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A12573	The booke of the holy societye commonly called of tvvelve conteyning the lytanies, and prayers, vvich are to be sayd by those vvho are of that Societye. To obtaine of God the grace to dye well. Lately translated out of the French language for the benefit of English Catholikes by N.N. a Catholic gentleman.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622, attributed name.; Anderton, Lawrence, attributed name.; N. N., catholic gentleman.	1626 (1626)	STC 22889; ESTC S101962	17,410	150

THE BOOKE OF THE HOLY SOCIETYE COMMONLY CALLED OF TVVELVE Contayning the Lytanies and Prayers vvhich are to be sayd by those vvho are of that Societye To obtaine of God the grace to dye well Lately translated out of the French language for the benefit of English Catholikes by N. N. a Catholicke gentleman Orate pro 〈…〉 Printed at Douay BY LAURENCE KELL●●● 〈◊〉 Saluos nos fac Domine Deus noster Et congrega nos ●●nationibus Vt confite amur nomini sancto tuo Et gloriemur in lau●de tua Psal 105. THE TRANSLATOR TO THE DEVOVT READERS AS it is most certain that we shall all of vs die once so is it no ●esse certain that after our death we shall receyue a doome of an irreuocable sentēce of at●ernall life or aeternall death accordingly a● we shall be found worthy or vnworthy at tha● hower And therfor i● cōcerneth vs very near● so to prouide our selues whilst time permitteth that at the last hower we may be found in such case as is most befitting for that end which w● all ayme at● which is happye life withou● end This considerati●● hath from my very childhood taken such deepe impression in my hart that although to satisfye my curiositye I haue trauailed ouer the greatest part of Europe yet in my trauailes I had alwayes this end sett before myne eyes to obserue wher euer I might ●earne what course was best to be vndertaken for à man to secure himselfe as far as the instabilitie of this mutable world will permitt of à good and happy end I saw frō the beginning ther was no better securitye could be had in this world of dying well then to liue well And for this reason cōsidering that saying of S. Bernard In Religione homo viuit purius c. In Religion a man liueth more purely falleth more rarely riseth more speedily walketh more warily receyveth the dew of gods grace more frequently repofeth more securely dyeth more confidently is purged from his sinnes more quickly and rewarded with glory more aboundantly For this reason I say I could haue bene well content to haue imbraced à religious course of life but I eyther found indeed the constitution of my body too weake or at least the cowardelinesse of my mynde made me flatter my selfe with that cōceipt which diuerted my thoughts from so high an entreprise Att the length cōming homeward thorough France by the prouidence of God and the care of my good Angel as I presume I mett with a friend who bestowed on me one of these little bookes sett forth in the Frēch language which after I had well pervsed and pondered gaue me such content and ioy by cause it suted so well with my wishes and presented me so plaine and easye a way to what I principally aymed att that I procured my selfe to be admitted into the holy Association or Confraternitye which is herein discribed Afterwards comming into England and there discouering my treasure gotten in France I was follicited by some of my friends whose requests were commaunds vnto me to translate the sayd booke into owre language I did so and it began by little and little to grow into that generall liking of so many that it seemed too to laborious to transscribe so many copyes For which reason I gaue my consent it should be printed that so satisfaction might be giuen to all And loe here the booke which if it redound to the spirituall benefitt of your sowles I beseech you lett me haue some part of your prayers and that is all the recompence I desire of you either for my labour or good will Your fellow partener in your afflictions for gods cause N. N. a Catholicke gentleman The authors instruction to the Reader that is or desireth to be of this societye NOE truth is more approued thē that which doth both teach and assure vs that euery liuing mā must once dy to liue agayne ther in heauen with the S●● and blessed Soules or in hell with the damned wretched ghosts since this is the last sentence frō which there is noe appeale neuer to be reuewed agayne pronounced by the mouth of god our souueraigne iudg And truth it self by the apostle in these termes It is decreed that all mē must once dye and after that comes iudgmēt For which cause the most important and serious buisines that a Christian man can haue in this world is to learne to dye well For this is the Science of Sciences And thereto ought wee to applye that sayeing in the ghos●ell soe much praysed by our sauiour to S. Mary Magdalene But one thing onely is necessary Whereupon S. Iohn doth esteeme and call those onely blessed amongst mortall men who dye in our lord that is to say in his grace Blessed are the dead vvho dye in our Lord. Nowe since it is soe that eyther from à good or euill death the eternall and chiefe felicity is deriued or els euerlasting and dreadful misery if there be any thing deare reader which thou oughst to haue in singular recōmendation whilst thou dost reside in this valley of teares it is to search and knowe the meanes which thou must vse and practise to render the passage out of this mortall life as much as in thee lyeth most easy and assured And to this end I haue bene willing to laye downe for thee at the end of these prayers some wholesome lessons for thy instruction howe thou oughst to behaue thy self both in sicknes and in health to the end thou maist more happily finish thy dayes and life Of which lessons the principall and most assured next to à good life is to haue recourse as you shall heare hereafter in fitt place to the perfectiōs and merits of the Saynts and aboue all of the most holy and euer glorious mother of god In which I shall declare vnto thee beloued reader certayn deuout and religious persons being well instructed cast themselues one daye being inspired from god vpon that consideration that our good mother the church doth call the blessed virgin mother of God the Gate of heauen and doore of paradise that shee doth daily sing vnto her Marye mother of grace mother of mercy defend ●s frō our aduersary and receiue vs at the houre of death But this was performed with soe serious attentiō and soe much feruor of deuotion that from that time they resolued to addresse themselues alwayes with reuerēce to her and to implore her ayde and speciall assistance that they might more duely dispose themselues for that difficult and dangerous passage of death For these considerations they did agree together to say euery daye the Lytanyes of our Ladye of Loretto to the honor glory of her name one for another as alsoe the prayers of the most glorious Patriarchs S. Ioseph S. Augustin● S. Barbara to whom they particarly deuoted thēselues that by they intercessiō they might be assisted in these theyr indeauours And forasmuch as noe mā can fully possesse that

demand it of god in her name As it doth appeare in the acts of her noble martyrdome vvhich you shall sind in the lines of Saynts vvitten by the reuerend father Rybadeneyra vvith a notable example of one vvho falling dovv●● from the topp of a house that vvas on fire and being buried or rather ouervvhelmed vvith the ruynes of the house and flaming brands vvas in due time succored by the sayd Saynt vvhoe appeared vnto him and promised him that he should not dye before he had receiued the Sacraments and for that end thee had obtayned of god a respit for him till the ne●t day vvhich s●e fell out and he made a most happy end because for a great space of tyme he had be●● deuou● to the foresayd Saynt A PRAYER TO IESVS CHRIST CRVCIFIED O Lord Iesus Christ my most mercifull sauiour I beseech thee by that great bitternes which thou didst suffer on the crosse for me wretched sinner especially at that houre when thy most sanctified soule did depart from thy blessed bodye that it would please thee to haue pitty on my soule and to vse mercye thereto when it shall depart out of this life and that thou wouldest by the merits of thy most precious bloud take it with thee into aeternall life Amen ADVERTISEMENT Caesarius a religious man doth report that a great seruant of god being accoustomed to say the forsayd prayer as often as he passed by the holy Crucifix did merit after his death to goe out of this vvorld directly into paradise vvithout suffring the paynes of purgatory AN ACT OF CONTRITION WITH ALL THE PARTS THEREOF IN FORME OF A PRAYER MY lord Iesus Christ true god true mā for asmuch as thou art accomplished with all perfection and because I doe acknowledg thee for my souueraigne bilsse I do loue thee with all my hart and aboue all things I am infinitly sory that I haue soe vngratefully offended thee Wherefore I doe first of all resolue neuer to offend thee more Secondly to flye from all the occasions of sinne Thirdly to make a sincere confessiō and to performe such pennance as shall be enioyned to mee and for a more full worthy satisfactiō I doe offer vnto thee thy owne merits with those of the blessed virgin thy mother and of all those whom thou hast elected ioyning therewith both my body and foule my temptations sorrowes and afflictions and my whole life Beseeching thee alsoe that thou wouldst pardonne and giue me thy grace wherby I may amend my life and that I may continue therein euē till my death Amen A PRAYER TO OVR BLESSED LADY TO COMMEND OVR SELVES TO HER SPECIALL PROTECTION AND SAFEGARD O Domina mea sancta Maria ego infaelix peccator me in tuam benedictam fidem ac singularem custodiam in sinum misericordiae tuae hodiè quotidiè in hora exitus mei animam meā corpus meum tibi cōmendo omnem spem meam consolationem meam omnes angustias miserias meas vitam finem vitae meae tibi comitto te hodie matrē apud Deum aduocatā meā prae omnibus eligo pręopto tu quę pijssima es mater misericordiae noli me propter nimia peccata mea reijcere sed pertuam sanctissimam intercessionem per tua gloriosa merita omnia mea dirigantur disponantur opera secundum tuam tuique filij voluntatem Amen AN OTHER PRAYER TO IMPLORE THE AYDE OF OVR BLESSED LADY IN TIME OF TRIBVLATION AND IN HORROR OF DEATH O Most chast and mercifull virgin and mother holy Mary stretch forth I beseech thee the hand of thy help and succor to me a miserable and wretched sinner in all those trauayles and necessityes which may happen vnto me at any time or place but principally in this tribulation and affliction which doth oppresse me at this present soe that I may not onely beare it patiently and for the loue of god but alsoe with courage and cheerefully and that by his grace and speciall assistance I may gayne force and constancy in all my other crosses and aduersityes which may fall vpon me aswell from the hand of my god as of mē O mother of mercy and aduocate of sinners be pleased alsoe to be my gratious defendresse at that time when my soule shall part from my body for at that time more thē any other shall I haue neede of thy succor and ayde For alas if I consider the weight of my sinnes and the number of offēces which I haue committed and doe daily committ in the presence of the diuine goodnes I feare to be confounded ouercome by the deuill whoe will neuer cease to present thē before my eyes indeuoring to deceiue me by his false illusions I therfore most hūbly beseech thee the true distributor of gods holy graces that thou wouldest obtayne of my lord thy deare and onely sonne true god and true man that as he hath vouchsafed to come and take humayne flesh in thy chast wōbe not by any humayne but Diuine power that so he might saue mankind from eternall damnation soe likewise it would please him to giue me the force and vnderstanding at that last houre truely to repēt myself of my sinnes and to haue nothing in my thoughts but him alone Which I aske by thy intercession not for my self alone but alsoe for all those whoe are of this holy societye whereof thou art the principall ladye mistresse soe that by thy merits intercessiō wee may all soe well serue thy most sweete sonne in our life that acknowledging him at our death by recieuing al the sacramēts and his holye grace wee may merit one daye in heauen to enioy and possesse without end the cleare vision of the blessed Amen AN OTHER PRAYER TO OVR LADYE O Most mercifull virgin Marye most worthy mother of god assured refuge of sinners conforter of the afflicted I vnworthy sinner haue recourse to thee with great confidence beseeching thee for that great ioye which thou didst feele in thy hart when thou didst see thy onely deare sonne rise from death to life that it would please thee to comfort my soule and more expressely I beseech the for a speciall grace by the bowells of thy infinite pittye that in the last passage of my life whē I shall appeare trembling defore the awefull tribunall of thy deare beloued sonne my sauiour Iesus Christ to giue a strict accompt of my whole life that thou wouldest vouchsafe to assist and prorect me to the end that by thy fauorable intercession most gracious mother I may escape that terrible sentence of eternall death be found or made worthy to enioy with thee that life which neuer shall haue end Amen PROTESTATIONS FOR THOSE WHOE ARE SICK AND DESIRE TO DYE IN THE GRACE OF GOD. I. N. miferable sinner doe protest heere in the presence of the holy Trinity the Father Sōne and Holy ghost of Iesus Christ crucified for my sinnes of the

our blessed Lady and of the forsayd Saynts the grace to dye well and that with as much deuotion and attention as possibly he can indeuoring with all his power by his good life to make himself meritorious of that grace For as saynct Augustin sayth he can hardly dye ill whoe hath liued well he cā scarcly dye well whoe hath liued ill And it is as a secret iudgment of god noted by the same S. Augustin in his sermon of innocēts It is iust o Lord that he whoe whilst he liued was forget full of thee at his death should forget himself that is his owne saluation the sacraments restitution c and dye like à beast To conclude those of the company are exhorted and intreated in our lord Iesus Christ to beare in memory and carefully to practise these fiue poynts which followe The first that assoone as they can they should free themselues from mortall finnes if eyther they doe belieue or doubt that they are touched with any flying by all meanes possible those occasions which they knowe doe cause soe great à miserye and that where they are able to hinder it they doe not suffer that any offend god in theyr presence or in any other place where they haue power to hinder The second poynt that they both confesle and communicate if they can beside those dayes which are appoynted therefor as wee haue shewed euery month The 3. that they heare euery day masse if they canne doo it without preiudice to that whereunto they are obliged and that they pray for the catholique church and for our holy father the pope for the king and state and for the kings assue for the peace and vnity of Christiā princes for the extirpation of heresyes for those that are in mortall sinne for such as are afflicted in temptation for those that are in the agonye of death and for theyr enimyes The 4. that they indeuour to discharg themselues faithfullye and with conscience of such dutyes and obligations as belong to theire charge vocation whereto they are called The 5. that euery night they make as they are able an examination of theyr conscience and eyther say before or after it the prayer which is vsed to obtayne a true contrition for theire sinnes which doth beginne My lord Iesus with the next following prayer to our blessed lady which examination may be reduced for such as eyther knowe not how or cannot imploye themselues longer therein to two poynts The one to giue god thanks for all the graces benefits which wee haue recieued at his hands cheefly that he hath that day preserued vs frō mortall sinne sudden death and infinite dangers aswell spirituall as corporall which haue that very day fallen vpon soe many others better and more conformable to the diuine goodnes then wee The other is to fift and search out into what and how many offences wee haue fallen or pexmitted or caused others to fall then to demand pardon for them and to propose vnto our selues to confesse and amend them OF THE GREAT BLESSINGS WHICH THOSE VVHOE ARE OF THIS HOLY SOC●ETYE DOE RECIEVE IF thou be in sinfull estate of life those who are of the cōpany through out the whole world by theire prayers and merits dispose thee to leaue such māner of life to acknowledg thy sinne and that thou mayst not dye in it 2. If thou be in state of grace they pray to god to conserue thee therein to augment and confirme it vnto thee 3. Thou dost participate of the infinite good workes of soe many good Christians as are admitted to this societye 4. They help thee by theire prayers to obtayne the excellent guift of final perseuerance and other vertues which are necessary as charity patience chastitye deuotion c. 5. They ayde thee also to obtayne of god that he would vouchsafe to keep thee from suddayne or at least from vnprouided death And from falling into mortall sinne and in case thou doe committ any that he would soe powerfully in spire thee with his grace that thou mayst presently rise from it againe And alsoe that he would assist thee agaynst thy enimyes at the hower of thy death 6. The sacred virgin mother of this holy cōpany and the glorious patrons thereof Saint Ioseph S. Francis S. Augustin and S. Barbara whom thou hast soe often called vpon for these ends and soe many thousands as are of this societye which dayly pray for thee will assist thee particularly in this dangerous passage 7. By these meanes thou shalt receiue great consolation shalt be freed from great apprehensions which perplex many 8. After thy death if thou haue any guilt to be purged they will assist thee that thou mayst be speedily deliuered from that clensing and correcting fier as S. Augustin calleth it vpon the sixt psalme 9. In à word thou shalt recieue à thousand other blessings which are all cōprised and farre more in the communion of Saynts and in that which S. Iames saith The daily prayer of the iust man is of great force Then consider deare brother if the prayer of one iust mā be of soe great valew how much more meritorious and auayleable will the continuall prayers of fiue or six hundred thousand seruants of god bee whoe doe dayly increase and applye themselues to this exercise of prayer through the whole world according to the rule and order of this holy company to sollicit thy requests affayres with god and that especially which is the most principall of them all to make à happy end and to dye in the faith of the church with the benefit of the sacraments in the grace of god Yea euen then when thou dost walk sleepe eate and peraduenture offēd god a great number of people fall downe vpō theire knees and lift vp theire hands to heauen beseeching god to preserue thee from mortall sinne and from a sinfull death and his anger fearefull iudgmēt Therefore deuout reader procure this blessing for thy soule whilst thou hast time and despise not this fayre occasion which is soe easy for thee and without any obligation at all Think with thy self seriously what thou wilt wish that thou hadst done for thy selfe when thou shalt be layd vpō thy bed waiting for the last stroke of death and pray to god that he will giue thee grace to finde that in thy selfe at that hower then lett him dispose of thee according to his holye will for the rest THE LETANYES OF OVR LADYE OF LORETTO VVHICH THOSE OF THE COMPANY DOE DAILYE SAYE KYrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Pater de coelis Deus miserere nobis Fili redemptor mundi Deus miserere nobis Spiritus sancte Deus miserere nobis Sancta Trinitas vnus Deus miserere nobis Sancta Maria ora pro nobis Sancta Dei genitrix ora S. Virgo Virginum ora Mater Christi ora Mater diuinç gratiae ora

glorious virgin Marye our aduocate of S. Michael the archangell and of all the angells and saynts in paradise especially my angell gardien and of my patrone S. N. and other Saynts my aduocats and intercessors and of all yee my parents and friends that are here present whom I desire to be witnesses of what I shall speake I doe then first of all protest that I doe take in good part my death with all willingnes of mind and that I doe willingly suffer the griefes and afflictions of this disease for the loue glory of the diuine maiestye yea euen the paynes of purgatorye for such time as it shall please our lord for the remission of my sinnes the punishment due vnto them 2. I protest that I will dye as I haue liued in the true faith of the holy Catholique Apostolique and Romayne church and I doe beleeue and hold inuiolably whatsoeuer it doth beleeue and propose vnto me to be beleeued with all the articles of the Creed which I will now repeate Credo in Deum c and therewithall I doe reproue condemne and detest all the ancient and moderne heresyes principally that of the Caluinists and Protestants of our times 3. I doe protest that I doe entirely trust in the infinite bounty and mercy of my god and sauiour the which doth infinitely exceede all my sinnes how great or grieuous soeuer they be And therefore I doe hope to be saued not by my merits but by the merits of the pretious bloud of the passiō and death of Iesus Christ the onely true sauiour of my soule 4. I protest that I doe pardon with all my hart all those whoe haue at any time offended me wishing them all happynes prosperitye in our Lord beseeching their pardon for euery occasion or subiect that I may haue giuen them to offend me 5. I doe protest that frō the bottome of my hart and with all profound humility I doe ask pardon of all those whome I may at any time haue scandalised by my ill example or in any other sort whatsoeuer offended in word or deed eyther in body goods or fame offring my self with all readynes to giue them all manner of satisfaction as farre as I shall be able 6. I doe protest being humbly prostrated before the diume maiesty that from the bottome of my hart I doe ask pardon and for giuenes for all my sinnes and offences which I haue committed agaynst him agaynst my neighbour my self being chiefely greeued and troubled in my soule that I haue transgressed his will considering his infinite goodnes and merit and in regard of the exceeding and notorious fauors which it hath pleased him to bestowe vpon me much offended with myself that I haue not had that griefe sorowe and cōtrition which I ought and should desire to haue and that I haue not peraduenture confessed myself as I ought and am obliged to doe for which I am hartyly sorye and doe propose to my self for the time to come in better manner then I haue hitherto done to serue god faithfully for euer remitting my self to his diuine prouidence and perpetuall goodnes 7. I doe protest that I giue thankes with the vtmost power and forces of my hart to my lord my god for all the benefits already recieued and which I doe hope to recieue from his diuine maiestye which are infinite I doe alsoe thank all those whoe in any manner whatsoeuer haue eyther done or desired any benefit seruice or good office eyther for my soule or bodye and more expressely and particularly those whoe haue eyther giuen or offered me any occasion to merit 8. I protest that I doe offer to my lord and god all the satisfactions merits sorrowes with the bloud which hath bene shed by my sauiour Iesus Christ his sonne the merits of the blessed virgin Mary of all the Saynts seruants of god whoe shall liue heere till the end of the world for the remission and satisfactiō of all my sinnes and for a perpetuall thākesgiuing and fit acknowledgment of the infinite benefits graces recieued of his diuine maiestye 9. I protest that I doe most humbly beseech the sacred virgin Marye my angell gardiē my patron and the saynts to whom I haue speciall deuotion with all the angells and Saynts of paradise that they would ayd and assist me at my last poynt of life and obtayne for me by theire intercessions and merits euerlasting repose in their blessed company Marye mother of grace mother of mercie protect vs from our ennemye recieue vs at the houre of death All the saynts of heauen make intercession for me 10. I protest that if soe be that our Lord permit that I should be tempted by the deuill with any temptation whatsoeuer eyther agaynst faith hope or charity towards god or neighbour or agaynst ought that I haue nowe sayd that I will not harken answeare or cōsent thereto or beleeue his false perswasions and if soe be that by his craft and deceipts or by the violence of my maladie and payne I should happē to consent to any sinne I doe nowe beseech my good god that such consent of mine may be voyd of none effect and this I ask for the valewe and merit of the precious bloud of my Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ Finally I protest that I doe recommend at this present my poore soule to the sacred wounds of the feete hands and side of my sweete and mercyfull sauiour Iesus Christ the which I doe kisse and imbrace with all my hart in the which I will liue and dye Betwixt the armes of my redeemer I will liue and I desire to dye Into thy hands ô lord I cōmend my spirit Thou hast redeemed me my lord god of truth god of my hart and my portion for euer I beseech all those whoe are presēt at my houre of death when I shal not be able to speak any more that they would ayd succor me with their prayers offring vp to the eternall father my agonye sweate suffrings in the vnion of the agonye sweates and suffrings of the bloud paynes and passions of my well beloued Iesus Christ for the remission of my sinnes When thou shalt haue ended these protestations the which thou mayst recite many times if thou think good thou shalt say with great reuerence deuotiō and attention the two prayers the one to Iesus Christ Crucified the other to the B. Virgin by which is demanded grace to make a happy passage from this life to the next which prayers are placed aboue pag. 65 and pag. 78. OTHER DIRECTIONS VERY PIOVS AND PROFITABLE 1. After the foresayd protestations and prayers it is requisite that the assistants with an intelligible voyce should saye the letanyes of our ladye or those of the saynts and that the sick party should indeuor to answeare at least by hart if hee cannot by mouth to the end that hee may more surely obtayne the grace which is desired Then shall