¶ Practice cōſcripta¶ 6 6eſt vigilanter/ mox vt ſenſeris auroram diuine illuſtrationis irradiare ſuper terramanime tue habita tūc in extremis maris tāqͣꝫ in littore quodam ſtabili fluctuantiumcogitationū et eſtuantiū deſiderioꝝ. etenīilluc deducet te mirabiliter/ non induſtriatua ſed manus dn̄i/ ⁊ tenebit te dextera ſuaEt dices forſitan tenebre cōculcabūt me qͦad caliginoſam aliquam inferioꝝ oīm obliuioneꝫ ⁊ nox iſta in infimis illuminatiomea in delitijs intelligētie ſuꝑuenientisCaueto ꝓinde ne pennas iſtas vel infidelitas euellat/ vel deſperatio frangat/ vel inertia cōglutinet/ vel auaricia circūliget/ velvrat luxuria/ vel gula p̄grauet.Coſidexa. duodecima docet ſpum̄ auertere a fantaſmatibꝰ qd̓varijs modis poſſe fieri on̄dit methaphiſice. inſuꝑ remittit ad maiores qͦs exēpli gr̄aintroducit in lr̄a ¶ Induſtria duodecimaPiritū a fantaſmatibꝰ auertereOportet nos hic eoꝝ meminiſſe que d̓ qͥdditate miſtice theologie tractauimus. Poſuimꝰitaqꝫ miſtcā theologiā eē amorē extaticū qͥcōſequit̉ ad intelligētiam puram ip̄iꝰ ſpiritus/ que intelligētia caret vtiqꝫ nubibꝰ fantaſmatū ꝓpterea neceſſe eſt eū qͥ vult miſticetheologie ſe tradere/ conari ad hanc intelligentiam puram. Alioqͥn amorem inde ſequentē qͥ rōne comꝑaret ¶ Rurſus ſi apd̓exercitatos methaph̓icos hn̄dus hic ẜmoeſſet ꝓficeret meditari/ qͦ mō totus iſte mūdus ſenſibilis ad aīam rōnalē ꝑ ſenſuſcorporis ingredit̉ vt circulo quodā intelligibili ac pulcerrimo ip̄e mūdus deriuatꝰ a deoreducat̉ in eū. Unde res ab ip̄o egrediētesqͣꝫto imꝑfectiores diſtātiores qͣꝫ ꝓfluūt/ tato amplius materiales/ ⁊ qͣdam craſſitudine corpulētiores inueniūtur. ꝑſpicuū eſt īelemētis ⁊ mixtis. Uidemus etiā in lumīeſolari ꝙ cōtinue plus groſſeſcit vt ſic loqͣmur dū denſiori medio ſeſe miſcet. dumqꝫcoloribꝰ quodāmō ſemetip̄m incorꝑat Fitaūt in recurſu ad deū cōuerſa conditio abeunt qͥppe magis ac magis in ſpūalitatē/ exempligr̄a/ lumē cū colorū ſpēbꝰ fertur adoculos. illic ſpēs ip̄e aggregātur ⁊ deferūturad ſenſū cōeꝫ ille qͣꝫ eas dijudicās puriꝰ acſpūalius. eaſdē ad ꝟ̓tutem imaginatiuamdeducit. Ceterū cū ratio negociat̉ circa fātaſmata elicit ſpēs intelligibiles/ quibꝰ iaꝫcōcipit rem ſine illo qd̓ p̄fuit fantaſmate.Poſtremo potētia intellectiua ſuꝑior quāſpiritū vel mentē noīamus/ poſt cognitionem rōnis/ deducit rem eandē ad lumē pure ſimplicis qͣꝫ intelligētie/ ẜm qd̓ ordinemhabet immediatū ad angelicā cognitionē.¶ Amplius vero ſi diuinū dyoniſiū edoctum a cōſcio ſecretoꝝ celeſtiū paulo placet inſpicere/ vbi de miſtica theologia diſſeruit cū expoſitoribꝰ ſuis inueniemus eumtradere modū auertendi ſe a fantaſmatibꝰcorporeis/ ⁊ abnegatis oībus/ que vel ſentiri vel imaginari vel intelligi pn̄t/ ferat ſeſpūs ꝑ amorē in diuinā caliginem vbi ineffabiliter/ ac ſuꝑmētaliter cognoſcitur deꝰdat exemplū de ſtatuifico ſculptore qui exligno vel lapide ꝑtes abradens/ format agalma pulcerrimū hoc eſt ſimulachrū/ ⁊ hͦquidem ꝑ ablationē ſolam. Conformiterſpūs remouens omnia ꝑ abnegatiōem/ qͣlia poteſt hic cognoſcere quevtiqꝫ ſuam gerunt ſecū imꝑfectiōem vel potentialitatisvel depēdentie/ vel pͥuationis/ vel mutabilitatis. inuenit tandē his oībus ablatis/ agalma dei hoc eſt noticiam tanqͣꝫ rei actualiſſime/ ſine potentialitate. ſup̄me/ ſine dependentia. pure/ ſine pͥuatione. neceſſarieſine mutabilitate. ¶ Atuero ſi noticia illaſit ſolū exꝑimentalis in affectu ſup̄mo vnito deo ꝑ amorem/ vel ſi poſſit dici ītellectualis nō quidē intuitiua/ ſꝫ abſtractiua/ ſeuveſꝑtina cognitione/ nec cognotatiua cognitione ſed abſoluta digniſſimum eſſet cōſideratione ⁊ inquiſitione ¶ Nam habetpars quelibet/ ſuos defenſores eleuatiſſimos. Sunt nempe qui exponētes dyoniſium pͥmū tenent. ¶ Sunt alij dicentes haberi poſſe vltra p̄dictam exꝑimentalem vel exꝑimentatiuam noticiam/ intellectiuuꝫ cōceptū ꝓpriū/ et abſolutū qͣꝫuis nōintuitiuum/ diuini eſſe. Si ab eſſe remoueatur ⁊ abſtrahatur/ oīs imꝑfectio. Idēde vita. idem de bonitate. idem de ſapiētiaidem de potentia. et cōſil̓ibꝰ ꝑfectionalibꝰp̄dicatis vn̄ ſicut facta abſtractiōe a cōceptu vago huius hoīs viſi de ſitu/ motu ⁊ figura et ceteris accidētaliū cōditionū inuolucris/ reſultat agalma.i. hominis imagoẜm grecū. hoc eſt cōceptus ſpecificus ⁊ abſolutus hoīs. ſic de eſſe iudicant/ dū fit abſtractio huius qd̓ eſt eſſe/ a potentialitate.priuatione. dependentia. et alia qͣuis imꝑfectione. reſultat tunc conceptus dei provp
