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A89642	The rule of penance of the seraphicall father S. Francis approued and confirmed by Leo the X. for religious persons of the 3. order of S. Francis : together with a declaration of each point of the Rule, profitable not only to the religous of this order, but also to all religious women / by Br. Angelus Francis, friar minour.	Third Order Regular of St. Francis.; Angelus Francis.	1644 (1644)	Wing M939B; ESTC R200641	90,610	395

both in her life and after her death Blessed Vraca Roderiguez of Vlmes of most noble parentage and exceeding rich entring into a a Church where she heard the words of our Sauiour si vis perfectus esse vade vende omnia quae habes da pauperibus tooke them as said to her selfe and so bestowed much part of her meanes vpon religious houses builded an hospitall conuerting her owne house into a monasterie and giuing all the rest to the poore Afterward she with fiue of her neeces and three other gentlewoemen entred into this order about the yeare 1491. None was more chast than she none more vigilant She exceld all the rest in patience meekenesse mercie humilitie and dayly labours and at last replenished with merits and sanctitie died lies buried in the monasterie she had erected About the same time liued Blessed Agnes à ferro who sometime did attend on the Queene of Aragonia but afterward being weary of the world and despiseing the vaine honours thereof became religious of this third order liuing in great pouertie humilitie and sanctitie In the yeare 1500. Blessed Anne of Areualo was famous for sanctitie in the monasterie of S. Elizabeth of the third order of S. Francis where she liued for a hundred yeares in exceeding great humilitie patience abstinence prayer and charitie About the same yeare liued Blessed Clare of Fulginea famous for pietie and deuotion being very zealous of regular obseruance and often deseruing to be comforted in apparitions by the seraphicall Father S. Francis About the yeare 1515. florished Blessed Catharine Ruiz whose charitie in assisting the sicke sisters was admirable spending all that euer she could get for them yea begging for them and thereby became famous for sanctitie Blessed Anna Sanchez was one of her companions whose deuotion and continuall prayer was much to be admired yet she was of an excellent prudence for gouernement and therfore was sent to be mother or Abbesse in the Cloyster of S. Clement from whence after she had beene there 20. yeares with great labours and toiles leauing the most fragrant odour of her sweet conuersation she returned to her former place where broken and wearied with pennances fastings and continuall prayers she died with great sanctitie the cell and bed wherein she died did for sometime after shine with a great light to the great admiration of those that beheld it About the same time also liued in Placentia Blessed Baptista famous in her life for many vertues and after her death for many miracles especially for that her body remaining entire doth yeeld a most sweet and pleasing smell In the yeare 1519. liued B. Maria Pennalosa in the monasterie of S. Elizabeth in Segouia a woman of a very religious spirit in humilitie prayer and charitie hardly to be equalised who as it is commonly reported in her life time did obtaine life for a yong man that was dead for which and other things she is worshipped there with great deuotion About the same time B. Elizabeth Pontia together with her two daughters both also holy woemen began the monasterie of S. Anne in the prouince of Carthage and by their example did draw many others to Religion And as in their life they had the generall opinion of sanctitie so after their death their Reliques haue deliuered many that had beene possessed as also cured many diseases Blessed Francisca of S. Anne in the yeare 1525. was brought from the monasterie where she had made profession of the third order to the monasterie of the annuntiation at Grinion in the diocesse of Toledo that she might giue a beginning therto and instruct others that were to come in regular discipline and as she had beene abbesse of the former place so was she abbesse of this with wōderfull fruit of soules for she did excell in prudence charitie pietie humilitie affabilitie modestie abstinence and monasticall obseruance B. Lucie about the yeare 1530. did found the monasterie of S. Clare vnder the rule of the third order and was very famous for perfection of life and miracles Her body is had in great estimation with the faithfull in those parts About this time liued Blessed S. Ioane of the holy Crosse whose admirable life is set forth in out vulgar language and therefore here omitted B. Francis liued in the same time of whom Gonzaga thus writes This most vertuous and religious sister Francis was a child of the third order of saint Francis who declining from the innumerable deceits of the fiend did get a glorious victorie ouer sathan and therefore was much feared by him B. Aldonza about the yeare 1566. was famous for sanctitie and after hauing beene abbesse when the sisters were to remoue she prayed that she might die in the same place which she obtained and six yeares after her death her body was found whole and entire yeelding a fragrant odour wherefore she was held in great veneration Blessed Marie Gonsalue in the yeare 1577. died with great opiniō of sanctitie after she had foūded a monasterie of this third order wherein she lead a life of great perfection aswell in seruing the poore as in compassionating their miseries and wants she did alwayes sleep without any bed vnder her exactly obseruing the fasts of the whole yeare with rigorous and bloudy disciplines Blessed Olalia Grinesia was famous for sanctitie about the yeare 1583. For entring into this order and therein desiring the height of pennance she was not contented with the ordinary austerities of her order but inuented new fastings all the lents and vigils in bread and water and three times in the weeke did take bloudy disciplines being much addicted to pouertie and humilitie she would willingly serue all and continually did meditate on our lords Passion and not without teares Lastly falling into a dropsy now fourscore yeares old she died most blessedly The sisters by her reliques did cure very many diseases About the same time liued B. Clare Martineira whost abstinences fastings watchings teares haircloaths rigorous disciplines humble exercises feruent prayers mortificatiōs pious workes most great temptations deuout act●ōs celestiall visions diuine fauours frequent miracles both in her life and after her death are set downe by Daza And least I be ouer tedious in rehearsing so many holy persons to omitte many others which may be seene in the martyrologe amounting to two hundred vpwards I will conclude this chapter with Blessed Innocentia who liued in these our times and died in the yeare 1624. This Blessed virgin of noble parents in Cicilie from her infancy gaue her selfe to pietie vertue and temperance obseruing the fasts very strictly and despiseing the pompe and vanitie of this world out of her great desire of perfection entred into this third order giuing very good example of humilitie pouertie chastitie and obedience And by her continuall meditation she was so enflamed with the fire of diuine loue especially when she communicated that she was often rapt into extasie Her body remaines as yet whole and

cui titulus The third c. Ego infra scriptus calculum addo eundemque iudico dignum qui typis vulgetur in bonum eorum quorum manibus teretur Datum 22. Decemb. 1644. VALENTINVS RANDOVR S. Theol. Doctor eiusdem regius ordinariusque Duaci Professor THE INDEX OF THE CHAPTERS THE Preface 1 Chap. I. What a Rule is 15 Chap. II. Whence there are so many Rules 19 Chap. III. Of the beginning of Religious Orders 24 Chap. IV. Of Religious Orders since the Apostles time 30 Chap. V. Of Religious Women since Christs time 37 Chap. VI. What the third Order is 42 Chap. VII Who was the Author of this Rule 45 Chap. VIII Of the seuerall branches of this Order 56 Chap. IX Of the progresse of this Order 57 Chap. X. Whether the third Order be a Religious state 65 Chap. XI What Priuiledges this Order enioyeth 72 Chap. XII To whom this Order is subiect 76 Chap. XIII What were the Popes motiues to giue those priuiledges 86 Chap. XIV Of the sanctitie of this Order 90 Chap. XV. The life of S. Elizabeth of Hungatie 96 Chap. XVI The life of S. Lewes king of France 131 Chap. XVII The life of S. Iuo Patron of the Lawyers 139 Chap. XVIII The liues of some beatified Saincts of this Order 144 Chap. XIX A Catalogue of holy Persons that were of this Order 151 Chap. XX. How Pope Leo accommodated this Rule 171 Chap. XXI How it is a Rule of Pennance 177 Chap. XXII A declaration of the state of Innocency 187 Chap. XXIII Of Mans fall from the said state 193. Chap. XXIV How we may reduce our selues to that state 199 Chap. XXV Whether this Order be a state of Perfection 207 Chap. XXVI Whether it be actiue or contemplatiue 213 Chap. XXVIII Whether it be lawfull to diuert any one from Religion 227. Chap. XXIX Of Vocations 242 The forme of cloathing the Sisters 259 The forme of Professing them 272 Instructions for Nouices 289. Rules against temptations 295. Certaine prayers in the time of their cloathing 311 Prayers after Profession 319. Instructions for those who are professed 325 An extraction of some Perfections of our holy Father 334 Inctructions for the conservation of mutuall charitie 343 The manner of giving extreame vnction 353 EINIS THE PREFACE THe glorious Apostle S. Paule writing to the Ephesians cap. 4. would haue them to be carefull seruare vnitatem spiritus in vinculo pacis to keepe vnitie of spirit that is mutuall charitie which proceeds frō the holy Ghost in the bond of peace which makes vs to be one body and all members of one head Christ Iesus by whom we become one spirit each one liuing by one and the selfe same spirit which giueth to each spirituall life and motion as we are called in one hope of our vocation to saluation immortalitie and celestiall glorie For to all there is vnus Dominus vnafides vnum baptisma one lord one faith one baptisme wherein all Catholickes doe agree and make vp that Church wherein alone is saluation and which is one in three respects as Aluarus Pelagius in his book of the Churches cōplaint de planctu Eccl. l. 1. c. 63. well noteth First the Church is one saith he vnitate totalitatis by vnitie of totalitie because it is a whole body compacted of diuers parts which are the faithfull secondly vnitate conformitatis by vnitie of conformity because in each part there is a kind of similitude and cōformitie to wit in the gifts of grace as in faith hope charitie and good workes proceeding frō thē thirdly vnitate attributionis by vnitie of attribution for all the faith full haue a reference to the same end which is saluation and eternall blisse by a certaine attribution to Christ who is the head of all those that are to be saued These three vnities are aptly represented in the aforesaid words Vnum corpus one body shewes the integritie of Gods church vnus spiritus one spirit the thing wherein all the faithfull haue an assimilation and conformitie and vnus Dominus one lord the principall and chiefe of all whereto all haue attribution or respect So that in the Catholicke church and amongst all Catholicke belieuers there is one Faith because one doctrine from whence none without errour may swarue one Hope because all haue the same end one Charitie which worketh in all and conformably the selfe same precepts sacraments and such like without any difference or discord Now although such be the vnitie or vnion of the Catholicke Church yet we may find in it a three fold pleasing diuersitie which the foresaid Aluarus also noted The first is diuersitie of degrees some superiour some inferiour which much conduceth to its dignitie and beauty for as S. Bernard saith Discretio virtuti ordinem ponit ordo modum tribuit decorem perpetuitatem Difference giues order to vertue order giues measure beauty and perpetuitie The second is diuersitie of offices according to the diuerse actions and functions of each one in the Church And this the Apostle mentioneth Rom. 12. habentes donationes secundum gratiam quae data est nobis differentes hauing different gifts according to the grace that is giuen vs. The third is diuersitie of states as some are more perfect than others stella differt à stella in claritate Cor. 15. one starre differs from another in glory some being incipients or beginners some proficients who haue made progresse in vertue and others perfect some in one thing some in another all which maketh for the greater embellishment of Gods Church So that we may well say with the Psalmist Psal 44. Astitit Regina à dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato circundata varietate The Queene on thy right hand in golden rayment compassed with varietie that is the Catholique Church stādeth on the right hand of God who will alwayes by his mightie hand protect it firme in faith purified by tribulations and persecutions as gold by fire with variety of stars as clergy laity and diuers sort of Religious orders Who although they be in the vnion of Gods Church all of them being true members therof hauing also conformitie with other members of the same in precepts sacraments and such like necessarie meanes of saluation as faith hope and charitie yet by à spirituall emulation 1. Cor. 12. they pursue the better gifts and desire more perfectly to follow our sauiour Christ Iesus according to the Rules which God hath ordayned for the greater beauty of his Church which by diuersitie of Rules and institutiōs giues food for each palate all tending to one and the selfe same end of making soules more perfect and pleasing to God Amongst the rest our holy Father S. Francis by the inspiration of God hath ordayned three Rules The two first haue bene explicated declared and expounded by very many the third as it was ordayned by our holy Father hath not wanted expositors but as it is appropriated to religious persons hath beene very