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A22983	A pretious booke of heauenlie meditations, called a priuate talke of the soule with God which who so zealouslie wil vse and pervse, shal feele in his mind an vnspeakable sweetenes of the euerlasting happines: written (as some thinke) by that reuerend, and religious Father S. Augustine; and not translated onlie, but purified also, and with most ample, and necessarie sentences of holie Scripture adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1581 (1581)	STC 944; ESTC S100313	79,627	230

shortned that it cannot saue neither is thine eare heauie that it cannot heare But my sinnes haue separated betweene mee and thee betweene darkenes and light betweene the image of death and life betweene falsehood and truth betwene this vanishing state of mine and thine eternitie Chap. 12. Of the manifold snares of concupiscence THese be the shadowes of darknes wherwith I am couered in the dungeon of this darke prison wherein I lie groueling vntil the daie dawne shadowes doe depart and light be made in the firmament of thy strength The voice of y e Lord is mightie the voice of the Lord is glorious let it speake that light may be made darkenes may depart the drie land appeare and earth maye bud foorth the hud of the herbe that feedeth seede bringeth out the fruite of righteousnes of the kingdome of God O Lord father and God of my life by whom al things do liue without whome al things are as dead leaue mee not in a wicked imagination neither giue mee a proude looke Take fro mee vaine concupiscence and giue not me thy seruant ouer into an impudent mind but possesse thou mine heart that alwaies it may think on thee Inlighten mine eies that they may behold thee and neuer be lifted vp before thee ô eternal glorie but think humblie not of thy woonders aboue their reach that they may see those things which are at thy right hand not the things at thy left And alwaies let thine eie lids direct my steps For thine eie-lids do trie the sonnes of men Asswage the heate of my cōcupiscence with thy goodnes which thou hast laide vp for those that feare thee that with euerlasting desire I may couet after thee that mine inner taste may not be enticed deceiued with vaine things and so put sowre for sweete and sweete for sowre darknes for light and light for darkenes that I may be deliuered in the middes of so many snares as are laid by the enimie to take the soules of sinners wherewith the whole world is replenished Which thing S. Iohn did see and passed not ouer the same in silence when he said For al that is in the world is either the lust of the flesh the lust of the cies or the pride of life Behold ô Lord my God the whole worlde is ful of the snares of concupiscence which they haue prepared for my feete who cā escape them Euen hee doubtles from whome thou takest the loftie lookes that he be not taken by y e lust of the cies frō whome thou takest carnal cōcupiscēce that he be not taken by the lust of the flesh and from whome thou takest a bold impudent mind that the pride of life doe not slilie deceaue him O most happie man for whome thou dost these things for doubtles he shal go vnpunished Now then ô my redeemer by thy selfe I beseech thee assist me that I fal not in the sight of mine aduersaries being takē by y e traps which they haue set for my feete to bring downe my soule But deliuer mee ô strength of my saluation least thine enimies which hate thee haue me in derision Arise ô Lord my God my mightie one and let thine enimies be scattered they also that hate thee let them flie from thy face As waxe melteth before the fire so let the wicked perish at thy presence But let me be hid priuilie in thy presence and reioice with thy children abounding with al good things And thou ô Lord God father of Orphanes and thou mother of thy poore children listen vnto y e crie of thy sonnes spreade out thy wings that we may flie therevnder from the face of the enimie For thou art the tower of Israëls strength who wilt neither slumber nor sleepe keeping Israël because he that fighteth against Israël doth neither sleepe nor slumber Chap. 13. Of mans miserie and of Gods benefites O Light ô cleerenes whome none other light or clerenes doth beholde ô light which darckeneth al light ô cleerenes which dimmeth al strange light ô light from which al light ô cleerenes from which al cleerenes doth proceede ô cleerenes in respect wherof al other brightnes is but darkenes and al other light but dimnes Where thou shinest the verie darkenes is bright as daie and dimnes is light O moste souereigne light whom no blindnes can darken nor mistines dimme nor darknes obscure nor anie let close vp nor shadow keepe away O light which inlightenest al things at one time togither and alwaies swalow me vp into the depth of thy brightnes that I may on al sides beholde thee both in thy selfe and me in thee al things vnder thee Forsake mee not ô Lord least the shadowes of mine ignorance do encrease and mine offences multiplie For without thee euerie thing is darkenes to me and al things are euil because nothing is good without thee the true onlie and souereigne good This I acknowledge and this I know ô Lord my God For be I in anie place without thee euil is it with mee hauing not thee not onlie outwardlie to my bodie but also inwardlie to my soule because al abundance being not with thee my God is but beggerie but whē thy glorie apeareth I shal be satisfied And ô Lord my blessed life grant that I maie confesse my wretchednes vnto thee for from thee the souereigne and verie good it selfe and from the vnitie of thy goodnes hath the diuers kinds of temporal things separated me being fallen into sinne through carnal senses and from one it hath parted me into many things so that abundance to mee was combersome and pouertie was plentie while I haunted after this and that and yet could neuer be satisfied for in my selfe I found not thee th' vnchangable singular vnseparable and onlie good which had I once atteined I should want no more which had I once found out I should weepe no more which did I once enioie mine heart would be at rest Oh miserie vpon miserie sith my miserable soule doth flie from thee with whom she hath abundance and ioie and foloweth the world with whome she hath pouertie and sorow The world crieth I vanish ô Lord thou criest I refresh yet doth my wicked wretchednes more folowe that which vanisheth than him who refresheth This verilie is my weakenes O Physicion of the soule cure it that I may praise thee euen the saluation of my soule and that with mine whole hart for al thy benefites where with thou hast refreshed me euen fro my youth Cast me not off in the time of my age forsake me not whē my strength faileth ô Lord for thine owne sake I beseech thee Thou didest make me when I was

the Starres of Heauen and casting them to the earth which infecteth the waters of the earth with his poison that men drinking thereof may die he spreadeth sharp things vppon the mire and trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth he is made without feare And who can saue vs from being deuoured of him who can plucke vs frō out his iawes but thou onelie ô Lord who hast broken the heads of that great Dracon O Lord helpe vs ô Lord spreade foorth thy wings vpon vs that vnder them we may flie from the face of this Dracon which pursueth vs and with thy shield saue vs from his hornes For his cōtinual care and onlie desire is to deuoure the soules whome thou hast created And therefore vnto thee we do crie ô Lord our God deliuer vs from our dailie aduersarie which whether we sleepe or wake or eate or drinke or whatsoeuer we doe lieth at vs night and daie by al meanes by al subtiltie and craft now openlie now couertlie aiming at vs with his poisoned arowes to destroie our soules And yet such is our extreme madnes ô Lord y t albeit we do continualie behold the Dracon before our eies with open mouth prepared to deuour vs yet naietheles we snort and sport in our securitie as though we were safe before him who desireth nothing but our destruction The enimie to murther vs watcheth alwaies and sleepeth not and we sleepe but watch not for our saluation Behold he hath laid infinite traps before our feete to take vs and al our waies he hath filled with snares to catch our soules And who can escape He hath laid snares in riches snares in pouertie snares in meate snares in drinke in pleasure snares in sleepe snares and snares in watching he hath laid snares in our words snares in our workes and snares in al our waies But ô Lord do thou deliuer vs from y e snares of the hunter and from the euil word that we may praise thee saieng Blessed be the Lord which hath not giuen vs a praie vnto their teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers the snare is broken and we are deliuered Chap. 17. That God is the light of the righteous ANd thou ô Lord my light inlighten mine eies that I may see light walk in thy light and neuer stumble vpon the snares of Satan For who can escape his manifold snares vnles he see them And who can see them except he be inlightned with thy light For that father of darkenes hath hid his snares in his owne darkenes that therein as manie as are in darkenes may be entangled Who are the children of this darkenes Such as see not thy light in which who so walketh shal not feare For he that walketh in the daie stumbleth not But if a man walke in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him O Lord thou art the light thou art the light of the sonnes of light y u art the day which lasteth euer in which thy sonnes doe walke and stumble not without which who so walke are in darkenes because they haue not the light of y e world Loe wee dailie see that the farther one is estranged from thee the true light the more he wrappeth himselfe in the darkenes of sinne and the more he lieth in darkenes the lesse he seeth the snares laid in his waie and so the lesse hee knoweth them and therefore is the oftener caried awaie and caught in them and yet which is more horrible than al this he woteth not that he hath taken a fal Now he that knoweth not his ownefal hath so much the lesse care to rise againe as he hath a greater opinion that he doth stand But ô Lord my God the verie light of the mind open thou mine eies at this time that I may see and knowe least I fal in the presence of mine aduersaries For our aduersarie laboreth to destroie vs but Lord we beseech thee as waxe melteth before the fire so let him perish at our presence For Lord he is the chiefe and principal theefe which tooke counsaile how to steale awaie thy glorie but swolen vp with pride and puffed vp he brake in sunder at the last and fel vppon his own face whom thou flangedst headlong from thine holie mountaine and from the multitude of thy firie stones in the middes wherof he walked Now ô Lord and God of my life since which time that he fel he hath neuer ceassed to pursue thy children And for spite of thee ô King most mightie he would destroie this thy creature whom thine almightie goodnes hath made after thine own image that he may inherit thy glorie which he hath lost through his owne pride But ô our mightie God bruse him into peeces before he deuoure vs thy silie lambes and lighten our eies that we may behold such traps as he hath prepared and escape from him vnto thee ô comfort of Israel And al these things ô Lord thou knowest muche better than I thou knowest his quareling and his stiffe neck Neither do I speake this to enforme thee who seest al things and beholdest y e most priuie thought but to vtter out my complaint against mine enimie before the feete of thy maiestie who art the eternal Iudge that thou maist both condemne him and saue vs thy children For thou art our strength For whie Lord he is a craftie subtile enimie the creekes of his waie cannot easilie bee descried neither can the fashion of his countenance bee knowne of man vnlesse thou inlighten For he is now heere now there now a Lambe now a Wolfe now darkenes by and by light and according to the sundrie change of things he offereth diuers tentations to euerie qualitie place and time For to deceaue the sad hee makes himselfe sad to beguile such as are merie he sets on a merie countenance to entrap those which are spiritual hee turnes himselfe into an Angel of light to vanquishe the strong he appeareth as a lamb to deuour the meeke he shewes himselfe a Wolfe And al these things are to be wrought after the similitude of diuers tentations that he may terrifie some by the feare of the night some by the arow fleeing in the day some by the pestilence walking in the darke by rushing on some and some by the plague at noone daie Now who is meete that he may know these things who can perceaue his wiles or discouer the face of his garment or know y e compas of his teeth Behold he hath hid his darts in his quiuer and shrowded his snares vnder y e show of light And this is the more

mercie that we doe loue thee This Lord is thy gift whose euerie good gift is Thou commandest that wee shoulde loue thee grant which thou commandest and command what thou wilt Chap. 19. Of the feruencie of loue or charitie O Lord my God I doe loue thee and alwaies more and more I desire too loue thee For thou art in deede sweeter than anie honie more nutritiue than anie milke and brighter than y e cleerest light And therefore thou art deerer to mee than either gold or siluer or pretious stone For I despise whatsoeuer I did in the world in respect of thy sweetenes and the glorie of thine house which I haue loued O fire which alwaies burnest and neuer goest out ô loue which alwaies art inflamed and neuer coolest set me on fire Let me wholie be inflamed of thee that I may loue thee wholie For he loueth thee too little who loues anie thing beside thee except he loue it for thy sake O Lord let me loue thee because thou first didest loue me Where shal I get wordes to expresse the signes of thy singular great loue toward mee through thine infinite benefites wherewith from the beginning thou hast nourished me Namelie besides the benefite of creation when at the beginning thou madest me of nothing after thine own image in magnifieng and exalting me aboue al those creatures which thou hadest made and making me glorious with the light of thy countenance wherwithal thou hast sealed the vppermost seate of mine hart thereby disseuering mee both from insensible thinges and also from brute beastes which haue sense and abasing mee but little beneath Angels Yet was al this too little before the sight of thy Godhead For without cessing thou hast fed me with dailie and singular and most ample benefites yea as if I were thy deere and weake and tender child thou hast nourished refreshed me with the teates of thy comfort And that I might wholie serue thee thou hast put al things which thou hast made vnder my subiection Chap. 20. That God hath made al things to serue for mans vse THou hast made al things to serue man that man alone might serue thee altogither And that man might be wholie thine thou hast giuen him dominion ouer al thy workes For al outward things thou hast created for the bodie and the bodie for the soule and the soule for thy selfe that man might onelie serue thee and loue thee onlie enioieng both thee to his solace and inferior things for his seruice For nothing vnder the coape of heauen is for worthines comparable to the soule of man which was created for the chiefest good on high by enioieng whereof it might become blessed to which if it cleaue ouerpassing al earthlie things which are transitorie it cleerelie shal behold the face of that eternal immortalitie and the glorious maiestie of him whose image it doth represent Then shal it in the house of the Lord enioie those excellent good things in comparison whereof al outwarde thinges which we now see are as nothing For they are those things which eie hath not seene eare hath not heard neither came into mans har● which God hath prepared for such as loue him O Lord such things wilt thou giue vnto y e soule of man And heereby Lord which louest the soules thou daie by daie doest reioice the soules of thy seruants But why maruel I at these things ô Lord my God For thou bringest vnto honor thine owne image and similitude according to which they were created For to our bodie though corruptible vile that it might see thou hast giuen the cleerenes of the skie by the hands of thine vntired seruants y e Sunne and Moone which continualie daie and night by thine apointment doe seruice to thy children that it might breath thou hast giuen the pure aër varietie of soundes that it might heare sweete odors that it might smel qualities of sauors that is might taste grosenes of al bodilie things that it might feele to serue his vse thou hast giuen him the beastes of the field and soules of the aër and fishes of the sea and fruite of the earth to refresh him Thou hast created medicines of the earth for al diseases and hast prepared for euerie seueral euil a seueral comfort For thou Lord art a pitiful God and a merciful thou our maker knowest whereof we are made and how we are but as claie in thine hand Chap. 21. That by the consideration of Gods temporal benefites wee may gather the greatnes of his heauenlie blessings O Lord reueale thy great mercie towarde mee shine vpon me yet more and more with thy light I beseech thee that more and more I may perceiue the same For thy great things by these smalest things and thine inuisible things by these visible creatures are seene ô God holie and good our Lord and maker For if thou prouidest both from heauen from the aër from the earth from the sea from light from darkenes from heate from shade from deaw from raine windes showres birdes fiishes beasts trees and from the diuersitie of herbes and fruite of the earth and from the seruice of al thy creatures which serue for mans vse in their due season to comfort him withal If I saie thou prouidest so ample and so infinite benefites for this vile and corruptible bodie ô Lord I beseech thee how excellent how innumerable shal those good things be which thou hast prepared for those which loue thee in that heauenlie countrie where wee shal see thee face to face If thou dost so for vs in prison what wilt thou doe in thy palace Great and without number doubtles be thy workes ô Lord King of Heauen For sith al these things are exceedinglie good delightful which thou impartest as wel on the euil as vpon the good what shal those hereafter bee which are laid vp onelie for the good If thy giftes are so infinite and diuers which in this world thou giuest to thine enimies as wel as to thy friends how great and how infinite how sweete and howe comfortable shal those blessings be which thou wilt impart onelie vpon thy friends If we haue so much delectation in this time of teares what ioie wilt thou bring vs on the daie of our mariage If our prison haue such pleasure how vnspeakeable shal the happines of our countrie be O God none eie without thee hath seene the things which thou hast prepared for them that loue thee for according to the great number of thy mightie workes thy goodnes is great which thou hast laid vp for them which feare thee For great art thou ô Lord my God and incomprehensible neither is there ende of thy