¶ De purificatione ſenſuum et olfaciūt miſtice theologiſantes. non auditores tm̄. ſed inſpectores ſed factores ¶ Ponatur exemplū ꝑuuli ſuꝑ mrēm ſuādū ſugit ⁊ amplexatur eam. qui plerūqꝫ nichil videt nihil audit aut ſaltē nō iudicat ſe vi dere/ vel audire quicqͣꝫ/ totus in lactatione vn̄ delectatio dicta eſt occupatus. Tūc nihil cognoſcit ſub qͣcunqꝫ rōne reflexa etiaꝫ ꝙ lac ſit dulce vel bonū/ vel ens vel nō ens ſed tm̄mō lactādū ſe vberibꝰ impͥmit Et fit mulcebris quedā oꝑatio exꝑimētatiua/ nō reflexa/ nec declaratiua/ nec enūciatiua. Felix puer ille etiamſi centū ſit annoꝝ ſub ſapīa matre ſua/ qualis erat magnificꝰ rex ille dauid ꝑuulus in oculis ſuis/ ⁊ virilior ceteris an̄ deū. ¶ Fundemus ſuꝑ hanc ſil̓i tudinem ſenſuū ſpūaliū ad corꝑales/ ſimilitudinē aliam ꝓ theologie miſtice cogniti on cōuenientem. Cōſtituamus duos ho mines corā oculis noſtre cōſideratiōis/ qͦrum vnus ſit acutiſſimus in duplici ſenſu viſus ⁊ auditus. ſed habeat hebetatos penitus ⁊ obtuſos tres alios ſenſus. qui ſunt olfactus guſtus et tactus. Cōſtituat̉ alter qui cecus ſit ⁊ ſurdꝰ. ſed habeat expeditos alios ⁊ viuaces. olfactū/ guſtū/ ⁊ tactū Cō ſtat ꝙ iſte ſcd̓s poterit maiores exꝑiri dele ctatiōes. ſenſuales qͣꝫ pͥmus. Cōiecturem ex iſta ſil̓itudine ꝙ ph̓i vel theologi littera ti/ vigēt in viſu ⁊ auditu ſpūalibꝰ. ſed euēit multis ꝙ tribꝰ alijs careant ſenſibꝰ vel impeditos/ vel obtuſos ꝓrſus hn̄t. Prouenit ecōtra de ſimplicibꝰ illitteratis/ ꝙ velut ceci ⁊ ſurdi ſunt ad ph̓ieſcholaſtice ꝑceptiōꝫ qui ceteris ſenſibꝰ vigēt in ſpūaliū olfactu guſtū et tāctu. Nullus ergo mirabitur iſta cōſiderans ſi ſimplices illitterati ceci et ſur di niſi qͣꝫtū fides inſonat/ oblectant̉ in deo quē deſiderādo ⁊ amando olfaciūt/ guſtātet amplexādo tangūt. Hn̄tes ꝑ vite purita tem ⁊ ſimplicitatē ſenſus iſtos purgatos/ atqꝫ reformatos. dū in alijs male viuētibꝰ penitꝰ ſtupidi ſunt/ nec ꝑcipiūt ea q̄ de diui nis ſuauiter redolēt ſapiūt ⁊ mulcēt. qͣꝫuis videāt ⁊ audiāt. Exēplū ſil̓e de canibꝰ vēaticis reſpectu nō venaticoꝝ poſſet induci. Reducūtur inſuꝑ iſti quinqꝫ ſenſus ad duos oculos qͥ ſunt intellectus ⁊ voluntas cognitiōis ſcꝫ ⁊ amoris. Uiſꝰ enī ⁊ audit̉ ꝑ aꝓpriatiōm magꝭ ſpectāt ad intelligētiaꝫ ceteri tres ad affectum vel amorem. Conſideratio. XII. Tant ſimul affectualis cognitō theologie miſtice/ ⁊ alter modꝰ cōtemplatiōis qui dicit̉ pure et liqͥde veritatꝭ diuīe. Sūt diuerſi tractatores de vtraqꝫ ꝯtēplatōe ⁊ varie q̄ libet figurat̉. Affectualis in maria ſedente ⁊ in ſpōſa q̄ delitijs affluit innixa tl̓r ſuꝑ di lectū ſuū. Intellectual̓ ꝟo in iſrl̓ ⁊ rachel. et in ſpōſa aſcēdēte ſicut aurora luna ⁊ ſol. Sꝫ oꝑtet ꝙ intelligētia ferat̉ in deū ſine h̓ et nūc. hͦ eſt ſine cōtinuo ⁊ tꝑe ⁊ ita ſine cōmixtiōe fantaſmatū. Hoc vero tante difficultatis eē dicit Augꝰ cōſonās Platōni et ſeqͣcibꝰ ꝙ nō niſi in raptu qͦdā more choru ſcationis poſſit ſincera ꝟitas hec cognoſci etiā a paucis ⁊ raro Quēadmodū non ita ſenſerūt de theologia miſtica affectuali/ qͥ eam aſſeqͥbilē tradūt ¶ Poſſibilitatē deni qꝫ cōſideratiōis huiꝰ ſuadēt ea q̄ in paulo facta ſunt ⁊ in btīs ꝯplebunt̉ Sꝫ amplior ꝓſecutio nō ē opuſculo pn̄ti neceſſaria nec ſue poſſibilis breuitati ¶ Deniqꝫ diſtribu it vnicuiqꝫ deꝰ miſteria ſua ꝓut vult qͥ hodi erna ſolēnitate aſcēdēs in altū dedit dona in hoībꝰ. In cuiꝰ cōmemoratiōe ſolēnitatꝭ hec ſcripta ſunt Lugduni ad elucidatiōeꝫ ſcholaſticā/ miſtice theologie/ cōſiſtentis ī amore ꝑ Ioh̓em de Gerſon cācellariū pariſien̄. Anno. M.cccc.xxiiij. pͥma Iunij. Cōſciꝰ eſt animꝰ meꝰ. exꝑientia teſtis Myſtica q̄ retuli dogmata vera ſcio Nō tn̄ idcirco ſcio me fore gl̓ificandum Spes mea crux xp̄i Gratia nō opera. Carmen de purifi catione ſenſuum interiorum. Gaudia queris Cor tibi fruſtra Senſibus herens Infatuatis Caruis amore Tactuus et autis Uis oculorum Naris odora Hi tibi ſenſus Lingua ſapora Spirituales Quinqꝫ dati ſunt Morbidus intro Quos ebetauit Horridus/ aſperCorpis humor Fedus/ et ater Spurcus/ amarus/ Uis reparetur Contere teteNoxius humor Ore vomenti Prodeat extra Iamminus egti Gaudia ſenſus Celica carpent Tunc deus vltro Obijciet ſe Omnia fiet Omnibus vnus Aure melodus Oreſanonis
