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forth_o into_o this_o most_o glorious_a and_o the_o last_o and_o great_a ornament_n of_o that_o kingly_a family_n or_o as_o winckl_n man_n observe_v 3.8_o germane_a dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la ex_fw-la maria_fw-la virgin_n tanquam_fw-la surculus_fw-la germinavit_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la ejus_fw-la etiam_fw-la sub_fw-la cruse_n germinat_fw-la in_o zechar._n 3.8_o because_o christ_n as_o a_o branch_n spring_v out_o from_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o his_o church_n grow_v up_o even_o under_o the_o cross_n hence_o we_o may_v learn_v 1._o that_o christ_n be_v a_o true_a man_n for_o its_o certain_a that_o homo_fw-la hominem_fw-la generate_fw-la a_o man_n beget_v a_o man_n the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n be_v both_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n but_o david_n be_v a_o man_n and_o from_o david_n do_v christ_n issue_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v oft_o in_o the_o gospel_n call_v the_o son_n of_o david_n 1.1_o matth._n 1.1_o and_o by_o the_o prophet_n the_o name_n of_o david_n be_v give_v 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ecce_fw-la triumphant_a quia_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la mortui_fw-la peccatis_fw-la mortui_fw-la mundo_fw-la insensibiles_fw-la facti_fw-la nec_fw-la minas_fw-la nec_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi nec_fw-la mortem_fw-la sentire_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la mortui_fw-la erant_fw-la ibid._n but_o it_o continue_v still_o to_o run_v and_o be_v never_o empty_a and_o so_o it_o be_v here_o as_o saint_n bernard_n excellent-expresses_a it_o let_v they_o seek_v to_o terrify_v the_o martyr_n they_o laugh_v at_o they_o they_o be_v strike_v and_o rejoice_v they_o be_v kill_v and_o behold_v they_o triumph_v because_o be_v long_o since_o dead_a to_o sin_n and_o dead_a to_o the_o world_n and_o so_o be_v make_v insensible_a they_o can_v not_o feel_v either_o threaten_n torment_n or_o death_n and_o no_o marvel_n for_o they_o be_v dead_a well_o may_v we_o therefore_o be_v comfort_v against_o all_o the_o malice_n of_o enemy_n consider_v it_o be_v so_o weak_a and_o well_o may_v enemy_n in_o this_o respect_n be_v ashamed_a to_o go_v on_o in_o such_o malicious_a course_n wherein_o they_o shall_v but_o show_v their_o tooth_n and_o all_o to_o no_o purpose_n iv_o the_o vine_n be_v bind_v or_o tie_v up_o 4._o 4._o ligatur_fw-la vitis_n quis_fw-la vincula_fw-la vitis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la non_fw-la videat_fw-la primum_fw-la obedientia_fw-la fuit_fw-la factus_fw-la obediens_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la phil._n 2.8_o erat_fw-la subditus_fw-la illis_fw-la luc._n 2.5_o ne_fw-fr eos_fw-la scandalizemus_fw-la etc._n etc._n da_fw-mi ïis_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o &_o te_fw-la matth._n 17.27_o secundum_fw-la uterus_fw-la virgin_n tertium_fw-la in_o praesepio_fw-la fuit_fw-la quando_fw-la ejus_fw-la membra_fw-la pannis_fw-la involuta_fw-la virgo_fw-la mater_fw-la alligabat_fw-la &_o pedes_fw-la manus_fw-la cruraque_fw-la stricta_fw-la cingebat_fw-la fascia_fw-la quartum_fw-la fuit_fw-la funis_fw-la quo_fw-la ligabatur_fw-la cum_fw-la caperetur_fw-la joan._n 18.11_o quintum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quo_fw-la ligabatur_fw-la ad_fw-la columnam_fw-la cum_fw-la flagellaretur_fw-la necâ—on_n &_o ipsa_fw-la flagella_fw-la quae_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la circuibant_fw-la non_fw-la incongrue_fw-la possumus_fw-la vincula_fw-la appellare_fw-la sextum_fw-la fuit_fw-la corona_fw-la ejus_fw-la spinea_fw-la cum_fw-la magna_fw-la amaritudine_fw-la amabile_fw-la illud_fw-la caput_fw-la amplectens_fw-la septimum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quo_fw-la ligatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o cruse_n nempe_fw-la ferreum_fw-la ib._n c._n 4._o who_o see_v not_o the_o bond_n of_o this_o our_o vine_n the_o first_o be_v obedience_n he_o become_v obedient_a even_o to_o death_n phil._n 2.8_o he_o be_v subject_a to_o his_o parent_n luk._n 2.51_o he_o be_v subject_a to_o caesar_n matth._n 17.27_o the_o second_o be_v the_o womb_n of_o the_o virgin_n the_o three_o be_v in_o the_o manger_n when_o his_o virgin-mother_n bind_v up_o his_o body_n wrap_v in_o clothes_n and_o compass_v in_o his_o foot_n hand_n and_o leg_n with_o a_o 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quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o vinculis_fw-la ligantur_fw-la vites_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la jaceant_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la aut_fw-la minuantur_fw-la aut_fw-la corrumpantur_fw-la fructus_fw-la earum_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la autem_fw-la fructus_fw-la fuit_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o est_fw-la quare_fw-la ergo_fw-la ligaris_fw-la bene_fw-la rex_fw-la quidam_fw-la cum_fw-la percussus_fw-la humana_fw-la sagitta_fw-la peteretur_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la ligare_fw-la permitteret_fw-la donec_fw-la excideretur_fw-la quia_fw-la levissimo_fw-la motu_fw-la mortem_fw-la posset_n incurrere_fw-la non_fw-la decet_fw-la inquit_fw-la regem_fw-la vinciri_fw-la libera_fw-la sit_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la salva_fw-la potestas_fw-la o_o deus_fw-la deorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ergo_fw-la derogatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la libertati_fw-la &_o potentiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la tu_fw-la ligaris_fw-la adeo_fw-la vinculis_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o solvendi_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habes_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la ligatus_fw-la es_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la â_fw-la miseriis_fw-la nostris_fw-la faceres_fw-la absolutos_fw-la admiror_n domini_fw-la jesus_n &_o admirando_fw-la deficerem_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la liquido_fw-la cognosco_fw-la te_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o cord_n charitatis_fw-la nexibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la constrictum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la deteriora_fw-la vincula_fw-la sufferenda_fw-la te_fw-la leviter_fw-la attrahere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la gratia_n sit_fw-la vinculis_fw-la tuis_fw-la bene_fw-la jesus_n quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la tam_fw-la potenter_fw-la diruperunt_fw-la ibid._n vine_n be_v bind_v up_o lest_o if_o they_o shall_v lie_v on_o the_o ground_n their_o fruit_n shall_v be_v diminish_v or_o mar_v but_o thy_o fruit_n be_v and_o be_v incorruptible_a and_o therefore_o why_o be_v thou_o bind_v a_o certain_a king_n be_v wound_v with_o a_o arrow_n when_o he_o be_v desire_v that_o he_o will_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v bind_v till_o the_o head_n of_o the_o arrow_n may_v be_v cut_v out_o because_o the_o least_o stir_a will_v endanger_v his_o life_n return_v this_o fit_a answer_n it_o become_v not_o a_o king_n to_o be_v bind_v a_o king_n power_n must_v be_v free_a and_o always_o entire_a therefore_o o_o god_n of_o god_n what'a_fw-fr derogation_n be_v this_o to_o thy_o liberty_n and_o power_n thou_o be_v bind_v with_o so_o many_o bond_n who_o only_o have_v the_o power_n to_o bind_v and_o loose_v but_o it_o be_v for_o thy_o mercy_n sake_n that_o thou_o be_v bind_v that_o thou_o may_v set_v we_o free_a from_o all_o our_o misery_n i_o wonder_v at_o it_o o_o lord_n jesus_n and_o with_o wonder_n shall_v faint_v but_o that_o i_o certain_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v first_o tie_v with_o the_o cord_n of_o love_n in_o thy_o heart_n by_o which_o thou_o may_v more_v easy_o be_v draw_v to_o the_o endure_v of_o these_o worse_a bond_n thanks_o to_o thou_o o_o good_a jesus_n for_o these_o thy_o bond_n which_o have_v so_o powerful_o break_v all_o we_o and_o why_o shall_v any_o of_o we_o think_v much_o to_o undergo_v bond_n for_o the_o cause_n and_o glory_n of_o christ_n see_v he_o have_v first_o for_o our_o good_a and_o salvation_n undergo_v so_o many_o bond_n what_o be_v we_o in_o comparison_n of_o he_o the_o lord_n be_v bind_v for_o the_o servant_n and_o shall_v the_o servant_n think_v much_o to_o be_v bind_v for_o the_o lord_n he_o by_o his_o bond_n have_v sweeten_v all_o we_o and_o take_v away_o the_o bitterness_n of_o they_o v._o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o vine_n seem_v more_o deform_v than_o the_o high_a and_o strong_a tree_n 5._o 5._o totum_fw-la corpus_fw-la altis_fw-la arboribus_fw-la &_o robustis_fw-la deformius_fw-la invenitur_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la penitus_fw-la inutile_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o abjectum_fw-la nec_fw-la ipso_fw-la aspectu_fw-la amabile_fw-la aut_fw-la usui_fw-la accomodatum_fw-la sic_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o in_fw-la corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la secundum_fw-la illud_fw-la prophetae_fw-la isa_n 53.2_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr species_n ei_fw-la nec_fw-la decor_fw-la &_o vidimus_fw-la eum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la erat_fw-la conspectus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la apertius_fw-la et_fw-la veer_fw-la talis_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la carnalium_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la carne_fw-la noverunt_fw-la intueri_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la probare_fw-la possumus_fw-la apertis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la primo_fw-la per_fw-la compassionis_fw-la affectum_fw-la dein_fw-ge per_fw-mi passionis_fw-la defectum_fw-la quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la hominem_fw-la circa_fw-la amicum_fw-la