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A17069 A short treatise of the sacrament of penance with the maner of examination of conscience for a generall confession : wherunto is added another treatise of confession, for such spirituall or deuoute persons as frequent that sacrament / sett forth in Italian by the Reu. Fa. Vincent Bruno of the Society of Iesus. Bruno, Vincenzo, 1532-1594. 1597 (1597) STC 3941.5; ESTC S1833 29,958 134

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them the number and the necessarye circumstances as much as possibly thou canst Secondlye to procure a plainnesse and clearenesse in speaking which may proceede from an ernest desire of beeing well vnderstoode to the ende that thou ma●est be the better holpen and directed by thy GHOSTLY FATHER Wheras the Scripture saieth Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur Who hideth his offences shall not be directed Thou must therefore tell them sincerelye not hiding not excusing nor diminishing any thing without superfluous wordes or telling of stories which make not to the matter much lesse telling the sinnes of others but accusing thy selfe alone Thirdly thou must goe to Confession with preparation not onlie to receiue the Penance to make such Satisfaction as thy Confessor shall enioine thee but also to admitte all the aduises and remedies which for thy sinnes and greater Spirituall good shall be giuen thee by the same For all in vaine doth a sicke person open his infirmities to the Phisition if afterward he refuse to take the Medicines and to obserue the orders rules which the Phisition hath prescribed Of the purpose and meanes of Amendment Chap. 15 AFTER thou hast made thy Confession thou must procure to obserue three thinges The first is presentlye to perfourme the Penance enioined renewing thy purpose of abstaining from those sinnes which thou hast Confessed and from all others of auoiding the occasions of the same The second is that thou take such meanes as may helpe thee for thy amendment hauing particular regard of some defectes which thou thinkest are the cause roote of all the rest procuring to arme thy selfe against the same 1 The remedies which maye be vsed for to roote out anye vice or imperfection are either generall or particular Amongest those which are generall the first is a firme resolution not to committe anye more the same sinne which purpose thou must often renue especially in the MORNING and whensoeuer it happneth that thou fall into the same 2 It will helpe much to flye the occasions which are wonte to induce vnto the same sin as sportes euill-companye familiaritye with suspeccted persons curiosity in beholding or hearing and ouermuch talke for it is written that Deathe entereth in by the Windowes 3 It auaileth also much diligentlye for to resiste at the verye beginning of the temptations driuing awaye from thee the sparke of the euell thought before it enter and set fire on thy HEART Which a man maye doe by present recourse vnto PRAIER or by naming the most Holye name of IESVS or by signing himselfe with his Holye SIGNE or by present setting before his eies the pittifull figure of CHRIST on the CROSSE Wounded and peirsed for the punishment of our sinnes 4 Verye profitable also for the conseruing of the purpose of not offending GOD is the often hearing of the Worde of GOD and reading of good BOOKES auoiding to read euil vaine or lasciuious BOOKES For the Worde of GOD collecteth the HEART mitigateth PASSIONS and filleth our WILL with good and Holy desires 5 To the same ende helpeth also to goe alwaies in the presence of god as of a witnes of our thoughts and operations of whom after we are to be iudged 6 When any person feeleth anye rebellion of the fleshe very profitable it is to vse the body with austerity as well in Sleeping Eating Drincking and Cloathing as in other thinges which might be pleasing thereunto For whereas the fleshe is a nourisher and kindler of al disordered Passions howe much the more weake and feeble it shall be so much the more feeble and fainte will the Passions bee also which from thence shall proceed 7 It is a very great remedye also for to shunne idlenesse which is the fountaine foode of all vices alwaies procuring to haue some honest exercise of minde or body that the Diuell maye neuer finde place in the soule 8 Much also helpeth heereunto the consideration of such thinges as may induce a man vnto feare as of Death of the finall Iudgement and of the paines Euerlasting prepared for sinners Or the consideration of the benefits of God and of his Diuine promises for to stirre vs vp vnto his loue and to the hatred of all that which is offensiue to his Diuine goodnesse 9 Finally a most effectuall remedie is to frequent the vse of the most holy Sacraments of Confession and Communion For as the Apostle saith the principall remedie against sinne is the grace of God which by these Sacraments is obtained besides that they be instituted by Christ our Sauiour as certaine Heauenly medicines not only for to deliuer vs from sinnes but also for to heale our disordered affections to suppresse our passions to remedy our weakenesse and finally as certaine kindlers of loue whereby our WILL beeing inflamed maye more easilye resist our euill inclinations and ouercome all the temptations of the Worlde the Fleshe and the Diuell Besides all these there bee also other remedies more particular proper for euerye defecte which maye be vsed and applied according to the counsaile of the Confessour And both these and the other also ought to bee admitted with great courage and perseuerance with a sure hope of victory grounded on the helpe grace of Christ our Lord. The third and last thing which a man ought to obserue after Confession because it is written that it is not sufficient to forsake euell but it is necessarye also for to doe good is for to vse all manner of diligence for the recompence of sinnes which we haue committed in the time past with newe seruices and feruour and to procure by the memory of the euills committed to become euery daye more humble and feruent in the exercise of good Workes occupying our selues not onelie in workes of Penance and of Deuotion but more particularly in the workes of Charity mercy towards our Neighbour For as it is written They which shall vse mercy shall also finde mercye before Almightye God A MEDITATION FOR THE HOLIE COMMVNION THE PREPARATION FOR the Meditation WHEREAS such is the excellency of the Sacrament of the BODY and BLOOD of our LORD that if thou hadest all the purity of Angels and the holinesse of Saint IOHN BAPTIST thou shouldest notwithstanding in no sorte bee worthy to receiue it for this cause in that wherein humaine frailtye doth faile whereas our LORD wil so haue it and so commaundeth thou shalt runne vnto the helpe of his grace asking him a great hunger and burning desire of this holy Meate and that with a most profound humilitye reuerence thou maiest approch to this Sacrament to the ende that it may worke in thee those effectes which it vseth to cause in the worthy receiuers Pointes for the Meditation THINKE with thy selfe that thou art mui●ed of our Lord that thou maiest be made worthy to sit in the company of the Angels at his Table by those most louing wordes Venite comedite Panem meum