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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

shall lift up his Heart to God and profoundly humbling himself in Spirit and offering up all his Prayers Thoughts and Words to his Glory in Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Francis Xaverius and to all the Angels and Saints of Heaven he shall make the Sign of the Cross and say the following Prayer O Lord Jesus Christ true God and Man my Creator and Redeemer for thy sake alone and because I love thee above all things I am sorry from the Bottom of my Heart for having offended thee and I do firmly purpose never to fall into Sin again to shun all Occasions of offending thee to Confess my Sins and perform the Penance that shall be enjoyn'd me and to make Restitution and Satisfaction wherever it shall be due from me For the Love of thee I forgive all my Enemies to thee I offer up my Life Actions and Sufferings in Satisfaction for my Sins and since I humbly beg it of thee I trust in thy Goodness and infinite Mercy that thou wilt forgive me them through the Merits of thy precious Blood and Passion and wilt give me Grace to amend my Life and to persever in thy Service unto my Death Amen MOst Glorious St. Francis Xaverius Apostle of the Indies if it be for the Glory of God and to thy Honour that I obtain what I desire and beg by performing this Novena do thou obtain me this Grace of our Lord if not do thou guide my Petition and beg of our Lord for me that which is most proper for his Glory and the benefit of my Soul O God and Lord of the Angels whom thou dost intrust with the Guardianship of Men I make thee an Offering of all the Merits of these Heavenly Spirits and of those of thy Servant St. Francis Xaverius who was call'd an Angel for his Purity and because he preserved Men from many Spiritual and Corporal Dangers I beseech thee grant me that Purity of Soul and Body which thou didst confer on this thy holy Apostle and that particular Grace which I beg in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen Here say three Pater Nosters and three Ave Maries and then the following Prayer to St. Francis Xaverius MOst Holy Father Francis Xaverius who receivedst thy Praises from the Mouth of innocent Children I most humbly implore thy bountiful Charity for the Sake of the most precious Blood of Jesus and of the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Lady Mother of God to the end thou may'st obtain of God's infinite Goodness that at the Approach of my last Hour my Heart may be separated and withdrawn from all wordly Thoughts and Distractions and be fixed in the most ardent Love of him and a vehement Desire of an happy Eternity so that laying aside the multiplicity of earthly things which hitherto have perplexed me I may most diligently seek and perfectly find that one thing which is necessary which is to Die and rest in Peace under the Protection of the most Holy Virgin Mary in the Wounds of Jesus her most Blessed Son in the sweet Embraces of my God and in thy Presence Holy Saint through whose Intercession I hope to obtain this Mercy But yet whilst it shall please the Divine Providence to preserve my Life I beseech thee my most loving Protector and most affectionate Father to obtain for me of his Divine Majesty that I may Live ●s one that is to Die and as I would wish to have lived at the Hour of my Death ever imitating thy Virtues and fulfilling the most Holy Will of God that so my temporal Death may be to me a Passage into Life Everlasting I also beseech thee to obtain for me that which I ask in this Novena if it be for the Glory of God and Good of my Soul Amen In the next Place you are to ask of St. Francis Xaverius the particular Favour you desire to obtain heightning as much as in you is your Confidence in him with such Words as your affectionate Thoughts shall suggest or with such Aspirations as your Devotions shall dictate Then the more to please this Holy Apostle in Imitation of him say that Prayer which he himself composed and used to say every Day for the Conversion of Infidels which is as follows ETernal God Creator of all things remember that thou alone didst create the Souls of Infidels framing them to thy own Image and Likeness Behold O Lord how to thy Dishonour Hell daily is replenished with them Remember O Lord thy only Son Jesus Christ who suffered for them most bountifully shedding his precious Blood Suffer not O Lord thy Son and our Lord to be any longer despised by the Infidels but rather being appeased by the Intreaties and Prayers of thy Elect the Saints and of the Church the most Blessed Spouse of thy Son vouchsafe to be mindful of thy Mercy and forgeting their Idolatry and Infidelity cause them also to know him thou didst send Jesus Christ thy Son and our Lord who is our Health Life and Resurrection through whom we are made free and saved to whom be all Glory forever ●●en Then conclude with the Prayer proper to this Saint Antiph Well fare thee good and faithful Servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things I will place the over many things Enter into the Joy of thy Lord. Vers Our Lord hath guided the just Man by right Ways Resp And hath shewed him the Kingdom of God The Prayer O God who wert pleased to reduce to the Bosom of thy Church the Nations of the Indies thro' the Preaching and Miracles of S. Francis Xaverius mercifully grant us that we may imitate his Vertues whose glorious Merits we hold in Veneration Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Commemoration of St. Ignatius de Loyola Antiph This man despising the World and triumphing over Earthly things heaped up Riches in Heaven by Word and Work Vers Our Lord hath guided the just Man by right Ways Resp And hath shewn him the Kingdom of God The Prayer O God who for the Propagation of the greater Glory of thy Name hast by Blessed Ignatius strengthen'd the Church Militant with new Auxiliaries graciously vouchsafe that we by his Assistance and Imitation solicitously combating upon Earth may obtain with him an everlasting Crown in Heaven A Commemoration of St. Gregory the Great Apostle of England Antiph O most excellent Doctor Light of the Holy Church Blessed Gregory Lover of God's Law supplicate the Son of God for us Vers Our Lord hath as above The Prayer O God who hast bestowed the Rewards of Eternal Blessedness on the Soul of thy Servant Gregory Grant mercifully that we who are deprest with the Weight of our Sins may by his Prayers be delivered Through our Lord. The Second Day Lord Jesus Christ true God and Man c. as before on the First Day Most Glorious St. Francis Xaverius c. as the First Day and so on all the following Days A Prayer for this

Day LOrd God of the Archangels whom thou dost intrust in the most weighty Concerns of thy Glory and the Benefit of Men I offer up to thee the Merits of these most diligent Spirits and those of thy great Servant St. Francis Xaverius whom thou madest the Minister of thy Glory and to whom thou recommendedst the Spiritual Welfare of innumerable Souls I beseech thee grant that I may perform those Duties which thy most Holy and Divine Will has imposed upon me and also that I may obtain that particular Grace which I beg of thee in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Third Day LOrd God of the Principalities who according to the Disposition of the Divine Will by means of Angels and Archangels takes care of the Welfare of Mankind enlightning instructing and governing them I offer up to thee the Merits of these most zealous Spirits and those of thy Servant St. Francis Xaverius who enlightned and converted many Kingdoms and Provinces and in them innumerable Souls not only by himself but by his Disciples and Followers Instructing Teaching and Commanding I beseech thee grant me the zeal of this Holy Apostle and the particular Petition I tender in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Fourth Day LOrd God of the Powers who have a special Prerogative to curb the Infernal Spirits I offer up to thee the Merits of these most potent Spirits and those of thy Servant St. Francis Xaverius to whom thou gavest singular Power of expelling Devils from Bodies and Souls I beseech thee grant me the Grace to overcome all the Temptations of the Devil and that which I beg of thee in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Fifth Day LOrd God of the Virtues by whose means thou workest Miracles and Prodigies peculiar to thy Sovereign Power I offer up to thee the Merits of these most Stupendious Spirits and those of thy Servant St. Francis Xaverius whom thou madest a new Thaumaturgus or Worker of new and prodigious Miracles renewing in him the Signs and Wonders of thy Blessed Apostles that he might discover the Gospel to new Nations I beseech thee grant me that profound Humility wherewith St. Francis Xaverius amidst so many Miracles sought thy Glory and not his own Honour as also that which I beg in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Sixth Day LOrd God of the Dominations which preside over all inferior Spirits as Ministers of thy Providence and submit themselves to thy Will being ever ready to fulfil it I offer up to thee the Merits of these excellent Spirits and those of St. Francis Xaverius who tho' Superior to many yet humbly submitted himself to all Superiors in them acknowledging thy Majesty and readily fulfilling their Commands I beseech thee grant me a ready and perfect Obedience to all my Superiors and that special Petition which I make in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Seventh Day LOrd God of the Thrones on whom thou reposest as on the Seat of thy Glory and Chair of thy Majesty I offer up to thee the Merits of these supream Spirits and those of St. Francis Xaverius that Throne of thy Glory that Vessel of Election to convey thy Name to new Nations who denyed himself to himself and to all worldly things casting them out of his Heart that thou alone mightest possess it I beseech thee grant that I may despise all worldly things and rest in thee alone grant me also the Petition I make in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Eighth Day LOrd God of the Cherubins who are adorned with most perfect Wisdom I offer up to thee the Merits of these most knowing Spirits and those of thy Servant St. Francis Xaverius whom thou didst grace with supereminent Wisdom and to whom thou didst reveal most profound Secrets that he might teach thy Law to many People and Nations I beseech thee grant that I may learn to fear and please thee which is true Wisdom and that by Word and Example I may teach others to keep thy Commandments and that thou wilt also grant me the Favour I beg in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Ninth Day LOrd God of the Seraphins who are inflam'd with most ardent Love of thee I offer up to thee the Merits of these most fervent Spirits and those or thy Servant St Francis Xaverius who like a Seraphin was enflamed with thy Love conquering innumerable Hardships and Dangers of his Life to please thee and to make those know and love thee who before offended thee and knew thee not I beseech thee grant that I may love thee my only God and my Lord and endeavour to bring all Men to the Knowledge and Love of thee and also that thou wilt grant me that which I ask in this Novena to thy greater Honour and Glory Amen The Rapture of an affectionate Soul before a Crucifix Compos'd in Latin by St. Francis Xaverius O God I love thee not that thou Shouldst love me for 't nor love I do ' Cause Hell for those that love thee not Will be their Everlasting Lot Thou thou my Jesus didst embrace Me wholly on thy Cross of Grace Thou bor'st for me in thy last Trance The Thorns the Nails the Gall the Lance Pains Anguishes and bloody Sweats Much Ignominy and more evil Treats And Death and all for sake of me For me a Sinner O Love's Prodigy Why then most loving Jesus why Should I not love thee till I die Not to avoid the Pains of Hell Nor yet in Heaven for e'er to dwell But meerly ' cause thou lovedst me Not for Reward will I love thee Will I love thee with all my Heart Because my God my Lord thou art Amen This Prayer may be said at the End of both Devotions MOst Glorious St. Francis Xaverius Apostle of the Indies and mighty in thy Works for the great Compassion thou showest to all Men and for that most ardent Zeal with which during the Term of ten Years thou didst labour in the East for the Salvation of Souls I beseech thee that thou wilt efficaciously interceed with God for the Conversion of Infidels and of all Sinners that thou wilt pray for the afflicted Souls in Purgatory and for the true Peace and Prosperity of Christians especially of those that are devoted to thee and that thou wilt obtain for me of our Lord this Grace and Favour which I N. beg of thee with the most sincere Affection I am able Holy Saint as thou art favourable and loving to all Persons be so also to me tho' an unworthy Sinner Grant me this Request to the Glory of God and to thy own Honour Amen FINIS AN INSTRUCTION TO Perform with Fruit THE DEVOTION OF Ten FRIDAYS In Honour of St. Francis Xaverius APOSTLE of the INDIES Much practised in Rome and augmented particularly of late by some Authentick Miracles wrought by the

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