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A06450	A spiritual doctrine conteining a rule to liue vvel, vvith diuers praiers and meditations. Abridged by the Reuerend Father Levvis de Granada of the holie order of preachers. And deuided into sixe treatises, as is to be seene after the prefaces. Nevvlie translated out of Spanish into English.	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.	1599 (1599)	STC 16922; ESTC S108929	160,268	410

of the same such as be the Pope Cardinals Bisshops and other inferior ministres and Prelates that our lord vvil gouerne them and giue them light in such sort that they maie bring all men to the knovvledge and obedience of the●●e Creator VVe must likevvise pr●●e as S. Paul counseleth vs for kings 1 Timoth. 2.2 and for al those that be in dignitie that thorough theire prouidence vve maie liue 〈◊〉 quiet and peaceable li●e in al p●ritie and chastitie because 〈◊〉 is acceptable before God our Sauiour 〈◊〉 desireth that all men be saued and com to the knowledge of the truth Let vs also praie our lord foral the members of his mistical bodie for the iust that he vvil conserue them in theire goodnes for sin●ers that it maie please him to con●ert them for the dead that he vvil mercifellie deliuer them out of the great paines of purgatorie and bring them to the rest of euerlasting life Let vs praie also for al such as bee poore sicke in prison in captiuitie c. that God through the merites of his sonne vvil help and ●eliuer them After that vvee haue thus demaunded for our neighbours let vs forth vvith aske for oure selues Novv vvhat vve ought to desire for our selues the particular neede of eche one vvil teach him if yet he knovv him self Let vs also vvith this demaund pardon and amendment of our sinnes by the merites and paines of our Sauiour and especiallie let vs request his ayde and assistance against al those passions and vices to vvhich vve feele our selues most inclined and of vvhich vve be most tempted and let vs discouer al these our vvounds to this heauenlie phisition that by this meanes he vvil vouchsase to heale and cure them vvith the ointment of his grace After this make an end vvith demaunding the loue of God and in this demaund staie and occupie thy self for the most part of the time desiring ourlord vvith most hartie affection and desire to graunt thee this vertue for so much as in it consisteth al our good and so thou maist saie as folovveth AN ESPECIAL PETITION OF THE loue of God AECVE all this giue me O lord thy grace that I may loue thee vvith all my hart vvith all my sovvle vvith all my forces and vvith all my entrailes euen in such sort as thou desirest O all mie hope all mie glorie al mie refuge and al mie ioie O the most beloued of beloue●s O florishing spovvse O svvee●e spovvse O honisvveere spovvse O comfort of my hart O life of my sovvle and the pleasant repose of my spirite Prepare o my God prepare o mie lord in me an acceptable dvvelling place for thie self that according to the promise of thie holie vvoord thou com ●o me and repose in me mortifie in me vvhat soeuer displeaseth thy sight and make me a man according to thie hart vvound o lord the most invvard part of my sovvle vvith the dartes of thie loue and make me drunke vvith the vvine of thy perfect charitie O vvhen shall this be vvhen shall I please thee in al things vvhen shall al that die in me vvhich is contrarie to thee vvhen shall I be altogeather thine vvhen shall I leaue to be mine ovvne vvhen shall nothing els liue in me but thou vvhen shall I loue thee most feruentlie vvhen shal the flame of thie loue vvholie burne me vvhen shall I be altogeather melted and pearced through vvith the vvoonderful efficacie of thy svveetenes vvhen vvilt thou take me hence by force and drovvne me transport me and hide me in thy self vvhere I maie neuer more be seene vvhen vvilt thou free me from all these impediments and distractions and make me one spirite vvith thee that I maie not anie more depart from thee O deerebeloued deer●beloued deerebeloued of my sovvle o svveetenes of my harte heare me o lord not for my merites and deserts but for thy infinite goodnes and mercie Teache me lighten me direct me and assist me in al things that I maie dooe nothing nor saie nothing but that vvhich is agreeable to thie sight O mie God mie vvelbeloued mie deerest hart and the verie good of mie sovvle O mie svveere loue o my great delite o mie strength help me o mie light and guide 〈…〉 thee O God of mie bovvels vvherefore gi●est not th●u th●e self to thie poore creature 〈…〉 the heauens and the earth and leauest thou mie ha●t emptie and void Seeing thou clo●hest the lilies of the field 〈…〉 to the little birds and seedest the 〈◊〉 of the earth vvherefore doest thou forger me vvhoe haue forgoten all others for thie sake To late haue I knovven thee o infinite goodnes To late ha●e I loued thee o bevvtie so auncient and so nevv VVooe to the time that I loued thee not vvooe to mee since I knevv thee not Blinde vvas I that I savve hee not Thou vvast vvithin me and I vvent seeking thee abrode But novv although I haue found thee late suffer not olord for thie diuine mercie that I euer leaue hee And beea s● one of the things vvhich most pleaseth thee and most vvoun deth thy hart is that a man haue eys vvhere vvith to behold thee giue me o lord those eys vvith vvhich I maie see thee to vvit eyes simple of a doue eyes chast and shamefast eyes humble and louing eyes deuout and geuen to teares eyes attentiue discreete to knovv thy vvill and fulfil the same that vvhen I looke vppon thee vvith these eyes I may be seene of thee vvith those eyes vvith vvhich thou diddest vievv S. Peeter vvhen thou madest him to bevvaile his sinne vvith vvhich thou didest behold that prodigal child vvhen thou receauedst him gauest him a kisse of peace vvith vvhich thou didest behould the publicone vvhen he durst not lift vp his eyes to heauen vvith vvhich thou diddest behold Marie Magdalen vvhen she vvashed thy feete vvith the teares of her eyes finallie vvith those eyes vvith vvhich thou didest behold the spouse in the Canticles vvhen thou saidest vnto her Hovv bevvtiful art thou o mie dearling Cantic 4.1 hovv bevvt●ful art thou Thie eyes ar as the eyes of doues that pleasing thee vvith the eyes and beutie of mie sovvle thou giue them those pledges of vertues and graces vvith vvhich they maie appeare alvvaies faire and bevvtiful in thie presence O most high most merciful most gracious Trinitie the father the sonne and the holy Ghost one onlie true God teach me direct me and help me O lord in al things O almightie father for the greatnes of thy infinite povver fasten establish my memorie vppon thee and fill the same vvith holie and deuout desires O most holie Sonne for thy euerlasting vvisdom clarifie and illuminate my vnderstanding and bevvtifie the same vvith knovvledge of the highest veritie and of mine ovvne extreme basenes O holie Ghost the loue of the father and the sonne for thy incōprehensible goodnes ground in me thy vvill and kiudle the

sovvle a holie feare of God by considering those things that induce vs thereunto CHAP. III. YF that publican of the ghosple Luc. 18.13 vvas not so bold as to lift vp his eys to heauen but standing a far of did strike his brest and said God be merciful to me a sinner and yf that holy vvoman a sinner Luc. 7.37 vvas not so hardy as to present her self before the face of our lord but going behind him did cast her self dovvne at his feete and vvith the teares of her eys obteined pardon of her sinnes and yf the holie Patriarch Abraham Genes 18.27 desyring to speake vnto thee said I vvil speake vnto my lord albeit I be dust and ashes yf these I saie vvere so lovvlie humble vvhen they presented them selues before thy maiestie being yet such persons as they vvere vvhat shall one so poore miserable a sinner as I am doe vvhat shall durt and as hes dooe vvhat shall the bottomles deepnes of all sinnes and miseries dooe But because I am not able o lord to obteine that feare and reuerence vvhich is due vnto thy maiestie vvithout casting mine eyes vppon the same giue me leaue that I may be so bould as to lift vp mie bleare eyes in such sort that the brightnesse of thy glorie doe not dasel the vveakenes of my sight And for so much as the beginning of true vvisdome is the feare of thy holy name vvith this o lord haue I a desire to beginne novv Giue me then grace o my lord my God and vouchsafe to povvre into my soule the gift of feare by the meanes of thy holy spirite for vvithout it al the considerations that I am able to alleage heere vvil little auaile me because to this feare thou didst exhort vs Luc. 12.4 vvhen thou didst saie Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after this haue no more to doe But I vvil shevv you vvhome ye shall feare feare him vvhoe after he hath killed hath povver to cast into hel yea I say to you feare him This self same the holie Church teacheth vs In festo S. Michaelis vvhen she saith Be not asraid in the presence of nations But adore and feare ye God in your harts because his Angel is vvith you to deliuer you Let my sovvle then o lord and my hart feare thee seeing in thee vvhoe art al things there is no les reason vvherefore to feare thee then to loue thee For as thou art in deede infinitelie merciful so art thou infinite lie iust as the vvoorks of thy mercie be innumerable so be also the vvoorks of thy iustice and that vvhich is much more to be feared the vessels of vvrath be vvithout comparison moe then the vessels of mercie for somuch as those that be damned ar so manie those that be saued so fevve Let me then o lord feare thee for the greatnes of thy iustice for the deepenes of thy iudgments and for the highnes of thy maiestie for the immensitie of thy greatnes for the number of my sinnes and offences and aboue al for the continual resistance against thy holy inspirations Let me feare thee and tremble before thee before vvhose face the povvers doe tremble the pillers of heauen yea and al the vvhole compasse of the earth dooe quake VVhoe then O king of nations vvil not feare thee vvhoe vvil not tremble at those vvoords vvhich thou thy self hast spoken by thy Prophet VVil you not then seare me Ierem. 5.22 and before mie face vvil you not be sorovvsul vvhoe haue set the sands a bound to the sea and an eternal commaundement vvhich he shal not passe and they shal be moued and shal not be able and his vvaues shall svvelle and shall not passe ouer it Yf then al the creatures of heauen earth doe in this manner obey and feare thee for the greatnes of thie maiestie vvhat shall I doe most vile sinner dust and ashes yf the Angels tremble vvhen they adore thee and sing thie praises vvherefore doe not mie lippes and mie hart tremble vvhen I am so bold as to doe this office O miserable vvretch that I am hovv is mie sovvle becom so hard hovv ar the fountaines of mine eys dried vp that they povvre not out abūdance of teares vvhen the seruant speaketh vvith his lord the creature vvith his Creator man vvith God he that vvas made of slime and cley vvith him that made al of nothing more I vvould saie but I am not able because I can not doe al that I desire Thou Psal 118.120 o lord fasten vvith thie feare mie flesh let mie hart reioice that it may feare thy holy name Let me also feare thee o lord for the greatnes of thie iudgments vvhich thou hast shevved from the beginning of the vvoorld vntil this daie A greate iudgment vvas the fall of that Angel Isai 14.2 Petr. 2. Gen. 3. so principall and so beautifull A greate iudgment vvas the fall of all mankind for the fault committed by one Gen. 7. A greate iudgment vvas the punishment of the vvhole vvoorld by the vvaters of the diluge A greate iudgment vvas the election of Iacob the reprobation of Esau the forsaking of Iudas and the vocation of S. Paul the reprobation of the Ievves and the election of the Gentiles vvith other such like vvounders vvhich dailie passe ouer mens heads and yet ar vnknovven to vs. And aboue al this a most dreadfull iudgement it is to see so manie nations vppon the face of the earth to be in the countrey shadovv of death and in the darknes of infidelitie going from one darknes to an other and from temporal paines to eternal torments Let me then feare thee o lord for the greatnes of these iudgments seeing I knovv not as yet vvhither I shal be one of these forsaken 1 Petr. 4.18 or noe For yf the iust shall scarse be saued the sinner and vvicked vvhere shall he appeare yf that innocent man Iob trembled at the furie of thie vvrath as at the violence of the sourging vvaues hovv shal not he be afraid tremble that seeth him self so far of from this innocencie yf the Prophet Ieremie trembled being sanctified in the vvombe and found no corner vvere to hide him self because he vvas full of the feare of thie anger vvhat shall he dooe that came from his mothers vvombe vvith sinne and hath since that time committed so manie and so gteat sinnes Let me feare thee also o lord for the innumerable multitude of mie sinnes vvith vvhich I must appeare before thy iudgment vvhen before thie face there shall com that burning fiar and round about thee a boisterous tempest vvhen thou shalt assemble heauen and earth together to iudge thy people There then before so manie thovvsands of nations shal be discouered my vvickednes before so manie quiars of Angels shal be diuulged my sinnes not onlie those committed by vvoords and vvoorks but those