rōne ⁊ deuotiōe ⁊ cōope intēdit ad eos. Nihil etiā ad eū della breuit̓ dꝫ poſt tergū ꝓijcere. etſibil̓ ⁊ mortuꝰ eſſe vt ſoli deo vacaſſit. niſi eū neceſſitas implicet vl̓ īuitū.tem̄ ꝙ hanc ſapīam diſcat ī ocio. vtſupͣ in tractatu de ꝯtēplatōibꝰ ex ẜBerū. ſuꝑ Can̄. xl. Oportet ꝙ minoctu. ⁊ taceat exēplo marie qͣꝫtūcūqꝫ ⁊ qͦīqꝫ interpellet̉. ⁊ ip̄iꝰ exēplo dimittatdere ⁊ facere. vt oīa dignatiſſime ꝓſue cōmittat Suꝑ his aūt audi bermore ſuo facūde loquētē Dic̄ em̄ ſere aſſūptōe dn̄e ſic. Habꝫ martharmā bn̄ oꝑantꝭ. maria ꝟo ſpēm exlata nō rn̄det. ſꝫ tm̄ in dei v̓bū toto mētꝭintēdit. ac ſolā quā diligit gr̄am diuiriſqꝫ vt inſenſibil̓ reddit̉ dū intꝰ ad cōnitiōis cetera reſpuēs medullitꝰ hauplāda dei ſui gaudia feliciſſime rapiturpaulo pꝰ. Nō miremur quēpiā laborātēpn̄oꝑantē ſi aduerſus frēm vacantē murirare videamꝰ. qꝛ ⁊ hͦ in hͦ euangelio legimarthā feciſſe aduerſus mariā. Ꝙ autē
maria murmurauerit aduerſuſ marthā eoꝙ eiꝰ actiōibꝰ īplicari nollet. nuſqͣꝫ oīo reꝑit̉.neqꝫ eī vtꝝqꝫ agere ꝯpetēt̓ ſufficeret. ⁊ curisexterioribꝰ deẜuire. ⁊ interiꝰ ſapīe deſiderijsvacare. De ip̄a qͥppe ſapīa ſcpͥtū eſt. ⁊ qͥ minorat̉ actu ꝑcipiet illā. Propterea maria ſedetīmotaqꝫ manꝫ. nec vult īterrūꝑe ſilētij qͥeteꝫne iocūdā amittat ꝯtēplatōis dulcedinē. p̄ſertim cū ip̄m intꝰ audiat dn̄m dicentē. Uacate ⁊ videte qͣꝫ ſuauis ē dn̄s. Itē in ẜmoneiij. de aſſumptōe eiuſdē. Putas ī domo in qͣxp̄s ſuſcipit̉. vox murmurꝭ audiet̉. Felix domus ⁊ btā ſꝑ ꝯgregatio. vbi de maria Martha ꝯquerit̉. Nā mariā marthe emulari ꝓrſus indignū ꝓrſus illicitū eſt. Alioqͥn vbi legis mariā cauſantē. qꝛ ſoror mea reliqͥtꝭ meſolā miniſtrare. Abſit abſit. vt qͥ deo vacat.ad tumultuoſam aſpiret fratꝝ officialiū vitam Martha ſꝑ inſufficiēs ſibi ⁊ minꝰ idonea videt̉. Alijſqꝫ magis id oꝑis qd̓ adminiſtrat optat īponi. Uide aūt p̄rogatiuā Marie ꝙ in omī cā habet aduocatū. Indignat̉ſiquidē phariſeꝰ. cōquerit̉ ſoror ⁊ etiā diſcipuli murmurāt. vbiqꝫ maria tacet. ⁊ ꝓ ea loquit̉ xp̄s. Uideat gͦ maria quēadmodū vacet ⁊ videat qm̄ ſuauis ē dn̄s. Uideat inqͣꝫ.qͣꝫ deuota mēte. qͣꝫ trāqͥllo ſedeat aīo. ſecꝰ pedes ih̓u ꝓuidēs aīo ſꝑ ī ꝯſpectu ſuo. et ꝟbaex eiꝰ ore excipiēs. cuiꝰ affectꝰ amabil̓. ⁊ eloqͥum dulce. Diffuſa eſt em̄ gr̄a ī labijs eiꝰ. et ēſpecioſus forma p̄ filijs hoīm. īmo ſuꝑ oēmgl̓iam angl̓oꝝ. Gaude ⁊ gr̄as age maria q̄ꝑtē optimā elegiſti. Beati eī oculi qͥ vidēt q̄tu vides. ⁊ aures q̄ merēt̉ audire q̄ tu audisGeata plane q̄ venas diuini ſuſurrij ꝑcipiſin ſilētio. in quo vtiqꝫ bonū eſt homini dominū expectare. Simplex eſto non tm̄ ſinedolo. ſꝫ etiā abſqꝫ multiplicitate occupationū vt tecū ſit ẜmocinatio eiꝰ. cuiꝰ ⁊ vox dulcis ⁊ facies decora. Unuꝫ caue ne incipiasabūdare in ſenſu tuo ⁊ velis plꝰ ſaꝑe qͣꝫ oportet. ne forte dum lucē ſectaris impingas tenebras illudente tibi demonio meridiano.Hucuſqꝫ Bern̄. Uidiſti qm̄ ꝯtēplator dꝫoīa dimittere occupatōes ⁊ exercitia corꝑalia. q̄ occupatō rctē opponit̉ vacatiōi. ⁊ ē vnūd̓ maioribꝰ īpedim̄tꝭ q̄ poſſit hr̄e ꝯtēplatornā pl̓ibꝰ mōis īpedit eū. ⁊ n̄ ſolū cū ē ī occupatōe ſꝫ et̄ pꝰ ea. ⁊ pͥmo r̄ddēdo mētē ſolicitā⁊ īqͥetā circa id qd̓ fec̄ l̓ facere hꝫ. ⁊ ec̄ r̄linq̄ndo imagīatōes ⁊ fātaſmata q̄ ml̓tū īpediūtꝯtēplātē. De qͣtuor īpedimētꝭ ꝯtēplatōisOO 4