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389 Cap. XC. De sancto Paulo apostolo. - .<br />

orbis tcriniiios loinpreheiidit, nec bitmninc ac pice , scd<br />

spiritii<br />

saiicto cjus tabulae sunt perunctac. Haec snscipicns paene irrationa-<br />

bilibus aniinalibus stultiorcs iniitatores fecit angeloruin. Hinc quo-<br />

quc illam vicit archam , quia illa corvura recipicns corvuin rursuin<br />

emisit ct iucludcns lupuni feritatem cjus mutarc non potuit, hic<br />

vero accipitres milvosque suscipiens fccit columbas et excludens<br />

oiuncin ferilateiu mansuctudinem spiritus introduxit. Abraham mi-<br />

rantur oinnes, quia <strong>ad</strong> Doi pracccpluin patriam atque cognatos rc-<br />

liquit, sed quoinodo Paulo possit acquari , quia non tantuminodo<br />

patriain vel cognatos , sed ipsuin quoque mundrtm rcliquit, iinmo<br />

etiam coelum ct coelum coeli ct haec oinnia Christum suscipieudo<br />

despcxit, unnm pro cunctis istnd solum , id est Christi caritatem<br />

rcquirens, neque praesentia, iiiquit, nequc futura ncque altitudo<br />

etc. Scd ct Abraham in periculum se tr<strong>ad</strong>cns hoslibus filium fra<br />

tris cripuit , at Paulus , univcrsum orbein ut dc ipsa d^aboli ex-<br />

traheret manu. iunumcrabilia pericula sustimiit propriisquc inorlibus<br />

maximain sccuiitatcin aliis comparavit; filiuin quoquc Abrahain vo-<br />

luit immolarc, Panlus vero semetipsum millics immolavit; in Ysaac<br />

paticntiain aliqui <strong>ad</strong>mirantur, qui modo putcos a se factos obstrui<br />

paticbatur, at Paulus vcro putcos ccrncns lapidibus obrutos sci-<br />

licet proprium corpus non soluin, siciit illc, ccdebat, sed cos etiain,<br />

a quibus patiebatur, in coeluin studcbat cvchcre. Quanto cnim am-<br />

plius obrucbatur istc fons , tanto magis crninpebat ac plurics a sc<br />

clTuiidcndo fluvios manabat. De longanimitatc atque paticntia<br />

Jacob scriptura miratur ct quacnam illa cst tam <strong>ad</strong>amantina aiiiina,<br />

quac Pauli paticiitiam possit iinitari? ncquc ciiim scptcin anuoruin,<br />

sed lotius vitac scrvitium pro sponsa perlulit Cliristi. Noii <strong>ad</strong>ustiis<br />

solnm aestu dici et noctis gclu , scd tentatioiics millc pcrpclicns<br />

et nunc quidein vcrbcribus, nunc vero lapidibus scissus atquc colli-<br />

sus ct inlcr ccrtamiiia ubiquc prosilicns captas ovcs ex d^aboli<br />

faucibus abstrahcbat. Scd et Joscph pudiciliae viitutc dccoratus cst,<br />

ei cgo- vercor, nc jain ridiculuin sit Iiiiic ctiam Pauluin laudare,<br />

qui scinctipsuin crucifigens non solum huinanorum corporum pulchri-<br />

tudincs, scd omiiia etiam , quac vidcntur rcbus clara ac dccora,<br />

cerncbat, qucm<strong>ad</strong>modum iios faviilam cineremquc conspiciiiuis , qui<br />

quasi mortuus prorsus <strong>ad</strong> morliiuin immobilis pcrinancbat. Stupciil<br />

Job oinncs hoinincs , cst ciiiin atlilcta mirabilis, al Paiilus noii<br />

mcnsibus tantiiin, scd aiiiiis pliiribus iii agoiic pcrduraiis taiii clarus<br />

cmicuit non tcstac glcba sanicin carnis r<strong>ad</strong>ciis, scd in ipsius inlclli-<br />

gibilc os lconis frcquciitcr incurrcns ct pugnans <strong>ad</strong>vcisus lcnlalio-

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