Prologus

Poſtilla multū ſolēnis ſuꝑ epiſtolaſPauli rouerendi pr̄is fratris Nicolai degorrar. ſacre theologie ꝓfeſſoris. ac prouincialis francie ordinis p̄dicatoruꝫ Incipit feliciter.¶ Prohemiū pͥmumEdi te in lucē genciū vt ſis ſalꝰ meavſqꝫ ad extremū t̓re Iſa. xlix. legimꝰGen̄. i. ꝙ fecit deꝰduo luminaria magna vt lucerēt in fir¶Cmamēto celi ⁊ illuminarēt terrā. Luminare maiꝰ vt p̄eſſetdiei Luminare minꝰ vt p̄eſſet nocti Luminare qͥdē maiꝰ .i. ſol Allegorice ſignificatpetrū qͥ pͥnceps ē apl̓orū ſicut ſol lumīarium de qͦ pͣs. In ſole poſuit tabernaculuꝫſuū qͥ petro ꝯmiſit ecc̄aꝫ ſuā Lumīare minus .ſ. luna ſignificat paulū qͦ eſt vltimusapl̓orū ſicut luna planetaꝝ ſcd̓m illud .i.Coꝝ y. Ego ſū minimꝰ apl̓orū d̓ qͦ ſaluapace eiꝰ p̄t exponi in bono illud Eccͣi. xxi.Stultꝰ vt luna mutat̉. ſicut enī luna ī maxima oppone ſolis mutat̉ ab obſcuro ī luminoſū. ſic paulꝰ in ip̄a ꝑſecutōe xp̄i mutatꝰ eſt a ſtulto in ſapiēteꝫ Dies ſignat ſtatū iudeoꝝ lucē dīne ꝯgnitiōis hn̄ciū de qͦpͣs. Dies diei eructat ꝟ̓bū Nox fignat ſtatum gentium in tenebris ydolatrie manenciū de qͦbus Sap̄. xvij. fiderū limpidiſſime flāme illumīare nō poterant noctemillā horrēdā Facta ſūt āt hec duo luminaria vt luceāt in firmam̄to celi ſcꝫ ad informatiōem fideliū et celeſtiuꝫ virorū ⁊ illuminēt terrā ſcꝫ ad ꝯuerſiōem terrenoruꝫ⁊ infideliū. lumīare qͦdē maiꝰ ſcꝫ petrꝰ vtp̄eſſet diei .i. ꝯuerſioni iud̓oꝝ. luminae̓ vero minꝰ .i. paulꝰ vt p̄eſſet nocti id ē ꝯuerſiōi genciū Iudei namqꝫ ſigna petūt ⁊ greci ſapiam. i. Coꝝ. i. Ideo petrꝰ qͦ precellebat in fignis. apl̓us factus eſt iudeorum.paulꝰ vero qui in ſcīa gēciū. ſcd̓ꝫ illd̓ Gal̓ij. Qui operatꝰ eſt petro rē hāc officioruꝫdiſtributiōem p̄uidens Iſa. loquit̉ in ꝑſodn̄i ad paulū dedi inqͦt te in lucē gencium⁊e Paulꝰ enī doctrine radijs illuminauittotū mundū Hic eſt enī fons ꝑuus qͦ creuit in fluuiū maximū ⁊ in aquas pl̓imas

redūdauit ⁊ in lucē ſolēqꝫ ꝯuerſus ē heſt̉x. Fons qͦppe ꝑuus ⁊ amarꝰ fuit in adoleſcencia in ſtatu ſinagoge. ſꝫ creuit in fluuium maximū in ſua ꝯuerſione In aqͣs plurimas redūdauit in abundāti p̄dicationeIn lucē ſolē qͣꝫ ꝯuerſus eſt in tociꝰ mundiilluminatiōe ſicut enī lux cādele a viatoribꝰ in teſta ponit̉ ne extinguat̉ ſic paulꝰdoctrinā ſuā in libro epl̓aꝝ īcluſit ne morte eiꝰ extingueret̉. hec eſt lucerna poſitaſuꝑ ecc̄e cādelabrū Luc̄. xi. q̄ adhuc illuminat oēs qͦ in domo ſūt ꝑ qͣtuor ꝑtes orbis terrarū ita vt adhuc verū ſit ꝙ ait ꝓpheta dedi te in lucē genciū ⁊ͣ In qͥbus ꝟbis tāgunt̉ qͣtuor cauſe introductorie hꝰoꝑiſ .ſ. autor finis matē̓ia forma ¶ Epl̓aꝝautor eſt paulꝰ edoctꝰ a dn̄o ih̓u xp̄o derite inquit. paulꝰ quidē adhuc ꝑuulꝰ legeꝫdidicerat a gamaliele in ꝑuis ſcolis iudeorum vt ait Actꝭ. xxij. nutritus in ciuitatehac ſecus pedes gamalielis ſꝫ poſtquamfactus eſt vir trāſlatꝰ eſt ad magnas ſcolas angelorū Nā raptꝰ eſt ad terciū celuꝫij. Coꝝ. xij. vbi a xp̄o ſūmo doctoe̓ didiciteuāgeliū Gal̓. i. Notum vobis facio euangeliū qd̓ euāgelizatū ē a me qꝛ nō ē ſcd̓mhoīem neqꝫ ab hoīe accepi illud In ſcolisci illis didicit ordinē gerarchie ſuꝑceleſtꝭ.in diſtinctione dinarum ꝑſonarū de quaRoͣ. viij. ſcripſit dicēs qm̄ eſtis filij dei miſit ſpiritū filij ſui in corda vr̄a in qͦ clamamꝰ abba pater Ordinē gerarchie celeſtꝭ.in diſtinctione ordinum angelorum de cͦſcripſit Tol̓. i. dicēs ſiue throni fiue dn̄ationes ſiue pͥncipatꝰ ſiue ptātes. ordinē ꝟogerarchie ſubceleſtis in diſtinctōe graduum ⁊ ſtatuū eccleſiaſticoꝝ d̓ qua. i. Coꝝxij. ſcribit dicēs. qͦſdaꝫ poſuit in ecc̄a pͥmūqͣdem apl̓os ⁊ͣ. Tres quidē ſtatꝰ in ecc̄iadiſtinguūt̉ qͦ per noe daniel ⁊ Iob intelligunt̉ Eze. xiiij .ſ. actiuoꝝ p̄latoꝝ ⁊ ꝯtēplatiuorū Apl̓us vero in primo celo .ſ. āgelorum archāgelorum ⁊ ꝟtutum. didicit ordinē actiuorum In ſcd̓o celo .ſ. prīcipatuum ptātum ⁊ dn̄ationum ordinē p̄latoꝝIn tercio celo .ſ. thronorum cherubin etſeraphin ordinē ꝯtēplatiuorū. vn̄ ⁊ horuꝫregulas ordinuꝫ in epl̓is ſuis tradidit Regulam qͥdē actiuoꝝ. i. Coꝝ. i. hͦ aūt dicotꝑs breue eſt Reliquuꝫ eſt vt qͥ vxores ha