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A68262	The. vii. shedynges of the blode of Ihesu cryste; Contemplacyon or medytacyon of the shedynge of the blood of our lorde Jhesu Cryste at seven tymes.		1509 (1509)	STC 14546.3; ESTC S100703	9,113	18

The .vii. shedynges of the blode of Ihesu cryste Iesus nazarenꝰ rexiudeorum ¶ Here begynneth a contemplacyon or medytacyon of the shedynge of the blode of our lorde Ihesu Cryste at seuen tymes WE ought oftentymes to remembre deuoutly many greuous paynes that our lord Ihesu cryst suffred for our redempcion / that our loue may be the more feruent to hym And we seynge his grete loue and kyndnes / may for his loue pacyently suffre tribulacyons dyseases in this worlde / leste we for our vnkyndenes be cast from his face in to euerlastynge payne ¶ Amonge his greuous paynes he shedde his precyous blode for our loue vii tymes the whiche sholde often be consydered of vs. But whan we shall consyder his paynes or whan we shall praye / yf we wyll haue comfortable felynge of deuocyon in our soule At the begynnynge of our prayer or contemplacyon we must withdrawe our mynde and wyttes fro all outwarde thynges besynes as moche as we may And thynke on that thynge that our cōtemplacyon or prayer is of As yf thou wylte deuoutly remembre his circūcysyon / thou mayst thȳke as yf thou myght se afore the our blessyd lorde Ihesus in his chyldhode / that is to saye a fayre lytell babe a meke a swete lāme so clene / soo pure / soo pleasaunt to beholde loke on his blessyd vysage / so amyable his fauourable eyen / soo full of grace his Innocent handes feet / so prety louesom so fayre and whyte very god man borne of a virgyne pure And than haue pyte cōpassyon in thy herte that so fayre fauourable a babe / so swete and blessyd Innocent that neuer dyde amysse / sholde suffre soo greuous payne as he suffred for the / whan his tender flesshe was cutte with a knyfe made of stone whan he was but. viii dayes olde Take hede how pyteously he wepeth in his moders armes for anguysshe payne / and wepe with hym yf thou can For thou arte the cause of his wepynge / for he suffred gyltles suche paynes for the loue of the / so whyle the mater is fresshe in thy mynde / thou mayst begyn thy deuocyon THe seconde tyme that our lorde sauyour cryste Ihesu shedde his precyous blode for vs / was in the moūre of Olyuete / where he seynge his tedyous and horryble paynes of his bytter passyon drawynge nere / for grete anguysshe payne swette water blode Here mayst thou thinke as thou sawest hym knelynge on the grounde holdynge vp his holy handes lyftynge vp his face to heuen with the moost pyteous chere rufull cost tenaunce that thou canst ymagyne Thynke as thou sawe veryly his eyen swollen reed for wepynge / al his face chaūged with a meruayllous coūtenaunce of heuynes And thynke as thou sawest herdest hym sobbe wepe syghe full heuyly / how mournyngly he prayeth to the fader of heuen / how plentefully he wepeth to the fader of heuen / how thycke the teeres ranne downe by his chekes / how he wepeth his eyen face wasshed with teres / how his body is wete of it / as it were all bathed with swete and blode and water Thou mayst well thynke he suffred greuous payne inwarde / that swette outwarde on his body water blode And the paynes of his passyon were greuous syth the thynkynge therof caused hym to swete blode water For the whiche payne desyre thou as hertely as thou can to wepe with hym / for thou arte the cause of his greuous payne And whyle thou haste this fresshe in thy mynde faye thy deuocyon THe thyrde tyme our sauyour shedde his p̄cyous blode for vs / was whā he was boūde to a pyller with scarpe scourges was cruelly beten Here mayst thou thynke as thou sawe him veryly afore the naked boūden to a pyller / how cruelly fyersly the cursed tyraūtes pyncheth or smyteth hym without mercy with whyppes roddes / so that no hole skynne is lefte vpon hym Thynge as thou sawest the stremes of his precyous blode rennyn ge downe on euery syde after the greuous and smarte lasshes of the whyppes / that thou seest the bare naked bones / the flesshe rente fro the bones with many fell strokes of the knotted scourges dyed with his precyous blode Thynke also that thou herest hym grone / quake and tremble for anguysshe and wonderfull payne / how pyteously he casteth his loke towarde heuen / and that with the strokes of the scourges a parte of his blessyd flesshe or a droppe of his precyous blode falleth or droppeth on thy face or on thy clothes / this payne suffred he for the loue of the / therfore thou ought to haue more pyte on hym And with as good deuocyon as thou can / lyfte thy herte mynde to hym / saye thy prayer THe fourth tyme our blessyd lorde shedde his precious blode for our redempcyon / was as he was crowned with a garlond of sharpe thornes Here mayst thou thynke / as yf thou seest hym syttynge afore the his handes boūde behynde hym / the boystous tyrauntes settynge a greuous garlonde of sharpe thornes on his heed / pressynge it downe with so grete vyolence / that the sharpe thornes perced in to his brayne Take hede and beholde his rufull and heuy countenaunce / how pyteously he shrynketh his necke in to his sholders for the grete anguysshe of that grete horryble payne / how pyteously he groneth for grefe of that horryble payne / how pyteously the stremes of blode renneth aboute his heed that is to torne in euery syde Beholde his blessyd vysage that somtyme was so pleasaūt / so gracyous / so amyable is now made so reed with blode all dysfygured with sorowe heuynes / his eeres his nose be stopped with blode Beholde se how pacyently he that was god and man is / suffred to be scornefully mocked with rybaudes caytyues his blessyd face to be foyled with theyr lothsome spyttynge / and all for the loue of man / therfore man ought to haue therof grete compassyon THe fyfth tyme our sauyour shedde his precyous blode for vs / was whan his clothes were taken fro him after his scourgynge Here thou mayst thynke as thou seest hym as afore with a full heuy coūtenaunce gronynge pyteously with many a depe profoūde sygh comynge frō his herte rote And the tyraūtes pullynge fresshely of his clothes that clyued fast with drye blode to his tendre body / for in pullynge away his clothes the skynne the flesshe rent fro his body that cliued so fast to his clothes with drye blode / by the whiche he was all to rente / all to rasshed / all to torne stremed all with blode / and so he bledde newe agayne I trowe this payne was more greuous to hym than his scourgynge Remembre how he shrynketh trembleth quaketh stoupeth lowe downe in all

his body in pullynge of his clothes for the bytter anguysshe of that greuous payne Beholde how rewfully he is arayed lyke no man but more lyke a thynge that were newe slayne without ony skynne / yf thou canst not remembre the anguysshe of this payne / thou mayst pynche thy fynger or some other parte of thy body / that by the felynge of thyn owne lytell payne thou mayst the better remembre the grete payne that he suffred for the whiche thou were cause of THe syxth tyme that our lord shedde his precious blode / was whan his blessyd Innocent hādes and fete were nayled to the crosse Here mayst thou thynke as yf thou seest hym / the fyers cruell tyrauntes tur mentours of our mercyfull lorde hale pull his blessyd armes / some the one and some the other / so sore / that it may seme to the that thou herest his Ioyntes to cracke and the senewes to braste in sondre Than mayst thou thynke that thou seest him dryue that is dryuer of the grete nayles in to his holy swete handes feet / that thou beholdest the dryuer of the nayles seest hym wtout ony ruthe or pyte smyte in euery nayle with many myghty / that thou seest the blode springe out at euery stroke / than seest our lorde shrynke and quake for hydeous payne and smartȳge of his tender flesshe newe cutte at euery stroke This mayst thou thynke fyrst on the one hande and after on that other also on the feet Than thou mayst beholde with ruthe compassyon how pyteously how greuous hydeous payne they spoyled his clothes / his flesshe all to rente and to torne hangeth bledynge on the crosse / hauynge no thynge as I suppose to susteyne the weyght of his body ne to reste hym vpon but the harde nayled fyxed within his tendre flesshe / this was to hym a double payne / the whiche were to hym bothe greuous harde to suffre the grete akynges anguysshes bothe in his armes hādes feet Another payne of sore smartynge in his handes feet oppressyd harde with the nayles fyxed in the quycke flesshe Bothe this paynes horryble were caused by the weyght of his precyous body Beholdynge also the ryuers of blode flowynge out of his handes feet Thou mayst thynke also that his lȳmes quake trēble for payne / that for werynes anguysshe of his intollerable payne he somtyme shaketh his heed rufully and heuely / somtyme casteth it vpon his ryght sholder / somtyme vpon his lefte sholder / somtyme lyfteth it vp full pyteously as a man swounynge halfe deed / leteth it fall downe to his breste Than mayst thou beholde the dole full countenaūce of his face / how pale it is And thou mayst thynke the amonge all these paynes sorowes he lytteth vp his eyen loketh vpon the in token of loue As who sayth I loue the so moche that I wylfully suffre this payne for the / am redy to suffre more yf it be put to me And that thou sholdest remembre what he hath done for the. THe .vii. tyme that our mercyfull sauyour shedde his precyous blode for vs / was whan he hanged on the crosse was smyten in to the syde with a spere Here mayst thou thȳke as yf thou seest the body of our mercyfull lorde after that he for our trespasse hath suffred pacyently many outrages excedynge paynes hynge deed vpon the crosse all pale wanne or lyke to be a beest newly slayne for he spared not his owne blode / but gaue it wylfully for our redempcyon After that thou hast with pyte compassyon beholden well how pyteously his visage somtyme moost beauteous amyable hāgeth inclined downe all wanne pale of colour his precyous body / also that excedeth all other in beaute fayrenes hangeth all to rent torne Thou mayst beholde how the spere rēneth thrugh his syde with grete vyolence renneth thrugh his herte / thou mayst thynke how thou herde the sowne of the cruell stroke entrynge in to his syde / that thou seest blode water that was redy to renne hastely out to wasshe awaye thy fylth make the clene / flowed out at the terrible woūde of his syde / and ranne parte downe on the spere parte downe on his syde O swete Ihesu how pacyently how mekely suffrest thou so vnkyndly to be entreated / so cruelly turmented / so rufully arayed for the loue of man O tender mercyfull lorde that after that thou hast spent thy blode of thy body to deth / woldest after thy deth for the loue of thy seruaūt spende all the precyous blode of thy body herte After yf pyte compassyon wolde suffre the thou mayst loke in at the wounde of his syde beholde how his herte that was free kynde to the is rennen / torne and smyten thrugh with the spere And with deuoute prayer compassyon desyre that he suffre thy loue neuer to departe fro hym / but that thou mayst be redy for the loue of hym pacyently to suffre payne and aduersyte of this wretched world / for he suffred gyltles mekely pacyently moche payne anguysshe for the loue of the. Bycause the deuoute memorye of the bytter passyon of our sauyour expelleth temptacion and excyteth many tymes the deuocyon of the true louer of our lorde Thou mayste thynke ymagyn on that our mercyfull redemer complayneth not without a cause / for the grete Iniurye vnkyndenes of the Iewes / sayth to them in this wyse O ye myn owne / how may ye fynde in your hertes soo vncurteysly to entreate me / sythen I haue chosen you before other / brought you fro straunge nacyons and put you in my delectable vyneyarde I haue create and made you lyke vnto my selfe / ye haue laboured to destroye me / haue caused me gyltles to be put to shamefull deth on the crosse lyke a thefe or a mansleer I chase and preferred you before people of other nacyons / ye haue done to me grete vilany made me obieccyon derysyon of people And I by many myracles in correccyon of your aduersaryes of Egypte losed you from captyuite brought you out of theyr subieccyon And by fals accusacyons excitynge sterynge of the people ayenst me / hath caused me without trespasse to be nayled and fastened to a tree / and gyltles to dye I mynystred to you lyght whā it was derke / that ye myght escape sauely the daūger of your aduersaryes ye came ayenst me with lyght of lanternes swerdes staues as I were a thefe / to take me put me in many dyuers paynes and dyspyteous deth I fedde nourysshed you .xl. yere in wyldernesse with delycate manna / for you caused water to renne out of the harde stone And ye caused me to be fedde with bytter aysel gall / caused the blode and