Non permittam...

[Pacifica]

Having difficulty with the last word of the fourth line. Could it be semen? Also, the very first word looks like an abbreviation for Jeronimus - which would indicate it's quoting him or more or less quoting -, is that it? A search in Google Books gives no result. They don't necessarily quote word for word, though, so maybe...

Jerome (?). Non permittam te cadere in talia peccata e quibus nec humilitatem nec aliquas virtutes possidere poteris, i.e. bonum semen (??) secundum voluntatem dei.

 

[cinefactus]

It looks like an f doesn't it.
If it were a reference to bonum semen it would presumably be Matt 13

 

[Pacifica]

It could be an f. But if it is then I have really no clue what the word might be.

 

[cinefactus]

Neither do I

 

[Pacifica]

Bah, thanks for trying to help anyway.

 

[cinefactus]

Could it be Jeremiah that he is referencing?
bonum ficum perhaps
24:2 calathus unus ficus bonas habebat nimis
A longer shot there is also 2:21 ego autem plantavi te vineam electam omne semen verum quomodo ergo conversa es in pravum vinea aliena
The only other thing I can think of at the moment is fratrem
Mark 3:35 qui enim fecerit voluntatem Dei hic frater meus et soror mea et mater est

 

[cinefactus]

Or what about bonum secum?

 

[Pacifica]

Or what about bonum secum?

Possible, but then I wouldn't know how to interpret it.

 

[cinefactus]

Yes I am clutching at straws. What is this a commentary on?

 

[Pacifica]

It's next to Rev. 2:5 Memor esto itaque unde excideris: et age poenitentiam, et prima opera fac: sin autem, venio tibi, et movebo candelabrum tuum de loco suo, nisi poenitentiam egeris, but it seems only loosely connected at best.