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A22838	A heavenly treasure of confortable meditations and prayers written by S. Augustin, Bishop of Hyppon in three seuerall treatises of his meditations, soliloquies, and manual. Faithfully translated into English by the R. F. Antony Batt monke, of the holy order of S Bennet of the Congregation of England; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Batt, Antonie.	1624 (1624)	STC 934; ESTC S101507	162,145	412

thy selfe in that thou hast vouchsafed to die for me Thou hast therfore in this maruailous manner and with soe deare a price recalled me from banishement redeemed me frō seruitude deliuered me from punishment named me after thine owne name signed me with thine owne blood to the end I might alwaies carrie about me a memoriall of thee neuer suffering it to departe from my harte who to redeeme me didst not departe from the crosse With the same sacred oyle with which thou wert annointed thou hast annointed me in baptisme to the end that from thy name Christ I might be called a Christian Beholde thou hast written me in thy handes that thou maiest still be mindfull of me yet with this prouiso that I be likewise still mindfull of thee Thus therefore and after an vnspeakeable manner hath thy grace and mercy alwaies preuented me Thou hast likewise o my deliuerer deliuered me many times from many and maruelous mighty dangers When I haue gone out of the way thou hast directed me when I haue been ignorant thou hast instructed me when I haue sinned thou hast corrected me when I haue been sorrowfull thou hast gladded me when I haue been in despaire thou hast cōforted me when I haue fallen thou hast raysed me when I haue stoode thou hast vpheld me when I haue trauailed thou hast conducted me when I haue arriued thou hast entertained me when I haue slept thou hast guarded me when I haue called thou hast hearde me How God doth continuallie looke into the actions and intentions of men CHAPT XIV THese and many other benefits thou hast bestowed vpon me o God the life of my soule of which to speake thinke thanke thee it ought at all times to be a thinge sweete and pleasing vnto me to the end that with all my harte and with all my soule and with all my minde and with all my strength and with all the powers of my soule and bodie I might alwaie● raise and loue thee for all the benefit● which I haue receiued from thee o Lord my God who art the blessed sweetnes of those that delight in thee How be it thy eies doe see the manyfolde imperfections that are in me Thy eies I say are more shining thē the sunne seeing on euerie side all the wayes of men yea penetratinge the bottome of the bottomelesse depthe soe that in all places and perpetuallie they doe beholde those that liue well those that liue wickedly For fithence thou dost gouerne all thinges filling eache one of them being at all times and in all places wholie present taking care likewise of all thinges which thou hast created because thou dost hate none of those thinges which thou hast framed thou dost consider all my footestepps and paths soe narrowelie watching night and day ouer my custodie marking all my waies soe diligently and looking vppon me perpetuallie euen as if thou were forgetfull of all other creatures contained in heauen or earth and hadst care of noe other sauing of me onely Thy eie sight likewise is neither augmented by looking vppon one thinge onely it being immutable neither is it diminished by beholding diuerse thinges and innumerable Because thou dost see many thinges at once albeit differ●●● one from an other as plainely and pe●●ectly as if thou didst looke but vppon one onelie Thou therfore dost beholde all thinges at once after the same manner as if thou didst beholde but one onely and all thinges seuerallie as if they were but one onely that is without diuision variation or diminishing Whence it followeth that thou being alwaies one at all times dost without time beholde me wholy at once and continuallie euen as if thou hadst no other thing to thinke vppon guarding and protecting me in that manner as if thou were mindfull of me onely and forgetfull of al others Because thou art alwaies present and ready to come vnto me as often as I am ready to entertaine thee Whither soeuer I goe thou o Lord dost not forsake me vnlesse I first forsake thee and whersoeuer I am thou art there with me because thou art euery where to the end that whither soeuer I goe I might finde thee by whom I am preserued in my being least I should perishe without thee for that without ●hee I should presently returne to nothing Veri●ie I confesse that what thinge or thinges soeuer I vndertake to doe I am to doe it in thy sight and that which I vndertake to doe whatsoeuer it be thou dost beholde more plainelie then I which am to doe it because thou art present with me at the doing of euerie thinge continuallie marking all my thoughtes intentions delightes and actions The desires and imaginations of my minde whatsoeuer they be are at al times knowen and apparant vnto thee Thou o Lord knowest from whence the spirit or soule of man proceedeth where it abideth and whither it goeth for that thou art he that doth searche into the soules of all men who knowest best being the internall iudge whether the roote that bringeth for the faire leaues be sweete or or sower looking likewise narrowlie into the verie pithe or harte of the roote neither dost thou looke into the intention onely but goest further and by the infallible truth of thy light dost gather nomber see and seeke out the innermost pithe of the roote thereof to the end thou maiest render to euerie man not onely according to his workes and intention but alsoe according to the internall harte of the roote which is hidden from whēce the intention of him that worketh hath his beginninge Thou o Lord dost beholde thy eares doe heare and thy eies doe see and consider what mine intention is when I vndertake any thinge whatsoeuer I haue in my imagination and in whatsoeuer I doe take delectation thou I say dost marke consider note write the same in thy booke be it good or euill that at the day of iudgement when these thy bookes shal be opened and men are to be iudged according to the thinges in them con●ained that which is good may by thee be rewarded and that which is euill punished This is that peraduenture whereof thou hast forewarned vs saying I will cōsider the thinges that lastly wil happen vnto them And that likewise o Lord which is written of thee He considereth the end of euerie man for that in all our doinges thou dost more narrowely marke the end and scope of the intention for which they are donne then the meere act of him that doth them Now when I ponder this diligently in my minde o Lord my God who art terrible to beholde and of inuincible fortitude I cannot but be maruailouslie affraied and ashamed considering the great necessitie we haue to liue iustly and vp rightly we being to doe all our actions in the sight of him that is to be our iudge who seeth all thinges apparentlie That man without the asistance of Gods grace is able to doe nothing of himselfe CHAPT XV. O God most

nowe o Lord Iesu thine accustomed mercies Wilt thou be displeased with me alwaies Be appeased I beseeche thee and take pittie of me and turne not away thy louinge face from me who to redeeme me hast not turned away thy face from those that did ●●ocke and spit vpon thee I confesse that I haue sinned and my conscience doth adiudge me worthy of damnation neither is my pennance sufficient to make satisfaction neuerthelesse it is a thinge infallible that thy mercie doth surmount all offence whatsoeuer be it neuer soe abominable Wherefore o most mercifull Lord I beseeche thee doe not write any malitious bitternes against me neither enter into iudgment with thy seruant but according to the multitude of thy mercies blot out mine iniquities Woe be to me at the day of iudgment when the bookes of our consciences shal be opened wherein our actions are registred when of me it shall openly be proclaimed See heere the man and his deedes committed What shall I doe o Lord my God at that dreadfull day when the heauens shall reueale mine iniquitie and the earthe shall beare witnes against me Verilie I shall be mute and able to say nothinge but holding downe mine head through shame and confusion I shall stande before thee shaking and blushing Alas what shall I say I will call and crie vnto thee o Lord my God Why am I consumed being silent Neuerthelesse if I speake my greife will not cease and if I holde my peace I shall inwardlie be tormented with vnspeakeable bitternes Weepe o my soule and make lamentation as a younge married woman for the deathe of her newe married husbande weepe and bewaile thy miserie for that thy bridegroome which is Christ hath forsaken thee O anger of the almightie rushe not vpon me because thou canst not be contained in me verily there is nothing in me that is able to sustaine thee Take pittie of me loast I despaire of thy mercie that by despairing of my selfe I may finde comforte in thee And albeit I haue donne that for which thou maiest iustly condemne me yet thou hast not lost thy accustomed propertie of shewing mercie and pittie Thou o Lord dost not desire the death of sinners neither dost thou take pleasure in the perdition of those that die nay rather that those that were deade might 〈◊〉 thou thy selfe hast died and thy death hath beene the death of that death that was due to sinners And if thou dying they haue ●iued gra●nt o Lord I beseeche thee that thou living I may not die Let thy heauenly hande help me and deliuer me from the handes of those that hate me l●ast they insult reioyce ouer me saying we haue deuouted him Howe is it possible o good Iesu that euer any one can despai●e of thy mercie who when we were thine enimies hast redeemed vs with thy pretious blood and hast reconciled vs to God Beholde o Lord protected with the shadowe of thy mercie I runne crauing pardon to the throne of thy glorie calling and knocking vntill thou take pittie of me For if thou hast called vs to pardon euen when we did not seeke it by how much more shall we obtaine pardon if we aske it Remember not thy iustice o most sweete Iesu towardes me a sinner but be mindeful of thy meeknes towards me thy creature Remember not thine anger towardes me guilty but be mindefull of thy mercie towardes me in miserie Forgett my pride prouoking thee to displeasure and weigh my wretchednes imploring thy fauoure For what doth thy sacred name Iesu signifie sauing onely a Sauiour Wherfore o Sauioure Iesu be thou my succoure and protection say vnto my soule I am thy saluation I doe presume very muche of thy diuine bountie because thou thy selfe dost teache vs to aske seeke and knocke at the dore of thy mercie Wherfore I doe aske seeke and knocke at thy dore as by thy wordes thou hast admonished me to doe Thou therfore o Lord that willest me to aske graunt that I may receiue Thou that dost coūsell me to seeke graunt me likewise to finde Thou that dost teach me to knock open vnto me knockinge at the dore of thy mercie Recouer me being diseased repaire me being crased raise me being deade Vouchsafe likewise soe to direct and gouerne all my senses thoughtes and actions in that which is pleasing vnto thee that from hence forth I may faithfullie serue thee I may liue and giue my selfe wholy vnto thee I knowe o Lord that by reason thou hast made me I doe owe my selfe vnto thee and by reason thou hast redeemed me and hast been made man for me I doe owe if I had it to giue thee much more then my self vnto thee by how much greater then me thou art who hast giuen thy selfe for me Beholde I hau nothing els to giue thee neither can I giue thee this without thee take me therefore and drawe me vnto thee that I may be thine by imitation and affection like as I am by condition and creation Who liuest and raignest world without end Amen A profitable Prayer CHAPT XL. O Lord God almightie who art Trinitie in vnitie who art alwaies in al thinges and wert before all thinges and wilt be in all thinges euerlastingly one blessed God during all eternitie To thee this day and all the dayes of my life I cōmende my soule my bodie my seeing hearing taste smelling and touchinge all my cogitations affections wordes and actions all thinges that I haue without within me my sense and vnderstanding my memorie faith and beleife and my constancie in well doinge all these I commende into the handes of thy powerfull protection to the end that all the nightes and daies howers and moments of my life thou wilt vouchsafe to preserue them Heare me o sacred Trinitie and preserue me from all euill from all scandall from all offence mortall from all the deceiptes and vexations of the diuell and of mine ennimies visible and inuisible by the prayers of the Patriarchs by the meritts of the Prophets by the suffrages of the Apostles by the constancie of Martyrs by the faith of Cōfessors by the chastity of Virgins and by the intercession of al those Saints and holy men that haue pleased and faithfullie serued thee since the worlde began roote out of my hart all vaine glorious ostentation and increase in me the spiritt of compunction appease my pride and make perfect my humilitie Stirre me vp to teares and contrition and mollifie my hart being as harde as a stone Deliuer me o Lord and my soule from all the snares of my ghostlie enimie and preserue me in the performance of that which is most pleasing vnto thee Teache me to doe thy will o Lord because thou art my God Giue me o Lord a perfect sense and intelligence wher●by I may be able to knowe and acknowledge thy maruailous greate kindenesse Graunt that my petitions may be such as that they may be pleasing to thee and profitable to my selfe ●raunt