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A08952	A rule of good life: written by the mellifluous doctor S. Bernard (monke and abbot of the holie order of S. Benet) especiallie for virgins, and other religious woemen; and may profitably be read likewise by all others, that aspire to Christian perfection. Faithfully translated into English by the R. Father Antonie Batt, monke of the holie order afore-said, of the Congregation of England; Modus bene vivendi. English	Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Batt, Antonie.	1633 (1633)	STC 1923; ESTC S113802	137,346	537

great a sacrament For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh iudgement to himselfe to wit the cause of his damnation Wherevpon blessed Isidorus likewise saith They that liue lewdly in the Church and cease not to communicate thinking that by this communion they may be cleansed from their sinnes let such men know t●at this doth nothing helpe to their cleāsing according as the Prophet testifieth saying * What is it that my beloued hath in my house done much wickednes shall the holy flesh take away frō thee thy malices Ier. 11. He therefore that will receiue ●he bodie of Christ must first endeauour to remaine in the faith and loue of Christ Hence it is that our Lord saith in the Gospell * He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him Io. 6. As if he should say He remaineth in me who fullfilleth my will by liuing vertuously For otherwise vnlesse he first remaine in me by faith and good works and I in him he cannot eate my flesh nor drinke my blood What is it then which men eate Behold all do often receiue the sacrament of the altar yet one doth spiritually eate the flesh of Christ and drinke his blood and an other not but onely the sacrament that is Christs bodie vnder the sacrament and not the substance of the sacrament This Sacrament is called the proper bodie of C●rist borne of the Virg●n but the spiritual substance is the flesh of Christ A good man therefore receiueth the sacrament and the substance of the sacrament but a bad man for that he eareth vnworthily eateth and drinketh as the Apostle saith 1. Cor. 11. iudgement to himselfe not prouing himselfe first nor discerning the bodie of our Lord What then doth the sinner eate and what doth he drinke Certaynely not the flesh and blood spiritually to his saluation but iudgement to his damnation although h● seeme with the re● to receiue the sacrament of the altar One therfore receiueth the bodie of our Lord to hi● saluation an other to his damnation He that with Iudas the traytor receiueth the bodie of our Lord with Iudas is condēned he that with Peter and the rest of the faithfull receiueth the same deuoutly faithfully is doubtles with Peter and th● rest of the Apostles sanctified in Christs bodie Li●●en therefore ô spou●e of Crhist to the wordes of S. Augustine He that with a c● ast bodie and cleane heart with a pure conscience and deuout mind doth approach to this communion of the altar shall arriue to that altar which is Christ in heauen before the eies of God by a happie transmigration Amiable sister in Christ hearken I pray you to the wisdome of the serpent The serpent when he meaneth to goe to drinke before he commeth to the fountaine vomitteth vp all his poyson Do you therefore most deare sister imitate the serpent in this point that before you come to the fountaine that is to the communion of the bodie and blood of our Lord Iesus Christ you vomit vp out of your heart all poyson to wit hatred anger malice enuie euill will and peruerse cogitations Forgiue also all your fellowes and all your neighbours in whatsoeuer they haue offended that your offences may be ●●kewise forgiuen you by God euen as our Lord himselfe saith * Forgiue and you shall be forgiuen Luc. 6. If therefore you shall doe all these things as I haue said you may approach to the liuing fountaine that is to Christ who is the fountaine of all good things Furthermore he saith of himselfe * I am the liuing bread which came downe from heauen Io. 6. Of this bread Dauid saith in the Psalmes * Man did eate the bread of Angells Psal 77. for otherwise that bread albeit it came from heauen and drinke for that it was corporal was not food fit for Angells but that bread and drinke which was prefigured by this Howbeit Christ is the bread of Angells and this sacrament is his true flesh and true blood which sacrament man doth spiritually eate and drinke And by this whereby the Angells liue in heauen by the same man liueth heere on earth because all is spiritual and diuine in that which a mā receiueth ●ut as the Apostle saith Some haue eaten the same spiritual food and yet are dead so likewise now in the Church the bodie of our Lord is life to some but to others it is a paine and the punishment of sinne The bodie of our Lord without all doubt is life to those to whome Christ is life but to those it is death who through sinne and ignorance and negligence are the members of the diuel Wherefore most louing sister in Christ I admonish you that when you receiue the bodie of our Lord you vnderstand an other thing by your taste then you feele by your smell Heare likewise ô honest virgin what the Priest saith at the consecration of the bodie of Christ We entreat saith he that this oblation may be made blessed by which we may be blessed Inrolled by which we all may be inrolled in heauen Ratified by which we may be nūbered in the bowells of Christ Reasonable by which we may be freed from a bestial vnderstanding And that thou wilt vouchsafe to make it acceptable that we likewise sithence we are displeasing to our selues may become acceptable in his onely begottē ōne Christ Iesus Wherefore most vertuous Virgin as we haue said alreadie Christ in himselfe feedeth the holy Angells in heauen Christ also in h●mselfe refresheth the faithfull heere on earth Christ by hope satiateth the holy Angells in the heauēly countrie Christ by faith feedeth vs heere on earth least we faint in the way Christ refresheth Angells and men of himselfe and yet remaineth whole in himselfe O how good is that bread and how full of admiration of which the Angells are satiated in heauē men are refreshed heere on earth He on whome the Angells feede to the full in the heauenly countrie is mans foode heere on earth according to the measure of his imbecillitie and this as I haue said alreadie lea●t he faint in the way Christ t e liuing bread who is the Angells refection is himselfe likewise mans redemption medicine Now therefore most deare sister desire our Lord with all instancie that he will cleanse your conscience from all malice and enuie that so you may be able worthily to receiue the mysterie of the bodie and blood of Christ Iesus our Lord. Amen Of our thoughts or cogitations CHAPT XXIX MOst deare sister listen what our Lord doth say by the mou●h of the Prophet Isay * Take away the euill of your cogitations from mine eies Isai 1. Although a man cease from doing amisse yet if he haue euill cogitations in his heart he is not altogither guiltlesse Wherevpon blessed Indorus saith We do not onely offend in our actions but also in our cogitatiōs if we take delight when they vnlawfully occurre to our remēbrance For as a

wight haue offended I confesse my errour I lay open my sinne I acknowledge mine iniquitie I haue sinned o sweet Sauiour be mercifull to me a sinner Spare my faultes pardō my sinnes forgiue me my crimes If thou shalt obserue iniquities ô Lord Lord who shall sustaine it No man durst approach to thine examination without feare neither shall the iustice it selfe of a iust man be secure for what man is so iust in euerie thing that he durst say that he is without sinne No man is without sinne no man is free from offense no man is cleane in thy sight yea euen among the Saincts no man is immaculate * Behold they that serue God haue not beene stab●e and in his Angells he found wickednes Iob. 4. * Behold the moone also doth not shine and the starres are not cleane in his sight Iob. 25. The heauens likewise are not cleane in his sight If therefore no man is holy in his sight no man immaculate how much more I that am a sinner corruption and meate for wormes who haue drunke iniquitie as it were water and haue multiplied my sinnes Who do sit in the dust who do dwell in a howse of clay who haue an earthly foundation My God stretch forth thy right hand to me a sinner Remember ô Lord that I am but arth Remember that I am but dust and ashes Giue me a medicine by which I may be healed Giue me a medicine by which I may be cured I alas wretch that I am haue fallen into the pit of sinne I haue fallen into the bottome of hell O my God deliuer my captiue soule from hell let not that bottomlesse chaos include me let not the pit of perdition shut his mouth vpon me Let not that bottomlesse depth denie me to goe forth Behold the dreadfull day of iudgement is now at hand the last day is now come the day of death doth now draw neere nothing remaineth for me but a graue nothing but a sepulcher O Lord pardon me I beseech thee before I goe to that obscure countrie O my God vouchsafe to assist me before I goe to the land of darknes and miserie O Redeemer of soules succour me before my death breake the bondes of my sinnes before that dreadfull hower approacheth Deare si●●er in Chri●t God be mercifull vnto you and forgiue you all your sinnes God graunt you forgiuenes of all your offenses God forgiue you whatsoeuer you haue offended God release you from all sinne Now therefore be of good courage deare sister and resolue in your heart not to sinne any more Haue a care not to iterate your offenses defile not your selfe with sinne againe now after forgiuenes Returne not to sinne after the lamentation o● penance doe not that againe which may moue you againe to teares and repentance He is not a true penitent but a derider of God who doth yet doe that whereat he may be grieued he doth not seeme to beseech God humbly but to mock and scorne him proudly who as yet committeth that euill whereat he seemed to be sorowfull Wherevpon B. Isidorus doth affirme That penance is vaine that is defiled by a sinne ensuing And againe A wound that is iterated is more slowlie healed A man frequently sinning and mourning doth scarcely deserue pardon Be therefore constant in penance and forsake not that vertuous course of life which you haue begun to practice To such a perseuere saluation is promised on such the reward of heauen is bestowed Wherevpon it is said * Blessed are they that keepe iudgement and doe iustice at all time Psal 105. And againe * He that shall perseuere to the end he shall be saued Mat. 10. Honest virgin I counsel you that you alwayes behaue your selfe as one ashamed with your countenance cast downe through the remembrance of your sinne let a blushing bashfulnes appeare alwayes in your face through the memorie of your offences Let the shame of your sinne make you ashamed to looke vp to heauen walke with your countenance cast downe on the ground sorowfull through mourning going as one forlorne wrapping your members in sack-cloath and ashes Let the earth be your bed the ground your cou●rlets You are dust and therefore sit in the ●ust you are ashes and therefore let them be the place of your repose Be alwayes weeping alwayes mourning alwayes sighing alwayes sorowfull in your heart for your sinnes Let sighes proceede from your brea●● grones from your heart Let teares often flow from your eies Be alwayes readie to shed teares as often as you call your bad life to remembrance Venerable Virgin beleeue me because the seruants of God neuer ought to be secure in this life although they be iust and good The seruants of God ought to be vigilant at all times and with teares to call their sinnes to remembrance Wherevpon in prayse of the bridegroome to wit Christ it is said in the Canticles * His hayres are as the branches of palme trees black as a rauen Cant. 5. What do we vnderstand by the hayres of Christ but faithfull men who whiles they keepe the faith of the blessed Trinitie in their mind and performe what they beleeue adhearing to God do doe him honour a● hayres hanging on the head The palme tree is verie high and according to the name there of signifieth victorie Christs haires therefore are as the branches of palme-trees because whiles each one of the elect doth lift vp himselfe to the height of vertue they at length by Gods grace arriue to the victorie Howbeit they are black as a rauen because although they eleuate themselues to heauen by their vertues yet they alwayes acknowledge them selues to be sinners So you most louing sister in Christ albeit you liue well and religiously albeit you serue God iustly and deuoutly yet I giue you this admonition that you neuer desist from teares and lamentation Let teare be sweet vnto you let mourning and lamentation delight you neuer cease from mourning by so much the more be inclined to lamentation by how much the more you haue beene addicted to sinne A● great as your intention hath beene to commit sinne so great let your deuotion be to make satisfaction The medecine ought to be answerable to the disease mightie sinnes require many teares Venerable sister he vouch safe to assist you and afford you spiritual comfort whome the holy Angells adore in the heauenly court Amen Of communicating or communion CHAPT XXVIII * VVhosoeuer shall eate th●is bread or drinke the chalice of our Lord vnworthily he shall be guiltie of the bodie of the blood of our Lord 1. Cor. 11. that is he shall ●ō●●act sinne cōmit a fault by such his fact Why For that he goeth amisse to that which is good But let a man proue himselfe so let him eate of that bread and drinke of the chalice As if he had said Let euerie one examine his life and cleanse his hea●● from all malice that he may worthily approach to so

Whherefore we ought verie carefully to auoid murmuring least we perish through such a deadly and diuellish poyson My beloued sister in Christ heare what our Lord saith in his holy Gospel * I say to you be not carefull for your life what you shall eate neither for your bodie what rayment you shall put on Mat. 6. As if he should say more plainely God that hath giuen you a soule will also giue you food and he that hath giuen you a bodie will also giue you raiment Our Sauiour goeth on saying * Behold the foules of the ayre that they sow not neither reape nor gather into barnes and your heauenly father feedeth them ibidem that is to say If God prouide for the birdes which are to day and shall die to morrow whose soule is mortal how much more will he giue meate and rayment to his seruants and handmaides whose soule is immortal and to whome the kingdome of heauen is promised And againe Consider the lillies of the field how they grow they labour not neither do they spinne that is they neither weaue nor make thread and yet God most gloriously clotheth them how much more will he cloth his seruants and handmades that faithfully serue him God will not kill the soules of his seruants with hunger or thirst or nakednes And therefore he addeth Seeke first the kingdome of God and the iustice of him and all these things shall be giuen you besides As if ●e had said * Serue our Lord in feare and reioyce to him day and night with trembling and he will giue you all things necessarie both in this life and in the life to come * They that seeke after our Lord shall not be diminished of any good Psal 33. Most deare sister God who hath brought you out of your Fathers house will giue you all the good which your heart can wish if you continue constant in his seruice Amen Of proprietie CHAPT XLVIII MOst deare sister let proprietie which among the seruants of God is esteemed a great fault be neuer found in you All things which are in a monasterie are common to the whole communitie If therefore the handmaid of God hath any thing proper or in secret whereof the rest of the religious sisters are ignorant it is plaine theft and consequently a sinne Why Because shee hath all things in common with the rest of Gods handmaides and yet hideth some thing as peculiar to her selfe To keepe any thing closely and to hide it as peculiar to ones selfe not common to the rest of the handmaides of God this I say is plaine theft and apparant fraud This is a great sinne this is the way to hell this is the beaten way by which theeues haue gone to the diuel So much the Apostle S. Paul hath auouched * Neither theeues saith he nor extorsioners shall possesse the kingdome of God 1. Cor. 6. The handmaid of God which separatetth her selfe from the communion of the monasterie by reseruing in secret to her owne vse must consequently expect to be separated from the societie of eternal blisse Many come to the common societie of a monasterie But yet which I cannot recount without great griefe of heart all do not liue therein with that Euangelical puritie and perfection as is requisite In a monasterie there are the holy Apostles of Iesus Christ there is also Iudas Iscariote the betrayer of our Lord and Ananias with Saphira his wife there likewise is Giezi the disciple of Helisoeus They therefore that for the loue of God and gaining of euerlasting life forsake all things which they haue in this world in imitation of the Apostles shall reioyce with the same Apostles and be rewarded with euerlasting happines But he that after his cōming to religion doth presume to commit fraude in the goods of the monasterie is a Iudas and shall suffer the punishment of Iudas in hell for that w●en he appropriateth any thing as peculiar ro himselfe he presumeth to commit cosenage in that which is common to all They likewise who leauing the world are conuerted to God if in those things which they had in the world they reserue one part to themselues and giue the other part with themselues to the monasterie they deserue the sentence of malediction with Ananias and Saphira his wife But he that commeth out of the world to religion if he desire or seeke to haue that in religion which he could not haue before his entrance into the same without doubt the leprosie of Giezi will adhere vnto him and the leprosie which Giezi sustained in bodie he shall sustaine in soule Vertuous sister as I told you before there is great difference betweene those who in a monasterie liue like vnto these and th●se that religiously forsake all like vnto the Apostles To those who of those things which they had in the world or haue in the monasterie do hide nothing doth agree that saying of the Psalmist * It is good for me to cleaue to God to put my hope in our Lord God Psal 72. as also that other saying * Cast thy care vpon our Lord and he wil nowrish thee Psal 54. To those who like Iudas retaine any thing proper to themselues or keepe any thing belonging to the monasterie secret or close doth agree that other verse * They ascend euen to the heauens and they descend euen to the depthes their soule pined away in euills Psal 106. But to those who with Ananias and Saphira giue one par● of those things which they had to the monasterie and reserue the other proper to themselues those wordes of King Dau id may verie fitly be applied * Who trust in their strēgth and glorie in the multitude of their riches Psal 48. To those likewise who like Giezi seeke those things in the monasterie which they could not haue in the world doth agree that other saying of the Psalmist * Behold the man that hath not put God for his helper but hath hoped in the multitude of his riches and hath preuailed in his vanitie Psal 51. Wherefore venerable sister do not you conceale hide or keepe any thing secret Keepe nothing in hugger-mugger hide nothing in corners Whatsoeuer you haue haue it with licence haue it with the benediction of your superiours Without the leaue of your Abbesse or Prioresse haue nothing without their benediction take nothing without their licence giue nothing Honest virgin cast your care vpon our Lord and he will nowrish you Amen Of Prayer CHAPT XLIX MOst deare sister heare what I say To pray before the time is prouidence To pray at the time appointed ●s obedience To passe ouer the time of prayer is negligence Prayer ought to be by so much the more frequent by how much the more profitable it is and expedient Our Lord saith in the Gospel * All things whatsoeuer you shall aske in prayer beleeuing you shall receiue Mat. 21. And the Apostle S. Paul doth counsel vs saying * Pray without intermission 1. Thes

for the good wo●kes which we haue done This life is short and fraile Wherevpon S. Isido●us saith He that considereth the length of this present life not acco●●ing to the space but according to the en● thereo● doth profitably ponder by th●s meanes how short an●●●serable it ●s Wherefore my beloued sister in Chri●● i● you se●ke true life t●n●● towa●●s t●a● lif● which is true ●or which you are a Christ●an that is towards life eu●rla●●ing That li●e is vital th s mo●tal And ●●e●●fore you ought to die to the world in f●●sh ●ea●● you die in soule to C●●i●● T●●n eu●●●e one is though● to ●u when ●y● g a●●o●●●ng to 〈◊〉 world i●●ue●h on●ly in Go● in whome 〈◊〉 ha●h prom●●●● to l●ue The delay of this 〈◊〉 to a iust man seeme ●●●●ksome a●●●ediou● for that he ●●●a●ne●h n●● to h●s desired coun●ie so soone as he cou●● wish The time of our departure ou● of this life i● vncertaine and vnknowne to man● an● of●●ntimes when a man thinketh le●st of death he dieth on a so●aine Wherefore let euerie one hast●n to amend whatsoeuer he hat done amisse least he die in ●is iniquities ād so his ●ire and lewdnes en●● a once Those whome the diuel prouoketh to v●ce while th●y are liuing he endeauoureth to draw whē●●ey ●y to torments on a ●o ●ai●● Although a man in th s ●●e be u●t an● per●ect yet at the how●r o● his ●●partu●e he feareth least he be wor●hy of p●n shment A quiet call●ng doth commend the end or iu●t men that by thi we may vnder and that the h●ly Angell● are p●●s●nt to assi them fo●●h●●●hey depart th s life without any g ieuous vexation or t●oubl of min● C●●●●● I●●us the sonne of God receiu● h h s ● 〈…〉 departing out o● this life wi g●●a● honour in eternal beatitude W●●r●vpon ●he ●pouse saith in t●e Canticles * My beloued is gone downe into his garden to the bed of aromatical spices Cant. 6. He is said to goe downe for that visiting his Church he commeth to those with greater grace whome he knoweth to breath forth the sweet smell of a good fame to their neighboures by their pious workes and vertuous examples He is fed in gardēs when he is delighted in vertues of deuout soules He gathereth lilies when he cutteth downe his elect from this life that lasteth but a moment and maketh them to passe to the ioyes of that other life which shall neuer haue end Of such it is said * Pretious in the sight of our Lord is the death of his Saincts Psal 15. The webbe of a peece of cloth is ●orne out by threads and the life ● man is by each day wasted and deyed At the hower of death the soules of the elect are exceedingly affrighted being vncertaine whether they shall passe to a reward or to punishment Howbeit some of the elect are purged at the end of their liues from their venial sinnes Others againe at the hower of their death become merrie and reioyce through the contemplation of eternal happines Almightie God would haue the day of our death to be vnknowne vnto vs for this respect that we being ignorant of it might alwayes thinke it to be neere at hand and might be by so much the more carefull to doe good by how much the more vncertaine we are when we shall be called out of this world The diuell● at the hower of death seize vpon the soules of wicked men that they may be tormentors in paine that were persuaders in sinne Then those wicked spirits enquire after their wo●k●s when the soule departeth out of the bodie and then they repeat the villanies which they haue persuaded that they may draw the soule with them to eternal punishment T●e wicked man after death is led to be tormented in hell fire but the ●ust man after labour doth rest secure Like as b●at●u●● af●er death doth make the elect to become ioyfull and gla● so w● ought to beleeue that an vnqu●n●heable fire doth tormen● the wicked My beloued sister in C rist I haue tol● you th s for this c●u●● ●at you may know that it is 〈…〉 we continually ●esp●●● 〈…〉 haue the day of ou● 〈…〉 mb●a●●● 〈◊〉 are 〈…〉 S. I●mes the ●p●●●le sai● * What ●s 〈…〉 bu● 〈◊〉 vapour ●pp●a●●g for 〈◊〉 little 〈…〉 4. S●lo●on 〈◊〉 saith * Boa●●●ot for tomorrow b●●ng ●gnorant what the day to come may bring forth Prou. 27. Wherefore venerable sister you ought to liue warily and to consider the en● of your life daily that you may be able to despise the allu●emē● of his world and attaine to eternal beatitu●e * In all you workes remember your la●●r end and you will no● sinne o● 〈◊〉 Eccli 7. for if you alwayes consider them you w●ll not offen● at all o● ver●e ●e●dome For t●is cause dea●e sister I admonish y●u that you ●●ke no ●elight in the things of th s world which are vaine an● transitorie for that without all doubt y●u are to the. Place not your hope in ●h ngs tempo al be●●u●e ●o auo ● dea●h s a th ng impossible Why doth the in se●a● le n●sh ●●o●ce in earthly th●ngs wh ch is p●●pare● to be meate for worm●s Most 〈…〉 I haue said this for this reason that you neuer forget the state of your condition Remember that you are du●● and into dust you shall re urne for so our Lord said to the first man Adam Gen. 3. Call likewise to remembrance what Iob saith of ●imselfe * As rottennes I am to be consumed and a● a garment that is eaten of the moth Iob 13. Set the memorie of death before you as a mirrour set before you the day of your departure Let the day of your death be continually in your remembrance and let the considera●ion thereof keepe you from doing amisse Amen Of death CHAPT LXIX VEnerable sister listen I pray you to the words of a certaine wise man * O death how bitter is thy memorie to a man that hath peace in his riches Eccli 41. And againe * O death thy iudgement is good to a needie man and him that is diminished in strength and faileth in age ibidem Like vnto this is that which S. Isidorus saith O death how sweet art thou to such as are wretched how sweet art hou to such as liue in miserie and affliction how delightfull art thou to such as lament and mourne Death addeth an end to all the miseries of this life Death addeth an end to all earthly miseries it cutteth off all worldly calamities Death yeeldeth and end to the tribulations of this world but alas death commeth slowly when he is most desired Wherefore mo●t deare sister it is better to die well thē●o liue ill it is better not to be then to be in miserie A question Deare bro●her I entreat you to tell me whether we ought to bewayle such as are dead or lament for our frien●s that are departed The answere Louing sister To this which you ask S.