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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

were created and be as I maie saie created againe through thee my Sauior O good Iesus how manifold are the benefits brought vnto vs by thine humanitie Thou becamest our brother and flesh of our flesh that we might be compted the children of God and haue accesse vnto the Father thorough thee the fire of whose displesure none could quench but thou alone of whome himselfe did saie This is my beloued Sonne in whome I am well pleased Happie is the soule which earnestlie recordeth and hartelie loueth worthelie extolleth the sacraments of our redemption and for them thanketh thee and finallie dependeth vpon thy counsaile more than vpon her owne sense For none is meete to search out no wisedome can reach into this mysterie onlie it is the strength of beliefe and the purenes of the hart lightened from aboue that beholdeth the same Oah blessed is hee that is worthie to receaue that by grace which the wise of the world could not vnderstand by nature O sweete Iesu the wisedome of the Father make mee in the light of faith to knowe this great and woonderfull mysterie of thine incarnation for therein the sweetenes of our whole saluation lieth and thereby the rarest freendship that euer was seene appeereth and through it the vnsearchable fulnes of thy wisedome glittereth moste gloriouslie Oah let thy seruant growe on still in godlines in the studie of well dooing and more and more in this memorable secreat of thine incarnation make mee acquainted with the mysterie of thine holie passion and drawe mee wholie into the meditation of thy workes The declaration of this loue and humilitie is a woonderfull deep and a certaine celestiall sea which maie not be swoom ouer wherein doo swim too and fro the spirituall fishes both small and greate which thou hast taken within the net of faith Wherefore let this thy so greate loue and sweetenes thine so greate humilitie and kindenes abide still in my remembrance let it alwaie remaine in euerie sacrifice of praier that I am to make and in all mine holie exercises let there bee somewhat as plesant frankincense and delightfull spices for a sweete smelling sauor to be offered vnto God the Father concerning the mysterie of thine incarnation and passion Let now then such as thou haste redeemed I saie whome thou haste redeemed out of the hande of the enimie sing out with mee the song of thine heauenlie praise and of inwarde ioie together with thankesgeuing Yea let all the Angels standing about thy throne fall vpon their faces and worship the lambe of God who hath taken awaie the sins of the world saieng Praise and glorie and wisedome and thankes and honor and power and might bee vnto our Lord Iesus Christ for euermore Amen A third benefit not inferior to the former is the grace of iustification whereby of thy goodnes thou haste drawen mee vnto repentance and amendement of life forgiuing my sins and giuing mee both hope of pardon and willingnes to do well and to serue thee euermore This after Paul dulie had considered he adhorteth his disciples to be both thankefull for so great a benefit and also mindefull of the heauenlie grace and to studie to showe themselues worthie so spirituall a calling Brethren saith he you see your calling howe that not manie wise men after the flesh not manie mightie not manie noble are called But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confounde the wise These things I consider in my selfe who notwithstanding I am contemptible and vnmeete for this world yet by thine holie calling am I saued from the shipwrack of the same vnto thine holie seruice And this I ascribe wholie not vnto anie goodnes of mine but vnto thy prouidence For the which I extoll thy goodnes and blesse thee euen I say for calling me gratiouslie for giuing mee a desire to please thee for pardoning all my sins for putting me vnder thy sweete yoake softening mine harte with the oile of thy spirit whome the world neither knoweth neither seeth nor sauoreth O mercifull Iesu keepe me in this minde I beseech thee encrease thy giftes of grace within mee more and more so long as I remaine in this visible light I perceaue right well this calling of mine is a greate benefit not giuen to all men but onlie to such as God the Father hath ordained therevnto because it is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God that showeth mercie that euerie mouth maie be stopped and all the world culpable before God and that no flesh should reioice in thy presence nor ascribe anie of their owne vertues or good works to themselues For if thou shouldest deale with mee in iustice alas I were then damned with the curssed spirits in hell But of thy goodnes ô Lord thou hast spared mee and forgiuen my sins whereby I am not as the childe of perdition And therefore am I bounde to render great thankes vnto thee for so excellent a benefit and would to God both in my speech and in my life all the daies of my life I might answere my calling But Lord in steede of all thankes receaue I beseech thee my poore seruice whereby I desire and in deede am bound to serue thee Grante also that the debt of my seruice maie proceede from the hart and finallie agree to thy will and honor and that mine hart be neuer turned from thy loue but that both my soule and bodie maie alike watch and perseueare daie and night in thine holie seruice euen so long as life is within my bodie and I haue my wits to remember thee let thy praise be neuer out of my mouth nor the remembrance of thy manifold benefits slip out of mine hart And if thy seruant shall yet liue manie yeeres either an hundred or howe manie soeuer grante that I maie not prooue luke-warme or abashed at thy seruice but be euen so zelous and so willing to serue thee as I was at the first houre and daie when mine harte was admonished and confirmed of thee euen with a pure and whole minde onlie to followe thee my Lord. Neither let anie infirmitie or aduersitie hinder my purpose but euen as now I meane and purpose in the hearing of thee my God so I beseech thee giue grace that what nowe I haue promised I maie performe And although through my infirmitie and faultes this my course shall be broken as there is no man so righteous vpon earth but hee sinneth yet suffer me not to despeire and to faint vtterlie but put into my minde forthwith to bowe the knees of mine harte and with much sorowe and teares to offer vnto thee my wofull and wounded conscience to be healed with the salue of thy mercie and that my purpose maie be bound more surelie than euer it was Let mee neuer repent mee of this couenant but still giue thankes that I haue founde such fauor in thine eies

in exile that I haue not deserued to enioie thee nor to see thee face to face Grant mee to enioie the long desired ioie which no time shall ende nor troubles ouershadowe Show mee thy countenance which the angels continuallie do behold Let thy voice bee heard in mine eares which they without cessing doo heare Come Lord Iesu and take mee out of this forreine contrie call mee wretch home vnto my contrie and restore mee a sinner vnto my former puritie Come gratious Redeemer make mee partaker of thine eternall glorie It is hie time that I returne vnto thee it is now time that I commend my bodie to the earth whereout it was taken The matter is not great where the bodie be laide or how it be handled if so be the soule be safe and come vnto thee Let my spirit doo well which I commend into thine hands and let my flesh rest in hope to be raised vp againe in the last daie For wheresoeuer it be buried it can neuer bee far or hid from thee Remooue mee from the companie of men and ioine mee to the societie of thy saincts For this temporall life is irkesome to mee but to thinke of the daie of eternall glorie reioiceth mine heart Oah let not the olde serpent withstand mee at my departure out of Aegypt let not the enimie barke against mee in the gate let neither Satan with his ouglie sight terrefie nor the horror of death trooble mee but let thine holie angels faithfullie assist stoutlie aide valiantlie protect louinglie receiue and ioiefullie bring mee vnto the euerlasting felicitie of thy celestiall paradise And mercifull louelie and blessed Iesu doo thou gratiouslie I beseech thee behold mee and cast mee not out of the number of thy seruants but remember ô Sonne of God how thou hast redeemed mee with thy pretious blood Receaue mee into glorie and that in thy mercie and goodnes because greatlie haue I wished to solemnize a passeouer with thee Oah happie daie of my desired reward Come blessed houre of blessed passage which long I haue desired and kept before mine eies What now haue the troobles and afflictions in the world hurt mee What am I the woorsse for the contempt labor and humiliation for thy name sake Thou hast bin my life and now death will be to me an aduantage and to be with thee in thy kingdome will be absolute felicitie Now praise and glorie be to thee who art the life of such as liue the hope of those which die the saluation and rest of all which trust in thee CHAP. 8. A meditation of one dead vnto the world yet aliue in Christ. TVrne awaie mine eies from regarding vanitie Oah Iesu which art the true life which neuer shall haue an ende geue mee grace that through loue of thee I may bee consumed through loue wounded through loue killed that the flesh preuaile not ouer mee I am not as yet thoroughlie dead to the world but the old man yet liueth in mee raising vp within me much contention and desires of manifold euils and making the nightes bitter and the daies tedious vnto mee Oah when will it fall out that boldlie I may saie I thought my selfe as a dead man For hee which dead is doth waie neither the praises of men nor the reproches of the malignant because he is dead Hee which touching the flesh is dead neither speaketh nor smelleth nor tasteth nor exerciseth anie worke yea he neither heareth also the vanitie of this world againe he regardeth not curious and bewtifull things enticing vnto the loue of some vile thing vpon earth And hee which is dead to the world is not in the world but in God to whome hee liueth euen as Paule to the beloued disciples doth saie yee are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God This man doth so speake so thinke so behold things without as though they were not For the things which are seene are temporall and vane but the things which are not seene are eternall Hether doth hee cast his eie hether doth hee hasten hether is his desire for these things doth hee labor to attaine these things is all his studie These things hee wisheth these things hee loueth these things hee seeketh these things hee sauoreth euen which are within and secret to wit great good things soueraigne and eternall things of which hee cannot thinke too often because theie are exceeding pretious and sweete and delectable and more than vtterable This man is far estranged from present things and breatheth altogether after things eternall hauing the dominion ouer the sensuall appetite For the flesh seeketh outward desireth pleasant loueth present loatheth absent flieth all sharp and bitter things which notwithstanding are good for the soule Whence it commeth that it will not suffer the spirit to be at rest but laieth before it sundrie phantasies which are scarse to be spoken and in truth not to be accompted of But hee which is endued with the grace of spirituall fortitude maie with more ease subdue the insolent motions of the flesh singing in the word of the diuine power The Lord is with mee therefore I will not feare what flesh can doo vnto mee Therefore albeit this sensualitie doth moue battell and the voice of the flesh doth secretlie murmur yet doth not the spirituall man easelie consent for greater is the force of the diuine loue which inwardlie doth comfort This man now and then so sweetlie so stronglie and so earnestlie is drawen rauished and in loue with God that scarselie hee doth see and perceaue the things about him and be heard in the world because he is not there but else-where not belowe but aloft euen with God and in God which moueth the spirit within him and erecteth and as it were carrieth it awaie in a firie chariot that at the length it maie enioie him in an happie and holie and long wished desire of his hart This man is sildome found idle abroade because his freende hath borne him awaie There quietlie and alone hee heareth his speech euen the speech of his beloued and greatlie doth reioice to heare the voice of his vnsuspected spouse Neither straight-waie doth he cas● his phiall vpon the ground to draw● vp vanitie but hideth the founde● treasure and shutteth it vnder loc● and keie that the foote of pride com● not in and so all virtue doo perish● For thus he saith to him Set mee a● a seale on thine heart and so forth as i● followeth in that place It is good to seale the heart and to keepe it least the beloued goe back and flie awaie because hee seeketh and visiteth aboue all a pure and an humble heart These things hee thinketh with himselfe and is astonished at that good thing which passeth all sense and gifts Yea still hee wandereth and enquireth diligētlie what thing is this and exceedinglie reioiceth for

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