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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

shevvest vvherfore dost thou vvithdravve thy self from me O most louing lord hold me vvith thy feare constraine me vvith thy loue and quiet me vvith thy svveetenes I confesse o Lord that I am that prodigall sonne Luc. 15. vvhoe liuing ouer rankly and louing mie self and thy creatures disorderedlie haue vvasted all the substance vvhich thou diddest giue me But novv that I doe knovv mie miserie and pouertie and doe returne pined vvith hunger to the fatherlie bovvels of thy mercie and doe approche to this celestial table of thy most pretious body vouchsafe to looke vppon one vvith eyes of pittie and to com forth to receaue me vvith the secrete beames of thy grace and to make me partaker of the maruailous fruites and effects of this most vvorthie Sacrament for somuch as by it is giuen the grace of the holie Ghost by it ar forgiuen sinnes by it ar pardoned the debts devv vnto sinnes by it deuotion is increased by it is tasted spiritual svveetenes euen in the verie spring of the same by it arrenued all good purposes and desires and by it finallie the sovvle is ioined vvith her heauenlie spouse and receaueth him into her self that by him she maie be ruled defended and guided in the vvaie of this life vntil he bring her to the desired harbour of his glorie Receaue then o pitiful father this thy prodigal sonne vvhoe trusting in thy mercie returneth to thy house I acknovvledge o my father that I haue sinned against thee that I am not vvorthie to be called thy sonne no nether a hired seruant yet for al this haue mercie vppon me and forgiue me my sinnes I beseeche thee o Lord commaund that the garment of Charitie the ring of liuelie faith and the shooes of ioiful Hope be giuen me vvith vvhich I maie goe securelie through the rough and cragged vvaie of this life Let the multitude of vaine thoughts and desires depart out of me for one is mie beloued one mie desired one mie God and Lord. Let nothing heereafter be svveete to me nor delite me but onlie he Let him be al mine and I alhis in such sort that mie hart doe becom one thing vvith him Let me not knovv anie other thing nor loue anie other thing nor desire anie other thing but onlie mie svveete Sauiour IESVS Christ and him crucified VVhoe vvith the father and the holie Ghost liueth and raigneth vvorld vvithout end Amen HEERE FOLOVVETH A PROFESSION OF THE CATHOLIQVE FAITH SET out according to the decree of the holie Councell of Trent I N doe vvith a stedfast faith beleeue and professe al and euerie point conteined in the Simbole of the Faith that the holie Romane Church doth vse to vvit I beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord IESVS Christ the Onlie begotten Sonne of God and borne of the father before al vvorlds God of God light of light true God of true God begoten not made of the same substance vvith the father by vvhome al things vvere made vvhoe for vs men and for oure saluation came dovvne from heauen and vvas incarnate by the holie Ghost of the Virgin Marie and vvas made man vvas crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate suffered and vvas buried and rose againe the third daie according to the Scriptures ascended vp into heauen sitteth at the right hand of the father and he shal come againe vvith glorie to iudge the liue and the dead of vvhose kingdom there shal be no end and in the holie Ghost our lord and giuer of life vvhoe proceedeth from the father and the sonne vvhoe vvith the father and the sonne is together adored and conglorified vvhoe spake by the Prophets and one holie Catholique and Apostolique Church I confesse one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes and I expect the Resurrection of the dead and the life of the vvorld to come Amen I doe most stedfastlie admit and embrace the Traditions of the Apostles and of the Church and all other obseruances and Constitutions of the same Church I doe likevvise admit the holie Scripture according to that sense vvhich our holie mother the Catholique Church hath holden and doth holde vnto vvhome it doth appetteine to iudge of the true sense and interpretation of the holie Scriptures nether vvil I euer vnderstand nor interprete the same othervvise then according to the vniforme consent of the fathers I doe also professe that there be trulie and properlie Seuen Sacraments of the nevv lavve instituted by IESVS Christ our Lord and necessarie for the saluation of mankind although they be not all necessarie for all men to vvit Baptisme Confirmation Eucharist Penance Extreme Vnction Order and Matrimonie and that these Sacraments doe giue grace and that of them Baptisme Confirmation and Order can not be reiterated vvithout sacrilege I doe also receaue and admit all the receaued and approued Cermeonies of the Catholique Church in the solemne administration of al the a foresaid Sacraments I doe embrace and receaue al and euerie of those things vvhich in the holie Councel of Trent haue ben defined and declared touching Original Sinne and Iustification I doe professe also that in the Masse is offered vp vnto God a true proper and propitiatorie sacrifice for the li●e and the dead and that in the most holie Sacrament of the Altare there is trulie reallie and substantiallie the bodie and bloud together vvith the sovvle and diuinitie of our lord IESVS Christ and that there is made a Conuersion of the vvhole substance of bread into the bodie and of the vvhole substance of vvine into the bloud vvhich Conuersion the Catholique Church doth cal Transubstantiation I doe also confesse that vnder ether kind onlie is receaued Christ vvhole and intire and the true Sacrament I doe constantlie hold that there is Purgatorie and that the sovvles vvhich be there deteined ar holpen by the praiers of the faithful Also that the Saincts vvhoe reigne together vvith Christ ar to be vvorshipped and called vppon and that they offer vp praiers to God for vs and that theire Reliques ar to be vvorshipped I doe most stedfastlie affirme that the Images of Christ of the mother of God alvvaies Virgin and of other Saincts ar to be had and reteined and that due honour and reuerence is to be giuen to them I doe affirme that the authoritie of Indulgences vvas left by Christ in the Church and that the vse of them is verie behofeful for Christian people I doe acknovvledge the holie Catholique and Apostolique Romane Church to be the mother and mistresse of al Churches and doe promise and svveare true Obedience to the Bisshop of Rome vvhoe is the Succesfor of S. Peter Prince of the Apostles and the Vicar of IESVS Christ All other things also defined and declared by the holie Canons Oecumenical Councels and chiefelie by the holie Councel of Trent I doe vndoubtedlie receaue and professe and also al contrarie things and

fit and moueth vs to al other vertues and is as it vvere a generall spurre for them all And yf thou desire to see hovv true this is consyder hovv plainlie S. Bonauenture layeth it dovvne in these vvoords folovving If thovv vvilt suffer vvith patience vvhat soeuer aduersities and miseries of this life be a man of praier lib. medit vitae Christic 37. If thou vvilt obtaine force and strength to ouercom the tentations of the enemie be a man of praier If thou vvilt mortifie thine ovvne vvil vvith●her euil appetites and passions be a man of praier If thou vvilt throughlie knovv the vvilines and subtiltie of the diule and keepe thy self from his snares and deceits be a man of praier If thou vvilt liue merelie in the seruice of God and passe on the vvaie of laboure and affliction vvith svveetenes and contentement of mind be a man of praier If thou vvilt exercise thy self in a spiritual kind of life Rē 13.14 and not make prouision for the flesh in cōcupiscences be a man of praier If thou vvilt driue ovvt of thy mind th'importunat flies of vaine cares and thoughts be a man of praier If thou vvilt nourish thy sovvle vvith the fatnes and marovv of deuotion and haue it alvvais full of good cogitations and holy desires be a man of praier If thou vvilt fortifie thy heart in the good pleasure of God vvith a stout courage and stedfast purpose be a man of praier Finallie If thou vvilt roote out al vices of thy soule and set vertues in their places be a man of praier because in it is receaued the vnction of the holie Ghost vvhich teacheth our soule al things that be needfull Moreouer if thou vvilt mount vp to the height and top of contemplation and enioye the svveete embracings of the spovvse exercise thy self in praier because this is the vvay by vvhich the sovvle climmeth vp to the contemplation and tast of celestial things Thou seeest then of vvhat force and vertue praier is And for the greater proofe of al that hath ben said setting aside the testimonie of holie scripture let this suffise for the present that vve haue heard and seene and see dailie by experience manie simple and vnlearned persons vvhoe by the vertue of praier haue obteined al the forsaid things and manie greater also Hitherto be the vvoords of S. Bonauenture VVhat treasure then I praie yovv can be founde more riche or vvhat marchants shoppe better furnished vvith al sort of goods then this But hearken vvhat an other holie and religious Doctor Laurentius Iustinianus saieth to this purpose speaking of the self same matter By reason of vnspotted praier saith he the soule is clensed from sinne the affection is comforted lib. de caslo cōnub verbi animae c. 22. Charitie is nourished the appetite of loue is increased Faith is certified Hope is strengthned the spirite reioiceth the bovvels tremble the heart is pacified fiar is kindled truth is discouered tentatiō is put to slight heauines is cast of the senses ar renued the strength vvhich vvas vveakened is repaired feruor is stirred vp luke vvarmnes is abandoned the rustines of vices is consumed and in the same exercise the liuelie sparcles of heauenlie desires doe shine brightlie and the flame of godlie loue grovveth vp more and more For the vndefiled praier of the soule is borne vppe vvith manie prerogatiues of merites and is adorned vvith the beautie of manie spiritual priuileges and vvith other principal vertues In so much that the heauens stand alvvais open to praier to it be discouered and reueiled secretes and the hearing of God is at all times attentiue to the same This therfore maie be sufficient for the present to make vs in som manner to see the fruite of this holie exercise OF THE MATTER REQVISITE to be vsed in meditation CHAP. II. HAVING hitherto seene of hovv great fruite Praier and Meditation is let vs novv cōsider vvhat those things be of vvich vve ought to meditate To vvhich point I ansvvere that for so much as this holie exercise is principallie ordeined to breede in our hearts the loue and feare of God th'obseruatiō of his cōmandements therfore the matter most conueniēt of this exercise shal be that vvhich most maketh to this purpose And although it be true that all things created and al holie scripture incite and moue vs to this neuertheles speaking generallie the mysteries of our faith vvhich be conteined in the Symbole named Creede be most effectual and profitable for this end because in the same is treated of the benifits of God of the final iudgment of the paines of hel and of the glorie of heauen vvhich be vehemēt motiues to stirre vp in our hearts the loue and feare of God and in it also is comprehended the life and passion of our Sauiour Christ in vvhich consisteth al our good VVherfore vvith great reason it maie be auouched that the most fit propre matter of this exercise is the Symbole al●hough that also that maie be good for eche one in particuler vvhich shall most moue his heart to the loue and feare of God Novv according to this for th' instruction of those that be nouices beginners in this vvaie to vvhome it is expedient to giue meate as it vvere chevved digested before I vvil set dovvne heere breeflie tvvo sorts of meditations for al the daies of the vveeke one for night and the other for morning dravven for the most part our of the mysteries of our faith to the end that as vve giue dailie to our body tvvo refections so likevvise vve giue to our sovvle vvhose foode is the meditation and consideration of heauenlie things Of these meditations som appertaine to the mysteries of the sacred passion and resurrection of Christ som others to the other mysteries of vvhich vve haue spoken heretofore And yf peraduenture anie bodie should not haue so much tyme as to recollect him self tvvise a day at the least he may meditate one part of these mysteries in one vveeke and th' other in an other or els entertaine him self in those onlie of the passion and life of Christ vvhich be the most principall albeit the others must not be left especiallie in the beginning of anie mans conuersion because they be most conuenient for that time in vvhich the feare of God together vvith sorovv and detestation of our sinnes is principallie required HEERE FOLOVV THE FIRST SEVEN MEDITAtions for the daies of the vveeke Mondaie night Of the knovvledg of thy sinnes and thy self THIS daie thovv maist attend to the knovvledge of thy sinnes and to the knovvledge of thy self that in the one thovv see hovv manie euils thovv hast and in the other thou vnderstand that thou hast no good vvhich cōmeth not from God vvhich is the vvaie to obtaine Humilitie mother of all vertues For this thovv must first think vppon the numbre of the sinnes of thie life past speciallie vppon those offences vvhich thovv