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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06155	The godly garden of Gethsemani furnished with holsome fruites of meditation and prayer, vpon the blessed passion of Christ our Redeemer.	Loarte, Gaspar.	1580 (1580)	STC 16645.5; ESTC S120872	49,927	279

is to be séene by those wordes whiche that iuste m●n Iob spake That euen as the maryner feareth when he seeth the swelling waues of the seas so he feared God And this feare doth oftē grow to a man when he remembreth the latter day because he knoweth that to be true whiche is spoken by the Prophet Dauid that no man liuing shall be iustified before God Nowe if the iuste shall scarsly be saued as Saint Peter sayth howe shall the sinner do whiche remembreth howe greatly and howe many wayes he hath offended God for the whiche he hath deserued to be condemned not once but many times Therfore good brother when thou shalt find thy selfe to stand in like feare and dispayre one of the best remedies that thou canst haue to comfort thy selfe and pull vp thy hart againe is to remember and bethinke thy selfe what thy moste mercyfull Sauiour hath done and suffred for thée The very same remedie the prophet Dauid signified that he founde when he sayde My soule is troubled within me self and therfore will I remember me of thée in the lande of Iordan and Hermon and in the litle hill In which wordes he teacheth vs that the remedie a man may haue féeling himself sorowfull sad and troubled in spirit for the remembraunce of his sins or for any other thing is to remember him self agayne what Christe did for vs in his life which is signified by the land of Iordan and Hermon where he was baptised preached and was conuersant And likewise to call to minde that whiche he suffered which is noted by the litle hill that is to say at Caluarie where he was crucified When therefore thou shalte sée thy selfe troubled in minde sorrowfull sad and afflicted considering the bottomlesse pitte of thy sinnes of thy blindnesse passed and of the myserie present wherein thou findest thy selfe turne then thy consideration to thinke vpon the déepnesse of the mercy of thy moste gracious Lorde who for thée and thy saluation came downe from heauen and was made man and for thy sake was crucified and died Consider therfore the plentyfull redemption he hath lefte for thée and that if thou haue offended muche he hath muche satisfied for thée if thou be willing diligent to know how by his satisfaction to helpe thy self If the multitude of the sinnes thou hast committed do feare thée bicause thou hast thereby iustly deserued to be cōdemned comforte thy selfe in thinking howe he hath fully satisfied the iustice of God because thou shuldest participate of his mercies If thou faynt dispaire or els miscrust thy owne pouertie and the small good seruice thou hast done towards god remember thy selfe of the great riches and merites he hath lefte thée by meanes of his passion in the which thou mayest chiefly beholde and put all thy trust But yet so that thou fayle not to endeuour thy selfe to the vttermost of thy power to serue and please him And remember also howe that Lorde which in time to come shall be thy iudge is at this present thy aduocate to god the Father eternall to whom he showeth those his fiue blessed wounds with the markes and signes wherewith it was his pleasure to be séene after his resurrection because his heauenly father should thereby be inclined to haue mercy vpon vs and to vs they should be a testimony of the loue he bare vs. Whiche both the one and the other shall giue thée great occasion holdefast of hope and comfort Moreouer consider the number of Sacraments he hath left thée in this Churche as strong effectuous medicins and salues for all the wounds sores infirmities which thou canst haue Remember also that euen as the Apostle sayth better and lowder crieth the blood whiche Christ shed then the blood of Abel Because the blood of Abel asked vengeance agaynst his brother that shed it but the precious blood of Christe asketh mercy and pardon for them that shed it and also for al them that trust in it Sée therefore howe great hope and ioy thou mayest receiue in vsing of this kinde of meditation vpon the holy passion And the order thou oughtest to obserue herein is that when thou art disposed to meditate vpon that which thy Redéemer hath suffered then assuredly accounte and thinke all was done for thy sake and that the plentifull fruite benefite which by meanes of his passion and death he hath purchased was for thée and to thy behoue and he would that thou shuldest be partaker thereof if the fault be not in thy selfe So that thou mayest assuredly beléeue that his tormentes be thine that his teares and sorowes are thine the infinite price of his blood-shedding to be thine and finally that all his death and passion is thine For as we haue said for thée he suffred and he gratiously would thou shouldest be partaker of the fruite thereof so to vnderstand what precious treasure thou hast layde vp in him Whiche consideration shall so ease thée of thy payne and feare and giue thée so great hope and gladnesse that it shall cause thée to saye with Saint Paule God forbidde that I shoulde reioyce or glory in any thing els but in the Crosse of my Lorde Iesu Christ And worthily for in it thou hast an infinite treasure by meanes whereof thou hast obtayned saluation and reconciliation betwéene God and thée and thy sinnes be forgiuen thée thou art receiued for the sonne of god the gate of heauen is opened vnto thée and with it and by it all goodnesse in one heape is cast vnto thée Sée then what cause thou hast to reioyce and leape for gladnesse considering this But here I must not forget to aduise thée that when after this sort thou hast meditate vpon this holy mysterie thou must remember that this hope and ioye which thou shalt féele in finding thy selfe so enriched and full of spirituall treasures they cause thée not to wax colde negligent and slouthful in good workes but rather that therby thou be stirred pricked forward in feruent and earnest loue of God and to serue him Aswell to shew thy selfe as good reason is thankfull to thy benefactor as also lest he take away agayne from thée the same his giftes and riches as it hath happened to others for their vnthankfulnesse and negligence And thus much touching this maner of meditation A declaration of the eight maner of meditation by the way of loue The eight kinde and sorte of meditation vpon the passion is by way of loue whiche we haue placed here lastly because according to the mind of Saint Paule Like as the ende of the commaundementes is charitie or loue procéeding from a pure heart So also the principall purpose and ende of meditation vpon this holy mysterie and others is that the soule may remayne inflamed in the loue of God According to that which the holy prophet Dauid vnderstoode when he sayd In my meditation the fyre shall be kindled that is to say my soule shall be inflamed with

that Lorde before whose sighte the powers of heauen feare and tremble Who can but wonder when he remembreth that he dyed who is the lyfe of all thinges liuing O howe aptly to this did the Prophete Abacuc vnderstanding in the spirite of prophesie say Lorde I considered thy works and I was afrayde And truely the causes of wonder be so greate to make a man muse thereat that it is more maruell to sée one not maruel and muse then one that dothe muse and maruell at it For howe can it be deare brother but thou must maruell and wonder if thou consider the greatnes the mightinesse the highnesse and the eternall maiestie of him that suffered so many kindes of paynes of iniuries of tormentes and of so shamefull a death And contrariwise the basenes the vilenesse and the vnthankfulnes of men for whom he suffered And if any of these things being by itselfe considered haue cause sufficient to make thée maruell what shal it be if thou ioyne all together that his high maiestie hath suffred suche and so great tormentes for so base and vile creatures That is to say that the iudge of the liuing and the dead was crucified betwéene two théeues that the king of glory which is adored of Angels was blasphemed of most vile men who woulde not maruell who would not be afrayd who would not be astonnied to thinke vpon it This is one thing that shall giue thée copious matter to wōder and maruell to consider the infinite loue bountie and mercy of God in this worke of thy redemption declared And thou shalt no lesse maruell if thou consider the great wisedome he sheweth in the same his passion and crosse in that he found out so conuenient and apt meane to vanquish and ouercome our aduersarie euen as it were with the same weapon wherwith he ouercame vs. And this is it that the Catholike Churche singeth That he ordeined the trée of the crosse to be the instrument and meane of our saluation because the diuell like as he wanne the victorie ouer vs by one trée so likewise he might be vanquished and troden vnder foote by an other trée Also his crosse and passion was a most present remedie for all our infirmities For he humbling himselfe euen to the death of the crosse did pay sufficiently the price of our disobedience and pride Geuing vs the greatest example that might be of his humilitie which is so necessarie a vertue for vs besides diuerse examples els as of despising the worlde and of many other vertues spoken of before By meanes whereof we maye knowe our owne vices and amende them and chiefly renounce and forsake our selfe-love which is the roote of all vice Also the remembraunce of his Crosse and passion may encourage vs to suffer and patiently beare the manyfolde trauels miseries and griefes whereof our life is full For what greater comforte can there be had then to beholde Christ nayled on the Crosse whose woundes are sufficient to heale our woundes whose paynes and griefe if we well consider them may cause vs not so impatiently to take our troubles whatsoeuer they be And likewise to inflame and kindle our loue towardes him there can not be founde a better meane then to lay before our eyes how gretly and entierly he loued vs in suffering so much for vs and that he hath left vs so great ryches of his mercies of Sacraments of examples of cōforts of satisfactions of fayth of hope of deuotion of consolation Beholde Christ with diligent eyes vpon the Crosse and thou shalt finde hid therein so great and so wonderfull treasures that they will cause thée to crye out say with Saint Paule O the dep●nesse of the ryches of the wisedome and knowledge of God Thou shalt finde also good cause to maruell if thou consider his great power and might whiche he shewed in his passion for so muche as thereby he ouercame the diuell and being exalted on the Crosse he drew all things to him as he saide before dying he destroyed death triumphing ouer the world and hell Thou shalt likewise finde good cause to wonder if thou marke well the iustice he obserued in his passion and death in that he would not our sinnes and offences should remayne without recompence and satisfaction and by it giue remission and pardon of them and that more fréely and fully then of our part was due or deserued And by howe much more thou art willing to consider search out the secrets of the Crosse so muche the more high mysteries shall be reuealed vnto thée and cause thée not only to maruell but also to be greatly amased And then shalte thou knowe that Saint Paule the Apostle spake not without great cause when he sayde He would preache none other nor would learne to knowe any other thing but Iesus Christ and him crucified By this then hitherto said thou mayst gather and perceiue how copious matter thou haste to maruell and wonder at when thou art in this maner disposed to meditate vpon the death and passion of thy Redéemer All whiche the better to retayne in memorye thou mayest reduce and bring them to these poyntes The first is to consider the infinite highnesse and maiestie of thy Lorde that suffered for thée The seconde is the seruile and base estate of them for whom he suffered Thirdly the wonderfull tormentes and iniuries which he suffered Fourthly the wisedome power and iustice which he declared in his blessed passion and death These things in maner before specified and others that may happen to come into thy remembraunce whiles thou art in thy meditation if thou consider them as thou oughtest attentiuely shall minister occasion vnto thée greatly to maruell and wonder at this diuine mysterie A declaration of the seuenth manner of meditation which is by way of hope and reioysing The seuenth manner of meditation we sayde was by waye of reioysing and hope Whiche kinde of meditation is very necessarie also sometime to vse For when a man shal with him selfe consider howe great the wickednesse and euill of sinne is howe odious it is and howe muche it displeaseth God séeing for the due punishment thereof and for to repaye and repayre the great losses it had caused in the worlde our Lorde him self came downe from heauen and after so great trauels and paynefull life at the laste he would suffer so bitter passion and death And when he shall likewise call to minde that he hath runne and fallen into his haynous euill and sinfulnesse not only once but many times and in diuerse sortes he shall then rest so sad and dismayed that he shall néede of some speciall helpe for to comfort him that he dispayre not in him selfe when he remembreth that he shall appeare before the iudgement seate of the fearfull iudge to yéelde the account of all his life To remember this it hath made not onely many sinners to feare and tremble but also iuste men and persons of holy life as