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A06450	A spiritual doctrine conteining a rule to liue vvel, vvith diuers praiers and meditations. Abridged by the Reuerend Father Levvis de Granada of the holie order of preachers. And deuided into sixe treatises, as is to be seene after the prefaces. Nevvlie translated out of Spanish into English.	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.	1599 (1599)	STC 16922; ESTC S108929	160,268	410

shevvest vvherfore dost thou vvithdravve thy self from me O most louing lord hold me vvith thy feare constraine me vvith thy loue and quiet me vvith thy svveetenes I confesse o Lord that I am that prodigall sonne Luc. 15. vvhoe liuing ouer rankly and louing mie self and thy creatures disorderedlie haue vvasted all the substance vvhich thou diddest giue me But novv that I doe knovv mie miserie and pouertie and doe returne pined vvith hunger to the fatherlie bovvels of thy mercie and doe approche to this celestial table of thy most pretious body vouchsafe to looke vppon one vvith eyes of pittie and to com forth to receaue me vvith the secrete beames of thy grace and to make me partaker of the maruailous fruites and effects of this most vvorthie Sacrament for somuch as by it is giuen the grace of the holie Ghost by it ar forgiuen sinnes by it ar pardoned the debts devv vnto sinnes by it deuotion is increased by it is tasted spiritual svveetenes euen in the verie spring of the same by it arrenued all good purposes and desires and by it finallie the sovvle is ioined vvith her heauenlie spouse and receaueth him into her self that by him she maie be ruled defended and guided in the vvaie of this life vntil he bring her to the desired harbour of his glorie Receaue then o pitiful father this thy prodigal sonne vvhoe trusting in thy mercie returneth to thy house I acknovvledge o my father that I haue sinned against thee that I am not vvorthie to be called thy sonne no nether a hired seruant yet for al this haue mercie vppon me and forgiue me my sinnes I beseeche thee o Lord commaund that the garment of Charitie the ring of liuelie faith and the shooes of ioiful Hope be giuen me vvith vvhich I maie goe securelie through the rough and cragged vvaie of this life Let the multitude of vaine thoughts and desires depart out of me for one is mie beloued one mie desired one mie God and Lord. Let nothing heereafter be svveete to me nor delite me but onlie he Let him be al mine and I alhis in such sort that mie hart doe becom one thing vvith him Let me not knovv anie other thing nor loue anie other thing nor desire anie other thing but onlie mie svveete Sauiour IESVS Christ and him crucified VVhoe vvith the father and the holie Ghost liueth and raigneth vvorld vvithout end Amen HEERE FOLOVVETH A PROFESSION OF THE CATHOLIQVE FAITH SET out according to the decree of the holie Councell of Trent I N doe vvith a stedfast faith beleeue and professe al and euerie point conteined in the Simbole of the Faith that the holie Romane Church doth vse to vvit I beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord IESVS Christ the Onlie begotten Sonne of God and borne of the father before al vvorlds God of God light of light true God of true God begoten not made of the same substance vvith the father by vvhome al things vvere made vvhoe for vs men and for oure saluation came dovvne from heauen and vvas incarnate by the holie Ghost of the Virgin Marie and vvas made man vvas crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate suffered and vvas buried and rose againe the third daie according to the Scriptures ascended vp into heauen sitteth at the right hand of the father and he shal come againe vvith glorie to iudge the liue and the dead of vvhose kingdom there shal be no end and in the holie Ghost our lord and giuer of life vvhoe proceedeth from the father and the sonne vvhoe vvith the father and the sonne is together adored and conglorified vvhoe spake by the Prophets and one holie Catholique and Apostolique Church I confesse one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes and I expect the Resurrection of the dead and the life of the vvorld to come Amen I doe most stedfastlie admit and embrace the Traditions of the Apostles and of the Church and all other obseruances and Constitutions of the same Church I doe likevvise admit the holie Scripture according to that sense vvhich our holie mother the Catholique Church hath holden and doth holde vnto vvhome it doth appetteine to iudge of the true sense and interpretation of the holie Scriptures nether vvil I euer vnderstand nor interprete the same othervvise then according to the vniforme consent of the fathers I doe also professe that there be trulie and properlie Seuen Sacraments of the nevv lavve instituted by IESVS Christ our Lord and necessarie for the saluation of mankind although they be not all necessarie for all men to vvit Baptisme Confirmation Eucharist Penance Extreme Vnction Order and Matrimonie and that these Sacraments doe giue grace and that of them Baptisme Confirmation and Order can not be reiterated vvithout sacrilege I doe also receaue and admit all the receaued and approued Cermeonies of the Catholique Church in the solemne administration of al the a foresaid Sacraments I doe embrace and receaue al and euerie of those things vvhich in the holie Councel of Trent haue ben defined and declared touching Original Sinne and Iustification I doe professe also that in the Masse is offered vp vnto God a true proper and propitiatorie sacrifice for the li●e and the dead and that in the most holie Sacrament of the Altare there is trulie reallie and substantiallie the bodie and bloud together vvith the sovvle and diuinitie of our lord IESVS Christ and that there is made a Conuersion of the vvhole substance of bread into the bodie and of the vvhole substance of vvine into the bloud vvhich Conuersion the Catholique Church doth cal Transubstantiation I doe also confesse that vnder ether kind onlie is receaued Christ vvhole and intire and the true Sacrament I doe constantlie hold that there is Purgatorie and that the sovvles vvhich be there deteined ar holpen by the praiers of the faithful Also that the Saincts vvhoe reigne together vvith Christ ar to be vvorshipped and called vppon and that they offer vp praiers to God for vs and that theire Reliques ar to be vvorshipped I doe most stedfastlie affirme that the Images of Christ of the mother of God alvvaies Virgin and of other Saincts ar to be had and reteined and that due honour and reuerence is to be giuen to them I doe affirme that the authoritie of Indulgences vvas left by Christ in the Church and that the vse of them is verie behofeful for Christian people I doe acknovvledge the holie Catholique and Apostolique Romane Church to be the mother and mistresse of al Churches and doe promise and svveare true Obedience to the Bisshop of Rome vvhoe is the Succesfor of S. Peter Prince of the Apostles and the Vicar of IESVS Christ All other things also defined and declared by the holie Canons Oecumenical Councels and chiefelie by the holie Councel of Trent I doe vndoubtedlie receaue and professe and also al contrarie things and

gold vvhat hope maie I haue vvho haue liued so abominablie and so filthilie After this there folovv the Sacraments of Confession of the Altar and of Extreme vnction vvhich is the last succour that the Catholique Church can help vs vvithal in that trovvblesom time therefore as vvel heerein as in other things thou must consider the griefes and angvvishes of mind vvhich a man shall then suffer for his vvicked life past and hovv gladlie he vvil vvish that he had taken an other vvaie and vvhat kind of life he vvould then lead yf he might haue time to dooe the same and hovv he then vvilen force him self to call vppon almighte God vvhen the paines and increasing of his sicknes vvil scarcelie permitte him to dooe it Consider also those last accidents pangs of sicknes vvhich be as it vvere messangers of death hovv terrible and fearful they be the breastriseth and panteth the voice vvaxeth hoarce the feete begin to die the knees vvax cold stiffe the nostrels runne out the eys fink into the head the countenance seemeth dead the toung faultereth is not able to doe his office finallie by the hast vvhich the sovvle maketh to depart out of the bodie all the senses being troubled doe lose theire force and vertue But abo●eal the sovvle is shee that then suffreth greatest troubles for at that time shee is in a great conflict and agonie partlie for her departure and partlie for feare of the accoumpt vvhich she must giue because she is naturallie loth to depart from the bodie and liketh vvel her abode therein and feareth her reckoning Novv vvhen the sovvle is departed from the bodie there remaine yet tvvo vvais to goe th' one is to accompaine the bodie vnto the sepulchre th' other is to folovv the sovvle vntil her cause be determined and thou must vievv vvhat shall befall to ech of these parts Consider then in vvhat sort the bodie remaineth after his sovvle hath forsaken it vvhat a vvorthiegarment that is vvhich they prouide to burie it in and vvhat hast they make to get him ridde ovvt of the hovvse Consider his funeralls vvith al that passeth in the same the ringing of bells the praying for him the doleful seruice and singing of the Church the accompanying and sorovv vveeping of frinds and finallie al th' other particulers that ar then vvoont to happen vntill the bodie be left in the graue vvhere it shall lie buried in that earth of perpetual obliuion and forgetfulnes VVhen thou hast left the bodie in the graue folovv forthvvith the sovvle and behould vvhat vvay she taketh through that nevv region and vvhat shal becom of her and vvhat iudgement she shall haue Imagin that thou art novv present at this iudgemēt and that al the court of heauen expecteth the end of this sentence vvhere the sovvle shal be charged and discharged of al that she hath receaued euen to the valevv of a pinnes point There shal be taken accoūpt of the life of the goods of the familie and hovvshold of the inspirations of God of the means and opportunities vve had to lead a good life and aboue al of the accoumpt vve haue made of the most pretious bloud of our Sauiour and of the vse of his sacraments And there shal euerie one be iudged according to the accoumpt he shall make of that vvhich he hath receaued Thursdaie night Of the date of iudgment THIS daie thou shalt meditate vppon the daie of the general iudgement that by meanes of this consideration those tvvo principall affections maie be stirred vp in thy soule vvhich euerie faith full Christian ought to haue to vvit the feare of God and abhorring of sinne Consider first vvhat a terrible daie that shal be in vvhich the causes of al the childrē of Adam shal be examined the processes of al our liues concluded and a definitiue sentence giuen vvhat shal be of vs for euermore That daie shall comprise in it self al the daies of al ages as vvel present and past as to com because in it the vvorld shall giue accoumpt of al those times and in it shall almightie God povver out his anger and indignation vvhich he hath gathered laid vp in al ages Hovv violentlie shal the maine floud of Gods indignation breake out at that daie conteining in it so maine flouds of anger and vvrath as there haue ben sinnes committed since the creation of the vvorld Secondlie cōsider the fearful signes vvhich shal goe before that daie Luc. ●1 for as our Sauiour saith before the comming of this daie there shal be signes in the sunne in the moone and in the starres and finallie in all the creatures of heauen and earth for they all shal haue as it vvere a feeling of their end before they end in deede and shal tremble and beginne to fal before they fal in deede But men saith he shal goe dried vp and vvithered for feare of death hearing the terrible rorings of the sea and seeing the great vvaues and tempestes vvhich shal rise in it and foreseeing by this the great calamities and miseries vvhich such feareful signes dooe threaten to the vvorld And so shal they goe astonied and amazed their faces pale and disfigured them selues dead before death and condemned before sentence be giuen measuring the perils imminent by their ovvne present feares euerie one so occupied vvith his ovvne affairs that none shal think of others no not the father of his sonne None shal then haue to doe vvith anie or for anie because none shal be sufficient for him self alone Thirdlie consider that vniuersal floud of fier that shal com before the iudge and that dreadful sovvnd of the trompet vvhich the A changel shal blovv to sommon and call al the generations of the vvorld to assemble together in one place and to be present at there iudgement and aboue all that dreadful maiestie vvith vvhich the iudge shall com After this consider the streight accoump vvhich shal there be required of euerie mā Trulie saith Iob I knovv it is so Iob 9. and that no man can beiustified yf he be compared vvith God If he vvil conted vvith him in iudgement of a thovvsand things that he shall charge him vvithal he shal not be able to ansvvere vnto one VVhat then shal euerie vvicked person think at that time vvhen God shal enter vvith him into this examination shal there vvithin his ovvne conscience saie thus vnto him Com hither thou vvicked felovv vvhat hast thou seene in me that thou shouldest thus despise me and goe to mine enimies side I haue created thee to my image and likenes I haue giuē thee the light of faith made thee a Christiā redeemed thee vvith mine ovvne propre bloud for thee haue I fasted traueilled from place to place vvatched laboured svveat droppes of bloud for thee haue I fusfred persecutions scoutgings blasphemies reproches buffetings dishonours torments and the Crosse VVitnes be this Crosse and nailes