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mercy_n	heaven_n	holy_a	redeemer_n	2,054	5	10.3077	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04460	[The] manner of performing the Novena, or, The nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius: of the Society of Jesus, and apostle of India. As also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint.	Brown, Levinius, 1671-1764.; Scarisbrike, Edward, 1639-1709.	1690 (1690)	Wing M459B; ESTC R229394	36,323	117

finding in your Soul some of his Vertues he may love you the more and loving you recommend you to our Lord and obtain for you the Favours you ask of him To which end you shall finish your Ten Fridays with this following Colloquy The COLLOQUY To St. Francis Xaverius To obtain Grace to Imitate his Vertues IF I love you O most Holy Apostle I have just reason for it finding in you a Thousand Motives to wit your many perfections that render you worthy of all love But if you love me as I am sure you do it is purely your Goodness and only upon the account of my being a Sinner I am ashamed O Holy Xaverius that I have nothing that can win your Love but the deformity of my Soul nor any other Title that may any way seem to challenge your Affection then what in reality deserves your hatred wherefore I most earnestly beseech you to obtain for me the grace to Imitate your Vertues and those chiefly that did particularly render you so dear and pleasing to the Divine Goodness That being so adorned I may both please you and be acceptable in this life to the most pure Eyes of the all-seeing God and have an assurence of enjoying him with you in the next for an Eternity Amen THE LITANIES OF St. Francis Xaverius Compos'd by the most Illustrious Francis Gaspar de Villarouel Lord Bishop of St. James 's in the Kingdom of Chile in Honour of this Saint by whose Assistance after having been buried in the Ruins of an Earthquake he was miraculously deliver'd and in Performance of a Vow he had made said them upon set Days and imparted them to the publick to awaken and stir up the Piety of the Devout And have been approv'd and publish'd by the Order of several Prelates in the Low Countries and lower Germany LOrd have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ graciously hear us God the Father of Heaven Have mercy on us God the Son Redeemer of the World Have mercy on us God the Holy Ghost Have mercy on us Holy Trinity One God Have mercy on us Holy Mary Pray for us Holy Father Ignatius Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius most worthy Son of St. Ignatius Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius Apostle of the Indies Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius evangelizing Peace Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius evangelizing all Good Pray for us Vessel of Election carrying the Name of Jesus before Gentiles Pray for us Vessel full of Divine Grace Pray for us Firmament of the Oriental Church Pray for us Defender of the Faith Pray for us Enemy of Infidelity Pray for us Preacher of Evangelical Truth Pray for us Destroyer of Idols Pray for us Chosen Instrument of the Eternal Father for the Propagation of Divine Glory Pray for us Faithful Follower and Companion of Jesus Christ Pray for us Trumpet of the Holy Ghost Pray for us Pillar of the Church of God Pray for us Light of Infidels Pray for us Master of the Faithful Pray for us Mirror of true Piety Pray for us Guide in the Way of Virtue and Perfection Pray for us Pattern of Apostolical Spirit and Sanctity Pray for us Light of the Blind Pray for us Curer of the Lame Pray for us Helper of those who suffer Shipwrack Pray for us Health of the Sick Pray for us Protector in time of Plague Famine and War Pray for us From whom the Devils fly Pray for us Life of the Dead Pray for us Whose Power the Sea and Tempests obey Pray for us Whose Command the Sea and all Elements reverence Pray for us Wonderful Worker of Miracles Pray for us Refuge of the Miserable Pray for us Comfort of the Afflicted Pray for us Splendor of the East Pray for us Tabernacle of Incorruption Pray for us Treasury of Divine Love Pray for us Glory of the Society of Jesus Pray for us Xaverius most poor Pray for us Xaverius most chast Pray for us Xaverius most obedient Pray for us Xaverius most humble Pray for us Xaverius most desirous of the Cross and Labours of Christ Pray for us Xaverius most vigilant in the Safety of your Neighbour Pray for us Xaverius most zealous of God's Glory and the Good of Souls Pray for us Angel in Life and Manners Pray for us Patriarch in Affections and Care of God's People Pray for us Prophet in Gift and Spirit Pray for us Apostle in Dignity and Merit Pray for us Doctor of Gentiles in all sorts of Languages Pray for us Martyr in desiring to dye for Christ Pray for us Confessor in Vertue and Profession of Life Pray for us Virgin in Body and Mind Pray for us In whom alone we reverence thro' the Divine Goodness the Merits of all the Saints Pray for us Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Spare us O Lord. Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Hear us graciously O Lord. Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ graciously hear us Lord have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Our Father c. Vers Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius Resp That we may be made worthy of the Promises of Christ Let us pray LOrd God who hast vouchsafed by the Preaching and Miracles of St. Francis Xaverius to join unto thy Church the Countries of the Indies grant propitiously we beseech thee that reverencing his Glorious Merits we may also imitate his Examples Through Christ our Lord. Amen A PSALM IN TRIBULATION This Psalm was said by the Saint in time of Trouble WHen I was in Tribulation I cried to our Lord and he heard me O Lord deliver my Soul from unjust Lips and from a deceitful Tongue What may be given thee or what may be added to thee to a deceitful Tongue The sharp Arrows of the Mighty with Coals of Desolation Wo is to me that my sojourning is prolonged I have dwelt with the Inhabitants of Cedar My Soul hath been long a sojourner With them that hated Peace I was Peaceable when I spoke to them they impugned me without Cause FINIS

and wrought many Miracles His very Hand-writing cured the Sick and his Pictures stopped and quenched a great Fire The Oil that burns in the Lamps before the Saints Body at Goa has cured many infirm and sick of all Diseases A Christian Lady by means of a Cross that the Saint had erected in Amboino to be honoured obtained in time of a great Drought plentiful Rain which the Idolatrous Women were not able to obtain from their Idols with their enchanted Witchcraft The Saint appeared to a Merchant that had recommended himself to him and had a pair of Beads of the Saints with him five Days after he had suffered Shipwrack and brought him safe to Shore and stayed with another three Days upon the same Plank and at last landed him safe God blessed several barren Women with Issue at this Saint's Intercession An Indian in Punicale that had three Daughtets prayed to the Saint to beg of God the Blessing of three Sons which she obtained We shall weary our selves in rehearsing all the Wonders wrought by this great Saint as the Vicar General of God owned of himself after he had reckoned up eight hundred We read of an hundred authentically approved of in the Process of his Canonization The Miracles that have been wrought at Potami in the Kingdom of Naples by a Picture of his are sufficient to fill a whole Volume The Church therefore with good reason says of him on his Feast This Saint so bountiful so gracious and so loving shines over all the World by his most resplendent Miracles Who will be no less ready and willing to assist you in all your Necessities if you amend your Life and reform your Manners the Saint aiming by these temporal Favours he bestoweth at nothing else than the Salvation of every ones Soul which God of his infinite Mercy grant to all by the Intercession of St. Francis Xaverius To the Devout Clients of the Glorious Apostle of the Indies St. Francis Xaverius HEre is laid before you Clients of this Great Xaverius a little parcel of the innumerable Actions and most Heroick Enterprizes of St. Francis which he took in hand only to the greater Honour of God and for the Good of his Neighbour If you like this small Compendium and find your Heart enflamed with a desire of more betake your self to the History of his Life copiously written by many but yet far short of what he did Those that desire to honour this Saint by imitating him and to profit themselves thereby must reflect upon that Saying of St. Augustin That Non pigeat imitari quod delectat celebrare that is They must not be ashamed to imitate what they delight to honour The Saints are willing to find in us some Similitude of their Vertues which they have practised before us in this world to the end they may be the easier stirred up to obtain our Petitions For which Reason here are Ten Vertues of this Saint allotted for Ten Fridays And although this Glorious Saint was admirable in all the Vertues of a most sublime Christian Perfection yet these seem more particularly necessary and also in some sort fitter to be imitated which we shall here set down You shall every Friday read one with Reflection and purpose to imitate him therein and beg it of God by the Merits of this Saint for your self not forgetting me whereunto it will help very much to resolve from one Friday to another to practise more or less the Vertue proposed in the former Consideration according to the Necessity you find thereof in your Soul By which frequent Acts you will greatly facilitate and advance your Spiritual Profit General Advertisements For those that desire to honour St. Xaverius by imitating these his Vertues 1. BE Devout to the Holy Crucifix 2. Pray for the Conversion of Infidels 3. Pray for the Souls in Purgatory 4. Be a Lover of Chastity 5. According to your Condition endeavour to help your Neighbour as well in Spirituals by teaching the Christian Doctrine to Children and ignorant People hindering their Sins exhorting them to do well and giving good Example as in Temporals by giving Alms visiting the Sick and Hospitals defending the Poor and helping them in Necessity 6. Confess often 7. Examine your Conscience daily 8. Reflect often upon those Words Quid prodest Homini si universum Mundum lucretur Animae vero suae Detrimentum patiatur That is What doth it avail a Man to gain the whole World with the loss of his own Soul 9. Return Good to him that has displeas'd or injured you 10. Promote the Devotion to the Saint Antiph Well fare thee c. with Vers And Resp as before p. 13. The Prayer LOrd God who hast vouchsafed by the Preaching and Miracles of St. Francis Xaverius to joyn unto thy Church the Countries or the Indies Grant propitiously we beseech thee that reverencing his Glorious Merits we may also imitate his Example Through Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer to the five Wounds of our Saviour much used by St. Francis O Lord Jesus Christ by the five Wounds thou wast pleased to receive upon the Cross for Love of us Help thy Servants N. N. whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious Blood To the greater Glory of God and Salvation of Souls Amen Through the Intercession of St. Francis Xaverivs O God I love thee c. p. 23. Ten Motives To excite all to a Devotion to St. Francis Xaverius 1. HIS indefatigable Zeal accompanied with an undaunted Courage in undertaking suffering and overcoming all Difficulties for the Good of Souls 2. His singular Affability wherewith he accomodated himself to all sorts of Persons to gain them to God 3. His total Contempt and Abstraction from all things of this World 4. That great Fire of Divine Love which betraying it self so often even in his very Countenance shewed how full his Soul was of God 5. His living and dying a pure Virgin 6. His extraordinary excelling in all kind of Vertues and Gifts of God 7. The great Number of Souls he converted which were above two hundred thousand 8. His Facility in working Miracles alive and dead 9. The extraordinary Favours he sheweth to those that are devoted to him 10. The common Experience whereby we see that whosoever seriously recommends himself to St. Francis either obtains his Request or Comfort and Strength to conform to God's Will if he has not his Petition granted because not expedient for the Good of his Soul An Explication of the Devotion of Ten Fridays in Honour of St. Francis Xaverius and what is to be done therein THis Devotion is instituted to obtain some singular Favour of this Saint who as heretofore on Earth so now in Heaven is all Bowels of Mercy towards those that invoke him and does most graciously and abundantly favour his Devout Clients Ten Fridays are ordained and if conveniently without Intermission in each of which he that will perform this Devotion must Confess and Communicate and before some