Opuſculum.lxi.
ignis in forma cognoſcibilis: qꝛ nō in cineribꝰ ſepelit̉: ſꝫ effuſione flāmea oībus aperit̉. cātꝭ. 8. fortis ē vt mors dilectio. Iampades eius lāpadesignis atqꝫ flāmaꝝ. Modo ꝗdeꝫ ignis charitatiscinere cooꝑtus inuiſibil̓ eſt a deo: vt ⁊ ip̄m hoſpitē domus lateat vtrū ſuꝑ larē cordis aliꝗd d̓ ignecharitatꝭ hēat ⁊ timet̉ aliquotiēs nō eē vbi tn̄ eſt:a ecōuerſo nōnunqͣꝫ p̄ſumit̉ eē vbi in v̓itate nō ē.Ecc̄. Sunt iuſti atqꝫ ſapiētes ⁊ oꝑa eoꝝ in manudei: ⁊ tn̄ neſcit hō vtrū amore an odio dignus ſitAtem ē in qͣꝫtitate magnus mō paꝝ cognoſcimuſ⁊iō paꝝ diligimꝰ: ⁊ iō ꝑuum igniculū hēmus vixmagnū plenā: vt ſignat̉ in ezech̓. x. Precepit dn̄ſviro ꝗ indutus erat lineis dicēs. Sume ignē demedio rotaꝝ que ſunt int̓ cherubin ⁊ īgreſſus illeſtetit iuxta rotā ⁊ extēdit cherub manu de mediocherubin ad ignē ꝗ erat inter cherubin ⁊ dedit inmanꝰ eius ꝗ indutus erat lineis: ꝗ accipiēs īgreſſus ē: ⁊ apꝑaruit in cherubin ſil̓itudo ⁊ manꝰ hoīsſb̓tus pēnas eoꝝ. Cherubin plenitudo ſcīe. Cherub gͦ nobis ignē mēſurat: ⁊ vix manū plenā dat:qꝛ ꝑua cognitio: ⁊ iō ꝑua dilectio. i. Corī. 13. Nūccognoſco ex ꝑte. ſꝫ cū venerit qd̓ ꝑfectum ē euacuabit̉ qd̓ ex ꝑte eſt: ⁊ tūc ꝑfecte videbimꝰ ꝑfecte amabimꝰ: ⁊ vehemēter ardebimꝰ. Ioā. 17. Notufeci eis nomē tuū: ⁊ notū faciā: vt dilectio qua dilexiſti me in ipſis ſit ⁊ ego in ipſis. nec miꝝ ſi magnus ignis efficit̉ vbi de tot cordiū milibꝰ quaſi īfinitis laribus amoris flāma effundit̉: ⁊ in vnuꝫignē charitatꝭ incōfuſe ꝯfundit̉. O ſi interim plenam nob̓ cherub mēſuret: vt video quattuor adhoc hr̄e opꝫ .ſ. vt viri ſimus lineis induamur ingrediamur iuxta rotas ſtemꝰ. Eſto igit̉ vir virilitate ꝯſtantie: īduere lineis ꝯtinentie: īgredere ininteriora ꝯſcīe: ſta iuxta rotaſ ſcripture ſic aliꝗd d̓igne accipies quo accepto egredieriſ ⁊ alios incēdes. Itē ē in v̓itate īextinguibil̓ ignis exͣ caminuꝫignis charitatꝭ exͣ celū v̓tuoſus ꝗdeꝫ valde: ſꝫ tn̄ extinguibiliſ ē: ⁊ qͣꝫ frequēter extinguit̉ nūc penurialignoꝝ: nūc inundātia aquaꝝ cū vl̓ deſūt neceſſaria vl̓ aſſunt ꝯͣria. eccl̓. Si defecerīt lingua bonorū opeꝝ extinguit̉ ignis: ſil̓r ignē ardēteꝫ extīguitaqͣ fluida .ſ. ꝯcupīa: ita ꝗdeꝫ mō: ſꝫ qūo in futuro:ita h̓: ſꝫ qual̓r in camino v̓tus ignis īextinguibil̓ ēnota cantꝭ. 8. Aque multe nō poterūt extinguerecharitatē: nec flumīa obruēt illā. Ex iſto ſeꝗt̉ aliaꝯditio illiꝰ ignis .ſ. ꝙ ſit duratōe ꝑpetuus: ⁊ hͦ ē qd̓dicit apl̓s. Charitas nūqͣꝫ excidit. Itē eſt in pōde̓ſtabilis. Ponduſ naͣle qd̓ rē ad locū ꝓpriū īclinatin eodē loco rē ſiſtit ⁊ exͣ illū ꝗeſcere nō ꝑmittit: ſicut igit̉ lapis quē pōdus ſuū deorſum mouet ī cētro accipit ꝗeteꝫ: ſic ignis ſemꝑ in motu exn̄s ⁊ ſꝑſuo pōdere ſurſuꝫ tēdens in orizōte ſpere ſue eodēpōdere fixus adipiſcit̉ ſtabilitatē. Ibiqꝫ ab alienamaͣ abſolutus ⁊ ꝓpria ꝯtentus in actōe ſua vnifor
miter ſe hꝫ. Nam exͣ ſperā ſuā ẜm diuerſas maͣsſortit̉ ꝯditiōes diuerſas: ⁊ ꝓ diuerſis ꝯditōibusmultiformit̉ diuerſificat̉ in actōibus. Nunc .n. īpedit̉: nūc expedit̉: ⁊ ẜm hͦ motꝰ eius nūc tardiornūc velocior: nūc minuit̉: nūc auget̉: ⁊ ex hͦ actuseius nūc debilior nūc fortior. Sic ſic oīno igneꝫ amoris pōdus ſuū mouet ⁊ agitat donec in camīopatrie ſiſtat. Hic gͦ charitas mouet ad oꝑa ꝑ queſurſuꝫ veniat̉: ⁊ ſic ē meritū p̄mij ibi ſine oꝑe in amati pn̄tia delectat̉: ⁊ ſic ē p̄miū meriti. Hic gͦ locus motus ⁊ actui ⁊ paſſiui. Nā ignis charitatꝭ ⁊mouere hꝫ ⁊ moueri pōt: mouere hꝫ: vt dcm̄ eſtad oꝑa: moueri ēt pōt ꝗn̄qꝫ ſpēbus motuū: motugeneratōis de nō eſſe ad eē: motu corruptōis deeſſe ad nō eē: motu augmēti cū intēdit̉: motū diminutōis cū habitꝰ ꝑ pctm̄ corruptus in ꝯtritiōeminor reuertit̉: motu alteratōis vl̓ cuꝫ expeditferuet: vl̓ impedita torꝑet: ⁊ ẜm hͦ in motu quemelicit ⁊ in actu quē efficit fortior vl̓ debitior eſt.Nihil hoꝝ patit̉ ignis in ſua ſpera charitas in patria. In camino gͦ patrie locus ē ſtabilitatꝭ vbi pōdere ſuo ignis iſte ſiſtit̉: vt nec moueat vlterius:nec moueat̉. Nō .n. ibi vlteriꝰ mouere hꝫ ad oꝑationē difficilē: ſꝫ beatificare hꝫ ꝑ fruitionē dei indicibilē: nec moueri pōt qꝛ nec generari in nō habēte: nec corrūpi in habēte: nec augeri in mīoribꝰnec minui in maioribuſ: qꝛ nec illi de ypophaniaad epyphania aſcēdere ꝑ amoris augmētuꝫ: necilli pn̄t deſcēdere ꝑ ipſiꝰ detrimētū: ſꝫ nec alterari pōt cū nec īpediri: nec expediri valeat: ſꝫ ſemꝑeque expedita in eodē ſtatu in eodē actu in eodeꝫfernore ſtabilis ꝑſeuerat. hic eſt caminꝰ ihrl̓m adquē mouet ⁊ eleuat bonos ignis charitatis cui exoppoſito caminꝰ babilonis opponit̉ ad quē p̄mit⁊ agitat malos ignis cupiditatꝭ. De qͦ Mat. 13.Exibūt angeli ⁊ ſeꝑabunt malos de medio iuſtoruꝫ ⁊ mittēt eos in caminū ignis. ibi erit fletus ⁊ſtridor dētiuꝫ. h̓ erit riſuſ ⁊ iubilus gaudentiū. ibipenal̓r ardēt corꝑa dānatoꝝ maͣli igne īextinguibilis gehēne. h̓ ſuauiter ardēt aīe bonoruꝫ ſpūaliigne intermniabilis amicitie. O ſi mō reſpiceredet̉ oculis cordis qͣlis erit ille reſpectꝰ quo electireſpiciēt ſine timore gaudētes de camino palatijregalis illos miſeros ſine ſpe dolētes in caminocarceris gehēnalis.Ecundū aūt ſil̓e eſt huic. diligeſ ꝓximū tutum ſicut teip̄m. ſil̓itudo eſt reꝝ dr̄ntiumeadē qualitas. Mandatū igit̉ primū ē quo iubemur diligere deū: ⁊ ſcd̓m qͦ ꝓximū qm̄ duo mādata ſunt numero dr̄ia ⁊ ordine dr̄nt nō ſoluꝫ iubendi: ſꝫ etiā implēdi: qm̄ illud primū ⁊ iſtud ẜmnō ẜm pͥus ⁊ poſterius in tꝑe: ſꝫ in dignitate ⁊ neceſſitate: qꝛ dignius potius intēſius ⁊ fructuoſiuſdiligimus rē qͣꝫ eius ymaginē deū qͣꝫ hoīem multa tn̄ ꝯuenientia ⁊ fil̓itudo mādati ſcd̓i cum pͥmo