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tiones fidelium circa hmōi in finem bonūdirigēdo. Patet hͦ de feſto purificatōis qd̓ideo candelaria vulgo d̓r. qꝛ portant̉ candele ardentes illa die in honore puriſſime⁊ lucidiſſime virginis Marie/ q̄ priꝰ portari apud gētiles ꝯſueuerāt in veneratiōeꝫcuiuſdā dee ⁊ in luſtratione vrbis romaneSic ſolēnitas pͥme diei mēẜ ſexti/ q̄ quondā in honore octauiani auguſti fiebat/ ceſſit in eccl̓ia in honorē receptionis cathenarū pͥncipis apl̓oꝝ. Secundū ꝯſimilē ꝯſiderationē apud pͥncipes chriſtianos poſſꝫhodie tolerari celebratō natalis ſui. īmo vtmeritorie ꝑagi/ dirigēdo videlicet intentōnē ſuā ad ſpūalem natiuitatē regeneratōisſue ꝑ ſacꝝ baptiſma/ gl̓ificātes deū qͥ gr̄ambaptiſmi ꝯtulit. Sic etiā encenia q̄ dant̉pͥmo die ianuarij tolerabilit̓ fierēt/ ſi dirigeret̉ intētio ad illud enceniū gl̓ioſum ⁊ p̄cioſum/ qd̓ xp̄us ieſus deꝰ ⁊ dn̄s nr̄ nobis donauit in ſui bn̄dicti noīs īpoſitiōe. qd̓ vtiqꝫ nomē eſt ieſus ſalutē īportās/ atqꝫ ī ſuip̄cioſi ſanguinis effuſione/ quā in circūciſione inchoauit ſed tūc ꝯſummauit. qn̄ inara crucis cū latrone. ⁊ clamore valido ſeipſm totū ꝓ nr̄a ſalute deo patri in ſacrificium obtulit/ ⁊ exauditꝰ eſt ꝓ ſua reuerentia.Sic fit intentionē rectificādo multa erūtreligioſa/ que alias forent ſuꝑſtitioſa.Conſidera. XXII.Nueniet ſtudioſus doctꝰ ⁊ piꝰ aniimus in talibꝰ obſeruationibꝰ q̄ deſe non ſunt male/ qͣſdā rōnes vel directiōes cordis/ q̄ faciūt obẜuatōes hmōinedū licitas ſed etiā meritorias. Et ſic̄ nōeſt ncc̄e in obſeruationibꝰ ꝑ eccl̓iam datisꝙ ſimplices ⁊ laici cogͦſcuūt talin̄ rōnes/ q̄in aliqͥbꝰ vix pn̄talit̓ reddi/ qͣꝫ ꝙ ſic placuerit legiſlatori/ vel eccl̓iaſtice conſuetudini.Sic multo magis in ꝓpoſito dicendū eſt/ꝙ ſufficiāt leues ꝯiecture/ ſi dicat̉ nouenaria potius qͣꝫ duodenaria/ ad honorem nouē vicꝫ ordinū angeloꝝ. At ꝙ fiat ꝑegrinatio ad iſtā eccl̓iam magis qͣꝫ ad illā/ ob maiorē deuotionē fideliū. Et ꝙ deus vult ī varijs locis/ ⁊ diuerẜ ſctīs/ varie ⁊ diuerſimode venerari. ſtāte tn̄ in his ſꝑ vere fidei ſoliditate ⁊ ītegritate. Sꝫ ⁊ ꝙ pulli/ vel panisvel vinū/ vel equi/ vel imagines certe / velaliqͣ ſil̓ia certis ritibꝰ offerant̉ totū cedit inhonorē dei ⁊ ſanctoꝝ/ ⁊ ad ſuſtentationem
eccl̓iaſticoꝝ miniſtroꝝ/ dūmodo in his etin alijs nō addat̉ poſitiue ⁊ ꝑticulariter certa intentō praua/ ⁊ omnino ꝯtraria diuinereligioni Conſulendū eſt igit̉ vt ſtent in directione ⁊ intentione generali/ faciēdi ideꝫqd̓ placitū ſit deo/ nec in talibꝰ nimis multum ſe ſubtilizent.Conſidera. XXIII.Urſus ad elucidationē p̄miſſoruꝫ¶ampliorē addendū eſt/ ꝙ nō paſſiꝫAOq̄ratur tentari deus per inuocationem ſanctoꝝ ſuoꝝ/ vel oblationes eis factas. qͣſi debeat ſemꝑ ſtatim facere miraculoſe illud qd̓ petit̉/ p̄ſertim qn̄ eſt tm̄ modobonū tꝑale adipiſcendū. vicꝫ qn̄ eſt ꝓ acqͥrendo aliquo cōmodo/ vel ꝓ euitādo incōmodo/ ſic̄ ſolent facere plurimi qͥ ꝓ qͣlibetre qͣꝫtumlibet ꝓphana ⁊ modica / querūt adeo ⁊ ſanctis eius oꝑationē ſuꝑnaturalemqͣꝫuis oppoſitū illiꝰ qd̓ ipſi petut cadat frequētius ad ſalutē ip̄oꝝ ſpūaleꝫ/ ſicut eſt infirmitas/ vel aliqͣ in bonis tꝑalibꝰ aduerſitas. ¶ Eſt enī inuocādus deus maxime ꝓeterna ſalute animaꝝ/ ⁊ ꝓ medijs ad illamꝑ arma iuſticie a dextris ⁊ a ſiniſtris/ ꝑ diuitias/ ꝑ pauꝑtatem/ per bonam famā ⁊ infamiā/ quēadmodū ſup̄mus noſter medicusmagiſter ⁊ rector nobis vtile eſſe nouerit.Itaqꝫ; ſicut dici ſolet/ a magno magna petenda ſunt ⁊ ſperanda/ atqꝫ aliquid ſoliduꝫſeu permanſurum/ ne forte videatur deuscoli ſolum vel amari propter queſtum temporalium que vilia ſunt et ilico vtiqꝫ peritura.Conſidera. XXIIIIOntingit autem deum tentari dupliciter. vno modo ſine neceſſitate/ vel abſqꝫ magna vtilitate. q̄ tentatio dicitur curioſitas. Alio modo quando dimittitur auxilium humanum/ qualepoſſet haberi / videlicet dum fiat illd̓ quodnaturaliter vel humanitus fieri poteſt. Ethoc vocamus facere quod in ſe eſt. Ad primum ſpectat/ cum homo vult per aliquasoōnes vel ieiunia acquirere ſcientiā aliqͦoccultorum/ vel eoruꝫ que non ſunt ſibi vl̓ſtatui ſuo competent ia/ vel vt habeat gratias aliquas gratis datas/ que nō ſunt vtiles ip̄i petēti/ ſꝫ magis īutiles forte ⁊ noxievt ꝙ hō ſperet dicēdo hanc vel illā orōnem
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