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A72089	The practise of Christian workes. Written in Spanish by the R. Father Francis Borgia, sometymes Duke of Gandia, and the third generall of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a short rule, how to live well. Englished by a father of the same society. VVhereunto are adioyned certaine pious meditations vpon the beades: translated also out of the Spanish	Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572.; Everard, Thomas, 1560-1633.; Cresswell, Joseph, 1556-1623.	1620 (1620)	STC 11315; ESTC S124739	63,056	286

almes let him be confounded for that he is ingrate and thankles both to God and to his Neighbour And by so doing when he is to aske any thing he will beginne to be confounded as one who vnderstandeth and knoweth wel how great an obligation it is whereunto the almes receaued bindeth him and he will craue only what is necessary sith the greater his band and obligation shal be the more he shall take And when he goeth in pilgrimage let him beware that this thought enter not into his mind that he thinke himselfe to lead an Apostolicall life but let him rather thinke that it is appointed him for his pennance And if he be of the number of the recluse or of such as liue in Cloisters let him thinke that it was our Lords will to remoue him as an vnruly and vntamed beast from the conuersation and company of men ¶ If he be a King or a Prince let him be confounded for that he is in that state which our B. Sauiour fled from when the Iewes would haue created him a King And meruayle it is that any dare take that charge vpon him which Christ himselfe refused vnles he peraduenture take it for his Crosse and vndergo it for the loue of Christ ¶ Let owners maisters such as be possessed of Lands be confounded for being very diligent in gathering heaping vp rents and reuenewes and as negligent on the other side in punishing publique sinnes And let them be afrayd for vsing money other goods as their owne and for not remembring him at whose handes they haue receaued and had all Let them be confounded for making great esteeme of themselues when they relieue the poore with almes whiles they thinke not that they giue what is anothers and render vnto God what is his and that God doth them a great good turne and pleasure in that in which they thinke themselues to doe a benefit And if they ought to confound themselues euen then when they giue alms how much more are they to do it whē they spend their money in vaine and wastefull vses ¶ Againe a Knight must thinke that he hath taken the sword vpon him for the defence of Gods holy Church Catholike and Apostolicall and for the aduancement of Gods honour And if the desire of his own honour take away the memory remembrance of the other and he preferre his owne honour before that of God what is he els then a persecutor of the Church of Christ and his Ghospell And therefore let him be confounded as faythles and false to God and let him thinke though he be held deemed for a man of honour amongst men that he is yet but a slaue of sin for that cause by the iudgment of God and of his Saints in no sort worthy of honour but one ordeyned and deputed to be punished in Hell for euer Let seruants be confounded for being so sollicitous in gayning the fauour of their Maisters which diligence if they had vsed in the seruice of God how much sooner had they foūd more true fauour at his hands for to serue him then others ¶ Let Iudges thinke with what seuerity they pronounce sentence against the guilty and let them bee confounded for not apprehending nor fearing the iudgment of God of which it is written Most hard iudgment shall bee to them who rule and commaunde Let the Aduocates bee confounded that though they patronize and defend other mens causes yet they are very negligent touching their owne conscience neyther let them bee proude for that they see others to need their helpe for they stand themselues in need of the help of many also euen in those things that appertaine to their soules Let the Phisitians bee confounded when they consider how they handle their patients And if they knew when themselues should fal sicke with how great diligence would they seek procure the recouery of their health Let them also thinke vpon the wounds of their soules and therat bee confounded for that when as they bee called phisitians yet they are more skillfull in procuring of their owne sicknes by sin then in putting it away Let Merchants be confounded for the care which they vse in buying cheap and in selling deare and for those things that they remayne ignorant of and know not how to buy the kingdome of heauen which is giuen Gratis and yet they buy Hell which both costeth them deare and is possessed with paine ¶ And to come to the tradesmen of the common wealth let the Taylors be confounded and ashamed who take so much care and study in making other mens apparell while themselues are notwithstanding very negligent in conseruing their owne garment of innocency which they receyued in Baptisme Let the Shoomakers be cōfounded who though they be able to enter pierce most hard leather with their all 's will not for all that suffer Gods inspirations to enter into their minds ¶ And whose wit may serue him to speake of the state of Women as it deserueth in these tymes especially in which the vanity of them is growne to so great an excesse Wherefore let Virgines be confounded for hauing thought vpon marryage For though it bee a thing lawfull yet how much better is it for them to be contented with Christ for their spouse alone and they would indeed content themselues with Christ alone if they should loue him with all the loue they are able Let the married be confounded for being ouer diligent and curious in decking themselues and in wasting and spending so much tyme and money in that respect and contrariwise for being most negligent and carelesse in putting on Christ When they put their chaines of gold about their neccks let them remember that Christs chaines were of yron and were put vpon him for his ignominy and disgrace When they put on their bracelets vpon their armes let them thinke vpō the binding of Christes hands When they cloth themselues in their gorgeous costly array let them remember that Christ had a garmen● most ignominious put vpon his back And let not onely Women but men also be confounde● who when as they weare such gay costly apparell do no●●nswere Christs reproches as they ought And if they would but consider the workes of their hands they would no doubt pull their rings of their fingers as from members that are not worthy the setting forth sith they haue done works vnworthy Christian women Let widowes be confounded who so grieuously lament the death of their husbands for that sith God hath taken away from them all the impediments of perfect Loue towards him they be so thankles for so great a benefit in so much as they may seeme to giue to vnderstand that they were better content with the creature then with the Creatour and that they in a māner m … no reckoning of God by taking the death of their husbands impatiently For they cōplaine that their husbands be taken from them but indeed

End of man CHAP. II. THE last end of man is euerlasting blysse For he was created by God to be foreuer happy in paradise And his soule being once separated frō the body so it be free from stayne of syn shall be conducted by his good Angell into heauen there for all eternity to enioy the vision of God And after the worlds consummation man shall enioy his end of beatitude wholy both in soule and body which shall be againe resuscitated and conioyned to the soule to appeare before the soueraigne Iudge and of him to receyue the reward of life euerlasting But alas many there be who neuer shall ariue to this end for which they were created because they put not in practise the meanes requisite for the sauing of their soules It is therefore good and needfull to know what these meanes be how they are to be practised Of the meanes to come to our End CHAP. III. SOME meanes there be absolutely necessary towards the attayning of our last end some againe very profitable for the same respect The necessary meanes be principally three 1. A man must haue faith and belief in God and further belieue al that which God hath reuealed vnto vs by his Holy Catholike Church because it is infallible verity he must haue knowledge of the things that concerne his saluation which are declared in the Catechisme whereby it appeareth how maynly it importeth all to know and vnderstand the principall points of Christian Doctrine comprehended in the said Catechisme As touching God he must know that he is omnipotent most wise most good most iust that he hath euer been and euer shall be that he is euery where that he seeth and knoweth all things that there is but one God in three persons the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost who be al of one and the same Nature of the same Omnipotency Wisdome Goodnes and Perfection Also that the second Person in Trinity which is the Sonne of God became man and tooke mans flesh in the wombe of the sacred Virgin Mary by the operation of the Holy Ghost that he hath redeemed vs by his most paynefull death 2. We must hope in God because he is our supreme and soueraigne good 3. We must loue him aboue all things seeing that for his soueraigne bounty and goodnes he is most worthy of our Loue. And the loue of God is demonstrated and practised in obseruation of his Commaundements and of the Commandements of the Church and in abstayning from all syn and in particular from mortall because the same is wholy opposite to him and diuerteth vs absolutly from our end And we must loue our neighbour as our selues for the loue of God Other meanes there be that may also greatly help vs toward the more easy more assured attayning of our end Such be 1. To exercise some things in the morning when we rise afterwards in the rest of the day following and at night when we go to bed 2. To examine our Conscience euery day 3. To frequent the holy Sacraments of confession Communion 4. To heare Masse euery day or as often as we find the oportunity but especially on sundays and Holidaies 5. To frequent vocall and mentall prayer 6. To be diligent in hearing of Sermons and the explication of the Christian doctrine 7. To be frequent in reading of spirituall books 8. To giue our selues to the exercise of al vertue good works c. Of the manner how to practise the aforesaid meanes well CHAP. IIII. MANY there be who know right well what they ought to do for the sauing of their soules but they haue not the knowledge how to practise the same and therefore the principall subiect of this short and spirituall Treatise shall be to specify the manner of practising those meanes well which may conduct vs to our end And for the easier orders sake we wil deuide it into two parts In the former wherof shall be declared the manner of the pactising of diuers spirituall exercises heere after mentioned And in the latter we will giue instructions how we ought to demeane and carry our selues towards God his Saints towards our neighbours and towardes our selues The former part of the Way to lyue well THE VII EXRCISE What we should do in the Morning CHAP. I. A good Christian as soone as he awaketh in the morning must blesse himselfe making the signe of the holy Crosse that therewith he may defend himselfe as a buckler against all his enem●es and whatsoeuer euill may befall him the day following That done let him raise his mind vp to God yealding him his first thought And being vp he must practise foure things 1. He must giue God thanks for al benefits receyued of him in generall and in particular for preseruing him that night from all euill 2. He must offer vnto God his both body and soule to serue him and consecrate vnto him all his actions with an intent and purpose to do them to his greater honour and glory 3. He must make a purpose firme resolutiō of a better life then he hath lead the dayes past and of abstayning from all syns in particular from those whereunto the findeth himselfe most inclined 4. He must make petition to God that he would please to take him into his protection and safegard and craue grace that he may be able to put his good purposes in practise and to do all his good works most acceptable to the diuine will It will be very good also to the same effect to implore the aide and assistance of the most sacred Virgin Mary of our good Angell Patrone and other Saints for as much as they can do very much with God and may easily obtayne what we demaund And this done let him say a Pater and Aue. What we are to do at Night CHAP. II. BEFORE we take our rest it profiteth very much 1. To be thankfull to God for his benefits namely for those in particular which we haue receyued that very day 2. To make an examen of our conscience in the manner which we shall set down afterwards 3. To aske of God that he will vouchsafe to preserue keepe vs that night from sicknes from sodaine death from euill dreames disquiet and from all offending him To recommend our selues also to the Blessed Virgin mother of God and to our good Angell other Saints according to our deuotion and after to say some prayer as we did in the morning 4. Then to take holy water with deuotion and compunction of hart for as much as by the prayers of the Church it hath great effect to purge and wash away veniall syns 5. Beeing laid downe in bed to endeauour to fall a sleepe with some good thought or other in our mind What it is meete for vs to do in the day tyme CHAP. III. IN the day tyme it is good to exercise foure things 4. To take heed we spend not the tyme vnprofitably