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A17070	An abridgment of the Meditations of the life, passion, death, & resurrection of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. Written in Italian by the R Father Vincentius Bruno of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by R.G. of the same Society. VVherento is premised a briefe method for instruction & practice of meditation; Delle meditationi sopra principali misterii della vita, et passione di Christo n.s.. English. Abridgments	Bruno, Vincenzo, S.J.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.; Dawson, Edward. aut	1614 (1614)	STC 3941; ESTC S114248	73,032	306

to retyre into â—gypt obeyed promptly not excâ—sing himselfe that it was winter â— a bad time to trâ—uaile in or that hâ— knew not the way or that the people of Egypt were idolatours anâ— infidels 2. How our Lord the King oâ— Kings doth fly the crueltie and tyrannie of an earthly King and how euen from his tender age he beginneth to suffer persecution for our iâ—struction and saluation 3. How the holy mother did beaâ— her beloued babe in her armes beinâ— more molested in mind for compassion of the cold and discommoditâ— that her little Sonne endured the for the paine that she her selfe took for him in so long and tedious a voâ— age which led them into a straâ—â— country where they were constrâ—ned to earne their liuing with theiâ— hand-worke Let vs learne 1. To obey promptly euen secrâ— admonitions by S. Iosephs example 2. To suffer willingly with our Blessed Lady 3. Not to care in what place we â—ine so it be to the greater glory of God XIV MEDITATION Of the Killing of the Innocents Matth. 2.16 1. CONSIDER the fury and rage of Herod who hauing vnderstood how the three Kings were returned to their country by â—nother way and being aduertised â—f that which passed in the Temple â—he day of the Purification did coÌ„maund that all the little men-chilâ—ren in Bethleem and in all the â—orders therof from two yeares â—ld and vnder should be killed 2. Consider the griefe which â—ur Lord did feele euen then seing â—s he did well know all things so many little infants to be so cruellâ— slaine for his sake 3. Consider the cruelty of thosâ— barbarous souldiars which hauinâ— no regard neither of age nor of sex nor of the dolefull mothers did couer the streetes with bodies of the dead infants Let vs learne 1. How hurtfull pride and ambition are which make a man tâ— band himselfe against God as Hâ—rod did 2. How we ought not to feare thâ— force of tyrants who haue no poweâ— but vpon the body 3. That it importeth not wheâ— or where we dye so it be in God grace and for his honour and glory XV. MEDITATION Of our Sauiours returne out of Egypt Matth. 2.19 1. CONSIDER how after that our Sauiour had remained in Egypt seuen yeares the Angel appeared againe to Sâ— Ioseph notifying vnto him King Herods death coÌ„maunding him in Gods behalfe to returne into Iurie with the infant IESVS and his Mother 2. How the returne was much more cumbersom and painfull then the flight because our Sauiour being now growne somwhat great our B. Lady could not beare him so commodiously and on the other side he was to young to walk by him selfe a foot 3. How S. Ioseph being arriued â—n Palestine and vnderstanding that Archelaus had succeeded his Father Herod in the Kingdome of Iurie durst not goe thither but being warned in sleep retired into Nazareth Let vs learne 1. That God doth neuer wholy forget those that suffer for him although he permit them to be a while afflicted for his sake 2. To obey readilie such as haue commaundement ouer vs in Gods place whether it be to go or returnâ— from any one place to another 3 Neuer to trust to our owne forces nor to expose our selues to the daunger of temptation or any otheâ— euill XVI MEDITATION How our Lord was fouÌ„d in the TeÌ„plâ— Luke 2.41 1. CONSIDER how our Loâ— remaining in Ierusalem wâ— to the Temple as to his Fatheâ— howse there with praier to honour God and with his doctrine to giue some light of saluatioÌ„ to the doctors of the law 2. Consider what sorrow our B. Lady felt not finding her deare beloued sonne neither with her spouse nor kinsfolks how many teares she shed and with what diligence she returned the morning following to seeke him in Ierusalem 3. Consider what ioy our B Lady did feel hauing fouÌ„d her deare sonne in the Temple sitting in the midst of the doctors hearing asking them Let vs learne 1. To make more accoumpt of Gods honour and seruice then of wordly parents and friends 2. Yf the Virgin Mother did so â—itterly lament because the lost our â—auiour without any fault of her â—art what ought he to do that caâ—eth him of by sinning â— Yf we desire to find our Sauiour â—e must seeke him with sorrow XVII MEDITATION Of our Sauiours life from twelue yeares vntill he was thirty yeares old Luke 2.51 1. CONSIDER that which the Euangelist saith to wit that our Sauiour the King of Kings and Emperour of Heauen and Earth was subiect to his parents 2. Consider how our Sauiour all that while kept himself retyred yet was not he idle but imploied the time well and profitably in visiting often the Temple in attending to praier in shunning the conuersation of men and in helping his Motheâ— and his Father Ioseph as S. Marke doth recount chap. 6. â— 3. How that which the Euangeliâ—â— saith that our Sauiour daily grew iâ— wisdome and in grace with God anâ— men doth sufficiently shew vntâ— vs that he did much more then thâ— which is recorded in the Ghospel that although he was retyred yet did he neuer cease to profit Let vs learne 1. To obey euen the very least being taught so to do by our Sauiours example 2. To be more delighted with silence theÌ„ with speach and conuersation 3. To recollect and retyre our selues as much as is possible for it is a singular meanes to obteine grace in the sight both of God and men THE SECOND PART OF THE EVANGELICAL HISTORY Conteyning the Actes of our Sauiour from his Baptisme vntill the second Easter XVIII MEDITATION Of S. Iohn Baptist his preaching Matth. 3.1 Mark 1.4 Luke 3.2 1. CONSIDER how our Sauiour desirous to publish himself so to accomplish that for which he waâ— sent into this world made S. Iohâ— Baptist goe before him being man very austere as well in his diâ— as in his apparell and manner also of preaching to make men see with their eyes that which he did announce by word of mouth 2. We must endeauour to vnderstand wel the summe of S. Iohns preaching which is conteined in these words Do penance for the Kingdome of heauen is at hand and also consider the great good that we get by penance which maketh vs capable to receaue Gods grace 3. Consider S. Iohns humilitie who being the greatest of all the Prophets and of all the children of men yea in such opinion with the Iewes that they were ready to receaue him for their Messias did neuerthelesse care nothing for these honours but did praise and magnify him whose forerunner he was Let vs learne 1. To loue austerity as much as our manner of life doth permit vs. 2. To doe voluntarie penance 3. Alwaies to praise others but neuer to commend our selues XIX MEDITATION Of our Sauiours Baptisme Matth. 3.13 Marke 1.9 Luke 3.21 1. CONSIDER how our Sauiour tooke leaue of his Mother to go towards the riuer of Iordan where S. Iohn was

Not to begin or vndertake any worke without commending it first to Almighty God by praier 2. Wholy to rely and hope in God without seeking after so many commodities in temporall things 3. Not to trust easily those persons that we haue neuer tried nor knowne XLIX MEDITATION How our Sauiour filled fiue thousand men with fiue loaues and two fishes Matth. 14.15 Mark 6.34 Luk. 9.12 Iohn 6.2 1. CONSIDER how our Sauiour casting his eyes vpon the multitude which had forsaken all to follow him took great compassion vpon them seeing them like sheepe without a sheepheard and so began to instruct theÌ„ of things appertaining to theiâ— saluation 2. Consider how on the other side the Apostles coÌ„sidering that it grew late and that all those people had not wherwithall to liue in a desert place interrupted our Sauiours discourse desiring him to dismisse the assembly that euery one might goe to prouide himselfe of lodging and victualls 3. Consider how our Lord answered them that they theÌ„selues should giue them to eate and when he had taken the fiue loaues and the two fishes he blessed them and made the Apostles distribute theÌ„ amongst the people so that they were all satâ— fied and filled Let vs learne 1. To content our selues with little since the twelue Apostles carried with theÌ„ but fiue barly loaues for all their prouision 2. To take our refection with due acknowledging and thanksgiuing 3. To giue almes freely when we haue meanes for our substance shall neuer be diminished L. MEDITATION How our Sauiour did walk vpon the sea Matt. 14.22 Mark 6.46 Iohn 6.16 1. CONSIDER how the Apostles being embarked without our Sauiour to passe ouer the sea of Tiberias were surprized with a great tempest which did tosse them terribly all the night long not without great daunger to be cast away 2. Consider how about the break of day our Lord walking vpon the the sea passed by them faigned to go further but they cried out and knowing him by his voice S. Peter demaunded leaue to go vnto him and hauing obtained it was in daunger to be drowned by force of the tempest 3. Consider how our Sauiouâ— being entred into the boat the tempest ceased and the bark was preseÌ„tly on the shore which they could not come vnto in all the night Let vs learne 1. Neuer to withdraw our selues from the vse of praier and holy Sacraments by which we are vnited ioyned with God 2. To resist couragiously the tentations that do befall vs if we haue a desire that God shall assist vs. 3. To hope alwaies for our Lords aide and fauour whose only presence is able to do much more then all our labour and industry be it neuer so great THE FOVRTH PART OF THE EVANGELICAL HISTORY Contayning the memorable acts of our Sauiour from the beginning of the third yeare of his preaching vntill the raysing of Lazarus from death LI. MEDITATION How our Sauiour cured the Chanaan womans daughter Matt. 15.21 Marke 7.24 1. CONSIDER how this woman though she were a Paynim Infidel came vnto ouâ— Lord and confessing him to be God Man requested him to haue mercy vpon her 2. Consider how although our Sauiour would not heare her noâ—â—â—â— much as looke vpon her at the first yet did she notwithstanding continue to crie after him and pray the Apostles to be intercessors and speak for her 3. Consider how she in the end did prostrate her self at our Sauiours feete and confessed that she was worthy to be called a dogge yea shewing her selfe to be content with the crummes that is with the least fauour he would bestow vpon her she obtained the perfect recouery of her daughter Let vs learne 1. To make our praiers with great faith hope and humility 2. To haue oftentimes recourse to the Saints demaunding their aide and fauour for vs before God 3. To perseuere â—o praier vntill we be heard and obtaine what is necessary for vs. LII MEDITATION How S. Peter confessed the diuinity of Christ Matth. 16.13 Mark 8.27 Luke 9.18 1. CONSIDER how our Sauiour demaunded of his Apostles what opinion men had of him not therby to vnderstand his owne praises or to vauÌ„t himself or to learne any thing that he knew not alredy but only to instruct them and giue them occasioÌ„ to merit by a holy confessing him to be God 2. Consider how that after he had vnderstood what the common people thought of him he would also know what the Apostles themselues did esteeme him to be and so he gaue occasion to S. Peter to confesse him to be God and man the Sonne of the liuing God 3. Consider how our Lord approuing their faith vnder the confessioÌ„ that S. Peter had made in name of them all he called him therfore Happy and Blessed because he had receaued such a reuelation froÌ„ God and made him head of the vniuersall Church Let vs learne 1. To heare willingly what others say of vs thereby to amend our faults 2. To be euer ready to confesse the faith of Christ euen with the losse of our life when it should be requisite 3. To praise men modestly acknowledging the good that we see in them to come more of God then of themselues LIII MEDITATION Of the transfiguration of our Sauiour Matth. 17.1 Mark 9.1 Luk. 9.28 1. CONSIDER how our Sauiour desirous to shew a sparkle of his glory did only chuse three of his Apostles and leade them into a high mountaine 2. Consider how praying with them he was in an instant so changed that his face did shine like the sunne and his garments did become as white as snow 3. Consider how S. Peter behoulding Moyses and Elias that did talk with our Sauiour was surprized with so great ioy that he cried out saying It is good for vs to be heere let vâ— make three Tabernacles for thee for these two Prophets Let vs learne 1. Not to be too carefull to do our good works before men contenting our selues that God doth know theÌ„ 2. To make great account of praier and meditation seeing it is of so great force and vertue as to change euen the very body â— Not to desire repose before we haue laboured nor glory before ignominy nor recompense before paine nor pay before we haue ended our taske of work appointed LIV. MEDITATION How our Lord cured a young man possessed with a Diuell Matth. 17.14 Mark 9.14 Luk. 9.37 â— CONSIDER how our Sauiour descending from the â—ountaine wheron he was transfiured and perceauing that there as some stirre amongst the multiâ—de that inuironed his disciples â—as desirous to know the cause â—erof 2. Consider how one of the number answering that he had brough his sonne grieuoufly sick and that the Apostles could not cure him our Lord commaunded that they should bring the patient before him where when he was come whilesâ— his father recounted the manner oâ— his disease the diuel did tormeâ— him horribly throwing him to thâ— ground 3. Consider how our

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