14.06.2013 Views

Legenda aurea : vulgo historia Lombardica dicta ad ... - Pot-pourri

Legenda aurea : vulgo historia Lombardica dicta ad ... - Pot-pourri

Legenda aurea : vulgo historia Lombardica dicta ad ... - Pot-pourri

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

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-

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!