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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00337	The seauen spirituall exercises of a deuout soule Containing the life and death of our sauiour Christ: compiled in seauen meditations, replenished with most godly, and deuout motions, and seruing for the seauen dayes in the weeke.	Bull, John, fl. 1613, attributed name.	1613 (1613)	STC 1046; ESTC S115252	18,791	130

relieue their necessities after my abilitie or at least haue a fellow-feeling and touch of their miseries O Lord purge my soule perfectly from all vicious concupiscences and vaine desires which haue any domination in my heart that the same being healed of all these euils and freed from all these impediments may safely flye vnto heauen and neuer rest before it may be fit by pure loue and affection to come vnto thy heauenly embracements Iesus suffereth many things for vs. I Giue thee thankes O good Iesu that for the loue which thou bearest vnto mee thou diddest suffer innumerable iniuries blasphemies slanders and persecutions and euen of those chiefely on whom thou bestowedst infinite benefits and blessings I beseech thee O Lord to giue me a pure innocent and simple heart that I may loue my enemies and that from my heart I may lament their euils and wickednes That I may alwayes excuse them if they trespasse in any thing and that intending good for euill I may truely imitate thy perfect charitie and patience Iesus commeth into Ierusalem I Giue thee thankes O most louing IESVS for that thou camest to Ierusalem Mat. 21.5 humble and meeke riding vpon an Asse-colt and on them that came to meete thee singing with pleasant Hymnes and glorious praises thou sheddedst forth teares full of bitternesse which thy griefe did expresse that was conceiued for the losse of so many soules and the destruction of so beautifull a Citie Giue me O Lord an inward knowledge and feeling of mine owne estate that I may wholy humble my selfe and openly acknowledge my vilenesse That I may so far despise my selfe that the flatterings commendations and applauses of men be not hereafter pleasing vnto mee but that I may daily mourne and bewaile as well the sinne of my neighbour as the impietie of my selfe still reckoning and reputing his euill as mine owne Ier. 9.1 that mine head may be filled with the waters of bitter sorrow and mine eyes a fountain of teares lamenting the destruction that thou hast threatned against vnpenitent persons because they know not those things which belong to their peace Luk. 19.42 MEDITAT III. Iesus washeth the feete of his Disciples I Giue THEE thankes O Lord Iesu for that thou to prescribe an end of the old Law diddest eate the Pascall Lambe in Ierusalem with thy Disciples and to giue an example to them of thy great humilitie ineffable loue diddest wash their feete kneeling I beseech thee O Lord that this example may pierce my hart and may suppresse all presumption and pride in mee Giue me O Lord all humble submission by which I may subiect my selfe to all men not with constraint but willingly Giue mee also perfect Obedience by which I may fully satisfie thy Commandements and the ruling power of them that command in thy Name Stirre vp in me O Lord a most feruent Charitie by which I may loue thee and my neighbor with true purenesse and simplicitie Let not the pride of my hart carry mee to disdaine my brethren but to endeauour my selfe to do them all christian seruice whether it be in the refreshing of their bodies or ministring spirituall comfort vnto their soules Iesus ordayneth the Eucharist I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu that of thy most excellent Charitie thou hast ordayned the Sacrament of thy body and bloud Mat. 26.26 and of thy vnspeakable bountie hast giuen thy selfe to be food for vs and for that also thou hast not refused to be here spiritually present with vs to the end of the world O Lord excite in me I beseech thee a liuely desire and most ardent thirst of this Sacrament Grant that I may come vnto this Table of life receiue thee by a liuely Faith with chaste Loue with low Humilitie with Puritie of heart and with Sinceritie of mind Grant also that my Soule may so thirst after thee and be so wounded with thy loue that at the length I may be admitted to possesse thy heauenly pleasures for the honour and glory of thy Name Iesus comforteth his Disciples at his last Supper I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu for that being willing to leaue the world thou diddest admonish and comfort thy Disciples with words full of holy affection and by earnest prayer didst commend them to thy father Iohn 17.9.11 shewing thereby with what loue thou diddest imbrace them and all those that should beleeue in thee by their doctrine I beseech thee O Lord that my heart may feele a sweetnesse in thy words and that they may be alwayes more pleasant vnto mee then the honey or the honey-combe O Lord let the spirit of thy affection raigne in mee that I may wholy transforme my selfe into thy loue Direct all my actions that in mee and of me alwayes thy will may be done Iesus prayeth to his Father in the Garden I Giue thee thankes O louing lesus that falling on the Earth thy Armes spred forth thou diddest pray vnto thy Father commending thy selfe wholy into his hands and praying that in all things not thy will but the will of thy Father might be fulfilled Luk. 22.42 I beseech thee ô Lord that in all tribulation and necessitie I may runne vnto thee by heartie prayer that I may belieue in thy prouidence wholy without election or choise of my owne will or the expectation of any proper commoditie Grant that I may not at any time shunne aduersities nor be withheld from any good enterprise by the same But that whatsoeuer shal happen vnto mee I may take it patiently bearing and suffering all things with an humble quiet hart as sent vnto mee by thy holy hands And that I may account them not as thy heauy iudgements to confound me vtterly but as thy chastisements to correct mee and that not in thy fury but in thy Fatherly loue and goodnesse Iesus is apprehended I Giue thee thankes ô holy Iesu for that thou wouldest be taken with armed men and be bound by them as a wicked man and malifactor and be brought before Annas Mat. 26.47 and diddest not abhorre to abide the Iudgement and sentence against thee Oh wonderfull meeknesse of my Redeemer whilest thou wert apprehended bound scorn'd and euill entreated thou diddest neither lament murmure nor grudge but holding thy peace didst patiently follow them that did lead thee draw thee weary thee thou diddest obey them that commanded thee and with great patience sufferedst the torments which they inflicted vpon thee when thou couldest haue had a legion of Angels to haue rescued thee and haue crushed the backes of thine enemies O Lord grant that such an example of thy great vertue and patience may shine in mee for the glory and honour of thy most holy Name Iesus is smitten on the face I Giue thee thankes ô amiable Iesu that standing before the proud stiffe-necked high-Priest no otherwise then if thou haddest beene a vile and abiect person Luk. 22.64 thou wert stricken and most

poure forth their plaints ouer thee but ouer themselues and their children Grant ô Lord that I may shed the teares of loue and compassion so abundantly that the hardnesse of my heart may be mollified and made acceptable in the sight of thy Maiestie Grant ô Lord that being wholy inflamed with the loue of thee I may little or nothing esteeme of worldly causes but that I may imbrace thee onely loue thee and rest in thee world without end Amen MEDITAT V. Iesus drinketh the Vineger mixt with gall I Giue THEE thankes O bountifull Iesu that thy bones being wearied Mat. 27.34 thy body being weakened and thy selfe ouer-much pressed with the weight of thy tortures sorrowes at length thou camest vnto the place of sacrifice where thou wert found wholy afflicted almost killed with thirst at which time those barbarous and wicked Souldiers offered thee Vineger mixt with gall to drinke Let it please thee ô Lord that the remembrance of this Cup may extinguish in mee the inordinate concupiscence of gluttonie and delights of the flesh and grant that at any time I giue not consent to filthy and vnlawfull pleasures but giue mee the necessarie vertue of Temperance that all other appetites and delights being suppressed I may onely hunger and thirst after thee and place my whole pleasures in thee Christ is crucified I Giue thee thankes O sweet IESVS that wert cruelly distract and handled when they came to crucifie thee Mat. 27.35 did dest also suffer that thy holy hands and feete should be nayled and fastened to the Crosse Graunt me ô Lord that with a faithfull and acceptable heart I may alwayes be mindfull of that thy most ardent charitie by which thou wert moued so louingly to stretch forth thy armes and open thy hands to be nailed and to endure such horrible torments Arise O Lord and wound my hart with perfect charitie and fill all my senses with thy loue and affection that at any time my desires and cogitations be not separated from thee Iesus hangeth vpon the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O most holy Jesu that for three houres space thou diddest hang vpon the Crosse Ioh. 19.18 molested with many and intollerable infamies abundantly shedding thy bloud and in all thy members sustaining immeasurahle forrowes Fasten O Lord my wretched Soule which lyeth prostrate on the ground to the same Crosse purge the same from vncleannesse of Sin and filthy desires washing it with the flowing springs of thy precious bloud which yeeldeth life and saluation Refuse not ô Lord to cleanse me with the same bloud to sanctifie and make me pure with that most precious liquour of life Offer the same ô Lord vnto thy Father in remedie and full satisfaction of my sinnes and iniquities Grant O Lord I befeech thee that my heart may taste and my soule may drinke of the sweet drops of that thy precious bloud Iesus hangeth betweene two Theeues I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu that for the loue of me thou wouldest be hanged betweene two Theeues Mat. 27.38 and be also accounted like vnto them that by this thy merueilous humilitie and patience thou mightest heale and vtterly destroy our haughtie pride and presumption Grant ô Lord so to exalt my spirit that I may despise all the things of this world and that I may onely behold thee onely loue thee that I may neuer meditate of any thing but that thou ô LORD and thy sufferings may be fresh bleeding in my heart that I may onely thinke of thee onely talke of thee delight my selfe in thee and that all my actions be in thee and by thee and that nothing may satisfie my minde without thee Iesus prayeth for them that crucifie him I Giue thee thankes O beloued Iesus that wert so good to them that handled thee in such hard measure and didst also pray vnto thy Father for them that crucified thee Luk. 23.34 saying Forgiue them Father for they know not what they doe Giue mee grace O Lord that I may haue true patience and meekenesse by which being armed according to the example which thou hast giuen mee and the commandement which thou hast left mee I may loue my enemies doe good to them that hate mee and that I may pray vnto thee for them that thou forgiue all their iniuries Iesus is scoffed on the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O bountifull IESV that wert scorned despised of thine enemies Luk. 23.36 sufferedst so many iniuries and blasphemies euen at that time in which they inflicted such ineffable griefes sorrowes on the crosse vpon thy naked body Grant mee grace O Lord that being mindfull of the humilitie which thou didst suffer and patience with which thou didst abide so great dolours and infamies I may also with the like sufferance endure all aduerfities perseuering with thee euen vnto death in the crosse of patience Let no force of temptation no tempest of tribulation nor no affliction of iniuries with-draw mee from any good purpose begun Let neither life nor death things present nor things to come nor any creature separate mee from thee Iesus promiseth Paradise to one of the Theeues I Giue thee thankes O excellent IESV that didst also suffer the iniuries and blasphemies of one of the Theeues Mat. 27.38 and to the other that confessed his sinnes vnto thee and set forth thy innocencie with a pure Faith didst promise the glory of Paradise Oh happy mee if I might euer become so blessed as to be so respected with the eyes of thy mercie with which thou didst behold that happy Theefe and to liue so innocently by the help of thy grace that at the end of my life I may heare this thy most sweet saying This day thou shalt be with mee in Paradise Amen MEDITAT VI. Iesus complaineth that hee is forsaken of his Father I Giue THEE thanks ô most sweet Iesu that thy Wounds being opened thy head crowned with thornes thy hands and feete fixed to the Crosse Mat. 27.46 thou didst say Oh God my God why hast thou forsaken mee Worke in me ô Lord that in all aduersities and temptations I may flye vnto thee my louing Father and distrusting in my selfe may onely trust in thee and wholy resigne my selfe into thy hands Grant O Lord I beseech thee to wound the inward parts of my Soule with the remembrance of thy wounds Let them be imprinted in the closet of my heart and so let mee be satisfied with thee that I may thinke of none but thee nor seeke any other then thee that seeking I may finde thee and found I may possesse thee for euer Iesus thirsteth vpon the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O Lord Iesus Christ that hauing thy body weakened and drie by reason of thy most grieuous torments and great effusion of thy bloud diddest vehemently thirst Ioh. 19.28 and burning with desire of our saluation didst say I thirst Grant O Lord that I may ardently thirst after thy

her barren wombe to beare Thou didst not disdaine to be shut nine Moneths in the glorious bowels of thy Mother Therefore I beseech thee to giue me the grace of true Humilitie and so to imprint the same in my heart that thou maist alwayes finde me ready in those things that appertaine vnto the godly worship and seruice of thee Grant O Lord that my heart may still disdaine all worldly things and that I may continually desire to rest and dwell in thee and that my heart may be humbled to endure any low estate for thee that willingly enduredst the lowest degree of humilitie for my sake Phil. 2.7.8 Christ is borne I Giue thee thanks O my sweet Iesus which art borne of the most holy Virgine without damage of Virgines puritie and who laid thee straightway being borne in a Manger or Cribbe as poore and mortall and humbly worshipped thee as immortall God Luke 1.46 and Creator of all things I pray thy diuine mercy that thou wouldest vouchsafe to be continually borne in mee by a new desire of Charitie and that thou alone maist be my whole desire my onely fulnes and firme hope of my heart Let it be pleasing vnto thee that I alwayes seeke thee alwayes thinke on thee and alwayes feruently loue thee Christ is wrapped in base clothing I Giue vnto thee infinite thankes O sweet Iesu that being borne wast subiect to the bitternesse of the ayre and cold seasons and yet createdst the ayre and orderest the seasons thou didst not disdaine to be wrapped in base clothing and to partake of my weakenesse and miserie to sucke virgines Milke from the brest of thy glorious Mother as the innocent Lambe of God in the forme of a poore and simple Babe when thou wast indeed the true omnipotent God Thou becamest poore for our sakes that art indeed the King of heauen and earth that we through thy pouertie 2 Cor. 8.9 might be made rich Grant then O Lord that in thy sight I may alwayes be a true Infant in Humilitie thy Childe in Innocencie and that I may be alwayes truely poore in spirit but rich in grace and plentifull in goodnesse Grant that for the loue of thee I refuse nothing in this World that is eyther bitter or laborious that I loue nothing in this world but thee desire to possesse nothing aboue thee nor esteem any worldly thing in comparison of thee Christ is worshipped of the Shepheards I Giue thee thankes O bountifull Iesu that as soone as thou wast borne was celebrated with the sweet Hymnes of holy Angels Luke 2.14 and worshipped of the Shepheards Luke 2.20 with great ioy and admiration whom thou diddest choose to publish thy praise non sapientes Beda sed simplices qui fucare audita nescirent not the wisemen of the world but plaine and simple men that knew to publish no more then they heard Giue mee grace O Lord to perseuere alwayes in thy praise with gladnes that I may seeke therein the societie of the godly and in seeking may finde thee and found may ioy in thee and ioying may enioy thee eternally Finally that my ioy may burst forth with them to publish abroad these glad tidings to the comfort of others as they haue comforted me Christ is Circumcised and called Iesus BE euer praised and glorified O sweet Iesu for that the eight day according to the custome of other Infants thou wouldest be circumcised Luke 2.21 and diddest begin to shed thy bloud for the loue of mee in thy most tender age and that thou wouldst comsort me with ineffable cōsolation wert called Iesus a Sauiour Mat. 1.21 to saue mee that otherwise had vtterly perished I beseech thee O Lord to account mee in the number of thy elect and to write my name in the booke of the blessed And that thou wouldest circumcise my hart from all superfluitie that is from idle and hurtfull speeches from vniust workes and from impure and vaine thoughts and cogitations Set a watch before mine eyes keepe the dore of my lips and so search my heart that I may confine my selfe within the bounds of thy will Oh my Redeemer thou art called Iesus that is a Sauiour for to thee onely it belongeth to giue saluation Therfore I pray thee O Lord that the remembrance of this sweet Name of Sauiour may expell from mee all despaire al inordinate faintnesse of heart and sloathfulnesse that it may endue mee with a stedfast hope of thy mercy and may saue mee from all the power of sin the rage of Sathan and the deceitfull delights of this present world Christ is worshipped of the Wise men I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu that wert found of the Magi or wisemen seeking thee with sincere faith and inward deuotion by the appearing of a Starre who falling downe vpon their knees before thee offered Gold Frankencense and Mirrhe Grant O Lord that I may seeke thee in the companie and societie of those Wise-men not in Bethlehem but euen in the center of my heart and being found in the same I may worship thee in spirit and in truth that I may offer vnto thee the Gold of pure Charitie Gregor in Homil. the Incense of true Deuotion and the Mirrhe of perfect Mortification finally grant me grace that with readinesse of heart and willingnesse of minde I may bestow all my strength and power in the imitation and following of thy most holy life And if at any time I erre from thy truth make O Lord thy Word to be the starre of my guide to leade mee till I finde thee Iesus is presented in the Temple I Giue thee thankes O Lord Iesus Christ for that thou to leaue vs the example of Obedience and Humilitie wouldest be subiect to the Law for the loue of vs Luke 2.22 for that thou wouldest be presented in the Temple in the Armes of thy blessed Mother and wouldest the Oblation of two Turtle Doues not of him that was rich Leu. 12.6 but of a poore man to be offered for thee Luke 2.25.38 When Simeon with Anna the Prophetesse reioycing at thy presence did giue a worthy testimonie of thy glory Grant that it may please thee O Lord not to suffer the least thought or imagination of vanitie at any time hereafter to enter into my heart and more especially that I be not lifted vp with pride nor carryed with presumption O how happy were I if all manner of presumption were banisht from mee and all desire of worldly fauours together with the inordinate conceit of Selfe-affection were extinguished in mee Grant to me thy grace O Lord that I may be carelesse of vaine oftentations that I submit my selfe to all men and willingly obey them for thy ordinance sake And as thou O Lord camest not to destroy but to fulfill the Law so direct and sanctifie my heart and helpe me with thy righteousnesse that I may be obedient to thy Law and performe those duties