Liber viarum Dei

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Title
Liber viarum Dei
Author
Elizabeth, of Schönau, Saint, 1129-1165.
Publication
[S.l. :: R. Caly?,
1557?]
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Visions -- Early works to 1800.
Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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De via infantiū. Sermo decimus. Cap. xviii.

CVM esset completus per angelū sermo praecedēs in vigilia assump¦tionis sancte de genitricis Mariae rursus in ipso di∣festo in tempore diuini officii vi∣sitauit me, & ait Ecce adhuc vol cōsumare sermo¦nes meos, quom am adhuc locu est, et habeo ali¦quid breuiter di∣cere ad infantes▪ qui nesciūt se cu∣stodire propter

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ignorantiā. pro∣pter quod opor∣tet admoneri ma¦tres eorum, vt cu¦stodiant eos cum timore dei castos et immaculatos, ne forte pereant. Ad haec ego sub∣iunxi, interrogās & dicens: Quid est dn̄e {quod} dixisti castos & imma∣culatos? quid fa∣cere possunt in∣fātes, vnde casti∣tatē suā cōmacu∣lent? nōne et si q̲d delinquūt, igno∣rātia eos excusat. Et ait: Castitatē suā verbis immū¦dis sepe coinqui∣nant & operibus qualia & ipsi per ficere possunt: et quamuis per ig∣norātiā faciāt, ta∣mē sine reatu nō sunt, & poenam

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omnino nō eua∣dere possunt de hac vita migrātes quia ne{que} ab ali∣quo sunt castiga∣ti, ne{que} per seip∣sos poenitētiā de∣licti habere scie∣bāt. propterea ca¦stigari debēt à pa¦rentibus pro de∣lictis suis, quia si∣cut mala facere assuescunt, ita & bona facere disce¦rent, si per castita¦tem ad hoc nutr¦rentur, {quod} autē di∣xi vt īmaculatos, pro ipsis dixi qui cū paululū de sep¦tennio ecierint, tunc amplius se cōmaculant pra¦uis operibus quia plus nouerūt co∣gitare de malo, quoniā non sint prohibiti ab eo, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & ipsi inquan¦tum

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possunt ope∣rātur opus impu∣dicitiae, ita vt ger¦manitate coniun¦cti saepe copulen turnesciētes quid saciunt Tales igi¦tur si de hac vita migrant, magnas poenas sustinent, quous{que} purificē ur, quia ula o∣mnino maculain reguū dei potest intraro. Hoc er∣go est illorū peri∣re, de quo supra dixi, tanto autem grauius ac diuti∣us puniūtur, quo minus orationi∣bus etelemosinis amicorū adiuuā∣tur pro eo {quod} eis indigere nō cre∣dantur. dico vo∣bis parentibus et quicun{que} paruu∣lorū custodiam habetis: attēdite

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quomodo in ma¦gna cautela eos custodiatis, quia in vos redunda∣būt delicta eorū, sine glexeritis eos prona est per se omnis caro ī ma¦lū, et idcirco noli te enutrire eos in vanitatibus ve∣stris, ne{que} incline tis eos ad ebrieta¦tem, et fabulatio∣nes vanas & pra∣uas, ne{que} ad super¦biā inducatis eos per delicatā edu∣cationem. prohi∣bete eos à verbis impudicis et con¦uitiosis, et obsce∣no cantu, & lusi∣bu malis, & rixa & vagatione in∣cauta, ne rideatis super delictis eo∣rum, sed magisin virga mansuetu∣dinis & verbis

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correctionis ab∣steirete eos, quia contumaces erūt si proprie volun¦tate relinquātur. ncipite autē ab ipsa aurora aeta∣tis eorum, flecte∣re eos ad timorē domini & initia sacrae fidei, & o∣rationes dei, & omne quod ad¦mores bonos per¦tinet, auribus eo∣rum frequenter instillare curate. Consumauit au∣tem hunc sermo¦nem in octaua as¦sumptionis, ad∣iectionē verborū istorū. Nunc au∣tem filii charissi∣mi {quam} pulchta est via vestra, curri∣te in ea. O quam amabilis est pa∣ter vester, quam praeciosū est prae¦miū

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vestrum & rehnum aliorum quod vobis prae∣stare dignetur, fi¦lius qui manet•••• patre & pater in filio manēs cu spiritu sancto in secula saeculorū. Amen.

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