De superbia quam Christus verbo et exemplo docuit contemnendam . Nos vero, si ad penitentiam redire querimus, a superbia discedere debemus, quia non potest cum illa Dei gratia inveniri. Ea propter in presenti sermone de ipsa superbia, viciorum omnium venenosa regina, aliqua percurremus, de qua, modo nostro, tria mysteria proponemus declaranda: Primum dicitur divina ordinatio: qualiter Deus propter odium superbie angelos malos eiecit de Paradiso et per scripturas odium eius predicatur; et qualiter cominatur superbis et quomodo istos humiliavit. Secundum specificatio, quod superbia dividitur in quatuor species, scilicet: cum quis credit bonum quod habet habere a se; vel a Deo propriis meritis; vel habere quod non habet; vel propter bonum quod habet ceteros spernit. Tertium distinctio, de superbia prelatorum, clericorum, religiosorum et laicorum, qualiter unusquisque in suo gradu superbus existit.

On pride, which Christ taught to despise through His words and example. Certainly, if we wish to return to penance, we must depart from pride, as it cannot be found together with divine grace. For this reason, in the present sermon we shall see a few things about pride, the poisonous queen of all vices, on which - as is our custom - we propose to clarify three mysteries: The first concerns the divine decree: how God cast the wicked angels out of heaven because of their prideful hatred; how their hatred is preached in the Scriptures; and how the proud are threatened (in the Scriptures), and the way in which He humbled them. The second concerns the specification, since pride is divided into four categories, namely: when someone believes that the good he possesses, he possesses because of himself; when he believes he received it from God because of his own merits; when he believes he possesses what he does not have; when the possession of goods causes him to disdain others. The third concerns the distinction: about the pride of prelates, clerics, religious and laymen, and the way in which each proud person belongs to his own rank.

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