of my soule / that what tyme I shall aryse both in body soule at the last day of iudgement / there appere before that same sonne of thyn Iesus Christ / there to rendre myne accompt of all my thoughtes / wordes dedes it wold please thy motherly pite to help me that by the O blessed mother virgyn I myght escape the senteÌ„ce of eternall daÌ„pnation / and graciously to come to euerlastyng ioye and glorie with all the elect chosen people of god Amen ☞ The .iiii. prayer / howe Iesus appered to Mary Magdalayne O Most swete master / O most swete Iesu / how good art thou to them that be clene in herte How swete arte thou to them that loue the. O how happy are they that sech the fynd the. How blessed are they that trust in the. It is truth that thou louest all theÌ„ that loue the. Thou neuer forsake them that truste in the. Lo lorde this Mary thy true louer of a good symple mynde sought the and truely she founde the. She was nat forsaken of the. But she had more of the than she loked for I beseche the lorde graunt me to loue the / to seche the and to truste in the / that I may deserue to fynde the and to be loued of the / and neuer to be forsaken of the. amen ⧠The .v. prayer how Iesus appered to his disciples / Thomas beyng also present O Lorde Iesu Christ which shewed vnto Thomas that douted of thy Resurrection / the places of thy nayles the spere / hath reuoked hym from errour by the puttyng of his fynger in to the holes of thy haÌ„des / of his hande into thy syde grauÌ„t to me that I hauyng euer the remeÌ„braunce of thy woundes and passion / may expend and put in my finger hande / that is what so euer good worke or discrecioÌ„ be in me I may put it in expend it all hoole in thy seruyce to thy honoure And that I may coÌ„fesse with Thomas that thou art my lorde whiche hath bought me with thy precious blode and my god which hath create made me And that whiche thou sayd before of our fayth / that blessed be they whiche haue nat sene and beleue I may haue experieÌ„ce therof in my self / and that by thy grace I may be founde blessed in thy syght Amen ☞ The .vi. prayer of the Ascencyon of our lorde O Iesu our crowne glory whiche rysyng from deth dyd ascend vnto the right hand of thy father / drawe my soule vnto the / that I myght feruently seche and desyre the onely / grauÌ„t to me I beseche the that I may with all my desire study come to that place to the whiche as I stedfastly beleue thou hast ascended And that I beyng here in body / may be with the in loue desyre / that my hert may be there where as thou arte my loue treasore most to be loued and desired / drawe me after the / that by thy grace I ascendyng from vertue to vertue may deserue to se the my lorde god in the heuenly syon Amen ⧠The .vii. prayer of the sendynge of the holy goost O Iesu the gyuer of al gyftes which sent thy holy gost vnto thy discyples in the lickenes of fyre I pray and beseche the O most mercyfull lord / that I though most vnworthy myght receyue to my ê‘petual helth by thy grace those gyftes whiche thy disciples receyued of thy only bouÌ„tious goodnes And sende vpon vs good lorde thy seruantes the spiryte of thy charyte / loue peace / whiche myght visite and comforte our hertes / purge them from vices / lighten them with vertues / bynd vs in the bondes of peace loue illumynate vs with the light of thy knowlege / and inflame vs with the fyre of thy charite / forgyue vs oure synnes and brynge vs to lyfe euerlastynge Amen ☞ The .viii. prayer of the Assumption of our glorious Lady O Lord the gyuer of ioy the grauÌ„ter of solace / the diligeÌ„t releuer of the desolate person / the chaser awaye of all heuynes sorowe / whiche hast gladded and make ioyfull the moost blessed virgyn Mary thy mother the glas of thy maiestie / the solace of aungelles / the ymage of thy goodnes / the begynner of our helth thou hast gladded her I say with manifold ioyes both in heuen in erth I beseche the grauÌ„t to me thy supplyant / that I whiche presume to come trustely faithfully to her / as to the well and fouÌ„tayne of ioye in all my sorowes and troubles may by her merites and prayers fele receyue the effecte of her prayers coÌ„forteth in this pÌ„sent lyfe And fynally to come to that ineffable ioye / to the whiche she assumpte ioyeth with the eternally in heuyns Amen ⧠The .ix. prayer of the last iudgemeÌ„t and of the commynge of the iudge to the same O Lorde Iesu Christ iudge of both quicke deed vouche safe to ordre and set me in the last iudgement on thy right hand And that I may than here thy moost swete voyce to my comforte / which thou shal thaÌ„ speke to thy chosen people that is Com ye blessed childern of my father / and take possessyon of the kyngdome of glory that was prepared for you before the begynnynge of the worlde And also kepe me that I fere nat the hearynge of that mooste terryble sentence / whiche than thou shalte speake vnto the reproued synners / sayenge Go ye cursed people in to euerlastynge fyre prepared for the deuylle and his company O thou onely begoten sonne of god haue mercy on vs / that we neuer feale that incurable and intollerable payne / that is to be excluded from the glorye and sight of god And to burne perpetually in euerlasting fyre O my god my mercy socour / be mercifull to vs. Amen ¶ Imprynted by me Roberte Redman Cum priuilegio
The .xli. Iohan. xix C. prayer / how Christ was brought vnto his iudgement O Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of the lyuyng god / whiche in the .vi. hour of the day wolde for me most wretched synner be pÌ„sented before the iudge syttyng in iudgement graunt to me so to iudge my selfe in my selfe of all my synnes / by the testimonie or witnesse of myne owne conscyence And also so paciently to suffre thy iudgemeÌ„t in all aduersities that I may in suertie appere in thy last terrible iudgement Amen ☞ The .xlii. Marci xv B. prayer / how Christ was condempned O Iesu which for me wolde pacieÌ„tly and innoceÌ„tly suffre the vniust sentence of deth / that of the most shamefull deth of the crosse grauÌ„t to me that I neuer deserue the iust sentence of deth in soule or in body And that for thy loue I feare nat the wycked iudgementes of men And also that I neuer iudge any person wrongefully Amen Iohan. xix D. ☞ The .xliii. prayer / how Christe bare his crosse O Iesu which for me a wretch wold beare thy heuy crosse vpon thyne owne shoulders / make me wylfully and gladly to take the crosse of penauÌ„ce and strayter lyfe And to beare it dayly after the and for thy loue Amen IbideÌ„ Math. 27. D. ⧠The .xliiii. prayer how Christ was ledde vnto Golgoltha / that is the mounte of Caluary O Iesu whiche for me wolde be led vnto Golgotha to be there crucifyed leade me in the pathe of thy commaundemeÌ„tes / that I may folowe the steppes of thy passion with the holy women / and wepe vpon my selfe the miserie of my frayle condicyon Amen Ancelmus in dialogo passoÌ„is ☞ The .xlv. prayer / howe Christ was spoyled of his clothes before the crosse O Iesu which for me wolde be spoyled of thy clothes syt naked be / fore the crosse make me to be spoiled or naked froÌ„ al worldly thinges that be hynderauÌ„ce to my saluation / that I naked myght folowe thy naked crosse Amen ⧠The .xlvi. Ancelmus vbi supra prayer / how Christ was layde or spred vpon the crosse O Iesu which for me wolde be extended vpon the crosse / that so cruelly that all thy bones myght be nombred make me to extend al my membres and powers bothe of soule and bodye vnto thy laude and praysynge Amen ☞ The .xlvii. Iohan. xix D. prayer / how Christ was crucifyed O Iesu whiche for me wolde be nayled with most harde nayles vnto the crosse / and therby wolde fasten the obligacion and wrytyng of our synnes and deth vnto thy crosse Nayle fast I beseche the my flesshe with thy feare / that I surely cleuynge fast to thy commaundemeÌ„tes / may euermore be fastyned to the to thy holy crosse Amen ⧠The .xlviii. prayer / howe Christes handes fete were nayled / and specially of the first or lefte hande Psal 21 O Iesu which for me most wretched wolde haue thy left hande digged or bored with a nayle fastened to the crosse graunt me that I may euer put and hyde all myne aduersities temptations in the most swete wouÌ„de of that lefte hande / and that I may fynde in it a sure and holsome remedy agaynst all maner of tribulations Amen ⧠The .xlix. prayer of borynge or naylynge of the seconde or ryght hande of Christe O Iesu which for me a wretch wold haue thy right hand ê‘sed through with a nayle / so fastened to the crosse graunt to me that I may hyde in thy most swete wounde of thy ryght hande with thankes al my good workes that it shall please thy goodnes to worke in me And that all my negligences and imê‘fections may therby be performed and supplyed Amen ☞ The .l. prayer / of the naylynge of the fyrst foot or lyfte foote of Christe O Iesu whiche for me wolde haue thy moost holy fete perced with a great crosse and harde nayle / and so to be fastined vnto the crosse grauÌ„t to me that whan so euer I am impugned or troubled with euyll cogitations / sinistrall affections and desyres I maye come to the wounde of thy lyfte foote / and there to fynde receyue holsom medicynes for my saluacyon Amen ⧠The .li. prayer of the naylyng of the seconde or ryght fote of Christe O Iesu which dyd make a fouÌ„tayne of thy grace / sprynge to vs from the holsome most swete wounde of thy ryght foote graunt to me that I may fasten and ioyne all my good desyres to that same thy wounde with a louely kysse And to make them conformable and agreyng to thy holy desyres AmeÌ„ ☞ The .lii. Ancelmus in dialogo passoÌ„is prayer / how the crosse with Christ vpon it was raysed vp O Iesu whiche for me wolde be lyfted vpon the crosse / and so wolde be exalted from the erth make me I beseche the to be eleuate from all erthely affections And to be conuersaunte in mynde in heuenly thynges Amen ⧠The .liii. prayer / how .ii. Iohan. xix D. theues were crucifyed with Christ O Iesu which for me a wretch wold be crucified betwixt .ii. theues and wolde be reputed as one of them grauÌ„t that my spirit may be crucified betwixt the flesshe the worlde / that I may rest quietely in the in the mydle the extremes that is the flesshe and the worlde crucifyed to me Amen Math. 27. D. ☞ The .liiii. prayer / how the Saugiours deuyded Christes garmentes O Iesu which for me wold haue thy garmentes deuyded amongê thy crucifyers / and wolde haue them caste lottes for thy vnsewed cote that was wouen or knyt and without seames grauÌ„t to me to take part with thy saintes and to folowe theyr exaÌ„ples in the kepynge of thy commaundementes And that I may euer kepe thy charitie in me AmeÌ„ Iohan. xix D. ⧠The .lv. prayer of the wrytynge of the title aboue Christes heed O Iesu whiche for me wolde be dyffamed scornefully with the subscription of thy victorious title graunt to me that I may strongly lyue feyght vnder that banner and victorious title / Iesus Nazarenus rex iudeorum That my gostly enemyes afrayd by the sight or hearynge therof / shulde nat darre to come nyghe vnto me Amen Math. 27. E. ☞ The .lvi. prayer of the illusyon and mockynge of Christe crucifyed O Iesu which for me crucified wold be mocked and dispysed with many rebukefull wordes / and yet wolde so charitably pray for thy crucifiers make me that I neuer descende from my religion or any good worke for no suggestion of the deuyl or dispisyngê of man But that I may coÌ„tinually perceuer in thy loue / and that I may for thy loue forgyue al them that do or say any euyl to me or agaynst me And that I maye euermore pray hertely for them Amen ⧠The .lvii. Luce. xxiii F. prayer / howe the thefe of the lefte hande rebuked Christ O Iesu
which for me wolde be scornfully rebuked of one thefe / and of the other wolde be honorably confessed to be god make me for thy glory of thy name to suffre paciently the rebukes of euyl persons whan nede requireth / and neuer to suffre thy iniuries And also to possesse the ioyes of paradyse with this holy thefe Amen ⧠The .lviii. Iohan. xix E. prayer of the coÌ„passion that Christ had vpon his mothers sorowe and heuynesse O Iesu which for me wolde be crucified hauing coÌ„passion of thy mothers sorowe coÌ„passioÌ„ / wolde diligeÌ„tly commende here to thy dere beloued discyple IohnÌ„ / and also commended hym to her I coÌ„mende me vnto the / and also all myne in that faythe and loue that thou coÌ„mendest them together / mekely besechynge the / that for the tendernesse of so great loue thou wolde make me to come truely and perfytely to thy loue / and throughe theyr prayer and coÌ„mendacyon I may be preserued and kepte from all aduersitie and peryll in the perylles daungers of this worlde and lyfe Amen Math. 27. F. ⧠The .lix. prayer / how the manhode of Christ complayned hym self to be forsaken of god O Lord Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuyng god / which at the .ix. hour of the day for me moost wretched hangynge vpon the crosse cryed to thy father with a great voyce sayeng Hely / hely lama hazastani / that is My god my god / why haste thou forsaken me grauÌ„t to me that in all my trouble anguysshe I may crye to the my lord god with the great voyce of my hert That so thou neuer suffre me to be reproued as lefte forsaken of thy mercy Amen ☞ The .lx. Math. 27. F. prayer how they gaue hym to drynke vyneagre or asell O Iesu whiche thirstyng our helth wold haue vineagre wine mixte with myrre gall offred gyuen to the to drynke make me worthely to offre to the the wyne of deuotion mixt with the mirre of mortificacion of my seÌ„sualitie / and with the gall of contricyon for my synnes / and that I neuer drynke of the vineagre of infidelitye or of sclaundre / though I tast of any sclaundre / that is / suffre wrongfully any sclauÌ„dre Amen ⧠The .lxi. Iohan. xix F. praier of the consuÌ„macion and ende of the passion of Christ O Iesu whiche offeryng the coÌ„summacion of thy hoole passion as it were iÌ„ a suÌ„me to god thy father for me / dyd say ConsuÌ„matum est / it is ended / grauÌ„t to me that I may duely finissh and ende al the good workes paynes / that it shall please thy grace to worke in me and by me so ended / to offre theÌ„ with due thankê vnto god the father by the. ☞ The .lxii. Luce. xxiii F. prayer of the yeldynge vp of his soule or of the deth of Christ O Blessed Iesu which for me dyeng vpon the crosse dyd coÌ„mende thy soule to thy father grauÌ„t to me that I may spiritually so dye to the with the in this lyfe / that it wolde please the at the houre of my deth to haue my wretched soule recoÌ„mended to the / which lyues reignes with god the father the holy gost worlde without ende Amen Iohan. xix F. ⧠The .lxiii. prayer / of the openyng of Christes syde and herte with a speare O Iesu which for me wold haue the syde of thy deed body opened / froÌ„ whens came plenty of blode water for our helth comfort wounde I beseche the my hert with the speare of thy charyte / that I may worthely receyue thy sacrameÌ„tes / whiche flowed out of that thy moost holy syde Amen Math. 27. G. ☞ The .lxiiii. prayer / how the body of Christ was taken downe of the crosse O Iesu which for me a wretched sinner after thy deth wolde haue thy body taken downe from the crosse by Iosephe Nychodemus / and so anoynted and dressed with swete oyntemeÌ„tes and spices / wolde be wrapped in fayre lynen clothes graunt me worthely to receyue thy blessed liuyng body in the sacrameÌ„t of the aulter / as if I shulde take hym of the crosse / so to anoynt hym with the oyntementes of vertues / that I maye continually kepe hym in a pure herte and chaste body Amen ⧠The .lxv. Math. xxvii G prayer of the buryeng of Christes body O Iesu whiche for me at the houre of complen wolde be buryed in a Sepulcre lamented and kepte graunt to me that thou my lorde god maye be buryed in the sepulcre of my herte and there lamented and kept / that I buryed with the / may deserue to come to the glory of thy resurrection AMEN ☞ Here endeth .lxv. prayers / and here after foloweth .ix. prayers of the Resurrection / Ascencyon c. ⧠The first prayer / howe Christe discended vnto helle O Good Iesu thy vnspekeable petie and charyte was nat yet saciat coÌ„tent with the deth / but that thou wolde vysite the clausures of hell / redeme thy people there beyng in captiuite Therfore thy most blessed and glorious soule knyt to thy godhede / descendynge vnto the helles / delyueryng thy electe people from that derkenes shadowe of deth I beseche the O mercyfull Iesu that thy grace mercy myght descende vpon the soules of our parentes / bretherne / systerne all our kynsefolkes Also vpon the soules of our familier acquaintauÌ„ce benefactours / and all other that we be bounde to praye for / and of all christen soules That thou wolde delyuer them froÌ„ the paynes that they haue deserued for theyr synnes And that thou wolde brynge them to eternall glorie Amen ☞ The .ii. prayer / of the Resurrection of our lorde O Lord Iesu Christ our eterne only swetenes / whiche brekyng the bondes of deth / hath glorified thy body and hath ryson froÌ„ deth in glory vnspekable I praye the I beseche for thy glorious and floresshyng ResurrectioÌ„ / to grauÌ„t to me that I rysyng from vyces the deth of soule may euer floryssh in vertues / so to walke in the newnes of good lyfe / that I may sauer folowe those thyngê that be aboue heuenly / and nat tho thyngê that be erthly and traÌ„sitorie Also good lorde by the vertue of thy clerenes / purge my soule from the darknes of synne That by the same vertue at the day of generall Resurrection my bodye may aryse vnto glorye / that I may ioye bothe in soule body / eternally with the in thy glory Amen ⧠The .iii. prayer how Christe appered to his mother Mary O Mary the mother of god most gracious virgyn and comforter of all desolate persons callynge and cryenge vnto the I besech the for that great ioy wherby thou were coÌ„forted whan thou knewest that thy sonne Iesus Christ was rysen the thyrd day from deth vnto lyfe immortale and impassible That thou wolde be a coÌ„forter
¶ Deuoute prayers in englysshe of thactes of our redemption ¶ Here begynneth fyue deuoute prayers / mouynge man vnto the meditacyon of Chrystes passyon O Lorde Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuyng god / for thyne vnspekable pytye / and the mooste excellent lyfe of thy moste holy mother Mary / and for the merytes of saynte Francyse and of al thy sayntes graunt we beseche the vnto vs moost wretched synners vnworthy any of thy benefytes / that we myght loue the alone / euer be burnyng or ferueÌ„t in thy loue / and that we myght continually magnify the werke of redeÌ„ption / that we myght euer desyre thy honor / dayly bere remeÌ„bre in our hert the benefyt of thy passyon That we myght know considre our misery / and coÌ„tinually desyre to be despiced rebuked for thy loue So that nothyng shulde comfort vs or abyde in our hert / but thy deth and passyon / and nothing displease or trouble vs but our owne synne and wretchednes Amen ¶ Here foloweth a prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ whiche frely with thyn owne wyl came vnto thy passion come also to me a wretch / by thy grace into my hert or soule And thou that then dyd repare me by thy deth on the crosse / repare me agayne that am fallen to synne / repare me I say by the merytes of that same most blessed passyon GrauÌ„t to me lord that in al thyngê I myght kepe myldenes mekenes / and subdue my flesshe and my spiryt holly vnto the. And that I may be made as a beest vnto the / that thou syttynge vpon me and rulyng me as thy beest may lede me now vnto the taste of inwarde peace and desyre of heuenly peace And at last may bryng me into the vision and syght of the same eternall peace Amen ¶ A prayer O Lorde thou made a generall signe or token of thy terryble iudgemeÌ„t whan thou cast out of the temple al byers sellers with a whyp made of .iii. cordes / shewyng in thy face or cyne the flame of thy diuinite I pray beseche the lorde to grauÌ„t me to remeÌ„bre and so to coÌ„sidre thy terryble pÌ„sence That I myght feare the with an holy feare / for thy iugemeÌ„tes be great nat to be searched / whiche whan I coÌ„sidre al my bones quake for feare For there is no maÌ„ liuyng vpon the erth that is sure of thy glory / but al thynges be reserued as vncerten vnto the tyme herafter to come That we shulde euer serue the deuoutly and ver uously in feare and also ioy in the with drede Amen ¶ A prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ / whiche in the cuyntyde made thy laste supper with thy discyples in a great and large chambre / strawed made redy for the / and there fed theÌ„ with thy most sacrate body blode make my hert a great and large chaÌ„bre prepared for the / enlarge in it true fayth / hope charyte Magnify or make it great with loÌ„gammite / pacyence and mekenes And strawe it with all maner of vertues Graunt me lord that my hert contrite and thus prepared may take receyue the after my pore maner / whom heuen and erth are nat able to take conteyne and by thy grace inhabytant in me I may thynke and perfourme in dede all thynges pleasynge to the / and declyne or auoyde all vice and synne by perfite hate of them And so coÌ„tinuyng vnto the end / I may worthely receiue thy precious body and blode in the sacrameÌ„t of the aulter AmeÌ„ ¶ A prayer O Mylde Iesu and the examplar of very mekenes / which wasshed the fete of thy disciples I aske and also beseche the lorde / purge clense thou my affections / that I so purifyed in bothe fete / and kyndeled with a double charyte / that is with the loue of god of my neighbour I myght suerly come to the my purifyer cleÌ„ser kepe me good lord vnto the ende of my dayes / and clense me from all spottes of synnes / that all my negligences and synnes forgyuen myne enemyes confouÌ„ded and rebuked might go fro me at the hour of my deth Whiche specially wyll lye in a wayte of me at that hour Directe and ordre my fete lorde in to the waye of peace / that I delyuered from the handes power of all myne enemyes myght blesse and prayse the with all thy electe seruantes worlde without ende Amen ¶ Here endeth the .v. prayers / concernyng .v. particles of Christes passyon ¶ Here begynneth .lxv. prayers of our lordes passion with a .ix. other prayers of the Resurrection / Ascencyon cÌ„ ⧠The fyrst prayer of the feare and heuynes of Christe Math. xxvi D. O Lorde Iesu Christ sonne of the liuyng god which at midnyght thy passion drawyng nygh wold take vpon the fere and heuynes for me most wretched synner graunt me continually faithfully to referre all my tribulations / heuynes paynes vnto the the god of my hert / that thou wold vouchsafe to bere them with me in the vnion of thy passyon and heuynes That so by the merites of thy most holy passion / they myght be made to me frutefull and profytable Amen ☞ The second prayer of the blody sweat of Christe Luce. xxii E. O Lorde Iesu Christ sonne of the lyuynge god / whiche in thy longe prayer wolde be comforted of thangell / and in thy agonie swette merueylously droppes of blode graunt to me by the vertue of thy prayer / that thy holy aungell myght euer assyst me in my prayer and comfort me / that I restyng in the swete remembraunce of thy most bitter passion might deuoutly sweat the droppes of teares for thy blode in thy syght and knowlege Amen Math. xxvi B. ⧠The thyrde prayer of the vendicion or sellyng of our lorde O Iesu which wold be set at nought and sold of one of thy disciples for a vyle pryce GrauÌ„t to me that I neuer chauÌ„ge the my god and creatour for any transytory thynge And also that I may pacyently beare all rebukes and despisynges for the glorye of thy holy name Amen Math. xxvi E. ☞ The .iiii. prayer of the betrayeng of our lorde O Iesu that suffred thy self to be betrayed by a kysse of Iudas grauÌ„t to me that I neuer betray the in my self nor in my neighbour And also that I neuer denye to myne aduersaries thoffyce of loue / that is charite to loue theÌ„ / and to correcte them with charytie Amen ⧠The .v. Math. xxvi E. prayer of the takynge of Christe O Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuing god / whiche wold be wylfully taken and holden of the Iewes graunt to me that I may continually subdue all my sensys and vnderstandyng vnto thy seruyce / that by thy infinite goodnesse I may be delyuered from eternall deth and captiuitie Amen ☞ The .vi. Iohan. xviii C. prayer of the byndyng of our lorde O Iesu which wolde be