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A11539	An exposition after the maner of a co[n]templacyon vpon ye .li. psalme, called Miserere mei Deus; Expositio in psalmos Miserere me Deus. English	Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535.	1534 (1534)	STC 21789.3; ESTC S106805	28,705	66

vnto the sith thou saiest by the prophet Psal .xlix. the sacrifice of prayse shall glorifie me / by the meanes shall I be entised to shew him my sauing helth / therfore wyll I offer prayse vnto the euē the praise of infauntes suckelynges for my symies And why shall I offer for my synnes rather praise thē sacryfice for if thou haddest desyred sacryfices I had surely offed them / but thou delyghtest not in brente sacryfices / canst thou be pacefied with the bloude of calues or gootꝭ wilt thou eate the fleshe of bulles / or drynke the bloude of gootes Other dost thou desyre golde whiche possessest heuen and earthe other wylt thou that I sacryfice my body vnto the whiche desyrest not the deathe of a synner / but rather that he were conuerted and lyue Neuerthelesse I wyll chasten my fleshe in a measure that through thy grace it maye be subdued vnto reason and obey it / for in this poynt also yf I passe measure bryng my body so lowe that it is vn apte to serue my neyghboure and to do that office whiche is apoynted me of god / it shall be imputed vnto me for synne Let your seruing of god be resonable sayth the apostle Ro. xij And thou haste sayde also by the prophete I require mercy and not sacrifice Osee vi Therfore shal my mouthe shewe forth thy prayse / for this oblacion doth honour the / and sheweth vs the way vnto thy sauyng helth My herte is ready oh god my hert is readye / it is ready through thy grace to do all thynges whiche are pleasaunt vnto the this one thynge haue I founde most acceptable vnto the / that wyl I offer vnto the / that shall euer be in my herte / on that shall my lyppes euer be harpynge / yf thou haddest desyred a bodely sacryfyce I wolde surely haue geuē it the / for my herte is readye through thy grace to fulfyll thy wyll but in suche brente sacryfyce haste thou no delyght / thou madest the body for the spirit / therfore seakest thou spirituall thyngꝭ and not bodelye / for thou sayste in a certeyne place Prouerb .xxiij. My sonne geue thine herte vnto me / this is the herte that pleaseth the. Let vs offer vnto the an herte repentynge with sorow of our fynnes and enflamed with the loue of heuenlye thyngꝭ and then wylte thou desyre no more / for with suche a sacryfyce wylte thou be content A sacryfyce to god is a broken spyryte a contrite and humble herte thou shalte not despyse oh god ¶ A broken spirite and not broken fleshe pleaseth the o Lorde for the fleshe is broken and vexed because he hath not the carnall thynges that he desyreth / or els fealeth in hym selfe suche thynges as he hateth But the spyrite is broken and vnquyeted for his faute / because he hath offended agaynst god whom he loueth He soroweth the he hathe synned agaynste his maker redeemer / that he hath despysed his bloude / that he hathe not regarded suche a good louynge father this broken sorowynge spryte is vnto the a sacryfyce of most swete sauoure whiche notwithstondynge hathe his confeccyon of most bytter spyces / euen of the remēbraunce of our synnes for whyles our synnes are gathered togyther in to the morter of the herte / and beaten with the pestle of conpunccyon / and made in to poudre and watered with teares / therof is made an oyntemente and sacryfyce moost swete which redolent offrynge thou wylt not despyse / for thou wylt not despyse a cōtryte and humble herte Therfore he that breaketh his stonye herte whiche is made with the most harde stones of synne / that he maye therof prepare an oyntmente of repentaunce in aboūdaunce of teares / not despayrynge of the multytude and greuousnes of his synnes / but humblye offerynge this sacryfyce vnto the he shall in no wyse be despysed of the / for a broken humble her● wylt thou not despise oh god Marye magdalyn whiche was a notable synner made suche an oyntment and put it in the allablaster bore of her herte she feared not to entre īto the Pharesees house she humbled her selfe flat●e before thy fete / she was not a shamed to wepe at thy mele tyde / she coulde not speake for inwarde sorowe / but her herte melted in to teares / with the whiche she washed thy fete / she wypyd them with her here immedyatlye / ye anoynted theym with oyntment and ceased not kyssynge them Who euer sawe suche another thyng ye or who hath euer herde of a thynge lyke vnto this Surely her sacryfyce pleased the well and was so acceptable that thou prefarredst it aboue the Pharise which in his owne syght was ryghtwyse / for it may be gathered of thy wordes Luce .vij. that there was so moch dyfference betwen the ryghtwysnes of marye the pharesee as there was dyfference betwene these to washe the fete with water / to washe them with teares to kysse one on the face / and not to cease to kysse the feete to anoynt the hed with oyle / and to anoynt the fete with most precyous oyntment ye moche more precelled she the pharesee / for he neyther gaue the water / kysse nor oyle O grete is thy power Lord / grete is thy myght which declareth it selfe most cheeflye in sparynge and hauynge compassyon Now se I well that a contryte meke herte thou shalt not despyse oh lord And therfore endeuoure I my selfe to offre suche an herte vnto y● Nether is it ynough that I saye so outwardely / for thou arte a god whiche searchest our hertes raynes Accepte therfore this my sacryfyce and yf it be vnperfyte / amende thou the defaulte which onely arte of power that to do that it may be a brent sacryfyce / all hole enflamed with the heate of thy bounteous cheryte that it may be acceptable vnto the / or at the leest that thou despyse it not / for yf thou despyse it not / I knowe well that I shall fynde fauoure before the and then shall none of thy sayntes other in heauen or erthe despyse me Deale gentlye of thy fauourable beneuolence with syon Let the walles of Hierusalem be bylte agayne ¶ Because it is wreten Psalm .xviij. vnto the holy man thou shalte be holy / with the innocen shalte thou deale innocenlye with the pure and chosen shalte thou doo purelye / and with the wycked shalte thou playe ouertwarte I am verye desyrous the all men were saued / and that they sholde come vnto the knowledge of the truth which thynge were very necessarye for them and also for my profyte / for by theyr prayers exortations and examples I myght ryse frō this fylthye synne and be prouoked daylye to procede vnto better I beseche the therfore Oh Lorde althoughe I be a synner / that thou of thy fauourable beneuolence woldest deale gentlye with syon that the walles of Hierusalē myght be bilt

agayn Syon is thy chyrche / for syon by interpretacyon sygnyfyeth a tootehyll / or a place where a man maye se farre aboute hym And euen so thy chyrche thrughe the grace of the holy ghoste beholdeth a farre of the glorye of god accordynge to the capacyte of this lyfe / and therfore sayed the apostle ij Corynth .iij. all we with an vncouered face beholdyng as in a glasse the glorye of the lorde / after the same ymage ar transformed from glorye to glorye as by the sprete of the lorde Lorde god howe small is thy Chyrche at this daye almost the hole worlde is fallen frome the for there are manye mo myscreauntes then chrysten / and yet amonge the chrystē how many are there which forsake worldly thynges and seke the glory of the lorde surely ye shall fynde very fewe in cōparyson of theym whiche are addycte to worldye thynges / whose god is thyr belye and glorye to theyr shame and confusyon Deale gentelye Lorde of thy fauourable beneuolence with Syon that it maye be encreased bothe in multytude and also in good lyuyng Beholde frome heauen and deale gentelye as thou arte wonte to do that thou wylte sende amonge vs the fyer of thy charyte / whiche maye consume all our synnes Deale lorde accordynge to thy fauourable beneuolence / and do not with vs after our deseruyng / nether yelde thou vs againe according to our iniquities / but ordre vs accordynge to thy greate mercye Thou art Lorde our father and redemer / thou art our hope and euerlastyng helche Euery man desyreth goodnes of the / yf thou geue it them / then shall they gather it yf thou open thy hande all shall be fylled with plenty / when thou turnest away thy face / then are they astonyed whē thou gatherest in theyr breth then are they dead and returne in to erthe And agayne when thou brethedst on them / then are they created anew and thus renuest thou the face of the earth Psalme C. iiij Lorde I praye the what profyt is there in the dampnacyon of so many thousande men Hell is fylled and thy churche doth daylye decrease Aryse Lorde / why sleapest thou so longe Aryse / and dyffer not vnto the ende / Deale gently of thy fauourable beneuolēce with Syon / that the walles of Ierusalem may be buylded agayne / what is Ierusalem whiche by interpretacyon signyfyeth the vysyon of peace but the holye congregacyon and cytye of the blessed whiche is our mother Her walles were decayed when Lucyfer with his aungels fel / in to whose places are the ryghtwyse men receyued Deale therfore gentlye Oh Lorde with Syon / that the numbre of thy chosen may shortlye be fulfylled / and that the walles of Ierusalem may be edefied and fynisshed with newe stones whiche shal euer prayse the and endure euerlastynglye Then shalte thou accepte the sacryfyce of ryghtwysnes / oblacyons and brente offerynges then shall they laye vpon thyne altare wanton calues ¶ When thou haste delt gentlye of thy fauourable will beneuolence with Syon / then shalte thou accepte the sacryfyce of ryghtwysnes / for thou shalte consume it with burnyng fier of thy loue and charite / so acceptedst thou the sacrifices of Woyses and Helyas And then acceptest thou the sacryfices of ryghtwysnes / when thou fattenest with thy grace the soules whiche endeuoure them selues to lyne rightwisly What profiteth to offer sacryfices vnto the when thou acceptest them not oh Lorde Howe manye sacryfyces offer we nowe a dayes whiche are not pleasaunt vnto the but rather abhomynable for we offre not the sacryfyces of ryghtwysnes / but oure owne ceremonyes and therfore are they not accepted nor regarded of the where is nowe the glorye of the Apostles where is the valyaunt perseueraunce of martyrs where is the frute of preachers where is that holye symplicyte of them that vsed to lyue solitarye where are now the vertues and workes of the christen whiche were in olde tyme Then shalt thou excepte theyr sacryfices / when thou shalt decke and garnyshe them with thy grace and vertues ¶ Also yf thou deale gently with Syon of thy fauourable beneuolence / then shalte thou delyght in sacryfyces of ryghtwisnes / for the people shall begynne to lyue well / to kepe thy cōmaundementes and to deale iustlye and so shall thy people be endued with thy benefytes and blessynge Then shall the oblacyons of the preestes and of the clargie be acceptable vnto the / for they shall forsake theyr carnal affection and endeuoure them selues vnto a more perfeyte lyfe / and so shall the oyntment of thy blyssynge descende vpon theyr heades Then shall the brente offerynges of the relygyous be pleasaunte to the / for they shal cast out all drousye sluggyshnes and false confydence / and be hooly enflamed and made perfayte with the burnynge fyer of goddes loue Then shall the bysshoppes and preachers put calues vpō thyn altare / for after they at cōsummate in al kynde of vertue replenysshed with the holye spiryte / they shal not feare to geue theyr lyues for theyr sheepe What is thyne altare swete Iesu / but thy crosse where vpon thou wast offered What signifyeth a want on calfe / but our bodye Therfore / then shall they put calues on thyne altare / when they shal offer their owne bodies vnto the crosse / that is vnto all afflyctions and euen vnto the verye deathe for thy names sake ¶ Then shall the churche flory she and dilate her coostes / then shall thy prayse be noysed from the laste ende of the worlde / then shal ioye and gladnes fulfyll the hole worlde Then shall thy sayntes reioyce in glorye and shal make myrth in theyr mancyons waytynge for vs in the londe of the lyuynge Accomplyshe in me euen nowe Lorde that / then / whiche I so ofte name that thou mayste haue compassion on me accordīg to thy great mercy / the thou mayst receyue me for a sacryfice of ryghtwysnes / for a holy oblacyon for a brente sacryfyce of good lyuynge / and for a calfe to be offered on thyne altare or crosse / by the which I maye passe from this vale of miserye vnto that ioye whiche thou hast prepared for them that loue the. Amen ¶ To fyll vp the lefe we haue touched certeyne places whiche we thought most necessary to edefye the congregaciō of Christ ¶ Of faythe FIrst dere dretherne ye ought to geue dylygent hede that you maye purelye vnderstonde what faythe is and what frutes procede out of her / And to conclude the summe in fewe wordes / fayth is a sure perswasyon and full knowlege that god for his truthe and ryghtwysnes sake wyll fulfyll suche promyses / as he hathe made vnto vs of his mercye and fauoure / which sure perswasion must be geuen from god i. Corin .xij. For it can neither be goten by mannes power / nether yet retayned / therfore with feare and tremblynge performe that helthe whiche is begonne in you / for it is god