de manu hostium potenter defende Vers. Gloria Patri Filio Spiritui c. Hymnus SALVE Virgo florens Mater illibata Regina clementiae Stellis coronata Supra omnes Angelos Pura immaculata Atque ad Regis dexteraÌ„ Stans veste deaurata Per te Mater gratiae Dulcis spes reorum Fulgens stella maris Portus naufragorum Patens Caeli ianua Salus infirmorum Videamus Regem In aula Sanctorum Amen Vers. Oleum effusum Maria nomen tuum Resp. Serui tui dilexeruÌ„t te nimis Oremus SAncta Maria Regina Caelorum c. Vers. Domina exaudi orationem meam Resp. Et clamor meus ad te veniat Vers. Benedicamus Domino Resp. Deo gratias Vers. Et fidelium animae per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace Resp. Amen COMMENDATIO SVpplices offerimus Tibi Virgo pia Has Horas cononicas Fac nos vt in via Ducas cursu prospero Et in agonia Tu nobis assiste O dulcis Maria. AmeÌ„ Sequens AnÌ„a à Paulo V. Pontif. Max. approbata est qui eamdem vnâ cum Oratine de Immaculata virginis Conceptione recitantibus centum dierum Indulgentias concessit AnÌ„a Haec est virga in qua nec nodus originalis nec cortex actualis culpa fuit vers In Conceptione tua Virgo immaculata fuisti Resp. Ora pro nobis Patrem cuius Filium peperisti Oremus DEVS qui per immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum Filio tuo habitaculum praeparasti quaesumus vt sicut ex morte eiusdeÌ„ Filij sui praeuisa eam ab omnilabe praeseruasti ita nos quoque mundos cius intercessione ad te peruenire concedas Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum filium tuum qui tecum viuit regnat in vnitate Spiritus sancti Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen APPROBATIO Vidit approbauit Petrus Steuartius Vicarius Leodiensis THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE CONCEPTION OF THE B. VIRGIN MARY to be dayly sayd AT MATTINES Vers. Ah let my lippes sing and display Resp. The Blessed Virgins prayse this day Vers. O Lady to my help intend Resp. Me from my foes strongly defend Vers. Glory be to the Faâ—her to the Son c. Resp. EueÌ„ as it was in the beginning and now and euer and world without end Amen The Hymne HAyle Lady of the world Of heaueÌ„ bright Queen The Virgin of Virgins Starre early seene Hayle full of all grace Cleere light diuine Lady to succour vs With speed incline God from Eternity Before all other Of the Word thee ordain'd To be the Mother Wherwith he created The earth sea the skye His faire spouse he chose thee From Adams sin free Vers. God hath elected and preelected thee Resp. He hath made her dwell in his Tabernacle Let vs pray O Holy Mary Mother of our Lord Iesus Christ Queene of Heauen and Lady of the world who forsakest or despisest no man behold me mercifully with the eye of Piety and obtain for me of thy beloued Sonne pardon of all my sinnes that I who with deuout affection do now honour thy holy Conception may heereafter enioy the reward of Eternall blisse through the grace and mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ whome thou o Virgin didst bring forth Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost liueth and raigneth one God in perfect Trinity for euer and euer Amen Vers. O Lady heare my prayer Resp. And let my crye vnto thee Vers. Let vs prayse our Lord. Resp. Thankes be to God Vers. And let the souls of the faythfull departed through the mercy of God rest in peace Resp. Amen AT PRIME O Lady to my help intend Resp. Me from my foes stroÌ„gly defend Vers. Glory be to the Father c. The Hymne HAILE Virgin most prudent House for God plac't With the seauenfold pillar And table grac't Sau'd from contagioÌ„ Of the fraile earth In wombe of thy parent Saint before byrth Mother of the liuing Gate of Saints merits The new star of Iacob Queene of pure spirits To Zabulon fearefull Armyes array Be thou of Christians Refuge and stay Vers. He hath created her in his holy Spirit Resp. And hath powred her out ouer all his workes Let vs pray O Holy Mary Mother of our Lord c. Vers. O Lady heare my prayer Resp. And let my crye come vnto thee vers Let vs blesse our Lord. Resp. Thanks be to God Vers. And let the soules â—f the faithfull departed â—hrough the mercy of God rest in peace Resp. Amen AT THIRD Resp. O Lady to my help intend Me from my foes stroÌ„gly defend Vers. Glory be to the c. The Hymne HAile Arkeof couenaÌ„t Throne Salomons fame Bright rainbow of heaueÌ„ Bush safe in flame The fleece of Gedeon The flowring Rod Sweet hony of Sampson Closet of God T' was meete Sonne so noble Should saue from stayn Wherwith all Eues children Spotted remaine The mayd whome for Mother He had elected That she might be neuer With sinne infected Vers. I dwell in the Highest Resp. And my Throne in the pillar of the cloud Let vs pray O Holy Mary Mother of God c. Vers. O Lady heare my prayer Resp. And let my crye come vnto thee Vers. Let vs blesse our Lord. Resp. Thanks be to God Vers. And let the soules of the faythful departed throgh the mercy of God rest in peace Resp. Amen AT SIXTH O Lady to my help intend Resp. Me from my foes strongly defend Vers. Glory be to the Father c. The Hymne HAYLE mother and Virgin Of the Trinity Temple Ioy of Angels Cell of Purity Comfort of the Mourners Guarden of pleasure Palme-tree of Patience Chastityes treasure Thou land Sacerdotal Art blessed holy From sinne Originall Exempted solely The Citty of the Highest Gate of the East Virgins gemme in thee All graces rest Vers. As the Lilly amoÌ„g thornes Resp. So my beloued among the daughters of Adam Let vs pray O Holy Mary mother of our Lord c. Vers. O Lady heare my prayer Resp. And let my crye come vnto thee Vers. Let vs blesse our Lord. Resp. Thanks be to God Vers. And let the soules of the faythful departed throgh the mercy of God rest in peace Resp. Amen AT NINTH O Lady to my help intend Resp. Me from my foes strongly defend Vers. Glory be to the Father to the Son c. The Hymne HAyle Citty of refuge King Dauids tower Fensed with bulwarkes And armours power In thy Conception Charity did flame The fierce dragoÌ„s pride Was brought to shame Iudith inuincible Woman of Armes Faire Abisai Virgin True Dauid warmes Sonne of faire Rachel Did Aegvpt store Mary of the World The Sauiour bore Vers. Thou art all favre O my beloued Resp. And originall spot was neuer in thee Let vs pray O Holy Mary Mother of our Lord c Vers. O Lady heare my prayer Resp. And let my crye come vnto thee Vers. Let vs prayse our Lord. Resp. Thanks be to God Vers. And let the souls of the
qui tecum c. AD COMPLETORIVM Vers. Spiritus sancti gratia illuminet sensus corda nostra Resp. Amen Versus COnuerte nos Deus salutaris noster Resp Et auerte iram tuam à nobis vers Deus in adiutoriuÌ„ meum intende Resp. Domine ad adiuuandum me festina Vers. Gloria Patri Filio c. Alleluia Hymnus SPiritus paraclitus nos velit iuuare Gressus nostros regere illuminare Vt cùm Deus venerit omnes indicare Nos velit ad dexteram suam appellare Ana. Veni Sancte Spiritus reple c. vers Emitte Spiritum tuum creabuntur Resp. Et renouabis faciem terrae Oremus ADSIT nobis quaesumus Domine c. COMMENDATIO HAS Horas canonicas cum deuotione Tibi sancte Spiritus piaâ— ratione Dixi vt nos visites inspiratione Et viuamus iugiter caelâ— regione MVNDAY THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE HOLY GHOST AT MATTINS Vers. The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our our senses and harts â„Ÿ Amen Versus O Lord thou wilt open my lips â„Ÿ And my mouth shal shew forth thy prayse Vers. O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father to the Son c. Resp. At it was in the beginning both now and euer and world without end Amen Alleluia From Septuagesima to Easter insteed of Alleluia is sayd Praise be to thee O Lord King of eternall glory The Hymne THY holy spirit grant to vs O Lord By which the virgin did conceaue the Word When Gabriel with his message to her came God became man and she coÌ„ceau'd the same Antiph Come O holy Spirit replenish the hartes of thy faythfull enkindle in them the fire of thy loue Vers. Send forth thy spirit and they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord that the power of the holy Ghost may be present with vs which may mercifully purge our harts and defend vs from all aduersityes through our Lord Iesus Christ thy Son c. AT PRIME vers The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our senses harts â„Ÿ Amen Versus O God incline to myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THE body which to christ the virgin gaue Dead on the Crosse was buryed in the graue Rysing againe to his disciples eyes He shews himselfe so to heauen flyes Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish c. â„£ Send forth thy spirit they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord c. AT THIRD vers The grace of the Holy Ghost enlighten our senses and harts Resp. Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne ALmighty God sending the holy Ghost Strengthned the Apostls at the Pentecost Enflamed them with clouen tongues of fire Left them not orphans such was his desire Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish c. â„£ Send forth thy Spirit they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord c. AT SIXTH Vers. The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our senses harts â„Ÿ Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THen they al receau'd the seauenfold grace And vnderstood the toÌ„gues of euery place Then to the corners of the earth they reached And all the world thoroughout the Ghospell preached Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish c. â„£ Send forth thy spirit they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt c. Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord c. AT NINTH Vers. The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our senses and harts â„Ÿ AmeÌ„ Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THe spirit he was called comfort giuing Guift of God charity and fountaine liuing Vnction of the spirit fire enflamed Seauenfold grace free gift so was he named Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish c. â„£ Send forth thy Spirit and they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord c. AT EVENSONGE Vers. The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our our senses and harts â„Ÿ Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne FIngar of Gods right hand power of the spirit Defend and saue vs from all ill demerit That by the fiend of hel we may not perish Vnder thy wings protect vs still and cherish Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish the harts of thy faythfull and enkindle in them c. v. Send forth thy spirit and they shal be created Resp. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord that the power of the holy Ghost may be present with vs which may mercifully purge our harts and defend vs from all aduersityes throgh our Lord Iesus Christ thy Son c. AT COMPLINE Vers. The grace of the holy Ghost enlighteÌ„ our senses and harts Resp. Amen Versus COnuert vs. O Lord our Sauiour Resp. And auert thy anger from vs. Vers. O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne SPirit of comfort help vs with thy grace Direct our steps shew vs thy shinning face That when God comes to iudge both great and small To his right hand he vs with mercy call Antiph Come o holy Spirit replenish c. â„£ Send forth thy spirit they shal be created â„Ÿ And thou shalt renew the face of the earth Let vs pray VVE beseech thee O Lord c. THE COMMENDATION THese houres o holy spirit of deuotion I haue rehearsed to thee by pious motion That we in heaueÌ„ grant vs thy inspiration Euer with thee may mak our habitation FERIA III. OFFICIVM PARVVM SS NOMINIS IESV AD MATVTINVM vers Sit nomen domini benedictum in saecula Resp. Amen Versus DOmine labia mea aperies Resp. Et os meum annuÌ„ciabit laudem tuam vers Deus in adiutoriuÌ„ meum intende Resp. Domine adiuuandum me festina vers Gloria Patri Filio â—piritui sancto Resp. Sicut erat in principio 〈◊〉 semper in saecula saeculorum Amen Alleluia A Septuagesima vsque ad Pascha loco Alleluia dicitur Laus tibi domine Rex aeternae gloriae Hymnus IESV dulcis memoria Dans vera Cordi Gaudia Sed super mel omnia Eius dulcis praesentia AnÌ„a
ad adiuuandum me festina Vers. Gloria Patri Filio c. Alleluia Hymnus TAntum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui Et antiquum documentum Nouo cedat ritui Praestet fides supplemeÌ„tum Sensuum defectui AnÌ„a O sacrum conuiuium in quo Christus sumitur recolitur memoria passionis eius mens impletur gratia futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur Vers. Panem de caelo praestiti eis Domine Resp Omne delectamentum in se habentem Oremus DEus qui nobis sub Sacramento mirabili Passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti tribue quaesumus ita nos Corporis Sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari vt redemptionistuae fructum in nobis iugiter seÌ„tiamus Qui viuis regnas cum Deo Patre in vnitate Spiritus sancti Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen AD COMPLETORIVM Vers. Panem Angelorum manducauit homo paratur ei mensa Domini â„Ÿ Amen Versus COnuerte nos Deus salutaris noster Resp Et auâ—rte iram tuam à nobis vers Deus in adiutoriuÌ„ meum intende Resp. Domine ad adiuuandum me festina vers Gloria Patri Filio c. Alleluia Hymnus GEnitori Genitoâ—ue Laus iubilatio Salus Honor Virtus quoque Sit benedictio Procedenti ab vtroque Compar sit laudatio AnÌ„a O quà m suauis est Domine spiritus tuus qui vt dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares pane suauissimo de caelo praestito esurientes reples bonis fastidiosos c. vers Panem de Caelo praestitisti eis Domine Resp. Omne delectameÌ„tum in se habentem Oremus DEvs qui nobis sub Sacramento c. COMMENDATIO HAs Horas canonicas cum deuotione Dixi in memoria tui Iesu bone Corporis sanctissimi pia ratione Fac vt illo perfruar caeli regione Amen THVRSDAY THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE B. SACRAMENT AT MATTINS Vers. Man hath eaten the â—read of Angels and the table of our Lord is prepard for him Resp. Amen Versus O Lord thou wilt open my lips â„Ÿ And my mouth shall shew forth thy prayse Vers. O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father to the Son c. Resp. At it was in the beginning both now and euer and world without end Amen Alleluia From Septuagesâ—ma to Easter insteed of Alleluia is sayd Praise be to thee o lord K. of eternal glory The Hymne SIng thou my tong with accent cleere The glorious bâ— mystery And of those droâ—â— bloud most deare By which he let the lost-world free Whome the most noble wombe did beare To whome all Nations subiect be Antiph O how sweet O Lord is thy spirit who that thou mightst shew thy sweetnes towardes thy children by most sweet bread sent froÌ„ heaueÌ„ fillest the huÌ„gry with good things sending the fastidious rich empty away vers Thou hast giuen them bread c. Resp Hauing all delightfullnes within it Let vs pray O God who vnder an admirable SacrameÌ„t hast left vnto vs the memory of thy Passion grant vs we beseech thee so to reuereÌ„ce the sacred mysteryes of thy body and bloud that we may continually feele in our selues the fruite of thy redemption who liuest and raignest with God the Father in the vnity of the holy Ghost c. AT PRIME Vers. Man hath eaten the bread of Angells and the table of our Lord is prepared for him â„Ÿ Amen vers O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne HE giuen for vs born for our sakes A pure mayde for his Mother chose He in the World his dwelling makes And heer his seed of doctrine sowes This stay when he the earth forsakes He doth with wondrous order close Antiph O how sweet O Lord c. Vers. Thou hast giuen them bread c. Resp. Hauing all c. Let vs pray O God who vnder an admirable c. AT THIRD Vers. Man hath eaten the bread of Angels and the table of our Lord is prepared for him Resp. Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne AT his last supper made by night He with his brethren takes his seate And hauing kept the auncient rite Vsing the lawes prescribed meate His twelue discipls doth inuite From his owne handes himselfe to eate Antiph O how sweet O Lord is thy c. Vers. Thou hast giuen them bread from heauen o Lord. Resp. Hauing al delightfullnes within in Let vs pray O God who vnder an admirable c. AT SIXTH vers Man hath eaten the bread of Angells and the table of our Lord is prepared for him Resp. Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THe Word made flesh to wordes imparts Such strength that bread his flesh is made He wine into our bloud conuerts And if our sense heere faile and fade To satisfy Religious hartes Fayth only can the truth perswade Antiph O how sweet O Lord is thy c. vers Thou hast giuen them bread from heauen O Lord. Resp. Hauing all delightfullnes within it Let vs pray O God who vnder an admirable c. AT NINTH vers Man hath eaten the bread of Angells the table of our Lord is prepared for him Resp. Amen vers O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me Vers. Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THe bread Angelical Is giueÌ„ to al mankind This bread celestiall Vnder the forms we find O wonder of al wonders the most great A seruant poore base his Lord doth eate Antiph O how sweet o Lord is thy spirit who that thou mightest shew thy sweetnes c. Vers. Thou hast giuen them bread from heauen o Lord. Resp. Hauing al delightfullnes within it Let vs pray O God who vnder an admirable c. AT EVENSONGE Vers. Man hath eaten the bread of Angells the table of our Lord is prepared for him Resp. Amen Versus O God incline vnto myne ayde Resp. O Lord make hast to help me vers Glory be to the Father c. Alleluia The Hymne THen to this Sacrament so high Low reuereÌ„ce let vs now direct Old rites must yield in dignity To this with such great graces deckt And faith withall those wants supply Wherein the senses feele defect Antiph O holy banquet in which Christ is receaued the memory of his passion is renewed the soule is filled with grace a pledge of the glory to come is giueÌ„ vnto vs. vers Thou hast giuen them bread from heauen o Lord. Resp. Hauing all delightfullnes within it Let vs praâ— O God who vnder an admirable SacrameÌ„t hast left vnto vs the memory of thy Passion grant vs we beseech thee so to reuereÌ„ce
he was forced to flye into Aegypt because Herod sought his life to make him away Consider how many miseryes aduersityes the poore little child suffered in so long and paynfull a iourney and in Aepypt a strange and barbarous coūtrey wher he liued in a most poore manner for some yeares by the labours paines of S. Ioseph his poore Mother 3. Consider the patience that the Iewes put him vnto when they often called him a seducer of the people seditious a Magitian raiser vp of Diuels an enemy of God blasphemer a preuaricatour transgressour of the Law gaue out that he was a drinker of wine sometymes in a fury they rose against him and had a desire one tyme to stone him another tyme to thrust him downe headlong from the top of an hill but our meeke Iesus is not recorded either to haue reuenged himselfe of so great iniuryes or to haue been incensed at al against the ingratefull people but to haue studyed to do them good euery way 4. Consider how patient he was in al his dolourous passion When he was layed hand on in the garden and carryed away as a thiefe bound fast was in the sight of Annas censured for arrogant and receaued that vnworthy buffet at the hands of a most vile bound-slaue Caiphas held him for a blasphemer and Herod for a foole and being treated for such an one he endured all without any perturbation of mind and with exceeding patience Consider the singular acts of patience which our Sauiour exercised in the house of Pilate where he was boūd fast to a pillar scourged as some notorious malefactour scorned mocked in putting on the crowne of thornes vpon his head grieuously payned therewith his diuin face not only buffeted but also defiled with most loathsome spittle and when he had much a do to stand they forced him to carry his own crosse whereon he was nailed and did hang till death All this much more our Lord suffered with so great patience as he complained not at al. Of this Meditation you shall conceaue a confusion and shame for that you haue suffered so little or nothing at all for our Lord who hath suffered so much so great matters for vs. 1. THov who seeest how much thy Sauiour hath endured for thee say now who dost complayne so much what thou hast suffered for him 2. Thou hast not yet from the first instant of thy natiuity begun to suffer 3. Thou hast not yet beene persecuted vnto death nor against all equity and conscience 4. Thou hast not byn scourged nor crowned with thorns nor nayled to a crosse nor so much as shed one droppe of bloud for thy Creatour 5. What manner of patience is thyne when for euery little aduersity or word thou art troubled or fillest the ayre with complaints WEDNESDAY Of Christ his Meeknes 1. COnsider how the Scripture sayd of Christ to the Countrey of Iury Loe thy King commeth vnto thee meeke For where the worlds desert was that our lord shold haue come downe from heauen armed with the sword of Iustice to take vengeance on the iniquityes of it he descended all benigne and gentle that he might redresse it and giue a remedy vnto it by meeknes and not chasten it with the seuerity and rigour of his diuin iustice 2. Cōsider how Christ was most meek towards his disciples and gently bare with their defects when they contented about the primacy amōg themselues when they were angry with Mary Magdalen at her annoynting his head with precious oyntment whē they forsook him in the garden when-he was betrayed into the Iewes hands For in these and the like defects Christ out of his Gentlenes chose rather meekly and benignly to blame them the in a more seuere māner to checke them by shar◠reprehension 3. Consider the meeknes that he vsed towards the Scribes Pharisies his enemyes who calūniated his workes and iniustly persecuted him affirming that he droue out vncleane spirits in the power of Beelzebub when he pardoned him his sins who was troubled with the palsey and that he blasphemed that he had a diuell whē he reprehended them For our Lord by answering with mildnes to these other their like calumniatiōs confounded their ill meaning boldnes and ouermuch presumption 4. Consider further how our Lord discouered his meeknes in the presence of the Diuell For he permitted himselfe to be tempted of him and though he best knew the peruerse wil of the bad and malignant spirit and might at the first haue confounded him put him to silence and driuen him away yet he chose rather to ouercome him with mild answeres and in that manner to controle the extreme boldnes of the infernall friend 5. Consider the wonderfull signes of meekenes that Christ vsed towards Iudas who betrayed him For though he knew that he had sold him for money yet he louingly admitted him to his table washed his feete and when the houre was come that he deliuered him into the handes of his enemyes he friendly imbraced him permitted him to giue him a kisse and by calling him friend in a mild manner wished him to remember himselfe and did put him in mind of the sin that he then committed Finally like a meek lambe he suffered himselfe to be bound and to be lead whithersoeuer his Aduersaries thought best The fruit of this meditation shal be to vnderstand the defect and want of meeknes that lyeth hid in thee and to take paines for the gayning of it 1. HOw farre thou comest short of thy meeke master Iesus who art not able to bear with the very least defect in thy Neighbours 2. How little thy meekenes is who art angry at euery least word and threatnest therfore 3. What wouldst thou now doe if calumnyes were raised against thee or that thou wert iustly persecuted 4. What wouldst thou do if thou wert sold betrayed of him who had receaued singular benefits at thy hands as Christ our lord was sold and betrayed of his disciple Iudas vpon whom he had cōferred so great benefits THVRSDAY Of Christs contempt of the world 1. COnsider how our Sauiour cōtemned all those things that men of the world desire and seeke after For first he contemned the riches of this world and lead so poore a life as he would not haue possessiō of any earthly thing at all but liuing of almes was contented with those thinges that were necessary for his state of pouerty and for cloathing 2. Consider how he despised al pleasures and carnall delectations For the Iewes who had treated him ignominiously many wayes neuer durst infame him touching Chastity which he so plainely demonstrated in his very face as it induced and moued euery one who beheld him to chastity and purity of life 3. Consider how he not only contemned the honours dignityes of this world but also at what tyme the Iewes would once haue made him King he accepted it not but went away from them
workes 5. Consider how diligent and serious he was in prayer and when as by day by reason of his ouermuch busines wherwith he was detayned in preaching and in the conuersion of his neighbors he could not pray he attended to prayer by night and as S. Luke sayth he spent the night in the prayer of God And this is also manifest for that before he began his passion in great humility and earnestnes he addressed his prayer thrice vnto his heauenly Father and in the expiration of his life he pleased to end it and to dye in praying namely while he did hang vpon the Crosse he prayed first for his persecutours and in saying Into thy hands O Lord I commend my spirit he gaue vp his Ghost The fruit that is to be gathered of this Meditation 1. IF the Sonne of God were so diligent not for any profit that were to redound to himselfe why shouldst not thou be confoūded who art so negligent in matters of spirit that were prescribed for the good of thy soule 2. What will it help thee if thou be circumspect in temporall and transitory things shalt be negligent in prayer mortification pennance and other spirituall functions 3. Thou art also deceaued if thou be diligent in thy particuler deuotions and slouthfull and drowsy in the obseruation of the commandements of God of the Church 4. If thou desire to attaine to a diligence in spiritual matters endeauour to loue them for that the more thou shalt be affected vnto them the more diligent wilt thou be inprocuring thē ANNOTATIONS FOR the due performing of the former Meditations it is to be vnderstood that the Vertues of our Sauiour may be meditated vpon three manner of wayes 1. First that we may vnderstand their nature and perfection as the Philosophers vse to contemplate the heauens for the vnderstanding of their nature 2. Secondly for the praysing magnifying of him who had so excellent vertues And this second manner is both more noble and more gratefull to God for that it hath a more excellent and a more perfect end that is the praysing of Gods Godnes 3. Thirdly for imitation and purchasing of thē this is the best māner of all and more excellent then the other two and more pleasing to God For besides that that it comprehendeth the excellency of the two other it hath withall a most noble end which maketh a man like vnto the sonne of God And that is the greatest perfection of all that a reasonable creature hath or can haue in this life Moreouer in this manner be exercised the three powers of the soule The Memory layeth before the eyes Christs life as the acts of vertue◠which he exercised whiles he liued The Vnderstanding discourseth about the vertues and the qualityes of then◠And the Wil to the same vertues applyeth Affection which helpeth to the attayning of those vertues for in that in which a thing is loued in that it is sought for to be attained The vtilityes of his last manner be diuers 1. The first purgeth the soule from vices For while the vertues are planted the vices are destroyed in it 2. The second restoreth it to the former beauty and seemlynes and directeth it for that by the vertues the passions are brought backe againe to their naturall order that they doe no more then what they are swayed vnto by reason 3. The third illuminateth for that the soule informed and furnished with vertues and not troubled with passions both seeth discerneth iudgeth the better 4. The fourth maketh it gratefull to the Creatour and to all other creatures sith there is nothing that maketh a man so amiable as doth vertue which draweth the very enemyes to loue and admire it 5. The fifth enricheth it with merits for that all the vertuous acts of him who is in grace be meritorious And the way of reaping some fruit in these Meditations is this that a man put on an effectuall and earnest desire of attayning the said vertues for from this desire proceedeth the exercise therof which is the principall and only way to purchase them Wherfore vpon Sunday he who meditateth of the humility of Christ must exercise many acts of Humility Vpon Munday he must exercise acts of Obedience and so of the rest It is not euer necessary to meditate vpon all the fiue points of the Meditation but it is inough to insist vpon one or two and oftentymes in the day to exercise the vertue that be hath meditated vpon to craue grace of God to go forwardes therein euery day more and more LITANIAE DE D. VIRGINE IN AEDE LAVRETANA dici solitae KYRIE eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Pater de caelis Deus Misere nobis Fili Redemptor mundi Deus Miserere nobis Spiritus Sancte Deus Miserere nobis Sācta Trinitas vnus Deus Miserere nobis Ora pro nobis Sancta Maria Sancta Dei Genitrix Sancta Virgo virginum Mater Christi Mater diuinae gratiae Mater purissima Mater castissima Mater inuiolata Mater intemerata Mater amabilis Mater admirabilis Mater Creatoris Mater Saluatoris Virgo Prudentissima Virgo Veneranda Virgo Praedicanda Virgo potens Virgo clemens Virgo fidelis Speculum iustitiae Sedes Sapientiae Causa nostrae laetitiae Vas spirituale Vas honorabile Vas insigne deuotionis Rosa mystica Turris Dauidica Turris eburnea Domus aurea Foederis arca Ianua Caeli Stella Matutina Salus infirmorum Refugium peccatorum Cōsolatrix afflictorum Auxilium Christianorum Regina Angelorum Regina Patriarcharum Regina Prophetarū Regina Apostolorū Regina Martyrum Regina Confessorū Regina Virginum Regina Sanctorum omnium Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Parce nobis Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Exaudi nos Domine Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis Christe audi nos Christe exaudi nos Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison Pater noster Vers. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem Resp. Sed libera nos à malo Vers. Domine exaudi orationem meam Resp. Et clamor meus ad te veniat Oremus GRatiam tuam quaesumus Domine mētibus nostris infunde vt qui Angelo nunciante Christi Filij tui incarnationem cognouimus per passionem eius crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur DEfende quaesumus Domine beata Maria semper Virgine intercedēte istam ab omni aduersitate familiam toto corde tibi prostratā ab hostium propitiùs tuere clementer insidijs Per eumdem Dominum nostrum lesum Christum Filium tuum qui tecum viuit regnat in vnitate Spiritus sancti Deus per omnia saecula saeculorū Amen THE LETANYES OF OVR B. LADY OF LORETO LOrd haue mercy on vs. Christ haue mercy on vs. Lord haue mercy on vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ graciously hear vs. God the Father of heauē haue