the Cross and with his sacred blood satisfy his Eternall Father for her demerits 4. That for her love he would remain in the holy Sacrament to feed her with his own blessed body and Cleanse her with his owne sacred blood A Prayer before receiving the B. Sacrament O Sweet JESUS J most ardently desire to receive you Sacramentally and spiritually although J know my self to be most unworthy you should enter into the house of my soule be favorable unto me wretched sinner and take from me whatsoever is displeasing unto you prepare in me and in all hearts a habitation agreable unto your divine Majesty Would to God O my sweet Saviour JESU would to God J were wholy enflamed with an ardent desire and love of you Behold J here renounce and give up to you all things O sweet JESU O JESU my love for ever A Prayer after receiving the B. Sacrament O Most sweet Lord JESUS CHRIST J humbly beseech thy unspeakable mercy that this holy Sacrament of thy pretious body and blood which J unworthy have received may be to me and to all sinners a full purgation of all our offences a strength against frailties a fortress to defend us against all perills both of soul and body an entire pardon and establishment in all grace an amendment of life a continuall memoriall of thy sacred Passion a nourishment against all spirituall weakness and a staff of our Pilgrimage let it my sweet Saviour JESUS guide us going reduce us straying receive us returning again hold us up stumbling lift us up falling and persevering bring us to glory O highest God let the reception of this most worthy Sacrament so alter the tast of our hearts that at no time we feel any sweetness love or desire and consolation admit any delight esteem any honour feare any adversity or even-live but for thee and to accomplish thy blessed will which may ever be perfected in us Amen Another Prayer O Most glorious and ever blessed Virgin Mary O holy Father S. Francis O holy Mother S. Clare S. Michaël Angels Archangells Vertues Powers Principalities Dominations Thrones Cherubins Seraphins and all celestiall Spirits J beseech you to prostrate before the face of my God and beseech him in favour of his most deare son my Saviour and Redeemer CHRIST JESUS that it will please him to pardon the unworthines and indevotion wherewith J have received the most blessed and dreadfall Sacrament and do not permit the same to cause that the spirit thereof be not communicated unto me also that by the vertue and efficacy of this holy Communion J may feel the effect of his divinë mercy that I may receive this day a full remission of all my sins true light and knowledge of his grace which is in me that be reduce and put me in such an estate as shall be most pleasing unto his divine Majesty augment in me faith hope charity obedience chastity and patience with all other vertues and gifts of the holy Ghost necessary to procure the glory of his divine Majesty and the salvation of my soule to the honour and praise of his holy name Amen What we ought to do the day we communicate 1. BE very careful to govern our sences especially our tongue and if it happen we fall by frailty we ought presently to crave pardon and beseech our sweet Saviour not therfore to absent himself from us 2. To render to this blessed guest all the best services we are able he being infinitely worthy to be served loved and adored of all creatures Wishing above all things his holy honour and pleasure 3. Seek still to entertain this blessed spouse with holy thoughts and desires beseeching him to give you and all others whatsoever he knoweth to be needfull for his love and service beleeving that he is inestimably rich and a most liberal giver 4. Do nothing that day without considering first whether the thing you do will be pleasing and agreable unto him and demand his permission and leave 5. Make fervent aspirations cast forth arrowes of divine love towards that most amiable and sweet Lord with a vehement desire of loving him infinitely and be wholy transformed into him by conformity of will Deo gratias A Prayer before Confession O Soverain Creatour of heaven and earth and of all things which in them are J worm and miserable wretch have offended your divine Majesty I wonder at my folly detest my ingratitude and lament my offences craving through the merits of the bitter Passion and death of your onely begotten son and the infinite love with which he did both offer and suffer them for my sake and for the whole world grant unto me and all sinners true knowledge and perfect contrition of our sins and offences with entire remission of them all loose us from the chaines of our imperfections and heale the wounds of our soules grant us ever to be purged and refreshed in the fountain of his holy wounds Amen A Prayer after Confession O Good IESU let this my Confession be gratefull and acceptable unto you by the merits of your admirable life and painfull death with all the labours anguishes and sorrowes which you suffered for mankind together with those of your B. Mother and all your holy Saints supplying whatsoever is wanting in me either now or any other time through want of true contrition entire confession or full satisfaction beseeching they may also be unto me light direction and strength in all my wayes unto the perfect possession of you my sweet IESU in eternall glory Amen Directions how to say the Divine Office with due devotion and attention WHat care we ought to have in saying the divine Office according to the examples of the holy men is witten in the 27. Chapter of Paralipomenon Despise not your self our Lord hath chosen you to stand before him and adore him Wherfore since God hath chosen man to so high a preferment it is very requisit we should know how and in what manner humble service doth consist The holy man Gerson affirmeth that in saying your Mattins and other houres carefully and studiously leasurely and distinctly consisteth the greatest exercise of a Religious man and is so fit for him as nothing more S. Benedict doth call this the worke of our Lord especially because it it is the chiefest office that any man can perform gratefull to the divine Majesty S. Jerome doth affirm that to offer up Hymns Psalmes and spirituall prayers and to shed teares for our own offences and those of our neighbour is to reconcile the people to God and to pacify our Lord with his flock all which things are to be accomplished in the divine office Wherfore we ought very diligently to apply our whole study and inward powers to the due execution thereof least perhaps that dreadfull sentence pronounced by the Prophet Jeremy c. 48. v. 10. fall upon us maledictus qui facit opus Domini fraudulenter Artursd be be who do's our lords worke negligently
seas of teares to shed for having thus often cruelly tormented thee 4 O if it had been thy will my sweetest Jesu I wish I might have endured not only temporall but endless pains rather then have caused the least part of thy affliction 5. O Sacred wounds of my dearest Saviour in revenge of my cruelty wound my heart with ten thousand darts of true remorse 6. O sin how deformed and unjust art thou that thus has't defiled the beauty of heaven and crucifyed my Immaculate Jesus 7. O that I might with a thousand millions of lives and infinit seas of blood blot out of my soule the guilt of thy death and Passion 8. Sweet Jesus ingulfe and drown me in thy sacred wounds that there I may learn to love Tuesday Compassion 1. O That I could shed for thee my Lord so many teares as the sea contains drops of water in true compassion of thy torments 2. O who will give water to my head and a fountain of teares to my eyes to weep upon thee the love of my soule 3. O love and only comfort of my heart what consolation hadst thou in all thy torments 4. Alas my well beloved why am not J alwaies present to suffer with thee at least by compassion on thy pains 5. My sweet JESUS O that I might be crucified with thee 6. O love of my soule that I might have had the priviledge of the launce to have rested in thy heart 7. My dearest Saviour permit me the favour to remain at the foot of thy Cross to the end that I may weep continually sigh bleed cry and consume in compassion of thee 8. Give me an endless spring of teares to wash away the sacred blood of my sweetest love which still issueth as flowing rivers from thee Wensday Imitation 1. O Most sweet JESUS give me grace in imitation of thy sacred Passion most willingly to undergoe the burthen of this transitory life 2. For that thou hast suffered so many and cruell torments for my sake let me never O mercifull God fly any tribulation which thou shalt vouchsafe to send me by thy self or others 3. My Jesus to accompany thee in thy manifold afflictions I would be glad not onely to endure the wants which thou sendest me but seek others and never be satisfied in suffering with thee 4. In imitation of thy nakedness reproaches and whippings at the pillar I will endeavour to strip my self of all inordinate desires and affections 5. I will continually follow thee my dearest Saviour with the Crosse of perfect obedience and never for any difficulty leave the same till I come to dy with thee 6. O my Eternall God that wouldst for my sake be nailed to the Cross let me by true mortification be alwaies crucified with thee 7. My loving spouse I beseech thee that with a full renunciation of my self and perpetuall death of all earthly things I may irrevocably dy with thee Thursday Thanksgiving 1. WHat thanks shall I yield unto thee my Eternall life who wouldst endure unspeakeable torments to free me from the snare and fetters of death 2. All you seraphins and celestiall Spirits with whatsoever hath been created praise my Redeemer for the unspeakeable price of my Redemption 3. O my soule how can'st thou devise to render the least part of due gratitude unto thy Jesus who hath by his own humility so much exalted thee 4. O let me ever acknowledge my deare Saviour that endless bond of gratitude which thy Passion alone exacteth of me 5. Sweet JESUS that I could incessantly love thee for these inestimable treasures which thou by thy torments hast purchased unto me 6. Good IESUS since I have nothing but my self to offer in requitall of thy infinit love I beseech thee to accept in love and gratitude what by-right is thy own 7. O eternall God that I had a thousand hearts and lives to offer unto thee who by thy death hast given and bequeathed thy self to me 8. Grant sweet IESUS that thy dolorous death and Passion be ever imprinted in my heart my true thankfulness and imitation thereof Friday Admiration O My God who art thou who hast endured so many and cruell torments sweet and dearest love hast thou forgotten thy Majesty and glory 2. O light of heaven and splendour of thy Fathers glory unto what art thou now reduced 3. Alas my Saviour what art thou who art so despightfully treated 4. O love of loves that through the excess of thy love thou wouldst for me endure so bitter a death 5. O love how strong art thou which with thy force surmounted'st him that by no other means may be overcome 6. O incomprehensible God for whom dost thou suffer but for miserable sinners ungratefull creatures thy enemies children of the divell and those who contemn thee 7. O dearest love that my heart is not pierced with thy dolours 8. What were it o Lord if I had all the loves of the world to unite and offer unto thee 9. My sweet IESUS if I could reduce all thy drops of blood into teares of love what were it compared unto thy love Saturday Ioy. 1. My heart and soule rejoyce and praise the mercies of my God who out of his infinit love hath died to give thee life 2. O my delight what joy will it give to my heart to receave that life that infinit good through the merits of thy most bitter and dolorous passion 3. Sweet JESUS I praise thee with eternall joy for having in thy most cruell death so perfectly accomplished the work of our Redemption 4. It was by thee O beloved Cross that peace hath been established between God and man 5. O triumphant glory and most puissant King who by thy most sacred death hast overcome the Prince of Hell and delivered our soules out of his bondage 6. O Heaven Earth sea and all things therein yield praises in our behalf unto the saviour of our soules and let us rejoyce in the merits of his sacred passion 7. If all my members were tongues O how willingly would I employ them in the praise of thee my sweet saviour and thy health-bringing wounds 8. O all yee celestiall spirits assist me to love and praise my God by the vertue of whose Passion your ruins are repaired 9. Sweet JESUS what glory and comfort is it unto human nature to be exalted in thee unto the right hand of thy Eternall father Sunday Love 1. When shall it be my crucified JESUS that both the senses of my body and powers of my soule shall be wholy employed in thy praise 2. O my JESUS when by perfect love and imitation shall I be daily crucified and continually dy with thee 3. O my beloved JESUS when shall I love thee in such sort as that thy sacred wounds be by burning love imprinted in my heart 4. O my beloved JESUS when wilt thou bring me into the wine cellar of thy blessed side and make me wholy drunke with the most sacred wine which floweth from
wholy to honour the most glorious Virgin Mary with all the other Virgins beseeching them to obtaine grace that you may be more diligent in the observance of your vocation and also to pray for the comfort and constancy of all the Catholicks in England and the conversion of the same FroÌ„ your rising till you go to the work-house HAving said one of the foresaid sentences that befitteth the day you must rise with all speed offering your intention according to the same and immediatly being risen kneel down and Kiss the ground with an Elevation of heart unto Almighty God giving him thanks for having preserved you that night and brought you unto the beginning of the day beseeching him you may employ it in his service In dressing your self say these sentences following as they are set donn In putting on the Habit say INduat me Dominus novum hominem qui secundùm Deum creatus est in justitia sanctitate veritatis O Lord cloathe me with the new man who according to God is created in justice and sanctity of truth In putting on the cord CIngat me Dominus Iesus cingulo fortitudinis ut viriliter perseverem in Dei servitio O Lord gird me with the girdle of fortitude strength that I may persever couragiously and with alacrity in thy holy service In putting on the Scapular POnat Dominus in corde meo jugum in memoriam Passionis Sanguinis ejus Our Lord lay his yoke on my heart as a memoriall of his Passion and blood In washing your hands or face AMplius lava me Domine ab iniquitate mea à peccato meo munda me meritis Domini nostri IESV CHRISTI filii tui qui dilexit nos lavit nos à peccatis nostris in sanguine suo Wash me O Lord yet more from my iniquities and from my sin make me cleane through the merits of JESUS CHRIST thy only son who hath loved us and washed us with his precious blood In putting on the Cloake COoperiat me Dominus IESVS clamyde munditiae castitatis ut nullum praeter Iesum amatorem admittam Cover me O Lord with the mantle of cleanlines and chastity that I may admit of no other lover then my saviour JESUS In putting on the Kercher TEgat me Dominus tegumento paenitentiae contra infidias Diaboli ut non praevaleat inimicus contrà me Cover me O Lord in the shrowd of Pennance against the snares of the Divell that my enemy may not prevaile against me In putting on the veyle ACcipiam velamen sacrum quod seram usque ad Tribunal aeterni Iudicis â—ui omnia flectuntur genua recordabor meipsam mundum sprevisse penitus reliquisse ac in veritate me Domino Iesu subjecisse eique tamquà m sponso me conjunxisse Ille contrà adversa omnia me defendat secum in vitam aeternam recipiat Amen I will put on the sacred veyle which I shall appeare in before the Tribunall of the Eternall Judge to whom all knees do bow I will call to mind that I have despised forsaken both the world and my self to be subject in reall truth to my Lord JESUS-CHRIST and to joyne my self unto him as to my spouse May he defend me in all adversities and receive me to himself into life everlasting AMEN After or in saying each one of these sentences reflect either on your intention in directing your works that day Or consider how great a benefit Almighty God hath bestowed on you in giving you that day to spend in his service wherby you may glorify his divine Majesty increase your own merit and satisfy for your negligences past Call to mind what the souls in Purgatory and thousands in the world would do if they had the same means and also think that it may be the last day that shall be granted you In this life Being drest make hast unto the Quire with out forrein cogitations recollecting your self and keeping diligently your sight and at the entring into the Church after the saying Asperges me c. Thou shalt sprinkle me c. In the taking of holy water Say Domine in multitudine misericordiae tuae introibo in domum tuam adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum in timore tuo Lord in the multitude of thy mercy I will enter into thy house in thy feare will I adore thee in thy holy Temple and kneeling downe at the Perentory say Adoramus te sanctissime Domine Iesu Christe hic ad omnes Ecelesias tuas benedicimus tibi quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum We adore thee o most holy Lord JESUS CHRIST here and in all thy Churches and we bless thee because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world After being in your place or before the B. Sacrament imagin Almighty God present as indeed he is and adore him with the greatest reverence and humility you can representing unto your self his Majesty Power and Goodness Accustome your self to this in all your Examins especially that of the morning noon and night and as much as you can in whatsoever exercise you undertake A Morning purpose FIrst give thanks unto Almighty God for having preserved you that night and delivered you from so many misfortunes both spirituall and corporall which since your going to bed thousands have fallen into 2. ly Examin your conscience and see wherein you have offended that night and if you find any thing humbly crave pardon begin by Gods grace to amend and to spend the day wholy in his service 3. ly Offer your self in all that you are or may be able to perform by your corporall forces or spirituall powers unto Almighty God especially that which you shall do that day with the intention for which you offer your actions in union of the life death and Passion of our blessed saviour Christ Jesus the merits of his most glorious Mother beseeching his divine goodnes to dispose wholy and entirely of you as may be most to his honour and the good of your soule in confidence of which resolve and endeavour to receive all things that day from his holy hands with equall indifference beholding them as coming from his fatherly hands and providence and the love with which he sendeth them 4ly Make a renunciation of your proper will passions and wicked inclinations or what soever may hinder you in the way of perfection and true conformity to the divine will 5ly Call to mind what your Obediences ar like to be and with whom you are to converse and how you ought to carry your self for the gaining of vertue and overcoming of imperfectioÌ„ but particularly bend your spirituall forces against that vice which you find most to hinder you and that you are most apt to fall into purposing and resolving on such means as when the occasion presenteth it self you may by the grace of God overcome it calling to mind at that present your good purpose Offer these your good desires unto
the Priest saith the Confiteor COnsider the offences of our first parents with those of the whole world and in particular those which you have your self committed and at the Kyrie elerson aske most humbly pardon for them and beg grace for amendment At Gloria in excelsis COnsider how the Angels in heaven rejoyce at the conversion of a sinner wherfore beseech them through the great desire they have of mans salvation to aid and assist us and all creatures to obtain the same At the Epistle COnsider that this World is a place of Pennance and be sorry that so few do embrace the same but follow vain pleasures and delights and beseech Almighty God to enlighten their hearts and offer your self to suffer whatsoever it shall please him to lay upon you begging grace for the same At the Ghospell COnsider what pains our Saviour took in this world going from one place to another preaching and inviting all men to follow his most perfect example and doctrin begging by the merits of his pains and labours that you may be a true follower thereof At the Creed THink what a multitude of people were converted by the holy Ghospell and nevertheless how many there are which remain in blindnes and wil not be lightned for which be heartily sorry and beseech God to convert them but principally pray for the conversion of England At the Offertory COnsider the promptitude with which our sweet Saviour offered himself into the hands of his heavenly Fathet to suffer his bitter death and Passion for your Redemption and all mankind Wherfore offer your self wholly to his divine goodness with your vowes of obedience Poverty and Chastity purposing from thence forward to be crucified by these three nailes to the Cross of all mortification At the Preface COnsider how our sweet Saviour raised Lazarus after he had been dead four daies and thence you may draw comfort and confidence that although you find many evil customes in your self all hindering you from the true service of God yet acknowledge that he is able to raise and deliver you from them all Wherfore you must purpose strongly to resist them according to the grace and strength which it shall please him to give you At Sanctus COnsider how the Angels in heaven do continually praise Almighty God and how pleasing their service is unto him wherfore pray unto them to obtain for you such fervour of spirit in this life that at your death you may be worthy to be assisted by them in heaven At the Canon COnsider the unspeakable love of our Saviour in offering himself for you in this most holy Sactifice weighing his Majesties greatnes and Omnipotency which is therein contained and here you may pray for the intention of the whole church and for all those you are to pray for that day A prayer at the Elevation of the most B. Host ADoro te Domine Iesu Christe benedico tibi qui pro nobis in cruce moriens redemisti mundum Ave caro Christi immaculata Crucis hostia morte tuâ nos amarâ fac redemptos luce clarâ tecum frui gloriâ Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori Aufer à me quicquid tibi displicet Infunde in me quicquid tibi placet Converte me totum tuum dulcis Iesu Deus meus Amen J adore thee o Lord JESUS CHRIST and J bless thee who dying on the Cross for us hast redeemed the world Haile holy flesh of CHRIST immaculate host of the Cross Make us redeemed by thy bitter death to enjoy with thee in glory eternall light God be mercifull to me a sinner Take away from me all that is displeasing to thee infuse into me all that is pleasing to thee Convert me wholy to thee sweet JESUS my God Amen A Prayer at the Elevation of the Chalice SAnguis tuus Domine Iesu Christe pro nobis effusus sit nobis in remissionem omnium peccatorum nostrorum negligentiarum ignorantiarum nostrarum in robur augmentum fidei spei charitatis gratiarum virtutum in cautelam vitae in adoptionem gloriae aeternae in absolutionem omnium fidelium defunctorum omnium pro quibus orare tenemur Amen Let thy blood O Lord JESUS CHRIST which was shed for us be a remission of all our sins negligences and ignorances a strengthning and encrease of faith hope charity graces and virtues a caution to my life an adoption to eternall glory an absolution of all the faithfull departed and of all for whom we are bound to pray Amen Whilst the Pater noster is said COnsider who made this Prayer and joyne your intention with the Priest's who repeateth it for the necessities of the whole church An Excrcise for the 5. Pater nosters after the Elevation 1. FIrst you make a particular intention to get pardon and to dispose your self to receive the Blessed Sacrament either corporally or spiritually for the which observe this exercise The first Pater and Ave address to the right hand of our B. Saviour beseeching him that the pretious blood which issued out of this his sacred wound may serve you for a bath to wash and purify you from all staines and spots of your sins and particularly those which you have committed since your last confession The 2. address to the left hand beseeching him that the sacred blood which issued from the same may serve for a spirituall balsome to cure all your infirmities and spirituall sicknesses The 3. address unto the wound of his right foot beseeching him by his sacred blood which issued forth thereof that it will please him to adorn you with the garment of charity and purity of heart and mind The 4. address to his left foot beseeching him that his sacred blood which issued forth of this wound may lighten the eyes of the soule to know his greatnes feare his justice and love his goodnes The 5. address unto the sacred blood which issued from thence that he will pardon and extinguish all your inordinate desires and affections and unite your heart to his through perpetuall love and continuall memorie of him A Prayer before spirituall Communion O Pie Domine Iesu Christe qui huc propter me venisti te mihi in panem quotidiaenum imo in omnem desiderabilem usum tribuisti vellem te libenter etiaem in Sacramento suscipere sed heu non audeo nec possum accedere quia timeo te offendere propter indispositionem meam inimicam tamen scio quod sine te vero cibo non possum vivere quare humiliter te rogo ut licèt non sumam te sacramentaliter me tamen reficias ad me descendas spiritualiter velis mihi gratiam impertiri quam te devotè sumentes debent sentire O bone Iesu noli me despicere noli me indignam famulam tuam transire sed digneris ad me venire mecum manere effectus tuos in me operari Amen O most pious Lord JESUS CHRIST who camest
hither for me and hast given thy self to me for my ' daily bread yea to every desirable use J would willingly receive thee even in the Sacrament but alas J dare not nor can J approach because J am afraid to offend thee by reason of my indisposition offensive to thy eye and yet J know that J cannot live without thee the true food Wherfore J most humbly beseech thee that altho J do not receive thee Sacramentally yet that thou wouldst refresh me and come down to me spiritually and impart unto me that grace which those that receive thee devoutly must feel O Good JESU despise me not and pass not by me thy unworthy servant but vouchsafe to come to me and to remain with me and work thy effects in me Amen An Exercise to be said by word or heart when you Communicate spiritually or corporally 1. WHen the Priest saith Domine non sum dignus say interiourly at the 1. time O my God J am not worthy for the multitude of my sins that the earth should beare me 2. At the 2. O my God J merit not to lift up my eyes to behold the heavens 3. At the 3. O my God J am she who for my iniquities merit no other then hell but notwithstanding O infinit goodnes leave not to visit me A devout Prayer to be said in time of Communion O Bone JESU dilecte mi charissime mi amor meus dulcedo cordis mei vita animae meae O aeternum bonum meum melliflue JESU miserere mei uni me tibi intimè ad gloriam nominis tui Amen O good JESU my beloved my dearest my love the sweetness of my heart the life of my soule O my Eternall good mellifluous JESU have pitty on me unite me to thy self most intimately to the glory of thy name Amen Another O Light increated illuminate my darkness illuminate my understanding with pure knowledge replenish my memory with holy remembrance and chast thoughts set my will on fire with a holy and enflamed love quicken my soule and make that J may tast the vertue of your holy presence and by the same ever remain in me and let me remain in you Amen A Thanksgiving after you Communicated spiritually or Corporally GRatias tibi ago Domine JESU CHRISTE qui me tantis Sacramentis spiritualibus refecisti indulge Domine obsecro reverentiam mane mecum per gratiam fac me hodie semper tuis obedire mandatis ut effectus virtutes hujus Sacramenti sentiam Amen J give thee thanks O Lord JESU CHRIST who hast refresht me with such great spirituall Sacraments grant me J beseech you reverence stay with me by your grace and make me this day alwayes obedient to your commands that J may feel the effects and vertues of this Sacrament Amen When the Priest sayes Agnus Dei. COnsider how your sweet saviour is rhe lamb of God who hath offered himself for all the sins of the world and is now at the right hand of his Father to be the Advocate and Judge of sinners Pray him humbly to pardon you your offences and make you worthy spiritually to receive him which indeavour to do with the Priest in the devoutest manner you can and with the greatest affection you are able When the Priest saith the last Collect or Prayer GIve thanks unto the holy Trinity for having granted you so great a benefit as to be present and prataker of so worthy a Mystery At the last Dominus Vobiscum IMagin as if you heard the sound of the Angels trumpet wherwith our Lord at the end of the world will call to Judgment and beseech him to give you grace to be ready and prepared against that day When the Priest saith Ite Missa est COnsider that at the last day of Judgment the wicked shall be condemned to everlasting pain and torment and perpetually deprived of the presence of Almighty God At the last Benediction COnsider the Benediction which Almighty God will give to all the Elect and will lead them unto everlasting rest wherfore beseech him so to bless you and all creatures both in this life and in the next as you and all other may perpetually bless his holy Name Amen At the End of Mass say the Prayer following SWeet JESUS I offer unto thee the sacrifice of this holy Mass and of all the Masses which shall be said throughout the whole world by means whereof I beseech you to give me knowledge of my sins and miseries as also to restore the ruins and defects of my poor soule and to supply my wants and unworthiness mortify in me whatsoever is displeasing unto your divine Majesty and make me one according to your own heart conform my spirit soul and body to that of your sacred humanity and alwayes illuminate and direct me by the sight of your incomprehensible Divinitie Amen Having said this Prayer under the Ghospell Examin how you have behaved your self in this holy Mystery and if you find your self to have failed humbly crave pardon of Almighty God purposing by his holy grace to amend be more diligent the next day DEO GRATIAS Certain intentions or Meditations which we ought to have when we Communicate out of S. Bonav 1. FIrst to unite our selves more more to Almighty God 2. To gain therby some vertue or grace 3. To acknowledge his benefits which we cannot do in any thing which is more pleasing and agreable to him then by worthily frequenting this holy Sacrament 4. The desire of the praise of Almighty God and his goodness the same being a Sacrifice of praise 5. To receive the spirit of Christ Jesus to live in humility charity Obedience Poverty of spirit mortification of body and contempt of the world that thy Redeemer may live in thee who is thy finall end 6. To renew the memory of the Passion of Christ Jesus Considerations before Communion taken out of the same Saint 1. WE are to meditate vhat we are about to do which is to receive Christ Jesus true God and true man who died upon the Cross for us 2. That we are to receive the Holy of Holies for which cause it behoveth that we approach thereunto without sin purging our selves by true Contrition 3. Consider the divine Excellency and our own misery how great this Lord is and how meane the servant Ponder that his goodness is much more then our offences or vertues 4. Stirr up in your self a most fervent desire to harbour in your heart such a loving Lord The holy Doctour saith it is a very strange thing that man receiving into his soule Almighty God in the most B. Sacrament his heart does not even faint yea even burst through vehemency of love Fooure considerations of S. Mathildis before Communion 1. THe great love of God who had remembrance of her from all Eternity 2. That he created her Knowing how ungratefull shee would be unto his divine Majesty 3. That he would dy for her upon
your fidelity And if it please him not to speak to you no otherwise then if he saw you not or if you were not in his presence you must not for all that go away discontented or discomforted but continue still with patience and a devout behaviour in the presence of his soverain goodnes and without doubt your service will be acceptable to him and at last he will take notice of your constancy and diligence Colloquies or speeches part in Meditation and part in Prayer Praising Almighty Gods Excellency goodness holiness worthiness c. TO THE SOULE EXhorting it to some vertuous action somtimes reprehending her vices and faults little zeal imperfections c. PURPOSES Purposing to Gods honour Obedience Humility Resignation Mortification c. AFFECTIONS More affections towards God increase of his honour augmentation of the Church c. SUPPLICATION Make supplication unto God as a son does to his father a beggar to his benefactour a sick man to his Physitian a schollar to his Master and a spouse to her bridegroome TO OUR B. LADY Alleadging that shee is our mother Mistris Queen and Advocate and therfore ought and doth love us defend protect and pray for us TO OUR GOOD ANGEL Alleadging his office charge and power to help us his honour to defend us TO THE SAINTS Especially those to whom you are most devoted alleadging their affinity to our nature their tryalls of our necessities their security in glory and their ability and willingnes to help us CAUSES OF DISTRACTIONS 1. First from the Divell who doth still endeavour to hinder from the fruit of Prayer 2. It proceedeth from our own imagination which is free untamed and ill governed 3. From some affections unmortified which draw our thoughts after them for where the treasure is there is the heart 4. From cares which sting and divide the heart into a thousand parts 5. From coldnes in enforcing our selves to this so noble an Exercise 6. From ignorance not knowing how to discourse or meditate or searche into hidden verities and ponder them in such sort as may move the will and stirr up affections of devotion This ignorance by the grace of God will be remedied by this form and method following The meanes to resist distractions of heart and tediousnes of spirit are principally foure 1. FIrst profound humility acknowledging our weakness and misery being ashamed to stand before God with such distractions accusing our selves of our offences both past and present 2. The second fortitude of mind resolving not to admit any distraction although it administer matter of content of seem of much importance for nothing behoveth us so much as to tend to Prayer and to God before whom we are Wherfore if a thousand times we should be diverted we must turn again as many times more without loosing courage 3. The thrid remedy Prayer it self beseeching our saviour to recollect our thoughts and wandring affections that wee may use attention and devotion craving the help and intercession of his glorious Mother with the holy Angels and Saints who are willing to assist all those that pray saying somtimes with David My heart hath forsaken me may it please you Lord to deliver me from the violence which I suffer and have respect to help Other times with the Prophet My soule is as earth without water Again with the blind man in the Ghospell O son of David have mercy on me Or with the Psalmist Depart from me o yee malignants and I will search the Commandements of my God 4. The fourth is Confidence in Almighty God persuading our selves that being he commandeth us to pray he will give us grace wherby we may resist the divell bridle our imaginations restrain our passions moderate our cares cast from us our coldness But with this confidence wee must adjoyn diligence as Cassian saith removing before Prayer whatsoever you think may distract you therein imitating in this the subtilty of our adversary who as S. Nilus Abbot saith ordaineth all his temptations wherwith he tempteth sp rituall persons to hinder them from Prayer the fruit thereof tempting them with impatience to disquiet them curiosity to distract them multitude of busines to disturb them pride and ingratitude to make them barren and dry c. By this we may learn to be no less provident and carefull of our good then the divell is of our harm ever governing our selves in such sort as may most forward our Prayer remembring the words of our sweet saviour in S. Luke It behoveth us alwaies to pray and never to be weary The chiefest effects of prayer ARe particular lights affections and resolutions And whatsoever else is needfull for a large Examin after Meditation is set down in the end of the book of the practice of Meditation 1. Consolation is an inward motion unto the more perfect love of God and withdraweth our affections from all earthly creatures 2. Teares springing of love or sorrow rightly ordained to the honour of God 3. Increase of hope and Charity 4. Joy and devotion which incites the soul unto greater perfection 5. Illuminations of the understanding wherby it understandeth some things anew or better and more perfectly then before 1. Desolation is that which vaileth the eyes of the soul that it may not behold that which appertaineth to the glory of God and the perfection of the soule 2. That which troubleth and moveth us to earthly and outward things 3. That which draweth us to the distrust of obtaining perfection or what may help us 4. That which driveth away Hope and charity 5. That which bringeth the soule to a certain tepidity heavines and tediousnes of mind S. Bernard speaking of the devout Meditation upō the Passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ saith thus If thou desirest perfectly to be purified from all thy sins and vices if thou wouldst be nobly enriched with vertues illuminated in holy Scripture if thou would'st gloriously triumph over thy enemies if abundantly be conforted in adversities if often to have compunction and shed teares of devotion if to obtain the burning fervour os spirit in Meditation if to be replenished with spirituall joy if to persever in well doing if in the end well and blessedly to dy and to reign in heaven eternally and finally to be beloved and crowned by our Saviour Iesus everlastingly exercise thy self in the holy Meditation of the blessed life and Passion of Iesus and often reduce the same unto thy heart and memory Things to be considered in Meditating the Passion of our Saviour 1. Who it is that suffereth 2 What it is he suffereth 3. How he suffereth 4. For whom 5. To what end he suffered Severall Affections to be draw'n from the consideration of the same Passion 1. To have compassion on the greatnes of his pains 2. Contrition for the sins which were the cause of his sufferance 3. Imitation in folowing his examples 4. Gratitude for the largeness of our Redemption 5. Hope he dyed to save us 6.
J confess before thee and will acknowledge to all the world that J am the most vile and unprofitable of all creatures 5. O my God there is not on earth to be found a creature so disloyall and ungratefull as J am unto thee 6. J am not worthy to look up to heaven and much less to possesse the same 7. If the greatest sinner in the world had those inspirations and daily means of vertue which J o Lord confess to have J verily think he would not be so wretched as J am Tuesday Confidence 1. ALthough every moment deare JESUS J commit many imperfections yet J hope by thy help to attain to Christian perfection 2. My sweet Saviour if J committed all the sins and crimes which have been from the beginning of the world yet would J be confident of pardon 3. J hope most firmely O son of God my Redeemer by thy holy merits and Sacraments to enjoy eternall life 4. O infinit clemency was there ever any sinner that truly asked pardon to whom you denied it 5. My sweet Saviour if all creatures both in heaven and earth should tell me that thou hadst forsaken me and didst refuse to help me yet J would not beleeve them 6. O sweet JESU albeit the furies in Hell together with all the afflictions of this life should torment me yet would J trust in thee 7. O good JESUS thou that said'st Aske and it shall be given beleeve and you shall receive J humbly beg and unfainedly confide in thy goodnes whatsoever is necessary for me either spirituall or corporall thou wilt give me Wednsday Poverty 1. O My Lord J desire no riches ease or sensuall delights but only the love of thee 2. O that J had a thousand worlds with all the fained pleasures thereof not to possesse but willingly to leave for the love of thee 3. Most deare Lord J will possess nothing but thee and what J have only for thy sake 4. O dearest spouse all riches without thee are unto me unsupportable poverty joy sorrow ease paine consolation a consuming grief 5. O my sweet Saviour that was 't both in life and death so poor and naked of all things for thee I most willingly embrace the want of what is necessary for corporall life and health 6. My sweetest Jesu which was 't so poor and free from the posession of your will even in the repugnance of death for thee I entirely forsake my own will and sence to the consummation of my life 7. O my dearest Saviour that Wouldst not admit in all thy torments the least comfort I beseech thee make me so perfectly poore as for thy love I entertain no unnecessary consolation Thursday Gratitude 1. O my good God I render thee eternall thanks for all thy gifts both of grace and nature bestowed on me and on all creatures 2. O most liberall God thou hast don to me above all I can ask or desire 3. O my Saviour what shall J render for all those numberlesse benefits which I have and continually do receive from thee 4. O deare Saviour in gratitude for all thy mercies towards me I offer and beseech thee to accept of my heart and soule with what else thou hast bestowed on me 5. O my Creatour and deare Redeemer that I could be gratfull unto thee 6. Teach me my God to render thee such thanks as may be most acceptable unto thee 7. O would to God I had the gratitude of creatures both in heaven and earth to offer up unto thee my onely good but all being too little I beg thou wilt thy self supply these wants Friday Obedience and Resignation 1. O Most benigne Lord let me but know what you would have me to do 2. Sweete Jesus I offer my self both in time and Eternity most entirely to accomplish thy will 3. Although J should be lost yet if it be thy will for love of thee I most willingly yield to live in continuall affliction and torment 4. I offer my self with all my heart my sweete Saviour in what I may possibly in body life and soule to be disposed of by thy blessed will and pleasure 5. Behold sweet Lord for love of thee I abandon and deny my senses renounce my understanding and wholy forsake my self to prove and accomplish thy holy will 6. Most deare God for thy sake I firmly purpose rather to dy a thousand deaths then once to be disobedient to thee 7. O good Jesus when shall I see that happy houre wherein by perfect obedience and entire Resignation I shall wholy live in thee and thou in me Saturday Love of neighbour 1. MOst mercifull Lord I beseech thy infinit goodnes so to illuminate the hearts of all sinners that they may be truly penitent for their sins to seek thee with all care who art the onely God 2. I beseech thee my sweet Lord by the bowels of thy infinit mercies that all such as seek after ambition and earthly delights may turn all their affections to love thee 3. Grant sweet Jesus through the merits of thy bitter Passion that all those for whom thou hast suffered may reape the benefit thereof 4. Most mercifull Lord I humbly beseech thee to comfort all afflicted soules 5 Most sweet Saviour give such grace and vertue unto all creatures as they may be truly conformable unto thy holy will 9. Most mercifull God release for thy own sake and thy B. Mother's all those who either in Earth or Purgatory thou dost by justice punish Sunday Love of Almighty God 1. TAke form me O sweet Saviour that which separateth me so farr from thee 2. Purge my soule O Lord from all sin and imperfection by which it is defiled and made unworthy of thy Image 3. Behold O my God I hate and detest with all my heart even the least offence that ever I have committed against thy divine Majesty 4. Forgive sweet Saviour all that which justly thou mightest lay to my charge for that now I desire to be perfectly united unto thee 5. My sweetest Lord as a channell of all uncleannesse desirous to be purified I present my self unto thee 6. O Eternall God I beseech thee that I who am the least of all creatures may by perfect love of thee be elevated above all created things and my spirit only satisfied in thee 7. What shall I render thee my beloved Lord for all thou hast bestowed on me that am but dust and ashes and yet thou hast made all things for me Aspirations for every day in the Weeke upon the Passion of our blessed Saviour Munday Contrition 1. O Vile and most detestable sin by which I have so oft betrayed and sold thee my Eternall Father yea even for a momentary pleasure 2. O that I had never by ingratitude bound thy liberall hands and therby deprived my self of thee and of thy will and mercifull pleasure in me 3. O my soule unto what streights have thy sins and offences brought thy Saviour would to God I had some
thy loving heart 5. O when shall it be my dearest JESU that the flame of thy love shall pierce and wound my heart that I may be wholy conformable unto thee 6. Sweet JESUS let me love thee so unfainedly as that by force of thy love I neither feel see nor take comfort in any thing but accompanyng thee my afflicted Lord. 7. My sweetest Saviour when shall I have my full and wisht repose within thy crucified armes 8. O sacred wounds of my JESUS especially of his tender side and most amourous heart why do you not burn and consume my soule in the delightfull flames of his love An Oblation unto our B. Lady to say on any one of her Feasts 70. Ave Maries and then during every day 5. Ave's and these Prayers following 1. O B. Virgin Mary and Eternall Queen of Angels I offer my self unto you in all that I am or ever shall be beseeching you to receive me as your own 2. O B. Virgin Mary preserve me living and dyng from all evill for I am your own 3. O B. Virgin Mary receive me for your own ever govern and protect me as your own and have mercy on my soule when it shall part out of my body 4. O mercifull Mother through your holy departure make joyfull my departure and in the houre of my death receive my soule A Prayer to Iesus Christ ANima Christi sanctifica me Corpus Christi salva me Sanguis Christi inebria me Aqua lateris Christi lava me Passio Christi conforta me O bone IESV exaudi me Intrà tua vulnera absconde me Ne permittas me separari à te Ab hoste maligno defende me In hora mortis meae voca me Et jube me venire ad te Vt cum Sanctis tuis laudem Te In saecula saeculorum Amen In English thus SOule of Christ sanctify me Body of Christ save me Blood of Christ inebriate me Water of Christ's side wash me Passion of Christ comfort me O good JESU heare me Within thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from thee From the malignant enemy defend me In the houre of my death call me And bid me come to thee That with thy Saints I may praise thee For ever and ever Amen When you passe by the B. Sacrament DVlcissimum nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi gloriosae Virginis Mariae Matris ejus sit in aeternum benedictum In English Let the B. Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST and the glorious VIRGIN MARY his MOTHER be blessed for ever and ever And then offer your intention herein to get the pardon which is gained When you take Holy water Aqua benedicta sit nobis salus protectio vita Asperges me Domine hissopo c. In English May this holy water be to us health protection and life Thou shalt sprinkle me o Lord with hissope c. How we may honour the most holy and B. Name of the most glorious Virgin Mary by sayng these 5. Verses with 5. Psalmes 1. MAter amabilis Maria nomine Multò nobilior quocunque lumine Muni me miserum in tuo nomine Malignis obvians tuo juvamine Magnificat 2. Aurora rutilans lunâque pulchrior Astris fulgentior luce clarior Afflictum respice qui nimis crucior Averte jaculum hostis quo ferior Ad Dominum cum tribularer 3. Regina nobilis filia filii Rosae consimilis flori lilii Refove flebiles lacte consilii Ruentes per dies huius exilii Retribue servo tuo 4. Iesse tu congruè vocata virgula Immarcessibilis sine macula IESV jam florid o qui regit saecula Ipsa tu suggere ut solvat vincula In Convertendo 5. Ancilla Domini sumens tam nobilis Ave quod Gabriel dedit mirabilis Accipe canticum servi inutilis Adsis in omnibus mihi placabilis Ad te levavi ℣ Dignare me laudare te Virgo sacrata ℟ Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos OREMUS COncede nos famulos tuos quaesumus Domine Deus perpetuá mentis corporis sanitate gaudere glorio â B. Mariae Virginis intercessione à praesenti liberari tristitia aeternâ perfrui laetitiâ Per Christum Domenum nostrum Amen The 5. Verses Englished 1. O Amiable Mother ô Mary hail by name More noble then the light of natur's frame Defend me by your meanes which way so'ere J goe And by your shelt'ring help preserve me from my foe 2. Bright shining dawn fairer then the moon More sparkling then the starres and brighter then the sun Look on me wretch afflicted and tormented so As to put by those darts my foes do at me thr'o 3. O noble queen and daughter to thy son Like to the Rose and Flower-de-Luce at noone 'T is milk of your good counsel must cherish us that weep 'T is you that from all banish't ruin's must us keep 4. You are the rod of Jesse fittly nam'd You neyther wither nor with spot are sham'd Pray to our Jesus who the world doe's rule That J from bonds of sin may save my soule 5. O handmaid of our Lord who took the noble haile From wond'rous Gabriel's mouth the world 's great baile Receive the sacred Cantick your worthless servant sing's And gratious be to me sweet Mary in all things LITANIAE B. P. N. FRANCISCI KYRIE eleïson Christe eleïson Kyrie eleïson Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Pater de caelis Deus Miserere nobis Fili Redemptor mundi Deus Miserere nobis Spiritus sancte Deus Miserere nobis Sancta Trinitas unus Deus Miserere nobis Sancte Francisce Pater amabilis ora pro nobis Pater admirabilis Pater benigne Pater venerabilis Vexillifer Jesu Christi ORA PRO NOBIS Eques Crucifixi Imitator filii Dei Seraphim ardens Fornax Charitatis Arca Sanctitatis Cultor pacis Vas Puritatis Norma Justitiae Speculum Pudicitiae Regula Poenitentiae Magister Obedientiae Exemplar Virtutum Patriarcha Pauperum Profligator Criminum Lumen tuae Patriae Decus Morum Vivificator Mortuorum Saturator Famelicorum Obsequium Leprosorum ORA PRO NOBIS Praeco magni Regis Forma Humilitatis Consors Sublimitatis Victor Vitiorum Dux Minorum Praedicator Silvestrium Portans dona Gloriae Auriga militiae nostrae Novis utens Prodigiis Caelum caecis aperiens Gratum gerens obsequium Templum Christo consecrans Hostes malignos proterens Tenens vitae bravium Spargens virtutum munera Amplians iter ad Gloriam Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Parce nobis Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Exaudi nos Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis ℣ Ora pro nobis beate Pater Francisce ℟ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi OREMUS DEus qui Ecclesiā tuā B. Fraucisci meritis foetu novae prolis amplificas tribue nobis ex ejus imitatione terrena despicere caelestium donorum semper participatione gaudere Per Dominum
peccata mundi Miserere nobis Oremus MEntes nostras quaesumus Domine Paracletus qui à te procedit illuminet inducat in omnem sicut tuus promisit Filius veritatem COncede misericors Deus fragilitati nostrae praesidium ut qui sanctae Dei genitricis memoriam agimus intercessionis ejus auxilio à nostris iniquitatibus resurgamus OMnipotens sempiterne Deus qui saluas omnes neminem vis perire respice ad animas Britannorum diabolicâ fraude deceptas ut omni haereticâ pravitate depositâ errantium corda resipiscant ad veritatis tue redeant unitatem Per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen DEO GRATIAS A DAYLY EXERCISE OF PRAYERS With weekly Meditations upon the Passion IN THE MORNING IN nomine Patris †c. Pater Ave Credo Confiteor c. I adore thee most Blessed Trinity give thee thankes for all benefits bestowed upon me especially for my Vocation to this State the use of Sacraments other Divine helpes particularly that thou hast preserved me this night wherein perhaps many have been summoned before thee to give an account of their lives The living O God shall bless glorify thee as I will this day O Eternall Father to thee I offer up my self with whatsoever I am able to doe admit O Gracious Father these first fruites of my love united with the merits of thy beloved Son O B. JESUS I purpose through thy Grace to walk the paths of thy H. Commandements performing the duty of a good Christian by the practise of all Vertues especially of N. Grant O Lord that I may doe suffer all things according to thy Holy will Come O Holy Ghost direct assist comfort my distressed Soul with thy Grace that I may shun all Sin especially N. I have hitherto greivously offended thee but I will be more watchfull over my wayes Help me I beseech thee in this my spirituall warfar for thou hast promised that I shall walk amongst Serpents Basilisks trample over Lyons Dragons Help me also O Holy Angels glorious Saints thou especially O Sacred Virgin Mother with thy chast Espous S. JOSEPH Protect me O Angell Guardian Yee O Holy NN. my Patrons for this day that I fall not into the snares of Satan But thou O my God my All art my cheife hope let the flames of thy Divine Love consume all evill affections in me that I may for ever love obey thee AN OBLATION O B. JESUS in union of thy N. I offerr up all my thoughts words deeds purposing to practise the Vertue of N. shun the Vice of N. beseeching thee that all I doe or suffer may be acceptable to thee for NN. through the Mediation of my glorious Patrons NN. Amen BLess me O JESU with thy Sacred Virgin Mother †Bless me all yee Holy Saints Angels specially my Angell Guardian Holy Patrons NN. †O Eternall God Father Son H. Ghost bless †keep me now for ever Amen IN THE EVENING IN nomine Patris c. O Most Blessed Trinity I glorify thee with all the Saints Angels for all favours at all times bestowed upon me especially this day make a survey of Gods favours to thee Alas what thankes can I return to thee for these all thy gracious benefits O God who hast observed all the motions of my heart all my words actions Enlighten me that I may know wherein I have offended thee what is wanting to me that I may bewayl my sins through thy Grace amend my life Examine thy conscience through all houres duties of that day towards God thy Neighbour thy selfe considering wherein thou hast offended by thought word or deed Lord be mercifull to me a sinner Behold here my God what sins I have rendred thee for thy gracious gifts It greives me that I have offended thee Pardon me O my God through the Cross Passion of thy dearest Son the merits of the Sacred Virgin all Angels Saints especially N N. I purpose hereafter never more to offend thee to undergoe all Crosses for the satisfying my transgressions against thee purchasing Grace for the amendement of my life AN OBLATION O B. JESUS I offer up to thee thy N. as a propitiation for all my sins especially of this day Uniting therewith the merits of thy Sacred Mother all Angels Saints especially my Patrons NN. to whose protection I now for ever commend my self Bless me O JESUS c. MEDITATIONS VPON THE PASSION For every day of the week SUNDAY Washing of the Feet CONS 1. Who washeth God thy Creatour Redeemer giver of all good things 2. Whose feet he washeth of ignoble persons great sinners his own betrayer 3. Why he washeth to give example of meekness teach us to cleanse our Soules ere we approach his Altar Affect Oh my JESU that I could love thee all creatures as I ought thou desirest Resolve To practise the Vertue of Charitie shun the vice of Envie in occasions best known to thy self MUNDAY Prayer in the garden CONS 1. How CHRIST prayeth kneeling prostrate with instancy thou how tepid 2. What 's his prayer That his Chalice may passe yet with resignation to obey his Fathers will doe thou pray thus 3. How he sweats bloud in great drops in great sorrows wilt thou rely on thy own strength Affect Oh my JESU that I could humble my self to Thee all creatures for thee Rosolve To practise Humilitie shun Pride c. TUESDAY Mocking before Herod CONS 1. How JESUS betrayed apprehended manicled is led to Annas Caiphas Pilate Herod Follow him in this sorrowfull Pilgrimage 2. How He is every where falsly accused yet is silent be silent too when injur'd 3. How before Herod he is cloathed mocked as a Foole if thou beest a Christian imitate CHRIST'S self-denyall Affect Oh my JESU that I could contemn my own will for thy sake Resolve To practise Self-denyall shun self-love c. WEDNESDAY Whipping at the Pillar CONS How JESUS led back to Pilate is there accused as a Blasphemer Seducer Traitor Barabbas though a Murderer is preferr'd before him can'st thou repine when vilified 2. How that Innocent Body uncloathed bound to the Pilar is whipt for thy sins thou sin'st he suffers 3. How barbarously those Soldiers treat thy JESUS Oh cruelty this he suffers for thee Bath thy heart in his saving bloud Affect Oh my JESU that I could bear all Crosses from all persons for the love of Thee Resolve To practise Patience shun Anger c. THURSDAY Crowning with Thorns CONS 1. How JESUS thus bleeding is crownd with sharp Thorns this Crown is instead of a Crown of Glory 2. How they cloath him in scarlet put a reed in his hand for a Scepter then kneeling deride Him O my JESU thou art a King indeed reign for ever in my heart