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A22910	S. Augustines manuel Conteining special, and piked meditations, and godlie praiers: drawne out of the Word of God, and writings of the holie Fathers, for the exercise of the soule. Corrected, translated, and adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; Manuale. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 938; ESTC S100327	31,471	117

the pleasant organes do sounde-out most heauenlie hymnes the blessed Angels most sweetelie do sing songs of rare excellencie are vttered out by the supernal Citizens vnto the praise and glorie of thy Name There is neither gal nor anie bitternes in that blessed region For there is no wicked person nor anie wickednes at al. There is neither enimie to impugne nor anie enticement to offend There is no lacke no shame no contention no vpbraiding no blaming no feare no vnquietnes no punishment doubtfulnes violence discord there is none But singular peace and perfect loue and lasting triumphes and praising of God and secure quietnes which neuer shal haue end and continual ioie in the holie spirit there is Oh how happie should I be did I heare those most comfortable songs of thy Citizens and the sugred verses vttering foorth with due reuerence the praises of the sacred Trinitie But most singularlie blessed should I be might I also with them sing to my Lord Iesus Christ one of the pleasant songs of Zion Chap. 7. The blessed ioie of the heauenlie Paradise O Liuelie life ô euerlasting life and euerlastinglie blessed whereas ioie is and no sorowe rest is and no labour honor is and no feare wealth is and no losse health is and no sicknes abundance and no want life and no death immortalitie and no corruption happines no miserie at al is Whereas al good things are in perfect loue where sight is face vnto face where perfect knowledge is in al men al things are knowne whereas Gods soueraigne goodnes is perceaued and the light enlightening is glorified of the saincts Where the present maiestie of God is beholden and the minde of the beholders is filled continualie with this meate of life They see continualie and yet they desire to see they desire without griefe and without loathing they be satisfied Where the true sonne of righteousnes with the wonderful show of his beautiful beames doth refresh al beholders and so inlighteneth al the Citizens of the celestial countrie that they do giue light to wit à light inlightened through God à light shining more cleerelie than doth either the Sunne at anie time or the Starres They do cleaue vnto the immortal God-head and thereby they become immortal and vncorruptible according to the promise of our Lord and Sauiour Father I wil that they which thou hast giuen me be with me euen where I am that they may behold my glorie that they al may be one as thou ô Father art in me and I in thee euen that they also may be one in vs. Chap. 8. The glorious condition of the kingdome of Heauen THE kingdome of heauen is à most happie kingdome à kingdome both immortal and euerlasting There no times succeede by ages neither night followeth after daie There the valiant soldior after battels fought is adorned abundantlie with vnspeakeable rewardes and crowned honorablie with an euerlasting crowne Oh that Christ of his diuine goodnes hauing eased me of the heauie loade of my sinnes oh that he would bid me euen the basest of al his seruants to laie off the burthen of this flesh that I might to my comfort passe ouer vnto the euerlasting ioies of his citie be admitted into the felowship of the Saincts aboue attend vpon the maiestie of the Creator with the blessed Spirits beholde the countenance of God be neuer touched anie more with feare of death but reioice securelie for the immortalitie attained and ioined to him which knoweth al thinges might forgo al blind ignorance and neither make accompt of earthlie things nor vouchsafe either to behold or to remember this vale of teares anie more whereas the laborsome life the corruptible life the life replenished with al manner bitternes is such à life as is the Ladie of euils the handmaid of Diuels The which both humors puffe vp and sorowes plucke downe heate withereth and il aërs infect which both much eating maketh pursie and much fasting maketh leane Which by mirth is loosed and by sadnes consumed by care is shortned and by securitie dulled by riches made proud and by pouertie ouerthrowne by youth exalted by age bowed Which is both by sicknes broken and by sadnes depressed which both y e Diuel entrappeth by his snares and the world deceaueth by flatterie the flesh destroieth by filthie pleasure Whereby the soule is made blinde and the whole man distempered And after these so manie and so great euils succeedeth raging death which bringeth vaine delights vnto such an ende that when they are once gone they are as quite forgotten as if they had neuer bin at al Chap. 9. How God after much troubles doth comfort the pensiue soule BVT what praises or what thankes may we render vnto thy goodnes ô GOD who ceassest not for al this by thy gratious visitation to comfort vs amids so great wretchednes of our mortalitie While I dread much to die while I consider the multitude of my sinnes while I do feare thy heauie iudgement while I cal into minde the houre of death and am a gast at the horrible paines of hel while I wot not how preciselie and how strictlie thou wilt waigh my deedes and am vtterlie ignorant how I shal ende my life and ponder manie other things in mine hart lo of thy woonted goodnes ô Lord my God thou art present to comfort me wretch replenished with much sorowe and from these pitious complaintes and crieng thou carriest my pensiue and troubled vnderstanding ouer steepe hils vnto the beds of sweete spices and makest me to rest in greene pasture by the riuers of sweete waters where thou preparest à table diuerslie furnished against my cōming to refresh my wearied spirites and to comfort my sorowful hart and so refreshed with those dainties I forget at the length my manifold miseries and exalted ouer the earth I do rest my selfe in thee which art the true peace Chap. 10. A praier for grace to loue God O Lord my God I do loue thee and more and more I desire to loue thee Giue me grace ô Lord my God who art fairer than the children of men giue me grace not onlie to desire thee but also to loue thee both as I would and as I am bound Thou art vnmeasurable and therefore to be loued without measure especialie of vs whom thou hast so loued so saued for whose sakes thou hast done such and so great things O Loue which burnest alwaie and neuer goest out ô sweete Christ ô good Iesu ô my God who art loue it selfe set mee wholie on fire with thy fire with the loue of thee with thy sweetnes with hartie affection toward thee with a desire of thee with godlie charitie with godlie ioie and reioicing with godlie kindnes and sweetenes with godlie delectation and concupiscence the which is holie and good

the Angels there shal sing praises without cessing vnto the Lord If al maner honest not vnhonest pleasure the Lord shal giue them drinke out of the riuer of his pleasures If wisedome the verie wisedome of God shal shew it selfe to them If faithful amitie they shal both loue GOD more than themselues and one another as themselues yea and God shal loue them more than they can themselues For they loue both him themselues and one another through him and he loueth both himselfe and them too through himselfe If concord al they shal be of one minde for they shal wil nothing but what God willeth himselfe If power they shal haue ful power ouer their owne wil as God hath of his For as God of himselfe can do what he wil so they can do what they wil through him Because as they list none otherwise than he listeth so he listeth as they list and what he wil must needes come to passe If honor and wealth God wil make his good and faithful seruants rulers ouer much yea they shal be called the sonnes of God yea and gods too and be the heires euen the heires of God and heires annexed with Christ To conclude if certaine securitie they shal be as sure that that felicitie shall not faile them as they are sure that neither they for their parts would willinglie forgo the same nor God for his part wil bereaue his friends thereof against their wils nor that anie thing is so mightie that it can separate God and them Now what and how great ioie is there where such and so great felicitie is Chap. 34. How the Sancts loue each other mutualie in Heauen O Hart of man ô poore hart ô hart ful of miseries yea ouerwhelmed with miseries how greatlie wouldest thou reioice if thou aboundedst with these good things Aske euen the most secret cogitations of thine hart if they could receaue the ioie of so excellent blisse But if another whome thou louest as thy selfe did enioie with thee the like felicitie doubtles thy ioie would be doubled because thou wouldest so much reioice at his felicitie as at thine owne Now if two or three or moe were so blessed of God thou wouldest be as glad for each of them as for thy selfe if thou didest loue them euen as thy selfe Then how great shal the ioie be in that perfect loue of the innumerable companie of blessed Angels and men where each shal loue another euen as himselfe for euerie man there shal reioice as much for the happie estate of each particular person as for his owne felicitie If therefore the hart of man shal hardlie receaue the ioie of his owne blisse how shal it comprehend such great ioies of so manie of his friends for vndoubtedlie euen as we loue à man so shal we be glad for his felicitie As in that blessed happines euerie man shal loue God soueraignelie aboue himselfe and al others with him so most singularlie shal each man be more glad of Gods felicitie than of his owne and of al others with him And if they shal so loue God with al their harts with al their minds and with al their soules that neither al their harts nor al their minds nor al their soules can be able to comprehend the excellencie of the loue assuredlie the Sancts with al their harts with al their minds and with al their soules shal so reioice as neither their hearts nor their minds nor their soules shal be able to comprehend the abundant streames of celestial ioie Chap. 35. Of the perfect ioie of eternal life O MY God and my Lord mine hope the ioie of mine heart resolue my soule whether this be the ioie whereof thou speakest by thy Sonne Aske and ye shal receaue that your ioie may be ful For I haue found à certaine ioie which is ful yea and more than ful For notwithstanding y e whole hart be ful the whole mind ful the whole soule ful yea whole man ful of this ioie yet shal there remaine ioie for al that which is incomprehensible So then that whole ioie shal not enter into the reioicers but al the reioicers shal enter into the ioie of their maister Speake Lord tel thy seruant secretlie in mine hart if this be the ioie whereinto thy seruants shal enter who shal enter into their maisters ioie But surelie that ioie wherewith thine elect shal reioice neither eie hath seene nor eare hath heard nor entred euer into the hart of man Then Lord I haue not yet conceaued in minde much lesse vttered by words how greatlie thine elect shal reioice Vndoubtedlie they shal so greatlie reioice as they shal loue they shal so entirelie loue as they shal know thee ô Lord. And how entirelie shal they loue thee surelie neither mans eie hath seene nor his eare hard nor came it euer into his heart in this world how perfectlie they shal both knowe thee loue thee in the world to come O my God I beseech thee grant that I may knowe thee loue thee and reioice in thee And although I cannot so thoroughlie do so in this life as I should yet giue me grace to profit from daie to daie vntil I come vnto perfection Let thy knowledge so growe vp within me heere y t it may be found ripe there and thy loue so encrease within me heere that it may be perfect there that my ioie may be great heere in hope and in deedeful there O iust God my humble sute is that I may haue the thing which thou promisest euen that my ioie may be ful In the meane space let my mind meditate therof my tong speake therof mine hart long for it my speech reason thereof my soule hunger for the same Let my flesh thirst therefore and al my substance desire it euen vntil I enter into the ioie of my maister there to abide for euer and euer Amen FINIS ¶ THE SVMME OF EVERIE CHAPTER CONTAINED IN THIS BOOKE ACCORding as the titles doe import with the iust number of the page where euerie particular chapter is to be found 1 OF the woonderful essence or being which God hath pag. 1. 2 Of God his vnspeakeable knowledge pag. 4. 3 The desire of that soule which hath à feeling of God pag. 7. 4 The miserable state of that soule which neither loueth our Lord Sauior Christ nor seketh after him pa. 11. 5 A verie Christian desire of the soule after God pag. 14. 6 The happines of that soule which is deliuered out of the earthlie prison of the bodie pag. 17. 7 The blessed ioie of the heauenlie Paradise pag. 20. 8 The glorious condition of the kingdome of Heauen pag. 22. 9 How GOD after much trouble doth comfort the pensiue soule pag. 25. 10 A praier for grace to loue God pag. 27. 11 A praier for grace both dulie to thanke God for our redemption worthilie to approch vnto

mercies is with me And if great is the Lords mercies doubtles great are my merits The more able he is to saue the lesse care doe I take Chap. 23. Special medicines against sinne and despaire GReatlie haue I sinned ô Lord and my conscience accuseth me of manifold offences yet doe I not despaire For where sin abounded grace abounded much more He that in consideration of his hainous wickednes doth despaire denieth God to be à merciful God He greatlie defaceth the glorie of God which doubteth of his mercie and as much as in him is denieth God to haue loue truth power in him wherein al mine hope consisteth to wit in the loue of his adoption in the truth of his promise in the power of his redemption Then let my foolish cogitation murmur as much as it wil saieng who art thou how great is that glorie by what merits hopest thou to obteine y e same And I wil boldlie make this answere I knowe whome I giue credit vnto for of his tender loue he hath adopted me for his Sonne who is both of his promise true and also mightie in performance and he may doe what he wil The multitude of my sinnes can not dismaie me if the death of Christ come into my mind for my sinnes are not able to ouermatch his mercie The nailes and the speare doe crie vnto me that I am reconciled to Christ if I loue him hartilie Longinus with his speare hath opened to me y e side of Christ and I am gone-in and rest there quietlie He that feareth let him loue For perfect loue casteth-out feare There is no such remedie against the heate of lust as the death of my redeemer He stretched-out his armes vpon the crosse and held-out his hands to show how he is readie to embrace the penitent sinners Betweene those armes of my Sauior I both wish to liue and desire to die There I wil sing without care I wil magnifie thee ô Lord for thou hast exalted me and hast not made my foes to reioice ouer me Our Sauior bowed his head and gaue vp the ghost euen to kisse his beloued And so often doe we kisse God as we are pricked at the hart with the loue of him Chap. 24. A zealous meditation to mooue vnto the loue of God O MY Soule thou which art endued with the image of GOD redeemed with the blood of Christ betrothed through faith endued with the Spirit adorned with virtues and counted with the Angels Loue thou him who hath so loued thee care thou for him who hath a care of thee seeke thou him who seeketh thee Loue thy louer of whom thou art loued who in louing hath preuented thee who is the cause of thy loue He is the merit he the reward he the fruite the vse and the end Be thou careful with the careful be thou at leisure with him that hath leisure cleane with the cleane and holie with the holie As thou offerest thy selfe in the presence of God so wil he appeare in thy sight A good and merciful God of great kindnes requireth such as are good and merciful and louing and humble and kind Loue thou him who hath brought thee out of the horrible pit out of the mirie claie Choose him for thy friend before al friends who when al things shal faile wil keepe his faith In the daie of thy burial when al thy friends wil depart from thee he wil not forsake thee but protect thee from the roaring of them that be readie to deuoure and conduct thee through an vnknowen contrie and bring thee vnto the streetes of supernal Zion there place thee with the Angels before the face of his maiestie where thou shalt heare that angelical musicke Holie Holie Holie There is the song of mirth the voice of ioie and welfare and thankes-giuing and praising and Halleluiah for euer and euer There is perfect felicitie excellent glorie surpassing ioie and al good things O my soule sigh hartilie and earnestlie desire to attaine vnto that supernal citie whereof such glorious things are spoken in which who so dwel are al euen like such as triumph with ioie Through loue thou maiest ascend To the louer nothing is hard nothing vnpossible The soule that loueth doth often-times ascend and boldlie runneth about the streetes of celestial Hierusalem visiting the Patriarches and Prophets saluting the Apostles wondering at the armies of Martyrs and Confessors and beholding y e flockes of virgins Heauen earth and al things in them contained do cal vpon me continuallie to loue my Lord God Chap. 25. Of true knowledge what it is WHat is the knowledge of the truth It is first to knowe thy selfe and that thou both studie to be such as thou oughtest to be and also amend that which is to be reformed Secondlie it is to knowe and to loue thy maker for this is al mans happines Consider therefore how vnspeakeable the loue of God is to manward He created vs of nothing and whatsoeuer wee haue he gaue the same But forsomuch as we loued the gift more than the giuer the creature than the creator we fel into the snare of Satan and became his bond-slaues Neuerthelesse God of his great loue sent his owne Sonne to redeeme seruants and sent also the holie Ghost whereby he made seruants his sonnes by adoption He gaue his Sonne for a ransome the holie Ghost for a pledge of his loue and reserueth himselfe wholie for the inheritance of adoption And thus God as he is verie gratious and merciful of his good wil and loue to mankindward bestoweth not his goodes onlie but himselfe also to redeeme man and that not so much for his owne sake as for mans behoofe That men might be borne of God God first was borne of man Now what hart is so flintie but wil be softened by this loue of God so preuenting man O vehement loue that God for mans cause can vouchsafe to become man Who can hate man whose nature and likenes he beholdeth in the humanitie of God Doubtles who so loueth not man hateth God and so abideth in death For God became man for mans sake that he might be a redeemer as he was before a creator and that man not onlie might be ransomed through his riches but also loue him the more entirelie God appeared in the similitude of sinful flesh that each sense of man might be made blessed in him and as wel the eie of the hart be renewed in his diuinitie as the eie of the bodie in his humanitie that whether it go in or out mans nature which he hath created might in it finde comfort and refreshment Chap. 26. VVhat the sending of the holie Spirit worketh in vs. FOR our