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A08920	Saint Bernard his Meditations: or Sighes, sobbes, and teares, vpon our sauiours passion in memoriall of his death. Also his Motiues to mortification, with other meditations.; Tractatus de interiori domo. English	Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; W. P., Mr. of Arts.	1614 (1614)	STC 1919A; ESTC S118711	165,249	611

thrise-holy and Diuine Scripture testifieth vvhen thou wert borne there vvas no roome in the Inne to receiue thee nor any Cradle vvherein they might repose thy tender body but thou wert thrust vnkindely into a noysome Stable in stead of thy Princely Chamber and layd in a homely Manger for thy bed of honour wrapped in swatheling clouts and fettered like a prisoner whose greatnesse cannot be contained of the heauens and whose hand in the palme of it doth comprehend the vvhole earth And thy blessed Mother did borrow this homely Chamber and hard bed of bruite beasts vvho were more willing to shew her a kinde fauour then any hard-hearted men though hee came to be their seruant Comfort your selues cheere vp your dismayed mindes and banish away all pensiue thoughts whosoeuer haue had your drink mingled with teares and haue bin long fed with the bread of affliction being scorned disdained reiected of the proud and wealthy because you haue been pined and pinched vvith needie pouertie vvhen as Christ who as the neuer-dried Fountaine of euerlasting plentie and abundance did willingly vndergoe and patiently beare the heauie burden of needy want and grieuous necessity In the time or his blessed birth he did not take his rest in a sumptuous Chamber adorned vvith carued Wainscot or furnished vvith gorgious and costly hangings neither was he found in the land of them which solace themselues with variety of pleasant delights and spend their dayes in continuall sport and pleasure Why doest thou boast oh thou vvanton rich man vvhen-thou stretchest thy selfe vpon thy bed of Iuorie painted with the choysest colours that may please the eye beautified with the rarest deuices that Art can inuent and garnished vvith the most delicate furniture that may breed wanton and carnall delight when as the King of Kings did rather chuse a noysome Stable then a Princely Pallace a homely Manger then a stately Cradle rather hard straw to lay his tender body vpon then a bed stuffed with Downe or soft feathers Luk. 2.7.8 Why art thou then so proud that thou scornest to lye vpon straw with contented humility when as this tender Infant who had all things vnder his hand and iurisdiction preferred hard straw before thy costly silkes and soft feathers SECTION V. BVt this thy tender and weake infancie oh Christ was not safe from the malice of thy furious foes nor murthering swords of bloody persecutors who craftily complotted greedily sought and would haue most grieuously wrought thy cruell bloody and sodaine death so soone as thou beganst to draw thy breath For as yet thou wert sucking the sweet breasts of thy louing Mother when as an heauenly Messenger appeared to Ioseph in his sleepe saying Arise and take the Childe and his Mother and flye into Aegipt and tarrie there vntill I shall bring thee word For it shall come to passe that Herode shall seeke the Childe to destroy him Matth. 2.13.14.15 Since that time oh sweet Iesus thou beganst to taste of the bitter Cup of humane miserie to bee touched with sense of our sorrow and patiently to beare the heauie burden of our infirmities For when bloudy Herod had heard vnwelcome newes of the birth of an other King dreading he should be forced to forgoe his royall dominions goodly kingdomes and golden Crowne for Tyrants dreame alwayes of their downefall at the surmised noyse of any little rumor hee quickly vnsheathed his cruell Sword to make a speedy end of thy beginning dayes and to cut asunder the slender thread of thy Infant life plaid the bloody Butcher and made a most cruell slaughter of many thousand of innocent Babes sucking the nourishing breasts of their louing and lamentable Mothers Matth. 2.16 so that hee dyed the streets with the streames of their guiltles bloud mingled with the teares of lamenting mothers Mat. 2.18 thinking to murther thee in this great slaughter of so many harmelesse sucklings Oh miraculous immanitie monsterous murther more then bruitish yea hellish Tyranny And when thou hadst escaped the sting of this Tyrants malice being appointed to bee transported into Aegipt to be safe there vvithout the bounds of his bloudy mischiefe and not without care of thy Father and sorrow of thy Mother wert deliuered from stormes of thy persecuted Infant-age thou diddest meekely giue vs an example of trueth worthy to bee praysed of vs and to bee seriously practised by vs for thou diddest not sit in the counsell of idle vanities nor follow the vile and wilde affections of vnbrideled desires but wert found in the middest of the Doctors propounding questions to them and attentiuely hearing their discourses although in thy breast did euer flow a continuall Spring of infinite knowledge being the Lord of all hidden sciences and the most perfect and absolute wisedome of God the eternall Father Also thou hast shewed vs a perfect patterne of due obedience to be truely performed and duely obserued of Children towards their Parents when thou being the great commander of the whole World and Supreame head in all causes and ouer all persons within thy boundlesse Dominions didst yet humbly obey the commandement of thy parents in performing the deeds of willing obedience towards them in whatsoeuer the duty of a Childe might inioyne thee or the iust commandement of thy earthly Parents impose vpon thee But when by the course of Nature thou camest to the fulnesse of a stronger age about to take in hand things of greater weight to bee acted vvith greater might thou didst come forth for the saluation of thy people like a valiant and stately Gyant to runne the vvay of all our miserie passe through the race of humane calamitie And that thou mightest make thy selfe like vnto thy brethren in all things and in thy selfe make a resemblance of their depraued nature thou as it were a sinner didst goe to thy Seruant baptizing sinners vnto true repentance thou oh innocent Lambe of God didst require to be Baptized Mat. 3.13.14.15 who euer wert free from the least staine of iniquitie and neuer subiect to any little spot of our sinfull infirmity but hauing put on thee the fleshly garment of our weake nature thou didst still continue pure cleane and vndefiled And being baptized in the waters thou doest not sanctifie thy selfe with the waters but doest sanctifie the waters by thee that by them thou mightest sanctifie vs. SECTION VI. AFter thy Baptisme by the spirit of inuincible fortitude thou didst enter into the solitary desart Mat. 4.1 that by thy example thou mightest teach vs to depart as it were out of the World when we giue our selues to diuine Meditations that worldly impediments being remooued from our outward senses the zeale of our Spirits might the better be inflamed our prayers haue freer passage and the deuotion of our willing hearts lesse hindered Thou didst constantly endure and patiently beare what discommodities soeuer the vncouth wildernesse might bring or the bitternesse of fasting for the space of forty daies and forty nights breed vnto thee Mat. 4.2

let the time come I pray thee let that blessed time come wherein I may see that with my inward eyes which now I beleeue by faith which now I enioy by hope and apprehend a farre off And that I may embrace that with mine armes and kisse that with my ioyfull lips which I now long to haue with such thirstie desires as will neuer be satisfied vntill they be wholy possessed of it and that I be swallowed vp in the deepe Sea of thine infinite goodnesse oh my Sauiour and my God But praise thou oh my Soule my God my Sauiour and magnifie his Name For it is holy replenished with store of most holy delights whose quantitie is stinted with no measure nor qualitie subiect to any mutability Oh how good how sweet art thou Lord Iesus to the soule that seeketh thee Oh Iesus the Redeemer of those which were lost the Sauiour of those which are redeemed the hope of the banished the strength of those that are troubled the libertie of a Spirit afflicted with bondage the comfortable solace and sweet refreshing of a sorrowfull Soule which sheddeth teares and sendeth forth sweat while it runneth after thee the Crowne of the Tryumphing the onely reward and ioy of all celestiall Citizens the most plentifull Fountaine of all Graces the glorious Sonne of the highest God and also the highest God Roman 3.25 Matth. 9.12 Zach. 13.1 Psal 16.5 Iohn 10.7.9 Let all things praise thee which are in Heauen aboue and which are in Earth beneath Thou art great and thy name is wonderfull Oh exceeding glory of the high God and most pure brightnesse of eternall light oh life quickening euery life oh light illuminating euery light and preseruing them in eternall brightnesse A thousand thousands of glistering lights are before the Throne of thy Diuinity for euer Oh eternall and vnaccessible substance the most cleere sweet streame of a Fountaine hidden from the eyes of all mortall Creatures whose water is without beginning profunditie without any bottome depth without any end amplitude vnsearchable purity vncorruptible The heart of the highest God hath sent thee out from his bottomlesse deepenesse life hath sent forth life light hath sent forth light the Eternall hath sent forth the Eternall the incomprehensible hath sent forth the incomprehensible and coequall to himselfe in all things all of vs receiue from thy fulnesse For thou a most plentifull Fountaine doest send out from thy Treasures a precious Riuer of euery good thing of thy seauen-folde Graces vvith vvhose pleasant sweetnesse thou dost vouchsafe to sweeten the saltnesse of the salt Sea of our infirmities A riuer of the oyle of gladnesse a riuer of pure Wine a riuer of fierie courage The holy spirit the comforter is poured forth from thee and the Father into the World equall to both filling all things contayning all things the Spirit proceeding from thee proceeding from the Father one Spirit proceeding from both vniting both to wit the vnseparable connexion the glewe of perfect Vnion the Cyment that can neuer be dissolued the euerlasting knot of eternall coniunction of both and peace passing all vnderstanding This is the flood oh Lord of abounding and exceeding pleasure wherewith thou doest water continually that pleasant and glorious Citie Ierusalem which is aboue so that the furrowes thereof are filled with the streames of eternall delight Where the bright and glistering Organs sound out sweet songs of continuall reioycing whose melody exceedeth in sweetnesse neuer ceaseth but hath an euerlasting continuance With the sweet drops of this pleasant riuer the thirsty iawes of thy banished people oh Lord doe waite continually to bee refreshed by thee Suffer oh Lord the whelpes to drinke vp the droppes that fall from the Table of their Masters Let the Heauens send downe from aboue the comfortable deaw and let the clouds poure forth a gracious rayne oh Lord of that righteous Spirit vvhich thou diddest cause to streame downe vpon the famous first fruits of thy people an euident demonstration of our future tryumphing With the heauenly distillation of those fierie drops we pray thee oh Lord that thou wilt vouchsafe to purge renew illuminate enflame to make ioyfull confirme and vnite the harts of them which beleeue in thee that they may be one sauour one thing require and apprehend one thing with one minde that they may see and laud thee the GOD of Gods in Sion Glory thanks-giuing honour and dominion be ascribed to the inseparable Trinitie now and for euer AMEN Daemona non armis sed morte subegit Iesus The Authors deprecation or Petition for himselfe DEliuer mee from mine enemies oh my God and from them which hate mee because of their multitude I dread them and because of their might I am too weake to encounter them And I which euen vntill this day haue liued against my selfe vvill euen now begin through thy grace to liue to my selfe For we ought to liue so here in this World that when the body shall be deuoured of the Wormes in the graue the soule may reioyce with the Saints in Heauen We ought to seeke after the heauenly Ierusalem The Spirit is to bee directed towards that place to which it shall goe and wee ought to make hast thither where wee may alwaies liue and neuer stand any more in feare of our loue If we so deerely loue and highly esteeme this sliding fickle and fraile life in which wee liue vvith toyle labour and yet by eating drinking and sleeping can scant satisfie the necessities of the flesh and supply her daily wants wee ought farre dearer to esteeme and feruently to desire to attaine to eternall life in the Hauen of rest where we shall sustaine no labour where is alwaies the chiefest pleasure greatest happinesse happy liberty and endlesse blessednesse where men shall be like vnto the Angels of God and the righteous shine like the Sunne in the Kingdome of their Father How wonderfully and gloriously doest thou thinke that the soules of the iust shall excell in brightnesse when as the light of their bodies shall equall the splendour of the Sunne when as his golden beames doe shine clearest There shall be no sadnesse no pensiuenesse no paine no feare there shall be no labour no death but perpetuall health dwelleth there and abideth for euer there breedeth no spitefull malice no miserie of the flesh no dolefull calamitie There is no grieuous sicknesse no pinching want no carefull necessitie There is no hunger no thirst no colde no heate no wearisomnesse of Fasting no temptation of the enemie neither is there any will to sinne nor facultie to offend but ioy and gladnesse ouer-spreadeth all reioycing and exultation possesseth all Men there also associated with the Angels and freed from all fleshly infirmitie shall remaine and continue for euer There shall be infinite pleasure euerlasting blessednesse in which whosoeuer shall once be happily inuested hee shall surely and securely liue possessed with it for euer There shall be quiet rest from our toyling and tyring labours perpetuall peace vvithout any dreadfull feare of our enemies delightfull pleasantnesse proceeding from flourishing and continuall newnesse securitie arising from Eternitie delectablenesse and sweetnesse flowing from the glorious vision of GOD our omnipotent Creatour And who doth not hourely long and daily desire to dwell and remaine in this heauenly Paradise and celestiall Pallace of true and euerlasting pleasure both in regard of that perpetuall peace delightfull pleasantnesse neuer-decaying eternity and also in respect of the glorious Vision and sight of God who shall replenish vs with infinite ioy and immeasurable gladnesse No man shall be there a Pilgrime and Stranger but whosoeuer shall be admitted as vvorthy to come and enter into this celestiall City they shall dwell there for euer in their owne Country secure from all feare of any dreadfull danger alwayes ioyfull alwayes satisfied with the most delightfull sight of GOD their Creator And by how much the greater obedience any one shall performe towards God heere by so much the more bountifull reward hee shall receiue of him there and by how much the more entierly and deerely he shall long after God by so much the neerer hee shall approach vnto him and see him vvhom so exceedingly hee coueteth to view and desireth to behold To this Kingdome bring mee oh God by the merits of thy Sonne Christ IESVS FINIS