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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02822	The history of S. Elizabeth daughter of the King of Hungary According to sundry authours who haue authentically written her life, distributed into three bookes. By H.A. Permissu superiorum.	Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646.; Picart, Jean, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 12957; ESTC S103933	138,159	434

and spirit to her death Thus had our Saint heer more then a two fold spirit vertually contayned in her a whole Hierarchy of Sanctity And now let vs see how shee approached to the Angelical Hierarchy of the blessed Spirits First then shee was an Angel in her modesty whereby she edifyed In Obedience an Archangel to performe the heasts of her heauenly Spouse and of man in contemplation of him Shee was as one of the Vertues in her promptnes to help and assist her Neighbour As one of the Powers to vanquish il with good One of the Principates in her exercise of Humility and assiduous practize of humiliations A Domination in the victory of her passions A Throne in her repose and peace of mynd A Cherubin in her in-sight into heauenly and diuine mysteries And lastly a Seraphin in her bu●…ning flames of Charity the Loue of God And shall we yet goe higher with Your leaue the Purest of all pure creatures For lo I here set forth no Paragons nor paralels doe I here make with any much lesse with you ô most blessed Virgin Mary the soueraigne Lady of all the Ecclesiastical and triumphant Hierarchyes spiritual or angelicall But only with your fayre leaue doe make some resemblances betweene you as the Mother and this Saint the Daughter First then I find these sympathies betweene you You were a Virgin Wife and Widow so was shee wi●…h this differēce that you were perpetually a Virgin really before in and after Childbirth really a Wife indeed and fruitfull in effect and truely a Widow both in effect and affect Whereas shee the first not perpetually in effect though in affect perpetually such and the other truely and r●…ally soe Secōdly you were presented in the Temple at three yeare old as dedicated to the seruice of God and shee at three yeare old affianced to an earthly Prince as dedicated to the seruice of the world You at fourteene consented to the Espousalles of Ioseph hauing first made a Vow of perpetuall virginity and shee cōsented to the espousalles of Prince Lewys with the purpose of still retayning the affect of Chastity You remayning perpetually a Virgin saw yet the fruit of your Womb and shee with the affect of Chastity had likewise hers Thirdly You persecuted by Herod fled into Egipt with your litle child she persecuted by Henry with her children likewise was thrust out of doores You Queen of Angells liued in Nazareth in a slender howse and shee Princesse of Thuringia at Marpurg in a poore houell Finally you the Patronesse and Protectresse of all that come running for succour And she had not the hart to send any vnsatisfyed away but was the Mother of Orphans the Phisitian to the sick Chirurgiē to the lame a staffe to the aged Cloth to the naked bread to the hūgry a storehouse of al prouision for the poore needy in a word you the Mother of mercy shee your daughter right al of mercy This leaue allowed mee now to goe so high giues mee a confidence to goe yet higher to find resemblances as in the Mother so likewise in the Sonne Now then to end with her where he began Hee at his Natiuity into this world had an Angel singing as he lay in the Crib and shee at her Natals her Natiuity into the next had an Angel likewise singing by her bed side Hee wept in entring into this vale of miseries shee sung in going forth His Angel tuned first gaue the tone saying Glory to God aboue peace to men of good will and hers glory to God and peace vnto her Soule An host of Angels ioyned to his Guiuer so there did to her This only differēce was she sung with them againe he wept and cryed as Infants vse to doe in their birth Shee in conuenient tyme was baptized with water and hee with his proper blood in circumcision Shee found an Astrologer to cast her Natiu●…ty who presaged her future glory And hee a Symeon that fore told him likwise to become heerafter a Light vnto the Gentils and a glory vnto Israel What more S. Iohn hath truely said that We should bee like one day to Iesus Christ our Lord himself hath likewise vttered with his own mouth that Such as shal beleiue in him shal doe the things which hee ●…ath done Yea and which is more shal arriue to such a point of happines as they shall do yet greater things then hee hath done If soe then Elizabeth may be said to resemble him For if an intimous conuersation makes a simpathy and similitude among friends and that Moyses conuersing with our Lord on Mount Syna got a Gloriet on his head so like to his No marueil that Elizabeth should seeme so to resemble her Spouse with whom shee had so frequent and priuat familiarityes in the Syna o●… Mount of sublime Contemplation And I should thinke it no dishonour orderogation to Christ her Spouse that shee should be said to haue wrought the same wonders and greater when it 〈◊〉 confessed that what he did he did of himself and of his own power and shee by his as a meer participation from him Say we then with confidence if Iesus Christ the Spouse of Elizabeth wrought Miracles Elizabeth likwise the Spouse of Iesus wrought Miracles If he cured the sick and infirme euen so did shee if he gaue eyes to the blind feete to the Lame and blood to the withered arme so did shee If he dispossessed Diuells and cast them out of their holds so did shee If he fed multitudes with bread fish of his owne power shee fed them likwise of her store through his power Thus doe wee see how neere this Saint resembled and approached her dearest Spouse so neere that I may say yet more that they seeme to be as One since shee being vnited with him was One and the self same in spirit with him so Deifyed in a sort where I leaue her adoring the blessed Trinity shee hauing through a diuine and Seraphicall Loue ascended so by the ladder aforesaid from the lowest state of a Coniugall lif●… to the highest pitch of the burning and most amorous Seraphins Now then to descend againe excuse my rudenes while I call vpon you Mirrour of piety Patterne of sanctity Modell of innocency image of vertue Example of perfection Terrour of Diuills Consolation of the afflicted You the faire Elizabeth the Wel Beloued of the blessed Spirits the Sister the Doue and singular Spouse of your beloued Iesus Most delicious soule most mercyfull and gracious in the midst of the pleasures now and diuine delights which you enioy Graunt I beseech you I may allwayes remayne vnder the shadow of your wings vnder the folds of your protection and sweet mercy intercede you for the saluation of my soule for the corporall health and happy successe of mee poore Worme and miserable wretch Obtayne for mee all those gifts of God which are expedient for mee and to his greater glory that I may be Maister of my passions and haue a soueraigne commaund ouer all my affections You who already haue found such grace in the sight of God cause through your prayers O dearest Saint of many Saints most deare vnto mee O noble Princesse of Thuringia I may alwayes find grace in the sight of God your dearest Spouse and before the whole celestial Court of the blessed Saints and holy Spirits Graunt I beseech you I may not once forget or euer seeme to neglect the meanes of my saluation that mine Enemyes may neuer vaunt they haue preuayled against me that being fed with the bread of grace of life of wisdome receiuing the sacred food of Angels which is the precious Body of my sweet Iesus your dearest Spouse and mine I may suck in the fountayne self the sweet pleasures of the Diuinity and be inebriated and drunk of the diuine consolations O let your humble seruant find so much grace with your deare Spouse that his deuout prayers may suddainely bee heard his vowes and good desires find entrance and accesse to his Throne of Maiesty that his iust petitions may freely be accorded to And this doe I demaund of your this I desire and ●…quire of you by all the acts of pure dilection which in your prayers your euer aymed leueled at the Diuinity And while I shal performe my race in this list in the vale of miseryes his Omnipotency would please to vnite my hart and spirit vnto his more then most holy one through the sacred cheyne of his most fair transforming and deifying loue And pardon mee ô most holy Lady gracious S. Elizabeth that offering your and dedicating to your honour in all humility this litle Work of myne I doe it in so poore a fashiou Oh graciously deigne to accept it so and it shall be rich enough Amen FINIS Luc ca. 18. 1. Rom. 8. 17. ●…ob 12. 〈◊〉 Gen 24. Tim. 2 Isaye 3. Iob 31 Eccl. 10. 9. Io. 2. 5. 〈◊〉 ●… 11 2. Cor. 6. 14. 1. Cor. 7. 28. Eccl. 25. 2. Luc 9. Exod 2●… 12. Gen. 3. Leui●… 25. 1. Ioh 3. In 〈◊〉 Brig L. 6. de bell Iud c. 6. Psal. 15. Orat. in 4●… Mart. Con●… Amb. l. 4 c. 2. de San. Io. 1. c. 3. Io. 14.