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Oculos ad ſponſū tendimus: dū intimūmētis ad videndā xp̄i beatitudinē aliquātulū aperimꝰ. Sed oculos auertere p̄cipimur: ne vꝫ aſpicere eā ſicuti eſt quātūcunqꝫ videamꝰ arbitremur. Ipſi em̄ oculi eūauolare fecerūt: qꝛ qͦ amplius videt̉ eo magis inuiſibilis eſſe cognoſcit̉. Et a nobisauolat: qꝛ quātulūcūqꝫ ictu mētis apprehenſus incōprehēſibiliter ſuꝑ oēm conatū noſtrū ſe exaltatū eſſe manifeſtat. Oculi quippe mētis quaſi hoc efficiūt: vt auolet: qꝛ per hoc tantillū quo videt̉ valde lōginquus: ⁊ auolās a nobis ſicut dictū eſtapparet. Sequitur.F¶ Capilli tui ſicut greges capraꝝ qui aſcenderūt de mōte galaad Dentes tui ſicut greges tōſaꝝ ouiū que aſcenderūt de lauacro. Oēs gemellis fetibus: ⁊ ſterilis nō eſt inter eas. Sicut cortex mali punici ſic gene tue abſqꝫ eo qd̓ intrinſecus latet.)Hec oīa dicta de eccleſia ſuꝑius vt potuimus expoſuimus. Ideo nūc de ſynagogaeadē replicare deuitamꝰ: vnū eſt tn̄ qd̓ nōſil̓r repetit̉ qꝛ ibi ſicut fragmēta mali punici: hic aūt ſicut cortex malipunici dicitur.Quo nihil aliud deſignari puto: niſi ſanguinē noſtrū qui ſub anti xp̄o morient̉: etvnitatē fidei: ſub qua multi iudeoꝝ ſtringent̉. In cuiꝰ ꝯſtantia dū ſanguīs effuſionē patient̉: fidei tribulatiōe quaſi corticisrubore decorabunt̉. Sequit̉.G ¶ Sexaginta ſūt regine ⁊ octaginta concubine: ⁊ adoleſcentularum non eſt numerus.Quid per reginas: niſi ſanctoꝝ aīe deſignant̉: que dū corꝑa ſua prudēter regūt:⁊ alijs p̄ſumit̉: regnū ſibi eternū acqͥrunt.Sunt em̄ nōnulli in ſctā eccleſia qͥ carneꝫſuā macerāt: ⁊ ꝓpter deū affligūt: vicia vīcūt: demones velut tyrānos ſibi ſubijciūtoēs motus ſuos vt ordinate currāt: ſapiēter regūt: alijs p̨̄dicant hoc qd̓ ipſi faciūt:
multos a faucibus demonū gladio verbipugnātes abſtrahūt. Quid hmōi ale niſiregine exiſtūt: que dū regē xp̄m ſponſumſuū valde diligūt: amoris cōmixtiōe ⁊ libidinis execratiōe regios filios .i. fidelespopulos gignūt Quibꝰ oībus beatus petrus dicebat: Vos aūt genus electū: regale ſacerdotiū: gens ſctā: populus acqͥſitionis. Sed regine. lx. eſſe perhibēt̉. Denarius quippe numerꝰ per ſenariū multiplicatus in. lx. cōplet̉. Et quid per denariūniſi decē p̄cepta legis? Et qͥd per ſenariūniſi labor huiꝰ vite ſignat̉? Sex em̄ diebꝰqd̓ neceſſariū eſt oꝑamur: ⁊ in ſeptīo quieſcere per legē iubemur. Bene gͦ. lx. regine dicunt̉: qꝛ dū. x. precepta in hoc ſeculooperant̉: ſeculū aūt hoc ſex diebꝰ oꝑatoriis euoluit̉: in eis quaſi per ſenariū numerū replicat̉. Predicāt em̄ quiqꝫ. x. precepta legis: in quoꝝ operatiōe ſe exercēt intꝑalitate huiꝰ corruptiōis. Sex igit̉ decies: vel. x. ſexies multiplicāt: qꝛ vl̓e hoc tēpus in explēda. x. p̄cepta legis ſpūalitereſſe trāſgrediendū oꝑibꝰ ſuis manifeſtāt:⁊ verbo predicāt Quoꝝ laudē in hoc mūdo aliqn̄ reprobi aſpiciūt: ⁊ vt ſil̓ir laudētvel vt aliqd̓ cōmodū in hac vita qūocūqꝫadipiſcant̉: ⁊ ipſi per ſemetip̄os p̄dicatores fiūt. De quibus bene ſubdit̉.HH ¶ Et octoginta concubine.)¶ Concubine qͥppe nō vere ſed ficte dn̄osdiligūt: ⁊ ab eis nō poſteritatē filioꝝ: ſedpn̄tiā expetūt: nec ꝯtinētiā exercēt: ſꝫ libdinē explere ꝯcupiſcūt. Sic ſi falſi p̄dicatores in eccleſia exiſtūt: qꝛ dū nō xp̄m: ſedlucrū vel laudē diligūt: nō ſpūal̓r ⁊ caſte:ſed carnaliter ⁊ libidinoſe xp̄o ſe iungūt.Bn̄ ergo ꝯcubine vocant̉: qꝛ xp̄m quē p̄dicāt: nō ſpū: ſed carne ſectant̉. De qͥbusapl̓s paulus dicebat̉. Multi em̄ ambulātqͦs ſepe dicebā vobis: nūc aūt ⁊ flens dicoinimicos crucis xp̄i: quoꝝ finis interitusquoꝝ deus venter eſt. De qͥbus ipſe ideꝫait: Hmōi nō ſeruiūt dn̄o ieſu: ſed ſuo vētri. Que tn̄ ꝯcūbine bene. lxxx. eſſe dicūt̉qꝛ ⁊ ſi toto corde terrena diligūt: celeſtiatn̄ locunt̉ Octonariū quippe numeꝝ per