and destitute of grace and vertu whom he may not enrich with the store plentie of all pretious substance 5. He giueth him selfe in foode most delicious most sweete and most sufficient in such sorte that none is so feeble weake or famished that may not be healed refreshed strenghtned and sustained 6. He cometh in such splendor and brightnes that none can be so blinded obscursed or held in such darknes that may not by his presence be instructed and lightned 7. He cometh in such plenitude aboundance of grace that none is so indeuout negligent and slouthful that may not be awakened stirred excited to deuotion O great and ouer-flowing loue who is he who well considering this wil not maruaile and with sighing sey O Lord what is man that so thou doest visit him and sett thy hart towardes him Aspirations to acknowledge our great vnworthines to receiue the holy Sacrament of the pretious body and blood of our Sauiour Iesus O My Lord O my God who art thou and who am I that I should presume to come to receiue thee The Angels in heauen doe reuerence thee and the highest powers and glorious Spirits with trembling doe adore thee What then shall I doe that am here in earth dust and ashes that I am what shall I doe O my Lord o my God thy only greatnes doth humble the Angels although they acknowledg in them no sinne nor euill Yea the highest Seraphins drawe in their winges and repute them selues like litle flies before thee what then shall I doe that am charged with the burthen of my iniquitie but bowe downe my head prostrate my selfe vpon the earth and feare to lift vp myne eyes before thee O my Lord O my God if I sinful wretch had prepared my selfe a thousand yeares by deuout meditations and had in my selfe the merits of all the iust men vpon the earth and of all the glorious Saintes in heauen all this were very little nay nothing to receiue thee according to thy dignity how much lesse then O my Lord alas how much lesse shall I doe it naked that I am of all merits and charged with an infinit number of sinnes and vices Aspirations to craue puritie of minde and conscience wher with worthelie to receiue the most B. Sacrament O My Lord my sweete Sauiour and my God who may giue me at this present a pure hart a cleane hart a new hart a hart purged from all soyle a hart set on fire with diuine loue a hart lightned and shining with celestiall brightnes so that my faire and delicate spouse Christ IESVS coming he may finde a place of rest prepared to him in my hart and nothing which may offende the eyes of his Maiestie 2. O that I could if it were possible receiue thee sweete Lord at this present into my soule with that feruour loue and affection wherwith thy worthy and sacred Mother conceiued thee and with that desire loue and deuotion that euer thy deuout seruants haue receiued doe receiue or euer shall receiue thee 3. O that I had in my selfe all the beautie of the nine orders of Angels the burning charitie of the Seraphins the sanctitie and puritie of the heauenly Saintes the feruent loue deuotion and desire of all the chosen frindes of God which euer were are or shall be ether in heauen or earth Aspirations to expresse a feruent longing and impatient desire of the soule for the coming of our Sauiour in the B. Sacrament 1. O Sweete IESV sweete IESV sweete IESV a thousand times doe I longe for thee a thousand times doe I desire thee when wilt thou come my sweete Sauiour when wilt thou come wheh shall I see thee when shall I feele thee within my soule 2. O deare IESV deare IESV deare IESV when shall I according to my desire possesse thy blessed presence within my soule when wilt thou come that I may louingly ioyne my hart to thine Come therefore O sweete IESVS come O bread of Angels O heauenly manna O foode of faithfull soules Come O my sweete loue come and transforme into thee all my intentions conceptions and inwarde parts come and rauish me from all thinges created euen fom my life euen from my owne selfe 3. O diuine fire come and inflame my hart O the spouse of my soule come quickly vnto me Wound my hart with thy loue Come take thy repose within my conscience Come sweete IESVS come quickly and defer no longer to come Come the health the life and only desire of my hart Aspirations proper to be said wheÌ„ the time of reaming the B. Sacrament is neere at hande 1. O My soule behould thy spouse is coming arise and goe earth to meete him enter now and ioyne thee neere vnto him Be glad and reioyce of the approaching of so great a guest because there cometh vnto thee thy Creator thy Lord and thy Louer thy Father thy Pastor and thy Spouse Christ IESVS thy beloued he who gaue for thee his dearest life that he might redeeme thy soule from eternall death 2. Open o my soule open the gate to thy Lord and thy God coming towardes thee giue place to thy Creator giue accesse to thy spouse who with such loue approacheth vnto thee 3. Them imagin that you heare the sweete and amiable voice of our Sauiour calling vnto you and saying Veni amica mea veni sponsa mea veni Come my beloued come my spouse come vnto me To who make answere saying Paratum cor meum Deus â—ratum cor meum Ingredere benedicte Domine miserere mei O God my hart is readie o God my hart is readie Enter blessed Lord and haue mercie on me Aspirations to be said inwardly when the B. Host is in your mouth 1. O Most sweete most potent most faire most noble most highe most geÌ„tle most amiable and most gratious IESV Vouchsafe to enter into the poore house of they seruaÌ„t whose burning desire is wholy to enioy thee and whom all the creatures in heauen and earth cannot satisfie without thee 2. My God enter into my soule and sanctifie it enter into my hart purifie it my God enter into my body and countergarde it and from thy loue neuer separate it 3. Into thy handes o Lord IESV I commend my spirit to thee I resigne my life my soule receiue me sweete Sauiour and so keepe me that I neuer escape out of thy handes Aspirations after receiuing admiring the loue of our Sauiour expressed vnto vs in the most B. Sacrament 1 I Remember sweete IESV the woordes thou spakest to thine Apostles after thou hadst washed their feete saing Knowe you what I haue done vnto you o how wel maist thou now say vnto me Knowe you what I haue done vnto you For what couldest thou doe more for me or what gteater loue o good IESU couldest thou shew vnto me then first to giue this thy body to death for me now againe to giue the selfe same body and blood in meate
meum corpus meum adhuc mundum in conspectu tuo Lord is my body and my mynde yet cleane before thee Somtimes againe by way of huÌ„ble prayer that he wold not leaue you saying with the holy Prophet Ne derelinquas me Domine Deus meus ne discesseris à me Leaue me not O my Lord o my God depart not from me Sometimes likewise you may with great ioy of spirit recite the song of the 3. childreÌ„ DaÌ„ 3. saying Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino laudate superexaltate eum in soecula c. Benedicite Angeli Domini Domino benedicite caeli Domino c. All yee workes of our Lord blesse yee our Lord prayse and ex tolle him for euer Blesse our Lord yee Angels of our Lord ye heaueÌ„s blesse our Lord c. As in the office of our Lady Moreouer to exercise some other actes of greate deuotion you may sometimes imagin your selfe as one wounded in soule with sundry woundes and that IESVS CHRIST the true phisitian of soules cometh to cast his woundes vpon yours to the end perfectly to heale you You may likewise sometimes by imgination transforme your selfe into the forme of a little Bee mounting vpoÌ„ the tree of the Crosse flying busily from one wound to another to gather and suck into your soule the sweete honie of his most pretious blood A briefe prayer for conclusion SWeete IESVS by the vertu of this most B. SacrameÌ„t I beseeche thee to roote vp and extirpate in me all the branches and seeds of my euil passions renue me wholy into thee so that in thee I may take a new force and viguere and that in vertu of thy grace of vicious which I haue alwayes bene I may for time hereafter become vertuous of a childe of vanitie a contemner of the world of leacherous chast of gluttenous sober of slouthfull feruent and diligent of harslie cholericke and impatient sweet meeke and patient of vnpittifull charitable of proude humble of presumptuous and ill aduised discreete and modest of vaine and light graue and settled of inconâ—â—ant firme and stable finally of a sinner and enwrapped in â—iseries I may become by thy grace just and of exemplar holie conuersation Graunt this sweete Sauiour IESV for thy infinite loue and mercie sake Amen THE LITANY OF the blessed Sacrament LOrd haue mercie Christ haue mercie Lord haue mercie Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. O God the Father of heauen Haue mercie vpon vs. o God the Sonne redeemer of the world Haue mercie vpon vs O God the Holy Ghost Haue mercie vpon vs. O holie Trinitie one God Haue mercie vpon vs. Liuely Bread that didst descend from heauen Haue God hidden and my Sauiour Haue mercie vpon vs. Bread of the elect Haue Wine budding foorth virgins Haue mercie vpon vs Fruitfull Bread and the delight of kinges Haue Holie Sacrifice Haue Pure oblation Haue Lambe without spot Haue Table of proposition Haue mercie vpon vs. Most pure Table Haue Foode of Angels Haue Hidden Manna Haue Memoriall of the woÌ„derfull woorkes of God Haue SupersubstaÌ„tial bread Haue Woorde made flesh and dwelling in vs Haue Holy host Haue Chalice of benediction Haue mercie vpon vs. Mysterie of faithe Haue Most highe and venerable Sacrament Haue Sacrifice of all other most holy Haue mercie vpon vs. Truly propitiatorie for the quick and dead Haue HeaueÌ„ly Preseruatiue wherby we are preserued from sinne Haue Miracle aboue al others astonishing Haue Most sacred coÌ„memoration of our Lordes death Haue Gift surpassing al fulnes Ha Chiefe memoriall of diuine Loue Haue Abundance of diuine bountie Haue Holie and most majesticall mystery Haue mercy vpon vs. Medicine of immortallity Haue mercy vpon vs. Dreadful and life-giuing Sacrament Haue Bread of the Almighty word made flesh Haue Vnbloudy Sacrifice Haue Most sweet banquet whereon the ministring Angels attend Haue Sacrament of Piety Haue Bond of Charity Haue Offerer and oblation Haue Spirituall sweetnes tasted in his proper fountaine Haue Refection of holy soules Haue mercy vpon vs. Voyage food of those which dye in our Lord. Haue mercy vpon vs. Pledge of future glory Haue mercy vpon vs. Be mercifull Spare vs o Lord. Be mercifull Heare vs o Lord. From the vnworthy receiuing of thy body blood Deliuer vs o Lord. From concupiscence of the flesh Deliuer vs. From concupiscence of the eyes Deliuer vs From pride of life Deliuer From all occasion of sinne Deliuer vs o Lord. By that desire wherewith thou desieredst to eate this Passeouer with thy Disciples Deliuer vs o Lord. By thy great humility wherewith thou didest washe the feete of thy Disciples Deliuer vs o Lord. By thy burning Charitie wherwith thou didest ordaine this diuine Sacrament Deliuer vs. By thy most pretious blood which thou hast left vnto vs vpon the Altar Deliuer vs. By the fiue woundes of this thy most holy body which thou receiuedst for vs. Deliuer vs o Lord. We sinners Doe beseech thee to heare vs. That thou wouldst increase keepe in vs true faith reuerence and deuotion of this holy Sacrament VVe beseech thee That thou wouldst voutchsafe to bring vs to the frequeÌ„t vse of this holie Eucharist by true coÌ„fession of our sinnes VVe beseech That thou wouldest voutchsafe to deliuer vs froÌ„ all heresie infidelitie blindnes of hart VVe beseech thee That thou wouldst voutchsafe to impart vnto vs the pretious heauenly fruites of this holy Sacrament VVe beseech thee That in the hower of our death thou wouldst streÌ„gthen and defend vs with this heauenly viaticum VVe beseech thee Sonne of God VVee beseech Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Spare vs o Lord. Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Heare vs o Lond. Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercie THE PRAYER O God who vnder this wonderfull SacrameÌ„t hast left vnto vs the memorie of thy passion Graunt vs so to woorship the sacred mysteries of thy body and blood that we may continually feele in vs the fruit of thy redemption who liuest and raignest with God the Father in vnitie of the holy Ghost one God for euer and euer Amen This which followeth may be fitlie sayed when the benediction of the B. SacrameÌ„t is giuen or coming to adore before the Tabernacle or Altar where the same is reserued IN the name of IESVS euery knee bow of the celestials terrestrials and infernals and euery tongue confesse that our Lord IESVS CHRIST is in the glorie of God the Father Phil. 2.10 And lett all the people say Amen Amen Psal 105.47 Who shall not feare the o Lord magnifie thy name because thou only art holie because all natioÌ„s shal come adore in thy sight because thy judgments be manifest Apocalip 15.4 And lett all the people say Amen Amen The lambe that was slaine is worthie to receiue power strenght honor glorie benedictioÌ„ Apoc. 5.12 And lett all the people say Amen
riche men of high degree Gouernors must be as it were guides and examples to others of lower calling in all sort of godly and pious workes If thou feele thy selfe moued to goe any holy pilgrimage take aduise of thy ghostly Father and omitt not in any wise to haue his benediction according to the auncient vse of the Catholike Church If thou goe any voyage vse euerie morning ere thou goe on thy way to say those briefe short prayers which are called ItinerariuÌ„ or iournal and be printed in the office of our Ladie NINTHLY OF MEATE drinke and apparell EVery time that thou dost goe to the table to eate thou must thinke that thou dost goe for necessities sake say first the benediction that is in our Ladies office often giue thanks to our Lord as is there also conteined if thou canst not say these things say a Pater noster Aue Maria making the signe of the holy Crosse vpon the table meate When thou dost sit downe or art at the table think first of al before thou begin to eate vpon that sinne which our first parents did comitt by eating the forbiddeÌ„ fruite for this will serue as a bridel to refraine thine appetite as a rule whereby to measure that action of thine Endeauour to be verie teÌ„perate in eating drinking sleeping clothing in clining rather to too litle then to too much Beware of pompe pride of apparel of all sorte of vaine superfluous decking triming haue greate regarde vnto this whether thou be a man or a woman or of whatsoeuer els condition degree FINIS A BRIEFE AND PROFITABLE EXERCISE OF THE SEAVEN PRINCIPALL EFFVsions of the pretious blood of our Lord Iesus Christ WHEREWITH VVe may exercise our selues all the dayes in the weeke in one of these seauen Effusions And to obtaine the seauen vertues contrary to the aforesayd vices TRANSLATED Out of the French into English by IOHN HEIGHAM At. s. Omers Anno 1624. THE FIRSTE Effusion on Sonday FIRSTE vpon the Sonday we are to haue in memorie the firste Effusion of our Lord and Sauiour IESVS the which was in the garden of Oliuet In this day ought the denout soule to enter into this garden to contemplate as if he were present in spirit behoulding how the blessed Sonne of God was there in maruelous sorrowe c agonie wheÌ„ to redeeme vs miserable and in gratefull people from the goulfe of hell he was abandonned and depriued of all comfort helpe and succour of his heauenlie Father of his Apostles which lay a sleep of his neighbors and kinsfolkes and of all his frendes acquaintance Wherefore he had iust cause to say My soule is sorrowfull euen vnto death And as the Prophet Dauid saith My frendes my Neighbours haue approached and stoode against me and they that were neere me stoode far off To witt the chiefe Priestes and principall Doctours to whom of loue he had shewed done so many workes for their good and benefit and for whose sakes especially he was come into this world And seeing furthermore that the merit of his dolorous passioÌ„ should nothing profitte the greatest part of the world as the scripture â—aith Many be called but few â—â—ect albeit that one only of his pretious bloode was sufficient alone to saue the whole worlde by this consideration and by the greate desire which he had to accomplish our redemption and to make satisfaction for our sinnes and to saue vs he apprehended such an agonious and excessiue sorrowe that there issued out of al partes of his bodie abundance of sweate conuerted into bloode which peirced through his garments and ran vpon the earth Then might he well say with the holie Prophet My soule is replenished wiâ—â— euills And as Elias measured himselfe three times vpon the dead infant saying O Lord I beseeche thee that thâ— soule of this Infant may returne againe into him so our Sauiour and redeemer IESVS prostrated him selfe three times vpon the earth praying deuoutlie vnto his Father to reuiue ouâ— soules which were dead by sinne And then the deuout souâ—â— ought to approach and to ioyne him to IESVS CHRIST prostrat vpon the ground and by amourouse compassion to lift him froÌ„ the earth and to gather vp the droppes of his most pretious blood and to poure them into the violl of his harte saying deuoutlie the prayer which followeth The prayer for the first EffusioÌ„ I Salute the most noble pretious blood runing in greate aboundance out of the bodie of my Lord and Sauiour IESVS being in the gardeÌ„ of oliuet in prayer repleate with maruellous and excessiue agonie by the consideration of his most bitter and shamefull passion so neere approaching which he was to suffer for the satisfaction of all the offences and sinnes perpetrated committed from the beginning of the world which euer shalll be coÌ„mitted to the latter ending of the same O most sweete IESVS â—umblie I beseeche thee â—hat by the vertue of this blessed bloodie sweate thou wouldest cleanse and purge my poore soule defiled with diuerse sortes of sinnes which I haue often coÌ„mitted by slouth ignoraÌ„ce malice negligence omission faintnes of heart sinnes of my youth and perdition of the pretious time in idlenes by thoughtes wordes and worldly occupations that I may conforme my selfe to the wise maÌ„ who saieth He which tilleth his lande shall be filled with breads but he which pursueth idlenes is a very foole wherefore I should be most foolish and vnwise if now I should noâ— laboure by perfect amendemeÌ„t of my life to gather vp the droppes of thy most precious blood which thou hast shed for my redemption Wherefore sweete IESV I humblie beseeche thee by the vertue of thy sacred blood shed in the garden of Oliuet thorough ardent loue that it may please thee to giue me the vertu of diligence and the feruor of deuotion illuminate my vnderstanding inflame my affectioÌ„ in the loue of thee that for the time to come I may diligeÌ„tlie attentiuelie deuoutlie be vigilant watchfull in Prayer in hearing of Masse in saying my houres or other diuine offices and vertuous operations fruitefullie also to emploie my time in workes of pietie pittie and mercie to thy honour and glorie to my saluation and edification of my neighbour True it is o my Lord that full often doest thou enseigne me often to call vpon thee and doost further incite me by promising to heare me saying All thinges whatsoeuer you shall aske in prayer beleuing you shal receiue Wherefore hereafter I wil be more diligent by the helpe of thy grace the which for this purpose I will euer seeke and require vntill I may attaine Furthermore my sweete Sauiour IESVS for the great sorrowe anguishe oppressioÌ„ of thy blessed hart for all thy sighes groanes and droppes of bloodie teares shed in this garden I adore thee loue thee and laude thee beseeching thee by thy excessiue sorrowe and
fastned theron with such boisterous nayles and for all thy bitter sorrowes paines and dolour for the multitude of thy stripes iniuries blasphemies āguishes and oppressions of thy sweete and gentle hart and for all thy afflictions and tribulations which thou pacientlie enduredst and principallie in these three howers hanging rufully naked betwixt two Theeues as their head or Captaine I adore thee praise thee blesse thee and render thee humble thankes praying that thorough thy grace my olde concupiscēce may be crucified with thee and that the body of sinne may be mortified and quite distroyed in me O most sweete IESV I hartelie beseeche thee for all the stripes dolours and paines of thy blessed bodie for all the droppes of thy most pretious blood which thou vouchsafedst to shed euen to the vtmost drop in so much that with thy pretious blood the Crosse and the earth were died wholie red that it would please thee to take from me all enuie detraction obloquie disaffection hatred and hard opinion of my neighbour and to pardon all my offences cōmitted by enuie For wel I knowe thou hast admonished me by thy holie Apostle saying Lay aside enuies and all detractions And Salomon sayeth Hatered and enuious haue perished together And therefore my most amourous and dearelie beloued louer giue me most ardent perfecte inuiolable and perpetuall charitie and so fullie replenish my soule there with that I may first in all thinges perfectly loue thee and next my neighbour intirely in thee and most purely and sincerely for the loue of thee And that I may from the very bottom of my hart for the loue of thee pardō al those which haue any way offended me and doe any way hate me both to wishe them and doe them all kinde of good to the vtmost of myne abilitie as S. Paule admonisheth saying If thine enimie hunger giue him meate if he thirst giue hi◠drinke O most bening IESV I beseeche thee by thy vnspeakable charitie and infinit mercie that thou wouldest so inflame my hart and wholly swallowe it vp in thy loue that I may neuer be separated from thee Drawe my hart alwayes vnto thee and suffer me not to be vanquished by any temptation nor surmounted by any manner of aduersitie defend fortifie and deliuer me from all sinne and frō the assaultes of mine enimies gouerne direct me in all mine affaires and in all thinges take vnto thee the totall possession of me Giue me the grace so to be inwardly wounded with thy loue pittifull passion that in all thinges and in all places I may still see and behould thee crucifyed for me that my hart may by loue perpetually be vnited vnto thee saying with the Prophet Dauid It is good for me to be vnited conioyned to my God and to put my trust and confidence in my Lord. And furthermore I beseeche thee most sweete IESVS for all those whō thou hast suffered thy most bitter death and passion to the end that the meritt of the same and of thy exceeding charity may neither be lost nor perish in them to comfort all those which are in any trouble or affliction to support strēghten them which are in any temptation and all those which are in thy holy grace vouchsafe to confirme them Conuert againe all such as by imbecillity are fallen all sinners which runne astray and saue vs and glorify vs altogeather to the end that we may eternally laude thee and perpetually loue thee Amen Pater noster Aue Maria THE SEAVENTH Effusion on Saturday SEauenthlie vpon the Saturday the deuoute soule ought to embrace his meeke Lord louingly with his hart and to consider and contemplate the bitter and dolorous departure of his sweet Redeemer and Sauiour IESVS when his vermillian cheeks lippes began to waxe pale his sacred eyes to send forthgrosse and cloddy teares his holy mouth to be drawen togeather his reuered head to encline and hang downward and finally his most blessed soule to depart out of his body The deuoute soule contemplating hereon ought to be mollifyed and with compassion to melte be quite resolued into teares considering this sharpe bitter death of our blessed Lord Sauiour ought also to dye with him spiritually vnto the world and to forsake and leaue all sin to liue with him eternally The deuout soule ought also to thinke that after his death and passion those wicked fellonous Iewes were not yet fully satisfyed with those dolours paines torments abuses and contumelies which already in his life tyme they had inflicted vpon him but also after his death they adde new tormēts vnto his blessed body with most execrable cruelty they pierced his sacred side vnto his very hart whereout issued water and blood as sayth S. Iohn One of the souldiers with a speare opened his side and incontinent there issued forth blood and water Thinke what torment dolour anguish sorrowe and affliction this strooke to the tender hart of his blessed mother who was there present Wherefore to conforme himselfe to this article let the deuout soule with great compassion dolour and compunction hartily say this prayer following The prayer for the Seauenth Effusion I Salute the most noble pretious and prizeles blood which issued out of the righte side of myne amorous Sauiour IESVS hanging dead vpon the Crosse by the which blood he hath made full satisfaction vnto the diuine Iustice to recouer and redeeme vs from euerlasting damnation O my Lord my God the hope health of al the world the Creatour of all creatures who of thy incōprehensible loue wouldest dye a most bitter shamfull death for me a vilde miserable and sinnefull creature giue me grace sweete IESV I beseech thee that I may dye spiritually with thee and that at the hower of my death thou receiue my soule vnto thy mercy O most sweet IESV I recommend my soule and my body into thy handes extended on the Crosse peirced nayled and all be-purpled with thy pretious blood And I aske in all profound humility thy holy grace that in the laste hower of my life I may with good vnderstanding and perfect memorie with firme fayth and assured hope recōmend my soule vnto thy mercy sauuegard and sacred protectiō And that I may be worthy to heare that sweet and comfortable voice This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise O my amorous Redeemer who didest permit after thou wast dead thy blessed side to be opened with a lance whereout did issue both water blood vouchsafe deepely to woūd and pierce my soule with the launce of thy diuine loue to the end that at the howre of my death I may be worthy to receiue thy blessed body in the most holy and blessed Sacramēt as a spirituall foode against the euerlasting famine thy pretious blood for cōfortable drinke against the eternall and vnquenchable thirst In the opening of thy sacred side O my gratious Lord thou hast opened to thyne elect the gate of Paradice and of eternall life I beseech thee deare IESV haue not memory of my sinnes iniquities least this gate and entry be shut and closed against me for myne offences which thou hast mercifully opened to all poore sinners penitents and repentants but receaue my soule at the hower of my death fauourably vnto thy mercy and place it with thee in perpetuall ioy and felicity And furthermore sweet IESV I beseeche thee for the honor of al thy paines dolours death and passiō and for the Effusion of thy most pretious blood that thou wouldest pardon me all my grieuous sinnes of carnality committed in thoughts wordes deedes or motions by my disordinate affection of concupiscence and sensuall delectation And that I may follow and performe the councell of S. Paul saying Mortify your sinnefull members And againe If you liue according to the flesh you shall dye but if by the spirit you subdue the workes of the flesh you shall liue Giue me deare IESV I beseeche thee this faire Angelicall vertue of Chastity of Continence Purity of soule and body Sweet IESV mortify and kill in me all vices all motions and prouocations to concupiscence and carnal affection Take from me I beseeche thee all that which is vnlawfull disordinate displeasing to thy diuine maiesty and giue me a harte most simple cleane pure feruent diuine and conformable to thy owne hart which no vicious nor disordinate affection may euer infect soile or maculate My Lord my God most compassionate spouse of my soule I beseech thee to keep defend me from all wicked vnlawfull and vicious deedes from all vnseemely vncleane and hurtfull take and from all euill fleshly and filthie thoughtes that I may worthely and faythfully serue thee in all purenesse of soule and body Sweet IESV take the whole possessiō of my hart vnto thee and giue me either thyne owne harte or make this hart of myne cōformable vnto thyn to the end that all my thoughtes willes and desires may alwayes be in thee to thy honour and glory and that I may perpetually repose in thee saying with the Prophet My soule shall rest and sleepe in peace Finally most mercifull IESV I pray thee for the soules of my parēts frēdes and benefactors and generallie for al the soules in the fire of Purgatorie humblie beseeching thee by thy clemēcie goodnes and infinite bountie by the merit of thy most holie death and passion to deliuer and release them of their paines torments and to giue them perpetuall euerlasting rest Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. Credo FINIS PREVILEGE PHilippe par la grace de Dieu Roy de Castile d'Arragon c. permettons de grace especialle à IEAN HEIGHAM d'Imprimer ou faire imprimer les six liures Spirituelles en Anglois à l'exclusion de tous autres pour l'espace de quinze ans commençant le 1. de Iullet 1622. à peine de cōfiscation amende mentioné en ledit Prouilege Signé LE COMTE
I haue just occation to shed foorth a riuer of teares yea rather of blood then of water It is truely a wonder that my harte doth not burste in sunder with vehemence of Contrition when I consider the greatnesse and enormitie of my sinne O would to God would to God I had neuer offended Would to God I had neuer letted thy grace in me Would to God I had neuer contemned thy mercie towardes me O let it please thee sweet IESV for the same thy mercie once more to washe me with thy pretious blood Once more to heale me with thy sacred woundes Once more to sanctifie me with thy death and passion O cleanse me cleanse me cleanse me perfectly Restore me the innocencie which thou gauest me in Baptisme that I may truly please thee Here I make Lorde in thy presence and before all the Angels and blessed spirits a firme purpose to amend my life I renounce al sensuall delectation I renounce all vanitie and impuritie I renounce and vtterly detest al sinne and iniquitie My deere Sauiour shed foorth thy wrath vpon this my body Afflict me Cut me in peeces Burne me in this worlde Lay thy Crosse vpon my shoulders I am content with al only that I neuer more offende thee A prayer before Confession O Most sweete Lord thâ— fountaine of all mercie giue me I beseeche thee true Contrition and sorrowe foâ— my sinnes Send me the gifte of speech and of veritie that 〈◊〉 may explicate and declare my sinnes humbly simply anâ— entierely to my ghostly Father without either disguising or concealing any thing to the end that making an entire Confession I may obtaine a full and perfect absolution Amen Another for the same O Most beningne gentle Sauiour IESV I beseeche thee by the merits of thy bitter Passion that it would please thee to haue pittie on him whom thou hast created to thyne image and likenes and bought by a painfull and dolorous death O my Lord who art the wisedome diuine let it please thee to informe me of the knowledge of my sinnes that I be not deceiued by the spirit of lying in the recitall of them which I intend to make to my ghostly father by thee established in vertue of thy pretious bloud to giue me absolution O my Lord which art the power diuine driue from me I beseech thee all feare and humane shame to the end that I be not any wayes withdrawen to open and manifest the woundes of my soule grant this by the merits of thy woorthy woundes so many tymes for me opened and renued Amen What the penitent is to doe when the Priest giueth him absolution WHILST the Confessour shall giue the Absolution the Penitent may consider the great bounty mercy of God to haue giuen vs this Sacrament for the washing and Purgation of our soules by the merits of the Passion of our Lord Iesus Christ or thinke vpon some poynt or article of the Passion or say some briefe jaculatory Prayer such as this which followeth or the like A Prayer to be said whilst the Absolution is giuen O My sweete Lord God giue me the grace that there be not in me any impediment to receaue the true entire and totall remission of all my sinnes by the merite of thy most precious blood shed for me vpon the Crosse O IESV haue mercie on me O God be mercifull to me a sinner Thou who sufferedst for me haue mercie on mee A Prayer after Confession O My Lord God the Father of mercy who hast called me expected my repentance and comming vnto thee by the Sacrament of Confession thou hast gently receaued me by thy bountie pittie and mercie and by the merits of the precious bloud of my Sauiour IESVS which hath bene applied vnto me in this holy Sacrament Thou hast giuen mee the grace to haue Contrition and sorrow for my sinnes and faults which is the first part of Penance Thou hast giuen me the force and constancy to confesse them all so farre foorth as I could remember which is the second Giue me grace now to fullfill the third which is Satisfaction in discharging me duely and deuoutly of the payne which is coÌ„manded me so that hauing accomplished the whole mysterie of Penance I may be receaued reckoned amongst the number of thy true children with Saint Peter and S. Mary Magdalen the true mirours of pennance Amen Another for the same O Soueraigne bounty bottomelesse depthe of mercie and God of all clemencie and sweetnes it is vnto thee that I come to render my selfe vnto thee I make my refuge hauing vnfoulded my faults in the Sacrament of Confession and discharged my selfe of the great burthen of my sinnes which did ouermuch oppresse my soule wherof I giue thee most humble thankes and I beseech thee to confirme in my spirit the hope of saluation which thou hast giuen me by newnes of life the which hereafter thou maist make to grow in me by thy holy grace O let it please thee for the time to come to support me by thy power to the ende that I fall not into the snares of mine enemies who seeke euery moment to deuoure me I call o Lord for thy helpe helpe me against the world the flesh the diuel that I may keep preserue me in the obseruance of thy holy commandements and diligently humbly and deuoutly serue thee and laud thee by the bloud and merits of IESVS CHRIST thy Son to whome with thee and the Holy Ghost be all prayse and glory Amen FINIS CERTAINE VERY PIOVS AND GODLY CONSIDERATIONS Proper to be exercised whilst the incruentall Sacrifice of the Masse is celebrated SET FORTH For the comfort and benefite of alâ— deuout Catholikes By IOHN HEIGHAM ANNO 1624. THE MANNER HOVV TO HEARE MASSE AND FIRST Of the Ornaments appertayning to the Priest Of the Amice WHEN the Priest putteth the Amice before his eyes I wilâ— consider the cloath wherewâ—â—â— the Iewes did blind-fould 〈◊〉 eyes of Christ buffet him on the face saying Prophecie vnto vs O Christ who was he that smit thee Of the same VVhen he puteth the same Amice vpon his head I will consider the sharpe Crowne of thornes which was sâ—t vpon our Sauiours head which peirced his braines to his exceeding torment Of the Albe VVhen he putteth on the Albe I will consider the longe white garment wherin Christ being cloathed they mocked him despised him and reputed him for a foole Of the Gyrdle VVhen he puteth on the Gyrdle I wil cal to minde how they streightly bound the handes of our Lord behinde him and like a notorious malefactor led him from place to place and from one Iudge to another Of the Manuple VVhen he putteth on the Manuple I will consider the cordes wherewith they tyed that innocent LAMBE whâ—â—â—â— he was lamentably whiâ—◠〈◊〉 and scourged at the Pillar Of the Stole When he putteth on the Stole I will consider the heauy Crosse which was layde vpon our Sauiours shoulders as
also the ropes wherwith he was ignominiously haled to the Mount of Caluary Of the vestement VVhen he putteth on the Vestement I will consider the purple Garment wherewith being reuested in most pittifull manner he was shewed of PILATE to the people saing Ecce homo Behold the man And I at the putting on of these will beseech our LORD to graunt vnto me The Amice of Sufferance The Albe of cleane conuersation The Girdle of chastitie The Manuple of coÌ„stancy The Stole of Obedience And the VestemeÌ„t of Charity Of the Introibo or entrie to the Masse WHen the Priest beginneth the entrie to the Masse I will consider the great dignity and woorthinâ—â—â—f this holy Sacrifice and mine owne greate vnworthines to be present at the same And I will beseeche our Lord that I may woorthelie asist thereat and that him selfe would put those woordes into my mouthe and those conceptions into my harte which as his owne may both be heard and receiued of him Of the Confiteor VVhen he sayeth the Confiteor I wil consider the offeÌ„ce of our first parents the offences of al the world and myne owne offences Of all which I will most hartilie aske forgiuenes Of kissing the Altar VVhen he approacheth to the Altar kisseth the same I will consider the Incarnation of CHRIST and the vnion of mans nature with the word Eternall And further the spirituall vnion of euery soule with his Lord IESVS which vnion of my soule with my Sauiour I also will desire Of the introite WHen the Intrâ—â—â— is saide I will 〈◊〉 â—â—der the grea◠〈◊〉 â—â—uent desire of the Hoâ—â—â—â—thers for the comming oâ— CHRIST And I also will desire that he will vouchsafe to come vnto me and to dwell in my soule Of the Kyrie eleison VVhen Kyrie eleison is said I will beseech the three diuine persons the Father thâ— Sonne and the Holie Ghost to haue mercie vpon me anâ— vpon the whole world Of Gloria in excelsis VVhen Gloria in excelsis iâ— said I will imagine that I see the childe IESVS borne in the manger and to heart the holie Angels sing this glorious hymne With whom I wil indeauour to prayse our Lord and to render him thanks for so great a benefit Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen Dominus vobiscum is sayed I will call to minde how our Sauiour manifested himselfe to the three Kinges and in them to all the Gentiles And I will pray him that he will also manifest himselfe to me although most vnworthy and full of miscry Of the first Collects VVhen the first Collects are sayed I will consider how Christ at twelue yeares age went vnto the temple to pray and to worship his heauenly Father how his B. Mother with great sorrowe sought him three dayes together supposing she had lost him And I will beseech him that whensoeuer I loose him by my sinne I may by true Contrition Confession and Satisfaction neuer cease to seeke him vntill I finde him in the temple of my soule Of the Epistle VVhen the Epistle is read I will remember S. IOHN Baptist how he remayned in the wildernes and preached vnto the people that the Messias was come I will call to minde also how CHRIST was baptised of him and began to preach the Gospell to the Iewes who yet receaued no fruit thereby and I will account my selfe to be worsse then they for that by the doctrine of our Sauiour and his Saintes I haue so little amended my life Of remouing the Booke WheÌ„ the Booke is remoued I will feare considering how Christ forsaking the Iewes turned to the Gentiles and will humbly beseech him that he will neuer forsake me although far vnworthie of his grace and mercie Of the Ghospell When the Ghospell is read I will thinke of the Conuersioâ— of the holie Apostles and other Disciples of our Lord by his preaching vnto them and of the wonderfull zealâ— of their hartes who forsooke al that they had to followe him and I will desire of God to increase in me faith and his holie grace wherby I may forsake all to followe IESVS CHRIST my Lord. Of the Creede VVhen the Creed is rehearced I will consider the multitude of Gentils which were illuminated with the light of fayth by the preaching of the Ghospell and I will instantly beseeche Almighty God to giue me that holy light and liuely fayth with which I may beleeue all the mysteries of the Catholike fayth Of Dominus vobiscum When Dominus vobiscum is sayed I will consider how our Lord did manifest his power wisedome and goodnes in working so many miracles in healing so many infirmityes and in raysing the dead and I will beseech him that he will rayse me to a new feruour and loue of him and with his power and grace heale all the diseases of my soule Of the Offertory When the Offertory is read and the Host is offered I wil consider that most prompte will wherewith our Lord in euery action of his life did resigne himselfe to his Father especially in offering himselfe to suffer his passion and death for my sake with which oblation I will also offer my selfe with desire to fulfill his diuine pleasure and patiently to suffer all aduersityes yea death it selfe for his honor and glory Of the mingling of water with VVine WheÌ„ the Water is mingled with the wine I will consider the streight vnion which is betwixt Christ our Lord and his Church And I will desire that vnseperable vnion beetwixt my soule my Sauiour IESVS Of Washing the Priestes fingers WheÌ„ the Priest Washeth the endes of his fingers I wil consider the great puritie cleanes which is required in handling and receiuing the body of Christ and I will earnestly beg of him to graunt the same to me Of Orate fratres When Orate fratres is fayed I will meditate on this admonition as made by Christ to me and from thence forth I will raise vp my selfe more feruently to prayer and deuotion in the rest of the Masse Of the secret Collect. When the Secret is sayed I will consider how our Sauiour some fewe dayes before his Passion with-drue him selfe in secret from the malice of the Iewes And how his owne disciple consented to sell and deliuer him into their wicked handes And I will beseeche our Lord neuer to permitt me to sell him to my proper desires as heretofore I haue done nor to deliuer him into the handes of my disordinate pleasures Of the Preface When the Preface is sayed I wil consider the coÌ„ming back of our Sauiour to Hierusalem vpon Palme sunday and I will imagine to heare the voices of the children crying aloude Bendictus qui venit in nomine Domini Osanna in excelsis Blessed is he that cometh in the name of our Lord Osanna in the highest And I with great ioy preparatioÌ„ wil dispose my selfe to receiue my Sauiour Of the Canon When the Canon is sayed I will consider the prayer which our Lord made
in the Garden and there in steede of sweat did shed an infinit number of droppes of blood And I will offer this his bloodie sweat insteed of the teares which I haue not which for the hardnes of my hart I can not shed Of the first Memento When the first Memento is sayed I will remember the great mindfulnes care which our Sauiour had of his Disciples in the midest of this his agonie how he arose weÌ„t vnto theÌ„ and finding them asleepe exhorted theÌ„ to pray And I will theÌ„ remeÌ„ber al those for whoÌ„ by charitie promise or dutie I am bouÌ„d to pray As for the whole Catholique Church of Christ For the chiefe Pastor thereof For all Ecclesiastical and religious parsons For peace and vnitie amongst all Christian Kinges and Princes For the conuersion of all Infidels Hetiques and Scismatiques for your Father mother husband wife children brothers sisters kinsfolkes benefactors frendes and enimies and for all that are in the state of mortall sinne For all that are persecuted imprisoned fallen oppressed or tempted For all poore distressed sick and diseased persons For all labourers bond seruantes trauellers and captiues For al poore widdowes fatheries children and women in childbirth Finally for the fruites of the earthe for your temporall substance your preseruation from all dangers soudaine death fire and all misfortunes Commending any of these or any other necessities to the grace and mercie of our Sauiour IESVS and to the merits of his pretious death and passion applied vnto vs by the meanes of this Sacrifice Of extending the Priestes handes ouer the Chalice When the Priest extendeth his handes ouer the Chalice I will consider howâ— Christ for me was taken bouâ—â—â— scourged condemned to die also forsaken of his disciples And I will remember that for me he suffered all these thinges and yet haue I oft forsaken him for feare of trouble Of the Crosses made vpon the Host and Chalice When he maketh the Crosses vpon the Host and Chalice I will thinke how that great crosse was prepared and layed vpon the shoulders of my Lord who carryed it to the mount of Caluary where he was nayled to the same and I wil craue ayde of him to beare my crosse and that with the nayles of his loue he would transpeirce my hart Of the eleuation of the Host When the Host is lifted vp I will consider how that most noble pretious body of my Lord and Sauiour IESVS was lifted vp vpon the Crosse for my saluation And I wil beseeche him to lift vp my soule to him that I may truely coÌ„sider those his wounderfull paines and death which he did then endure to giue me life Of the eleuation of the Chalice When the chalice is lifted vp I will consider the great aboundance of blood which flowed forthe of his most sacred woundes And then with great feruour will I offer vp this sacrifice to the eternall Father to his honor and glorie and for the remission of myne owne sinnes and of the whole worlde Of the second Memento At the second Memento I will consider how our Sauiour hanging three houres aliue vpon the Crosse at the last gaue vp the ghost and his blessed soule descended to the Fathers that were detained in Limbo And I will then pray for N. and N. and for the departed that their soules may be deliuered from their paines by the merits of his most holie passion Of Nobis quoque peccatoribus VVhen the Priest smiteth his breast saying Nobis quoque peccatoribus I wil consider the great heauines and compassion of the Centurion and of other good people for the death of our Sauiour who weÌ„t away smiting their breastes for sorrowe And I with great contrition and sorrowe will bewayle my sinne which was the cause of this his sufferance Of omnis honor gloria When the short Eleuation is made and the Host is layd vpoÌ„ the corporall I will cal to mind the taking downe of my Lord and Sauiour Christ from the crosse wrapped in a most pure and cleane Syndon and layed in the Sepulcher And I will beseech him to cleanse c paurify my hart that he may be burryed therein Of the Pater noster VVhen the Pater noster is sayd I will consider the prayer which the blessed Virgin the Apostles and other holy women made in those three dayes I will thinke on that great desire wherwith they did burne to see our Lord. And I with them will desire to sed my Lord now glorifyed in my hart Of Pax Domini VVhen Pax Domini is sayd I will contemplate my Lord risen from the dead all glorious and immortall and how he appeared to the Blessed Virgin to Marie Magdalen and the holie Apostles saying Pax vobis and I will desire of him that he will giue me true peace and quietnes Of diuiding the Host into three partes When the Host is divided into three partes I wil consider the holy Church diuided in three partes triumphant militant and in Purgatoire And I will beseeche our Lord that he wil graunt to me and to all other to aspire to the triumphant Of the Agnus Dei. VVhen the true Agnus Dei is sayd I will thinke Christ to be the true lambe without spot which S. Iohn Baptist did point at with his fingar by whose blood the sinnes of the worlde are taken away and I will beseeche him by vertu of his pretious blood to cleanse my soule from all sinne Of the Priestes receuing VVhen the Priest doth Communicate I will consider with what vnspeakeable glorie and triumphe our Lord ascended into heauen in the sight of all his Apostles vntill at the last cloud receiued him And I â—ith most inflamed and buâ—ning affection will spiritually communicate with the Priest and make my hart a heauen to receaue my Sauiour Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen Dominus vobiscum is sayd I will consider that although our Lord be ascended into heauen yet he is alwayes present with vs in the blessed Sacrament And I will render him thankes for so great a benefite Of the last Collects VVhen the last Collects are sayd I will giue most great and harty thankes to the holy Trinity for all his benefits and especially for that he hath granted me to be present and to be partaker of so great a mystery Of remouing backe the Booke VVhen the Booke is carried backe to the right end of the Altar I will thinke how in the end of the world the Iewes shal be conuerted to the fayth of Christ And I will pray for the conuersion of all Heretikes and Infidels Of Dominus vobiscum VVhen the last Dominus vobiscum is sayd I wil imagine to heare the sound of the Angels Trumpe wherin our Lord in the end of the worlde will come to Iudgment And I wil beseech him that he wil make me ready and prepared in that dreadfull day Of Ite missa est When Ite Missa est is sayd I will recall to minde
Amen Thou art worthie o Lord to take the booke and to opē the seales thereof because thou wast slaine and hast redeemed vs to God in thy blood out of euery tribe tongue and people natiō Apo. 5.9 And lett all the people say Amen Amen Thou art worthie o Lord our God to receiue glorie honor and power because thou hast created al thinges and for thy wil they were haue bin created Apo. 4.11 And let all the people say Amen Amen Blessed be our Lord God of Israel world without end and let all the people say Amen Amen Praise and glorie and power is to our God Amen To the king of the worldes immortall inuisibIe only God honor glorie for euer and euer 1. Tim. 1.17 Amen To the only God our Sauiour by IESVS CHRIST our Lord be glorie and magnificence empyre and powre before all worldes and now and for al worlde 's euer more Iude 25. Amen Benediction and glorie and wisedome and thanksgiuing honor and power strength to our God for euer and euer Apocalyps 7.12 Amen Saluatiō to our God which sitteth vpō the throane and to the lambe Apoc. 7.10 To him that sitteth in the throne and to the lambe benedictiō and honor and glorie and power for euer Apoc. 5.13 Amen To thee IESV CHRIST be glorie for euer Amen Rom. 11.36 To thee IESV CHRIST be honor and glorie foreuer and euer Amē Rom. 16.17 To thee IESV CHRIST be glorie and empire for euer and euer Amen 1. Pet. 4.11 To thee IESV CHRIST be glorie for euer and euer Amen 2. Tim. 3.18 To thee IESV CHRIST be honor and empyre euerlasting Amen 1. Tim. 6.10 To thee IESV CHRIST be glorie both now and vnto the day of eternitie Amē 2. Pet. 3.18 Grace with all that loue our Lord IESVS CHRIST in incorruption Amen Ephes 6.24 FINIS CERTAINE ADVERTISMENTS TEACHING MEN HOW TO LEAD A Christian life Written in Italiā by S. CHARLES BOROMEVS Cardinall of Rome FOR IOHN HEIGHAM Anno 1624. THE PREFACE OF THE AVTHOR OVr nature being now corrupted through sin is of it selfe so bent and inclined to euill that we doe easilie forgett and leaue to doe good For this cause we haue great neede of helps and encouragements whereby to liue well and of some one that continuallie may putt vs in minde thereof To this end may serue certaine aduertisments or counsels gathered here together that by often reading them eache one as in a glasse may in some part behould the forme and rule of Christian life and therin consider as well what he doth wāt as also what he ought to doe GENERALL ADVERTISMENTS THE chiefest thinge that we must procure and to which most of al we must haue an eye is to obtaine the grace of almighty God and to keep our selues in the same seeing that it is impossible without Gods grace to liue Christianlie To this wil helpe exceedinglie that we haue alwayes in our hearts the feare of God which is the beginning of our saluation and of all good taking great care that we doe not any thing which may offend his most pure and diuine eyes Haue God therefore allwayes before thine eyes in whose sight thou dost stand and who continuallie doth behould thee Cōsider often with thy selfe the end for which thou wast created which is to attaine to the gloire of heauē and that thou must goe towords this and al other creatures further thee thereūto Thinke oftentimes vpon that which is to follow after to witt perpetuall ioy in heauen or in hell euerlasting paine Be zealous of Gods honour not onlie to obserue with all diligence his holie commandements but also that his diuine name be not blasphemed nor any irreuerence done thereunto by others Beare great respect and honour to all things that appertaine to God and to al the orders of the holy Church of thy pastor procuring to obserue them intirelie as much as lieth in thee Haue great confidence trust in our Lord that hee wil dispose alwayes that which shall be most for thy good and profit Haue still an eye the prouidēce of God esteeming that nothing doth befall vs without his holie will and pleasure and that all is to drawe some good thereby Exercise thy selfe in the knowledge of thy selfe of thine owne vilenesse basenesse and miserie flying all ambitiō selfe reputation other vanities of the world Doe thou neuer trust to much to thine owne iudgment but remitt thee easily to the iudgment of others and take counsell oftētimes of spirituall and discreete persons Procure to be thankfull to God for so many benefits as thou hast receaued at his hands acknowledging them and giuing thankes and endeuoring to liue wel therby to giue him cōtentment Take thou not so much care to please men as to please God And haue alwayes an eye to that which maketh to his greater glorie and seruice Expect the rewarde of all thy paines of God and not of the world In the busines and affaires which thou hast to doe haue an intention not to doe anie thinge which is not lawfull and to doe all that thou doest for the loue of God for in this sorte shall thy workes bee all meritorious Acknowledge and ponder with thy selfe that we haue no greater riches nor treasure nor any thinge more excellent or of more profite then to loue God that all the rest doth passe away as winde smoke and shadowe Obey willinglie readielie in all things that be vertuous to all thy Superiours euen such as be temporall beare them due reuerence and respect Endeauour what lieth in thee to maintaine peace quietnes at home in thy house as much as may be possible liuing in charitie with al sorte of people whither they be maried or in any other state Procure with Gods grace to refraine bridel thy anger in such things as daylie fall out either at home or abroad not to be at debate with any one that so thou fall not into greater inconueniences Be mindfull to support the faults of others be they domestical or external euē in such manner as thou wouldest that others should beare with thee Remember well that thou art a Christian and that for this respect thou oughtest for the loue of christ to suffer patientlie such injuries as be done vnto thee yea to forgiue them and that which more is to render good for euill and to praie for thine enimies and those that persecute thee In thy tribulations and aduersities be mindfull to flie to prayer accept of whatsoeuer scourges bee they vniuersal or particular of al things els that doe happen contrarie to thy expectatiō as coming from the hands of our Lord. Dispose thou so of the substance of this worlde as if thou wert Gods factor or steward and not absolute Lord of the same and vse what thou hast for necessitie and neede but not for pleasure procure so to passe thorough these temporall things that thou
aboundant effusion of thy precious blood to driue vtterly from my hart all foolishe and worldlie vanitie mirthe ioy and disordinate pastimes that I may be wholie estranged from al such vanities to say with the Prophet Turne away myne eyes Lord least they behould looke after vanities And cōfort me I beseeche thee in all my tribulations as thou haste promised me saying I am with him in tribulation I wil deliuer him and wil glorifie him Giue me also true and holie Compunction and teares of Contrition and of loue the which I desire with the Prophet saying Who shall giue vnto myne eyes a foūtaine of teares that I may weepe both day and night O sweete IESVS lett the continuall memorie of thy dolorous Passion wholie swallow me vp in the zeale and ardour of thy loue and such zeale as thou hadest of thy Fathers house such zeale lett there be in my soule towardes thee that I may not think but of thee and euer to repose by grace and loue wholie in thee Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. THE SECONDE Effusion on Monday SEcondlie on Monday we must consider and contemplat how foure Sargāts voide of all pittie dispoiled our Sauiour IESVS And how these foure murderers cruell as Lions bound him streightlie and will anouslie to the Piller and as foure greedie wolues hongring thirsting for the blood of this innocent lambe most inhumanly stripped him beate him scourged him woūded him and tore his tender and virginall flesh with thornie roddes scorpiōs and whippes of iron in such sort that there was no whole parte in all his bodie wherefore rightlie might he say They haue stroken me and wounded me so that from the sole of my foote to the crowne of my head there was no whole place in me And then the deuout soule ought with teares and sobbes to say He hath nether forme nor beautie left him for blood which powreth downe on euery side and his body altogether disfigured we haue seene him as hauing no sighte and his face all bespitt and defiled we haue esteemed him as a Leaper smitten of God and humbled but he it is who is wounded for our iniquities and peirced for our sinnes The figure hereof was the good Iob who was stroken full of vlcers and soares from the sole of the foote to the top of his head And in this māner was our blessed Sauiour in his flagellation which the good Christian considering he may make his praier saying The prayer for the 2. Effusion I Salute the most worthie and pretious blood which ranne in great aboūdance out of the noble bodie of my redemer and Sauiour IESVS being most hardlie bound to the Piller and most cruellie beaten and scourged in such lamētable wise that al his sacred body was ful of woundes and no parte remayned entire frō the sole of his foote to the crowne of his head O most patient IESVS I beseeche thee that by the vertu of thy most holie blood powred out in such great aboundance and soiled fowled vnder the feete of those fellons tirants and murderers and by thy vnspeakable meekenes patience vouchsafe to pardon me all my sinnes and enormities which I haue committed thorough ire mallice rancour impatience periurie blasphemie iniurie contumelie reproache opprobrie indignation and desire of vengeance by the which I haue full often haynouslie offended thy diuine majestie And most hartelie I beseeche thee O my Sauiour to giue vnto me the vertu of sweetnes benignity māsuetude meekenes supportation tolleration and perfect patiēce to the end that I may be euer hereafter more aimable peaceable sweete affable beninge and gentle to all persons as thy blessed Apostle S. Paule coūselleth saying Beare yee one an others burthēs and so you shal fulfill the lawe of Christ And that so I may be a faithfull obseruer of the lawe of my sweete Lord IESVS CHRIST O most bening Sauiour and redeemer I adore laude and giue thee thankes for the great shame which thou suffredst being naked before all the world and for that thou wouldest be mocked for the shame of my sinnes giue me grace I beseeche thee clearely and entirelie to declare all my sinnes in Confession and not to appeare before thee at the hower of my death naked of vertues merits and good workes And I render thee hartie thankes for all the dolours which thou suffredst in thy hard flagellation and for all thy droppes of blood which thou hast shed for the satisfaction of my sinnes beseeching thy goodnes from the bottom of my harte by the merits of thy bitter scourging of al thy woūdes and effusiōs of thy pretious blood at the houre of my death to deliuer me from all sinne and paines that being all pure and cleane purged and washed from all spots of sinne I may depart out of this present life into euerlasting glorie there to laude and glorifie thee for euer I beseeche thee also sweete IESV that to conforme me to thy dolorous Passion I may for the loue of thee tollerate and beare patientlie and in humilite of hart without murmuring or contradiction all iniurie derision confusion villanie detraction persecutiō and generallie all aduersitie and tribulation and thy Fatherly correction such as thou shalt please to send me and alwaies for the same without end to laude thee and to rēder thee perpetual thankes and praises Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. THE THIRDE Effusion on Tuesday THIRDLIE on Tuesday we ought to thinke and meditate how the blessed Sonne of God was attiered with a vestment or purple mantell and how those fellons and cruell butchers imposed vpon his holie and reuerend head which is the honour of Paradise the mirrour of Angels and the patterne of all beautie a sharpe Crowne of Thornes verie peirceing smitting thereon with staues to enforce thē with violence to peirce his venerable head so that the thornes did passe into his braines wherwith his cleere and beautifull face was al bloodie and on euerie side goared and they afterwards impudently spitt in his holy visage and mocked him in so much that he was made the most deformed and disfigured that euer was beheld To conforme himselfe to this article and to reduce into memorie this third Effusiō of the sacred blood of our Lord and Sauiour call to minde these figures how Sampson was mocked of the Philistians and imprisoned amongst thē Note also sleeping in his Tabernacle vncouered was mocked of his sonne for this was accursed of his Father Elizeus was derided of the little children saying Goe vp bald-head and for this derision they were cursed of him and torne in peeces by two wilde Beares And by these personages which were so mocked is signified our Lord who was also mocked of his enimies in his passion We may likewise call to minde that which is written in the Canticles saying Goe forth thou daughter of Sion behold the King Salomon with his crowne where-with his mother that is the Sinagogue of the Iewes hath
crowned him in the day of his espousales And thē the deuout soule may say in great bitternes profoūde humilitie as followeth The prayer for the third Effusio◠I Salute the most noble and pretious blood running downe aboundantlie from the blessed reuerēd head of my Lord and Sauiour IESVS CHRIST to wash and purge my soule from all my sinnes O most noble most patient Sonne of God King of heauē and of earth my God and my Creator humblie I adore thee and glorifie thee For me thou hast ēdured many mockeries iniuries and villanies being cloathed with a purple mantell crowned with a crowne of most pricking thornes holding in thy hand instead of a regall Scepter a light and rotten Reede Alas my most element and meeke Sauiour IESV how much paine and torment hast thou suffered for me in thy blessed head Alas my God deere spouse of my soule it is my sinne that hath caused thee this maruellous dolour and afflictions O good IESV for the great torment dolour vituperie derision opprobrie effusion of thy most pretious blood in this agonion I adore thee and thanke thee for thy profounde humilitie and infinite goodnes in the merit of this effusion humbly beseeching thee that thou wilt pardon al my sinnes which I haue committed thoroughe pride presūptiō arrogancie vaine glorie ostentation disordinate appetit of honors pōpe worldlie glorie estimation of my selfe disobedience to others and all other brāche of Pride to the ēd after the councel of Saint Paule I esteeme not too much of my selfe Be not saith he wise in your owne conceite but feare by the which feare I may by thy grace obtaine the noble vertu of humilitie which is the foundation garde of all other vertues and that I may euer thinke humblie of my selfe cōtemne all worldlie honors and vaine glorie and euer desire to be cōtemned despised and counted most abiecte saying with the Apostle I reioyce in myne infirmities O sweete IESVS giue me from henceforth a hart cōtrite humble and obedient to thy holie commandements Giue me a hart according to thine owne hart which may be transperced with such ardent charitie cordiall compassion that I may be alwayes mindefull of thee studie to please thee euer to repose in thee neuer to be separated frō thee Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. THE FOVRTHE Effusion on VVensday FOVRTHLY on wensday we ought to call to memorie and to meditate how our Lord and Sauiour IESVS was led forth of the Cittie of Hierusalem accompanied with two notorius Theeues towardes the mount of Caluarie bearing vpon his shoulders a heauie and waightie Crosse of fifteene foote longe which put him to maruellous paine and trauell and caused a verie great and greeuous woūd in his sacred shoulder in so much that the blood ranne aboūdantlie downe the midle of his back so was he led pulled pushed forward very rudely forcebly with great shame wearines paine vnto the mount of Caluarie to be crucified In figure hereof Abrahā tooke the wood of the sacrifice laid it vpon the shoulders of Isaac his sonne to offer him vp to God And our Sauiour being come to the end of his way vpon this hil of Caluaire there was presented vnto him to refresh and cōfort him most bitter gaul vineger as the Prophet foretold saying In my thirste they gaue me vineger to drinke The deuout soule to cōforme him selfe to this article ought to goe forth of the estate of all sinnes and vices by an earnest detestation of them and vtterlie abandoning this wicked vnhappie and wretched world and with hartie contrition and repētance for his sinnes in bitternes of soule and grea◠compassion ought he to goe alonge with his Lor◠God and with the dolorous Virgin Marie and helpe him carry his crosse and to gather vp the drops of his pretious blood which rāne from his sacred shoulders and from his whole body sorely brused and wounded thorough the great trauaile and payne which he sustained in this hard opprobrious voyage in so much that he fel on the earth vnder the Crosse thorough great weaknes debility faintnes being in a manner halfe dead Wherefore that we may be partakers of the merits of the same blessed passion of our Sauiour IESVS Christ let vs say deuoutly this prayer following The prayer for the fourth Effusion I Salute the most pretious blood of my Redeemer IESVS the which he shed forth going towardes the mount of Caluary to receaue that most cruel and shameful death for my sinnes bearing that heauy Crosse vpon his shoulders so pittifully torne brused wounded which Crosse was so great and weighty that the Sonne of God fell to the ground vnder it O my soule goe thou by the side of thy sweet louer and Lord behould how for the loue of thee he is ouercharged with this ponderous Crosse hauing laide all thy sins vpon his shoulders to carry them to the mount of Caluary to fastē and nayle them to his holy Crosse to reconcile thee in his blood to his heauenly Father Behould O my soule how thy Sauiour IESVS by the burthen of his crosse and great feeblenes by the debility of his body so far spent and ouerwearyed is not able to go any further but with exceeding payne and dolour Haue then pitty and compassion on him in all his paynes agonyes and calamityes and assiste him to beare support his Crosse by bearing thy own crosse of pennance and of all tribulation and aduersity voluntarily and patiently for the loue of him saying O most sweet Iesus who wouldest beare thy Crosse in great doulour and payne with so many improperations illusions and dirisions of thyne enemies humbly I beseech thee that by the same sufferance dolour and trauaile which thou sustainedst in bearing of thy heauy Crosse to giue me grace in this present life gladly to beare my crosse of pēnance and of all sufferance that I may neuer be separated from thee but willingly and meekely in all patience to follow thee to the death and with thee to dye vpon the crosse fullfilling thy holy councell saying If any man will come after me let him take vp his Crosse dayly and follow me And againe He that doth not beare his Crosse and come after me cannot be my disciple O deere IESV I beseech thee by the drinke bitter liquor which in greate malice was giuen to thee on the mount of caluary for comfort and refreshing after thy labour and hard trauaile that thou wouldest pardon all my offences which I haue cōmitted by the sinne of Gluttony For well I know it to be thy wil not only by thy owne holy example but also by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle which admonisheth vs That we walke honestly and vertuously not in gormādising and wantones And in another place he sayth I chastice my body and bring it into seruitude Which I alas haue euelly obserued exceeding in drinking eating such
one also or more Saints for thine aduocats as for example that Saint whose name was giueÌ„ thee in Baptisme and thou shalt take in particular the glorious Virgin MARY for thy protectrice and haue recourse to her especiallie in all thy necessities If thou canst reade thou shalt saie the office of our Ladie at least vpon feast-daies if not euerie day els but thy beades thou shalt saie euerie day or as ofteÌ„ as thou hast leasure Neuer leaue thy praier at least that of the morning and euening but by all meanes whither thou be in coÌ„panie of others thy neighbours in the Church or of those of thine owne familie or in thy woorke house or wheresoeuer els thou art or wither thou be alone And being alone vse meÌ„tal prayer if thou knowe how to doe it or els that time saye the seueÌ„ Penitentiall Psalmes or the Litanies or the Rosarie or some other vocall prayer Remember to praye not onlie for thy selfe but for al degrees of persons chiefelie for the exaltation of the holie Catholicke Church for the Popes holines for thine owne Pastor for all Bishops for all Christian Princes and principallie for thy King our Lord for his Magistrates and Officers and for the soules of those that be departed out of this world Thou must be verie deuout to those Saints that bee protectors of thy Citie and Diocesse and obserue their feasts vigilles reliques principallie vpon the daies of their solemnities and holie seruice Faile not to goe to al generall processions or to such as be particular which be within the cittie Likewise thou shalt goe to all prayers of forty houers finishing thy hower when it shall fall to thy turne rather dooing more theÌ„ lesse When signe is giuen to carrie the blessed SacrameÌ„t to the sicke thou must nor faile to accompanie the same deuoutlie bearing thy candel thou must glorie not be ashamed to accoÌ„panie thy Lord the King of the vniuersall world And going on the waye thou shalt praye for the sicke to whom it is carried yeeld â—haÌ„kes to God that he hath vouchsfed to make vs worthy of so great a benefite as to leaue vs himselfe in this most excellent Sacrament This office to accompanie this most blessed Sacrament whither it must at any time be carried thou shalt performe as often as thou shalt meete it on the waie lighting downe also from thy coache or chariot if thou were in it When it ringeth to the Aue Maria in the morning at noone and at euening thou shait saie three times the Aue Maria on thy knees and also those three verses which are sett downe in the dailie exercise printed in the office of our Ladie calling to minde the Incarnation and Passion of our Lord IESVS CHRIST When at home or in any other place thou shalt heare the belle tole at the eleuation of our Sauiour in the high Masse thou must be mindfull of the lifting vp of thy Redeemer on the Crosse kneeling downe lift vp thy mind to adore and worship him and make a short praier vnto him as if he were preseÌ„t before thee As often as they ring for any one that is dead thou must praie for him and remeÌ„â—er that thou art th follow him shortlie and therefore purpose with thy selfe to be in a readines When they ring against any teÌ„pest besides that thou must speedilie moue thy self to prayer for that daunger going in hast to the Church or els performing the same in the place where thou art at that preseÌ„t thou oughtest also to thinke vpon those thuÌ„ders lightnings feares that shall be on that day when Christ shall come to iudge the vniuersall world Accustome thy selfe to those kind of prayers which the Saints doe call Iaculatorie saying often in the day with thy hart or mouth but yet verie softlie when thou art in presence of others some breefe sentence out of the Psalms or other place of holy scripture or els short prayers that may lighteÌ„ thy vnderstaÌ„ding reuiue thy affection towardes God in euerie occasion that doth present it selfe as for exaÌ„ple in the begining of euerie thing Deus in adiutorium meum intende Domine ad adiuuandum me festina In thy difficulties In te Domine speraui non confundar in aeternum In thy afflictions Saluum me fac Domine quoniam intrauerunt aquae vsque ad animam meam In thy temptations Adiutor meus esto ne derelinquas me In considering thy owne miseries Miserere mei Domine quoniam infirmus sum In remembring thine owne sinnes Sana me Domine sanabor Desiring to loue our Lord Diligam te Domine fortitudo mea In al thy doubts Deus meus illumina tenebras meas Wishing perseuerance to do good Deus meus es tu ne discesseris à me and such like praiers of which the Psalmes and other bookes of holy scripture the soliloquies or ghostly aspirations of the Saints are full as thou maist learne of thy ghostly father In the night time when thou dost awake and canst not sleepe let thy minde be occupied in God and spirituall thinges neither doe thou giue place to any fleashly thoughts but rather say some psalmes or thy beades with deuotion When thou goest to bed thinke that perhaps thou shalt not be aliue in the morning and when thou dost arise in the morning that peradueÌ„ture thou shalt not liue till night so thou wilt looke well to thy selfe Trafficking or labouring endeuoure to occupie thy minde on some spirituall thing as in that which our Sauiour Christ or any Saint did or thought or in singing Psalmes or spirituall songes Euery time that thou dost goe or returne from doing any thing esteeme that thy Angell keeper is in thy coÌ„panie readie to help thee counting al thy prayers and good workes and thinke that thou art in the presence of our Sauiour Christ and in his companie Studie to drawe some fruite and spirituall meaning of euerie thinge that is done that happeneth or thou seeste As for tilling the grounde with what trauaile and diligeÌ„ce it is requisite to till our soule that it may render good fruite to our Lord Of a faire sunne shining daie what pleasure it wil bee to see that eternall light of heauen sith this other doth so much delight vs Of an obscure and cloudie day what a torment shal it be to dwel for euer in eternall darknes seeing that a littell mistie water doth so much discontent thee And of a garden full of odoriferous sweete flowers how goodlie a thing it is and how much God is delighted in a soule adorned with flowers that haue sundrie colours of vertues and how passing great the wisedome of almightie God is for so much as we see s excellent arte and skill in a flower or in one onlie leafe and the like thou maist doe in all other creatures FOVRTHLY OF THE particular exercise in the morning IN the morning wheÌ„ thou dost rise first of all other
exquisite and delicate dishes in multitude variety of viandes and delectable licours in violating and breaking the fasting-dayes commaunded and dayes of abstinence Wherfore giue me good Lord the vertue of temperance sobriety and Christian abstinēce both in my eating and drinking alwayes to haue a holy mean and measure both in the quantity quality wherby I may hould in subiection my body and sensualitie to the spirit reason and to be more vigilant in prayer meditation and contemplation of spiritual diuine heauēly thinges and other vertuous and profitable indeuours and to be so much more diligent and feruent deuoutlie reuerently to accomplishe thy diuine seruice to loue honor and laude thee for euer more Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. THE FIFTH EFfusion on Thursday FIFTHLY we ought to haue in minde thinke how the blessed Sonne of God being arriued at the mount of caluarie much trauailed wearied and exceeding feeble was by those fellons murderers rudelie and cruelly despoiled whereby all his former woundes were renewed began to bleed a freshe by reason that his coate cleaued fast vnto his blessed body the which was a maruellous paine and torment vnto him for in this violent extraction of his robe the blood ran downe a new frō all partes of his blessed bodie The figure hereof was shewed when Ioseph was despoiled by his bretheren and his coate dipped in the blood of a kidde To comforme himselfe to this article the deuout soule ought to say this prayer following The prayer for the fifthe Effusion I Salute the most pretious blood of my Sauiour IESVS shed forth aboundantlie on the mount of Caluarie by the rude and violent extraction of his coate which held and cleaued so fast vnto him that all his pretious woundes were renewed the blood dropped downe from his blessed bodie vpon the grounde I beseech thee most sweete IESVS for that willinglie voluntarilie thou wouldest be vncloathed and dispoiled nakedly before all the world suffering great shame and confusion for the shame and cōfusion of myne offences and to enriche me wouldest be depriued of all kind of comfortes make me to be intirelie dispoiled of all kinde of wordlie contentments so farr as they are ether cōtrarie or hurtfull to my saluation to the end that in all nakednes I may follow thee nakedlie crucified on the crosse And pardō me I beseeche thee all my sinnes excesses which I haue committed in my apparell ornaments and habits of superfluitie and in my garments and in all other thinges exceeding myne estate that I may say with Saint Paule I haue made all thinges as detriment and doe esteeme them as doung that I may gayne Christ. And lett me not appeare naked of al vertues merittes and good workes before thee at the houre of my death and dreadfull day of iudgment And by the vertue and Effusion of thy most noble pretious blood vouchsafe to blot out all my sinnes cōmitted by auarice and disordinate loue towards temporal goodes Which greedy auarice hath made me fall from thy grace and depriued me of the participation of thy heauenly kingdome for as the holy scripture sayth Neither the couetous nor extorsioners shall possesse the kingdom of God And our Sauiour also sayth in the ghospell I say vnto you it is a hard thing for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heauen it is more easy for a Camell to goe through the eye of a needel then for a rich man to enter into heauen O my blessed Redeemer IESVS the louer of holy pouerty who hast through all thy life from thy first entrāce into this world vnto thy death beene a true and perfect obseruer of this holy precept giue me thy grace to be poore in spirit and illuminate my vnderstanding to know and contemne for the loue of thee the vilenes abusion deception of temporal riches and of all honour glorie pompe worldly dignity and to place all my harte care and cogitation in the obtayning of spirituall riches wherby I may possesse the euerlasting and eternall treasures and to be of the number of them of whom thou speakest in the ghospel saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen THE SIXTHE EFfusion on Friday SIXTHLY the deuout soule ought to thinke meditate and cōtemplate how our Sauiour and Redeemer Iesvs all the time they were preparing the crosse sett himselfe vpon the earth on both his knees praying to God his Father that he wold receiue his oblation and sacrifice to witt his most ignominious and bitter death for the reconciliation of all poore sinners and for the remission of their sinnes And how afterwards those inhumane murderers tooke him and furiouslie threw him vpon the crosse wheron he spread his sacred armes of his owne accorde and how his blessed handes and feete were streightly and violētlie stretched vnto the holes and hardlie fastned with boisterous nayles which put him vnto maruellous paine and intollerable torment The figure hereof was the Serpent of Bras which Moyses caused to be made and set it vp for a signe so that all those which were smitten with any disease looking thereon were healed likewise our Lord and Sauiour being lifted vp and hanging on the crosse his pretious blood ranne forth aboundantly on the earth as if it had beene forthe of foure fountaines or riuers Behould here the signe eleuated whereof the Prophet foretould saying Our Lord God shall lift vp a glorious signe amonge all nations And now cōtemplate how in all his paines and excessiue dolours as a meeke lambe he is silent and saieth nothing vnles it be to pray vnto his blessed Father for his enimies for their conuersion and saluation Wherfore the deuout soule ought here to rest him selfe and depeelie to weighe and consider the exceeding ardour of loue and charitie which the blessed sonne of God hath expressed and shewed vnto him hanging vpon the Crosse and pronouncing those seauen sacred wordes and holie sentences And with how great patience he gaue and resigned vp his holie life And how much and how many lamentations teares sighes bitter groanes was then to be heard of his dolorous mother for then was performed the prophecie of holie Simeon who sayed that the sworde of sorrow should pierce hir soule of his other frendes behoulding him in such pittiful paine and so cruellie fastned on the crosse pierced wounded for the satisfaction of our sinnes And then ought he to say with a hart contrit dolorous and replenished with compassion and teares of true loue this deuout petition following The prayer for the sixt Effusiō I Salute the noble blood of my amourous louer rūing aboundantlie as foure riuers out of his pretious body for my redemption and for the satisfaction of my manifold offences O good IESV for this maruellous charitie bountie and mercie which issued out of thy bountifull hart and for that thou wast stretched for vs vpon thy crosse with such extremitie and
drinke vnto me in memorie of the same thy death 2. O my Lord what is the cause of this thy loue what meaneth I pray thee this Wonderfull loue Seest thou not vpoÌ„ how vilde a creature thou hast cast thy loue Wilt thou desceÌ„d now once againe into hell Wilt thou put thy selfe now once again into the handes of sinners to be crucified wilt thou once againe be borne in a stable amongst bruite beastes meaning your hart o strong o pure o vnspeakable loue 3. Deare Lord hast thou perchance lack of some subject to delight thee thou that art most happy and most perfect in thy selfe that thou searchest out a little worme of so euill life and odor as I Truly it seemeth as if that thou hadst neede of thyne owne creature for thou vsest such meanes to obtaine his loue as though thou couldest not be nor liue without him O inestimable and most sweete loue who can but be inflamed of so great a loue what hart can defend it selfe that it be not melted quite consumed with this loue Aspirations expressing our loue againe vnto our Sauiour for this singular benefitt of the B. Sacrament 1. IF all the riches of the earth were proposed vnto me If all the honors and crownes of the worlde If all the pleasures and delightes which is possible to imagin with all the knowledge both of men and Angels I would repute all as dunge and as meere nothing I would make no account at al of it in comparison O Lord of this thy sweete and vnspeakable loue 2. If all the creatures in the worlde were in my power I would moue them all in thy praise for this singular benefit which hast bestowed vpoÌ„ me If the force and vertu of all men Angels were alone in me I would wholy employ them all to magnifie thee for this thy especial loue vnto me 4. Lord Lord thy loue doth draw me thy loue doth wound me thy loue doth rauishe me O that I had in me the puritie of Angels and the inflamed and burning desires of all the B. Saintes O that I had a thousand hartes to shed foorth in thy loue and to answere to this so great a loue Aspirations very feruent into which the soule bursteth forth in great admiration of the B. Sacrament O Bread of life O bread of Angels O sanctuarie of soules o secret comforter of holy mindes O heaueÌ„ly spouse O IESVS CHRIST my delectable loue O riches of the soule O solace of the afflicted O foode of the famished O my ioy O my glorie and al my beatitude 2. O meeke lambe O milde maiestie O highe charitie o lowe humilitie o great mercie o bottomles depthe of incomprehensible bountie o my Lord hâ—â— much am I bounde for the good which thou hast done me and aboue all for the maner by which thou hast done this good vnto me 3. O heauenly Lord who so much louest me o true Pellican who in thy blood dost so quicken me o good Pastor who so dost giue thy selfe in meate vnto me o faithfull Keeper who hast so woÌ„derful a care ouer such as thou hast taken in chardge vnto thee Aspirations after receauing the B. Sacrament in vtter detestation and hatred of sinne MY God my Lord and sweetest loue neuer any more neuer any more of sinne neuer any more pleasure of the flesh neuer any more of the world neuer any more of vanity I vtterly detest all sinne whatsoeuer and to thee only doe I render my selfe to thee only will I serue obey for the time to come To thee only doe I desire to liue and die only graunt that I neuer more offend thee nor that I euer be separated from thee 2. My God I haue no greater griefe in the worlde then to think that heretofore I haue so much offended thee And to thinke that sometimes againe I may come to offende thee causeth so great a feare in my soule and doth so much afflict me that I would wish to die a thousand deathes to be out of this danger that I neuer any more become thy enimie 3. O my God permit not I beseeche thee that for the time to come I euer more displease thee And if thou forseest that ether by frailty or suggestion of the diuel liuing yet longer I shall mortally offend thee shew me the grace to take me out of the worlde and that I die before I commit the sinne actually Aspirations in which the soule defiereth wholy to be withdrawne from all creatures with a perfect resignation to God altogether to be gouerned by him 1. O My souueraigne and dreadfull Lord I would wish for the time to come neuer any more to appeare amongst men but to hide me if it were possible vnder the earth that by this meanes no earthly creature may euer regayne my loue from thee euer withdrawe my hart from thee or euer separate my affection from thee 2. O myne eyes what desire you more to see heere o myne eares what desire you more to hearken here o my toung what desirest thou more to tast here o my hart and all my sences shut vp shut vp your gates shut them vp I say perpetually to the end that neuer any thinge may haue accesse into my soule which may euer dissolue this streight coniunction betwixt my Sauiour and me 3. O my sweete and merciful Lord behould that from this very houre I doe wholy abandon my selfe to thy diuine prouidence and voluntarily and freely now and for euer giue present and consigne my selfe body and soule vnto thee desiring that thou worke in me as it shall please thee and al that it shal please thee and that on my part I neuer giue thee any lett or impediment Finally gouerne all my desires guide al my actions and workes so that all my workes may render thee obedience honor and glorie for euer and euer Amen Deuout iaculatorie coÌ„ceptions very proper to he vsed in the day wherin one hath receiued the B. Sacrament FIRrst you may burst foorth in to these wordes in manner of a spirit wholy replenisht and rauisht with ioy and say O my soueraigne Lord my Sauiour my Redeemer and my God I haue here the pledge of thy loue I haue heere the memoriall of thy death I haue heere the price of all the world I haue heere my Lord my God and al my good O wonderfull grace o wonderfull grace to haue myne owne Sauiour inclosed within my soule O my Lord and my God my spirit is swallowed vp and quiet transported into thee it is in a maner wholie melted in to thee by reason of thy loue and it causeth my hart euen to open it selfe at thy presence like as the rose before the sinne Thankes thankes thanks therfore o my Lord for so infinit inestimable and vnspeakable a benefit You may sometimes also by way of a diligent care that you would not offend him propose this demaÌ„d vnto your owne hart saying Domine est ne cor