¶ De vita ſpirituali animecontēplatōis ſtabilis ⁊ ſerene. Primū eſtomniū in gratia exn̄tiū quaſiⁱ incipientiūSecūdum proficientiū Tertiū perfectorum. ¶ Primū in baptiſatōne fluminisvel flaminis. Secundū in temptatōe ꝑegrinatiōis. Tertiū in cōſolatōne angeliceadminiſtratōis. Sicut xp̄s prīo baptiſatus eſt/ poſtmodū temptatꝰ deinde conſolatus. Sicut ipſe eſt vita animās via mouens/ veritas ſtabiliēs alphaet o. principiū. mediū. ⁊ finis. In quo viuim per fidem formatā. qꝛ iuſtus ex fide viuit. ⁊ hocin viratōnali. Mouemur ꝑ ſpem deſiderantē que ſurſum ſunt/ in iraſcibili. Sumus ꝑ caritatē radicatā in cōcupiſcibili.Prīa ergo pars opuſculi que latior eſt⁊ ꝑ lectōes diſtinguit̉ agit de vita anime ⁊de morte ip̄ius/ ⁊ de egritudinibꝰ ſpiritalibus inqͥrendo qͥdditatē peccatorū a radice/ et eliciendo moralia documēta inde ſequētia Secūda tractat de vita ſecūda anime que eſt motus eiꝰ vel inſtinctꝰ inquirēdo diſtinctōem inter bonas inſpiratōes ⁊immiſſiōes ꝑ angelos malos/ in diuerſismaterijs ⁊ de modo temptatōes ſuperādiTertia loqͥtur de vita aīe ꝑ contēplatōesſtabilite et cōſolate. Bene valeas pater inchriſto et oremus pro inuicē vt ſaluemur¶ Pars prima incipit de vita ſpirituali anime.Go vos baptiſaui aqͣ. ille vosbaptiſabit ſpūſancto Antiquaiam atqꝫ notiſſima patrū traditione cōpertū habemꝰ. qͥd oꝑabatur baptiſmꝰ iohānis. ⁊ quid baptiſmꝰchriſti. Nam cū baptiſari ſit naſci denuo.ſicut nicodemo dicebat xp̄s/ tm̄ int̓eſt inter baptiſma iohānis et chriſti/ qͣꝫtum ipſa diſpoſitō ad vitā differt ab introductōne eiuſdē vite ſpiritual̓ in nobis. ¶ Eratitaqꝫ nobis baptiſmꝰ Iohānis preꝑatorius ad vitā ſpūſſancti cōplendā in ſuſcipientibꝰ/ ſed chriſtus ſolus vere viuificabatquia ſolus vere baptiſabat ſpūſancto: ¶Placet autē vt omiſſa interim ꝑtractōnelitterali ſuꝑ hoc duplici baptiſmo. qm̄ nōtiſſima eſt/ vertam conſideratōem noſtrāad loquendū de vita anime quā ſpūſſanctus oꝑat̉ in nobis ꝑ baptiſmū qui vſitato iam nomīe dicit̉ eſſe flaminis. Ille enībaptiſmus ꝑ ſe efficax eſt. Abſqꝫ eo auteꝫnec baptiſmꝰ flumīs/ nec ſanguinis ꝓdeſtquicqͣꝫ Dicebat paulꝰ atheniēſibꝰ allegāsvnū ex eorū poetis dū de deo loqueret̉ Inipſo enī viuimꝰ. mouemur ⁊ ſumꝰ Actuūxvij Que verba ſi qͥs ad corꝑalem et hancviſibilē vitā motū et exiſtentiā referat. nihil eū errare crediderim. quoniā ſicut vasaquā cōtinet ⁊ figurat ita vt verū ſit ꝙ aqͣplus in vaſe qͣꝫ in ſe figurat̉. ſic multo intimius in ip̄o deo tanqͣꝫ in vaſe oēm creature labilitatē continēte viuit quicqͥd viuitmouet̉ quicqͥd mouetur. ⁊ om̄is exiſtētiane defluat in nihilū; in ipſo eſt atqꝫ cōſeruat̉. ¶ Sed de ſpiritualibꝰ ⁊ inuiſibilibꝰlocuturi/ dicamus ꝙ anima ratōnalis habet in ſpirituſctō ſuam vitā/ ſuū motū/ ſuam exiſtentiā. Eſt quippe hoc propriū ipſi creature ratōnali ſuꝑ ceteras/ ꝙ capax ēvite alicuiꝰ gratuite ⁊ diuine ſil̓r et motuset exiſtentie/ vltra id quod eſt in ſe naturale. Et quēadmodū materia prima. et ſi deſe non ſit nihil/ capit tamē ſuum eſſe principalius ꝑ formā. Sic ⁊ anima ineſſe ſuonaturali conſiderata; imaginanda eſt tanqͣꝫ materia nuda que fieri poteſt ſubiectūquaſi deferēs ip̄m ſpiritūſanctū/ tanqͣꝫ eiꝰveram vitā non quidē formalē. Hoc eniꝫdudū per magiſtros noſtros damnatū eſtSed formali nō prorſus diſſimilē. ¶ Etqnomodo fiet iſtud/ ſi forſan īterrogas?Reſpondeo ꝙ ꝑ baptiſmū ſpūſſancti. cuitamē preuiꝰ eſt aut natura aūt temꝑe/ baptiſmus aque viue ⁊ munde/ tanqͣꝫ qualitatiua diſpoſitio prereqͥſita ad vite huiusformalis introductōeꝫ ¶ Eſt autē baptiſmus iſte/ gratie et aliarū virtutū infuſio.aſꝑſioqꝫ intima animā abluēs; ⁊ reddensydoneam cui ſpūſſanctus ſeipſum vitam⁊ motū/ ⁊ eſſentiā inſpiret ⁊ donet. In ipſo viuimus vt in vita mouemur vt in via.ſumus ⁊ in veritate ¶ Et vide ſi nō ita cortex littere/ abſconditū habet in myſterio.Nā ſi iohānes interp̄tatiōe ſua gratiā ſonat/ et baptiſmus ablutiōem nomīat/ qͥdiohānis baptiſmus niſi gratie ablutō deſignatur. Et hec vt p̄diximus ablutio nōniſi preꝑatio eſt in aīa ipſa vt ſpūſctō baptiſet̉. hoc eſt viuificet̉/ vt iā non in ſe ſolum/ ſed in ſpūſancto viuat/ moueatur etexiſtat; quēadiuodū dicebat diuinꝰ Paulus. viuo ego. iam nō ego. viuit vero ī mexp̄s. ¶ Fatendū eſt nihilominꝰ eſſe quaſdam diſpoſitōes frequēter in anima. quelonginque ſunt ab iſtius vite. ſpiritus ſcꝫ
