¶ De predicatiōe Iohānis baptiſte xxiij.
malas precidit ab ea: nec carnēͣ a mala voluntate compeſcir ¶ Hoc facitverbū fidei nudū quod faciebat ātealex Iuſticiā quidem oſtendebat. animā aūt nō adiuuabat: quoniā oē verbū lucerna eſt ⁊ nō virtus. Itē aquaꝓficit quia pctā q̄ iam p̄ceſſerūt in opus abluit. ⁊ hoc ſi penituit: aīam aūtnō ſcīficat: nec concupiſcētias cordisaut cogitationes malas p̄ſcindit neqꝫexpellit ea ſꝫ nec carnales concupiſcentias repͥmit ¶ Qui ergo nō fueritſic baptizatus vt mereat̉ accipere ſpiritiſcm̄. in corpore quidē baptizatuseſt: ⁊ pctā eius indulta ſunt: ſꝫ in aīocathecuminus eſt Sic enī ſcriptū eſtquia qui ſpiritū chriſti nō habet hicnō eſt eius. ꝓpter qd̓ caro eius poſteapeiora ei germinauit pctā. quia nō habet in ſe ſpiritū cōſeruantē ſe. ſed vacua eſt domꝰ corporis eiꝰ Proptereaſpiritus ille inueniens vacuā domuꝫ⁊ mundatā doctrinis fidei quaſi ſcopis. intrans ſeptempliciter habitat inca. quoniā verba fidei q̄ appellant̉ ſcope ab ignorantia mundant. nō pc̄tīsvel cōcupiſcentijs ¶ Baptiſmū autēſpiritus ꝓficit quia ingrediens ſpūscircūplectitur aīaꝫ. ⁊ qͣſi muro quodāinexpugnabili circuit eā. ⁊ nō ꝑmittit vt carnales cōcupiſcentie ⁊ cogitationes p̄ualeant contra eam Nā qͥdē ꝑmittit vt caro cōcupiſcat. ſꝫ tenetaīam vt n̄ cōſentiat neqꝫ vincatur abea. Argo qͥ ſpiritū habet concupiſcitquidē ẜm carnem. ſꝫ ẜm aīaꝫ adiuuat̉a ſpiritu: vt cōcupiſcentie eius n̄ veniant ad ꝑfectum Tentationis aūt ettribulationis baptiſmū ignē hunc operatur Cōburit enī carnē ⁊ coquitvt nec concupiſcat cito ſꝫ vt nec germinet cōcupiſcētias Nā aīa ſpūs eſt.⁊ ſpūales penas timet: carnales autēnō timet Unde ⁊ ſancti penas huiusſeculi cōtemnūt ⁊ futurū iudiciuꝫ ti-
ment vbi ſpiritus cruciant̉ Oaro aūtſpiritales penas n̄ timet. carnales āttimet. Ideo mali nō ceſſant peccareniſi eos iudicia carnalia ⁊ terrena cōpeſcant Ideo ergo ſciens dn̄s: qꝛ caro carnales tātūmō penas timet: ſpuales āt nō timet. mittit ſuꝑ ſeruos ſuos carnales tentationes ⁊ tribulationes. vt cōbuſta caro teneat diſciplinā⁊ timēs anguſtias ſuas nō concupiſcat malū quia caro importuna ⁊ cōcupiſcens ſi ſecura fuerit ⁊ ſi nō vincitſeruos dei: tn̄ ſordidat ſcītatem eoruꝫ⁊ inquietat. ⁊ requieſcere non permittit Unde iuſticiā tentationibus floret. ī proſperitate autem marcida eſtQuēadmodum ſi focum poſueris ſuper terram. cōburit ipſas radicēs herbarum. ⁊ in loco ſuo iam nō facile naſcitur herba. ſic ⁊ tentationis ignispoſitus ſuper carnem comburit radices concupiſcentiarum in ea: vt nonfacile cōcupiſcat ¶ Uides ergo quiaaqua preterita lauat peccata: ſpiritusautem repellit concupiſcentias ⁊ preualere non ſinit: ignis auteꝫ ipſas cōcupiſcentiarum radices comburit aquā preterita tollit: ſpiritus preſencia impedit. ignis aduerſus futura p̄munit Quid eſt autem baptizare in igne etiā ſequēs ẜmo demoſtrat dicē̄sHabens vētilabꝝin manu ſua. Uentilabrū iudiciū eſt:ꝑ qd̓ dn̄s ſingulos hoīes tentat ⁊ cūctoꝝ corda dijudicat Ergo nō mox qͥin aqͣ vel in ſpū fuerit baptizatꝰ ſtatiꝫad ꝑfectuꝫ eſt baptizatus. niſi dn̄s inuiſibiliter eū baptizaue̓it in igne tentatiōis: qm̄ ſi nō fuerit qͥs tentatus n̄pōt eſſe ꝓbatus ¶ Spēs aūt tentationū ſunt multe Tentant̉ enī hoīes īinfirmitatibus aut in damnis rerumſuaꝝ: aut ī mortibꝰ charoꝝ ſuoꝝ ſicutIob ⁊ thobias Alij in cogitatiōibus