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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

the Crosse into her ovvne armes And so she requesteth vvith great humilitie of those noble men that for so much as shee had takē no leaue of her sonne nor receaued the last embracings of him vppon the crosse at the time of his departure they vvould novv suffer her to approche neere vnto him and not increase her discomfort on euerie side yf as the enimies had before taken her sonne from her being yet aliue so her frinds vvould take him from her being novv dead Novv vvhen the blessed virgin had him in her armes vvhat tounge is able to expresse that vvhich she then felt O ye Angels of peace vveepe vvith this holie virgin vveepe ye heauens vveepe ye starres of heauen and al creatures of the vvorld accompanie the lamentation of the blessed virgin Marie The blessed mother embraceth the torne bodie shee clippeth it fast to her brest her strength seruing her to his thing onlie she putteth her face betvveene the thornes of the sacred head she ioineth countenance vvith countenance the face of the most holie mother is imbrued vvith the bloud of the sonne and the face of the sonne is bathed vvith the teares of the mother O svveete mother is this peraduēture thy most svveete sonne Is this he vvhome thou conceauedst vvith so greate glorie broughtest foorth vvith so great ioy vvhat is novv becom of thy former ioyes vvhither is thy vvonted gladnes gone vvhere is that mirrour of bevvtie in vvhich thou diddest behold thy self Al those that vvere present vvept vvith her Those holie matrones vvept Those noble gentlemen vvept Heauen and earth vvept and al creatures accompanied the teares of the virgin The holie Euangelist also vvept and embracing the bodie of his maister said O my good lord maister vvhoe shal be my teacher from this time forvvards To vvhome shal I resort vvith my doutes vpon vvhose brest shal I rest mie self vvhoe shal impart to me the secreats of heauen vvhat straunge change and alteration is this The lasteuening thou sufferedst me to rest vppon thy holy brest giuing me ioye of life and novv dooe I recompence that so greate benifit vvith holding thee dead on my brest Is this the face vvhich I savve transsigured vppon the mount Thabor Is this that figure vvhich vvas more cleere then the sonne at middaie Likevvise that holie sinner Marie Magdalen vvept and embracing the feete of our Sauiour said O light of myne eyes and remedie of my sovvle yf I shal see my self vvearied vvith sinnes vvhoe shal receaue me vvhoe shal cure my vvounds vvhoe shal ansvvere for me vvhoe shal defend me against the Pharisees O hovv far othervvise held I these feete and vvass hed them vvhen thou receauedst me O my svveete hart-roote vvhoe could bring to passe that I might novv die vvith thee O life of my sovvle hovv can I saie that I loue thee seeing that I remaine aliue vvhen I haue thee dead before mine eys In like manner did al that holie companie vveepe and lament vvatering vvashing that holie bodie vvith teares But novv vvhen the hovver of his burial vvas com they vvynd his holie bodie in a cleane linnen sheete they bynde his face vvith a napkin laying the bodie vppon a beere they goe to the place of the monument and there they laie in that pretious treasure The sepulchre vvas couered vvith a stone and the hart of the blessed mother vvith a clovvde of heauines and sorovve There once againe she taketh leaue of her sonne There she beginneth a freshe to feele her heauie solitarines There she seeth her self novv dispossessed of al her good Finallie there her hart remaineth buried vvhere her treasure vvas left Sonnedaie morning Of the descending of our Sauiour into Limbus of his appearing to our ladie to S. Marie Magdalen to the disciples and of his Ascension THIS daie thou maist meditate vppon the descending of our Sauiour to Limbus of his appearing to our blessed ladie to S. Marie Magdalen to the disciples and of his glorious Ascension First of al consider hovv exceeding greate the ioy comfort vvas vvhich those holie fathers in Limboreceaued through the visitation and presence of theire Redeemer and vvhat thankes and praises they gaue him for this saluation so exceeding lie desired and hoped for Those that returne from the east India into Spaine saie of them selues that they esteerne al the paines and trauailes of their voiage past by sea verie vvelimploied vvhen they cōfider the extreme ioy vvhich they receaue at the daie of theire returne to their countrie Novv yf this sayling absence from theire countrie of one or tvvoe yeares be of force to cause so great ioye vvhat contentement and pleasure vvould the absence of three or fouer thovvsand yeares vvoorke in those that vvere to receaue so great saluation and to take hauen in the land of such as liue for euer Consider likevvise the ioy vvhich the blessed virgin this daie receaued in the sight of her sonne vvhich vvas risen for certaine it is that as shee vvas the onlie person vvhich most felt the paines of his passion and death so she vvas the onlie that most vvas partaker of the ioy of his Resurrection Novv vvhat invvard comfort had she vvhen before her she beheld her sonne aliue and glorious accompanied vvith all those holie fathers vvhich vvere risen vvith him vvhat did she vvhat said she of vvhat maner vvere her embracings her kisses the teares of her pitiful eys and her desires to be alvvais vvith him yf it might be graunred her Consider the ioy of those holie Maries especiallie of her vvhich perseuered vveeping before the sepulchre vvhen she savve the beloued of her sovvle and cast her self dovvne at his feete and fovvnd him risen and liuing vvhome she sought and desired to see although he had ben dead And consider vvel that next to his blessed mother he appeared first to this vvoman vvho most loued him most perseuered most vvept and most carefullie sought him thereby to make thee knovv for certaine that thou shalt also find God if thou seeke him vvith the self same teares and diligence Consider after vvhat sort he appeared to the disciples vvhich vvent tovvards Emaus in forme of a pilgrime behold hovv gracious and courtious he shevveth him self vnto them in his vvoords hovv familiarlie he keepeth them companie hovv svveetlie he disguiseth him selt that they knovv him not and finallie hovv louing lie hediscouered him self vnto them and left them vvith passing invvard comfort and contentement Let thy speech and talk be also such as vvas this of these men and coufer vvith invvard sorovv and feeling that vvhich they conferred vvhich vvas of the torments and paines that Christ had suffered and persvvade thy self assuredlie that thou shalt not vvant his presence and companie yf thou procure to haue alvvaies this in thy remembrance and memorie Touching the misterie of the Ascension consider first hovv our Sauiour differred prolonged his mounting vp into heauen for the space

also committed by thoughts VVhere I shall haue as manie for my iudges as haue gone before me by example of good vvoorkes and so manie shall be vvitnesses against me as haue giuē me presidents of vertues And yet expecting this iudgment I cease not to giue bridell to my vices but rather more more I lie rotting and corrupting in the dregges of my sinnes stil glutonie maketh me vile pride maketh me vaine couetousnes maketh me niggesh enuie consumeth me murmuration teareth me in peeces ambition puffeth me vp anger trovvbleth me lightnes of māners dravveth me out of my self sluggishnes benūmeth me heauines casteth me dovvne and fauour lifteth me vp Thou seest heere the companions vvith vvhich I haue liued frō the daie of mie childhood vntil this present time these be the frinds vvith vvhome I haue cōuersed these the maisters that I haue obeied these the lords vvhich I haue serued Enter not therfore o lord Psal 142.2 into iudgment with thy seruant because no man liuing shall be iustified before thee for vvhoe is he that shal be found iust yf thou vvouldest iudge him vvithout pitie for this then o lord prostrating my self at thy feete vvith an humble and contrite spirite I vvil vveepe vvith the Prophet and saie Psalm 6. Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chasten me in thy vvrath Haue mer●e vppon me lord because I am vveake heale me lord because mie bones ar trovvbled And mie sovvle is verie much trovvbl●d but thou lord hovv long Be thou conuerted lord and deliuer my sovvle saue me for thy mercie Because there is none in death that is mindful of thee and in hel vvhoe vvill confesse vnto thee I haue laboured in my sigh I shall euerie night vvash mie bed vvith my teares shall I vveat mie couche Mine eye is troubled vvith furie I am vvaxen old among al mine enimies Glorie be to the father and to the sonne and to the holie ghost As it vvas in the beginning and novv and euer and vvoorld vvithout end Amen THE SECOND PRAIER FOR THE second daie of the praises of God CHAP. IIII. IN this exercise of feare and penance it behoued me o lord to spend all mie life seeing I haue so iust cause vvherefore to feare and vvherfore to lament Yet notvvithstanding al this as the greatnes of thie glorie obligeth vs to vvoorship reuerence thee so likevvise doth it binde vs to praise and glorifie thee because to thee onlie is due a hymne and praise in Sion thou being in deede as thou art a passing great deepenes of al perfections and a maine sea of vvisdom of omnipotencie of bevvtie of riches of greatnes of svveetenes of maiestie in vvhome be all the perfections and bevvties of all creatures in heauen and in earth and those also all in the highest degree of perfection In comparison of vvhich al bevvtie is foulnes all riches at pouretie al povver is vveakenes al vvisdom is ignorance all svveetenes is bitternes and finallie all vvhatsoeuer vve see in heauen and in earth is much les before thee then is a little candel in comparison of the sunne Thou art vvithout deformitie perfect vvithout quantitie great vvithout qualitie good vvithout vveaknes strong vvithout place al vvheresoeuer thou vvilt in vertue omnipotent in goodnes highest in vvisdom inestimable in thy counsels terrible in thy iudgments iust in thy thoughts most secreat in thy vvoords true in thy vvoorks holy in thy mercies abundant vvith sinners most patient and vvith those that be penitent most pitiful Therfore o lord for such a one I dooe confesse and acknovvledge thee for such a one I dooe praise thee glorifie thy holy name Giue thou me light in my hart and vvoords in my mouth that my hart may think of thy ●●rie and my mouth be ful of thy praises But for somuch as praise is not beautiful in the mouth of a sinner Eccl. 15.9 I request all the Angels of heauen and al the creatures of the vvoorld that they together vvith me praise thee and supplie in this behalfe my faults inuiting them to this vvith that glorious canticle vvhich those holy children did sing vnto thee amiddest the flames of fiar in the fornace of Babilon saying Blessed art thou Daniel 7. ô lord god of our fathers and praised and superexalted for euer And blessed is the holie name of thie glorie and praised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou in the holie temple of thie glorie and superpraised and superglorious for euer Blessed art thou in the throne of thie kingdom and superpraised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou that beholdest the deapths and sittest vppon the Cherubines and praised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou in the firmament of he auen raised and glorious for euer All the vvoorks of our lord blesse our lord praise and exalt him for euer Angels of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Heauens blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All vvaters that be aboue the heauens blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All vertues of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Sunne and moone blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Stars of heauen blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All raine and devve blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Al spirits of God blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Fiar and heate blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer VVinter and sommer blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Moisti●res and hore frost blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Frost and cold blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Yse and snovve blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Nights daies blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Light and darknes blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Lightnings and clovvdes blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Let the earth blesse our lord let it praise and superexalt him for euer Mountaines and hillocks blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All things that spring vppon the earth blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer VVelles blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer Seas riuers blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer VVhales all things that be moued in the vvaters blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All byrds of the atre blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Children of men blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer Let I srael blesse our lord let him praise superexalt him for euer Priests of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Seruants of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Spirites and sovvles of iust men blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Holie and humble of hart blesse our lord

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