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B00875
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The Pomander of prayer.
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Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
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1530
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STC 25421.3; ESTC S124473
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/ his presentacion in to the temple / his fast and temptacyon / his dethe and bytter passyon / his resurreccyoÌ„ / ascention / with other soleÌ„pne festes in the yere And for eche say the prayer aboue rehersed And this done serue our lady lykewyse / begynnynge at her concepcyoÌ„ / natyuite / salutacyoÌ„ / visitacyoÌ„ / purificacyoÌ„ / assumpcyoÌ„ And after this the apostles / martyrs other holy sayntes as theyr festes caÌ„ be called to remembrauÌ„ce / or as they appere be reprynted afore theÌ„ in theyr ymages set vp in chyrches This ordre vsed shall call in the mynde from worldly besynes so distraccyoÌ„ auoyded it shall kyndle deuocyon / encreace the meryte and fruyte of prayer ¶ Of other maner of dystraccyoÌ„s And of the causes and remedyes of thesame Ca. ix THere be other distraccyons of mynde in tyme of prayer / the cause wherof is synne For lyke as in bodyly sekenes he is in grete ieopardy that dooth abhorre all meates what so euer he receyueth he casteth vomiteth it out agayn so in lykewyse he is moost ferre from deuocyon whose soule is moost sore wouÌ„ded with many dyuers mortall synnes For very tedyous vnsauery is prayer and al spyrytual thynges to such a persone For yf ony tyme he begyn to pray / anone he hath done / for he is so weyke in soule that he can not contynue He caÌ„ not taste nor dygest spyrytuall thynges / bycause in hymself he is all synfull and beestly No maruell though that persone be dystract in prayer / whose herte is sore wounded auerted fro god fro the lyfe of grace I councell hym to seke for remedy betyme Go to the lauatory of helth / and with contryte herte make clene hole confessyon Take with him so moche more huge contricion repentauÌ„t sorowe How moche more by his synÌ„e he hath deserued dampnacion / hath prouoked the wrathe / yre / indygnacion of the hye god omnypotent Lete him neuer presume / but thynke himself vnworthy to come in to the chyrche / to appere in the presence of god with an vnpenitent herte But rather with the publycan for his synne iuge himself vnworthy to loke vp to heuen / bete that brest and herte with his fyst which hath so greuously offended / crye with the publycan Mercy lorde god / mercy / mercy A more sure remedy or more holsome playster for his sores can he haue none For lyke as it is a noble playster or medycin that healeth not onely the wounde / but also taketh a was the skar whiche comynly is left in the flesshe / so coÌ„tricion is a noble medycyn for the soule For it may be so grete and parfite / that it not onely cureth the sinÌ„e / but it maketh the synÌ„e to be in suche detestacyon / that it dooth awaye pryntes / fantasies / ê“nytees / yll customes / feblenes / other vnclene mocions to synÌ„e / whiche synÌ„e dooth leue behynde it in the soule / or at the leest dooth so mynisshe them that moche they do not trouble the spyrite For albeit that the contrycion of some is suffycient to the remyssion of theyr synÌ„es / yet it is not alway so ê‘fyte to take these foresayd paynes effectes away and that causeth or is occasion of fantasies in tyme of prayer For whan they wolde be moche deuout / and pra moost hertely yea / somtyme in heryng masse / than the fantasyes of theyr synnes is so brymÌ„e in theyr eyes ymagynacion / that they haue no deuocyon to prayer And somtyme they leue theyr prayer / be so wery of suche cogitacions that they feare themself lest theyr synnes be not forgyuen / or that god dooth forsake them / is sore dyspleased with theÌ„ and it is not so For as saynt Gregory sayth Synnes remyt past / whan they be brought to memory / they neuer hurt the soule / excepte they please them self As whan the soule hath delectacion in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of theÌ„ But yf suche persones wold consyder theyr owne selfe well / how they neuer dyd take suche payne penaunce / nor had so ê‘fyte contrycion sorow for theyr synnes that it was able to put away all fantasyes therof / they sholde se that of very iustyce it were expedyent for them to haue suche temptacyoÌ„s For where they haue agaynst the wyll of god wylfully abused theyr owne wyll in suche synnes / it is the grete goodnes of god that wyll suffre theÌ„ to theyr payne agaynst theyr wylles to be tossed and vexed with the fantasies of the same synnes / to theyr meryte and crowne in heueÌ„ / coÌ„fusyon to theyr goostly enmy whiche hath no ferther power on them / than without peryll to exercyse trouble them onely with fantasyes / whiche comynly is called the teÌ„ptacyoÌ„s of holy men And therfore let them neuer leue theyr prayer nor place for them So holy scrypture admonyssheth sayng If the spyryte of him that hath power ascende vpon the That is as the glose sayth Eccle. x. If a myghty temptacyoÌ„ assayle the dymyt not leue not thy place for it For the cure helthe whiche cometh therby in the soule / shall put away and make ceas the gretest synÌ„es For vndubted god dooth suffre the to be tempted with suche fantasyes for the mortificacyon of thy senses purgacioÌ„ of thy synÌ„es for due ê‘fyte satysfaccioÌ„ of the same ¶ Remedyes agaynst such faÌ„tasies For these forsayd coÌ„syderacioÌ„s it is expedyent for such ê‘sones neuer to leue theyr prayer / but go forth always spekyng holy wordes For albeit they fele no swetnes in theyr wordes yet the gostly enmy feleth therof grete payne / coÌ„fusioÌ„ / shame And if they ê‘ceyue theÌ„self sore altered in theyr bodyes by such thoughtes / arme theÌ„self with the syne of the crosse make coÌ„tynually inuocacioÌ„ to the passioÌ„ of our lorde for socour sayng Lorde thy bytter passioÌ„ be betwene me and this temptacion Some as they myght theyr hertes fyxed in the wouÌ„des of our lorde hath cryed named coÌ„tinually the holy name of Iesu hath founde remedy / theyr teÌ„ptacion hath ceased For lyke as euery thing is cured by his coÌ„trary / experience sheweth that taking styckes fro the fyre / it shall be sone extynct queÌ„ched So take away the causes vse the contrary vertues of these teÌ„ptacions / all other distractioÌ„s in prayer / they shall cease The causes of distraccions in prayer is not onely the grete enorme lines as heresy / homicide / vsury / other like / but also grete multytude of venyall synÌ„es generally all mortall synÌ„es be occasyoÌ„ causes of dystraccyon cor iij For albeit venial synÌ„es taketh not grace away fro the soule yet where they be in custome grete habouÌ„dauÌ„ce the soul caÌ„ not wtout grete labour attene to fele the swetnes of deuocyon for the senses hath so delyted in