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A22910	S. Augustines manuel Conteining special, and piked meditations, and godlie praiers: drawne out of the Word of God, and writings of the holie Fathers, for the exercise of the soule. Corrected, translated, and adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; Manuale. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 938; ESTC S100327	31,471	117

thy seruant shal neuer be satisfied Wherefore bestowe thy selfe vpon me ô my God bestowe thy selfe vpon me Lo I do loue thee and if too little I loue thee my desire is to loue yet more entirelie I loue thee I saie I long for thee I am much delighted to thinke vpon thee Behold while fro mine hart I do sigh and cal into my remembrance thine vnspeakeable kindnes y e burthen of my flesh y e lesse greeueth troublesome cogitations the lesse inuade y e waight of mortalitie miseries do not so loade me as they were wont al things are hush euerie thing is quiet Mine hart burneth my mind is iocund my memorie fresh mine vnderstanding cleere and al my spirit enflamed through the desire of thy sight perceaueth how it is rauished with the loue of things vnseene Let the same my spirit take the wings as the Eagles let it flee and not be wearie let it flee and neuer faint vntil it come vnto the place where thine honor dwelleth euen vnto the throne of grace there at the table where y e supernal Citizens do repast to be fed frō thine eies in green● pasture by the stil waters Be thou our ioie our hope our saluation redēption Thou which hereafter wil● be our reward be thou ou● comfort Let my soule euermore sek● thee and graunt that neue● it may ceasse to seeke Amen Chap. 4. The miserable state of that soule which neither loueth our Lord and Sauior Christ nor seeketh after him WO to the wretched soule which neither seeketh nor loueth Christ such à soule abideth both drie miserable He looseth his life time that loueth not thee ô God And he that would liue but not to serue thee is doubtles nothing and so to be accounted He which refuseth to liue to thee is alredie dead and he that sauoreth not of heauenlie wisedome is à verie foole O most gratious God into thine hand I do commend render and yeeld my selfe through whome I both am liue and haue vnderstanding In thee I doe repose mine whole trust confidence and hope through whom I shal rise againe liue and rest Thee doe I long for thee doe I loue thee doe I worship with whome I shal euerlastinglie abide raigne and be blessed The soule which neither seeketh nor loueth thee is à friend of the world the slaue of sinne subiect to al maner wickednes neuer quiet at no time secure Therefore merciful Sauior as for my mind let it attend on thee my pilgrimage let it be toward thee and mine hart let it euen burne with the loue of thee Let my soule rest on thee my God let it I saie deepelie meditate of thee let it sing-out thy praises with ioie let this be al my comfort in this mine exile Let the shadowe of thy wings be à refuge for my soule from the parching heate of worldlie cogitations Let mine hart à verie great sea swelling with waues trust in thee Thou which aboundest with al good dainties and art a most liberal bestower of supernal satietie ô God giue thou food to the wearied gather the dispersed deliuer the captiued amend the parted Lo he standeth at the doore knocketh I therfore euen by the bowels of thy mercie wherby thou the daie spring from on high hath visited vs besech thee command the doore to be opened to him which knocketh that boldlie he may enter-in to thee and rest in thee and be refreshed of thee the heauenlie bread For thou art the bread and the wel of life thou art the light of euerlasting cleerenes to conclude thou art al things whereof the righteous do liue which loue thee Chap. 5. A verie Christian desire of the soule after God O God thou who art both the light of the harts that see thee and the life of the soules that loue thee and the strength of the minds that seeke thee giue me grace euermore to cleaue vnto thine holie loue O come I praie thee into mine hart and make me drunke with the riuer of thy pleasures It shameth and it irketh me at the very hart euen to suffer those things which are done in this wretched world The verie sight of worldlie vanities is à griefe vnto me and to heare of these transitorie things it doth troble me much Helpe me ô Lord my God and cause mine hart to reioice in thee come thou vnto me that I may behold thee I am penned in this house of my soule vntil thou come therinto and make it wider It is ruinous ô repaire the same Manie things I acknowledge and knowe are in it which may offend thine eies but alas who can make it cleane or vnto whom else beside thee should I crie for helpe Clense me ô Lord fro my secret faultes keepe thy seruant also from presumptuous sinnes Giue me grace ô sweet Christ ô good Iesu giue me grace I beseech thee for thy loue desire sake to laie-off the heauie burden of carnal desires and earthlie lust Let the soule ouer the flesh let reason ouer the soule let thy grace ouer reason beare swaie and make mee both in bodie and soule euermore to obey thy wil Grant that both mine hart and my tongue and al my strength may extol thy goodnes Enlarge mine vnderstanding and lift vp the eies of mine hart that my spirit with swift cogitation may attaine vnto thee the euerlasting wisedome abiding aboue al things Loase me I beseech thee from the fetters wherewithal I am fast bound that leauing al these worldlie things I may hasten vnto thee cleaue to thee alone and thinke onelie vpon thee Chap. 6. The happines of that soule which is deliuered out of the earthlie prison of the bodie O Happie is the soule which loased from y e earthlie prison soareth without let vnto heauen which face to face beholdeth thee the most gratious Lord which is touched with no feare of death at al but triumpheth with an incorruptible crowne of perpetual glorie O quiet and secure is such à soule and feareth now neither enimie nor death She enioieth thee her good Lord whome long she sought and alwaie loued Now ioined to the singing quires she soundeth-out without cessing vnto the praise of thy glorie ô Christ her King ô sweete Iesu most melodious Psalmes she singeth of aie lasting ioifulnes For she is satisfied with thy fatnes thou doest giue her drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures Happie is the felowship of supernal Citizens and glorious is the solemnitie of such as returne vnto thee from the paineful toile of this pilgrimage vnto the wonderful beautie vnto the surpassing glorie vnto the excellencie of al comelines where continualie thy Citizens ô Lord behold thy face There nothing is heard to troble the minde What mirth what melodie what singing what Psalmes be there soong without ceassing There

Sauiour came into y e world and was crucified and put vnto death for our sakes that he might through his death destroie him that had the power of death that is the Diuel And seeing the grapes of his flesh were carried vnto y e wine-presse of the crosse and the pleasant wine of his diuinitie began to spout-foorth the holie Spirit was sent to make readie mens harts that new wine might be put into new vessels and to see first that they were cleane least otherwise they marred y t which should be powred-in and then that they were wel hooped that they leaked not I meane that they were clensed from the delight of wickednes and hooped to keepe-out the delight of vanitie For that which is good could not enter til that which il is were gone The delight in wickednes polluteth and the delight in vanitie sheddeth The delight in wickednes makes the vessel to stincke and the delight in vanitie maketh it ful of clefts Men delight in wickednes when they loue sinne and they delight in vanitie when they loue transitorie things Then cast awaie that which is euil that you may taste that which good is Powre-out bitternes that you may be replenished with sweetenes The holie Ghost is ioie and loue then cast out the spirit of the Diuel and the spirit of this world that you may be capable of the holie Ghost The spirit of the Diuel worketh the delight of iniquitie and the spirit of the world the delight of vanitie And these delightes are euil because the one is a sinne of it selfe and the other is an occasion of sinne But when these euil spirits are throwne-out the spirit of God wil come and enter into the tabernacle of the heart and worke à good delight there euen à good loue which shal expel the loue both of the world and of wickednes The loue of the world allureth and deceaueth the loue of sinne defileth and bringeth vnto destruction but the loue of God inlighteneth the mind clenseth the conscience reioiceth the heart and bringeth into the sight of God Chap. 27. The effects of true loue HE that loueth God vnfainedlie doth euermore thinke it long vntil he come vnto God vntil he leaue the world vntil he be free from the corruption of the flesh his heart and affection are set on things aboue that he may finde the true peace Whether he sitteth or walketh or resteth or whatsoeuer he doth his heart is with God He exhorteth al men to loue God he commendeth the loue of God to al men and both in hart in word and by his conuersation he sheweth both how sweete the loue of God is and how euil and sower the loue of the world He derideth the glorie and reproueth the care of this world and sheweth what a foolish thing it is to put anie confidence in transitorie things He wondereth at the blindnes of men that they can loue he wondereth also that euerie man wil not forsake these transitorie and fleeting things of this world He thinketh that what he sauoreth should seeme sweete to al men what he loueth should like euerie man and what he knoweth euerie man should vnderstand Much and oftentimes doth he mufe vpon God and is sweetelie refreshed through such heauenlie contemplation and the oftner he doth so the greater is his ioie For verie comfortable is it alwaie euen to thinke vpon that which to loue and to commend is so delightful to the minde Chap. 28. VVhat the true quietnes of the minde is DOubtles the heart is then at rest when through desire it is wholie fixed vpon the loue of God and desireth nothing else but with a certaine blessed sweetenes is much delighted in that which it hath and in delighting is made iocund And if anie time either by à vaine cogitation or through worldlie busines it be somewhat drawne awaie there-from it hasteneth to returne thether with al speede deeming it a banishment to be anie-where beside For as euerie moment man may either enioie or vse the goodnes of God so euerie moment is man to thinke vpon God And therefore his offence is not small who in praieng is carried suddenlie awaie from his sight as though he did neither heare nor beholde Which is then done when man followeth his euil and vnbrideled affections and wherevnto the sight of the minde is easilie carried preferreth some vile creature before God by musing thinking therevpon oftner than vpon God who dailie is to be thought-vpon as à creator to be worshipped as à redeemer to be expected as à sauiour and to be feared as à iudge Chap. 29. That whatsoeuer withdraweth the sight of the minde from God is altogether to be shunned and abhorred WHosoeuer thou art that louest y e world looke afore-hande whether thou must go The waie which thou takest is the worst waie and verie dangerous Wherefore ô man auoide by little little thy worldlie busines withdraw thy self awhile from troublesome cogitations Cast awaie heauie cares laie aside greeuous distractions of the mind finde some leisure to serue God and rest thy selfe somewhat in him Enter into the chamber of thy minde exclude al things saue God and what makes to the seeking of him and the dore being shut seeke him And with thine whole heart saie vnto God I seeke thy face ô Lord I seeke euen thy face Oh then ô Lord my God giue thou mine heart instructions both where how to seeke thee both where and how to finde thee O Lord if heere thou art not where shal I seke thee absent but if thou art euerie-where then why do I not see thee present But vndoubtedlie thou dwellest in the light that none can attaine vnto But how may I come vnto the light that cannot be attained Or who shal guide and conduct me thereinto that therein I may behold thee Furthermore by what tokens and with what face may I seeke thee O Lord my God I neuer sawe thee I knowe not thy countenance Then what shal he doe ô Lord most hie what shal this thy far exiled seruāt do what shal thy seruant doe who is in perplexitie through the loue of thee and cast-awaie far fro thy presence Lo he longeth greatlie to behold thee yet thy countenance is far from his sight He desireth to come vnto thee yet vnto thy dwelling no man can attaine He coueteth to find thee yet he wotteth not where He loueth to seeke thee yet he knoweth not thy face Chap. 30. How through sinne man both lost the sight of God and found wretchednes O Lord thou art my God my Lord yet did I neuer see thee thou hast both made me yea and made me againe and bestowed vpon me what good things soeuer I enioie yet hitherto haue I neither seene nor knowen thee To be short I