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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07608	A treatise of mental prayer· In vvhich is briefly declared the manner how to exercise the inward actes of vertues by Fr. Ant. de Molina Carthusian. Whereunto is adioyned a very profitable treatise of exhortation to spirituall profit. VVritten by F. Francis Arias of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a dialogue of contrition and attrition. All translated out of Spanish into English by a Father of the Society of Iesus.; Exercicios espirituales. English	Molina, Antonio de, d. 1619?; Sweetnam, John, 1581-1622.; Everard, Thomas, 1560-1633.; Arias, Francisco. aut; Haller, Richard. Breve apuntamiento acerca de la contricion. English. aut; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?	1617 (1617)	STC 18000; ESTC S112795	94,576	370

be hard become easy those that be bitter become sweet and the heauy become very light Let them consider that in the Church of Christ there haue byn alwayes and there be at this present innumerable men and women of all states who haue profited much in the seruice of God and be of perfect vertue who time was did feele the same difficulties that they do feele but hauing begun this course of spirituall profit hoping in Christ and helping themselue with his grace and fauour they found it very plaine pleasant to walke in 5. And let ech one in particuler consider that which God hath wrought with him and how in some things he hath chaūged him and made him another man from that he was before in time past he loued that which was ill now he doth abhorre it in time past he could not say as much as one prayer with repose and quietnes of mind nor heare one masse nor sermon with contentment now he taketh pleasure to pray with good will and to be present at the diuine seruice and sermons Out of this then that God hath done with him without any merit of his he must reape this knowledge and trust that seeing God hath chaunged him from quid to good he being so farrt off from the same and hauing so contrary desites because he did giue consent to his diuine inspirations he will like wise change him from good to better if he wil vse the gifts of his diuine grace 6. This temptation of discouragement had S. Augustine in the beginning of his conuersion and with these cōsiderations did he ouercome the same It seemed vnto him that it was a very hard thing to keep the purity of the Law Euangelicall and particulerly to liue in perpetuall continency and much mistrusted that euer he could bring to effect so glorious an enterprise and being in these feares dismayes he began to consider with attention that in the Church of Christ there were not only graue and strong men of a most penitent life who had attained to perfect vertue and did obserue perpetuall chastity as S. Anthony and other his followers but that also there were many companies of young men and virgins and auncient widdowes youthes and maids of tender age who kept perpetuall continency and went in the way of Euangelicall perfection 7. Thou maist also with the help of God be able to do that which these did consider that they did not these things relying vpon their forces but vpon the power and grace of our Lord cast thy selfe then into his hands with security and feare not that he will withdraw himselfe to make thee fall but be assured that with mercy he will receaue thee in his armes and saue thee He did likewise consider the changes that Christ had made and did daily make in his Church turning great sinners into most holy men and this thought did consume his coldnes and driue away the discouragment he had and gaue him a great hart to go forward in vertue hoping that God would do the like with him So doth he confesse talking with God in these words The examples of thy seruants whome thou of blacke hast made white and of dead liuing gathered into the bosome of my thought did burne and consume the heauy drowsines that I fell not downe and did wonderfully inflame my hart These be the fruites which men of good vnderstanding do reap of the doctrine that teacheth and perswadeth the going forwards in vertue 8. Those to whome God hath imparted liuely desires of their going forward who are those that haue great need of this doctrine and of whome there be still many in the Church of God do reape of this to know with certainty and cleerenes wherin doth consist the going forward and perfection of euery vertue the meanes by which they must obtaine it and courage and resolution to practise it and they reape great comfort considering the wonderfull good that is in euery vertue and they reape remedies against temptations of negligence or coldnes and weapons to resist all the contrarietyes of vertues and their perfections and light to know and eschew all the deceites and fraudes with which the Diuell goeth about to hinder the going forward of the faithfull in the seruice of God 9. Those that haue neither courage nor desire to profit in vertue doe gather reape out of this doctrine humility and confusion of themselues as we haue said which fruite is so excellent and so greata disposition to all goodnes that by the meanes of it God will giue them liuely desires of their going forward which yet they want And to the end that by the reading of this booke they may gather fruites like vnto these we demaund of the Christian Reader that setting aside all curiosity he read the same with desire to gather some profit for his soule because this booke is compounded of Sentences of holy Scripture and of holy Doctours of the Church and that which of our part we haue added is to put them togeather in order and to accommodate them with more perspicuity to the capacity of the Readers And for so much as our Lord hath so great desire of our spirituall profit there is very great reason to grow and hope well in his goodnes that by such meanes as these are he wil awake in the harts of those that with vpright intention shall read them a desire and care to go forward in his diuine seruice to the greater honour and glory of his diuine Maiesty FINIS THE KEY OF PARADISE OR A DIALOGVE CONCERNING Contrition Attrition Wherin are briefly declared the Reasons why we must labour to excercise the Acts of Contrition and Examen of our Conscience Very profitable for all sorts of Persons Translated out of Spanish into English Demaund I HAVE heard much speach of Cōtrition as of a thing very greatly importing the sauing of the soule tell me I pray you how necessary it is for I haue a great desire to know Answere Contrition is a matter of so great regard and moment as whosoeuer hath it truly and indeed though he shall haue cōmitted the greatest sinnes in the world he shall haue pardon of them and be reconciled againe to the grace fauour and amity of God and if he should dye on a sodaine without conféssion for want of the meanes to do it or without the receyuing of any other Sacrament he must not make any doubt of his saluation Againe if any haue his soule burdened with any mortal sinne whatsoeuer if he should come to dye therin though he haue Attrition in case he receyueth not some Sacrament he shall questionles be dammend for euer Demaund What difference is there betwene Contrition and Attrition for I cannot yet distinguish the one from the other and yet your answere giueth me inough to vnderstand that there is a very great difference betwene them Answere You shall neuer vnderstand this difference vnles you know first what Contrition is