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A contemplation of heaven with an exercise of love, and a descant on the prayer in the garden. By a Catholick gent.
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White, Thomas, 1543-1676.
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of Mankinde thy senses the most quick and delicate that could be sifted from the finest dust of Adam Was it for this thou wert nurst by the purest of Women and carried in the hands of Angels lest thou shouldst at any time offend thy tender feet Were all these diligences used all these priviledges bestowed onely to prepare thee a body for the rack a subject to practise on a thousand intolerable affronts a person to be made the unparallell'd example of prodigious calamities Such ought the Lamb to be that 's brought to the Altar for sacrifice without blemish without spot A just and reasonable Law but here too severely interpreted too cruelly applied O unfortunate Adam now the effects of thy fond disobedience are become too sadly evident now thou art cleerly convinc'd the unnaturall murtherer of thy Posterity now that mortall wound thou gavest mankinde is rendred incurable Rise up with all thy numerous children about thee whose repentance expects a blessed eternity force the gates of Limbo with your sighs and let your strong groans tear the bowels of the earth that opening a wide passage towards heaven and this Garden fruitfull in miseries your cries and exclamations may be heard Protest to God and Angels and Men and all creatures that Hell is too gentle a pain eternity too short a time to punish your misdemeanours Let the Devils invent some more exquisite torture then their wits and malice have yet devis'd and stretch the measure of time beyond infinity that you may pay your debts and dis-engage this immaculate Lamb of God this inestimable pearl of the Deity Contest the Judge of righteousnesse to lay the punishment where he findes the fault charge him with his word that 't is not his part to chastise the innocent with the wicked but every one bear his own burthen But why do I cry and murmure I hear my complaints contradicted by Him they most concern I hear him in that weak voice is left him humbly say How then shall the Scripture be fulfilled My Father has promis'd can he deny himself my Father is all Truth dare I offer to falsifie his Word my Father is essentially Goodnesse can I make him go lesse No no let us march on confidently towards my Passion for behold him at hand who is to betray me And now my Soul Thou who hast been a witnesse of this great spectacle a searcher of this profound mystery Thou who hast discover'd the source of this impenetrable secret and knowest God had no need of us took not our nature on him to please himself but we and I in particular were the chief mark he aim'd at and all these excesses and heights of incomparable goodness contriv'd to exalt our affections towards him nor this because our loves refresh or better him but purely for this sole motive that they are our good and contain in them our eternall felicity If thou art able to look at so glorious a light to balance so great a weight to judge of and value so infinite a Charity tell me what I have to do After this can I love any thing but my Lord JESUS CHRIST can I love any thing but the Love of my blessed SAVIOUR Father and Mother Brothers and Sisters Kinsfolk and Friends what is 't you have done for me what goods have you wisht me what wishes can you make to deserve the least share in my Affection Health and Pleasure Riches and Honour what charmes have you comparable to this ravishing object of love dull and fleeting appearances take away your deceitfull flatteries Turn thou thy face to me sweet JESUS that I may every day still more and more understand and admire thy love Make it the businesse and delight of my life to study how much thou lovest me Set me in solitude to consider thy works upon me to repeat thy benefits to me Let nothing but desires and affections towards thee entertain my thoughts nothing but strains and tunes of thy Bounty and Goodnesse sound in my Eares The End ERRATA Page 115. line ult for set set read only set p. 132. l. 1. for rishes read rishest The STATIONER to the READER THough the equality and strength not-to-be-counterfeited which evidently shines in what ever proceeds from this prodigious Brain will sufficiently secure all considering persons that is all that deserve to read him against mistaking for His any of those lesse generous Issues born frequently into the world of Parents honour'd with the same name yet aswell to render that security both more easie and universall as readily to addresse those whom a happy familiarity with this tempting Branch may have rais'd to the ambition of a farther acquaintance with the numerous rest of its Family and Bloud by a singular prerogative all perfectly agreeing together all worthy such a Father I have thought it a duty of civill Charity to subjoin this Catalogue which both the learned and devout World longs and hopes to see much enlarg'd A Catalogue of the severall Books written by Mr. THO. WHITE THe learned Dialogues DE MUNDO in Latine printed at Paris 4o. The elaborate Preface before Sir Kenelm Digbyes DEMONSTRATIO IMMORTALITATIS ANIMAE printed also at Paris in Folio INSTITUTIONES PERIPATETICAE c. first printed at Paris and afterwards at London in 8o. INSTITUTIONES SACRAE c. in 2. Tom. printed at Paris in 8o. QUAESTIO PRAEVIA Mens Augustini de Gratia in 12o. Villicationis suae de MEDIO ANIMARUM STATU Ratio at Paris in 12o. MEDITATIONES in Gratiam Sacerdotum Cleri Anglicani c. in 16o. RICHWORTH'S DIALOGUES or the judgement of Common sense in the choice of Religion two Editions at Paris in 12o. A CATECHISM in English c. in 24o. MEDITATIONS in English in 12o.