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dam panis unam, et assaturam bubulae carnis unam, et similam frixam oleo laetitiae, in resurrectione, propter honorem suae matris.
2. Item, Ipsa est Mater revocationis peccatorum de regione longinqua. Unde significatur per mulierem Thecuiten, quae dixit ad David, II Regum, XIV, 7 et seq.: Quaerunt exstinguere scintillam meam quae relicta est. Et ait rex David: Vivit Dominus! quia non cadet de capillis filii tui super terram. Et sic revocatus est Absalon.
3. Item, Ipsa est mater conservationis, quae tam diu peccatores fovet, usque dum ipsis gratiam Dei impetret. Unde significatur per Resphan, quae currus interpretatur 1, quae septem viros in patibulo suspensos, scilicet peccati, propter septem peccata mortalia, a David, id est, a Christo, non dimisit aves lacerare eos per diem, neque bestias per noctem, id est, daemones, prohibens, donec stillaret aqua, gratiae scilicet, contritionis, et confessionis, super eos de caelo, id est, de misericordia Dei. Glossa: "Pia sollicitudo sanctorum succurrit precum instantia peccatoribus, donec misericordiam Dei impetret super eos, pravos homines, et malignos spiritus compescens, ne vitam illorum ulterius corrumpant, prava suggerendo." Et David Saul sepelivit.
4. Item, Ipsa est cisterna gratiae. II Regum, XX, 15: Desideravit David aquam, et ait: O si quis mihi daret potum aquae de cisterna quae est in Bethlehem juxta portam!
LIBER REGUM III.
Rex David senuerat, habebatque aetatis plurimos dies 2.
1. Semper excellentissima Virgo Maria desiderio sanctorum Patrum, et ardore optata, et quaesita fuit, ut Regem regum foveret per incarnationem in gremio, ut ipsum recipiendo calefaceret, in conservatione totius vitae Christi, in hoc mundo sibi ministrando, et staret in caelo empyreo pro peccatoribus exorando. III Regum, I, 1 et seq., significatur Virgo Maria per Abisag Sunamitidem, quae interpretatur pater meus abundans, vel patris mei rugitus, de cujus laude dicitur: Dixerunt ergo ei, scilicet David servi sui, id est, sancti Patres: Quaeramus in omni terra creaturam rationalem, quae sub caelo est, domino nostro regi adolescentulam virginem, dignam, et stet coram rege, et foveat eum, dormiatque in sinu suo: ut Rex regum, et foveat eum, per incarnationem in gremio ventris sui, dormiatque in sinu suo, apud mundissimam mundissimus, in creatura creator, in filia Pater, in ancilla Dominus. Quaeramus etiam Virginem sapientissimam, charitate ardentissimam, quae ipsum Deum ad liberationem, et miserationem inflammet: habetur enim ibi, et calefaciat dominum nostrum regem. Quaeramus et Virginem sapientissimam, quae sciat, velit, et possit stare ut interpellatrix coram rege ad re-
of bread, and one roast of beef, and fine flour fried with the oil of gladness, in the resurrection, on account of the honor of his mother.
2. Likewise, she is the Mother of recalling sinners from the far country. Hence she is signified by the Thecuite woman, who said to David, II Kings XIV, 7 and following: They seek to extinguish my spark that has been left. And King David said: The Lord lives! for not one of the hairs of your son shall fall upon the earth. And thus Absalom was recalled.
3. Likewise, she is the mother of preservation, who cherishes sinners so long until she obtains for them the grace of God. Hence she is signified by Resphan, which is interpreted chariot 1, who did not allow the birds by day or the beasts by night, that is, the demons, to tear the seven men hanging on the gibbet, namely of sin, on account of the seven mortal sins, from David, that is, from Christ, but prohibited them, until water, namely of grace, contrition, and confession, dripped upon them from heaven, that is, from the mercy of God. The Gloss: "The pious solicitude of the saints comes to the aid of sinners by the insistence of prayers, until it obtains the mercy of God upon them, restraining depraved men and malignant spirits, lest they further corrupt their life by suggesting evil things." And David buried Saul.
4. Likewise, she is the cistern of grace. II Kings XX, 15: David desired water and said: O if someone would give me a drink of water from the cistern that is in Bethlehem beside the gate!
THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS.
King David had grown old and had very many days of age 2.
1. The ever most excellent Virgin Mary was desired and sought by the desire and ardor of the holy Fathers, that she might warm the King of kings through the incarnation in her lap, that by receiving him she might warm him; in the preservation of the whole life of Christ, by ministering to him in this world; and that she might stand in the empyrean heaven praying for sinners. In III Kings I, 1 and following, the Virgin Mary is signified by Abisag the Shunammite, which is interpreted my father abounding, or the roaring of my father; concerning her praise it is said: Therefore his servants, namely David's servants, that is, the holy Fathers, said to him: Let us seek in all the earth a rational creature that is under heaven for our lord the king, a young virgin, worthy, and let her stand before the king, and warm him, and sleep in his bosom: so that the King of kings, and let her warm him, through the incarnation in the lap of her womb, and let him sleep in her bosom, the most pure with the most pure, the creator in a creature, the Father in a daughter, the Lord in a handmaid. Let us also seek the most wise Virgin, most ardent in charity, who may inflame God himself toward liberation and compassion; for it is contained there, and let her warm our lord the king. Let us also seek the most wise Virgin who knows, wills, and is able to stand as intercessor before the king to re-
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