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A69364	Certaine select prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1574 (1574)	STC 924; ESTC S100328	71,249	294

¶ CERTAINE select Prayers gathered out of S. Augustines Meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God. AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Daye dwellyng ouer Aldersgate 1574. ¶ Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis ¶ Of the vnspeakeable swéetnesse of God. O Lorde which art the searcher of the hart and tryer of the raynes indue me with the knowledge of thée O my comforter and mirth of my mynde shewe the lyght of thy countenaunce vpō me and be mercifull to me Appeare vnto me O my soueraigne delight my swéete solace my Lord God my lyfe and the whole glory of my soule Let me imbrace thée thou heauenly brydegrome Let me possesse thée O endlesse blisse let me lodge thée in the bottome of my hart thou art the blessed lyfe and the soueraigne swéetenesse of my soule Graft in me the true loue of thée O my God my helper the tower of my strength my castle deliuerer in all my troubles Open the entries of myne eares thou worde which enterest swifter than any two edged sworde that I may heare thy voyce Thunder downe from aboue O Lord with a lowde and mightie voyce Let the Sea rore and the fulnesse thereof let the earth be moued and all that is in it Lighten myne eye O incomprehensible light that I sléepe not in death flashe out thy lyghteninges and turne them aside that they may not looke vaynely O sauour of lyfe make my taste sound that it may sauour trye and discerne how great the aboundance of thy swéetnesse is which thou hast layd vp for them that put their trust in thée Geue mée a mynde that may euer thinke vppon thée a hart that may loue thée a soule that may honour thée an vnderstandyng that may féele thée and a reason that may alwayes sticke fast to thée my soueraigne delight O lyfe to whom all thinges lyue O lyfe which art my lyfe and without whom I am dead O lyfe wherby I am raysed to lyfe and without which I am forlorne O lyfe wh●●by I reioyce and wherwithout I am sorrowfull O lyuely sweete and louely life alwayes worthy to be had in mynde where art thou I pray thée where shall I finde thée that I may geue ouer in my selfe and stay vppon thée Be thou neare me in my minde be neare in my hart be neare me in my mouth be neare me in mine eares be neare me to my helpe for I pine away for loue of thée I die for want of thée As the hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after the O god The sent of thée refresheth me the remembrance of thée healeth me but yet shall I neuer be suffised till thy glorye appeare which is the lyfe of my soule My soule fainteth with longing after thée and with thinking vppon thée when shall I come and shew my selfe in thy presence O my ioy I had rather be a doorekeeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of vngodlynesse for one day in thy courtes is better then a thousand els where O Lord hide not away thy face from me in the néedefull time of trouble but bow downe thine eare to me and heare me make hast to deliuer me make no long tarying O my god But wherefore hidest thou thy face away perchaunce thou wilt say mā cannot sée me and liue Behold O Lord I can finde in my hart to dye that I may sée thée let me sée thée that I may dye here I desire not to liue I had leuer dye I would fayne be let loose that I might be with Christ I couet to dye that I might sée Christ I refuse to liue heare so I may liue with Christ O Lord Iesus receiue my spirite My life receiue my soule My ioy draw my hart vnto thée My swéete foode let me féede vpon thée My head direct thou me Thou light of myne eyes inlighten me My melodie delight thou me My swéete sent refresh thou me Thou word of God quickē thou me My prayse glad thou the soule of thy seruaunt Thou euerlastyng light shine thou vpon it that it may perceiue thée know thée and loue thée For the cause O Lord why it loueth thée not is for that it knoweth thée not the cause why it knoweth thée not is for that it perceiueth thée not the cause why it perceiueth thée not is for that it comprehendeth not thy light for thy light shineth in darknesse and the darknesse cōprehendeth it not O light of the minde O lightsome truth O true brightnesse which inlightenest euery mā that commeth into the world I say which commeth into the worlde but not which is in loue with the world for he that loueth the world the thinges of the world the loue of God is not in him Driue away the darknesse from the vpperside of the déepe of my mynde that it may sée thée by vnderstandyng know thée by perceiuyng loue thée by knowyng thée For who soeuer knoweth thée must néedes loue thée Yea he forgetteth him selfe and loueth thée more then him selfe he forsaketh him selfe and cōmeth to thée that he may ioy in thée The cause then wherfore I am not so farre in loue with thée as I ought to be is by reason that I do not throughly know thée and bycause I haue but small knowledge of thée I haue also but small loue to thée and bycause I beare but small loue to thée therfore haue I but little ioy in thée By meanes of outward ioyes I raunge frō thée the true inward ioy and séeke counterfet comfortes in these outward thinges And so like a wretch as I am looke what loue I ought to haue yelded vnto thée alone with my whole hart that haue I set vpon vanities therfore am become vayne by louing vanitie Hereupon also O Lord it is come to passe that I delight not in thée nor sticke not to thee for my mynde is busied about outward thinges thine about inward thinges my thought is occupied in carnall thinges thine in spirituall thinges my talke is intāgled about trāsitorie things but thou dwellest in euerlastingnesse art the euerlastingnesse it selfe thou in heauen and I in earth thou louest high thinges I low thinges thou heauenly thinges I earthly thinges And how then can these contraries agrée together ¶ Of the wretchednesse and frailtie of man. WRetch that I am when shall my crookednesse be made euen to thy straightnes Lord thou louest solitarinesse and I delight in company thou stilnesse and I noyse thou truth I leasing thou louest clennesse I filthines And what more O Lord Thou art throughly good and I wholly euill thou holie I prophane thou happie I miserable thou righteous I vniust thou lightfull I blind thou liuing I dead thou the salue I the sore thou the ioy I the sorow thou the souerein truth I nothing but vanitie as all men liuing be Alas therfore my maker what shall I say Heare me O my Creator I am thy

name I sought not thée and yet thou soughtest me I called not vpon thée yet thou calledst me Yea thou hast called me by thine own name with a loude voyce hast thou thundred down from aboue into the innermore eare of my hart saying Let there be light and there was light so as the great cloud went away and the darke mist that couered mine eyes melted away and I saw thy light knew thy voyce and said Truth Lord thou art my Lord God that brought me out of darknesse and out of the shadow of death called me into thy wonderful light and so now I sée I thanke thée myne inlightener Then turned I backe and looked vpō the darknesse wherin I had bene and the déepe gulfe wherin I had lyen I trembled and was afrayde and sayd wo wo worth the darknesse that I had lien in Wo wo worth the blindnesse that letted me to sée the light of heauen Wo wo worth my former ignoraunce which letted me to know thée O Lorde I thanke thée myne inlightener and deliuerer for that thou hast inlightened me and I haue knowen thée It was late ere I knew thée O aūciēt truth it was late ere I knew thée O euerlastyng truth Thou wart in light I in darknesse therfore I knew thee not For I could not be inlightened without thée neither is there any light without thée ¶ A consideryng of Gods maiestie O Holiest of all holyes O God of inestimable maiestie O God of Gods and Lord of Lordes wonderous vnspeakable vnconceiuable whō the aungels in heauen are adrad of whō all the dominations and thrones do worship at the sight of whom all powers do tremble of whose mightinesse and wisedome there is no comprehending which hast founded the world vpō nothyng and shet vp the sea in the ayre as in a bottle O most almightie most holy most strong O God of the breath of all flesh at whose presence the heauen and earth shrinke away at whose becke all the elementes submit them selues Let all creatures worshyp and glorifie thée And I the sonne of thy handmayd do bow downe the necke of my hart by faith vnder the féete of thy maiestie yeldyng thée thankes for that thou hast of thy mercy vouchsaued to inlighten me O true light O holy light O pleasaunt light O excéedyng commendable light O wonderfull light which inlightenest all men that come into this world yea and euen the eyes of the aungels Beholde I sée I thanke thée for it Behold I sée the light of heauē the lightsome beames of thy coūtenaūce shyne down vpō the eyes of my minde and cheere vp my bones O that thy light were perfected in me Augment if I beséech thée O author of light I beséech thee augment that whiche shyneth into me Let it be inlarged I beseech thee let it be inlarged by thée What is this that I féele What fire is it that warmeth my hart What light is it that spreaddeth his beames into my hart O fire which euermore burnest and neuer art quenched kindle me O light whiche euermore shynest neuer art dimmed inlighten me O would to God I were set on fire by thée O holy fire how swéetly thou burnest how secretly thou shynest how amiably thou warmest Wo be to them that burne not through thee wo be to thē that are not inlightened by thée O soothfast light which inlightenest the whole world and whose brightnes filleth the whole world Wo be to the blynd eyes that see not thee the sunne that inlighteneth heauen and earth Wo be to the dazelyng eyes that cannot away with the sight of thee Wo be to them that turne not away their eyes from looking vpon vanitie For the eyes that are accustomed to darknesse are not able to abyde the beames of the souerein truth neither can they that dwell in darknesse skill how to make account of the light They see nothyng but darknesse they loue nothyng but darknesse they like of nothyng but darknes and bycause they plod on from darknesse to darknesse they wote not where they fall Wretched are they that forgoe they wote not what more wretched certesse are they that know what they forgo so as they fall with open eyes go downe alyue into hell O most blessed light which canst not be sene but of exceeding well cleared eyes Blessed are the cleane in hart for they shall see god O clensing power clense thou me heale myne eyesight that I may beholde thee with sounde eyes whom none but sound eyes may behold O vnapprochable brightnesse take away the scales of my forgrowen dimsightednesse with the beames of thy inlightenyng that I may looke vpon thee without dazeling and see thee the better by thy brightnesse I thanke thée my light Lo I sée Lord I beseech thée let myne eyesight be inlarged by thee Shore open myne eyes that I may consider the wonderfull misteries of thy law who art wonderfull among thy saintes I thanke thee O my light For loe I sée howbeit but through a glasse as in a riddle But when shall I sée thee face to face When shall the day of ioy and mirth come that I may enter into the place of thy wonderfull Tabernacle euen the house of God there to behold hym that sees me face to face that I may haue my longing to the full ¶ Of the longyng and thirsting of the soule after God. LIke as the Hert longeth for the sprynges of waters so longeth my hart for thée O god My soule thirsteth after thée O God whiche art the liuyng welspryng when shall I come and prease into thy presence O foūtaine of life O veyne of liuely waters when shall I come out of this desert waylesse and waterlesse land vnto the waters of thy sweetnes that I may sée thy power and thy glory and staūche my thirst with the waters of thy mercy O Lord the fountaine of life I am a thirst satisfie me I thirst Lord I thirst after thée the liuyng God O whē shall I come Lorde and shew my selfe before thy face Thinke ye that I shall sée that day I say that day of mirth and gladnesse that day which the Lord hath made for vs to be merie and ioyfull therein O excellēt and faire day which knowest none euentyde nor hast any Sunne goyng downe wherin I shall heare the voyce of prayse wherin I shall heare the voyce of gladnes thankesgiuyng wherin I shall heare it sayd vnto me Enter thou into endlesse ioy in the house of the Lord thy God where be thinges great vnsearchable wōderfull that cānot be nōbered Enter thou into ioy voyde of heauines which conteineth endlesse mirth whereas shal be all goodnes no euil whereas shal be all that thou wouldest nothyng that thou wouldest not There shal be the liuely life the sweete life thee amiable life the life that would do a mā good to be alwayes thinking of it There shal be none