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A22838	A heavenly treasure of confortable meditations and prayers written by S. Augustin, Bishop of Hyppon in three seuerall treatises of his meditations, soliloquies, and manual. Faithfully translated into English by the R. F. Antony Batt monke, of the holy order of S Bennet of the Congregation of England; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Batt, Antonie.	1624 (1624)	STC 934; ESTC S101507	162,145	412

of my vitious inclinations set open this pious place of refuge to which I may flie from the tumults of mine inordinate affections Graunt o Lord thou strength of my saluatiō that I be not of the number of those whoe for a ●ime beleiue and in time of temptation doe departe and leaue thee couer my heade in the day of battaile my hope in the day of affliction and my safegarde in time of tribulation Beholde o Lord my light and my life I haue asked those thinges which I want I haue made knowen those thinges which I feare neuerthelesse my conscience tormēteth me the secrets of my hart doe reprehende me and what loue affordeth feare disperseth zeale encourageth me dreade daunteth me mine actions cause me to feare but thy pittie giueth me cause of hope thy mercie emboldeneth me but my malice with-holdeth me And to speake the truth there occure to my memory many sinfull imaginations which reprehende the boldnes of my presuminge affections Mans complainte who for his disobedience is not heard of God CHAPT III. HE therefore which deserueth anger with what face can he demaunde fauoure he which meriteth to be punished howe can he be soe foole-hardie as to aske to be rewarded he incenseth the iudge whoe neglectinge to make satisfaction for his offence maketh meane to obtaine a recompence that malefactor mocketh and derideth his kinge and Lord that carnestly requiteth that price and honou●e which he nouer deserued That foolishe sonne likewise preuoketh to anger the sweete affection of his father whoe after reproaches offered b●fore repentance doth vsurpe and lay title to his inheritance What is this o Father tha● I recompt of myselfe I haue des●rued deathe yet begge for life I haue moued my kinge to anger whose aide not withstanding I impudentlie implore I hau● d●spi●ed my judge whome rashely I demaunde to be my helper I haue insolentlie refus●d to hea●e him●a a father whome nowe I presume to choose for my d● fender Woe is me for not comminge soe soone as I ought Alas alas howe little ha●● doe I make Woe is me for that I runne nowe after woundes be receiued disdatning to take heede of the dartes before I was wounded I neglected to beware of the weapons before hande yet nowe I am troubled throughe the apprehension of deathe at hande I haue infl●cted wound● vppon wounde for that I haue not feared to adde sinne vppon sinne I haue made my former scarrs to fester with newe sores for that I haue renewed my former faultes by newe iniquities and those whome the diuine salue had made sounde my phreneticall itching hath againe vnbound The skin which being growen ouer my woundes had hidden my maladie by reason of the corruption breakinge forthe hath growen to putrifie because mine iniquitie beinge re●●era●ed hath euacuated and bereaued me of mercie which before was graunted for that I knowe it is written In what hower soeuer a iust man shall sinne all his good deedes shal be forgotten If the righteousnesse of a good man is abolished when h●●●lleth into sinne by how much more is the pennance of a sinner defaced if he returne to the same O howe often haue I as a dogge returned to that which I had vomitted vpp before and as a sowe haue wallowed agains in the mire I confesse that it is impossible for me to remember howe manie simple and ignorant personnes by my meanes haue sinned howe manye that were desirous to cease from sinne I haue persuaded howe many that haue with-stoode me I haue constrained to howe many that were willing I haue consented to howe many that walked in the right way I haue prepared a ginne to how many that sought the right way I haue vncouered the pit that they might fall in and that I might not be deteried from committing still the like I easily put those past out of my minde But thou in the interim being a ●ust iudge markinge and sealinge vpp mine offenses as it were in a bagge hast considered all my waies and hast numbred all my foote stepps Thou hast all this while helde thy peace thou hast bene silent thou hast beene patient Woe is me for that thou wilt speake at length as a woman in her trauaile The dreade of the iudge comming to iudgement CHAPT IV. O God of Gods o Lord in mercy surmountinge the malice of men I knowe thou wilt not be alwaies silent then I meane when a flaminge fire shall burne before thee and a terrible tempest shall shoure downe rounde about thee when thou shalt call both heauen and earthe to iudge and discerne thy people And loe in the presence of soe many millions of people al mine iniquities shal be reuealed before soe many troupes of Angels al myne abominations shal be desplaied not onely of mine actions but likewise of my wordes and cogitations Ther shall I poore wretche stande to be iudged by so many as haue gone before me in doing good I shall by soe many accusers be thought worthy of hell as haue giuen me example of liuing well I shal be conuinced by soe many witnesses as haue admonished me by theire wholesome speeches and by their godly and pious conuersation haue caried themselues worthy of imitation O my Lord I knowe not what to say I knowe not what to answere And albeit I am as yet free from that terrible danger neuerthelesse my conscience doth afflict me the hidden secrets of my harte doe torment me couetousnes doth presse me pride doth accuse me enuie doth consume me concupiscence doth enflame me luste doth moleste me gluttonie doth disgrace me dronkennes doth conuince me detraction doth rent me ambition doth supplante me extorsion doth check me discorde doth distract me anger doth disturbe me leuitie doth vndoe me drousines doth oppresse me hyprocrisie doth deceiue me flattery doth subdue me fauoure doth e●toll me backbitinge doth disquiet me Beholde o my deliuerer whoe hast deliuered me out of the hands of cruell people Beholde with whome I haue liued from the day of my birthe with whome I haue studied and with whome I haue kept promise Those ve●ie studies which here ●ofore I aff●cted doe condemne me which in ime● pa●t I praysed doe dispraise me These are the friends to whome I haue assen●ed the teachers whom I haue obeyed the ma●sters whome I haue serued the consellers with whome I haue beleiued the cittizens with whome I haue inhabited the fam●har acquaintance to whome I haue consented Woe is me o my kinge and my God for that my abode heare is prolonged Woe is me o my light for that I haue liued with those that liue in darknes And seeing holy Dauid saied soe muche howe muche more may I be able to say My soule hath dwelt too longe in a strange lande O my God my force and my fortresse noe man shal be iustified in thy sight My hope is not in the sonnes of men Whom wouldest thou find iustified if thou shouldest iudge seuerely setting mercie aside Neither is there any thinge

greife of the woundes which I receiued nor see the darknes in which I liued and the reason was for that I was without thee the true light enlightning euerie man coming into this worlde They haue wounded me alas and I haue not greiued they haue violently drawen me and I haue not felt it because I was nothinge for that I was without life to witt the diuine Worde by which were made all thinges For this cause o Lord and my light mine enimies haue donne to me whatsoeuer they woulde yea they haue striken and stripped me they haue defiled and depraued me they haue wounded and killed me because I departed from thee and became as nothing without thee Woe is me o Lord and my life who hast made me woe is me my light who hast directed me O Lord my God defender of my life take pittie of me and raise me frō deathe for thou art my hope my strenght my force and my comfort in time of aduersitie beholde mine ennimies and deliuer me Let those that hate me flie before me and lett me liue in thee by thee For they o Lord behelde me and seeing me without thee they haue despised me They haue deuided amonge them the garmēts of vertues with which thou hadst adorned me th●y haue made as it were theire highe ●ode way passing to and fro ouer me and treading me vnder theire feete they haue defiled thy holy temple leauing me desolate and oppressed with greife I went after them being blinde and naked and intangled in the ropes of sinnes they drewe me rounde about after them from one sinne into an other and from one filthines into an other and I went as one driuen before thē hauing not the force to withstande them I was a slaue and slauerie was pleasing vnto me I was blinde and blindnes was delightfull vnto me I was boūde neither did I abhorre my bandes I thought soure to be sweete and sweete to be sower I was wretched and in miserie and I knewe it not And the reason was because I was without the Worde without which was made nothing by which al thinges are preserued without which all thinges returne to nothing For as by him al thinges were made and without him was made nothinge euen soe by him al thinges are preserued that are contained either in heauen or in earthe or in the sea or in the bottomlesse depthe Neither woulde one parte stick to an other in a stone or in any other thinge created if they were not preserued by the Worde by which al thinges were framed Let me therefore stick adhere to thee o diuine Worde for that as often as I haue wandered away from thee I should haue withered away in my selfe if thou who didst first create me hadst not recreated me I haue sinned and thou hast visited me I haue fallen and thou hast raised me I haue been ignorant thou hast taught me I haue been blinde and thou hast enlightned me Of the manifolde benefits of almightie God CHAPT VII O My God graunt that I vnworthy wretch may see how much I am bounde to loue thee Graunt that I may see how I am bounde to praise thee Graūt that I may see how much I am bounde to please thee Thunder o Lord from aboue with a greate and stronge voice into the internall care of my harte teache me and saue me and I will praise thee who when I was nothing hast created me who when I I was in darknes hast enlightned me who when I was deade hast raised me who with all manner of good thinges from my very youthe hast fed and refreshed me nourishing me with thy greatest guiftes and graces being a poore vnprofitable worme stinking through the abomination of mine iniquities Open vnto me o key of Dauid who openest and noe man shutteth against him to whom thou openest who shutteth and noe man openeth to him against whom thou shuttest open vnto me the doore of thy light that I may enter in and see and knowe and with my whole hart confesse vnto thee for that thy mercy towardes me is greate and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest hell O Lord our God how wonderfull and worthy to be praised is thy name in the whole worlde What is man o Lord that thou art mindfull of him or the sonne of man that thou visitest him O Lord the hope of good men and theire towne of defense O God the life of my soule by which I liue without which I dy O light of mine eies by which I see without which I am blinde O ioy of mine harte and comfort of my soule graunt that I may loue thee with all my harte and with all my minde and with all the force and strenght that I haue because thou hast loued me first And whence hapneth this vnto me o Creator of heau●n earthe and of the bottomlesse depthe who needest not my goodes Whence hapneth this vnto me that thou shouldest in this sorte loue me O diuine wisedome who openest the mouthes of those that are dumbe O diuine Worde by which all thinges were made Open my mouth giue me wordes of thanksgiuinge that I may rehearse all the benefitts which thou hast bestowed vpon me from the beginning Beholde I confesse therefore to haue receiued my being from thee because thou hast created me and hast preordained to create me and to nomber me amonge thy creatures from all eternitie yea from the beginning and before thou madest any thinge before thou didst extende the heauens before the bottomeles depthes had theire being before the worlde was fram d before the mountaines or hills were founded before riuers flowed before thou didst make any of those thinges which thou hast made by thy worde thou didst foresee by the infallible prouidence of thy truth that I should be thy creature preordaining soe of me by thy diuine pleasure What hath caused thee to doe this for me o most louing Lord most glorious God most mercifull Father most powerfull and for euer most pittifull creator What meritts of mine what grace did deserue the same that it should please thy diuine maiesty soe gratiously to create me Thou hast created me when I had noe being and of nothing thou hast made me something But what something Surely not water nor fire not a foule or a fish not a serpent or any bruite beaste not a stone or a peace of timber not of those kinde of creatures which haue nothing els but theire being no● of those which be and growe onely Not of that sorte which be growe and haue feeling onely but surpassing all these it hath pleased thee to make me of the nomber of those which be onely for that I am and of the nomber of those which be and growe onely for that I am and doe growe and of the nomber of those which be doe growe and haue feeling because I am doe growe and haue feeling yea thou hast created me almost equall to the Angells because