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B15418	Meditations vppon the mysteries of our holy faith with the practise of mental praier touching the same composed in Spanish by the R.F. Luys de la Puente ... ; and translated into English by F. Rich. Gibbons ...	Puente, Luis de la, 1554-1624.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.	1610 (1610)	STC 20485; ESTC S1664	417,169	706

Principian●s hee vseth to giue more aboundantly the milke and Honye of diuine consolations to weane them from terrene and to animate them to the imitation of his Heroicall Vertues To attaine to these endes wee are to procure by the meanes of these Meditations to knowe Christ IESVS our Lorde true God and man with so certaine proper entire and perfect a knowledge that it may arriue to vnderstand and penetrate the infinite dignitie of his Person and the inestimable riches treasures of his grace with greate esteeme and valuation thereof For in this knowledge as is testified by our Sauiour himselfe consisteth Life euerlasting Ioan. 17.3 Psal 38 4. and from it as from seede proceede the meanes to obtaine it and with the breathe thereof is inkindled in meditation the fier of Charitye which inflameth vs in his Loue Sermone de perfecta forma hominis Christiani from which springeth fortitude of hearte to imitate his Life with so greate perfection that according to that of S. Gregory Nyssenus a Christian may bee called alter Christus Another Christ in Humillity Patience and all the other Vertues as wee say of a Wiseman that hee is another Salomon The manner of meditating vpon these Mysteries Ex Patre Ignatio in primo exerci●io secundae tertiae hebdomadae to effectuate what wee pretende must bee to carrye our eyes fixed vpon foure things and to ponder them with attention The first is to beholde the Persons that are interposed in the Mysterye with the Excellencyes and interiour affections that are in them The Second is to consider the Wordes they speake and the ende wherefore and the manner wherewith they speake them The thirde is to beholde their Workes and the Vertues resplendent in those Workes The fourth is to consider what things they suffer with all their Circumstances pondering the endes thereof and motiues therevnto Out of all these foure things I am allwayes to drawe some proffit to my selfe animating my selfe to imitate what may bee imitated In the introductiō §. 1. and 2. with those other Affections and Colloquyes that wee spake of in the beginning of this Booke All this is to bee donne in euery Pointe that the meditation shall haue following the Order of the Historye as in the Progresse thereof shall bee seene And for that among the Persons that are touched in many of these mysteries especially in those of this second parte the most principall is our blessed LADIE the VIRGIN wee must most principally attende to drawe out of these meditations the knowledge and Loue of her and the imitation of her Heroicall Vertues ascending from the imitation of the mother to the imitation of her Sonne 1. Cor. 11.1 seeing shee may say vnto vs much better then Sainct Paule Bee yee folowers of mee as I also of Christ To dispose vs the better to the pretense and estimation of the ende that hath beene spoken of the meditation folowing of Vocation to imitate our Lord IESVS Christ will help very much as a foundation of these meditations imagining him in the likenesse of a most excellent King elected by God Ex Patre Ignatio in principio secundae hebdomadae that should raise vp men to make warre vpon his enemies inuiting his vassalls to followe him and promising them that if they accompany him in the fight they shall enioye with him the spoiles of the victorye The fundamentall Meditation of the infinite Excellencye of the celestiall King Christ IESVS our Lord and of the Vocation that hee maketh inuiting all men to followe him The first Pointe FIrst The Excellēcyes of our Sauiour Christe as hee is a King Psal 2.6 I am to consider that our Lord Christe is a most excellent king elected by the eternal Father to rule and gouerne men commaunding all to obey him as their proper king and lawfull Lord according to that which hee himselfe saide by the Prophet Dauid I am appointed king by him ouer Sion his holy hil preaching his precept Vpon this truthe I am to ponder first the infinite Charity of the eternall Father in the election of this soueraigne king for that beeing resolued to giue men a king hee made choice of the best that hee could giue vs whoe on the one side should bee true man as concerning our nature that hee might bee before vs with his example and entreate vs with Meekenesse and Compassion and on the other side should bee true God and his onely begotten sonne that by his infinite power hee might remedye Sermon 1. de Natiuitate and aide vs. For as Sainct Leo the Pope saith If hee had beene man onely hee could not haue remedied vs and if hee had beene God onely hee could not haue giuen vs Example From hence I will ascende to consider the excellencyes of this king in whome concurre all the Quallities that may bee in a most perfect king as is manifest by those Psalm 44 3. c. Iere. 23 5● Zachar. 9.9 that are attributed vnto him by the Prophets But principally I will pōder his infinite Wisdome whereby hee knoweth our necessities and miseries his Omnipotencye to remedye them his Mercye in beeing compassionate of them his Bountye and Charitye in desiring to remedye them his Prouidence in being carefull for our Good his Meekenesse and Affabillitye in entreating vs as Bretheren his Liberallitye and Magnificence in sharing among vs his riches and giuing vs all that hee hath euen vnto his very bodye and blood his Iustice and Prudence in Gouernment directing vs with greate Integritye and Vprightnesse and finally his Eternitye with perpetuall Constancye in his coelestiall Empire which shal neuer haue an ende And to make mee more entirely affectionate herein I will make a comparison betweene earthly kings and this heauenly king Isai 10.13 for they impose tributes and taxations vpon their vassalls and exact them with rigour this quitteth all those and louingly payeth their debtes they impouerish their vassalls to inrich themselues this impouerisheth himselfe to inriche them with his Pouertye 2. ad Cor. 8.9 they erre oftentimes in their gouernment thorough ignorance passion or malice this neuer erreth because hee is infinitely Wise Iust Good Math. 11.23.4 29. They impose very heauy Lawes vpon their subjectes yet excuse themselues to fullfill them this imposeth Lawes very sweete and by his owne example animateth men to fullfill them Finally those are tēporall kings that ende with Deathe Dani. 2.32 their Empires bee they of golde or siluer of brasse or of iron shall perish because they are founded vpon feete of Clay but this king is eternall and his kingdome shall neuer haue ende because it is founded vpon God From these three considerations and from euery one of them I am to extract seuerall affections of Praise Ioy and Thankesgiuing with greate Resolutions and Offers to doe much in the seruice of this Soueraigne king sometimes to this purpose I will speake to the