rundo tempus fuumj&cJcen^Vadc pi
g e r
ad formicas*
Omnipotens enim iHe(vtdixt)acom
nifapiens artifex, & rerQomnium crea*
tornatumcuique animaliumgeneri in-
duftri*,acceu virtutis naturalis indidit^
vt re&iflime fuo officio ab ipfo illis im
polito defungi,ipfi^ue in eo genere vi
taefun&ionisque feruire poffent. Sic e«
tiammulto magis homini creatur* om
niumcreaturarum nobiliflim?,ac domi
n * , &ad fummamfun<
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h'one agnofeen
di & colendi Deu condit*,ille ipfe funi
mus optimusq; archite&us eam vimna
turamque,aut plenamperfe&amfy vir-*
tuteminitio indidit, itafy ipfum forma*
mt,Sc
(ibi conformauit,vtperfe&iflim£r
fuo officio defungi,ipfique irculpatifli-
me feruire, & inhoc mudo iuftimme vi
uere ac verfari poffet. Quare ex colla»
tione fuperftitis natur* brutorum red i
intelligere poiTumus,quanto diumior€
naturam,ac perferiorem virtutem iufti
tia ue vniuerfalem initio Deus homini
increaucrit, fuocjue ore infpirauerit.
Ex ifta ipfa collatione natur* omnia
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