thankes which hast so honoured mariage with thy presence and with thy first miracle and didest bountifullye heale all those that were needy and infirme Graunt me an hart full of pittie compassion and all kind of mercie wher by I may afford the benefite and affect of a most perfit loue charity vnto all men and that especially vnto my enemies Aue Maria. 8. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes for thy benigne familiarity which thou full of pitty and mercy didest exhibite vnto Mary Magdalen Zacheus Mathew the womā taken in aduoutry and other Penitents more Grant me the grace of most profound humility perfit meeknes benignity and charity Aue Maria. 9. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that in the middest of many praises and much honour diddest weepe vpon Hierusalem O most swet Iesu power into me the zeale of perfitte charity that in all places I may detest and abhorre from all contempt of thee and irreuerence towardes thee and for euery sinne whatsoeuer I may be sory from the very bottome of my harte and that I may haue a very sensible feeling of the euells that happen vnto any of my neighboures as if they were my owne Aue Maria. 10. A Praier to the wound of the right hand O MOST louing sweet Iesus vnto thee be praise honour and glory for the wound and greife of thy right hand In this wounde I doe hide and commend vnto thee all my actions endeuours And whatsoeuer by thy grace is wrought in me or by me that thou maiest preserue sanctifie make perfit the same to the honor glory of thy holy name Pater noster 3 O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that weart solde by one of thy owne Disciples vnto the Iewes that did persecute thee conspire thy death O sweet Iesu grant me grace to take as well euell as good at thy hand amiddest them all to be thankfull for euery of thē in particuler to loue thee more and more and to retaine peace tranquillity of hart and charity with all men Aue Maria. 1. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that leauing thy mother at Hierusalem didest eate the Paschall with thy Disciples with exceeding humility washe theire feet I most humbly beseech thee that for thy loue I may willingly forsake all thinges preferre thee before all thinges in all thinges and aboue all thinges loue thee and gladly submit my selfe to euery mans seruice for thy sake Aue Maria. 2. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that instituting the B. Sacrament of the Aultar diddest deliuer it vnto thy Disciples and leaue it vnto vs. O most sweet Iesu inflame my hart to the hungar of this venerable Sacrament that with a most burning desire and chast affectiō humility reuerēce and most sinceare deuotiō I may frequent it when and so often as it shall stand with thy gratious fauour Aue Maria. 3. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that being most desirous to suffer and with all sad and fearfull didest thrise in praier resigne thy selfe vnto thy Father and falling into a great agony diddest sweat bloode I humbly beseech thee that in all aduersity and tentation I may alwaies flye to thee for refuge and put my trust and confidence in thee only and forsaking my selfe commit offer and resigne me vnto thee only Aue Maria. 4. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes who being taken by thy enimies wert boūd blasphemed and wickedly abused I humblye beseech thee make me free from all vices and captiue in thy loue that I may exceedingly wish and desire to be despised and to suffer iniuries and contumelies Aue Maria. 5. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that being brought to Annas diddest patiently beare the blowe that his seruant gaue vnto thee Grant that I may loue them thathate me render good for euell and plentifully afforde vnto all the affecte of sweetnes and charity Aue Maria. 6. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that in the house of Caiphas didest beare the false witnes of those that did accuse thee and mercifully respecting Peter whē he denied thee thrise didist recal him to the teares of Penance O most mercifull IESV graunt me grace perfectlye to bewaile my sinnes ingratitude and negligences and with all my hart study endeuour to please thee Aue Maria. 7. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that being condemned spitted vpon beaten and blindfolded diddest also suffer very many other vnworthy abuses I humbly beseech thee that thy loue may be so feruent in me that I may hate to be had in estimatiō and desire and be glad with all my harte to be vnknowne to be despised and to suffer Aue Maria. 8. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thanks that being vniustly accused before Pilate with greate humility didest hould thy peace O good Iesu bridle my toung with a greate and mighty feare of thee that I may abstaine euen from all idle speech and that I may willingly desirously offer my selfe to all maner of humble offices Aue Maria. 9 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that being dispised by Herod wert also mocked by a ridiculouse garment and scorned amongst many reproches and so brought backe againe vnto Pilate O most sweete Iesu graunt mee grace to thinke well of all men to iudge or despise none to preferre all men before my selfe and allwaies to thincke of my selfe more basely Aue Maria. 10. A Praier to the wound of the leafte hande O MOST louing and sweete IESVS for the wound and griefe of thy left hand I geue the humble and hartie thankes into this wound I do offer vnto thee and eftsons cōmend all the gifts benefites and graces and whatsoeuer thou hast bestowed vpon me most miserable and vngratefull wretch and I humbly besech thy mercy by euery of thos drops of blood that issued from thence that thou wilt preserue confirme make perfit and increase them all in me to the glory of thy name that humilitie and charitie may day by day increase in me according to thy will and pleasure Pater noster 4 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that for my sake didest vouchsafe to be stripped of thy cloathes to be bound vnto a Pillar to be scourged all thy body ouer to be wounded and begoared with blood graunt me now so patiently to suffer thy scourges and to beare them with such will and affection that by thy paines and meritts being fully purged I may
of Nūnes Here is diligently to be cosidered that we may so both stoppe the blasphemous and venemous mouthes of Herticks Of the nature of Indulgences and by Catholickes make the fruite of these Indulgences to be enioied that no Indulgence can be obtained out of the state of Gods grace Therefore whosoeuer feeleth his mind wounded with any mortall sinne or purpose or desire or deliberate affection liking of the same let him before he seeke Indulgence reconcile him selfe vnto God either by the Sacrament of penance or if he can not conueniently at the least by perfect sorrow and repentance and stedfast purpose of amendment and of Receauing the Sacramēt of penance at conuenient time without which disposition of minde none can euer obtain Gods grace and by which disposition he may at any moment accordinge vnto Gods most gratious promise and mercy For an Indulgence is a remission of temporall punishment due vnto sinnes already forgiuen and not possible therfore to be applied but to him which hauing forsaken sinne is in Gods holy fauour And hereby maist thou cōfound the gracelesse ignorant hereticke Also for the better vnderstanding of the nature of Pardons the meaning of so many daies or yeeres of Pardon is that looke how much pain of PVRGATORY we could redeem with so many daies or yeres of such penance as might by reason be imposed vpon vs for to match our faultes our deuotion earnest sorow and purpose of satisfaction considered so much by the Indulgence of soe many daies or yeeres is taken away Neither is it necessary that we might liue so many yeeres whereas perhapps the worlde shall not last so long as the yeeres of some Indulgences for sufficient it is that we may deserue so many yeeres of punishmēt which the iustice of God may by the seuerity of the painefully inflict in one houre of the fire of Purgatory And to grosse is the ignorance of our heretickes who thinke that he that hath a hudred yeres of pardō may by the Popes leaue sinne with-out remorse all his life as by this which we haue said is most euident It is also to be vnderstood that one may apply the saying of his beades for whatsoeuer necessitie of his owne or of others excepte where in the Indulgēce it is other wise required To what intētion the beades are to bee imploied neither is he boūd to say the Rosary once a weeke for the Society so that saying it for what purpose he will he intend to say it as a member of the Society for to obtaine the gtaces of the same OF THE STATIons of Rome Cap. 4 THERE hath bene at Rome a continuall holye custome of the people for thes 1000 yeres at the least at diuers times solēnly to visite certaine principall Churches therin to offer vp their deuotions iointly with one mind for their owne necessities and of the wholle Church of God These solemne religious deuoute meetings are commonly called Sations And by diuers Popes there hath bene graunted vnto the foresaid Churches either specially in those daies in which the Stations are there kept or generally all the wholle yeere very great and large Indulgences I will here therfore note the daies and places of the same Stations as for the Indulgences it is sufficient here to aduertise that in euery one of these Churches they are very great and neuer lesse then of tenne thousād yeeres Yet because often times there is a Plenary Indulgence and the deliuery of a soule out of Purgatory I will expresly sett downe when either of these so great graand fauours may bee obtained which thing will be also profitable for those which by hallowed Graines will gaine the Stations 1 The first Sonday in Auent at Sancta Maria Maior 2 The 2. Sonday at S. Crosse in Hierusalem a Plenary The 3 Sonday at S. Peter 4 Wednesday in the Imber weeke at S. Maria Maior 5 Friday in the Imber weeke at SS Apostoli a Plenary 6 Saturday at S. Peter 7 The 4. Sonday at SS Apostoli a Plenary 8 Christmas Eue at S. Maria Maior 9 In the night following at the Chappell of the Cribbe in the same Church a plenary 10 Christmas day in the morning at S. Anastasia a Plenary 11 At the third MASSE on Christmas day at S. Maria Maior 12 On S. Steuens day at Saint Steuens a Plenary 13 Saint IOHNS day at Sancta Maria Maior 14 Innocents day at S. PAVLE a plenary 15 Newyeeres day at S. Mariatrans Tiberim a Plenary 16 Twelfe day at S. Peter a plenary 17 The Sonday of Septuagesima at S. Laurēce extra muros a soule out of Purgatory 18 The Sonday of Sexagesima at S. PAVL 19 The Sonday of Quinquagesima at S. Peter 20 Ashwednesday at S. Sabina a plenary 21 Thursday ar S. George 22 Friday at SS IOHN PAVL 23 Saturday at S. Triphon a Plenary 24 The first Sonday in Lent at S. IOHN Laterane a Plenary infinite Indulgēces 25 Monday at S. Peter in vinculis a Plenary 26 Twesday at S. Anastasia a Plenary and a soule out of Purgatory 27 Wednesday at Sāsta Maria Maior 28 Thursday at S. Laurence in Palisperna a Plenary 29 Friday at SS Apostoli a Plenary 30 Saturday at S. Peter a plena 31 The 2 Sonday in Lent at S. Maria in Nauicella 32 Monday at S. Clement 33 Twesday at S. Balbina 34 Wednesday at S. Cecely 35 Thursday at Sancta Mariatrans Tiberim 36 Friday at S. Vitalis 37 Saturday at S. Peter Marcelline a plenary 38 The 3 Sonday in Lent at S. Laurence extra muros a soul out of Purgatory 39 Monday at S. Marke 40 Twesday at S. Potentiana 41 Wednesday at S. Sixtus 42 Thursday at SS Cosma Damianus 43 Friday at S. Laurence in Lucina 44 Saturday at S. Susan a Plenary 45 The 4 Sonday in Lent at S. Crosse a Plenary a soule out of Purgatory 46 Monday at SS qnatuor Coronati 47 Twesday at S. Laurence in Damaso 48 Wednesday at S. Paule 49 Thursday at S. Siluester 50 Friday at S. Eusebius 51 Saturday at S. Nicholas in carcere a Plenary 52 The 5 Sonday in Lent at S. Peter 53 Monday at S. Chrisogon 54 Twesday at S. Cyriacus 55 Wednesday at S. Marcellus 56 Thursday at S. Apollinaris 57 Friday at S. Steuens a soule out of Purgatory 58 Saturday at S. Iohn ante portam latinam a soule out of Purgatory 59 Palme Sonday at S. IOHN Lateran a Plenary twise 60 Monday at S. Praxedes a plenary 61 Twesday at S. Prisca a Plenary 62 Wednesday at Sansta Maria Maior a Plenary 63 Thursday at S. Iohn Lateran a Plenary twise 64 Friday at S. Crosse a Plenary many other Indulgēces 65 Saturday at S. Iohn Lateran a Plenary 66 Easter day at Sancta Maria Maior a Plenary 67 Monday at S. Peter a Plenary 68 Tuesday at at S. Paule a plenary 69 Wednesday at S. Laurence extra muros a soule out of Purgatory 70 Thursday at SS
faithfully serue thee perfectly obey the with my wholl hart alwaies study to please thee Aue Maria. 1 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that hast fore-chosen a most noble Virgin to be thy mother which beeing prefigurated before and of holy parents conceiued and borne without sinne thou hast replenished with vertues and all good things Graunt me grace I beseech thee that I may perfectly knowe my sinnes and mine owne base condicion and with trew contrition and an holy hatred to bewaile them and to detest and eschew whatsoeuer is displeasant in thy sight Aue Maria 2 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thanks which hast inspired that most amiable maide the most honest and beautifull Virgin Mary which was to be thy mother to offer and dedicate her selfe vnto thee to be thy temple and to vow perpetuall virginitie O Blessed Iesu graunt me most perfite chastitie both of mind and body and most feruēt deuotion simplicity puritie and stablenes of hart Aue Maria. 3 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that wouldest haue that most chast Virgin Mary to be espoused to IOSEPH a virgin and both to be preserued immaculate in puritie O that I could obtaine that grace fauour at thy hands that I might ouercome and contemne the world with all the vices and concupiscences thereof and alwaies adhere cleaue vnto thee with a most burning and sincere loue Aue Maria. 4 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that hast voutsafed to salute the most holy Virgin by an Angell and to make her fruitfull by the holy Ghost and to be incarnate in her wombe O most sweet Iesu I hūblie beseech thee to make my harte so free from all sinne and vice that it may be vnto thee a perpetuall habitation Aue Maria. 5. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that hast vouchsafed to be carried nine monethes in the wombe of a Virgine and to be knowne and foretold by thy precursor not yet borne I humblie beseech thee so to wounde my harte with thy most chaste loue that it may loathe all worldlye thinges and without intermission feele and perceaue thee the inhabit our and Possessour therof Aue Maria. 6 O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes whom the immaculate Virgin brought forth whth-out paine destitute of lodging in a strange place O most sweet Iesu I humbly beseech thee alwaies to replenish my hart with the grace of true and perfitt contrition that I may deserue to be vnto thee a childe of eternall adoption Aue Maria. 7 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes who in pouerty colde being laide in a manger art praised by Angells and adored by Shepherdes Grant that in thy seruice I neuer wexe colde or faint and relent in thy laude praise Aue Maria. 8 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that hast voutsafed to be circumcised and wounded and for our cōfort to be named Iesus I humbly beseech thee by the she ding of thy pretious blood that I may deserue throughly to be clēsed and alwaies to be preserued from all fault and offence Aue Maria. 9 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that wert sought adored and honoured with giftes by the three Sages O most sweete Iesu giue me grace alwaies to resigne and offer my selfe wholie vnto thee and that I may spend and employ all my strength and all that whasoeuer I am or can be at any time in thy loue honour and pleasure Aue Maria. 10 A Praier to the wound of the leafte foote O MOST louing and sweete Iesus vnto thee be praise honour and glory for the woūd and greife of thy leafte foote In this woūde I doe bide all my negligences trespasses and debtes beseeching thee to supply them to iustifie me and to replenish and confirme me with thy eternall grace in which I may growe and increase and which I may neuer haue the power to lose Pater noster 1. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that thou wouldest bee offered in the Temple and with the most pure Virgin thy mother be subiecte to the lawe O most sweet Iesus giue vnto me most perfect humilitie wherby I may detest all the glory of the world forsake all honour and deuoutly submit my selfe become obedient to euery man for thy sake Aue Maria. 1. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that in thy infancie with thy blessed mother diddest suffer the persecution of Herod togither with the flight and banishment into Egipt Graunt that I may willingly and patiētly beare all aduersitie faithfully cleaue vnto thee in all tribulation Aue Maria. 2. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that remaininge in the Temple being sought for by thy mother after three daies werte found againe O most sweet Iesu I humbly beseech thee that with my wholle hart with a zealous desire I may feruently thirst after thee incessantly seeke thee and so happely finde thee that I may neuer loose thee againe Aue Maria. 3 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that didest liue secretly with thy mother thirtie yeeres vnknowne wouldest be thought the sonne of a Carpenter I humbly beseech thee that thy grace may roote out all arrogancie in me and extinguish all pride that I may not loue to be seene or to set forth my selfe but to be vnknowne to be accounted base and vile Aue Maria. 4. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that for our sakes didest voutsafe to be baptised in Iordan and by thy Father to be declared from Heauen Graunt that I by continuall teares may be clensed from all sinnes and vices that I may deserue alwaies wholly to be dronke with the loue of thee and desire of the life to come Aue Maria. 5 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that fasting in the Desert diddest voutsafe to be tempted by the Deuill O most sweet Iesu protect me with thy grace and make me to escape all the deceites of the Deuill and in thy power to ouercome all temptations Aue Maria. 6 O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that for the health of foules weart wearied out with praiers and continuall preaching Grant me feruently to thirst thy honour and the health of soules for the same zealously to spend my body and all that I haue Aue Maria. 7 O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee
presently after my departure out of this life deserue to be with thee in ioy where I may please thee praise thee and loue thee for euer more Aue Maria. 1. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes which diddest suffer a crowne of thorne to be pressed vpon thy head and withall many scornes and mockes and buffets and spittings for my sake sweet Iesu imprint in my hart a continuall memory of thy Passion that may incessantly moue my minde to cōpunction wound wholly swallow vp my mind melting cōsuming it in thy loue Aue Maria. 2 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that not-withstandinge thou wert from toppe to toe full of miseries wounds and griefes and so brought out and presented to the people yet notwithstanding such was the enuie of the Iewes that they demaunded to haue thee crucified Barrabas to be kept aliue O most sweet Iesu mortifie and extinguish in me all pride and desire of glory all enuy and all maner of vices and make me trulie humble meeke of hart O Passion most noble of my Lord and Sauiour wound my soule O pretious woundes of my true louer rauish make dronke my mind Aue Maria. 3. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that standing innocently for my sake before the tribunal seate wert content to be condēned to death and to be made a stale to thy enimies by this charity of thine I beseech thee O my God to grant me grace neuer to backbite neuer to iudge condemne or dispise my neighbour or euer to giue eare or consent to others herin Aue Maria. 4. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes for all and singuler thy greifes and sighes when amongst many reproches and stripes bearing thy Crosse thou didest in the presence of thy mother fall vnder thy burthen grant vnto me most meek Iesu to imbrace with most feruent deuotion the Crosse of perfitt deniall and mortification of my selfe and to imitate the steppes of thy vertues with most perfit charity Aue Maria. 5. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes whose members were al discouered greifes wounds renued by the strippinge of thy clothes I hūbly besech thee that thou wilt cause my harte perfitly to bee purged from all vnprofitable thoughts that with the cōtinuall presence of thy visitation I may deserue euery day to be renued wholly to be absorpe with the most feruent loue of thee Aue Maria. 6. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thanks that wert cruelly stretched vpon the Crosse and fastened with nailes not hauing any comlynes or beauty but being as a leaper and one striken by God grant me that I may be nothing in my owne sight but that I may dispise my selfe and endeuour to greater and better thinges employ all the forces of my soule body in thy loue and pleasure Aue Maria. 7. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that beeing placed betweene two theeues didest patiently beare the blasphemies of those that did vpbraid thee and praying for thine enimies didest promise Paradise to the penitent theefe Graunte me grace most perfitly to mortifie al vices in my selfe with a most burning desire continually to aspire vnto thee the true Paradise Aue Maria. 8. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes for the greife where with thy harte was clouen when thou didest commend vnto thy Disciple S. IOHN thy most faithfull compassionate mother O most sweete Iesu graunt me so to bee affected and occupied in the reuerence loue of her that I may deserue alwaies to be protected cherished and gouerned by her as by a most louing mother Aue Maria. 9. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that amiddest the bitter torments of thy paines didest cry out that thou werte forsaken at what time also thou being then tormented with a most burning thirst haddest not one droppe of water giuen vnto thee but gaule and viniger O most sweet Iesu cause that in all tentatiō pressure I may flye vnto thee thirst and hungar after thee and loath all worldly thinges Aue Maria. 10. A Praier to the hart of Iesus O MOST louing and sweete Iesus vnto thee be praise honour and glory for the wound of thy hart into this wound I do offer commit and resigne vnto thee my hart all my powers forces ntents and affections beseeching thee by the effusion of the blood water that ran from the that thou thy selfe alone wilt possesse gouerne me and with the most feruent fire of thy loue consume deuour vnite me vnto thee Amen Pater noster 5. O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thanks for thy most innocent most painfull death that is for the dolorous separation of thy most holy soule from thy most noble body O my God my Sauiour my hope and my crowne graunt me perfectly to dye to all vices concupiscences and to all inordinate loue of my selfe and that I may liue to thee only and vnmoueably cleaue to thee Aue Maria. 1. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse theè and giue thee thankes for that louing wounde wherewith thy harte being pearced did yeeld vnto vs blood and water wound I beseech thee my harte with the speare of thy loue that I may neither thinke nor desire any other thing then thee my Lord God crucified for me nothing may please me nothinge may affecte me but thou only my God my ioy and my life Aue Maria. 2. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes for the pittifull taking downe of thy bodye from the Crosse and for the mornefull lamentation of thy mother thy frendes I humbly beseech thee that the memory of thy Passion may fill all my senses and may so wholly rauishe and possesse me that I may see no other thing tast no other thing knowe no other thing then thee my Lorde crucified and dead for my sake Aue Maria. 3 O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that wouldest be wrapped in a Syndon and be buried in an other mans Sepulcher I humbly beseech thee to bury my hart sences and all my forces in thee and by thy loue venite them vnto thee and make me as it were insensible and without feeling in all thinges which stand not with thy liking Aue Maria. 4. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that didest voutsafe to descend into hell and to deliuer the Fathers that were there in captiuity O most sweet Iesu let the vertue and force of thy Passiō and blood now also
descend into Purgatorye and yeeld refreshing vnto all the soules Aue Maria. 5. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that rising from death didest appeare gloriouse first vnto thy mother then vnto Mary Magdalene and the Apostles O most sweet Iesu graunt me perfectly to die to all vices passions and disordered manners to liue vnto thee to please thee and to taste and desire heauenly thinges only Aue Maria. 6 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thankes that didest ascend into heauen with the triumphe of Angells the cōpany of the Fathers I humblye beseech thee that my minde may alaies languishe in thy loue loath all worldly things and feruently hunger and thirst thee alone and that nothing may delighte me nothing make me glad but thou ô my Lord Cod. Aue Maria. 7. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that hast geuen the holy ghost sent thy Disciples to cōuert the worlde geue mee most pure simplicity of harte and perpetuall stablenes of minde geue me most feruent most faithfull constant charitie that the holye ghost may fill gouerne posesse me to the end that he may make me worthy to be more and more replenished with the giftes of his grace Aue Maria. 8. O my Lorde Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and giue thee thankes that hast glorified thy Mother assumpted in bodie and soule and hast geuen her vnto vs most mightie and mercifull By her merittes graunt me thy grace and perseuerance in all goodnes that I may neuer relent in thy seruice nor by indiscretion euer exceed Aue Maria. 9 O my Lord Iesus Christ I adore thee blesse thee and geue thee thanks that art to come as Iudge and to giue either punishment or reward O most mercifull Iesus graunt me so to finish my wholle life accordinge to thy pleasure that my soule departing out of the bodie may goe immediately vnto thee her Creator with great loue towardes thee where shee may praise blesse thee for euer in thy glory with all thy Saintes Amen Aue Maria. 10. ANOTHER MANER OF deuiding the Rosary of 150. Aue Maries according to the misteries of the life of our Sauiour taken out of the Italian booke of the Rosary Cap. 10. Contemplations vpon the first ioifull Misteries Of the Annunciation Pater noster MISSVS est Angelus Gabriel a Deo in ciuitatem Galileae cui nomen Nazareth Luc. 1. The Angell Gabriell was sent of God into a citie of Galilee called Nazareth Aue Maria. Ad virginem desponsatam viro cui nomen erat Ioseph Luc. 1. de domo Dauid et nomen Virginis Maria. To a Virgin dispoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the Virgins name was MARIE Aue Maria. Et ingressus Angelus ad eam dixit Aue gratia plena dominus teeum benedicta tu in mulieribus Luc. 1. And the Angell being entred in saide vnto her Haile full of grace our Lord is with thee bles sed art thou among women Aue Maria. Quae cum audisset turbata est in Sermone eius et cogitabat qualis esset ista Salutatio Luc. 1. Who hauing heard was troubled at his saying thought what maner of Salutatiō this should be Aue Maria. Et ait Angelus ei ne time as Maria inuenisti enim gratiam apud Deum And the Angell said to her Luc. 1 feare not Mary for thou hast foūd grace with God Aue Maria. Ecce concipies in vtero et paries filiū et vocabis nomen eius Iesum Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy womb Luc. 1 shalt beare a sonne thou shalt call his name Iesus Aue Maria. Hic erit magnus filius Altissimi vocabitur He shall be greate Luc. 1 shall be called the Son of the most High Aue Maria. Dabit illi Dominus Deus Sedem Dauid patris eius regnabit in domo Iacob in aeternum et regni eius non erit finis Luc. 1 Our Lord God shall giue him the Seate of Dauid his father he shall reigne in the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be no end Aue Maria. Dixit autem Maria ad Angelum quomodo fiet istud quoniam virum non cognosco Luc. 1 And Mary said to the Angell How shall this be done because I know not man Aue Maria. Et respondens Angelus dixit ei Spiritus Sanctus superueniet in te et virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi ideoque quod nascetur ex te Sanctum vocabitur filius Dei Luc. 1 And the Angell answering saide to her The holy ghost shall come vpon thee and the power of the most high shall ouershadow thee And therfore also that which of thee shal be borne holy shall be called the sonne of God Aue Maria. Dixit autem Maria ad Angelum ecce ancilla Domini fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum Luc. 1. And Mary said to the Angell Behold the hādmaid of our Lord be it done to me according to thy word Contemplations vppon the Second ioyfull mistery Pater noster EXVRGENS Maria in diebus illis abijt in montana cum festi natione in ciuitatem Iuda Luc. 1. And Mary rising vp in those daies went vnto the hill countrie with speed into a citie of Iuda Aue Maria. Luc. 1. Et intrauit in domū Zachariae et salutauit Elizabeth And she entred into the house of Zacharie saluted Elisabeth Aue Maria. Et factum est vt audiuit salutationem Mariae Elizabeth Luc. 1. And it came to passe as Elisabeth heard the salutatiō of Mary Aue Maria. Exultauit infans in vtero eius Luc. 1 The infant did leape in her wōbe Aue Maria. Et repleta est Spiritu Sancto Elizabeth et exclamauit voce magna et dixit Luc. 1. And Elisabeth was replenished with the holy Ghost and she cried out with a loude voice said Aue Maria. Benedicta tu inter mulieres et benedictus fructus ventris tui Blessed art thou among womē and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe Luc. 1. Aue Maria. Et vnde hoc mihi vt veniat mater Domini mei ad me Luc. 1 And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lorde doth come to me Aue Maria. Ecce enim vt facta est vox salutationis tuae in auribus meis exultauit in gaudio infans in vtero meo For behold as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares Luc. 1 the infant in my womb did leape for ioy Aue Maria. Et beata quae credidisti quoniā perficientur ea quae dicta sunt tibi a Domino And blessed art thou that beleeued Luc. 1 because those things shal be accomplished that were spokē to thee by our Lord. Aue Maria. Et ait Maria
and that the Popes benediction is annexed with most ample Indulgences and that sometime they are set out with medalls or Crosses of siluer brasse or wood these thinges haue not as some doe cauell increased superstition but Religion 16 For as Iosue the Captaine of the holy hoast Ios 4 at what time the children of Israell passed ouer Iordane dry footed commanded that twelue great stones should be deuoutly and religiously caried out of the chanel of the Riuer into the Tents to this end that if any should aske of the posterity what mean these stones the perpetuall tumemory of there wonderfull passage might be recorded So haue our auncestors deuoutly religiously annexed fiue beads in euery Rosary that are greater then the rest that the Heretickes laughing therat and asking what meane these fiue beades what meaneth the wholle Rosary Answere may be made that they are significatiōs of the fiue wounds which Christ suffered for them and vs. And that the Rosary is a certaine summe or abridgmēt of the new Testament Christian doctrine 17 For they that haue knowne the manifolde vse of the Rosary are not ignorant that the number of beads therin contained do serue to renue the memorie of all the misteries of the life of Christ and of the blessed Virgin and of the principall pointes of the Catholicke religion as of the B. Trinitie the Incarnation and Passiō of Christ the worship of God his Saintes the ten Commandementes Iustificatiō and life euerlasting Which briefe summe or abridgmēt is doubtlesse so much the more profitable amongst the common people by how much farther the vse therof is extended then the vse of books For it may be read euen of the vnlearned of the blind of those that trauaile on horse backe or in wagons or such like finally in most darke obscure places 18 And the benediction of the POPE doth nothing els but with solemne wordes consecrate the beades The benedictiō of the Pope otherwise prophane of them selues to the deuoute and holsome vse of the faithfull as by auncient custome of the Church Water Salte Chalices Candles Herbes and the Churches them selues are by the benediction of a Preist consecrated to an holy vse For sanctified saith the Apostle is euery creature by the word of god and praier 1. Tim. 4 The Indulgences anexed 19 And that the Indulgences annexed to the benediction are very profitable there is no doubt for by these the faithfull people being incouraged doe in greater number and with greater zeale and feruencie pray vnto Almightie God for most waightie causes For the increase of the Catho licke Church for the concord of Christian Princes for the rooting out of heresies For these are the points that for the most part are mentioned in the forme of all Indulgences 20 And as for the Images of gold siluer Crosses and Me dalles or wood annexed vnto the beades they haue neither any misticall significatiō nor vse other then the very Images in Churches that is to put vs in mind of the actes of Christ his Saints that in or before thē we may reuerence and call vpon that which by them is represented vnto vs. A BREIFE EXPLIcation of our Lordes Praier Cap. 12 THe Preface of this Praier Franciscus Costerus hath fewe wordes full of misteries Father is a name of loue signifying first of all that he which goeth about to pray must not be the enimie but the frend yea the child of Almighty God hauing laid aside all will to sinne hereafter and being sorowfull penitent for his sinnes past Secondly that he must come to Almighty God with great cōfidence because that of a Father all thinges are to be expected Our thou dost not say mine but our which is a name cōmon to all for God is the Father of all as wel one as an other respecting all indifferently as well poore as riche Therfore with this Praier must cōcur first charity towards neighbours wherby thou maiest loue all the children of God and wish well vnto them then Humility that thou preferrest not thy selfe before any other which arte in heauen Here first is signified that vnto this praier must be brought a mind lifte vp to heauenly thinges excluding earthly cogitations Secondly a greate reuerence of the wholle man as well externall as internall because he is an heauenly not an earthly Father Thirdly that nothing is to be demāded of an heauenly Father but heauēly things Here after do folow the 7 petitions wherof the 4 first do pray for good thinges to be graunted the 3 later for euels to be remoued Hallowed be thy name that is to say I giue thee thanks for thy benefits and I desire that thy name goodnes Maiesty may be well knowen vnto all men praised of all men and published in all places and especially I beseech thee that I in all my actions wordes may seeke thy glory referre all that I haue to thy honour the profite of my neighbours 2 Thy Kingdome come That is I wishe that thou O Lord maiest raigne all the world ouer that all dominion of the Deuell being abandoned thou maiest possesse all the Kingdomes of the world and especially that sinne may not raigne in my mortall body but that thou maiest rule gouerne all my powers and forces directe and bring me to the kingdome of heauen 3 Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauē that is Grant I besech thee grace vnto thy people that they may obey thy commaundements Furthermore in euery of our acttiōs do thou make known vnto vs thy will Finally my selfe O Lord I do resigne wholly to thy will so that thy name may be praised and sanctified by me thou hauing excluded the kingdome of sinne maiest only and wholly raigne in me thou maiest do with me and dispose of me as it shall stand best with thy most holy will and pleasure 4 Giue vs this day our daiely bread that is nourish and feede my soule and my body with conuenient food my soule with thy word that I may alwaies haue a tast and feeling therof when it is by preaching or praier or by any other meanes proposed vnto me Moreouer with thy most sacred body also vnto the oftē and deuoutreceauing wherof I doe desire to be moued stirred vp and my body with daily food sustinance and with thinges not superfluous but necessary not wrōgfully gotten but with dew labour iustice and equity Here foloweth the three euels which we desire to be remoued 5 And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. that is the euells past to witt the sines wherby we haue offended thee by the Passion of thy Sonne do thou gratis frely forgiue the veniall quotidian sinnes by sorow and the vertue of this Praier instituted by thy selfe and the more greeuous or mortall sinnes by the Sacrament of penance to which Sacrament that wee may come
deuoutly graunt I beseech thee conuenient time grace deuotion And although I may seeme to forgiue my neighboures all offences frō the very bottome of my harte yet do thou also afford me thy special helpe and assistance that I may neuer beare in mind any offence whatsoeuer 6 And lead vs not into tētation that is driue away from vs future euels not suffering vs at any time to consent vnto sinne nor to giue occasion that we be forsaken by thee And if by our default wee chance at any time to fall that our harts be not hardened but that they may presently rise from sinne and be conuerted 7 But deliuer vs frō euel Amen Turne away O Lord presēt euells from vs famine warre pestilēce and other corporall calamities as also prosperities that are not behoofefull for the helth of the soule Also all spirituall euells vnto which our cōcupiscēce which alwaies maketh warre against the spirite is inclined that from it if not wholly yet in parte we may be exempted AN EXPOSITION of the Angelical Salutation Cap. 13. NEXT after our Lords praier the Angells Salutation is vsually saide Francisous Costerus for two causes First certes that we may knowe that not by our owne meritt are the petitions aforesaid either to bee obtained or expected but by Christ Iesus incarnate who by this Salutatiō made by the voice of an Angell inuited the virgin his mother to giue her consent to his incarnatiō And secondly that we may learne that wee haue in heauen a Patronesse aduocate of our businesse vnto the eternall King vnto whom we committ the care of our requests and supplications put vp vnto Almighty God that by her petitions we may obtaine and haue our cause solicited for vs. Haile that is be thou ioifull happy and secure The B. Virgin being saluted will for her meeke and benigne charity returne Salutation backe againe Mary her proper name which signifieth Lady and Starr of the Sea Full of grace that is adorned with the grace of God Iustice and replenished with all maner of vertewes in her soule in all the powers therof Our Lord is with thee thy thoughts words and workes are pleasing vnto God there is nothing in thee which may displese him and therfore was God neuer absent from thee thou alwaies arte vnited vnto God in heauen Blessed art thou a mougst all women that is thou aboue and beyond all other womē arte blessed first because thou art a mother a Virgin Then because the mother of God thirdly because aduaunced to the highest dignity that could be giuen vnto the women kind that is to say to bee Queene of heauen and earth to be the next vnto Almighty God and aboue all creatures There is one only man that excelleth the Christ King of the worlde both God and man For two chefe principal offices dignities ther were to be bestowed one vnto a man to be King of the worlde an other vnto a woeman to bee the Queene of the world that Christ hath this thou hast granted vnto thee And Blessed is the fruite of thy wombe Iesus that is thy Sonne is trew and perfecte man the same is also the Sonne of God God aboue all things blessed for euermore vnto whom we owe praise thanksgiuing and benedictiō for infinite causes And especially for this that he hath prouided vs thee his mother as Lady Patronesse Aduocate Holy Mary mother of God pray for vs sinners now in the houre of our death Amen worthely maiest thou aske because as our Lady and maistresse thou hast care of vs and it is not hard for thee to obtaine because he is thy sōne whome thou doest aske And to thee we make our praier that by thee we may obtaine all good thinges by whom we haue receiued the Auctor of all goodnesse DIVERSE OTHER deuotions necessary or conuenient for euery Christian to vse Cap. 14. The maner of examining a mans cōscience to be vsed euery night least God perhaps calling vs out of this life do find vs vnprepared 1 THE first is to geue thākes to our Lord God for the fits which he hath bestowed vpon vs both generally and especially of that day 2 The second to aske grace for to know our sinnes and to auoide them 3 The third to take account of our soule orderly by euery houre since we rose first of our thoughts then of our wordes with the same order and also of our deeds 4 The fourth to demaund pardō of our sinnes 5 The fifth to purpose amendment with Gods grace and so to say a Pater noster Aue Credo Confiteor Salue Regina a Pater noster also to our guardian Angell and especiall Patrons with other praiers according to euery ones deuotion The Himne of our Lady called Salue Regina which for the deuoute generall vse therof in the wholle Church is worthely to bee learned euen of the simpler sort SAlue Regina Mater miserecordiae Vita dulcedo spes nostra salue Ad te clamamus exules filii Euae Ad te suspiramus gementes flentes in hac lacrimarum valle Eia ergo aduocata nostra illos tuos miserecordes oculos ad nos conuerte Et Iesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoe exilium ostende O clemens o pia o dulcis virgo Maria. Vers Ora pro nobis sancta Dei genetrix Res Vt digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi CONFITEOR Deo omnipotenti Beatae Mariae semper Virgini beato Michaeli Archangelo beato Ioanni Baptistae Sanctis Apostolis Petro Paulo omnibus Sanctis tibi Pater quia peccaui nimis cogitatione verbo opere mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginē beatum Michaelem Archangelū beatum Ioannem Baptistam Sanctos Apostolos Petrum Paulum omnes Sanctos te Pater orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum The same in Englishe I Confesse vnto almighty God to Blessed Mary alwaies a virgin to Blessed Michaiell Archangell to Blessed Ihon Baptist to the holy Apostles Peter paul to all the Saintes * This is to be said onely at Confession and Masse And to you my ghostly Father that I haue greuously sinned in thought word deed my faulte my fault my most great faulte * Here you must leaue vntill you haue don your Cōfession as aboue Therfore I pray blessed Mary alwaies a virgin blessed Michaiel Archangell blessed IOHN Baptist the holy Apostles Peter and Paule all the Saints And you my ghostly Father to pray for me vnto out Lord God The maner of commending our selues to God in the morning 1 FIrst making the signe of the Crosse to geue thākes vnto God for all his benefittes particulerly that he hath preserued vs that night 2 Secondly To offer him our body and soule 3 Thirdly To demaund of his diuine maiesty that whatsoeuer we do that day