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son_n	mercy_n	miserable_a	sinner_n	20,907	5	11.5690	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19433	The interiour occupation of the soule Treating of the important businesse of our saluation with God, and his saints, by way of prayer. Composed in French for the exercise of that court, by the R. Father, Pater Cotton of the Societie of Iesus, and translated into English by C.A. for the benefit of all our nation. Whereunto is prefixed a preface by the translator, in defence of the prayers of this booke, to the saints in heauen.; Interioure occupation d'une âme devote. English	Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626.; Anderton, Christopher, attributed name.; Apsley, Charles, attributed name.; C. A., fl. 1619.	1618 (1618)	STC 5860; ESTC S108849	75,781	318

immaculate and vnspotted life the spring of all merit 13. Because thou appertainest to God obtaine pardon for me of whatsoeuer I haue voluntarily done said or thought contrary to God How often didst thou reioyce in the greatnesse and glory of God our common creator and Father and that much more for it then for that thou thy selfe wert by his grace Bring to passe that all my ioy may be in him my onely desire to please him my only feare to offend him 14. All thy actions were of infinite merit I beg O sanctuarie of the Diuinitie the participation of onely one by speciall application to me 15. Thou the onely storehouse of Loue and fornace of perfect Charitie dost more loue humaine nature and much more desire our soules perfections then all Angels and men together We cannot also nay we ought not to haue after God any better Lord and friend then thou I leaue then to thee the care of my saluation and of that perfection which thy Father requires in mee I leaue to thee the profit of thine owne merites to thee that which thou thy selfe desirest to thee that for which thou hast done saide and endured so much to thee that which cannot subsist but by thee to conclude to thee that which is as oftentimes thine as it hath pleased thee to be ours Title 6. To the blessed Virgin Mary 1. BLessed of God amongst Women and the happiest of all pure creatures Mary the Mother of God I prostrate my selfe in the profoundnesse of my thoughts before thee honouring with all my affection the eminent graces which it hath pleased the most high and puissant to place in thee as in the principall and chiefe workmanship of his handes after the humanitie of Iesus Christ thy Sonne whose desires concerning me I present vnto thee that by his merites and thy prayers they may bee as the abiect of his mercyes fully and perfectly accomplished in me 2. Pray then for mee mercifull Mother and in so dooing thou shalt pray also for thine owne Sonne see●ng that hee desires in mee that which I aske of thee a thousand times more then I my selfe 3. I am also neuer resolued to aske any thing of thee for my selfe but for him I will speake vnto thee in his name I will presse the● by his mer●t●s I will adiure thee by the languis●●●g desires of his soule and as it were coniure thee by the great and inestimable obligation that thou hast to him to deale so effectually with God the Father that all his desires may be accomplished in all creatures and especially in this poore soule of mine to which he hath giuen thee grace to desire that which he desireth If thou put not to thy hand O puissant Princesse all will passe into vapour and smoake of onely desires and I shall remaine a fable of the world and a scorne of hell 4. By these titles of incomparable honor with which thy head is crowned O Mother of thy Sonne O Daughter of the Father O Spouse of the holy Ghost bring to passe that I may one day with thee be heyre to the Father coheyre with the Sonne and partake of the inheritance reserued to the holy Ghost 5. Tower of Dauid Citty of refuge wilt thou refuse thy prayers to them to whome the fruite of the Virgins wombe hath not refused his bloud 6. Thou hast too great interest in thy Sonnes inheritance to neglect or disdaine to succour with the assistance of thy tongue those soules which thy Redeemer and ours did recouer with the losse of his life 7. He would that thou shouldst be his Mother but it was to the end that wee might also become his brethren What hindereth vs then from hauing the spirit of adoption towards his Father and our Father thy Sonne and our brother wee shall haue it when it shall please thee to bee our Mother by grace as thou art his by nature 8. Thou wast established Queen of Angels and of men euen from then when thou hadst a Sonne common to thee with God the Father and that thou couldst say vnto God thou art my Sonne O incomparable Mother ô maruaile of the world O the honour of humaine lineage wilt thou not in acknowledgment of these benefites and honours intended towards thee before thou couldst merit them wilt thou not procure in regard of the Almightie which hath done so great thinges for thee this little thing which I aske of thee which is nothing else but that I neuer offend him especially by deadly sinne and that in the whole course of my miserable life I may know and put in execution his diuine will 9. I am not wor●hy of his loue but hee is worthy to be loued of me I deserue not to serue him but he well deserueth to be serued of me It is not due to me to liue in him alone and to dye for him but I owe it him and so dost thou thy selfe Pay then O most rich Empresse my debts and thy debts Acquite them both for mee and thy selfe and in doing that which is but duty and iustice towards him thou shalt doe a worke of compassion and mercy towards a creature of his and thy poore seruant 10. As amongst all pure creatures none euer approached to equall thee in regard of the incomparable excellencie of him that was borne of thee So no creature whatsoeuer shall be euer able to equall thee in mercy Shall it not be then to imitate thy Sonne and satisfie thy selfe if thou affoord thy ayde to the miserable thy succour to such poore sinners as I am For whome thy Sonne hath spent all hee had euen to the effusion of his most precious bloud If it be true that the sinne of Adam was the occasion that the Diuine word tooke flesh and was borne of thee it must needs also bee that my misery hath serued for a cause or an occasion of thy greatnesse my disgrace of thy grace my malediction of thy benediction and that which I am of that which thou art why then by exchange shall not thy mercy if I may so say serue to my misery thy felicitie to my infelicitie thy greatnesse to my basenesse that which thou art to that which I am Bee not thou that thou art or procure that I may be other then I am I should here beg of thee to haue in recommendation the Church her necessities if i● were possible that a Mother had not care of her Sonnes spouse Title 7. To Saint Michaell 1. PRince of the heauenly camp and inflamed Seraphin by thy most happy victorie which thou obtaynedst against those Apostata Angels of which now the infernall legions are composed assist vs in our combats so much the more dangerous in that we haue not onely to fight against flesh and bloud but against the spirits of darknesse which come marching against vs like Gyants with all the aduantage that the nature of Angels hath aboue Title 8. To Saint Gabriell 1. PAranymph of Heauen that

most humble pardon for all the honour which since I came first to the vse of reason I haue giuen to creaturs without referring it actually or habitually to thee who art the fountaine of all greatnesse and excellencie it selfe of which excellencie honour is but a testimonie and marke 9. To conclude I acknowledge and adore thee O soueraigne Deitie Father Sonne holy Ghost as often as I breath or as there are minutes in an houre starres in the Skye leaues vpon the trees sands in the sea thoughts in the hearts of men and Angels 10. Dispose of the world as it shall please thee doe with me and with all creatures as seemes best to thy Maiestie raise vp plucke downe chastice cherish be thou such to Angels men in Heauen in earth in time and in aeternitie as stands best with thy liking In all and by all and alwaies I will adore thy prouidence I will conforme my selfe to thy will as the onely paradice of my soule And I will make good to all against all this most certaine truth that thou canst not do but that which I will for I will whatsoeuer thou dost Title 2. Thankesgiuing 1. I Thanke thee O my GOD that thou art as thou art the greatest good that can befall mee 2. I thanke thee O mightie Father that knowing thy selfe thou ingendrest a word which is thy Sonne and another thy selfe 3. I present most humbly thanksgiuing O incomparable Father that thou louest thy Sonne and thy Sonne loueth thee with such a loue and so admirably perfect that it carryeth with it the common essence nature and substance of you both 4. I thanke thee O my God for the extraordinary graces which thou hast bestowed vpō the soule of our Sauiour Iesus Christ thy Son and I thanke thee my sweete Iesus for those which thou hast imparted to thy worthy Mother and I thanke thee O mercifull holy Ghost for those which the Angels the Patriarches the Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors Virgins and all the Court of Heauen haue receiued from thee not onely during their abode heere in earth but also since their happie abode in Heauen 5. And in particuler I giue thee thankes for the grace and glory thou hast bestowed vpon mine Angell guardian and vpon the Saint my patron of whom by thy especiall prouidence I haue my name 6. What thanksgiuing shall I render vnto thee for the goods of my soule and body which I haue receiued from thee I doe giue thee thankes for them in him for whome and by whom thou hast bestowed them vpon me who is Iesus Christ thy Sonne And I giue thee thanks that in his name and by his merites I haue receiued them not willing to haue any thing but by him and for him I present vnto thee the same thanksgiuing which the soule of my Lord thy Sonne did offer vnto thee at that instant when it knew it selfe created of nothing and personally vnited to the word 7. I giue thee thankes for thy guifts not because they are mine but because they are thine not because they are agreeable to my will but because they are conformable to thine being most ready and willing to be depriued of them when it shall please thee to take them to thee againe beseeching thee that thou wilt so doe when thou shalt iudge it more for thy glory 8. Thou hast bestowed graces vpon mee which through thy grace I know and acknowledge and thou hast bestowed vpon me others of which through mine owne blindnesse I am ignorant Thou hast bestowed and wouldst yet bestow more if it were not long of my selfe Thou wilt bestow also others which I shall not acknowledge and which through my frailtie and accustomed ingratitude I shall abuse For all which my God God of infinite goodnesse mercy I giue thee thanks with all the force that it hath pleased thee to bestow vpon mee not knowing nor being able to doe it as I should I doe it in Iesus Christ thy Sonne with the same affection acknowledgement and thanksgiuing which his holy humanitie hath giuen and doth giue incessantly to thy Diuinitie for whatsoeuer fauours or graces it receiued of thee 9. I am also to giue thee thankes for those graces and fauours which I neuer receiued and which out of thy infinite goodnesse and prouidence thou hast forborne to bestow vpon me as knowing that I would haue abused them and thereby haue become more accomptable to thy most exact and most perfect iustice 10. Ouer and aboue all this as I stand greatly oblieged vnto thee for thy fauours and graces themselues So it is true that I am much more obliged for that loue charitie out of which thou hast bestowed them vpon me For the which because it is infinite I giue thee infinite thankes in him who is the efficient instrumental meretorious and finall cause of all thankefulnesse Iesus Christ thy Sonne for whom and by whom thou hast done all praise loue and glory bee vnto thee in him and by him world without end Amen Title 3. Petition 1 IF I were mine owne O my God I would demaund many thinges according to my owne sence and will but seeing it hath pleased thy merciful Charitie that I should not be mine owne but thine what can I desire for my selfe which is not for thee and according to thee Doe th●● for me as for thy selfe and dispose of me as of a thing that is thine 2. O Lord I am thine by creation by conseruation by redemption and by especiall vocation by condition of nature and election of my owne will why then dost thou permit that a stronger take from thee thine inheritance that I or any other should enter into possession of that of which the peaceable proprietie appertaines to thee why dost thou endure that any other will then thine should be accomplished in me of whome thou art onely and wholy possest 3. Hee that doth that which is more doth easily that which is lesse thou giuest thy selfe to me take me then vnto thee To create me it cost thee only thy word but to regenerate me it cost thee thy life To forme me an act only of thy will was sufficient but to reforme me th' effusion of thy bloud was iudged necessary Both the one and the other being effected by thee nothing remaineth but that thou doe and say what thou wilt so as thou dispose of mee according as thou hast deserued 4. So often as I aske of thee any thing doe the contrary if the contrary shall bee more agreable to thy will and to thy greater glory For such is the intention of my Petition 5. My wils are no wills my petition refusals my desires so many detestations when thou wilt otherwise then I desire 6. If I knew in euery thing what is thy will O God the center of my soule I would make knowne both in Heauen and earth that I haue no other intention then to accomplish thy holy will 7. Can one

the adorned streets through which thou diddest passe with triumph as much vpon the mount Caluarie as vpō the mount Thabor as much dying as liuing as much buried as risen again as much in Lymbus as in Heauen Onely grant that I may be thine and that I neuer depart frō thee whether I be in consolation or desolation poore or rich in plentie or in want all shall be one to me so I may be wholly and only thine Title 54. When we feele our selues drie at Prayer I wil continue with perseuerance before thee not giue ouer O my God I will honour thee with my body seeing I cannot doe it with my soule It is good foe me that thou hast humbled me Now I begin to knowe and feele what I I am Now I touch with my hands my owne misery well perceiue that I am able to do nothing with out thee This is as it were a returning to the nothing from which I took my origen out of which I was drawn by thy omnipotency Blessing praise thankes be to thee my God for euer I merrit not so much as once to enter into thy thought or that thou shoudst once think of me And should be to happy it that I might serue thee but in the condition of a stone or thing without sense and life Receiue the homage don by my miserabie condition to thy blessed selfe who art independant of any hast all contentment in thy self Title 55. When one is despised O My God I haue lost nothing so long as I loose not thee haue I any thing that appertaineth vnto me whether it be goods honours bodie or soule Can any thing fall out in the worlde without thy prouidence Is any thing done sinne only excepted which is not done by thy will If then thou be pleased that I be dispised why should any opposition be made who is he so insolent so bolde a Theife that dare entermeddle with things appertaining to thee contrary to thy will maist not thou doe with that which is thine according to thy pleasure when I am honoured should I reioyce there at for my selfe Is it a thing appertayning to me or to thee It is inough for me O great God that I be thine whether I be an Ant or an Elephant an Egle or a Gnat dirt or golde Title 56. Eleuations of spirit which may be done vpon euery occasion 1. MY God my all IESVS the delight of Heauen earth when shall I be all thine as thou art wholy mine 2. Father of mercy make me such an one as thy Sonne hath deserued and thy holy spirit desireth I should be 3. God of my life when shall I die to my selfe that I may liue to thee 4. Take me my God whether I wil or no seeing I am not so wise as to giue my selfe vnto thee as to haue the will to giue my selfe vnto thee 5. If it should fall out my beloued that I should desire any thing but thee which I desired not for thee I renounce it euen frō now as if it were then and protest that I haue nothing to loose or gaine besides thee 6. O God God of my soule permit me not to bee at all or procure by thy grace that I may be to serue thee as I am and haue my being from thee 7. I will haue ●o eye but to look vpon thee no eare but to heare thee no tongue but to speake of thee no heart but to think vpon thee no hands but to worke for thee no feet but to walke seek after thee no body but for to offer vp vnto thee no life but to make a sacrifice therof to thy honour and glory 8. God which art Loue giue me Charitie 9. God which wert made Man graunt me Humilitie 10. God which art a pure Spirit bestow vpon me Puritie 11. Omnipotent power strenghthen my weaknesse 12. Eternall wisdome illuminate my darknesse 13. Incomparable mercy pardon my haughtinesse 14 Incomparable beautie to late I haue loued thee 15. Infinite goodnes too late haue I knowne thee 16. Hee that loueth not thee what doth he loue 17 He that admireth not thee what doth he admire I will loue my self not because I am mine but because I am thine I will haue care of my selfe not for any o●her reason but because thou so willest and commaundest I esteeme my selfe more happy in thy happines th●n I count my selfe wretched for my owne miserie And the contentment I take that thou art that which thou art farre exceedeth the discontentment I feele by being that which I am Be thou then my God for euer that which thou art make me other then I am That is wheras I am my selfe miserable I shall be in thee blessed and happy To thee in thee by thee for thee O my God be all things Amen