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Deuoute prayers in Englysshe of thactes of our redemption
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¶ Deuoute prayers in englysshe of thactes of our redemption ¶ Here begynneth fyue deuoute prayers / mouynge man vnto the meditacyon of Chrystes passyon O Lorde Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuyng god / for thyne vnspekable pytye / and the mooste excellent lyfe of thy moste holy mother Mary / and for the merytes of saynte Francyse and of al thy sayntes graunt we beseche the vnto vs moost wretched synners vnworthy any of thy benefytes / that we myght loue the alone / euer be burnyng or ferueÌt in thy loue / and that we myght continually magnify the werke of redeÌption / that we myght euer desyre thy honor / dayly bere remeÌbre in our hert the benefyt of thy passyon That we myght know considre our misery / and coÌtinually desyre to be despiced rebuked for thy loue So that nothyng shulde comfort vs or abyde in our hert / but thy deth and passyon / and nothing displease or trouble vs but our owne synne and wretchednes Amen ¶ Here foloweth a prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ whiche frely with thyn owne wyl came vnto thy passion come also to me a wretch / by thy grace into my hert or soule And thou that then dyd repare me by thy deth on the crosse / repare me agayne that am fallen to synne / repare me I say by the merytes of that same most blessed passyon GrauÌt to me lord that in al thyngê I myght kepe myldenes mekenes / and subdue my flesshe and my spiryt holly vnto the. And that I may be made as a beest vnto the / that thou syttynge vpon me and rulyng me as thy beest may lede me now vnto the taste of inwarde peace and desyre of heuenly peace And at last may bryng me into the vision and syght of the same eternall peace Amen ¶ A prayer O Lorde thou made a generall signe or token of thy terryble iudgemeÌt whan thou cast out of the temple al byers sellers with a whyp made of .iii. cordes / shewyng in thy face or cyne the flame of thy diuinite I pray beseche the lorde to grauÌt me to remeÌbre and so to coÌsidre thy terryble pÌsence That I myght feare the with an holy feare / for thy iugemeÌtes be great nat to be searched / whiche whan I coÌsidre al my bones quake for feare For there is no maÌ liuyng vpon the erth that is sure of thy glory / but al thynges be reserued as vncerten vnto the tyme herafter to come That we shulde euer serue the deuoutly and ver uously in feare and also ioy in the with drede Amen ¶ A prayer O Lorde Iesu Christ / whiche in the cuyntyde made thy laste supper with thy discyples in a great and large chambre / strawed made redy for the / and there fed theÌ with thy most sacrate body blode make my hert a great and large chaÌbre prepared for the / enlarge in it true fayth / hope charyte Magnify or make it great with loÌgammite / pacyence and mekenes And strawe it with all maner of vertues Graunt me lord that my hert contrite and thus prepared may take receyue the after my pore maner / whom heuen and erth are nat able to take conteyne and by thy grace inhabytant in me I may thynke and perfourme in dede all thynges pleasynge to the / and declyne or auoyde all vice and synne by perfite hate of them And so coÌtinuyng vnto the end / I may worthely receiue thy precious body and blode in the sacrameÌt of the aulter AmeÌ Â¶ A prayer O Mylde Iesu and the examplar of very mekenes / which wasshed the fete of thy disciples I aske and also beseche the lorde / purge clense thou my affections / that I so purifyed in bothe fete / and kyndeled with a double charyte / that is with the loue of god of my neighbour I myght suerly come to the my purifyer cleÌser kepe me good lord vnto the ende of my dayes / and clense me from all spottes of synnes / that all my negligences and synnes forgyuen myne enemyes confouÌded and rebuked might go fro me at the hour of my deth Whiche specially wyll lye in a wayte of me at that hour Directe and ordre my fete lorde in to the waye of peace / that I delyuered from the handes power of all myne enemyes myght blesse and prayse the with all thy electe seruantes worlde without ende Amen ¶ Here endeth the .v. prayers / concernyng .v. particles of Christes passyon ¶ Here begynneth .lxv. prayers of our lordes passion with a .ix. other prayers of the Resurrection / Ascencyon cÌ â§ The fyrst prayer of the feare and heuynes of Christe Math. xxvi D. O Lorde Iesu Christ sonne of the liuyng god which at midnyght thy passion drawyng nygh wold take vpon the fere and heuynes for me most wretched synner graunt me continually faithfully to referre all my tribulations / heuynes paynes vnto the the god of my hert / that thou wold vouchsafe to bere them with me in the vnion of thy passyon and heuynes That so by the merites of thy most holy passion / they myght be made to me frutefull and profytable Amen â The second prayer of the blody sweat of Christe Luce. xxii E. O Lorde Iesu Christ sonne of the lyuynge god / whiche in thy longe prayer wolde be comforted of thangell / and in thy agonie swette merueylously droppes of blode graunt to me by the vertue of thy prayer / that thy holy aungell myght euer assyst me in my prayer and comfort me / that I restyng in the swete remembraunce of thy most bitter passion might deuoutly sweat the droppes of teares for thy blode in thy syght and knowlege Amen Math. xxvi B. ⧠The thyrde prayer of the vendicion or sellyng of our lorde O Iesu which wold be set at nought and sold of one of thy disciples for a vyle pryce GrauÌt to me that I neuer chauÌge the my god and creatour for any transytory thynge And also that I may pacyently beare all rebukes and despisynges for the glorye of thy holy name Amen Math. xxvi E. â The .iiii. prayer of the betrayeng of our lorde O Iesu that suffred thy self to be betrayed by a kysse of Iudas grauÌt to me that I neuer betray the in my self nor in my neighbour And also that I neuer denye to myne aduersaries thoffyce of loue / that is charite to loue theÌ / and to correcte them with charytie Amen ⧠The .v. Math. xxvi E. prayer of the takynge of Christe O Iesu Christ the sonne of the liuing god / whiche wold be wylfully taken and holden of the Iewes graunt to me that I may continually subdue all my sensys and vnderstandyng vnto thy seruyce / that by thy infinite goodnesse I may be delyuered from eternall deth and captiuitie Amen â The .vi. Iohan. xviii C. prayer of the byndyng of our lorde O Iesu which wolde be
The .xli. Iohan. xix C. prayer / how Christ was brought vnto his iudgement O Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of the lyuyng god / whiche in the .vi. hour of the day wolde for me most wretched synner be pÌsented before the iudge syttyng in iudgement graunt to me so to iudge my selfe in my selfe of all my synnes / by the testimonie or witnesse of myne owne conscyence And also so paciently to suffre thy iudgemeÌt in all aduersities that I may in suertie appere in thy last terrible iudgement Amen â The .xlii. Marci xv B. prayer / how Christ was condempned O Iesu which for me wolde pacieÌtly and innoceÌtly suffre the vniust sentence of deth / that of the most shamefull deth of the crosse grauÌt to me that I neuer deserue the iust sentence of deth in soule or in body And that for thy loue I feare nat the wycked iudgementes of men And also that I neuer iudge any person wrongefully Amen Iohan. xix D. â The .xliii. prayer / how Christe bare his crosse O Iesu which for me a wretch wold beare thy heuy crosse vpon thyne owne shoulders / make me wylfully and gladly to take the crosse of penauÌce and strayter lyfe And to beare it dayly after the and for thy loue Amen IbideÌ Math. 27. D. ⧠The .xliiii. prayer how Christ was ledde vnto Golgoltha / that is the mounte of Caluary O Iesu whiche for me wolde be led vnto Golgotha to be there crucifyed leade me in the pathe of thy commaundemeÌtes / that I may folowe the steppes of thy passion with the holy women / and wepe vpon my selfe the miserie of my frayle condicyon Amen Ancelmus in dialogo passoÌis â The .xlv. prayer / howe Christ was spoyled of his clothes before the crosse O Iesu which for me wolde be spoyled of thy clothes syt naked be / fore the crosse make me to be spoiled or naked froÌ al worldly thinges that be hynderauÌce to my saluation / that I naked myght folowe thy naked crosse Amen ⧠The .xlvi. Ancelmus vbi supra prayer / how Christ was layde or spred vpon the crosse O Iesu which for me wolde be extended vpon the crosse / that so cruelly that all thy bones myght be nombred make me to extend al my membres and powers bothe of soule and bodye vnto thy laude and praysynge Amen â The .xlvii. Iohan. xix D. prayer / how Christ was crucifyed O Iesu whiche for me wolde be nayled with most harde nayles vnto the crosse / and therby wolde fasten the obligacion and wrytyng of our synnes and deth vnto thy crosse Nayle fast I beseche the my flesshe with thy feare / that I surely cleuynge fast to thy commaundemeÌtes / may euermore be fastyned to the to thy holy crosse Amen ⧠The .xlviii. prayer / howe Christes handes fete were nayled / and specially of the first or lefte hande Psal 21 O Iesu which for me most wretched wolde haue thy left hande digged or bored with a nayle fastened to the crosse graunt me that I may euer put and hyde all myne aduersities temptations in the most swete wouÌde of that lefte hande / and that I may fynde in it a sure and holsome remedy agaynst all maner of tribulations Amen ⧠The .xlix. prayer of borynge or naylynge of the seconde or ryght hande of Christe O Iesu which for me a wretch wold haue thy right hand êsed through with a nayle / so fastened to the crosse graunt to me that I may hyde in thy most swete wounde of thy ryght hande with thankes al my good workes that it shall please thy goodnes to worke in me And that all my negligences and imêfections may therby be performed and supplyed Amen â The .l. prayer / of the naylynge of the fyrst foot or lyfte foote of Christe O Iesu whiche for me wolde haue thy moost holy fete perced with a great crosse and harde nayle / and so to be fastined vnto the crosse grauÌt to me that whan so euer I am impugned or troubled with euyll cogitations / sinistrall affections and desyres I maye come to the wounde of thy lyfte foote / and there to fynde receyue holsom medicynes for my saluacyon Amen ⧠The .li. prayer of the naylyng of the seconde or ryght fote of Christe O Iesu which dyd make a fouÌtayne of thy grace / sprynge to vs from the holsome most swete wounde of thy ryght foote graunt to me that I may fasten and ioyne all my good desyres to that same thy wounde with a louely kysse And to make them conformable and agreyng to thy holy desyres AmeÌ â The .lii. Ancelmus in dialogo passoÌis prayer / how the crosse with Christ vpon it was raysed vp O Iesu whiche for me wolde be lyfted vpon the crosse / and so wolde be exalted from the erth make me I beseche the to be eleuate from all erthely affections And to be conuersaunte in mynde in heuenly thynges Amen ⧠The .liii. prayer / how .ii. Iohan. xix D. theues were crucifyed with Christ O Iesu which for me a wretch wold be crucified betwixt .ii. theues and wolde be reputed as one of them grauÌt that my spirit may be crucified betwixt the flesshe the worlde / that I may rest quietely in the in the mydle the extremes that is the flesshe and the worlde crucifyed to me Amen Math. 27. D. â The .liiii. prayer / how the Saugiours deuyded Christes garmentes O Iesu which for me wold haue thy garmentes deuyded amongê thy crucifyers / and wolde haue them caste lottes for thy vnsewed cote that was wouen or knyt and without seames grauÌt to me to take part with thy saintes and to folowe theyr exaÌples in the kepynge of thy commaundementes And that I may euer kepe thy charitie in me AmeÌ Iohan. xix D. ⧠The .lv. prayer of the wrytynge of the title aboue Christes heed O Iesu whiche for me wolde be dyffamed scornefully with the subscription of thy victorious title graunt to me that I may strongly lyue feyght vnder that banner and victorious title / Iesus Nazarenus rex iudeorum That my gostly enemyes afrayd by the sight or hearynge therof / shulde nat darre to come nyghe vnto me Amen Math. 27. E. â The .lvi. prayer of the illusyon and mockynge of Christe crucifyed O Iesu which for me crucified wold be mocked and dispysed with many rebukefull wordes / and yet wolde so charitably pray for thy crucifiers make me that I neuer descende from my religion or any good worke for no suggestion of the deuyl or dispisyngê of man But that I may coÌtinually perceuer in thy loue / and that I may for thy loue forgyue al them that do or say any euyl to me or agaynst me And that I maye euermore pray hertely for them Amen ⧠The .lvii. Luce. xxiii F. prayer / howe the thefe of the lefte hande rebuked Christ O Iesu