vpon the graues of them that had sacrificed vnto them 5. And hee burnt the bones of the Priests vpon their altars and cleansed Iudah and Ierusalem 1. Sam. 7 3. If ye doe returne vnto the Lord with all your hearts then put away the strange Gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts vnto the Lord and serue him onely 4. The children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth and serued the Lord onely 10. Ier. 10. The Lord is the true God he is the liuing God and an euerlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation Inuocation 13. Rom. 10. WHosoeuer shall call vpon the name of the Lord shall be saued 15. Psal 50. Call vpon mee in the day of trouble I will deliuer thee and thou shalt glorifie me 9. Zepha 3 I will turne to the people a pure language that they may all call vpon the name of the Lord to serue him with one consent Act. 7. 59 They stoned Steuen calling vpon God and saying Lord Iesus receiue my spirit Luk. 11. 2. When ye pray say Our father which art in heauen hallowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come thy will be done as in heauen so in earth 3. Giue vs day by day our dayly bread 4. And forgiue vs our sinnes for we also forgiue euery one that is indebted to vs. And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill 23. Io. 16. Whatsoeuer yee shall aske the father in my name he will giue it you 28. Mat. 11. Come vnto me all ye that labour and are heauie laden and I will giue you rest 16. Heb. 4. Let vs come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obtaine mercie and find grace to helpe in time of need 14. Psal 50. Offer vnto GOD thanksgiuing and pay thy vowes vnto the most high 3. 18. I will call vpon the Lord who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saued from mine enemies 6. In my distresse I called vpon the Lord and cryed vnto my God Hee heard my voice out of his Temple and my crie came before him even into his eares 5. 3. My voice shalt thou heare in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my prayer vnto thee and will looke vp 13. 3. Consider and heare me ô Lord my God lighten mine eyes least I sleep the sleepe of death 1. King 8. 39. Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place forgiue and doe and giue to euery man according to his waies whose heart thou knowest for thou euen thou onely knowest the hearts of all the children of men 16. Isa 63. Doubtlesse thou art our father though Abraham be ignorant of vs and Israell acknowledge vs not thou ô Lord art our father our redeemer thy name is from euerlasting 5. Eccle. 9. The liuing know that they shall die but the dead know not any thing neither haue they any more a reward for the memory of them is forgotten 6. Also their loue and their hatred and their enuy is now perished neither haue they any more a portion for euer in any thing that is done vnder the Sunne Iob 14. 21. His sonnes come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low but hee perceiueth it not of them Psal 99. 6. Moses and Aaron among his Priests and Samuel among them that call vpon his name they called vpon the Lord and he answered them 7. He spake vnto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gaue them 12. Rom. 10. The same Lord ouer all is rich to all that call vpon him Adoration 18. Psal 145. THe Lord is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him to all that call vpon him in truth 23. Io. 4. The true worshippers shall worshippe the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him 24. God is a spirit and they that worshippe him must worship him in spirit and in truth Psal 51. 17. The Sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart ô God thou wilt not despise 1. Cor. 6. 20. Ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods 1. Pet. 2. 5. Yee also as liuely stones are built vp a spirituall house an holy Priesthood to offer vp spirituall Sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ Philip. 3. 3. We are the circumcision which worship God in the spirit and reioyce in Christ Iesus and haue no confidence in the flesh 20. Ier. 6. To what purpose commeth there to me Incense from Sheba and the sweete cane from a farre countrie your burnt offerings are not acceptable nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me 23. Amos. 5. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs for I will not heare the melody of thy viols 24. But let iudgement run downe as waters and righteousnesse as a mighty streame 8. Micha 6. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do iustly and to loue mercy and to walke humbly with thy God Isa 1. 16. Wash ye make ye cleane put away the euill of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do euill 17. Learne to doe well seeke iudgement releeue the oppressed iudge the fatherlesse pleade for the widdow Deut. 13. 4. Ye shall walke after the Lord your God and feare him and keepe his commandements obey his voice and ye shall serue him and cleaue vnto him 12. 10. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lord thy God to walke in all his waies and to loue him and to serue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule 13. To keepe the commandements of the Lord and his statutes which I command thee this day for thy good 30. Mar. 12. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde and with all thy strength this is the first commandement Iosh 22. 5. Take diligent heed to doe the commandement and the law which Moses the seruant of the Lord charged you to loue the Lord your God and to walke in all his wayes and to keepe his commandements and to cleaue vnto him and to serue him with all your heart and with all your soule Col. 2. 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humilitie and worshipping of Angels intruding into those things which hee hath not seene vainely puft vp by his fleshly minde 8. When I had heard Reuel 22. and seene I fell downe to worship before the feete of the Angel which shewed me these things 9. Then saith hee vnto me see thou do it not for I am thy fellow seruant and of thy brethren the Prophets and of
THE TRVE CATHOLIKE Collected out of the Oracles and Psalteries of the holy Ghost for Instruction and Deuotion 1 TIM 2.4 God will haue all men to be saued and to come to the knowledge of the truth IOH. 14.17 The world cannot receiue the spirit of truth because it seeth him not neither knoweth him 1 COR. 2.10 The spirit searcheth all things yea the deepe things of God EPHES. 5.9 For the fruit of the spirit is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse and truth LONDON Printed for E. BLACKMORE 1628. THE PREFACE OF DOCTOR FRA. RIBERA 〈◊〉 In Coment in Amos Prophet touching the Excellency Dignity profit of finding the holy Scriptures THAT there is no studie either more Excellent more profitable or more worthy of Man then the studie of the holy Scriptures hee shall best know and iudge that applyeth himselfe wholy thereunto and shal perceiue that man to bee worthily called blessed Which meditateth in the law of God day and night Psal 1 2. I doe verily confesse that all the sacred bookes especially those of the Prophets are wrapped and incumbred with many difficulties by which as it were by certaine strict keepers of a most stately Temple The holy Ghost hath straitly prohibited the accesse and misteries vnto prophane and proud men and that it is rightly spoken of them which Socrates is reported to haue said when he hapned vpon Heraclitus bookes of nature That those things which hee vnderstood seemed excellent vnto him and that hee thought so also of them which hee vnderstood not but that it was needfull to haue an Interpreter to them No where can you see more euidently no where can it more appeare which is spoken in the old Greeke prouerbe Those things which are excellent are difficult Or that saying which passeth far neare from Hesiodus concerning vertue That it is scituate in a steepe and high place and that it hath a passage in the beginning hard and full of paine and labour But doubtlesse although the labour be great and continuall it doth sufficiently recompence with profit the paine with ease the earnest endeauour of the minde with rest For although they seeme to haue much hardnesse yet without doubt they haue farre more of true and perfect delight For how great a matter is it to bee led by a King into a wine-Cellar Cant. 2.4 For Charity to be rightly ordered How great a matter is it to sucke those brests better then wine sauoring sweetly with the best oyntments Cant. 1.2 To hold wisedome as the Apostle speaketh among those that bee perfect 1. Cor. 2.6 Yet not the wisedome of this world nor of the Princes of this world which come to nought but the wisedome of God in a misterie which none of the Princes of this world knew 7. 8. To be present at the distribution of heauenly treasures To behold the glory of God with open face Certainely the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the future glory which when wee well vnderstand the sacred bookes shall be reuealed in vs. But the men of our time are quicke and ready to other studies vnto these for the most part they are slow and do imagine that these are to bee left to idle men and such as tarrie at home or else vnto Preachers Whereby it happens that such as are vnfit for sermons though they haue leasure enough doe rather bestow their labour and endeauour in any other matter How much the holy Scriptures doe profit preachers I haue often said and how greatly they stand in neede of them which are excercised in Schoole disputations I could say and perchance will hereafter shew Now this I auouch that albeit these Scriptures bee most profitable to helpe others they iudge very ill who thinke they are to bee studied onely for other mens sakes For if we reade with great profit the bookes of the holy fathers and of other learned men which are called and are spirituall and by reading them doe finde our selues much bettered shall there bee any book so spirituall which may bee compared with those which the spirit of God it selfe by the choycest and wisest men hath deliuered vnto vs If the small brookes doe helpe and as it were satisfie what shall that great Riuer doe which Ezechiell saw Ezec. 47.1 issuing forth vnder the threshold of the Lords house which he could not goe through because the waters of that deepe riuer were risen so that they could not bee passed ouer And when I had returned 5. said he behold at the bank of the riuer were very many trees on either side 7. what are those many trees on either side the banke of the riuer but the ancient writers ioyned to the Law and the Prophets and the new writers who sitting together by the streames of the Euangelists and Apostles doe alwayes waxe greene as most beautifull trees and abound with pleasant fruite the riuer is the same because it is the same author of the Scriptures and the scope the same but the ages and times diuers which are resembled by both the bankes Of these trees and of these waters it is said and he shall be like a tree planted by the riuers of waters that bringeth forth his fruite in his season Psal 1.3 his leafe also shall not fall away and whatsoeuer be doth it shall prosper I was wont to maruaile with my selfe as often as I did reade in Saint Ierome that the study of the Scriptures had wonderfull power to change the minde of man to quench the desires of the flesh to procure the contempt of the world and briefly to gaine all kinde of vertue vntill I perceiued hee spake those things whereof hee had made triall in himselfe and that it is a wrong not to belieue him that hath experience Hee that beleeueth not let him first reade the Scripture not as though hee would interpret it to others but to be turned wholy to his owne profit let him meditate therein day and night he shall feele a stony heart to bee mollified a cold heart to be inflamed with heauenly fire for the words of the Lord are like fire â—er 23.29 and as a hammer that breaketh the rocke in peeces He shall perceiue the loue of the world to vanish away the desire of eternall good things to bee stirred vp in himselfe his minde filled with a certaine incredible delight which he that felt it cried out how sweete are thy words vnto my taste Psal 119.103 yea sweeter then hony to my mouth O wisdome guide of the heauenly life teacher of vertues bane of vices fountaine of light expeller of darkenesse what should wee nay what should the whole life of man be without thee Thou art the companion in labour thou art the comforter in aduersitie the ouerseere and guide in prosperitie the instructer of youth the foundation of manhood the most sweet rest of old age Come therefore let vs ascend vp
to the hill of the Lord Isa 2.3 to the house of the GOD of Iacob and he will teach vs his wayes and wee shall walke in his pathes and let not obscuritie discourage vs. 〈…〉 The heads contained are these viz. A Preparation Fol. 2 God Fol. 5 The Scriptures Fol. 12 The Church Fol. 23 Traditions Fol. 28 Images Fol. 38 Inuocation Fol. 47 Adoration Fol. 53 Faith Fol. 61 Repentance Fol. 64 Confession Fol. 68 Faith and workes Fol. 73 Iustification Fol. 81 Fasting Fol. 90 Meates Fol. 98 Loue and Charity Fol. 105 Prayer Fol. 111 One Mediator Fol. 116 Our propitiation Purgatory and satisfaction Fol. 118 Sinnes Fol. 124. Will. Fol. 130 Hypocrisie Fol. 135 Riches Fol. 139 Patience Fol. 145 Humility Fol. 149 The holy Eucharist Fol. 155 The happinesse of Gods seruants Fol. 164 The vanitie of the world Fol. 167 The end of the world Fol. 171 The Iudgement Fol. 179 Psalmes Of Confession Fol. 200 Of contrition Fol. 203 For remission Fol. 206 For mercie and direction Fol. 209 For vnderstanding Fol. 212 In trouble Fol. 215. For deliuerance Fol. 217 Against our Enemies Fol. 220 Of Confidence in Gods mercie Fol. 225 Acknowledging Gods mercie Fol. 228 Magnifying Gods mercie and goodnesse Fol. 233 Of praise Fol. 236 Psalmes in Sicknesse 1 Psalme in sicknesse Fol. 242 2 Psalme Fol. 244 3 Psalme Fol. 246 4 Psalme Fol. 248 A Prayer Fol. 252 The soules Comfort Fol. 254 AN EPISTLE GENERALL Beloued 1. 1. Tim. 4. THe Spirit speaketh expressely that in the latter times some shall depart from the Faith giuing heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of diuels 2. Speaking lyes in hypocrisie hauing their conscience seared with a hot iron 3. Forbidding to marrie and commanding to abstaine from meats which God hath created to bee receiued with thankesgiuing of them which beleeue and know the truth 1. Tim 4. 4. For euery creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be receiued with thankesgiuing 5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer Tit. 1. 10. There are many vnruly and vaine-talkers and deceiuers 11. Whose mouthes must be stopped who subuert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucres sake 14. Giue not heed to Iewish fables and commandements of men that turne from the truth 5. 1. Ioh. 4. They are of the world therefore speake they of the world and the world heareth them 6. We are of God hee that knoweth God heareth vs hee that is not of God heareth not vs hereby know wee the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour 8. Beware Col. 2. lest any man spoile you through phylosophie and vaine deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world not after Christ 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily 10. And wee are compleate in him which is the head of all principalitie power 2. Tim. 2. 14. Striue not about words to no profit but to the subuerting of the hearers 23. Foolish and vnlearned questions auoide knowing that they do gender strifes Phil. 1. 27. Stand fast in one spirit with one mind striuing together for the faith of the Gospell 28. And in nothing terrified by your aduersaries which is to them an euident token of perdition but to you of saluation that of God 29. For vnto you it is giuen in the behalfe of Christ not onely to beleeue on him but also to suffer for his sake 12. Col. 3. Put on therefore as the elect of God holy and beloued bowells of mercies kindnesse humblenesse of mind meekenesse long suffering 13. Forbearing one another and forgiuing one another if any man haue a quarrell against any euen as Christ forgaue you so also do ye 14. And aboue all things put on charitie which is the bond of perfectnesse 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts to the which also yee are called in one body and be ye thankfull 17. And whatsoeuer ye do in word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Iesus giuing thankes to God and the Father by him 6. Phil. 4. Bee carefull for nothing but in euery thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiuing let your requests bee made knowne vnto God 23. Col. 1. Continue in the faith grounded and setled and be not mooued away from the hope of the Gospell which ye haue heard and which was preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen 14 That ye henceforth bee no more children tossed too and fro Ephes 4. and carried about with euery wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lye in wait to deceiue 15. But speaking the truth in loue may grow vp into him in al things which is the head euen Christ Phil. 1. 9. And this I pray that your loue may abound yet more and more in knowledge in all iudgement 10. That yee may approue things that are excellent that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ 11. Being filled with the fruites of righteousnesse which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glorie and praise of God Amen ORACLES AND PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST WHat Nation is there so great Deut. 4.8 that hath Statutes Iudgments so righteous as all this Law which I set before you this day This is the way Isa 30.21 walke ye in it when ye turne to the right hand and when ye turne to the left Deut. 12.34 Thou shalt not adde thereto nor diminish from it Preparation Amos 4. 12. PRepare to meet thy God ô Israel 1. Sam. 12. 23. I will teach you the good and the right way 24. Only feare the Lord and serue him in truth with all your heart Mat. 6. 33. Seeke yee first the kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all things shall be added vnto you Psal 37. 4. Delight thy selfe also in the Lord and he shall giue thee the desires of thine heart 5. Pro. 3. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstanding 6. In all thy wayes acknowledge him and hee shall direct thy paths 4. Psal 91. He shall couer thee with his feathers and vnder his wing shalt thou trust his truth shall be thy shield and buckler 8. 34. O tast and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him 5. 146. Happy is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe whose hope is in the Lord his God Psal 27. 14. Waite on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Waite I say on the Lord. 125. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall bee as Mount Sion which cannot bee remoued but abideth for euer 2. As the mountaines are round about Ierusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth euen for euer God 8. HEare ô my
buy wine and milke without money and without price Wherefore doe ye spend monie for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Hearken diligently vnto the vndoubted testimonies of our God and eate ye that which is good and let your soule delight it selfe in fatnesse Incline your eare and come vnto him heare and your soule shall liue and he will make an euerlasting couenant with you euen the sure mercies of DAVID PSALTERIES OF THE HOLY GHOST A Psalme of Confession VERSE Psal 25. 1. VNto thee O LORD doe I lift vp my soule 19. 14. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Psal 5. 2. Hearken vnto the voice of my crye my King and my God for vnto thee will I pray 4. Psal 5. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickednesse neither shall euill dwell with thee 3. 130. If thou Lord shouldest marke iniquities O Lord who shall stand 4. But there is forgiuenesse with thee that thou mayst be feared 5. 86. For thou Lord art good and readie to forgiue and plenteous in mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee 5. 69. O God thou knowest my foolishnesse and my sinnes are not hid from thee Psal 119. 176. I haue gone astray like a lost sheepe seeke thy seruant for I doe not forget thy commandements 51. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is euer before me 4. Against thee thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight 38. 3. There is no soundnesse in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sinne 4. For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head as an heauie burthen they are two heauie for me 5. My wounds stinke and are corrupt because of my foolishnesse 12. Psal 40. Innumerable euils haue compassed me mine iniquities haue taken hold vpon me so that I am not able to looke vp They are more then the haires of mine head therefore mine heart faileth me Of Contrition 1. Psal 38. O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2. For thine arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore Psal 38. 6. I am troubled I am bowed downe greatly I go mourning all the day long 22. 14. I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart is like waxe it is melted in the middest of my bowels 31. 12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am like a broken vessell 41. 4. Lord bee mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned against thee 38. 9. All my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee 18. Psal 38. For I will declare mine iniquitie I will bee sorie for my sinne 17. 51. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit A broken a contrite heart ô God thou wilt not despise 8. 51. Make me to heare ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce 10. Create in mee a cleane heart and renew a right spirit within me 11. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me Psal 51. 12. Restore to me the ioy of thy saluation and vphold me with thy free spirit For Remission Psal 51. 1. HAue mercie vpon me O God according to thy louing kindenesse according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie and cleanse me from my sinne 7. Purge mee with Hisop and I shall be cleane wash mee and I shall bee whiter then snow 11. Psal 25. For thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquitie for it is great 7. Remember not the sinnes of my youth nor my transgressions according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodnesse sake ô Lord. 16. Turne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and afflicted 18 Looke vpon mine affliction and my paine and forgiue all my sinnes 20. O keepe my soule and deliuer me let me not bee ashamed for I put my trust in thee Psal 39. 8. Deliuer me from all my transgressions make me not the reproch of the foolish 31. 16. Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant saue mee for thy mercies sake 51. 9. Hide thy face from my sinnes and blot out all mine iniquities 141. 8. Mine eyes are vnto thee ô Lord God in thee is my trust leaue not my soule destitute For mercy and direction 16. HEare me ô Lord Psal 69. for thy louing kindnesse is good Turne vnto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies 6. 25. Remember ô Lord thy tender mercies and thy louing kindnesse for they haue beene euer of old 9. 27. Hide not thy face from mee put not thy seruant away in anger thou hast beene my helpe leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluation â—sal 86. 3. Bee mercifull vnto me O Lord for I crie vnto thee dayly 25. 4. Shew me thy waies O Lord teach mee thy pathes 5. Leade mee in thy truth and teach mee for thou art the God of my saluation on thee doe I waite all the day 43. 2. For thou art the God of my strength why doest thou cast me off why goe I mourning because of the oppression of the enemie 43. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth let them leade mee let them bring me vnto thy holy hill and thy tabernacles 8. Psal 143. Cause me to heare thy louing kindnesse in the morning for in thee doe I trust Cause mee to know the way wherein I should walke for I lift vp my soule vnto thee 10. Teach mee to doe thy will for thou art my God thy spirit is good leade mee into the land of vprightnesse 11. 40. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from mee O Lord Let thy louing kindnesse and thy truth continually preserue me â—sal 119. 133. Order my steps in thy Word and let not any iniquitie haue dominion ouer me 86. 11. Teach me thy way O Lord I will walke in thy truth vnite my heart to feare thy name 39. 4. Lord make mee to know mine end and the measure of my dayes what it is that I may know how fraile I am For vnderstanding 119. 169. LEt my crie come neere before thee O Lord giue me vnderstanding according to thy Word 26. Psal 119 I haue declared my wayes and thou heardest me teach me thy statutes 27. Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts so shall I talke of thy woundrous workes 18. Open thou mine eyes that I may behold the wounderous things out of thy Law 73. Thy hands haue made mee and fashioned me giue me vnderstanding