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death_n	body_n	lord_n	soul_n	13,508	5	5.1021	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22983	A pretious booke of heauenlie meditations, called a priuate talke of the soule with God which who so zealouslie wil vse and pervse, shal feele in his mind an vnspeakable sweetenes of the euerlasting happines: written (as some thinke) by that reuerend, and religious Father S. Augustine; and not translated onlie, but purified also, and with most ample, and necessarie sentences of holie Scripture adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1581 (1581)	STC 944; ESTC S100313	79,627	230

hardlie perceaued vnles wee receaue light from thee ô Lorde our hope that we may behold al things For he hideth subtile traps not in the workes of the flesh onlie which with no great ado may be descried nor in manifest vices only but in spiritual exercises besides vnder the colour of virtues he cloaketh vices and transformeth himselfe into an Angel of light These and many mo things doth that sonne of Belial euen Sathan himselfe enterprise against vs ô Lord our GOD And sometime like a Lion like a Dracon sometime openlie and secretlie inwardlie and outwardlie daie and night he lieth in waite to catch our soules But thou who dost saue those which trust in thee deliuer vs ô Lord that both he may haue sorow of vs and thou be glorified in vs ô Lorde our God Chap. 18. Againe of Gods manifold benefites ANd I the sonne of thy hādmaid who haue commended my selfe into thine hand in these my poore confessions wil praise thee my redeemer with mine whole heart and cal into mind al the good things which thou hast done for me al my life long euen fro my youth For I know right wel that ingratitude doth much displease thee as being the roote of al spiritual wickednes and a certaine winde drieng burning vp al goodnes and stopping the spring of thine heauenlie mercie toward man whereby dead workes now die not and liuing die out of hand are no more I then wil thanke thee ô Lord that I may not prooue vngrateful to thee my deliuerer for thou hast deliuered me How often would that Dracon haue deuoured mee but thou Lord didest plucke me out of his mouth How often haue I sinned and how often hath he bin readie to swalow me vp But thou ô Lord my God hast defended me When I did wickedlie against thee and when I brake thy commandementes then stood hee readie to plucke mee downe euen to hel but thou didest hold him backe I offended thee but thou didest defend me I feared not thee and yet thou didest keepe me I went from thee and yeelded to mine aduersarie but thou didest beate him backe that he durst not take me O Lord my God these benefites hast thou conferred vpon mee and I wretch neuer marked so much For thus thou hast saued me oftentimes from the iawes of Satan and taken me by force out of the Lions mouth and manie waies reduced me from hel although I wist not how For I descended euen to the gates of hel but that I might not go in thou didest hold me backe I drew verie nigh to deaths doore but so thou didest worke that they could not take me In like sort ô my Sauior thou hast deliuered mee from bodilie death when greeuous sicknes oppressed me when I haue bin in manie perils both on sea and land thou hast stood by me alwaie preseruing mee from fire and sword and from al danger sauing mee of thy great mercie Indeede Lord thou didest knowe that if death then had takē me my soule had straightwaie gone into hel and so had bene damned world without end But thy grace and thy mercy did preuent me ô Lord my God and saued both my bodie from death and my soule from damnation These and manie mo benefites thou hast bestowed vpon me but I was blind and knew not so much vntil thou inlightenedst me Now therefore ô light of my soule ô Lord my God my life through whome I liue the light of mine eies through which I see lo thou hast inlightened me so that I knowe thee for I liue through thee therefore I praise thee and giue thee thankes albeit I confesse my thankes are vile and bare and farre vnanswerable to thy benefites yet such as my frailtie can afford For thou alone art my God and my merciful creator louing our soules and hating nothing which thou hast made Lo I am of sinners which thou hast saued the chiefe that I might shew an example vnto others of thy most louing kindnes I wil acknowledge vnto thee thy great benefites for thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue both once and twice and thrice and a hundred yea a thousande times I alwaies inclined downe to helwarde but thou alwaies didest bring me backe againe and iustlie thou mightest haue condemned mee a thousand times if thou wouldest But thou wouldest not for thou louest our soules and dissemblest the sinnes of men because they should amend ô Lord our God of much mercie in al thy waies Now therefore ô Lord my God I see and perceaue these things through thy light and my soule is astonished in consideration of thy great mercie poured vpon me especialie for deliuering my soule from the lowest graue and for bringing me againe to life I was wholie dead and thou hast wholie reuiued me againe Therefore let it be wholie thine that I liue and wholie I doe offer my selfe vnto thee al whole Let my whole spirit my whole hart my whole bodie my whole life liue to thee ô my sweete life For thou hast redeemed mee wholie that thou mightest possesse mee whole thou hast renued mee wholie that thou mightest haue me wholie againe Wherefore let me loue thee ô Lord my strength let mee loue thee mine vnspeakeable ioie Let my whole life hencefoorth liue not to my selfe but to thee my life I saie which had perished in my miserie had it not bin raised againe in thy mercie who art a pitiful God and a merciful of much kindnes toward thousands of them which loue thy name Hence is it ô Lord my God my sanctifier that in thy lawe thou hast commanded mee to loue thee with al mine hart with al my soule with al my mind with al my strength and with al the powers which I haue yea from the verie marow and pith of mine hart and that euerie houre and moment wherein I enioie the goodes of thy mercie For I should continualie perish if thou didest not guide me continualie I should continualie die didest thou not quicken me continualie and euerie moment thou dost bind mee vnto thee whilest euerie moment thou bestowest thy great benefites vpon me As therefore there is no houre nor minute in al my life wherein I enioie not thy blessing so ought there bee no moment wherein I should not haue thee before mine eies and loue thee with al the powers both of my bodie and mind Yet this am I not able to do without thou giue mee grace whose euerie good giuing and euery perfect gift is cōmeth downe from y e Father of lights with whome is no variablenes neither shadowing by turning For it is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but of thee which she west

resist wilt thou shew thy strength against a leafe which is caried away with the winde and wilt thou folow after drie stuble wilt thou ô eternal king of Israël wilt thou condemne a dead dog wilt thou condemne a poore flea Lord we haue heard of thy mercy how thou hast not made death nor hast pleasure in the destruction of the liuing For which cause we beseech thee ô Lord suffer not that which thou hast not made to haue dominion ouer that creature which thou hast made For if thou art sorie for our damnation what doth let thee ô Lord which canst do al things that thou maist not alwaies reioice for our saluation If thou wilt thou canst saue me but I though I would cannot Great is the multitude of the miseries which I am in For to wil is present with mee but I find no meanes to performe that which is good Wil that good is I cannot vnles thou wilt neither can I do that I would except thine arme do strengthen me Againe sometime I would that I can should not thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Yet know I not either what I can or would vnles thy wisedome lighten mee And though I should haue wil somtime power with my knowledge yet were my wisedome vaine and vnperfect vnles I were assisted by thy true wisedome But al things are at thy pleasure neither can anie resist thy wil ô Lord God of al flesh which dost whatsoeuer thou wilt both in Heauen and in Earth in the Sea in al deepe places Wherefore let thy wil bee done of vs who cal vpon thy name least this noble workemanship of thine doe perish which thou hast created for thine owne glorie And what man liueth and shal not see death shal he deliuer his soule from the hand of the graue without thou deliuer him which art the liuelie waie of al life by whome al things doe liue Chap. 25. That mans wil is vnapt vnto al good workes without the grace of God FOr I confessed euen now how thou art the staie of my life ô Lord my God the strength of my saluation The time was when I trusted in mine owne strength which notwithstanding was no strength And so when I would haue runne where I thought I stood most sure there I tooke the greatest fal and came backward not forward And what I thought to atteine went the farther fro me Thus triest thou my strength by manie such things Now I know thou hast inlightned me for what I thought I could best doe I found I was least able for to do it of my self For I said this I wil do and that I wil bring to passe but in the end I could neither do the one nor the other Either I had wil and lacked power or had power lacked wil for I trusted to mine owne strength But now I confesse to thee ô Lord my God father of heauen and of earth that in his owne strength no man shal be strong because the vaine presumption of no flesh shal glorie in thy sight For it is not in man either to wil that he can do or to do that he would or to know what he would or can do But thou Lord it is which directest the steps of man of that man I say which confesseth that he is directed of thee not of himselfe Wherefore by the bowels of thy mercie we beseech thee saue Lord what thou hast created for if thou wilt thou canst saue vs and in thy wil resteth the strength of our saluation Chap. 26. The benefits which God hath done for vs of old O Lord remember thy mercie of old wherewithal thou hast preuented vs from the beginning by thy comfortable blessings For before I the sonne of thine handmaid was borne ô Lord mine hope euen fro my mothers breasts thou didest preuent mee preparing a way wherein I should walke and come vnto y e glory of thy house Thou knewest mee before thou didest shape me in the belie and before I came out of the wombe thou didest preordeine of me whatsoeuer pleased thee What and how much is written concerning mee in thy booke lieng in the secret place of thy consistorie I am vtterlie ignorant and therefore stand mightilie in feare but thou knowest For whatsoeuer I doe looke for by succession of daies times a thousand yeres hence in this transitorie world is alreadie accomplished in the sight of thine eternitie and that which shal be is alreadie done Now then forsomuch as I stand in this darke night ignorant of these thinges feare and trembling are come vpon me while I see manie dangers hang ouer mine head from al sides manie enimies to hunt after my soule an innumerable multitude of miseries to beset mee round about in this mortal life So that wert not thou present to assist me in these euils I shuld vtterlie despaire But I haue a great confidence in thee ô most gratious Prince my God and the consideration of the multitude of thy compassions doth comfort mine hart And the former signes of thy goodnes which before I was borne preuented me and at this time cheeflie doe shine vpon me doe assure mine hart of better and more perfect blessings to come which thou reseruest for such as loue thee so that I may reioice in thee ô Lord my GOD mine holie liuelie ioie wherby my youth is comforted Chap. 27. Of Angels appointed for the custodie of men FOr thou didest loue me entirelie ô my loue before I loued thee thou diddest create mee after thine owne image and aduance me aboue al thy creatures Which dignitie I shal then keepe when I knowe thee for whome thou hast made me Besides thou makest thy spirits messengers for my sake to whome thou hast giuen charge ouer me to keepe me in al my waies that I hurt not my foote against a stone For these are the watchmen ouer the wals of the citie new Ierusalem of the mountaines about the same which tend and keepe watch ouer thy flocke least he as a Lion make a praie of our soules while there is none to deliuer he I meane that old serpent our aduersarie the diuel who as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whome he may deuour They are the citizens of the blessed citic Ierusalem on high aboue which is the mother of vs al sent foorth to minister for their sakes who shal be heires of saluation that they may deliuer such from their enimies and keepe them in al their waies For they loue their fellowe citizens by whome they looke to haue the breach of their destruction repared And therefore with great care and watchfulnes they doe stand about vs at al