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A06450	A spiritual doctrine conteining a rule to liue vvel, vvith diuers praiers and meditations. Abridged by the Reuerend Father Levvis de Granada of the holie order of preachers. And deuided into sixe treatises, as is to be seene after the prefaces. Nevvlie translated out of Spanish into English.	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632.	1599 (1599)	STC 16922; ESTC S108929	160,268	410

also committed by thoughts VVhere I shall haue as manie for my iudges as haue gone before me by example of good vvoorkes and so manie shall be vvitnesses against me as haue giuē me presidents of vertues And yet expecting this iudgment I cease not to giue bridell to my vices but rather more more I lie rotting and corrupting in the dregges of my sinnes stil glutonie maketh me vile pride maketh me vaine couetousnes maketh me niggesh enuie consumeth me murmuration teareth me in peeces ambition puffeth me vp anger trovvbleth me lightnes of māners dravveth me out of my self sluggishnes benūmeth me heauines casteth me dovvne and fauour lifteth me vp Thou seest heere the companions vvith vvhich I haue liued frō the daie of mie childhood vntil this present time these be the frinds vvith vvhome I haue cōuersed these the maisters that I haue obeied these the lords vvhich I haue serued Enter not therfore o lord Psal 142.2 into iudgment with thy seruant because no man liuing shall be iustified before thee for vvhoe is he that shal be found iust yf thou vvouldest iudge him vvithout pitie for this then o lord prostrating my self at thy feete vvith an humble and contrite spirite I vvil vveepe vvith the Prophet and saie Psalm 6. Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chasten me in thy vvrath Haue mer●e vppon me lord because I am vveake heale me lord because mie bones ar trovvbled And mie sovvle is verie much trovvbl●d but thou lord hovv long Be thou conuerted lord and deliuer my sovvle saue me for thy mercie Because there is none in death that is mindful of thee and in hel vvhoe vvill confesse vnto thee I haue laboured in my sigh I shall euerie night vvash mie bed vvith my teares shall I vveat mie couche Mine eye is troubled vvith furie I am vvaxen old among al mine enimies Glorie be to the father and to the sonne and to the holie ghost As it vvas in the beginning and novv and euer and vvoorld vvithout end Amen THE SECOND PRAIER FOR THE second daie of the praises of God CHAP. IIII. IN this exercise of feare and penance it behoued me o lord to spend all mie life seeing I haue so iust cause vvherefore to feare and vvherfore to lament Yet notvvithstanding al this as the greatnes of thie glorie obligeth vs to vvoorship reuerence thee so likevvise doth it binde vs to praise and glorifie thee because to thee onlie is due a hymne and praise in Sion thou being in deede as thou art a passing great deepenes of al perfections and a maine sea of vvisdom of omnipotencie of bevvtie of riches of greatnes of svveetenes of maiestie in vvhome be all the perfections and bevvties of all creatures in heauen and in earth and those also all in the highest degree of perfection In comparison of vvhich al bevvtie is foulnes all riches at pouretie al povver is vveakenes al vvisdom is ignorance all svveetenes is bitternes and finallie all vvhatsoeuer vve see in heauen and in earth is much les before thee then is a little candel in comparison of the sunne Thou art vvithout deformitie perfect vvithout quantitie great vvithout qualitie good vvithout vveaknes strong vvithout place al vvheresoeuer thou vvilt in vertue omnipotent in goodnes highest in vvisdom inestimable in thy counsels terrible in thy iudgments iust in thy thoughts most secreat in thy vvoords true in thy vvoorks holy in thy mercies abundant vvith sinners most patient and vvith those that be penitent most pitiful Therfore o lord for such a one I dooe confesse and acknovvledge thee for such a one I dooe praise thee glorifie thy holy name Giue thou me light in my hart and vvoords in my mouth that my hart may think of thy ●●rie and my mouth be ful of thy praises But for somuch as praise is not beautiful in the mouth of a sinner Eccl. 15.9 I request all the Angels of heauen and al the creatures of the vvoorld that they together vvith me praise thee and supplie in this behalfe my faults inuiting them to this vvith that glorious canticle vvhich those holy children did sing vnto thee amiddest the flames of fiar in the fornace of Babilon saying Blessed art thou Daniel 7. ô lord god of our fathers and praised and superexalted for euer And blessed is the holie name of thie glorie and praised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou in the holie temple of thie glorie and superpraised and superglorious for euer Blessed art thou in the throne of thie kingdom and superpraised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou that beholdest the deapths and sittest vppon the Cherubines and praised and superexalted for euer Blessed art thou in the firmament of he auen raised and glorious for euer All the vvoorks of our lord blesse our lord praise and exalt him for euer Angels of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Heauens blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All vvaters that be aboue the heauens blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All vertues of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Sunne and moone blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Stars of heauen blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All raine and devve blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Al spirits of God blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Fiar and heate blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer VVinter and sommer blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Moisti●res and hore frost blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Frost and cold blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Yse and snovve blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Nights daies blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Light and darknes blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Lightnings and clovvdes blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Let the earth blesse our lord let it praise and superexalt him for euer Mountaines and hillocks blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All things that spring vppon the earth blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer VVelles blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer Seas riuers blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer VVhales all things that be moued in the vvaters blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer All byrds of the atre blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Children of men blesse our lord praise superexalt him for euer Let I srael blesse our lord let him praise superexalt him for euer Priests of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Seruants of our lord blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Spirites and sovvles of iust men blesse our lord praise and superexalt him for euer Holie and humble of hart blesse our lord

same vvith so great fiar of loue that no vvaters maie be able to quenche it O most blessed Trinitie my onlie God and al my good o that I vvere able to praise thee and loue thee as all the angels doe praise and loue thee O that I had in me the loue of all the creatutes in the vvoorld vvith hovv good a vvil vvould I aford it thee and povvre it out into thee albeit neither this vvere sufficient to loue thee in such vvise as thou deseruest Thou onlie canst loue thy self vvoorthilie and vvoorthilie praise thy self because thou alone doest comprehende thy incomprehensible goodnes and so thou onlie canst loue the same as it deserueth so that onlie in that diuine brest of thy most gracious maiestie the iustice and lavve of true loue is en●irelie obserued O virgin Marie virgin Marie virgin Marie most holie virgin mother of God Queene of heauen ladie of the vvhole vvoorld vestrie of the holie Ghost lilie of puritie rose of patience paradise of delites mirrour of chastitie patterne of innocencie praie for me poore banished creature and pilgrime and make me partaker of thy most aboundant charitie O al ye happie Saincts and ye other blessed spirites that dooe so burne in the loue of youre Creator and in particular ye Seraphines vvhoe enflame the heauens and the ear the vvith your loue abandon not this my poore and miserable hart but rather purge the same as the lippes of Esaie from al sort of sinne and burne it vvith the flame of your most feruent loue that it maie loue this onlie lord seeke him onlie make his abode and repose in him onlie and this for euer and euer Amen OF CERTAINE ADVISES VVHICH at to be obserued in this holie exercise CHAP. XI AL that vvhich hitherto hath ben said serueth to yeeld vs matter of consideration vvhich is one of the principall partes of this spiritual affaire considering that such as haue sufficient matter of consideration be but the lest number of so manie people so for vvant of matter vvhereupon to meditate manie there be that abandon this kinde of exercise Novv vve vvil set dovvne breefelie somvvhat touching the manner and forme vvhich in it maie be obserued And albeit the cheefe maister of this vvoork be the holie Ghost yet experience hath tavvght vs that som aduises be requisite and necessarie in this part because the vvaie to goe tovvards God is hard hath neede of a guide vvithout vvhich very manie goe long time lost and a stray The first aduise LET then the first aduise be this that vvhen ve set our selues to consider anie of the a foresaide things in theire times and exercises appointed vve must not so binde our selues vnto it that vve esteeme it ill donne to goe from that to som other thing vvhen vve finde therein more deuotion more tast and more profit For as in conclusion al this serueth for denotion so that vvhich maketh most to this purpose is to be taken for the best Hovvbeit a man ought not to dooe this vppon verie light occasions but vvhen he perceiueth euident commoditie to com thereby The second aduise THE second aduise is that a man labour to eschevv in this exercise superfluous speculation of the vnderstanding and procure to handle this affaire rather vvith affections and feelings of the vvil then vvith discourses and speculations of the vvitte VVherefore they vndovvtedlie take not the right course vvhoe in time of praier giue them selues to meditate vppon diuine misteries in such vvise as yf they studied to preache them vvhich manner is rather to make oure spirite to vvander more abrode then to recollect it and to goe more out of it self then to be in it self Therefore vvhoe mindeth to dooe vvelin this matter let him com vvith the hart as it vvere of an old vvoman ignorant and humble and rather vvith a vvil disposed and prepared to feele and to be affected tovvards the thinges of God then vvith an vnderstanding purified and attentiue to search and examine them because this is a thing proper to those that studie to get knovvledge and not to those that praie and thinke vppon God thereby to lament and moorne The third aduise THE former aduise teacheth vs hovv vve ought to quiet our vnderstanding and commit al this busines to oure vvil but this present aduise prescribeth boundes and limites to the same vvil that it be not to excessiue nor to vehement in her exercise VVherefore it is to be vnderstoode that the deuotiō vvhich vve seeke to obteine is not a thing that may be goten by force of armes as som parsons think vvhoe by eccessiue sighings and enforced sobbings procure to vvring out teares and compassion vvhen they think vppon the passion of our Sauiour for such force drieth vp the hart and maketh the same more vnable to receaue our lords visitation as Cassianus affirmeth Moreouer those things ar vvont to preiudice and hurt the health of the bodie yea somtimes they leaue the sovvle so astonied and agast by reason of the litell tast she hath there receaued that she is loth to returne againe to this exercise as to a thing vvhich she hath tryed by experience to haue ben verie paineful and ircksome vnto her Let a man therefore content him selfe vvith doing sincerelie vvhat lieth in him that is that he esteeme him self to be present at that vvhich our Sauiour hath suffered beholding vvith a sincere and quiet eye vvith a tender and compassionate hart prepared for vvhat soeuer feeling it shall please our lord to giue him that vvhich he suffered for him and so dispose him self rather to receiue such affections as the mercie of God shall aford him then to vvring them out vvith teares And vvhen he hath donne this let him not vexe him self anie more for anie other thing though it be not graunted him as he desireth The fourthe aduise OF all these aduises a foresaid vve maie gather vvhat manner of attention vve ought to haue in praier for that in this exercise it is cheefelie expedient to haue our hart not heauie nor dul but liuelie attent and lifted vp on high But as it is heere necessarie on the one side to haue attention and recollection of hart so it behoueth on the other side that this attention be tempered and moderated that it neither hurt our health nor hinder oure deuotion For som there be that doe vvearie theire head vvith ouer much violence vvhich they vse to be attentiue vnto those things vvherevppon they meditate as vve haue said before And againe there be others vvhoe to auoide this in conuenience ar in theire meditation verie flack and negligent and verie easie to be caried avvay vvith euerie vvinde Novv to eschevv these tvvo extremities it is exped●ent that vve vse such a meane that vve dooe neither vvith ouermuch attention vvearie our head nor vvith to much carelesnes and negligence suffer our thoughts to goe vvandering vvhither soeuer they vvil So that like as vve are