meum corpus meum adhuc mundum in conspectu tuo Lord is my body and my mynde yet cleane before thee Somtimes againe by way of huÌ„ble prayer that he wold not leaue you saying with the holy Prophet Ne derelinquas me Domine Deus meus ne discesseris à me Leaue me not O my Lord o my God depart not from me Sometimes likewise you may with great ioy of spirit recite the song of the 3. childreÌ„ DaÌ„ 3. saying Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino laudate superexaltate eum in soecula c. Benedicite Angeli Domini Domino benedicite caeli Domino c. All yee workes of our Lord blesse yee our Lord prayse and ex tolle him for euer Blesse our Lord yee Angels of our Lord ye heaueÌ„s blesse our Lord c. As in the office of our Lady Moreouer to exercise some other actes of greate deuotion you may sometimes imagin your selfe as one wounded in soule with sundry woundes and that IESVS CHRIST the true phisitian of soules cometh to cast his woundes vpon yours to the end perfectly to heale you You may likewise sometimes by imgination transforme your selfe into the forme of a little Bee mounting vpoÌ„ the tree of the Crosse flying busily from one wound to another to gather and suck into your soule the sweete honie of his most pretious blood A briefe prayer for conclusion SWeete IESVS by the vertu of this most B. SacrameÌ„t I beseeche thee to roote vp and extirpate in me all the branches and seeds of my euil passions renue me wholy into thee so that in thee I may take a new force and viguere and that in vertu of thy grace of vicious which I haue alwayes bene I may for time hereafter become vertuous of a childe of vanitie a contemner of the world of leacherous chast of gluttenous sober of slouthfull feruent and diligent of harslie cholericke and impatient sweet meeke and patient of vnpittifull charitable of proude humble of presumptuous and ill aduised discreete and modest of vaine and light graue and settled of inconâ—â—ant firme and stable finally of a sinner and enwrapped in â—iseries I may become by thy grace just and of exemplar holie conuersation Graunt this sweete Sauiour IESV for thy infinite loue and mercie sake Amen THE LITANY OF the blessed Sacrament LOrd haue mercie Christ haue mercie Lord haue mercie Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. O God the Father of heauen Haue mercie vpon vs. o God the Sonne redeemer of the world Haue mercie vpon vs O God the Holy Ghost Haue mercie vpon vs. O holie Trinitie one God Haue mercie vpon vs. Liuely Bread that didst descend from heauen Haue God hidden and my Sauiour Haue mercie vpon vs. Bread of the elect Haue Wine budding foorth virgins Haue mercie vpon vs Fruitfull Bread and the delight of kinges Haue Holie Sacrifice Haue Pure oblation Haue Lambe without spot Haue Table of proposition Haue mercie vpon vs. Most pure Table Haue Foode of Angels Haue Hidden Manna Haue Memoriall of the woÌ„derfull woorkes of God Haue SupersubstaÌ„tial bread Haue Woorde made flesh and dwelling in vs Haue Holy host Haue Chalice of benediction Haue mercie vpon vs. Mysterie of faithe Haue Most highe and venerable Sacrament Haue Sacrifice of all other most holy Haue mercie vpon vs. Truly propitiatorie for the quick and dead Haue HeaueÌ„ly Preseruatiue wherby we are preserued from sinne Haue Miracle aboue al others astonishing Haue Most sacred coÌ„memoration of our Lordes death Haue Gift surpassing al fulnes Ha Chiefe memoriall of diuine Loue Haue Abundance of diuine bountie Haue Holie and most majesticall mystery Haue mercy vpon vs. Medicine of immortallity Haue mercy vpon vs. Dreadful and life-giuing Sacrament Haue Bread of the Almighty word made flesh Haue Vnbloudy Sacrifice Haue Most sweet banquet whereon the ministring Angels attend Haue Sacrament of Piety Haue Bond of Charity Haue Offerer and oblation Haue Spirituall sweetnes tasted in his proper fountaine Haue Refection of holy soules Haue mercy vpon vs. Voyage food of those which dye in our Lord. Haue mercy vpon vs. Pledge of future glory Haue mercy vpon vs. Be mercifull Spare vs o Lord. Be mercifull Heare vs o Lord. From the vnworthy receiuing of thy body blood Deliuer vs o Lord. From concupiscence of the flesh Deliuer vs. From concupiscence of the eyes Deliuer vs From pride of life Deliuer From all occasion of sinne Deliuer vs o Lord. By that desire wherewith thou desieredst to eate this Passeouer with thy Disciples Deliuer vs o Lord. By thy great humility wherewith thou didest washe the feete of thy Disciples Deliuer vs o Lord. By thy burning Charitie wherwith thou didest ordaine this diuine Sacrament Deliuer vs. By thy most pretious blood which thou hast left vnto vs vpon the Altar Deliuer vs. By the fiue woundes of this thy most holy body which thou receiuedst for vs. Deliuer vs o Lord. We sinners Doe beseech thee to heare vs. That thou wouldst increase keepe in vs true faith reuerence and deuotion of this holy Sacrament VVe beseech thee That thou wouldst voutchsafe to bring vs to the frequeÌ„t vse of this holie Eucharist by true coÌ„fession of our sinnes VVe beseech That thou wouldest voutchsafe to deliuer vs froÌ„ all heresie infidelitie blindnes of hart VVe beseech thee That thou wouldst voutchsafe to impart vnto vs the pretious heauenly fruites of this holy Sacrament VVe beseech thee That in the hower of our death thou wouldst streÌ„gthen and defend vs with this heauenly viaticum VVe beseech thee Sonne of God VVee beseech Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Spare vs o Lord. Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Heare vs o Lond. Lambe of God which takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercie THE PRAYER O God who vnder this wonderfull SacrameÌ„t hast left vnto vs the memorie of thy passion Graunt vs so to woorship the sacred mysteries of thy body and blood that we may continually feele in vs the fruit of thy redemption who liuest and raignest with God the Father in vnitie of the holy Ghost one God for euer and euer Amen This which followeth may be fitlie sayed when the benediction of the B. SacrameÌ„t is giuen or coming to adore before the Tabernacle or Altar where the same is reserued IN the name of IESVS euery knee bow of the celestials terrestrials and infernals and euery tongue confesse that our Lord IESVS CHRIST is in the glorie of God the Father Phil. 2.10 And lett all the people say Amen Amen Psal 105.47 Who shall not feare the o Lord magnifie thy name because thou only art holie because all natioÌ„s shal come adore in thy sight because thy judgments be manifest Apocalip 15.4 And lett all the people say Amen Amen The lambe that was slaine is worthie to receiue power strenght honor glorie benedictioÌ„ Apoc. 5.12 And lett all the people say Amen
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
fastned theron with such boisterous nayles and for all thy bitter sorrowes paines and dolour for the multitude of thy stripes iniuries blasphemies āguishes and oppressions of thy sweete and gentle hart and for all thy afflictions and tribulations which thou pacientlie enduredst and principallie in these three howers hanging rufully naked betwixt two Theeues as their head or Captaine I adore thee praise thee blesse thee and render thee humble thankes praying that thorough thy grace my olde concupiscēce may be crucified with thee and that the body of sinne may be mortified and quite distroyed in me O most sweete IESV I hartelie beseeche thee for all the stripes dolours and paines of thy blessed bodie for all the droppes of thy most pretious blood which thou vouchsafedst to shed euen to the vtmost drop in so much that with thy pretious blood the Crosse and the earth were died wholie red that it would please thee to take from me all enuie detraction obloquie disaffection hatred and hard opinion of my neighbour and to pardon all my offences cōmitted by enuie For wel I knowe thou hast admonished me by thy holie Apostle saying Lay aside enuies and all detractions And Salomon sayeth Hatered and enuious haue perished together And therefore my most amourous and dearelie beloued louer giue me most ardent perfecte inuiolable and perpetuall charitie and so fullie replenish my soule there with that I may first in all thinges perfectly loue thee and next my neighbour intirely in thee and most purely and sincerely for the loue of thee And that I may from the very bottom of my hart for the loue of thee pardō al those which haue any way offended me and doe any way hate me both to wishe them and doe them all kinde of good to the vtmost of myne abilitie as S. Paule admonisheth saying If thine enimie hunger giue him meate if he thirst giue hi◠drinke O most bening IESV I beseeche thee by thy vnspeakable charitie and infinit mercie that thou wouldest so inflame my hart and wholly swallowe it vp in thy loue that I may neuer be separated from thee Drawe my hart alwayes vnto thee and suffer me not to be vanquished by any temptation nor surmounted by any manner of aduersitie defend fortifie and deliuer me from all sinne and frō the assaultes of mine enimies gouerne direct me in all mine affaires and in all thinges take vnto thee the totall possession of me Giue me the grace so to be inwardly wounded with thy loue pittifull passion that in all thinges and in all places I may still see and behould thee crucifyed for me that my hart may by loue perpetually be vnited vnto thee saying with the Prophet Dauid It is good for me to be vnited conioyned to my God and to put my trust and confidence in my Lord. And furthermore I beseeche thee most sweete IESVS for all those whō thou hast suffered thy most bitter death and passion to the end that the meritt of the same and of thy exceeding charity may neither be lost nor perish in them to comfort all those which are in any trouble or affliction to support strēghten them which are in any temptation and all those which are in thy holy grace vouchsafe to confirme them Conuert againe all such as by imbecillity are fallen all sinners which runne astray and saue vs and glorify vs altogeather to the end that we may eternally laude thee and perpetually loue thee Amen Pater noster Aue Maria THE SEAVENTH Effusion on Saturday SEauenthlie vpon the Saturday the deuoute soule ought to embrace his meeke Lord louingly with his hart and to consider and contemplate the bitter and dolorous departure of his sweet Redeemer and Sauiour IESVS when his vermillian cheeks lippes began to waxe pale his sacred eyes to send forthgrosse and cloddy teares his holy mouth to be drawen togeather his reuered head to encline and hang downward and finally his most blessed soule to depart out of his body The deuoute soule contemplating hereon ought to be mollifyed and with compassion to melte be quite resolued into teares considering this sharpe bitter death of our blessed Lord Sauiour ought also to dye with him spiritually vnto the world and to forsake and leaue all sin to liue with him eternally The deuout soule ought also to thinke that after his death and passion those wicked fellonous Iewes were not yet fully satisfyed with those dolours paines torments abuses and contumelies which already in his life tyme they had inflicted vpon him but also after his death they adde new tormēts vnto his blessed body with most execrable cruelty they pierced his sacred side vnto his very hart whereout issued water and blood as sayth S. Iohn One of the souldiers with a speare opened his side and incontinent there issued forth blood and water Thinke what torment dolour anguish sorrowe and affliction this strooke to the tender hart of his blessed mother who was there present Wherefore to conforme himselfe to this article let the deuout soule with great compassion dolour and compunction hartily say this prayer following The prayer for the Seauenth Effusion I Salute the most noble pretious and prizeles blood which issued out of the righte side of myne amorous Sauiour IESVS hanging dead vpon the Crosse by the which blood he hath made full satisfaction vnto the diuine Iustice to recouer and redeeme vs from euerlasting damnation O my Lord my God the hope health of al the world the Creatour of all creatures who of thy incōprehensible loue wouldest dye a most bitter shamfull death for me a vilde miserable and sinnefull creature giue me grace sweete IESV I beseech thee that I may dye spiritually with thee and that at the hower of my death thou receiue my soule vnto thy mercy O most sweet IESV I recommend my soule and my body into thy handes extended on the Crosse peirced nayled and all be-purpled with thy pretious blood And I aske in all profound humility thy holy grace that in the laste hower of my life I may with good vnderstanding and perfect memorie with firme fayth and assured hope recōmend my soule vnto thy mercy sauuegard and sacred protectiō And that I may be worthy to heare that sweet and comfortable voice This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise O my amorous Redeemer who didest permit after thou wast dead thy blessed side to be opened with a lance whereout did issue both water blood vouchsafe deepely to woūd and pierce my soule with the launce of thy diuine loue to the end that at the howre of my death I may be worthy to receiue thy blessed body in the most holy and blessed Sacramēt as a spirituall foode against the euerlasting famine thy pretious blood for cōfortable drinke against the eternall and vnquenchable thirst In the opening of thy sacred side O my gratious Lord thou hast opened to thyne elect the gate of Paradice and of eternall life I beseech thee deare IESV haue not memory of my sinnes iniquities least this gate and entry be shut and closed against me for myne offences which thou hast mercifully opened to all poore sinners penitents and repentants but receaue my soule at the hower of my death fauourably vnto thy mercy and place it with thee in perpetuall ioy and felicity And furthermore sweet IESV I beseeche thee for the honor of al thy paines dolours death and passiō and for the Effusion of thy most pretious blood that thou wouldest pardon me all my grieuous sinnes of carnality committed in thoughts wordes deedes or motions by my disordinate affection of concupiscence and sensuall delectation And that I may follow and performe the councell of S. Paul saying Mortify your sinnefull members And againe If you liue according to the flesh you shall dye but if by the spirit you subdue the workes of the flesh you shall liue Giue me deare IESV I beseeche thee this faire Angelicall vertue of Chastity of Continence Purity of soule and body Sweet IESV mortify and kill in me all vices all motions and prouocations to concupiscence and carnal affection Take from me I beseeche thee all that which is vnlawfull disordinate displeasing to thy diuine maiesty and giue me a harte most simple cleane pure feruent diuine and conformable to thy owne hart which no vicious nor disordinate affection may euer infect soile or maculate My Lord my God most compassionate spouse of my soule I beseech thee to keep defend me from all wicked vnlawfull and vicious deedes from all vnseemely vncleane and hurtfull take and from all euill fleshly and filthie thoughtes that I may worthely and faythfully serue thee in all purenesse of soule and body Sweet IESV take the whole possessiō of my hart vnto thee and giue me either thyne owne harte or make this hart of myne cōformable vnto thyn to the end that all my thoughtes willes and desires may alwayes be in thee to thy honour and glory and that I may perpetually repose in thee saying with the Prophet My soule shall rest and sleepe in peace Finally most mercifull IESV I pray thee for the soules of my parēts frēdes and benefactors and generallie for al the soules in the fire of Purgatorie humblie beseeching thee by thy clemēcie goodnes and infinite bountie by the merit of thy most holie death and passion to deliuer and release them of their paines torments and to giue them perpetuall euerlasting rest Amen Pater noster Aue Maria. Credo FINIS PREVILEGE PHilippe par la grace de Dieu Roy de Castile d'Arragon c. permettons de grace especialle à IEAN HEIGHAM d'Imprimer ou faire imprimer les six liures Spirituelles en Anglois à l'exclusion de tous autres pour l'espace de quinze ans commençant le 1. de Iullet 1622. à peine de cōfiscation amende mentioné en ledit Prouilege Signé LE COMTE