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Expoſitio beati Gregorij pape qͣſi aurora pulchra vt luna electa vt ſol terribilis vt caſtroruꝫ acies ordinata.) ¶ Eccleſia ſctā quaſi aurora cōſurgens in iudicio vltīo ꝓgredit̉ qꝛ relictis tenebris corruptiōis: incorruptiōis claritate innouat̉. Que bn̄ vt ſol electa dr̄ qꝛ ad eandē gloriā ꝑducit̉ ad quā caput eiꝰ xp̄us qͥ ſoliuſticie ē eſſe ꝑhibet̉. Un̄ eſt ꝙ idē ſol ait Uolo pater vt vbi ego ſuꝫ illic ⁊ miniſter meꝰ ſit. Qd̓ tn̄ ⁊ de mēbris eiuſdē eccl̓ie adhuc ī hac carne viuētibꝰ intelligi pōt. Sūt eniꝫ nōnulli qͥ magna intētiōe q̄ ſint tormēta reproborū aſpiciūt: ⁊ que ſūt ſcā ſua ſine palpatiōe examinare ꝯtendūt. dū qꝫ ſe peccaſſe cognoſcūt: ⁊ ꝑ hoc ire ad reproborū tormēta pertimeſcūt. ſubito tene bras iniquitatis derelinquūt ⁊ luce iuſticie accēdi cōcupiſcūt. mox ad ſanctā operationē conſurgūt: ⁊ per bona que faciunt clarere quibuſqꝫ proximis incipiūt. Hi ꝓculdubio velut aurora cōſurgentes ꝓgrediuntur. nūc alijs lumine ſancte oꝑationis reſplēdeſcet de qua bene ſubdit̉. N Pulcra vt luna electa ut ſol¶ Luna quippe dum noctē illuminat cali gātibus oculis iter per qd̓ homo gradiatur demonſtrat. Sic nimirum queqꝫ anīa que tenebras dimittit ⁊ in ſanctā operati onem ſe extēdit. dū exemplū bene oꝑand tribuit ꝓximis quaſi lucē tenebreſcētibꝰ oculis ſpergit. Dū enī peccātes quiqꝫ bonuꝫ opus aſpiciūt ⁊ ad idē faciendū ſe cō uertūt quaſi errātes in nocte ꝑ lumen lune ad viā redeūt. Hec itaqꝫ anima dū pec cantibꝰ bona exēpla prebet quaſi luna in nocte lucet. Dū vero magis ac magis cre ſcit ⁊ de die in diē per cōſuetudinē oper lumē iuſticie tā perfecte accipit vt etiā bonis exempla īmitationis prebeat que priſolis peccatoribꝰ īmitāda apparebat profecto iā luna ſol efficit̉: qꝛ que in nocte et rantibꝰ nūc lucebat. modo in die ambulā tibus lumē veritatis manifeſtat. Hinc eſt qd̓ ſequit̉. Electa vt ſol d̓ quo bn̄ ſubdit̉. ¶ Terribilis vt caſtroruꝫ acies ordinata. Hoc qꝛ iā dictū eſt iterū nō neceſſe ē exponi ne ſic videat̉ faſtidiū generari. Seqͥtur. Ergo ſpōſus ⁊ cām dicit. vn̄ tāta vir tus in eccleſia excreſcere poſſit. Uiſitatio ne quippe renouat̉ ⁊ qd̓ in ea tenebroſuꝫ eſt reſpectione eius illuminat̉. Et hinc eſt quod ſubdens ait. P Deſcendi in ortū nucū vt vi derem poma conualliū: ⁊ inſpicerem ſi floruiſſent vinee et ger minaſſent malapunica.) Quid ꝑ nuces: niſi ꝑfectos quoſqꝫ ītelligimꝰ: qui dū diuinā ſapīam intra corꝑa ſua retinēt quaſi nucleū ī fragili teſta por tāt. Sūt enī quā plures ī eccleſia qͦ aſſidue diuine ſcripture intēdūt quā ſuauis ſit dominꝰ guſtātes. ampliꝰ guſtare ꝯcupiſcūt ſctā gaudia ī corde rumināt: ⁊ ruminātes magis ac magis ꝯualeſcunt: ⁊ tn̄ foris ne ſciētibus eos viles apparēt qꝛ ignorat̉ ꝙͣ dulcē ī ſuis īterioribꝰ cibū portet. Quid iſti: niſi nuces exiſtūt: qͥ nuclei dulcedineꝫ intꝰ ferūt. exteriꝰ vero carnis vilitatē pre tendūt. De quibꝰ fuit apl̓us qui dicebat. Habemꝰ theſaurū iſtū in vaſis fictilibus. Ortꝰ igit̉ nucū: corda ſūt ſanctorū qͥ dum deū valde diligūt celeſtē dulcedinē in intimis gerūt. vn̄ ī pſalmo ſcriptū ē. Quaꝫ magna multitudo dulcedīs tue dn̄e ꝙͣ ab ſcōdiſti timētibꝰ te. Sꝫ quid ē ꝙ in ortunucū ſpōſus deſcēdit vt poma videat: cū potiꝰ nuces videre debeat. Uerūtn̄ ſcien dū eſt ꝙ maxīe corda ꝑfectoꝝ viſitat eiſqꝫ benignitatis ſue ſuauitatē manifeſtat vi ꝑ eos ad infirmiores poſtmodū veniat et ꝙͣtū in augmētū luſticie ꝓfecerint. ꝑ illocognoſcat. vn̄ ſcriptū ē. Dn̄s de celo proſpexit ſuꝑ filios hoīm vt videat ſi ē intelli gēs aūt requirēs deū. Dū enī diuina bonitas corda ꝑfectorū illuſtrat eoſqꝫ ad curā ꝓximorū ꝑ charitatis ſollicitudinē inſtigat. quid hoc ē aliud niſi ꝙ ad ortū veniēs poma ꝯuallis ꝑ illos qͥbꝰ p̄ſidet pro 