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A81095	Jesus, Maria, Joseph, or, The devout pilgrim of the ever blessed Virgin Mary, in His holy exercises, affections, and elevations. Upon the sacred mysteries of Jesus, Maria, Joseph. Published for the benefit of the pious rosarists, by A.C. and T.V. religious monks of the holy order of S. Bennet.	A. C. (Arthur Crowther), 1588-1666.; T. V. (Thomas Vincent), 1604-1681.	1657 (1657)	Wing C7410; ESTC R231710	215,690	742

year of our Redeemer 1571. about the end of Pius quintus's Popedom who was the zealous promotor of this holy war and at the beginning of the Popedom of his no less zealous successor Gregory the thirteenth In which happy conflict twenty of the Enemy's Galley's were consum'd with fire as many more inguif'd by the waves one hundred and fourscore taken the great Bashaw with twenty five thousand Turkish Soldiers slain in the place most of the residue brought away captives twenty thousand Christians freed from their sl●very and the Catholique Cause asserted from most imminent danger and calamity And this glorious victory was obtain'd as is piously conceiv'd says this holy Pope Gregory in his Bull aforesaid by the Prayers of the devout Rosarists who even at that very time were making their publick Processions in the severall parts of Christendom for this end most earnestly imploring the divin assistance by the Intercession of their powerfull Mother that he would be pleased to protect his Church in her pressing necessity and favour the just designs of those generous souls who were then exposing their lives for the preservation of their Faith Nor did the effect fail but rather exceed their hopes and expectation as hath been briefly declar'd The eleventh Rule THe third Sunday of Aprill is also to be solemniz'd by the devout Rosarists according to the grant of Pope Gregory the 13. in his Bull cum sicut accepimus Jan. 3. 1579. Annotation THe reason of the Institution of this solemnity was the signall Miracle which hapned in the City of Pavia and which was briefly thus When in the year 1578. all Italy and particularly Lumbardy and more particularly the City Pavia was afflicted with a violent Plague The Inhabitants by advice of the then and there Director of the Rosary had recourse to the sacred Virgin-Mother in this their extreme and urgent necessity vowing to erect a Chappell which should be dedicated Virgini liberatrici after their deliverance from this eminent danger The Mother of Mercy heard their prayers obtain'd for them a present redress of their miseries an entire cessation of the raging Pestilence and they gratefully perform'd their promises building a most sumptuous Chappell to her honour Seraphinus Siccus Generall of St. Dominicks Order was an eye-witness of this famous Miracle And Pope Gregory the 13. gave most ample and Plenary Indulgences to all such as should devoutly visit the Chappell aforesaid upon the third Sunday of April which Indulgences were afterwards extended by the same Gregory 13. and Sixtus quintus to all the other Confraternities of the sacred Rosary throughout the world §. 15. The form of receiving Brothers and Sisters into this sacred Confraternity With the blessing of their Bedes Roses and Candles And a form of Generall Absolution at the hour of Death WHen the Dean of the Rosary hath maturely and prudently consider'd the quality and condition of the person who desires an admittance into this sacred Confraternity Which is a caution onely necessary for such Countreys and places where the Catholique Faith and profession is under restraint and where there may be danger of Persecution For where our Religion is permitted to its full and free exercise there needs no scruple be made of admitting any one to the Rosary who humbly petitions for it unless it be such a Person whose life and conversation is notoriously and publickely scandalous without hope of his being reclaim'd from his wickedness He writes down his name and enrolls him in the register-Register-book of the Rosary Which done he causes the man or woman to kneell down before the Altar of the Rosary if it be there present or some other devout picture or in any place whatsoever as opportunity shall permit with a Rosary-Candle in his or her hand and speaks to them briefly in this or the like manner Think with your selves dear and devout Brethren and Sisters that you are now entring into a spatious and specious Garden full fraught with all sorts of spirituall fruits and flowers A Garden wherein sinners may find food to convert them the Good means to better them the Bad motives to correct them the Just way 's to confirm them the Tepid occasions to excite them the Desolate helps to comfort them the Weak cordialls to strengthen them the Sick Physick to cure them and all Faithfull Christians fit conveniencies to save their soul 's which is the end of our creation the period of our pretensions the Crown of all our laborious endeavours in this our earthly Pilgrimage Now these fruits are not only to be gaz'd upon and admired but to be gathered swallow'd disgested Nor is it sufficient to have your names enrolled in the Rosary Catalogue and to be externally associated to this sacred Confraternity but you must seriously resolve upon an honest honorable holylife and conversation a detestation of sin vice and vanity and in brief a totall reformation of your whol outward and inward man For since you desire to dedicate your selves this day particularly to Gods service and to make a speciall profession of honouring his sacred Mother for the future by becoming a member of her family you must also endeavour to surpass such others as pretend not to this height holiness and happiness in all sorts of Christian piety vertu and perfection That so really corresponding to what you outwardly promise you may deserve to obtain her desired Patronage and Protection Say therefore with heart and mouth as follows The Form of offering ones self to the Blessed Virgin THrice sacred Virgin Mary Mother of God! I. N.N. though most unworthy to be registred amongst your servants yet moov'd by that Goodness which the Angells admire in you to an ardent desire of honouring loving and serving you do here this day withall possible humility sincerity and devotion in the presence of my Angell Guardian and the whole Court of Heaven make choyce of you for my singular Lady Advocate and Mother firmely purposing to honour love and serve you with all filiall duty diligence and fidelity and to procure as much as it shall lye in my power that all others may do the same I therfore most heartily beseech you O mercifull and compassionate Mother by the pretious Blood which your dearly beloved son my Blessed Saviour shed for me in his bitter passion That you will be graciously pleased to receive and admit me into the number of your devout Clients as one dedicated to your perpetuall service Be you favourable to me O Blessed Lady and obtain for me of your All-powerfull Son that I may so behave my self in all my Thoughts Words and Actions as never more to think speak or act any thing displeasing to his sacred Majestie Grant furthermore O my good and gracious Mother that I may never forget you nor forfeit this my now made promise of honouring loving and serving you all the days of my life that so I may never be forgotten forsaken nor abandoned by you but be always protected aided and

your boundless mercies sing §. 14. The Generall Rules and Statutes of the Confraternity of the Rosary IT is in the first place to be presupposed That there be a Priest or Dean of the Rosary impowered with sufficient authority from the Superiors of St Dominicks Order to receive such as desire to be admitted into this sacred Confraternity and to make choice of a Prefect with such other Councellors and Officers as he shall conceive requisite for his assistance in order to the managing of the publick affaires of the Confraternity Secondly That there be also a Chappell or Altar of the holy Rosary to which all the Brethren and sisters have a particular Relation Pius Quintus in his Bull Consueverunt and in his Bull Injunctum nobis Which being supposed These are the generall Rules with their explications The first Rule THat all faithfull Christians of whatsoever calling and condition may be received into this sacred Confraternity without any obligation to pay any thing for their entrance and admittance Leo the tenth Pastoris aeterni 1520. pridie nonas Octob. Annotation THe receiving of what is freely given and offred by devout persons Either for the ornament of the Altar or for the entertainment of him that serves the Altar or for the succouring of the poor Members of the Confraternity is not hereby forbidden But it is inhibited to exact any thing as due for any ones admittance First because it is a spirituall and holy thing Secondly to the end the Poor as well as the Rich may enjoy this benefit Thirdly because this pious Institut intend not the Receivers advancement but his reall good who is Received The second Rule THere is to be a particular Book provided wherein the Names and Sirnames of all such as are admitted must be enregistred Annotation IF the keeping of such a register-Register-Book or this manner of inrolling be found in some places and Countrey 's inconvenient It abundantly suffices to have the Names written and deliver'd to the Prefect of the Confraterternity though they be presently burnt and cancelled The third Rule WHosoever is once thus admitted in any one place is made partaker of the prayers and merits of all them that are of this Confraternity throughout the whol Univers Annotation AS concerning this large participation of spirituall Benefits See the tenth precedent § The fourth Rule NOt only the living but also the ●aithfull departed to wit the souls in Purgatory may be receiv'd and inroll'd in this Confraternity and made partakers of these spirituall Benefits and Priviledges if any of the living Brethren and Sisters performing for their deceased friends such pious duties devotions as the Rules demand shall desire and procure it Annotation THis is grounded upon that Maxim That all the Indulgences which may be obtain'd by the living are also applicable to the Dead The fifth Rule ALl the Brothers and Sisters are obliged to recite once every week the entire Rosary or whol Psalter which they may as themselves please either perform together or divide into three parts for their greater ease and conveniency Annotation THe whol Psalter or Rosary as is before declar'd § 5. is compos'd of 15. Paters and 150. Aves The three parts contain each one five Paters and fifty Aves The Creed is commonly and commendably recited in the beginning and added to the end of every third part with some other prayers as shall be hereafter set down but are no necessary part thereof The sixth Rule IN case of any lawfull Impediment the brothers and sisters causing the Rosary to be recited for them by another satisfy their own obligation Annotation THis is to be understood of some sufficiently excusing circumstance for it is dangerous to trust a Procurator when we traffick for Paradise The seventh Rule IF through forgetfulness multiplicity of Employments or negligence and not out of contempt they omit this weekly Recitall of the Rosary It is no sin but only a privation for that time of such spirituall benefits whereof they should otherwise have been partakers Annotation YEa if through carelesness and tepidity any one shall for a long time neglect the saying of the Rosary he ceaseth not therefore to be a member of this Confraternity but may return to his wonted devotions and re-obtain the usuall graces and benefits without any new admission The eighth Rule ALl the Rosarists should be present at the Mass and Procession which are uually perform'd in the Head-Chappell upon all the Feast-days of the sacred Virgin and first Sundays of the months Annotation THis is enjoyned by Pius 4. in his Brief Dum Praeclara c. Both for the gaining of such Plenary Indulgences as are then and there granted And also that the devout Rosarists may honour their sacred Virgin-Mother with their presence and unitedly implore her Patronage and Protection The ninth Rule THe Dean Prefect and Officers of the Confraternity are to cause four Anniversaries to be every year celebrated at the Rosary Altar for the Souls of their departed Brethren and Sisters upon the morrows of our Blessed Ladyes four principall Festivities which are her Nativity Annunciation Purification Assumption At which all the Rosarists should also assist that they may expect the same piety from their surviving Brethren for themselves after their own decease Annotation WHen the days next following the four feasts before named fall out to be either Sundays or some other greater solemnities then these Anniversary duties are remitted to the next day not so hindred An advertisement SInce these two last Rules cannot well be practis'd in some places The devout Rosarists are exhorted to perform their devotions upon the days before specified at their private homes and in their severall habitations with a Relation to such duties as are then solemniz'd in their Mother-Chappell whereby they may gain the same spirituall benefits as if they were personally there present As is expresly granred by Pius quintus Inter desiderabilia 28. June 1569. by Greg. 13. Cupientes 24. Decemb. 1583. And by Sixtus quintus Dum ineffabilia meritorum 30. Jan. 1586. The tenth Rule THe great Feast of the Rosary is not to be henceforth solemnized as it was formerly upon the 25. day of March but upon the first Sunday of October Annotation THis solemnity was thus translated from the 25. of March to the first Sunday of October by Pope Gregory the 13. who instituted the Feast of our Blessed Lady under the title of the Rosary as appears at large in his Brief beginning Monet Apostolus the first of April 1573. and ordain'd it should be upon that first Sunday of October perpetually celebrated in the Catholique Church for an Eternall and gratefull rememoration of that most remarkable and altogether miraculous Navall victory gained over the Turks by a handfull of Christians under the conduct of Don John of Austria in the Bay of Lepanto in the Gulf of Achaia upon the 7th day of October which was then the first Sunday of that month in the

Book wherein the Fathers Eternall Word was written by the Pen of the Holy Ghost The authenticall Instrument of that happy agreement made between God and Man The Imperiall chariot loaden with millions of spoils led by you in triumph and by you presented to the divin Majesty The Mountain of Sion where our Soveraign Lord takes his pleasure and recreation The Pillar of Light not now conducting a captive people through the desert by a perishable glimmering but illuminating the true Israelites and leading them to their promis'd land of Conquest you O the most accomplish'd of all Creatures are pleasing and comely as Jerusalem and the aromaticall odours issuing from your garments outvie all the delights of Mount Libanus you are the sacred Pix of celestiall parfumes whose sweet exhalations shall never be exhausted you are the holy Oyl the unextinguishable Lamp the unfading Flower the divinly woven Purple the Royall vestment the Imperiall Diadem the Throne of the Divinity the Gate of Paradise the Queen of the Vnivers the Cabinet of Life the Fountain ever-flowing with Celestiall Illustrations More words are wanting to us O Mother worthy of all prayses for the further expression of our Conceptions and our Conceptions are too weak and languishing to second the ardours of our Affections and yet our Affections encourage us to keep on in this Carriere of your Commendations and to salute You afresh with Your faithfull servant S. Epiphanius Orat. de Deipara All Hail the honour of vertues the divin Lanthorn encompassing that Christall Lamp whose light out-shines the Sun in in its midday splendour The mysticall Ark of glory The undraynable source of sweetness The spirituall Sea whence the worlds richest Pearl was extracted The radiant sphear inclosing Him within your sacred folds whom the Heavens cannot contain within their vast circumference The Celestiall Throne of God more glistring than that of the glorious Cherubins The pure Temple Tabernacle and Seat of the Divinity And with Sophronius Serm. de Assump You O Mother of God! are the well-fenc'd Orchard the fruitfull Border the fair and delicious Garden of sweet Flowers enbalming the earth and ayr with their odoriferous fragrancie yet shut up and s cur'd from any enemys entrance and irruption you are the holy Fountain seal'd with the signet of the most sacred Trinity from whence the happy waters of life inflow upon the whol Univers you are the happy City of God whereof such glorious things are every where song and spoken And here O great and glorious Virgin Mother amidst our admirations of your miraculous priviledges prerogatives and perfections We cannot choose with S. Peter Chrysologus Serm. de Annunciat but Compassionate such poor spirited Christians who pretending to any true knowledg of your Sons greatness find no motives to contemplate your glories O their Ignorance Stupidity Infidelity For what thought can frame a right conception concerning any one Mystery of his sacred Incarnation and yet separate you dear Mother from him your divin Son The Heavens says he are terrifi'd the Angells tremble all creatures stand astonished whol Nature is amazed at the birth of this great-little-man-God into the world whilst you O blessed Virgin-Mother remain undaunted and not onely lodge him in your bosom receive him into your embraces refresh him with your breast-milk but moreover with an unparalleld Confidence you make him pay for his entertainment asking no less a reward for his nine months lodging than the grant of a generall and universall Peace to the world Glory for the heavenly Inhabitants Grace for Earthly Criminalls Life for the dead a strict league between the CHURCH Militant and Triumphant and a perpetuall Alliance of his divin Person with our human nature But now being at an absolute loss and not knowing what more can be added to these Epithetes of your Excellencies greatnesses and glories we again beg your l●cence O most Blessed Virgin-Mother to breath out what remains in meer raptures and astonishments Crying out to you with the great Patriarch of Antioch S. Ignatius epist ad Joan. O celestiall Prodigy O sacred spectacle With S. Chrysostom Sermon de B. V. O Miracle O Miracle of Miracles With S. Augustin Serm. 11. de Temp. O Miracles O Prodigies The Laws of Nature are changed God becomes Man you O sacred Virgin remaining a maid are made a Mother you are a Mother but without corruption you are a Virgin but you have a child you continue entire and yet you become fruitfull O Miracles O Prodigies With S. John Damascen orat 1. de Nat. B. V. O Abysmus of Miracles you O Virgin-Mother are as much elevated above the Seraphins as your Son is humbled below the Angells With S. Epiphanius orat de Sancta Deipara O extraordinary Prodigie in Heaven A woman infolding God in her bosom O new created Throne of Cherubins containing the Son of a woman who is the Father of his Mother O pretious nuptiall bed prepar'd in your sacred womb for the Celestiall Bridegroom who is together your own Son and the truly and only Son of God With S. Anselme lib. de excellentia Virginis Inviting all faithfull Christians to behold contemplate admire the height of honour to which the Eternall Fathers affection hath raised you O Royall Virgin-Mother He had but one only Son every way equall to himself and of his own substance and he condescended to have him in common with you O his incomprehensible dignation O your incomparable dignity And finally with your S. Bernard Hom. 4. super Missus est solum datum est nosse cui solum datum est experiri your own Greatnesses O glorious Virgin are only known to your own self who only had the happiness to experience them which perchance may be the proper meaning of that profound sentence The vertu of the most high shall overshaddow you whereby the celestiall Paranimph would seem to intimate That as you had the honour to be directly expos'd to the beams of that divin Sun which by an unheard of Intimacy and friendship foster'd you under the immediate shadow of his own splendor So you had also the riches of your own rare excellencies prerogatives and perfections reveal'd unto you But besides your self O Blessed Mother who were thus prodigiously admitted to be an Instrumentall Partner with the most Sacred Trinity in this secret Mystery 'T is in vain to conceive there can be found out any other capable to unfold or comprehend them Wherefore we humbly let fall our weak hand and wearied wings and convincedly confess your miraculous greatnesses O incomprehensible Mother of God! to be unexplicable incomprehensible inaccessible to all created imagination the glory whereof must necessarily be referr'd by us and all your devout honorers and admirers to the Eternall Father who hath created such a Daughter to the Son who hath chosen such a Mother to the Holy Ghost who hath thus enriched adorned and beautifi'd his Spouse his Temple his Tabernacle to the most sacred Trinity who best understands the