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A42885 Instruction concerning penance and holy communion the second part fo the instruction of youth, containing the means how we may return to God by penance, and remain in his grace by the good and frequent use of the sacraments. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the house and Society of Sorbon, principal of the college of Plessis-Sorbon.; Instruction de la jeunesse en la piété chrétienne. Part 2. English Gobinet, Charles, 1614-1690.; Gobinet, Charles, 1614-1690. Instruction sur la pénitence et sur la sainte communion. English. 1689 (1689) Wing G904C; ESTC R223681 215,475 423

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the_o most_o delicious_a viand_n you_o can_v possible_o present_v he_o with_o prepare_v yourself_o to_o make_v he_o a_o offering_n of_o your_o heart_n to_o love_v he_o and_o of_o yourself_o with_o all_o fidelity_n to_o serve_v he_o 3._o set_a forth_o upon_o your_o way_n to_o meet_v he_o and_o to_o invite_v he_o into_o your_o house_n by_o good_a thought_n and_o holy_a affection_n cant._n 5._o veniat_fw-la dilectus_fw-la meus_fw-la in_o hortum_fw-la suum_fw-la o_o jesus_n come_v into_o my_o soul_n as_o into_o a_o garden_n which_o much_o delight_v thou_o make_v she_o o_o make_v she_o fit_a and_o worthy_a to_o receive_v thou_o cleanse_v she_o and_o vouchsafe_v to_o take_v away_o from_o she_o whatsoever_o may_v be_v offensive_a to_o thou_o plant_v in_o she_o and_o adorn_v she_o with_o the_o flower_n which_o best_o please_v thou_o that_o be_v with_o purity_n and_o humility_n veni_fw-la domine_fw-la jesus_n come_v o_o saviour_n of_o my_o soul_n come_v and_o save_v i_o by_o thy_o grace_n and_o 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my_o god_n and_o my_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n i_o adore_v thou_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o my_o heart_n i_o firm_o believe_v that_o i_o now_o possess_v thy_o body_n thy_o blood_n thy_o soul_n and_o thy_o divinity_n i_o acknowledge_v that_o thou_o be_v in_o i_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o these_o way_n o_o greatness_n of_o god_n be_v it_o possible_a that_o thou_o shall_v humble_v thyself_o so_o low_o o_o goodness_n how_o immense_a be_v thou_o and_o yet_o be_v please_v thus_o to_o remain_v with_o we_o thou_o do_v not_o only_o come_v and_o inhabit_v with_o we_o but_o thou_o bestow_v thyself_o upon_o we_o for_o our_o food_n and_o nourishment_n and_o to_o who_o to_o a_o poor_a and_o wretched_a servant_n as_o i_o be_o a_o lord_n to_o his_o slave_n god_n to_o his_o creature_n jesus_n christ_n to_o a_o sinner_n o_o res_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la manducat_fw-la dominum_fw-la pauper_fw-la servus_n &_o humilis_fw-la although_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o my_o mean_n and_o base_a condition_n it_o will_v make_v i_o unworthy_a to_o receive_v thou_o but_o i_o be_o become_v more_o undeserving_a by_o my_o sin_n and_o yet_o thou_o have_v the_o goodness_n not_o only_o to_o say_v to_o i_o as_o david_n do_v to_o miphiboseth_n that_o i_o shall_v eat_v at_o thy_o table_n 2._o reg._n 9.7_o et_fw-la tu_fw-la comedes_fw-la panem_fw-la in_o mensa_fw-la mea_fw-la semper_fw-la but_o also_o thou_o thyself_o offere_v thyself_o unto_o i_o for_o my_o food_n and_o nourishment_n o_o divine_a goodness_n how_o have_v i_o deserve_v such_o and_o so_o great_a favour_n ibid._n quis_fw-la sum_fw-la ego_fw-la quoniam_fw-la respexisti_fw-la super_fw-la canem_fw-la mortuum_fw-la ponder_v well_o upon_o these_o word_n and_o consider_v what_o you_o be_v before_o by_o sin_n less_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n than_o a_o dead_a dog_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o master_n and_o that_o you_o be_v now_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o favour_n restore_v to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o 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etiam_fw-la laudatoris_fw-la aug._n serm._n 8._o de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n and_o st._n bernard_n add_v that_o these_o two_o confession_n be_v necessary_a the_o one_o for_o sinner_n the_o other_o for_o the_o just_a cum_fw-la mala_fw-la tua_fw-la confiteris_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la deo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la contribulatus_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficia_fw-la immolas_fw-la deo_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la laudis_fw-la absque_fw-la confession_n iustùs_fw-la judicatur_fw-la ingratus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la mortuus_fw-la reputatur_fw-la confessio_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la vita_fw-la justi_fw-la gloria_fw-la bern._n serm._n 40._o de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la each_o one_o of_o these_o say_v he_o offers_z a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n the_o one_o of_o contrition_n the_o other_o of_o praise_n without_o the_o first_o sinner_n continue_v in_o death_n and_o the_o just_a without_o the_o second_o be_v account_v ungrateful_a to_o god_n and_o thus_o confession_n give_v life_n to_o sinner_n 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