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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04499	An epistle in the person of Christ to the faithfull soule, written first by that learned Lanspergius, and after translated into English by one of no small fame, whose good example of sufferance & liuing, hath and wilbe a memoriall vnto his countrie and posteritie for euer; Alloquia Jesu Christi ad animam fidelem. English	Lansperger, Johannes Justus, 1489-1539.; Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595.; Marulić, Marko, 1450-1524. Dialogue betwixt a Christian, and Christ hanging on the crosse. aut	1595 (1595)	STC 14627; ESTC S105775	112,859	336

towards her whom I make 〈◊〉 taste most sweet in their harts and excite those which are hard harted toward me to performe good works vnto her that is acts of veneration deuotion confidence and inuocation and by this meane I make them vessels fitter and worthier to receiue my grace and greater illumination from me vntill they attaine to a more reformed for the most part a most holy course of life Recommende thy selfe daylie therefore vnto her protection that by her help thou maist rece●ue greater grace and fauour at my hands For I committed vnto her custodie the whole treasure of my grace and mercie to be distributed and bestowed when I recommended vnto her all my sonnes in the person of Iohn as her sonnes but specially sinners for whome I did at that present suffer This she knoweth verie well and therefore is so carefull and dilligent to discharge the office shee receiued from mee as shee suffereth none of those as farre as lieth in her power which were committed vnto her and principallie such as call vppon her to perish but preferreth them vnto mee both with her earnest praiers and by all the other meanes shee is able that they may be reconciled vnto me and ●erciued again into my fauor dost thou think then my daughter that I could haue chosen any more fitte and more meete for this busines Could I haue founde any that had beene so apt and able euery way to haue discharged this office Dost thou thinke that such as be sorrowfull desolate and ouerwhelmed with their sinnes will desire any other mediatour for them vnto mee which may sue more faithfully in their behalfe and bee more graciouslie enclined to receiue them and more ready to bring them vnto me then this woman this most humble most pittifull most meeke and most louing virgin abounding with all sweetnes mercie beeing most mighty of her selfe to relieue sinners and most acceptable vnto mee because shee is my mother yea euen his mother whose wrath is to bee pacified and appeased towards them Alasse howe farre doo they erre how great a burthen of wilfull obstinacie and perdition doo they heape vppon their owne backes which doo mutter and murmure against this holie Virgin which hath the custodie and bestowing of my graces and will not acknowledge her for an aduocate vnto me as I am to my father Dost thou thinke that they can by any meanes throw themselues more headlong into the bottomlesse pitte of hell then by making her their enemie for whose sake I haue so often spared the world and so often forborne to powre my wrath vppon men that when there is none to be a mediator for them or to withholde my hande which is readie bent to punish them I may without any let or impediment strike them as often and as much as I will But what greater paine or punishment can I lay vppon these men then not to chasten them temporally here as children but to deliuer them ouer as my enemies into a reprobate sence that they being blinde may not see into what danger they runne vntill they finde them selues drowned in perpetuall darkenes and ouerwhelmed with eternall destruction I doo vse these exhortations vnto thee as vnto my spouse of meere loue and good will that being instructed by my spirit thou maist not decline either in this or in any other matter whatsoeuer be it neuer so small from the decrees and resolution of doctrine which my holie Catholique Church hath determined and resolued vpon nor yet suffer thy selfe to be deceiued by that wicked and malignant spirit of theirs which pretende in show to bee followers of the Gospell and are in truth nothing lesse Of sensible deuotion IF thou findest not sensible deuotion be not therefore grieued nor deiected in thy soule but doo with a stoute and constant minde although thou feelest it drie and barren whatsoeuer thou knowest to be for my honour and as much as thou art able to performe in that behalfe There are manye which shedding teares doe seeme to haue some spirituall deuotion and sweeet taste in their soule and yet their life is neuer a whitte the holier nor themselues at that time free from mortall sinne but it proceedeth from a certaine tendernesse of their hart as is often seene in women and also in men that be by nature passionate and full of compassion Haue no confidence therefore in that deuotion which doth not better amende thy life Thou shalt see some weepe often and be sorrowfull for the death of a valiant Captaine whose worthie and famous actes they haue onely read though hee were a Gentile or a Pagan They will weepe also sometime if they reade a heau●e parting or a pittifull death of two constant louers What wonder is it then if they weepe at my most holie and deuoute seruice by seeing manie patheticall things done in the worshipping of me or by taking compassiō of those things which I did suffer for them or by reioycing at that honour which is done vnto me and yet these teares proceed from a naturall passion of their hart without any vertuous intentiō or profitable frute to their soule as long as they doo not my will and fulfill my commandement If therefore thou findest my hart hardened and barren without such deuotion endeuor thou to haue another kinde of deuotion which is a true perfect and readie will with a determined resolution to doo all those thinges which may honour and please mee Moreouer for the want of the other that is sensible deuotion seeke out the true cause and reason lest perhaps thou hast lost that sweete taste in thy soule by some dissolute motion by lightnes by inordinate loue or vnmeasurable ioy or lest thou hast been too much busied with earthly cogitations or els lest thou hast polluted thy soule with the spottes of pride or hast sought to please thine owne fancie or for some such other vice and offence In which case thou oughtest to be rather grieued for the cause of this barrennesse of thy soule that is thou oughtest to bee more sorrie for the fault which thou hast committed then for the deuotion which thou hast lost Endeuour to cleaue vnto me with a good and pure will seuered from earthly affections and with a naked and simple vnderstanding farre from conceauing of needles or vnprofitable matters and omitte to doo no good thing that either thou wert accustomed to vse before or that may tende to my honour but remaine patient with renouncing of thine owne appetite and expect my pleasure with resigning of thy selfe whollie vnto the same And although somewhat at sometime doo sodainely breake out of thy sensuall disposition and outward man or remaine boyling in thy minde which is not conuenient for thy profession or els if there arise any perturbations in thee if thou sufferest any distresse if thou bee oppressed with th● temptations of heauinesse in thy soule resisting or murmuring take speciall care that at the least thy inwarde