Love in seeing the greatness of his love 7. Admiration in beholding his unspeakable bounty and goodnes It is written of him dixit multa fecit mira pertulit dura Considerations of the knowledge of ones self 1. Consider what you have been what you are and what you shall be 2. Ponder what you are by nature by fault what you have deserved and what you may do by grace 3. The effectuall cause of your Being is God 4. The matter of which you are made is Earth agreeing with the nature of beasts 5. Our soules to the image of God 6. Our end to serve him and live eternally with him Considerations of sin 1. How much it displeaseth Almighty God and hurteth man 2. How contrary to his justice displeasing and disedifying to our neighbour 3. God's severe punishment of it and what we loose therby 4. The disgust that followeth sin and dishonour that accompanieth it 5. The grief of God his Angels and Saints with the joy of the Divell 6. The difformity of sin and the disagreement between men and it according to the nobleness of the soul How to consider Death 1. That all must necessarily dy and then be deprived of all things 2. Onely accompanied with grief and sicknes of the body with temptations and feares of the soule 3. And nothing will confort you at that houre but only good works 4. Death ought not to be feared contemned or desired Of the Pains of the damned There are many waies to meditate of this as in that which followeth of glory only changing the good for the evill To contemplate Heaven 1. Consider the dowries of the soule which are the vision possession and enjoying of God 2. The dowries and perfections of the body Impassibility Brightnes Agility Subtility 3. The place most excellent most large most beautifull and most rich 4. The company of the Angels and Saints with the Blessed Mother of God which shall endure for all Eternity How to consider vertue 1. In what vertue consisteth 2. What examples and doctrine my sweet Saviour hath given you thereof 3. How beautifull excellent necessary and profitable it is how pleasing unto God and maketh man agreable to him 4. How much it edifieth and profiteth your neighbour 5. The spirituall joy it bringeth with many benefits 6. The victory we gain therby over our selves 7. How farr we are from the perfection thereof and what you ought to do hereafter 8. The power we gain therby in presenting our Prayers to God How to consider the Feasts of Saints 1. In what place they are now and with what glory they are crowned 2. How much they may help us by their Prayers and merits 3. By what works Prayers and vertues they have attained such glory 4. If you will come where they are do as they have don To meditate on the Perfections of Almighty God 1. His infinit Essence 2. His Power 3. His Wisdome 4. His Bounty 5. His Goodnes 6. His Love 7. His Mercy 8. His Justice 9. His Providence 10. His Omnipotency concerning which weigh this sentence of holy scripture or what himself hath don in testimony thereof Caelum terram ego impleo In ipso vivimus movemur sumus I fill heaven and Earth In him we live move and are For his power Dixit facta sunt He said and they were made Considerations of the creatures of Almighty God first in generall 1. BY the largeness of the world consider the greatnes of Almighty God 2. The multitude and variety of things with the infinit perfections of God 3. His bounty in the profit they bring unto us 4. His beauty by the beauty of the creatures 5. His wisdom in the well ordering of all things 6. His Eternity in the roundness which hath neither beginning nor end 7. The unity of the world shewing that God is only one The creatures in particular their beginnings and continuance which is of God 1. The end thereof to wit his honour and the service of creatures 2. Of what and how they were made by his only word and power 3. The qualities and effects of these creatures the reverence they use unto God and his perfections The benefits in brief of Almighty God 1. Who hath don you the benefit 2. Who hath moved him to do it 3. Wherfore he hath don it unto you 4. How great the benefit is 5. How much you are obliged therby 6. How ungratefull you have been What you ought to do in the time to come with the benefits of Almighty God in particular 1. First how God hath predestinated us in perpetuall love before the world was 2. How he hath made man like to himself 3. Given you a body of most seemly features void of all defformity 4. Made your soul immortall and adorned it with three powers 5. Appointed an Angell to keep and defend you 6. Made you to be born of Christian parents and members of the Church The benefit of our Redemption 1. First sent us his well beloved son to be our Redeemer and example 2. By Baptisme purged you from orignal sin and restored you the vesture of originall justice 3. Fortified you with the Sacrament of Confirmation wherby he hath armed you against your enemies 4. Made you a Christian and therby the child of God and coheire of his Kingdome 5. Hath given the holy Ghost in token of adoption of love communicating unto you his benefits inspirations and fruits 6. Lastly the Sacraments of Confession and Communion as a refuge in all Spirituall relapses and necessities The benefit of vocation 1. First the patience of Almighty God with you you falling so often after so many great benefits received long expecting your return and not letting you dy in an evill state 2. Sought to recall you by inward inspirations admonitions and exhortations 3. Mollified your heart giving you a good will to vertue and removed such impediments as might withdraw you from him 4. Lovingly received you at your return as the Father did his prodigall child putting on you the stole of innocency which you had lost by sin 5. Hath called you from the vanities and miseries of the world as he did Lot from Sodom 6. What great plenty of means he hath given you in Religion wherby you may satisfy for your sins increase your crown and merit The benefit of justification 1. First how God hath changed your will and moved you to do pennance made bitter things sweet and that which was unsupportable to be easy unto you 2. Secondly he hath given unto you perseverance in his feare and love many beginning well have failed in the end to their condemnation 3. Thirdly he hath given to you the Evangelicall vertues of hope and grace to persever in your good purposes to avoid vice and labour for vertue 4. Fourthly hath left the holy scriptures and devout books wherein as in a glass you may behold your defects and imperfections 5. Fiftly the examples of Martyrs Confessours Virgins and
seas of teares to shed for having thus often cruelly tormented thee 4 O if it had been thy will my sweetest Jesu I wish I might have endured not only temporall but endless pains rather then have caused the least part of thy affliction 5. O Sacred wounds of my dearest Saviour in revenge of my cruelty wound my heart with ten thousand darts of true remorse 6. O sin how deformed and unjust art thou that thus has't defiled the beauty of heaven and crucifyed my Immaculate Jesus 7. O that I might with a thousand millions of lives and infinit seas of blood blot out of my soule the guilt of thy death and Passion 8. Sweet Jesus ingulfe and drown me in thy sacred wounds that there I may learn to love Tuesday Compassion 1. O That I could shed for thee my Lord so many teares as the sea contains drops of water in true compassion of thy torments 2. O who will give water to my head and a fountain of teares to my eyes to weep upon thee the love of my soule 3. O love and only comfort of my heart what consolation hadst thou in all thy torments 4. Alas my well beloved why am not J alwaies present to suffer with thee at least by compassion on thy pains 5. My sweet JESUS O that I might be crucified with thee 6. O love of my soule that I might have had the priviledge of the launce to have rested in thy heart 7. My dearest Saviour permit me the favour to remain at the foot of thy Cross to the end that I may weep continually sigh bleed cry and consume in compassion of thee 8. Give me an endless spring of teares to wash away the sacred blood of my sweetest love which still issueth as flowing rivers from thee Wensday Imitation 1. O Most sweet JESUS give me grace in imitation of thy sacred Passion most willingly to undergoe the burthen of this transitory life 2. For that thou hast suffered so many and cruell torments for my sake let me never O mercifull God fly any tribulation which thou shalt vouchsafe to send me by thy self or others 3. My Jesus to accompany thee in thy manifold afflictions I would be glad not onely to endure the wants which thou sendest me but seek others and never be satisfied in suffering with thee 4. In imitation of thy nakedness reproaches and whippings at the pillar I will endeavour to strip my self of all inordinate desires and affections 5. I will continually follow thee my dearest Saviour with the Crosse of perfect obedience and never for any difficulty leave the same till I come to dy with thee 6. O my Eternall God that wouldst for my sake be nailed to the Cross let me by true mortification be alwaies crucified with thee 7. My loving spouse I beseech thee that with a full renunciation of my self and perpetuall death of all earthly things I may irrevocably dy with thee Thursday Thanksgiving 1. WHat thanks shall I yield unto thee my Eternall life who wouldst endure unspeakeable torments to free me from the snare and fetters of death 2. All you seraphins and celestiall Spirits with whatsoever hath been created praise my Redeemer for the unspeakeable price of my Redemption 3. O my soule how can'st thou devise to render the least part of due gratitude unto thy Jesus who hath by his own humility so much exalted thee 4. O let me ever acknowledge my deare Saviour that endless bond of gratitude which thy Passion alone exacteth of me 5. Sweet JESUS that I could incessantly love thee for these inestimable treasures which thou by thy torments hast purchased unto me 6. Good IESUS since I have nothing but my self to offer in requitall of thy infinit love I beseech thee to accept in love and gratitude what by-right is thy own 7. O eternall God that I had a thousand hearts and lives to offer unto thee who by thy death hast given and bequeathed thy self to me 8. Grant sweet IESUS that thy dolorous death and Passion be ever imprinted in my heart my true thankfulness and imitation thereof Friday Admiration O My God who art thou who hast endured so many and cruell torments sweet and dearest love hast thou forgotten thy Majesty and glory 2. O light of heaven and splendour of thy Fathers glory unto what art thou now reduced 3. Alas my Saviour what art thou who art so despightfully treated 4. O love of loves that through the excess of thy love thou wouldst for me endure so bitter a death 5. O love how strong art thou which with thy force surmounted'st him that by no other means may be overcome 6. O incomprehensible God for whom dost thou suffer but for miserable sinners ungratefull creatures thy enemies children of the divell and those who contemn thee 7. O dearest love that my heart is not pierced with thy dolours 8. What were it o Lord if I had all the loves of the world to unite and offer unto thee 9. My sweet IESUS if I could reduce all thy drops of blood into teares of love what were it compared unto thy love Saturday Ioy. 1. My heart and soule rejoyce and praise the mercies of my God who out of his infinit love hath died to give thee life 2. O my delight what joy will it give to my heart to receave that life that infinit good through the merits of thy most bitter and dolorous passion 3. Sweet JESUS I praise thee with eternall joy for having in thy most cruell death so perfectly accomplished the work of our Redemption 4. It was by thee O beloved Cross that peace hath been established between God and man 5. O triumphant glory and most puissant King who by thy most sacred death hast overcome the Prince of Hell and delivered our soules out of his bondage 6. O Heaven Earth sea and all things therein yield praises in our behalf unto the saviour of our soules and let us rejoyce in the merits of his sacred passion 7. If all my members were tongues O how willingly would I employ them in the praise of thee my sweet saviour and thy health-bringing wounds 8. O all yee celestiall spirits assist me to love and praise my God by the vertue of whose Passion your ruins are repaired 9. Sweet JESUS what glory and comfort is it unto human nature to be exalted in thee unto the right hand of thy Eternall father Sunday Love 1. When shall it be my crucified JESUS that both the senses of my body and powers of my soule shall be wholy employed in thy praise 2. O my JESUS when by perfect love and imitation shall I be daily crucified and continually dy with thee 3. O my beloved JESUS when shall I love thee in such sort as that thy sacred wounds be by burning love imprinted in my heart 4. O my beloved JESUS when wilt thou bring me into the wine cellar of thy blessed side and make me wholy drunke with the most sacred wine which floweth from
thy loving heart 5. O when shall it be my dearest JESU that the flame of thy love shall pierce and wound my heart that I may be wholy conformable unto thee 6. Sweet JESUS let me love thee so unfainedly as that by force of thy love I neither feel see nor take comfort in any thing but accompanyng thee my afflicted Lord. 7. My sweetest Saviour when shall I have my full and wisht repose within thy crucified armes 8. O sacred wounds of my JESUS especially of his tender side and most amourous heart why do you not burn and consume my soule in the delightfull flames of his love An Oblation unto our B. Lady to say on any one of her Feasts 70. Ave Maries and then during every day 5. Ave's and these Prayers following 1. O B. Virgin Mary and Eternall Queen of Angels I offer my self unto you in all that I am or ever shall be beseeching you to receive me as your own 2. O B. Virgin Mary preserve me living and dyng from all evill for I am your own 3. O B. Virgin Mary receive me for your own ever govern and protect me as your own and have mercy on my soule when it shall part out of my body 4. O mercifull Mother through your holy departure make joyfull my departure and in the houre of my death receive my soule A Prayer to Iesus Christ ANima Christi sanctifica me Corpus Christi salva me Sanguis Christi inebria me Aqua lateris Christi lava me Passio Christi conforta me O bone IESV exaudi me Intrà tua vulnera absconde me Ne permittas me separari à te Ab hoste maligno defende me In hora mortis meae voca me Et jube me venire ad te Vt cum Sanctis tuis laudem Te In saecula saeculorum Amen In English thus SOule of Christ sanctify me Body of Christ save me Blood of Christ inebriate me Water of Christ's side wash me Passion of Christ comfort me O good JESU heare me Within thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from thee From the malignant enemy defend me In the houre of my death call me And bid me come to thee That with thy Saints I may praise thee For ever and ever Amen When you passe by the B. Sacrament DVlcissimum nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi gloriosae Virginis Mariae Matris ejus sit in aeternum benedictum In English Let the B. Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST and the glorious VIRGIN MARY his MOTHER be blessed for ever and ever And then offer your intention herein to get the pardon which is gained When you take Holy water Aqua benedicta sit nobis salus protectio vita Asperges me Domine hissopo c. In English May this holy water be to us health protection and life Thou shalt sprinkle me o Lord with hissope c. How we may honour the most holy and B. Name of the most glorious Virgin Mary by sayng these 5. Verses with 5. Psalmes 1. MAter amabilis Maria nomine Multò nobilior quocunque lumine Muni me miserum in tuo nomine Malignis obvians tuo juvamine Magnificat 2. Aurora rutilans lunâque pulchrior Astris fulgentior luce clarior Afflictum respice qui nimis crucior Averte jaculum hostis quo ferior Ad Dominum cum tribularer 3. Regina nobilis filia filii Rosae consimilis flori lilii Refove flebiles lacte consilii Ruentes per dies huius exilii Retribue servo tuo 4. Iesse tu congruè vocata virgula Immarcessibilis sine macula IESV jam florid o qui regit saecula Ipsa tu suggere ut solvat vincula In Convertendo 5. Ancilla Domini sumens tam nobilis Ave quod Gabriel dedit mirabilis Accipe canticum servi inutilis Adsis in omnibus mihi placabilis Ad te levavi ℣ Dignare me laudare te Virgo sacrata ℟ Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos OREMUS COncede nos famulos tuos quaesumus Domine Deus perpetuá mentis corporis sanitate gaudere glorio â B. Mariae Virginis intercessione à praesenti liberari tristitia aeternâ perfrui laetitiâ Per Christum Domenum nostrum Amen The 5. Verses Englished 1. O Amiable Mother ô Mary hail by name More noble then the light of natur's frame Defend me by your meanes which way so'ere J goe And by your shelt'ring help preserve me from my foe 2. Bright shining dawn fairer then the moon More sparkling then the starres and brighter then the sun Look on me wretch afflicted and tormented so As to put by those darts my foes do at me thr'o 3. O noble queen and daughter to thy son Like to the Rose and Flower-de-Luce at noone 'T is milk of your good counsel must cherish us that weep 'T is you that from all banish't ruin's must us keep 4. You are the rod of Jesse fittly nam'd You neyther wither nor with spot are sham'd Pray to our Jesus who the world doe's rule That J from bonds of sin may save my soule 5. O handmaid of our Lord who took the noble haile From wond'rous Gabriel's mouth the world 's great baile Receive the sacred Cantick your worthless servant sing's And gratious be to me sweet Mary in all things LITANIAE B. P. N. FRANCISCI KYRIE eleïson Christe eleïson Kyrie eleïson Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Pater de caelis Deus Miserere nobis Fili Redemptor mundi Deus Miserere nobis Spiritus sancte Deus Miserere nobis Sancta Trinitas unus Deus Miserere nobis Sancte Francisce Pater amabilis ora pro nobis Pater admirabilis Pater benigne Pater venerabilis Vexillifer Jesu Christi ORA PRO NOBIS Eques Crucifixi Imitator filii Dei Seraphim ardens Fornax Charitatis Arca Sanctitatis Cultor pacis Vas Puritatis Norma Justitiae Speculum Pudicitiae Regula Poenitentiae Magister Obedientiae Exemplar Virtutum Patriarcha Pauperum Profligator Criminum Lumen tuae Patriae Decus Morum Vivificator Mortuorum Saturator Famelicorum Obsequium Leprosorum ORA PRO NOBIS Praeco magni Regis Forma Humilitatis Consors Sublimitatis Victor Vitiorum Dux Minorum Praedicator Silvestrium Portans dona Gloriae Auriga militiae nostrae Novis utens Prodigiis Caelum caecis aperiens Gratum gerens obsequium Templum Christo consecrans Hostes malignos proterens Tenens vitae bravium Spargens virtutum munera Amplians iter ad Gloriam Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Parce nobis Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Exaudi nos Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis ℣ Ora pro nobis beate Pater Francisce ℟ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi OREMUS DEus qui Ecclesiā tuā B. Fraucisci meritis foetu novae prolis amplificas tribue nobis ex ejus imitatione terrena despicere caelestium donorum semper participatione gaudere Per Dominum