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
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
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
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
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
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
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