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B12232	Meditations of the whole historie of the Passion of Christ. Written by the Reuerend Father, F. Franciscus Costerus, Doctor of Diuinity, of the Society of Iesus. Translated out of Latine into English by R.W. Esquire; De universa historia Dominicae Passionis meditationes quinquaginta. English	Coster, Franciscus, 1532-1619.; Worthington, Lawrence.	1616 (1616)	STC 5827; ESTC S114528	155,460	681

was yet speaking the Cocke crowed againe Mat. 26. Mar. 14. And our Lord turned and beheld Peter And Peter remembred himselfe of the word of our Lord Luc. 22. as hee had said that before the Cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me thrise and Peter going out of doores wept bitterly COnsider first that when Peter was come againe to the fire he beganne to speake more freely with the seruants to the end that he might take away all suspition from himselfe For by his speach hee was iudged to bee a Galilaean Thou therefore who art the seruant of Christ take heede of familiarity with the wicked Let thy communication bee of Heauenly things as thou maiest perceiue the Apostles speaches were in the Acts of the Apostles and by their Epistles For he which is delighted with the vaine speaches of secular men will easily be drawn to imitate their māners and to be warmed with their fire and intrapped with their delights Secondly Peter was knowne by his speach to bee the Disciple of Christ and a Galilaean Doe thou likewise so gouerne thy selfe that all men euen by thy outward cōuersatiō may know thee to be the follower of Christ and a Galilaean that is one flying from the worldly to a spirituall life and aspiring to Heauen Consider thirdly the benignity of Christ towards his seruants He being oppressed with so many miseries did as it were forget himselfe and take care of his Disciple He restrayned him from sinning any deeper and caused him after his third deniall to stay beholding him not with the eyes of his body for that he could not doe being in an vpper chamber and compassed round about with officers but turning to him with the inward beames of his mercy with which he touched his heart illuminated and mollified it For the beholding of Christ doth illuminate the Conscience that sinnes may be knowne euen as the beames of the Sunne doe lighten a Chamber Consider fourthly the order of his Conuersion First the Cocke crowed Secondly our Lord beheld him Thirdly Peter remembred the word of Iesus Fourthly he went foorth Fiftly he wept bitterly If Christ looke not vpon thee the Cocke crowes in vaine Doe thou therefore giue eare vnto the Preachers and Admonishers as vnto Cockes and pray that our Lord will turne vnto thee Obserue the wordes which thou hearest Flye all occasions of euill and doe Pennaunce Heere thou being a most grieuous sinner maiest haue great hope of pardon seeing that the mercy of our Lord gaue so free pardon for this grieuous sinne that Christ neuer obiected it vnto Peter But thou who hast offended with Peter goe not about to excuse thy selfe with Adam but weep with Peter who as St. Clement witnesseth did all his whole life time after the first crowing of the Cock rise vp to his prayers and slept no more that night The 15. Meditation of the false witnesses in the house of Caiphas BVt the chiefe Priests and all the counsaile sought false witnes against Iesus Mat. 26. Mar. 14. that they might put him to death and they did not finde it wheras many false witnesses were come in For many spake false witnesse and their testimonies were not conuenient But at last came two false witnesses and rising vp they gaue false witnesse against him for we heard him speaking I will destroy this Temple of God made with hands and after three dayes I will build another not made with hands and their testimony was not conuenient COnsider first when the high Priest could drawe nothing worthy of death from the wordes of Christ then he asked the standers by who had beene often at his Sermons and euery one spake that which they thought might helpe to condemne him and were very earnest and desirous to finde out some capitall crime according to that saying They searched for iniquities searching they fainted in their seaarch Psal 69 they inuented counsailes which they could not establish Consider secondly the purity of the life of thy Lord which was so great that it was hard to frame such a lye of him as might carrye any colour of truth euen by the testimonie of his aduersaries themselues Learne thou first to accuse no man vniustly For a Detractor and false witnesse are bound to restitution of good name Secondly to auoyd all lyes For a Lyar cannot please euen the wicked Thirdly according to the example of Christ to liue in such order that the very enimies of Faith may finde nothing in thy life to obiect against thee but considering thee by thy good workes may glorifie God our Father Fourthly neuer to seeke out reasons against thy conscience to excuse thy sinne Ioan. 18. For those testimonies are false and not conuenient whereby God is not deceiued nor thy Conscience pacified Consider thirdly these two false witnesses standing vp amongst the rest whose testimonies are especially related either because they were of greater moment that by them thou mightest knowe the vanities of the others or else because they contayne the mysterie of the death of our Lord which was then in handling But they were not conuenient First because the witnesses could not agree together the one saying I will destroy and the other I can destroy Secondly because our Lord had spoke no word of destroying and building againe Ioan. 12. but he said dissolue and I will raise speaking of his death and resurrection Thirdly because he had hurt no man if he had restored in three dayes that which he had destroyed Fourthly because it seemed not to be beyond his power who had raysed Lazarus from death after he had been dead foure daies Fiftly because such kinde of braging words seemed rather worthy of laughter and contempt then of death Learn thou first not to wrest the words of Christ to a contrary sence Secondly not to relate any thing otherwise then it was done Thirdly neuer to iudge euill of the minde or intention of others when their words or deedes may be well interpreted Do thou also suffer together with thy Lord Christ for whose death and destruction so many men tooke so great paines and pray vnto him that thou maiest be instructed in the true vnderstanding of the Scriptures and that hee will neuer suffer thee to fall into haeresie And the high Priest rising vp in the middest of them Mat. 26. Mar. 14. asked Iesus saying Doest thou answere nothing to those thinges which these men obiect against thee and whereof they beare witnes against thee but Iesus held his peace and answered nothing Againe the high Priest said I adiure thee by the liuing God that thou dost tell vs if thou art Christ the Sonne of our blessed God COnsider first when nothing was found worthy of accusation which might seeme as a fault to bee obiected before Pilate the Gentile President the high Priest being angry inuented certaine questions to the end that hee might gather some thinges from his answers His owne conscience informed him that nothing

sword 2. Doest thou thinke that I cannot aske my Father Ioan. 18 and hee will giue me more then twelue legions of Angels 3. The cup which my Father hath giuen vnto me wilt thou not that I shall drinke it Fourthly Ioan. 18. how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled because so it must be done COnsider first suffer now that is it is enough proceede no further with thy sword and defence He doth not reprehend the fact of Peter but he saith it is enough that thou in thy defence and in thy wrath maiest keepe a meane according to that Bee angry and sinne not Secondly consider these foure reasons by which he admonished Peter not to goe about to hinder his passion Thou maist learne heereby the willingnesse of Christ to suffer who vsed so many reasons that he might be permitted to suffer But thou doest auoyd all troubles for Christs sake seekest out all reasons that thou maist suffer nothing Thirdly which shal take the sword that is they which by their own authority shall vse the sword not receiuing it from God deserue by the law to be put to death and although they escape the sword of men in this world yet they shall perish with that sword which keepeth the entry into Paradise Learne to leaue all reuenge vnto God Fourthly consider the great multitude of Angells which are alwaies ready to helpe good men that thou maist learne to trust in God which hath assigned so many Angells to haue care ouer thee For Helizeus had experience in him selfe of that which Christ heere affirmeth of him selfe 4 Reg. 6. Consider fiftly the Cup which my Father hath giuen vnto me He calleth his passion a cup thereby diminishing rather then increasing the greatnes therof that thou shouldest not lightly cōplaine of the grieuousnes of thy miseries He acknowledgeth that his father gaue it him because thou shalt not ascribe thy afflictions to men or to deuills but to God alone which blessed Iob who was vexed both by deuills men Iob. 1. Our Lord hath giuen our Lord hath taken away know that God doth not leaue to be a father when hee doth afflict but rather sheweth himselfe to be a Father when he chastiseth Sixtly cōsider that the Scriptures are fulfilled by the passiō of Christ are likewise fulfilled by thy passions For through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdome of God Giue thankes to Christ who with so ready so prepared a minde came to his passiō for thy sake Stirre vp his loue in thee pray him that he wil stir vp in thee a desire to suffer for his name and that in all things which shall happen vnto thee thou maist finde out the reasons that it was iust which thou didst suffer And when he had touched his eare he healed it Luc. 22. COnsider first with what great benignity Christ cured the Eare of this malepert Soldiour and cruell enemy whome he foresawe would be neuer the better for such a benefit that thou maist learne to be readier to mercy then to seuerity and to doe good for euill though thy aduersary deserue it not Secondly the force of the touch of our Sauiours hand that thereby thou maist know the vertue of the body of Christ For if the onely touch of his hand did restore his enimies eare will not his whole body receiued in the Eucharist cure both the body soule of his friend Thirdly that Christ being ready to suffer did heale the eare for this is one of the chiefe fruites of the passion of our Lord to make our soules capeable of the word of God to cure them through Faith and Sacraments Therefore God would admonish his enemies by this his last miracle before his death to open their eares to heare the word of God and by hearing to lay aside all malice To be briefe admire the bounty of God pray him that he will shewe thee the like mercy for thy innumerable sinnes The eleuenth Meditation of the captiuity of our Lord. In that howre Iesus said vnto the multitude to those Mat. 26. Mar. 14. which came to him the chiefe Priests the Magistrates of the people and the elders yee went forth as to a thiefe with swords and staues to apprehēd me I was daily with you in the Temple I sate teaching you did not hold me Luc. 22. nor stretch your hands against me But this is your houre the power of darkenes And all this was done that the scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled COnsider first what accoūt was made of thy Lord to wit as of a thiefe for the suppressing of whome there needed so great an army Secondly how he shewed that he was no thiefe as he which had hurt no man nor lyen hid like a thiefe but had done good and had taught nothing in secret but alwaies publiquely and called those men for witnesses thereof whome he saw stand ready to be the officers for his death therfore he admonisheth them to call to remembrāce the doctrine which he had taught thē to change their mindes for they should finde nothing in it but holy learned wholesome counsaile Consider thirdly by what words he gaue his aduersaries power to rage against him without which they could haue done nothing and euery word hath his force this is as if he said you care onely for the present respect not the time to come which is the property of sinners not of iust men houre all present time is short all the pleasure of sinners passeth like an houre also al the afflictiō of the iust passeth away your this this short time is granted vnto you to doe euery thing either for your saluatiō or damnation I say this precious time which after this life will not remaine and the power of darknes that is to say a darke power both because they deserue it through the darknesse of their sinnes also because they which vse it are carryed to the darknes of Hell also because darknes remaineth in the power of the wicked and to conclude because power was giuen to the Deuils the princes of darknesse to doe all mischiefe vnto Christ Consider therfore the multitude of the paines of Christ and their greatnes when it was permitted to wicked Spirits being practised most ready in doing hurte to persecute Christ by these his most willing ministers Admire heere also this most willing permission of Christ giue him thanks offer thy selfe ready to indure al labours and torments for his sake pray him that thy power may not bee in darknesse but that all thy actions may be perfected with the light of faith and of his diuine grace Then came the company and Tribune Mat. 26. Mar. 14. Luc. 22. the Ministers of the Iewes laid hands vpon Iesus and so they held bound him COnsider first the wonderful insolency of these men in taking thy Lord thinke of

torments I haue remitted nothing of my deuotion loue to thee Secondly I thy Sonne am returned to thee from this hard embassage from this bloudy battell I carry away the victory and I bring the spoyles What reward wilt thou giue me what glory wilt thou prepare for mee what triumph wilt thou assigne mee The Roman Emperors triumphed with the victorious Army Poore Lazarus Luc. 16. which was denyed crūmes from the rich mans table was carryed in a triumphant Chariot that is in Angels hands into Abrahams bosome What glory then wilt thou giue to me thy Sonne I am more honorable because I am thy Son I haue labored more then the rest for I haue spent my bloud I haue vndergone more danger for I haue fought alone with the enemy I haue indured more want for a drop of water hath been denyed mee I haue ouercome more strange enemyes for I haue subdued the Prince of this world broken his forces and thrust him out of possession and to bee briefe I haue taken more noble spoyles hauing deliuered so many thousand soules from the bondage of the Deuill and subdued all the whole world vnto thy gouerment What then wilt thou prepare for so great a conqueror Into thy handes First as sacrifices are offered into the handes of God so I as high Priest doe offer my soule as a most fatt sacrifice into thy handes Secondly hitherto the soules which departed out of this world went not into the handes of God but into Abrahams bosome in the places belowe but now I desire first to be receiued into thy handes and my Disciples hereafter to bee receiued also Thirdly this my spirit which is now descending into Hell to deliuer the Fathers shall not want the diuinity but euen as the diuine nature took the humane nature into the same person so it shall remain both with the body in the sepulcher with the spirit in Hell Fourthly I commend it to thy hands that thou shouldest endowe it with glory adorne it with rewardes I commend or as the Greeke text saieth I will commend that is euen now I will send it to thee First hitherto neither this body nor my soule hath seemed to bee greatly commended vnto thee because both the body hath remained in the hands of enemies and my soule being sorrowfull euen vnto death was alwaies in my own hands subiect to many miseries Psal 118. and death it selfe Hitherto thou hast seemed to haue care only of thy bondslaues and to neglect thy Sonne for thou hast deliuered vp thy Sonne to redeeme thy seruant doe thou now at last receiue my spirit cōmended vnto thee Secondly I commend that is I leaue it with thee to haue it againe after three dayes Thirdly no man taketh it from mee for I am not compelled to dye against my will but I willingly yeild it and deliuer it to thy custody My spirit hee saith not my soule which beastes possesse aswell as men but my spirit because the sensual man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 perceiueth not those thinges which are of the spirit of God In Christ the spirit 1 Cor. 2. that is the higher part had as it were conuerted the soule into it selfe so as the inferiour man desired nor coueted nothing but according to the rule of reason Pray thou vnto God the Father that hee will receiue thy soule alwayes commended with the spirit of his Sonne Into thy handes I commend my spirit COnsider first that though the spirit of Christ needed not to be commended to the Father yet it was cōmended to him that all faithfull and holy men should knowe that they are cōmended vnto God by this prayer of Christ For God calleth those by the name of Spirit which are indued with his spirit That saieth hee which is borne of the spirit Ioan. 3. is spirit euen as they which are ruled by the spirit of the Deuill are called the spirits of Deuils Doe thou looke into thy selfe what spirit raigneth in thee 1 Tim. 4 whether of Christ or of the Deuils And againe whether thy soule hath changed the spirit into it selfe so as thou seemest little different from a brute beast or whether the spirit of our Lord hath thy soule wholy subiect and obedient vnto it Heb 4. For the worde of God being liuely and powerfull reacheth euen to the diuision of the soule and of the spirit And therefore in the houre of death diligent inquiry shal be made what the spirit hath done and what the soule and they onely shall bee commended vnto God Rom. 8. which haue wrought by the spirit of God Consider 2. if Christ commended vs to God the Father then wee ought to bee carefull to commend our soules vnto him in good workes Therefore let vs prouide First that what the grace of the holy Ghost hath wrought in our soules Pet. 4 may be preserued framed perfited as it were by his diuine hands Secondly that our spirite bee often conuersant in Heauen and adhere not too much to any worldly things For saith St. Augustine if our mindes be there wee shall haue rest heere Ser. 175. de temp Thirdly that God will holde vs in his handes according to that Sap. 3. Ioan. ●0 The soules of the iust are in the handes of God neither can any man take thē out of his handes Fourthly that our spirits when they goe out of this world may bee deliuered to the handes of God to be crowned and be commended to his keeping till the future resurrection of our bodyes Consider thirdly that the Church of God which is directed and guided by the spirit of Christ is so commended to God the Father by this prayer of her spouse That the gates of Hell cannot preuaile against her Mat. 16. Therefore doe thou neuer seperate thy selfe from her except thou wouldest fall into thy enemies handes but defend the life and safety of thy soule by the spirit faith grace and Sacraments of the same Consider fourthly that there is cōmended vnto thee by his prayer First the guift of the feare of God and next diligent deuotion against the vice of slouth For if Christ the Son of God did with such earnest prayer commend his spirit to his Father it behooueth thee not onely to pray but also to worke thine owne saluation with feare and trembling Phil. 2. Pray then vnto our Lord to take care of thy soule and to bestow rather heauenly guifts vpon thy spirit then earthly benefites vppon thy body The 44. Meditation of the death of Christ Luc. 23. Ioan. 19. And saying this bowing his head gaue vp the ghost COnsider first in what manner the Spouse of thy soule ended his life The standers by vse to obserue the countenaunce gesture and words of those which are to dye mothers also vse to marke the eyes and countenaunce of their children when they goe farre from them and to remember often in their minds the manner of