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A13700	Soliloquium animæ. The sole-talke of the soule. Or, a spirituall and heauenlie dialogue betwixt the soule of man and God. Which, for the great affinitie it hath with other bookes of the auctor published heeretofore in our natiue tongue, is now entituled The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ. Translated and corrected by Thomas Rogers. Neuer before published.; Soliloquium animæ. English	Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.; Rogers, Thomas.	1592 (1592)	STC 23995; ESTC S107313	86,064	234

as to be accepted into thine holie warfare Thou canst ô almightie and all mercifull God who hast of nothing created mee and foreseest the fall and infirmitie of man thou art able I saie and that thou wilt I beseech thee forgiue the sins which I haue committed supplie what I haue omitted restore what I haue lost heale what is sick cleanse what is vncleane lighten what is darke assuage that which swelleth inflame what is quenched repaire that is broken recouer that is neglected amende what is awrie make plaine what is rouged restraine what is curious call home that which wandereth place what is out of order yea and alter the whole state of my minde that nothing be wanting to my former purpose and let all occasion of euill worke for the best vnto mee I moste humblie desire thee This change is made by the right hand of God this is God his visitation this is the manifolde conference of the diuine goodnes In steede of all thankes accept the deuoute seruice of thine holie Church where-so-euer with the sweete praises of the whole courte of heauen And let all the sanctes from the beginning of the world which thorough thy grace haue bin enlightened and called yea and all the faithfull and Christian people which either be in the world or haue bin afore vs or shall liue hereafter let them I saie together celebrate and praise thy all sweete and glorious name which is aboue all names to be blessed Let them repeate againe and againe with greate ioie repeate all praises dulie and deseruedlie to be saide of thy name and that so manie times as there be either in the heauen stars or in the sea fishes or in the earth cornes or in the Bible letters And all this being doon yet must I saie theie haue not praised thy name sufficientlie the which I desire to commende euen to the vttermost of my strength and by all meanes to extoll vntill I attaine vnto those praises which now cannot be expressed by the voice of mortall men So that thou seest now my Soule the greatenes and the excellencie of God thy creator and redeemer his benefits the which no creature nor all creatures may recompense whome hee hath made vnto the praise and glorie of his eternall and blessed name who needeth no glorie but is alone all sufficient for himselfe hee that is what he is is his owne glorie The number of his benefits was so greate that I could not place them all before thine eies and therefore of a greate manie I choase three pretious giftes euen as the Wisemen did which were about to offer to the Lord wherein I thought good to comprehend the rest For euerie benefit of God if you marke well is either of nature or of grace or of superexcellencie and whatsoeuer else is maie fullie bee referred vnto one of these three kindes In the Creation you haue the benefit of nature in the Redemption the benefit of superexcellencie in our Iustification note the benefit of grace For all which and for euerie of them glorie be to thee ô sacred Trinitie one equall deitie both before all worldes nowe and for euermore Amen The ende of the fourth Booke A Table of the contents of euery Chapter conteined in this Booke ALonging of the Soule after God The incomprehensible maiestie of the Lord. An exhortation to the loue of God Chapter 1. Page 1 Of God his distinct iudgement at the ende of this world The cursed state of the vngodlie Chapter 2. Page 14 An humble confession of sinns with a Praier for grace to repent Chap. 3. Pag. 19 A lamentation of the Soule for her weakenesse and vnstaiednes in the race of virtue Chap. 4. Pag. 25 Of the shortnes and miserie of this present life A praier for grace to renounce the world and the vanities of the same Chap. 5. Pag. 30 An ardent desire of the Soule to be loosed from 〈◊〉 and from the trou●●● 〈…〉 this world Chapter 6. 〈◊〉 37 A godlie desire for a good death Chap. 7. Pag. 44 A meditation of one dead vnto the world yet aliue in Christ. Chapter 8. Pag. 51 A desire of the Soule that no earthlie creature may carrie her awaie vnto vanitie Chap 9. Pag. 59. A comparison betweene earthlie and heauenlie ioies with a praier for grace to contemne this transitorie world Chap. 10. Pag 63 That all comfort and pleasures are in God A praier that all people maie glorifie the Lord. The blessed state of good men That we are to be readie against the comming of our Sauiour Christ. Chap. 11. Pag. 71 The desire of the Soule after God The properties of God by the sundrie titles ascribed vnto him None commeth vnto God vnlesse God draweth him Chap. 12. Pag 80 How and when the Soule and God are vnited together The miserie where God is not present Chap. 13. Page 92 A lamentation of the Soule for the want of grace Chapter 14. Page 101 Touching the fruite of freendship The benefits of Christ vpon man The true felicitie and ioie of the Soule The affinitie betweene Christ and the Soule of man Chapter 15. Page 107 The more wee loue Christ the more we maie Tentation and when Happines of the life to come How to beare affliction Chapter 16. Page 118 The maiestie and omnipotencie of God How and whie the Lord afflicteth his children Chapter 17. Page 133 The confidence of a true Christian. God iustifieth the vngodlie Giueth whatsoeuer good is to man Will haue no man to despeire but that all sinners should flie vnto his mercie Chap. 18. Pag. 147 The desire of a Christian Soule is neuer satisfied till God bee enioied No comfort anie whit comparable to the spirituall ioie Chapter 19. Page 156 A complaint of the Soule for the want of her blessed state What weeping pleaseth God Who trulie blessed A description of God Chap. 20. Page 162 The delaieng of the happie is patientlie to be borne The felicitie of the life to come with a praier for the same Chap. 21. Pag. 171 A godlie meditation concerning the accesse vnto the holie of holies euen Iesus Christ the king of angels godlie petitions for the forgiuenes of sins Chap. 22. Pag. 180 A godlie praier and commendation of our Sauior Christ. Chapter 23. Page 187 A Praier for comfort vnto Iesus Christ. Chap. 24. Pag. 194 That for God his benefits we are to thanke him Chap. 25. Pag. 202 FINIS ❧ AT LONDON Printed by Richarde Yardley and Peter Short dwelling at the nether ende of Bredstreete at the Signe of the Star 1592 a Psal 73 verse 28. b Psal. 73 28 c Luk. 18 19 d Math. 6 21 Coloss. 3 1. 2 e Phil. 4 7 f 1. Iohn 2 16 g Rom 8 35 36 c. 1. Cor 13 4 5 c. h Psa. 73 25 MAN SOVLE MAN i Psal. 26 8. SOVLE k Psal. 94 8 9 10 Psal 119 12 l Psal. 94 12 m Iam. 4 6 n Mat. 11. 25 o 1. Cor.

to speake let vs heare him gladlie and bee silent till hee haue done At which time you shall not be bound to satisfie my demaundes For when he speaketh all flesh must be still S. This couenant I like well Onlie let him bee with vs and bee wee carried vnto our secret places Let him bee the guide of our speech and conduct vs whether our delight is to goe This beloued of whome you so diligentlie enquire is for his greatnes vnspeakeable for his hight and glorie incomprehensible for his strength and magnificence infinite Whatsoeuer is either spoken or written of him commeth far behinde his maiestie because in glorie he excelleth all things The heauens haue sayd He hath ouerpassed and ascended and preuailed ouer vs The earth hath aunswered If the heauens and the heauens of heauens doo not comprehend him aske not me of him The stars haue soong Wee are darkenes and not light vnlesse hee inlighten vs The sea trembled and sayd Hee is not in mee and the deepe knoweth him not Heare you what they saie M. I heard and was sore troubled at their voice my verie lips trembled S. What then will become of thee if wee should aske him Let vs speake vnto him O Lord art thou hee of whome the Prophets haue prophecied and whose commandement all things in their seasons doo obeie Verelie I am that I am and besides me there is none other God I am the beginning and the ending I am the creator and the gouernor of all things I liue saith the Lorde and I will raigne for euer and euer Now little worme what saiest thou being enuironed with such light Lo thy beloued whome thou thoughtest was with mee speaketh vnto thee Hee was with mee when I said For mee it is good to draw neere vnto God Hee will bee with thee if thou also wilt saie My soule refuseth comfort the daie of miserie I desire not for thou art my King and my God Bee not like to raging louers but loue God alone seeke him alone which admitteth no companion of the world into his fellowship Talke thou onlie with him and though he depart leauing the roome void beare all things patientlie For his woont is to goe and to come to prooue his freend and make him perfect in louing If thou desire his presence beare his absence patientlie Waite and waite againe hee will depart for a while and after a while hee will againe returne Loue maketh thee thus affected which now heaueth thee on high and straight-waie flingeth to the ground againe His loue is than all floures sweeter than lilies fairer and brighter than the pretious stones For no creature is to be preferred before the loue of God and therefore for that euerie thing is to bee despised So soone as I was touched inwardlie with his loue I forthwith began so to be inflamed in my minde that bidding adue to all things in the world I onlie wished for his most pure embracements and as it were bearing hote coales out of a burning ouen I vttered these words which but few doo vse Whome haue I in heauen but thee and I haue desired none in the earth with thee God is the strength of mine head and my portion for euer By these gather now of thy beloued what manner a one and what he is which incomprehensiblie exceedeth all the things which are and haue being And although he can neither by words be vttered nor conceaued in minde because he is infinite yet is he verie louelie tractable felowlie and to be entreated insomuch as though hee cannot be comprehended yet after a strange manner hee maie be loued For by loue hee is taken yea by loue fast bounden but by desire he is sought by praier knocked at and by hope attained If as yet I haue not satisfied you let him whome you haue sought satisfie you and teach you aboue all teachers to finde himselfe CHAP. 2. 1. Of God his distinct iudgement at the end of this world 2. The cursed state of the vngodlie KNit mine heart vnto thee O Lord that I maie feare thy name O my God thou art much to be loued yea and to be feared much thou art Hee that loueth let him be glad but hee that loueth not thee let him quake and feare But hee which neither doth feare thee nor loue thee is vtterlie foolish and frantike For it is a fearefull thing to fall into thine hands And who knoweth the power of thy wrath Or who maie abide the daie of thy comming vnto iudgement For thy roaring shall be like a Lion and thy glittering swoorde like a consuming fire At the sound of thy voice all the dwellers in the world shall be moued and when thou commest all the foundations of the earth shall shake Who then but will feare Or by what meanes can anie escape thine hands If a man will hide himselfe vpon the strong rock thou wilt thunder there-vpon and it shall rent asunder And if ●e lurke in caues or mountaines he shall be plucked out and be made to susteine thy displeasure because hee cared not for thy fauour Surelie there is no place which can hide man from thy presence For all things are naked and open in thine eies thou seest the heart and the reines and beholdest the most secret affections of the thought so that no secret is hid from thine eies O how terrible wilt thou bee to sinners and to the harts that ●e hardened which now doo glorie in ill dooing and triumph in wickednes saying The Lord seeth not hee will not regard They are so puffed vp with vaine words as though thou wouldest neuer come yea they turne awaie their eies that they may not see the ende But in the houre that they thinke not thou wilt come and they shall be taken in the snares of their owne wickednes And as theeues and robbers being suddenlie taken are confounded so shall they be put to confusion at their due time Then wilt thou haue them in derision which now deride thy seruants and euill shall be rendred vnto such as haue abhorred thy righteousnes Now they stop their eares vnto thy voice but the time shall come when they shall crie and not bee heard Now they turne thy word into a fable but themselues shall be turned then into a flame of fire For thy word shall goe out with an horrible blaste and it shall strike the wicked and vnbeleeuers without all mercie What will the proude person saie then so puffed vp with knowledge and swelling in power What answere will hee make when the last trumpe shall sounde in his eares When thou Lord our God shalt appeere in Maiestie together with thine angels and archangels Then all the vngodlie deriders of thy word shall bee hush and they which haue