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B02468	A new form of meditations for every day in the year. Written originally in French by F. John Crasset. And put into English at the request of several persons of honour and quality, by a well-wisher to devotion.; Nouvelle forme de méditations. English	Crasset, Jean, 1618-1692.	1685 (1685)	Wing C6851A; ESTC R174380	155,968	440

Draw me quickly For I am weary of living Alas What a life Ah! What a death O my dear Life Give me death that I may dy to my self And live Eternally to you And our Lord Jesus after he had spoken was assumed into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God Mark 16. Ascending on high he led captivity captive he gave gifts Eph. 4. Let not your heart be troubled I go to prepare you a place I will take you to my self that where I am you also may be John 14. And if I be exalted from the Earth I will draw all to my self John 12. Draw me after thee Cant. 5. CXXIV MED Of the coming down of the Holy Ghost WE are not members of Jesus Christ Unless we live by his Spirit The Spirit of JESVS Is a Spirit of Life which animates us 'T is a Spirit of Grace that sanctifies us A Spirit of Wisdom which instructs us A Spirit of Love which unites us A Spirit of Peace which pacifies us A Spirit of Purity which purifies us A Spirit of Liberty which disengages us A Spirit of Joy which comforts us A Spirit of Humility which humbles us A Spirit of Obedience which subjects us The Spirit of JESVS Makes men Gods Of sinners just Of weak makes us strong Of sad glad Of cold fervent Of cholerick mild Of ignorant wise Of timid courageous The Spirit of JESVS Does not descend upon the proud It does not repose in turbulent hearts It has a horrour of impure souls It withdraws it self from vain spirits It is not in agreement with the flesh It makes a mortal War with it It could not com down upon the Apostles Whilst they saw JESUS sensibly It lives in us by Grace It dwells in us by Charity It reigns in us by Love It reposes in us by Peace We afflict it by Venial sin We stile it by Mortal sin We lose it by the love of the World We drive it away by the love of the Flesh O my God! How gentle is your spirit How severe is mine How holy is yours How profane is mine How humble is yours How proud is mine O Holy Spirit Father of the poor Comfort of the afflicted Com and descend down to us and comfort us Enlighten us by your Light Conduct us by your Grace Sanctifie us by your Love Support us by your Strength Penetrate us by your Unction Adopt us by your Charity Pacifie us by your Presence Save us by your Mercy 'T is the Spirit which enlivens John 6. They were all replenisht with the Holy Ghost Act. 2. Grace is diffused in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who is given to us Rom. 5. If any one hath not the Spirit of Christ he is not his Rom. 8. Whoever are acted by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God ibid. If we live in spirit let us walk in spirit Gal. 5. CXXV MED Of the most Sacred Trinity MAn believes that there are as many Gods As he loves Creatures He adores a Trinity on Earth And contemns the Trinity of Heaven He esteems only the grandures of the World He seeks after nothing but earthly riches He desires nothing but the pleasures of the Senses He despises the Wisdom of God He laughs at the power of the Father He outrages the goodness of the Holy Ghost Is it to believe that God is wise And not to apprehend his Wrath Is it to believe that God is holy And yet offend him by so many Crimes Is it to believe that God is pure And yet to cleave to the pleasures of the Senses Is it to believe that God is good And yet not to love him Is it to believe God to be independent And yet not to adore him Is it to believe God to be beneficent And yet not to thank him O most Holy Trinity I bless thee and I adore thee I will love thee both in Time and Eternity Glory be to the Father who created me Glory be to the Son who redeemed me Glory be to the Holy Ghost who sanctified me Glory be to the Father who supports me by his Power Glory be to the Son who governs me by his Wisdom Glory be to the Holy Ghost who sanctifies me by his Love Glory be to the Father who sustains my Being Glory be to the Son who enlightens my Understanding Glory be to the Holy Ghost who consecrates my Will Let the Holy Trinity be blessed By Angels and Men in Time and in Eternity Amen So be it Going teach ye all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Matth. 28. Three there are who give testimony in Heaven the Father Word and Holy Ghost and these three are one 1 John 5. Holy holy holy Lord God of Hosts the Earth is full of thy glory Isai 6. All that is in the World is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and pride of life 1 John 8. CXXVI MED In form of a Dialogue Of the Institution of the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar The Disciple I Will speak unto my Lord Altho I am but ashes and dust O my God! How wonderful is your Wisdom How profound are your Mysteries Whence coms it that you would remain on Earth Since your Body is glorious Ought not the noblest of all Bodies To be on the top of the highest Heavens Your Throne is in the Firmament The Earth is but your Foot-stool Why do not you dwell in your Palace What do you do upon our dunghill The Master I would remain here upon Earth For to content my love I converse with men For to content their desires I am with my Disciples For to content them by my Presence I am amongst my sheep For to defend them against the Wolves I leave my self to my Church For to serve them for a Victim I immolate my self on the Altars For to do homage to my Father You would have no Religion If you had no Sacrifice The ancient ones are abrogated There is only I alone that can be immolated My body is in Heaven as in its Natural place My Body is on Earth as in a Sacramental place When I came down upon Earth I did not for that quit Heaven And when I re-ascended to Heaven I did not for all that quit the Earth The Disciple I will again speak to you O Lord Altho I am but ashes and dust Whence coms it that remaining on Earth You did not make your self visible Why did you hide your self Since you desire to be beloved You would have won all hearts If you had discovered your self to your eyes The Master I am a hidden God One must dy for to see me I hid my Divinity under the form of a Man And I hide my Humanity Under the form of Bread Your life is a state of Faith My Body ought therein to be veyled Your life is a state of Merit Your Understanding ought therein to be humbled Adam did not

Will weaker Passions more rebellious Remedies slower The Devils more powerful Their possession more powerful What ingratitude after so many benefits What contempt after so much knowledge What perfidiousness after so many promises What malice after so many promises Is it thus that we mock God That we fail in our word to him That we sport at his patience Abuse his goodness Contemn his justice Presume of his mercy Combat his gentleness VVast his graces prodigally Stifle his Spirit Drive him out of our hearts Prefer Lucifer before him After abundance comes poverty After graces com punishments After patience fury After contempt revenge O my God! I dare no more appear before you After so many Contempts and Ingratitudes After so many Treacheries and Disloyalties My sins have almost chang'd their nature They were only Frailties But now they are hardnesses of heart They were pardonable faults They are now inexcusable Crimes Their number is infinit Their load unsupportable Their malice irremissible Their cure almost desperate But if my sins are great Your mercy is yet greater My sins are finit Your mercy infinit I may go to Heaven until such time as I am in Hell I may be converted as long as I am alive O! I will save my self in good earnest I am weary of being wicked My God take my life away Unless I change my life Take me quickly out of this World Unless I do draw off from the World It is impossible for them that were once illuminated and have tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost and have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the World to com and are fallen to be renewed again to Pennance Hebr. 6. If what I have destroyed I build up again I make my self a Prevaricator Gal. 2. Behold you are now cured sin no more least something worse befal you John 5. The latter things are becom worse than the first Luk. 11. XLVIII MED Of Customary Sins 'T Is a great evil to accustom one's self to evil A habit of sin is a chain of iniquity Which captivates the Soul And inslaves her to sin It lessens our knowledge It hardens the heart It lulls the Conscience asleep It blots out shame The oftner one commits a sin The less one blushes to commit it At first one commits it with a horrour One reiterates it with fear One continues it with pleasure One persevers therein with contempt These are the gradual steps of iniquity Hither it is that a habit of sin leads us That body is very sick that feels not its sickness An inveterate sinner is almost desperate He knows not his own misery He cannot hate it He finds pleasure in it He will not get out of it His resolves are without effect His efforts without perseverance His Vices in fine pass into nature And his habit into necessity When the weight of Custom lies heavy upon the inclination When the Current of Passion finds nothing to resist it 'T is a Torrent that draws all after it A Tyrant that destroys all 'T is a Law of Iniquity that domineers over the Will 'T is a second Cuncupiscence More tyrannical than that we are born with 'T is a second nature more corrupt than the first In vain does grace attack a heart that sins by Custom It is insensible to her touches It is impenetrable to her strokes One may sooner blanch a Moor Than cure an inveterate evil One may sooner root up a Tree Than pluck up an old Sin In what state are you Do you sin through ignorance Through Passion Through Frailty Through Custom Without Remorse Without Sorrow With Pleasure With Contempt Do you blush no more at your sin Do you commit it with assurance Do you glory in committing it Are you not afraid when you have committed it O then you are a slave to vice Your sins are pass'd into your nature You are now hardned You are now grown insensible Alas if you were sensible of your evil There would be som hopes of life Beg your cure of God Do your best to break your chains asunder Resist small Temptations And you will obtain the victory over great ones Do the things that are easie And God will do those that are difficult Help your Neighbour And God will help you Shew mercy to him And God will shew it to you VVithout a miracle you will not be cured VVithout Charity you will obtain nothing Let not sin reign in your mortal body that you obey the concupiscence thereof Rom. 6. If an Ethiop can change his skin you may also do well having learnt to do ill Jer. 13. My scars are grown rotten and are corrupted Ps 37. My iniquities have over-topped my head ibid. A young man according to the way of his youth so will he be in his old age Prov. 21. XLIX MED A Preparation to Death ARe you prepar'd to die Have you given order to your affairs Have you any affair greater than that of your Salvation Do you think to escape death That which must happen one day May it not happen this day You think of nothing but of living And you ought to think of nothing but dying You labour only for the time present And you ought to labour only for Eternity Small care for small affairs Great care for great affairs 'T is too late to think of dying VVhen it is time to die A wise man never undertakes a business of importance VVithout having first thought well on it Every one learns his own Trade To be saved is all mens Trade There needs no study to learn to die There needs much to learn to die well One can never do that well VVhich one does but once To know how to die well One ought to die often Death is but one only The fault committed therein Is an irreparable fault That Actour acts his part but ill VVho never exercis'd himself A Lawyer pleads a Cause but badly VVho never prepar'd himself for it 'T is a hard matter to die well VVhen one is acquainted only with the trade of life Is our life too long to dispose our selves for death Have we too much time to prepare our selves for Eternity VVatch or you will be surpriz'd Prepare your self for Death Or else you will die unprepared He that watches not is surpriz'd He that is surpriz'd is damn'd Learn that Trade which you must of necessity make use of How important is it to do well That which you will do but once VVhere it is dangerous to fail VVhose fault is without redress And whose punishment will have no end Do not trust to time 'T is but a bad security It has cozened many a man If you trust it it will infallibly deceive you O my God! I thank you for having given me time To prepare my self for death VVhere had I been had you surpriz'd me I will henceforth stand upon my guard That I may one day dy well I will dy every day I will