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A06360	The life of Gregorie Lopes that great servant of God, natiue of Madrid, written in Spanish by Father Losa curate of the Cathedrall of Mexico. And set out by Father Alonso Remon of the Order of our Lady de la Merced, with some additions of his owne.	Losa, Francisco de, 1536-1624.; White, Thomas, 1593-1676. aut; Remón, Alonso, 1561-1632.	1638 (1638)	STC 16828; ESTC S105406	99,533	326

to be talked of when there is nothing that troubleth vs but all goeth well with vs so he was vsed to say commonly that resignation is alltogether deedes and hath no wordes He spēt some daies after this manner with that patience and courage as he was vsed to suffer his other sicknesses vntill vpon the day of S. Iohn Baptist the 24. of Iune I thought it fitting to giue him the blessed Sacrament and askeing him whether he thought it good to receiue it then he answered yes and that he reioyced much that it was vpon the day of S. Iohn Baptist his especiall patron I gaue him the blessed Sacrament and fearing that his death did draw neere I had some holy oile in readines against it was needfull for besides his great weaknes and illstomach he had got a hicket that was very painefull vnto him and his pulse did beate with intermissions notwithstanding all this such was his courage that the very same day that he receiued his Viaticum and all the daies following he rise out of his bed and made it himself he made himself readie and allwaies euen to his death he did rise to the stoole and though commodity was offered him yet he would mortify himself in not vsing it He grew weaker euery day not being able to eate any thing at all he only sustained himself with strong waters which were sent him in great quantity from Mexico by persons of quality which when he receiued admiring at the prouidence of God he said with great feeling ●hou art wonderfull o Lord for that a Man who in all the world doth not possesse a pin of his owne should haue need to liue vpon waters of kings and princes and should find those that would giue him them without seeking for Now the day of the glorious Apostles S. Peeter and Paul was come and I doubting that my sick man would not out-liue that day thought it most secure to giue him Extreme Vnction He was very glad that this Sacrament was to be administred vnto him vpon that day of the Princes of the Church to whom he was much deuored and had allwaies a desire to serue The time being come wherin I was to giue him absolution in vertue of his Bulla Cruzada I bad him call to mind some sin though of the yeares past that I might absolue him and apply vnto him the Indulgences of the See Apostolick whereunto he answered that by the mercy of God he did not feele any thing trouble his conscience the which was to be vnderstood of mor●all sins whence may be gathered that h● neuer committed any in his life because he was not ignorant that none euer liued without veniall sin ●xc●pting our Lady though it might be allso he said that he did not remember any veniall sin not because he had neuer committed any but because he had not committed them wittingly and being asked sodainly it might very well be that he remembred none With that I gaue him the Sacrament of Extreme Vnction afterwardes importuning him that he would suffer sheetes to be brought him to ease him somewhat of his paines he answered now that I am anoiled I may receiue them and thinking that his death drew neare I said vnto him will you dy now then speaking to himself he said now nature wilt thou dy shewing by this the pity and compassion which the spirit had of the body or the higher part of his soule of the lower ond sensitiue for Gregory vnderstood very well this diuision and anatomy of the inward Man and the outward and the parts of both and he was vsed to discourse very elegantly of it So vehement were the paines which he endured in his body as that I once asking him how he did and where was his paine he said that from the sole of his feet to the crowne of his head there was no part free from paine ad besides this our Lord on the other side did afflict him in the most interiour and sensible part of his soule so that both inwardly and outwardly he might haue abundant occasion of merit In this kind I will tell one thing that was generally knowne in Mexico though perhaps all doe not relate it so precisely as it hapned and therefore it is not amisse to set downe the truth I will conceale the persons names because those that knowe them will easily guesse the right and those that doe not knowe them there is no reason why they should Amongst those persons of quality that came from Mexico to visit Gregory in this his last sicknes there was a great Lady who was wife to a noble man that serued the king in an honourable office She did not giue such Good exāple in the city as she might haue done both in matter of brauery and excessiue expences as also in playing at crades wherin she lost much time and mony allso drawing after her some other noble weomen who vnder her wing did dare to giue scope to that vice their husband 's not being able to hinder them This Lady came to Santafe the third of Iuly seauenteen daies before Gregoryes death to visit him and cherish him for allthough in the thinges aforesaid she was somewhat faulty yet for workes of merey and compassion towardes the poore and afflicted she was much to be commended As soone as I vnderstood of her comming I sent word vnto her that she should not come into the house hauing made such little vse of his prayers and labours for that hauing bin here before she had not left off playing art cardes and taken away the scandall which she did giue therby being a purgatory to so noble a gentleman as her husband was therefore she might returne to Mexico for there was no meanes to see the sick man neither would her almes be wellcome vnto him She made diuerse replies and in messages backwardes and forwardes were spēt three or foure howers I still denying her leaue to come and visit him Whilest therfore this Lady expected the last resolution and answer that deuote of ours whom I spoke of and others allso certified me that she came with a great desire to amend and leaue of her idle life and gaming and that therfore it would much auaile for her entire amendment to comfort her and yeeld to that which she did so much desire wherwith I was satisfied and of opinion that she should see him As she came in at the doore a far of he said vnto her Father Losa had promised that you should not come in at this doore to which she answered he hath reason but I will amend As soone as she saw Gregory she tooke much compassion of his infirmity and began presently to serue him with her owne handes sitting on her knees at his bedd side ād to dresse his meate for in that she had a speciall faculty though she had a greater in commending herself earnestly to his prayers and making vse of that good occasion in time before it slipt

Gods Lord of Kings reuealer of secrets and interpreter of great and hidden misteries Gregory died to the eies of the world I meane of Men addicted to the word and forgetfull of their saluation but he liued in the memory of the faithfull and of the true Christians to whom God began to reueale in the death of his seruant how acceptable his life had bin vnto him of this we haue infinite testimonies and be this the first At the same hower that Gregory died a certain religious woman much exercised in vertue and interiour conuersation with whom this holy Man was vsed to haue communication in the vnion of spirituall life being at her prayers rapt in spirit she saw him come towardes her saying these wordes sister I am going to heauen you are not to goe so soone because your presence is necessary for the seruice of God and the comfort of this monastery this said he presently vanished away leauing her soule much edified ād resigned to the will of God though her desire was to be freed from that mortall body and be with Christ And before the newes of Gregory his death came to Mexico she told this reuelation to her ghostly father who being certified of the truth aduised her not to diuulge that which had bin reuealed vnto her vntill it pleased God to declare what was to be done he did allso counsaile her to pray more earnestly vnto God to assure her whether this was a visiō from him or illusion of the diuell and twelue daies after she told her ghostly father that it was the will of God that this should be reuealed vnto me because I had inquired of what had past and moreouer that these wordes were spokē vnto her by the mouth of her heauenly spouse Iesus Christ Wherefore thinkest thou Gregory is placed neare me because he left all temporall things for my sake and liued with inward recollection and silence I haue bin told of a religious woman whose vertue and spirit is well knowne vnto me how that fiue yeares before Gregory his death laying herself downe vpon her bed after Prime because at that time she was sick God shewed her in her sleep the heauens open and all the religious Orders and Martirs going out in procession and more ouer our Lady with many of the weomen saints and our Sauiour Iesus Christ with Apostles and she being amaysed at this vision it was told her that they went to visit holy Gregory who was sick Afterwardes she vnderstood that he was like to dy and that he had not earen any thing in fiue daies A certaine person whose wisdome vertue and humility is well knowne to all moued with an affectiō of deuotiō and loue which he did beare towardes this holy man did desire him some daies before his death to remember him and he promised him to doe so and the first saturday night after Gregory his death this man saw in his sleep a vision wherwith he waked and that which he saw was the likenes of holy Gregory whose blessed soule did as it were vnite it self vnto the others body and made him praise God in his ●aints especially in the holy con●esiour Gregory with great Iubily and this past for a while and he remaining very ioyfull and much comforted he began againe to feele himself touched ouer all the body and awaking therwith now the secōd time that shape of Gregory did enter into him moouing him after an extraordinary manner and making him praise God in such sort as it was not in his power to cease one instant and withall made him vnderstand and acknowledge how vnworthy he was of that fauour and how much he was obliged to serue God and be gratefull for that visite of his faithfull freind A seruant of God of approued vertue whom our Lord teacheth and incourageth by many extasies and rapts being one day ten yeares before Gregory his death sore afflicted and full of paine he began to consider with himself the excellence of Gregory his spirit and being in this consideration rapt in spirit there was set before the eies of his vnderstanding an image so cleare and transparant as that he could see through it and it was told him such is the soule of Gregory Lopes where at he did both wonder and reioyee very much and told it vnto Gregory who answered not a word A religious Man that led a spirituall life much addicted to prayer whilest he was praying in the quire had such a cleare knowledge of his being nothing giuen him by God at the intercession of Gregory as that it much edifieth all that treate with him and withall such a great loue of God and vniō with his diuine maiesty that two months being past since he receiued that fauour he hath neuer discontinued that vnion but allwaies perseuered in one continuall act There was a certaine Priest that was much affected to the vertue and spirit of Gregory and had great hope to find fauour in the ●ight of God by meanes of his ●rayers he considering sometimes with himself a little while after Gregory his death how happy he was and gracious in the sight of God once in his sleep he seemed to heare a voice which said Aske and in confirmation of this word he asked some thing of God which till that time he could neuer obtaine and it was granted him presently the same day and by the same meanes he obtained other things not only for himself but allso for others To another deuout man that came to aske counsaile of Gregory being now dead as he was vsed to doe whilest he liued it was said iudge not thy neighbours and be more temperate wherwith he told me that he had reaped much profit in his soule Many other things like vnto these haue bin wrought by our Lord whereby appeares the great glory wherwith the diuine goodnes hath honoured Gregory aft●r his happy passage and made knowne his great sanctity by a number of miracles THE SECOND CHAPTER Of some Miracles which God hath wrought by the reliques of Gregory Lopes GOd is wōt to exalt his freinds not only in their heauenly country where they liue for euer but allso in this place of exile where they dy and to honour those at their death who honoured him in their life working miracles by the iust man to the end that his good workes may be knowne the power of God honouring him with miracles who had serued and honoured God with his vertues And because the sanctitie and vertue of Gregory haue bin so excellent therfore the diuine goodnes hath done and doth still euery day so many miracles by this his seruant as that if any curiosity and diligence had bin vsed in gathering them together and approuing them by this time we night haue made a good large relation of them and I hope in God that he will yet worke more for his greater glory the honour of this holy man and our profit and edification I will here only

this with great feeling and many teares and said that in that vision he came to know Gregory for that before he did not know him the religious woman became thenceforward much deuoted to this holy man who at the day of his death rerequited her for she not knowing of it had for the space of foure daies together a very speciall apprehension of God his goodnes and of how much she was bound vnto him and withall a discouery of the worlds deceit and she held as vndoubted that she had receiued that fauour from God by Gregory his meanes for th●n he was in heauen enioying the sight of God There was a priest that was much addicted to this holy man and followed alltogether his counsaile and doctrine in his manner of praying He hauing allready receiued some fauours of God tooke such content in them as only to enioye them he did not take any care to walke any farther in the spirituall way Gregory seing his manner of proceeding recited that sentence of Isaias thou hast found life in thy hands therfore thou hast not asked Herewith God did much illuminate him that so he might walke with more pouerty of spirit and cast himself into that infinite depth of God without relying vpon his owne waies nor euen vpon those fauours wherwith at other times God had drawe● him on for he endeauoured to strip himself wholly that he might be in more readines vpon all occasions to accomplish the will of God and not to make any stop in the spirituall way profiting herewith both himself and others A young man very vertuous and desirous to doe well went about very much disquieted in mind for the space of foure or fiue months and the greatest cause of his anguish was because he did not know what state of life to make choice of for his owne saluation He acquainted herewith certain holy and deuout persons desiring them to pray for him and perceiuing that none of these meanes was sufficient to rid him of that vnquietnes he remembred himself of Gregory Lopes and went to Santafe to visit him and though he was a young man otherwise bold enough yet at the very sight of Gregory his heart was to sealed with feare and reuerence as that allthough Gregory was of an humble demeanour ād in poore attire he said that he had neuer seen in his life a man that had stroken into him such a reuerence both inwardly and outwardly and that it seemed vnto him that he saw in him the coūtenance of one more then a man He intreated him to beseech his diuine Maiesty to giue him light that he might choose the estate wherin he should doe him most seruice and Gregory only saying vnto him trouble not your self for I will recommend you vnto God his spirit was quieted and the said trouble neuer came to him againe the which he attributed to the holy Man his prayer and chose the estate of Priesthood and died with an esteeme of vertue and sanctity he affirmed with an oath that at other times he acquainted Gregory with sundry temptations that he had and allwaies returned with great satisfaction and comfort Another person very deuout vnto Gregory went vnto the place where he was and the first night sustained many very grieuous tēptations of which he told him the next morning and he answered I did forget my self last night it shall not be so hereafter and the nights following he found himself more at ease and with more deuotion the which he did hold for certaine befell him through Gregory his prayers THE XX. CHAPTER Of the respect which he stroke into those that did looke vpon him IT is a thing worthy of obseruation that a poore man solitary and vnknowne cloathed only in grey sack cloth allwaies bareheaded and in a manner an out-cast should stricke such a respect and reuerence into those that looked vpon him that allthough they were men vsed to wordly conuersation yet some should not be able to speake a word vnto him truely vertue and sanctity ought to be honoured and reuerenced euen by those that doe not follow it because that which is good doth all waies seeme well and since that through our sinnes it is so rare in the world no maruaile if it cause admiration and feare A certaine Man of good account and very vertuous came with a great desire to see the holy man and to talke with him about a busines of importance which did trouble his mind and made him allwaies Melancholly and as soone as he came into his presence he was so troubled and tongue-tied that he could not speake a word being in this trouble and Gregory allwaies expecting when he would declare his necessity vnto him he stood a long time silent at length the holy man lifted vp his eies and for a while looked vpon him peraduenture he was praying for him and afterwardes he freed him from that trouble answering his doubts and satisfying him in all that he would haue asked if he had not become dumbe wherat he became more confounded and amased perceiuing that he had vnderstood his mind and thoughts by the light of prayer and going forth he told this accident to another vertuous mā that came with him and being asked what was the cause of that his trouble he answered it was the beholding of such a venerable countenance so great mortification and so holy a recollection of mind and that he departed astonied because he had giuen such a particular answer to all that he had in his mind he not propounding his busines There came to see him a young man that was a student● and before the holy man spoke euer a word vnto him his mind was possessed with such a feare and amasement as that he presently purposed to change his life and was afterwardes a priest of a very retired and exemplar life and came often to confer with Gregory in those fiue yeares that he liued A certaine gentlemans mā came vnto him with a message from his Master and as soone as he came into his presence he was surprised with such a feare and trouble as that he could not speake and going forth he said It is one thing to speake vnto these men of God and another to speake with men of the world I did not thinke that the sight of any man could haue troubled me Some daies after comming againe with the like message and haueing deliuered it vnto me I asked him if he would goe in and deliuer it himself vnto Gregory he answered me no sir I pray doe you tell him for I dare not Another person came from far to visit him in this village of Santafe and hearing much commendations of his sanctity he was afraid to come in his presence but being come to see him he felt such inward ioy as that not being able to cōceale it he told the holy man what had hapned vnto him wherunto he answered giue God thankes for it This ioy lasted two daies to the great profit of his soule he said that to him it seemed that he had seen an Apostle and that in that occasion God had giuen him such a feeling as that he could not possibly expresse it and he affirmed that the second time that he saw him he found himself inwardly satisfied of his doubts onely by looking vpon him without asking him any thing for as is said God had bestowed this fauour vpon Gregory What I haue here related is not the most admirable that is knowne of his workes and miraculous life for it Vere to vndertake a thing far aboue the ordinary reach of mans wit to thinke of finding the height of the gifts fauours and riches which God bestowed vpon this his seruant whose life might vnto vs be insteed of a light and paterne to imitate that so if it be the will of God we might at length find out that place of euerlasting peace and quietnes which we seeke after Amen