also the ropes wherwith he was ignominiously haled to the Mount of Caluary Of the vestement VVhen he putteth on the Vestement I will consider the purple Garment wherewith being reuested in most pittifull manner he was shewed of PILATE to the people saing Ecce homo Behold the man And I at the putting on of these will beseech our LORD to graunt vnto me The Amice of Sufferance The Albe of cleane conuersation The Girdle of chastitie The Manuple of coÌ„stancy The Stole of Obedience And the VestemeÌ„t of Charity Of the Introibo or entrie to the Masse WHen the Priest beginneth the entrie to the Masse I will consider the great dignity and woorthinâ—â—â—f this holy Sacrifice and mine owne greate vnworthines to be present at the same And I will beseeche our Lord that I may woorthelie asist thereat and that him selfe would put those woordes into my mouthe and those conceptions into my harte which as his owne may both be heard and receiued of him Of the Confiteor VVhen he sayeth the Confiteor I wil consider the offeÌ„ce of our first parents the offences of al the world and myne owne offences Of all which I will most hartilie aske forgiuenes Of kissing the Altar VVhen he approacheth to the Altar kisseth the same I will consider the Incarnation of CHRIST and the vnion of mans nature with the word Eternall And further the spirituall vnion of euery soule with his Lord IESVS which vnion of my soule with my Sauiour I also will desire Of the introite WHen the Intrâ—â—â— is saide I will 〈◊〉 â—â—der the grea◠〈◊〉 â—â—uent desire of the Hoâ—â—â—â—thers for the comming oâ— CHRIST And I also will desire that he will vouchsafe to come vnto me and to dwell in my soule Of the Kyrie eleison VVhen Kyrie eleison is said I will beseech the three diuine persons the Father thâ— Sonne and the Holie Ghost to haue mercie vpon me anâ— vpon the whole world Of Gloria in excelsis VVhen Gloria in excelsis iâ— said I will imagine that I see the childe IESVS borne in the manger and to heart the holie Angels sing this glorious hymne With whom I wil indeauour to prayse our Lord and to render him thanks for so great a benefit Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen Dominus vobiscum is sayed I will call to minde how our Sauiour manifested himselfe to the three Kinges and in them to all the Gentiles And I will pray him that he will also manifest himselfe to me although most vnworthy and full of miscry Of the first Collects VVhen the first Collects are sayed I will consider how Christ at twelue yeares age went vnto the temple to pray and to worship his heauenly Father how his B. Mother with great sorrowe sought him three dayes together supposing she had lost him And I will beseech him that whensoeuer I loose him by my sinne I may by true Contrition Confession and Satisfaction neuer cease to seeke him vntill I finde him in the temple of my soule Of the Epistle VVhen the Epistle is read I will remember S. IOHN Baptist how he remayned in the wildernes and preached vnto the people that the Messias was come I will call to minde also how CHRIST was baptised of him and began to preach the Gospell to the Iewes who yet receaued no fruit thereby and I will account my selfe to be worsse then they for that by the doctrine of our Sauiour and his Saintes I haue so little amended my life Of remouing the Booke WheÌ„ the Booke is remoued I will feare considering how Christ forsaking the Iewes turned to the Gentiles and will humbly beseech him that he will neuer forsake me although far vnworthie of his grace and mercie Of the Ghospell When the Ghospell is read I will thinke of the Conuersioâ— of the holie Apostles and other Disciples of our Lord by his preaching vnto them and of the wonderfull zealâ— of their hartes who forsooke al that they had to followe him and I will desire of God to increase in me faith and his holie grace wherby I may forsake all to followe IESVS CHRIST my Lord. Of the Creede VVhen the Creed is rehearced I will consider the multitude of Gentils which were illuminated with the light of fayth by the preaching of the Ghospell and I will instantly beseeche Almighty God to giue me that holy light and liuely fayth with which I may beleeue all the mysteries of the Catholike fayth Of Dominus vobiscum When Dominus vobiscum is sayed I will consider how our Lord did manifest his power wisedome and goodnes in working so many miracles in healing so many infirmityes and in raysing the dead and I will beseech him that he will rayse me to a new feruour and loue of him and with his power and grace heale all the diseases of my soule Of the Offertory When the Offertory is read and the Host is offered I wil consider that most prompte will wherewith our Lord in euery action of his life did resigne himselfe to his Father especially in offering himselfe to suffer his passion and death for my sake with which oblation I will also offer my selfe with desire to fulfill his diuine pleasure and patiently to suffer all aduersityes yea death it selfe for his honor and glory Of the mingling of water with VVine WheÌ„ the Water is mingled with the wine I will consider the streight vnion which is betwixt Christ our Lord and his Church And I will desire that vnseperable vnion beetwixt my soule my Sauiour IESVS Of Washing the Priestes fingers WheÌ„ the Priest Washeth the endes of his fingers I wil consider the great puritie cleanes which is required in handling and receiuing the body of Christ and I will earnestly beg of him to graunt the same to me Of Orate fratres When Orate fratres is fayed I will meditate on this admonition as made by Christ to me and from thence forth I will raise vp my selfe more feruently to prayer and deuotion in the rest of the Masse Of the secret Collect. When the Secret is sayed I will consider how our Sauiour some fewe dayes before his Passion with-drue him selfe in secret from the malice of the Iewes And how his owne disciple consented to sell and deliuer him into their wicked handes And I will beseeche our Lord neuer to permitt me to sell him to my proper desires as heretofore I haue done nor to deliuer him into the handes of my disordinate pleasures Of the Preface When the Preface is sayed I wil consider the coÌ„ming back of our Sauiour to Hierusalem vpon Palme sunday and I will imagine to heare the voices of the children crying aloude Bendictus qui venit in nomine Domini Osanna in excelsis Blessed is he that cometh in the name of our Lord Osanna in the highest And I with great ioy preparatioÌ„ wil dispose my selfe to receiue my Sauiour Of the Canon When the Canon is sayed I will consider the prayer which our Lord made
in the Garden and there in steede of sweat did shed an infinit number of droppes of blood And I will offer this his bloodie sweat insteed of the teares which I haue not which for the hardnes of my hart I can not shed Of the first Memento When the first Memento is sayed I will remember the great mindfulnes care which our Sauiour had of his Disciples in the midest of this his agonie how he arose weÌ„t vnto theÌ„ and finding them asleepe exhorted theÌ„ to pray And I will theÌ„ remeÌ„ber al those for whoÌ„ by charitie promise or dutie I am bouÌ„d to pray As for the whole Catholique Church of Christ For the chiefe Pastor thereof For all Ecclesiastical and religious parsons For peace and vnitie amongst all Christian Kinges and Princes For the conuersion of all Infidels Hetiques and Scismatiques for your Father mother husband wife children brothers sisters kinsfolkes benefactors frendes and enimies and for all that are in the state of mortall sinne For all that are persecuted imprisoned fallen oppressed or tempted For all poore distressed sick and diseased persons For all labourers bond seruantes trauellers and captiues For al poore widdowes fatheries children and women in childbirth Finally for the fruites of the earthe for your temporall substance your preseruation from all dangers soudaine death fire and all misfortunes Commending any of these or any other necessities to the grace and mercie of our Sauiour IESVS and to the merits of his pretious death and passion applied vnto vs by the meanes of this Sacrifice Of extending the Priestes handes ouer the Chalice When the Priest extendeth his handes ouer the Chalice I will consider howâ— Christ for me was taken bouâ—â—â— scourged condemned to die also forsaken of his disciples And I will remember that for me he suffered all these thinges and yet haue I oft forsaken him for feare of trouble Of the Crosses made vpon the Host and Chalice When he maketh the Crosses vpon the Host and Chalice I will thinke how that great crosse was prepared and layed vpon the shoulders of my Lord who carryed it to the mount of Caluary where he was nayled to the same and I wil craue ayde of him to beare my crosse and that with the nayles of his loue he would transpeirce my hart Of the eleuation of the Host When the Host is lifted vp I will consider how that most noble pretious body of my Lord and Sauiour IESVS was lifted vp vpon the Crosse for my saluation And I wil beseeche him to lift vp my soule to him that I may truely coÌ„sider those his wounderfull paines and death which he did then endure to giue me life Of the eleuation of the Chalice When the chalice is lifted vp I will consider the great aboundance of blood which flowed forthe of his most sacred woundes And then with great feruour will I offer vp this sacrifice to the eternall Father to his honor and glorie and for the remission of myne owne sinnes and of the whole worlde Of the second Memento At the second Memento I will consider how our Sauiour hanging three houres aliue vpon the Crosse at the last gaue vp the ghost and his blessed soule descended to the Fathers that were detained in Limbo And I will then pray for N. and N. and for the departed that their soules may be deliuered from their paines by the merits of his most holie passion Of Nobis quoque peccatoribus VVhen the Priest smiteth his breast saying Nobis quoque peccatoribus I wil consider the great heauines and compassion of the Centurion and of other good people for the death of our Sauiour who weÌ„t away smiting their breastes for sorrowe And I with great contrition and sorrowe will bewayle my sinne which was the cause of this his sufferance Of omnis honor gloria When the short Eleuation is made and the Host is layd vpoÌ„ the corporall I will cal to mind the taking downe of my Lord and Sauiour Christ from the crosse wrapped in a most pure and cleane Syndon and layed in the Sepulcher And I will beseech him to cleanse c paurify my hart that he may be burryed therein Of the Pater noster VVhen the Pater noster is sayd I will consider the prayer which the blessed Virgin the Apostles and other holy women made in those three dayes I will thinke on that great desire wherwith they did burne to see our Lord. And I with them will desire to sed my Lord now glorifyed in my hart Of Pax Domini VVhen Pax Domini is sayd I will contemplate my Lord risen from the dead all glorious and immortall and how he appeared to the Blessed Virgin to Marie Magdalen and the holie Apostles saying Pax vobis and I will desire of him that he will giue me true peace and quietnes Of diuiding the Host into three partes When the Host is divided into three partes I wil consider the holy Church diuided in three partes triumphant militant and in Purgatoire And I will beseeche our Lord that he wil graunt to me and to all other to aspire to the triumphant Of the Agnus Dei. VVhen the true Agnus Dei is sayd I will thinke Christ to be the true lambe without spot which S. Iohn Baptist did point at with his fingar by whose blood the sinnes of the worlde are taken away and I will beseeche him by vertu of his pretious blood to cleanse my soule from all sinne Of the Priestes receuing VVhen the Priest doth Communicate I will consider with what vnspeakeable glorie and triumphe our Lord ascended into heauen in the sight of all his Apostles vntill at the last cloud receiued him And I â—ith most inflamed and buâ—ning affection will spiritually communicate with the Priest and make my hart a heauen to receaue my Sauiour Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen Dominus vobiscum is sayd I will consider that although our Lord be ascended into heauen yet he is alwayes present with vs in the blessed Sacrament And I will render him thankes for so great a benefite Of the last Collects VVhen the last Collects are sayd I will giue most great and harty thankes to the holy Trinity for all his benefits and especially for that he hath granted me to be present and to be partaker of so great a mystery Of remouing backe the Booke VVhen the Booke is carried backe to the right end of the Altar I will thinke how in the end of the world the Iewes shal be conuerted to the fayth of Christ And I will pray for the conuersion of all Heretikes and Infidels Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen the last Dominus vobiscum is sayd I wil imagine to heare the sound of the Angels Trumpe wherin our Lord in the end of the worlde will come to Iudgment And I wil beseech him that he wil make me ready and prepared in that dreadfull day Of Ite missa est When Ite Missa est is sayd I will recall to minde
fastned theron with such boisterous nayles and for all thy bitter sorrowes paines and dolour for the multitude of thy stripes iniuries blasphemies āguishes and oppressions of thy sweete and gentle hart and for all thy afflictions and tribulations which thou pacientlie enduredst and principallie in these three howers hanging rufully naked betwixt two Theeues as their head or Captaine I adore thee praise thee blesse thee and render thee humble thankes praying that thorough thy grace my olde concupiscēce may be crucified with thee and that the body of sinne may be mortified and quite distroyed in me O most sweete IESV I hartelie beseeche thee for all the stripes dolours and paines of thy blessed bodie for all the droppes of thy most pretious blood which thou vouchsafedst to shed euen to the vtmost drop in so much that with thy pretious blood the Crosse and the earth were died wholie red that it would please thee to take from me all enuie detraction obloquie disaffection hatred and hard opinion of my neighbour and to pardon all my offences cōmitted by enuie For wel I knowe thou hast admonished me by thy holie Apostle saying Lay aside enuies and all detractions And Salomon sayeth Hatered and enuious haue perished together And therefore my most amourous and dearelie beloued louer giue me most ardent perfecte inuiolable and perpetuall charitie and so fullie replenish my soule there with that I may first in all thinges perfectly loue thee and next my neighbour intirely in thee and most purely and sincerely for the loue of thee And that I may from the very bottom of my hart for the loue of thee pardō al those which haue any way offended me and doe any way hate me both to wishe them and doe them all kinde of good to the vtmost of myne abilitie as S. Paule admonisheth saying If thine enimie hunger giue him meate if he thirst giue hi◠drinke O most bening IESV I beseeche thee by thy vnspeakable charitie and infinit mercie that thou wouldest so inflame my hart and wholly swallowe it vp in thy loue that I may neuer be separated from thee Drawe my hart alwayes vnto thee and suffer me not to be vanquished by any temptation nor surmounted by any manner of aduersitie defend fortifie and deliuer me from all sinne and frō the assaultes of mine enimies gouerne direct me in all mine affaires and in all thinges take vnto thee the totall possession of me Giue me the grace so to be inwardly wounded with thy loue pittifull passion that in all thinges and in all places I may still see and behould thee crucifyed for me that my hart may by loue perpetually be vnited vnto thee saying with the Prophet Dauid It is good for me to be vnited conioyned to my God and to put my trust and confidence in my Lord. And furthermore I beseeche thee most sweete IESVS for all those whō thou hast suffered thy most bitter death and passion to the end that the meritt of the same and of thy exceeding charity may neither be lost nor perish in them to comfort all those which are in any trouble or affliction to support strēghten them which are in any temptation and all those which are in thy holy grace vouchsafe to confirme them Conuert againe all such as by imbecillity are fallen all sinners which runne astray and saue vs and glorify vs altogeather to the end that we may eternally laude thee and perpetually loue thee Amen Pater noster Aue Maria THE SEAVENTH Effusion on Saturday SEauenthlie vpon the Saturday the deuoute soule ought to embrace his meeke Lord louingly with his hart and to consider and contemplate the bitter and dolorous departure of his sweet Redeemer and Sauiour IESVS when his vermillian cheeks lippes began to waxe pale his sacred eyes to send forthgrosse and cloddy teares his holy mouth to be drawen togeather his reuered head to encline and hang downward and finally his most blessed soule to depart out of his body The deuoute soule contemplating hereon ought to be mollifyed and with compassion to melte be quite resolued into teares considering this sharpe bitter death of our blessed Lord Sauiour ought also to dye with him spiritually vnto the world and to forsake and leaue all sin to liue with him eternally The deuout soule ought also to thinke that after his death and passion those wicked fellonous Iewes were not yet fully satisfyed with those dolours paines torments abuses and contumelies which already in his life tyme they had inflicted vpon him but also after his death they adde new tormēts vnto his blessed body with most execrable cruelty they pierced his sacred side vnto his very hart whereout issued water and blood as sayth S. Iohn One of the souldiers with a speare opened his side and incontinent there issued forth blood and water Thinke what torment dolour anguish sorrowe and affliction this strooke to the tender hart of his blessed mother who was there present Wherefore to conforme himselfe to this article let the deuout soule with great compassion dolour and compunction hartily say this prayer following The prayer for the Seauenth Effusion I Salute the most noble pretious and prizeles blood which issued out of the righte side of myne amorous Sauiour IESVS hanging dead vpon the Crosse by the which blood he hath made full satisfaction vnto the diuine Iustice to recouer and redeeme vs from euerlasting damnation O my Lord my God the hope health of al the world the Creatour of all creatures who of thy incōprehensible loue wouldest dye a most bitter shamfull death for me a vilde miserable and sinnefull creature giue me grace sweete IESV I beseech thee that I may dye spiritually with thee and that at the hower of my death thou receiue my soule vnto thy mercy O most sweet IESV I recommend my soule and my body into thy handes extended on the Crosse peirced nayled and all be-purpled with thy pretious blood And I aske in all profound humility thy holy grace that in the laste hower of my life I may with good vnderstanding and perfect memorie with firme fayth and assured hope recōmend my soule vnto thy mercy sauuegard and sacred protectiō And that I may be worthy to heare that sweet and comfortable voice This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise O my amorous Redeemer who didest permit after thou wast dead thy blessed side to be opened with a lance whereout did issue both water blood vouchsafe deepely to woūd and pierce my soule with the launce of thy diuine loue to the end that at the howre of my death I may be worthy to receiue thy blessed body in the most holy and blessed Sacramēt as a spirituall foode against the euerlasting famine thy pretious blood for cōfortable drinke against the eternall and vnquenchable thirst In the opening of thy sacred side O my gratious Lord thou hast opened to thyne elect the gate of Paradice and of eternall life I beseech thee deare IESV haue not memory of my sinnes iniquities least this gate and entry be shut and closed against me for myne offences which thou hast mercifully opened to all poore sinners penitents and repentants but receaue my soule at the hower of my death fauourably vnto thy mercy and place it with thee in perpetuall ioy and felicity And furthermore sweet IESV I beseeche thee for the honor of al thy paines dolours death and passiō and for the Effusion of thy most pretious blood that thou wouldest pardon me all my grieuous sinnes of carnality committed in thoughts wordes deedes or motions by my disordinate affection of concupiscence and sensuall delectation And that I may follow and performe the councell of S. Paul saying Mortify your sinnefull members And againe If you liue according to the flesh you shall dye but if by the spirit you subdue the workes of the flesh you shall liue Giue me deare IESV I beseeche thee this faire Angelicall vertue of Chastity of Continence Purity of soule and body Sweet IESV mortify and kill in me all vices all motions and prouocations to concupiscence and carnal affection Take from me I beseeche thee all that which is vnlawfull disordinate displeasing to thy diuine maiesty and giue me a harte most simple cleane pure feruent diuine and conformable to thy owne hart which no vicious nor disordinate affection may euer infect soile or maculate My Lord my God most compassionate spouse of my soule I beseech thee to keep defend me from all wicked vnlawfull and vicious deedes from all vnseemely vncleane and hurtfull take and from all euill fleshly and filthie thoughtes that I may worthely and faythfully serue thee in all purenesse of soule and body Sweet IESV take the whole possessiō of my hart vnto thee and giue me either thyne owne harte or make this hart of myne cōformable vnto thyn to the end that all my thoughtes willes and desires may alwayes be in thee to thy honour and glory and that I may perpetually repose in thee saying with the Prophet My soule shall rest and sleepe in peace Finally most mercifull IESV I pray thee for the soules of my parēts frēdes and benefactors and generallie for al the soules in the fire of Purgatorie humblie beseeching thee by thy clemēcie goodnes and infinite bountie by the merit of thy most holie death and passion to deliuer and release them of their paines torments and to giue them perpetuall euerlasting rest Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. Credo FINIS PREVILEGE PHilippe par la grace de Dieu Roy de Castile d'Arragon c. permettons de grace especialle à IEAN HEIGHAM d'Imprimer ou faire imprimer les six liures Spirituelles en Anglois à l'exclusion de tous autres pour l'espace de quinze ans commençant le 1. de Iullet 1622. à peine de cōfiscation amende mentioné en ledit Prouilege Signé LE COMTE
and destitute of grace and vertu whom he may not enrich with the store plentie of all pretious substance 5. He giueth him selfe in foode most delicious most sweete and most sufficient in such sorte that none is so feeble weake or famished that may not be healed refreshed strenghtned and sustained 6. He cometh in such splendor and brightnes that none can be so blinded obscursed or held in such darknes that may not by his presence be instructed and lightned 7. He cometh in such plenitude aboundance of grace that none is so indeuout negligent and slouthful that may not be awakened stirred excited to deuotion O great and ouer-flowing loue who is he who well considering this wil not maruaile and with sighing sey O Lord what is man that so thou doest visit him and sett thy hart towardes him Aspirations to acknowledge our great vnworthines to receiue the holy Sacrament of the pretious body and blood of our Sauiour Iesus O My Lord O my God who art thou and who am I that I should presume to come to receiue thee The Angels in heauen doe reuerence thee and the highest powers and glorious Spirits with trembling doe adore thee What then shall I doe that am here in earth dust and ashes that I am what shall I doe O my Lord o my God thy only greatnes doth humble the Angels although they acknowledg in them no sinne nor euill Yea the highest Seraphins drawe in their winges and repute them selues like litle flies before thee what then shall I doe that am charged with the burthen of my iniquitie but bowe downe my head prostrate my selfe vpon the earth and feare to lift vp myne eyes before thee O my Lord O my God if I sinful wretch had prepared my selfe a thousand yeares by deuout meditations and had in my selfe the merits of all the iust men vpon the earth and of all the glorious Saintes in heauen all this were very little nay nothing to receiue thee according to thy dignity how much lesse then O my Lord alas how much lesse shall I doe it naked that I am of all merits and charged with an infinit number of sinnes and vices Aspirations to craue puritie of minde and conscience wher with worthelie to receiue the most B. Sacrament O My Lord my sweete Sauiour and my God who may giue me at this present a pure hart a cleane hart a new hart a hart purged from all soyle a hart set on fire with diuine loue a hart lightned and shining with celestiall brightnes so that my faire and delicate spouse Christ IESVS coming he may finde a place of rest prepared to him in my hart and nothing which may offende the eyes of his Maiestie 2. O that I could if it were possible receiue thee sweete Lord at this present into my soule with that feruour loue and affection wherwith thy worthy and sacred Mother conceiued thee and with that desire loue and deuotion that euer thy deuout seruants haue receiued doe receiue or euer shall receiue thee 3. O that I had in my selfe all the beautie of the nine orders of Angels the burning charitie of the Seraphins the sanctitie and puritie of the heauenly Saintes the feruent loue deuotion and desire of all the chosen frindes of God which euer were are or shall be ether in heauen or earth Aspirations to expresse a feruent longing and impatient desire of the soule for the coming of our Sauiour in the B. Sacrament 1. O Sweete IESV sweete IESV sweete IESV a thousand times doe I longe for thee a thousand times doe I desire thee when wilt thou come my sweete Sauiour when wilt thou come wheh shall I see thee when shall I feele thee within my soule 2. O deare IESV deare IESV deare IESV when shall I according to my desire possesse thy blessed presence within my soule when wilt thou come that I may louingly ioyne my hart to thine Come therefore O sweete IESVS come O bread of Angels O heauenly manna O foode of faithfull soules Come O my sweete loue come and transforme into thee all my intentions conceptions and inwarde parts come and rauish me from all thinges created euen fom my life euen from my owne selfe 3. O diuine fire come and inflame my hart O the spouse of my soule come quickly vnto me Wound my hart with thy loue Come take thy repose within my conscience Come sweete IESVS come quickly and defer no longer to come Come the health the life and only desire of my hart Aspirations proper to be said wheÌ„ the time of reaming the B. Sacrament is neere at hande 1. O My soule behould thy spouse is coming arise and goe earth to meete him enter now and ioyne thee neere vnto him Be glad and reioyce of the approaching of so great a guest because there cometh vnto thee thy Creator thy Lord and thy Louer thy Father thy Pastor and thy Spouse Christ IESVS thy beloued he who gaue for thee his dearest life that he might redeeme thy soule from eternall death 2. Open o my soule open the gate to thy Lord and thy God coming towardes thee giue place to thy Creator giue accesse to thy spouse who with such loue approacheth vnto thee 3. Them imagin that you heare the sweete and amiable voice of our Sauiour calling vnto you and saying Veni amica mea veni sponsa mea veni Come my beloued come my spouse come vnto me To who make answere saying Paratum cor meum Deus â—ratum cor meum Ingredere benedicte Domine miserere mei O God my hart is readie o God my hart is readie Enter blessed Lord and haue mercie on me Aspirations to be said inwardly when the B. Host is in your mouth 1. O Most sweete most potent most faire most noble most highe most geÌ„tle most amiable and most gratious IESV Vouchsafe to enter into the poore house of they seruaÌ„t whose burning desire is wholy to enioy thee and whom all the creatures in heauen and earth cannot satisfie without thee 2. My God enter into my soule and sanctifie it enter into my hart purifie it my God enter into my body and countergarde it and from thy loue neuer separate it 3. Into thy handes o Lord IESV I commend my spirit to thee I resigne my life my soule receiue me sweete Sauiour and so keepe me that I neuer escape out of thy handes Aspirations after receiuing admiring the loue of our Sauiour expressed vnto vs in the most B. Sacrament 1 I Remember sweete IESV the woordes thou spakest to thine Apostles after thou hadst washed their feete saing Knowe you what I haue done vnto you o how wel maist thou now say vnto me Knowe you what I haue done vnto you For what couldest thou doe more for me or what gteater loue o good IESU couldest thou shew vnto me then first to giue this thy body to death for me now againe to giue the selfe same body and blood in meate
drinke vnto me in memorie of the same thy death 2. O my Lord what is the cause of this thy loue what meaneth I pray thee this Wonderfull loue Seest thou not vpoÌ„ how vilde a creature thou hast cast thy loue Wilt thou desceÌ„d now once againe into hell Wilt thou put thy selfe now once again into the handes of sinners to be crucified wilt thou once againe be borne in a stable amongst bruite beastes meaning your hart o strong o pure o vnspeakable loue 3. Deare Lord hast thou perchance lack of some subject to delight thee thou that art most happy and most perfect in thy selfe that thou searchest out a little worme of so euill life and odor as I Truly it seemeth as if that thou hadst neede of thyne owne creature for thou vsest such meanes to obtaine his loue as though thou couldest not be nor liue without him O inestimable and most sweete loue who can but be inflamed of so great a loue what hart can defend it selfe that it be not melted quite consumed with this loue Aspirations expressing our loue againe vnto our Sauiour for this singular benefitt of the B. Sacrament 1. IF all the riches of the earth were proposed vnto me If all the honors and crownes of the worlde If all the pleasures and delightes which is possible to imagin with all the knowledge both of men and Angels I would repute all as dunge and as meere nothing I would make no account at al of it in comparison O Lord of this thy sweete and vnspeakable loue 2. If all the creatures in the worlde were in my power I would moue them all in thy praise for this singular benefit which hast bestowed vpoÌ„ me If the force and vertu of all men Angels were alone in me I would wholy employ them all to magnifie thee for this thy especial loue vnto me 4. Lord Lord thy loue doth draw me thy loue doth wound me thy loue doth rauishe me O that I had in me the puritie of Angels and the inflamed and burning desires of all the B. Saintes O that I had a thousand hartes to shed foorth in thy loue and to answere to this so great a loue Aspirations very feruent into which the soule bursteth forth in great admiration of the B. Sacrament O Bread of life O bread of Angels O sanctuarie of soules o secret comforter of holy mindes O heaueÌ„ly spouse O IESVS CHRIST my delectable loue O riches of the soule O solace of the afflicted O foode of the famished O my ioy O my glorie and al my beatitude 2. O meeke lambe O milde maiestie O highe charitie o lowe humilitie o great mercie o bottomles depthe of incomprehensible bountie o my Lord hâ—â— much am I bounde for the good which thou hast done me and aboue all for the maner by which thou hast done this good vnto me 3. O heauenly Lord who so much louest me o true Pellican who in thy blood dost so quicken me o good Pastor who so dost giue thy selfe in meate vnto me o faithfull Keeper who hast so woÌ„derful a care ouer such as thou hast taken in chardge vnto thee Aspirations after receauing the B. Sacrament in vtter detestation and hatred of sinne MY God my Lord and sweetest loue neuer any more neuer any more of sinne neuer any more pleasure of the flesh neuer any more of the world neuer any more of vanity I vtterly detest all sinne whatsoeuer and to thee only doe I render my selfe to thee only will I serue obey for the time to come To thee only doe I desire to liue and die only graunt that I neuer more offend thee nor that I euer be separated from thee 2. My God I haue no greater griefe in the worlde then to think that heretofore I haue so much offended thee And to thinke that sometimes againe I may come to offende thee causeth so great a feare in my soule and doth so much afflict me that I would wish to die a thousand deathes to be out of this danger that I neuer any more become thy enimie 3. O my God permit not I beseeche thee that for the time to come I euer more displease thee And if thou forseest that ether by frailty or suggestion of the diuel liuing yet longer I shall mortally offend thee shew me the grace to take me out of the worlde and that I die before I commit the sinne actually Aspirations in which the soule defiereth wholy to be withdrawne from all creatures with a perfect resignation to God altogether to be gouerned by him 1. O My souueraigne and dreadfull Lord I would wish for the time to come neuer any more to appeare amongst men but to hide me if it were possible vnder the earth that by this meanes no earthly creature may euer regayne my loue from thee euer withdrawe my hart from thee or euer separate my affection from thee 2. O myne eyes what desire you more to see heere o myne eares what desire you more to hearken here o my toung what desirest thou more to tast here o my hart and all my sences shut vp shut vp your gates shut them vp I say perpetually to the end that neuer any thinge may haue accesse into my soule which may euer dissolue this streight coniunction betwixt my Sauiour and me 3. O my sweete and merciful Lord behould that from this very houre I doe wholy abandon my selfe to thy diuine prouidence and voluntarily and freely now and for euer giue present and consigne my selfe body and soule vnto thee desiring that thou worke in me as it shall please thee and al that it shal please thee and that on my part I neuer giue thee any lett or impediment Finally gouerne all my desires guide al my actions and workes so that all my workes may render thee obedience honor and glorie for euer and euer Amen Deuout iaculatorie coÌ„ceptions very proper to he vsed in the day wherin one hath receiued the B. Sacrament FIRrst you may burst foorth in to these wordes in manner of a spirit wholy replenisht and rauisht with ioy and say O my soueraigne Lord my Sauiour my Redeemer and my God I haue here the pledge of thy loue I haue heere the memoriall of thy death I haue heere the price of all the world I haue heere my Lord my God and al my good O wonderfull grace o wonderfull grace to haue myne owne Sauiour inclosed within my soule O my Lord and my God my spirit is swallowed vp and quiet transported into thee it is in a maner wholie melted in to thee by reason of thy loue and it causeth my hart euen to open it selfe at thy presence like as the rose before the sinne Thankes thankes thanks therfore o my Lord for so infinit inestimable and vnspeakable a benefit You may sometimes also by way of a diligent care that you would not offend him propose this demaÌ„d vnto your owne hart saying Domine est ne cor