and whatsoeuer ye shal binde â—n earth shal be bound in heauen The 141. day Meditate of the heauie newees which our Lord Iesus foretoulde vnto his Apostles ascendinge to Hierusalem how that he was to be betrayed mocked whipped and crucified from which when S. Peter disswaded him he said goe bâ—hinde me Satan for thou vnderstandest not the things which are of god but of men The 142. day Meditate how Iesus commanded his Apostles to imprint these wordes firmely in their hartes that the Sonne of man should be betraied in to the handes of sinners and how they should kisle him and that he would rise againe the third day and of the sorowe his Disciples had to heare tel of his death and departure The 143. day Meditate how Iesus went towardes the mount of Thabor and how he tooke with him Peter Iames and Iohn and ascended with them to pray how whilst he prayed he sequestred him self from al earthly cogitations You may Visite the Cloistre of Saint Kaâ—harin at the foote of the mount Sinai vvhere in the Church nighe the high Aultar is a Tobe of white marble vvith 〈◊〉 steps to ascende it vvhere in the bones of S. Katharin virgin and Martir lieth there is the sheete al bloody vvhere in the Angels lapped and caried the body of this blessed Martir there is also the wedhir holye head to the Pilgrimes now is it necessary that our pilgrime stirre vp his denotion and vvith al instamed affection inuocate the asistance of this blessed virgin and martir The 144 day Meditate how our Lord whilst he prayed was transfigured before his three Disciples and of the brightnes of his face which shined like the sonne and the whitenes of his garments as the snowe The 145. day Meditate how Moises and Helias appeared gloriously with Iesus vpon the mount Thabor and â—ould al his passion which he should suffer in Hierusalem The 149. day Meditate how Moises comminge from Limbo from the holy fathers and Helias from Paradice terrestre reioyced to see the Sauiour of the world our Lord Iesus Christ to be come and of the great compassion they had to see that glorious face how it should be defiled spitte on buffeted and mocked You may passe from the church of S. Katharin â—â—to the mountaine of Moises at the Iron gate as you goe out S. Kath. church is the fouÌ„taine of vvater vvhich issued forth of the Rocke vvhen Moises vvith his Rod strooke the stone The 147. day Meditate how Iesus on Mount Thabor shewed his diuinitie to his Disciples and how by diuine illumination they knewe Moises and Helias whom they neuer sawe You may visite goinge vp the hil of Moises the Cloistre where our lord appeared to the Moâ—kes vvhen they fled from their Cloistres for feare of the sauage beastes The 148. day Meditate of the vehemencie of S. Peters wordes Lord said he it is good for vs to dwel here if it please thee let vs make three Tabernacles desierous that his master might continue stil in such glorie The 149. day Meditate how Moises and Helias departed awaye from Iesus and of the bright cloude that came and couered them and of the voice forth of the clowde sainge this is my welbeloued Sonne in whom I am wel pleased heare yee him You may visite descendâ—ng the mountaine the church of fortie martires in the valley vvhere the children of Israel daunsed about the goulden calfe and Moises brake the Table of stone The 150. day Meditate how the Disciples hearing that diuinâ— voâ—ce from heauen fel downe to the ground for feare The. 151. day Meditate how Iesus came to his Disciples and sweetly saluted them and touched them saing arise and be not afraid and liftinge vp their eies they sawe none but Iesus alone and as he went downe from the mountaine he charged them to tel this vision to no man vntil he were risen vp from death If you passe from the Monkes of S Katherinâ— to the desert 〈◊〉 dayes Iourney longe prouide for store of victual The 152. day Meditate how Iesus descending the mountaine his Disciples asked him how is it that the Scribes say that the Helias must come before the Sauiour of the world and Iesus answered Helias is come meaninge S. Iohn Baptist but they beleeued him not but did vnto him whatsoeuer they would and so shal the sonne of man also be crucified The â—53 day Meditate how Iesus deliuered many possesed with diuels restored them whole to their freÌ„des and parents The 154. day Meditate how the disciples demanded of Iesus why the diuels went out so hardly and would not obey them sometimes and how Iesus answered if yee had as much faith as a graine of mustard seede you should commande this mountaine to remoue and it shoulâ— obey you and if you beleeue nothâ—ngâ— shal be impossible vnto you The 155. day Meditate how Iesus is come in to this world for the loue of thee the hundred sheepe which was loste and straied away forsakinge the .99 which at the Angels in heauen he is come to seeke sinners to cal them to repentance and gladly to cary them on his proper showlders by mercie and grace in to the kingdome of heauen and that there is greater ioy in heauen vpoÌ„ one repentant sinner then of .99 iuste The 156 dâ—y Meditate of the parable of the prodigal sonne of his conuersion returninge to his father and his receauinge in to fauour againe The 157. day Meditate how Iesus taught his disciples to forgiue their enimies and S Peter demandinge how often Christ said I say not .7 times but .70 times .7 times The 158. day Meditate how the younge man asked our Sauiour what he ought for to doe to obtaine the kingdome of heauen and Iesus answered keepe the comandements The younge man replied that he had kept them al from his youth demanding what more ought to be done and Iesus answered if thou wilt be perfect goe and sel al thou haste and giue it to the poore and come and followe me The 159. day Meditate deuoutly of the three counsels of the holy ghoste 1. voluntarie pouertie 2. perfect obedience 3. chastitie and perpetual continencie The. 160. day Meditate of voluÌ„tarie pouertie how S. Peter said for him self and his bretheren Lord we haue forsakeÌ„ al what re-ward shal we haue Iesus answered verely yee that haue forsakeÌ„ al and followed me yee shal sit on xij seates and iudge the xij tribes of Israel and shal receaue a hundred foulde in this life and in the world to come life euerlasting The 161. day Meditate now Christ compared the kingdome of heauen like to a good husbaÌ„dman â—ho hiereth workmen into his vineard for apenny a day to labour vntil the sittinge of the sonne which sheweth this life is to be led in Pennance of vs vntil our dâ—ath The 162. day Meditate how Iesus councelled al men to make them frendes of their MamÌ„on of iniquitie that when they are gone hence they
on the north is an Aulter where the three kinges made theÌ„ readie to make their offeringe Goirge lower is a Chappel ioyninge to the Rock wher Iesus vvas borne in this Chapel is a faire stene like a Starre with fiue or six beames vvhereon our Lady kenceled and adored hir sonne when he vvas newly borne ouer this stone is an Aultar Three steppes lower is the manger vvhere our lord vvas laid being of marble vnderset vvith tvvo pillers and a foote highe say here thy Beades Pray here to Christe new borne in the manger tâ— graunt thee grace to be new borne in him and that as he vvas pertaker of our humanitie so he vvil make vs partakrr of his diuinitie Behinde this Chappel is a hoale vvhere the Starre did lead the 3 kinges and abide there a while retorninge to the Chapel of Saint Katherin in this Church there is a place where some of the Innocent children were cast The nomber of the children vvhich Herod slevve were CXLiiij thousand Goinge from Bethelem Eastward about halfe amile is the place vvhere the virgin Marie vvent vvith Iesus and Ioseph when she should flie into Egipt thence yee goe into a plesant valley where the Angelles appeared eo the Sheppards and tould them tidinges of the birth of our Lord. The voiages towardes the mountaines of Iudea THese mountaines are ten miles north from Bethelem and the way very cragged there Zacharie dwelt and Elizabeth and there is yet the howse vvhere our Lady and Elizabeth met and greeted so louingly there is also a fountaine where our Lady fetched vvater vvhilst she remained there Aboute a shoote fartheris Zacharies house vvhere Saint Iohn Baptiste vvas borne A litel thence is a Church vvhere Saint Iohn vvas circumcised there is the Caue where Saint Iohn was kept prisoner by Herod Betwene Emaus Hierusalem you come to a Church caled Ad SainctaÌ„ Crucem vvhere is a Cloister of Greeke moÌ„kes of S. Benetts ordâ—r Goinge to Hierusalem say the psalme Lauda HierusaleÌ„ DomiuÌ„m c vse some prayers in al the holy places accordinge to the conneniencie of thinges there done The. 235. day At the mount Oliuet where is a Chappel Meditate how Iesus often filled the hartes of his Disciples with ioy especially at his AsceÌ„sion his mother his disciples and frendes both men and women accompained with infinite nombers of Angels and Patriarkes and of fathers from limbo ascended with great glorie The 36 day To the mount of Sion vvhere iâ— a Chappel ascending behinde the highe Aultar vvhere the holy Ghoste came downe vpon the Apostles Meditate how the father and the Sonne sent the holie Ghoste vnto the Apostles in the similitude of fierie tounges and rested vpon each of them and were there by confirmed in in faith so that they preached bouldly thorough out al the world Now prepare thy self to retorne againe to thy home comending thy self both body and sovvle to almightie god and goe novv once more to the holy Sepulcher to take thy laste leaue The. 337. day At the Sepulcher and the mount of Caluary say here the Prayer folwinge O My lord god and Sauiour Iesus I yeald thee humble thankes for my creation and redemption in this place and hast by thy vocation and inspiration caled me and brought me to the vnderstandinge and knowledge of thee and hauinge so patiently atteÌ„ded me fallinge so often in to many sinnes and deliuered me from infinite periles and afflictions which I haue iustlie deserued I giue thee thankes for thy gifts and graces begune in me and I besech thee o lorde to reforme me and directe my waies that I may in the ende come to thy euerlasting glorie Amen An aduertisment AL the good and deuout Pilgrims hauing visited the holy places in their returning home looke ofteÌ„ times backe againe so likewise the spitituall Pilgrime may well looke backe vnto the holie places especially he ought to consider our Sauiour hanginge on the crosse to the ende that the bitter death of thy Sauiour goe not out of thy harte First consider how the soule of our Sauiour hanging on the Crosse regarded all the sinnes both mortall and veniall of all the worlde for which he sighed most bitterlie Doe thou knock on thy breast and sigh for thy sinnes for which the Sonn of God hath sighed most biterlie The 2 8 day From Hierusalem to Rama Secondly meditate looking backe to the holie places making thy praier thinke what sorrow greife the hart of thy lorde-Iesus sufferred when hee thought and coÌ„nsiderd what a smale nuÌ„ber should participare of the fruits of his passion the which he so willingâ— he sufferred and with such excessiue loue as that he woulde rather sufferre for euerie man once againe then that anie through this defaulte shoulde remaine loste such was his ardent loue to the ingrateful and harde hartes of outs The 2 9 To Iapha Thirdelie meditate of the great bitternes which the soule of Christ endured on the Crosse when he considered that religious persons clarkes retired from the worlde would yeat soile theÌ„ selues with carnal works for which he trembled and weepte on the Crosse The 340 day In the oulde sellers of Iapha vvhere the Pilgrimes lodge Fourthlie consider the biternes of the soule of Christ when he considered that the estate of mariage woulde be defiled with foule and execrable sinnes whereby so great a multitude of maried people shoulde be damned The 341. day fiftly meditate vvhat sorrowe the soule of Iesus Christ was in on the Crosse to thinke how the state of virginitie shoulde be defiled so many virgins loosing the crowne of their virginities by consenting to foule and filthy thoughts and deeds for which he sighed piteously The 342 day sixtly consider the great sorrowe of the harte of our Sauiour Christ to thinke vpon the wonderfull vnthankefulnes of man to his heauenly father for al the benifites and passioÌ„ of his onelie sonne bestowed on vâ— with so greate loue The â—4 3 day From Iapha to the ship of Saint Peter recommending thee to S. Fraucis and to al his order recommeÌ„ding thee to the holie Trinitie Geue thankes to our Lorde who hath conducted thee to these holie places and that he wil be our guide and conducte vs to his heauenly kingdome when the shippe beginneth to goe say TedeuÌ„ SeaueÌ„tlhie meditate the bitter sorrow of the soule of our Sauiour considering that so manie Christians shoulde be daÌ„ned for there wicked life and then he cried My god my god vvhie hast thou forsaken me The 344. meditate in what greife the soule of Iesus was in to consider what nuÌ„ber of people should remaine without the christian faith and therefore shoulde neuer see the face of God The 345. day meditate how the most noble soule of Iesus was exceding sorrowfull when he did consider that the grace of God shoulde be of so litle estimation with manie or altogether cleane reiected The â—46 day meditate of the sadnes of theÌ„ soule of Iesus
The 280. day Meditate how Christ in heauen is clad with glorie and gladnes who on earth so wilinglie caried the purple garment for mockerie shame and dishonor The 281. day Meditate how his holie members are moste sweetly vnited together and doe giue so sweete a smel that al his elect are by the same refreshed who on earth suffered in al his members moste greueous paines and sorowes The. 281. day Meditate how Iesus so sweetely feeleth him self now touchig his sacred blood inclosed in his veines who beinge on earth did loose al his natural bewtie The 283. day Meditate how his diuine face shineth in heauen which seamed on earth to haue lost al comely forme and beautie because it was so chaunged and disfigured with strokes and buffetts The. 284. day Meditate what delicious sauour Christ feeleth continually proceedinge from his glorious humanitie in steede of the filthie sauour he suffered on earth and cheiflie of the spittinge in his holie face The. 285. day Meditate how Christ is compassed on the right hand of his heauenly father with an innumetable multitude of Angels who so infamously on earth was haÌ„ged betwene two theeues The 286. day Thinke how by the mecites of his passion he doth obteine al the delightes aforesaid with diuers other innumerable merits al which descend and flowe vpon sinners by the streames and course of his mercie The 287. day Consider how he drinketh the wine of ioy and euerlastinge loue who on the Crosse tasted of the bitter gaule and vineger The 288. day Meditate how Christe feeleth him self in respect of his humanitie being so high raised in ioy and gladnes who being on earth suffered so many abuses and dispisements The 289. day Meditate in what incredible reste and sweetnes the sowle of Christe is in aboundinge in al diuine delightes which one the earth hath indured so many bitter sighes and sorrowes The 290. day Meditate with what sweetenes Christ is now an hoste to his elect whom he feedeth and feasteth with diuers amiable and pleasant delightes The 291 day Meditate how loue hath opened the noble and diuine harte of Christ froÌ„ which issueth the noble sweete wine which maketh drunke al the inhabitants of heaueÌ„ly HierusaleÌ„ The 292 day Meditate how our noble Champion Christ Iesus shal retorne at the last day to giue iudgement on the quick and dead The 293 day Meditate of the day of iudgement when the voice of the maiestie of god shal be heard which shal coÌ„mande the thunder lightninge windes death to goe forth in their furie to the end that al flesh shal die for the day of iudgment approcheth The 294. day Meditate how the windes thunder and lightninge shal rore one against another wherby death shal come on al men for terror feare The 295. day Meditate in what wrath and Ire the diuine iustice shal send his Angels fainge goe vvith sounde of trumpet and câ—l al people before me to iudment for I am novv readie and vvil iudge al people accordinge to their vvorkes The 296. day This day in Rhodes salute S. Iohn the Baptist and al the Parriarkes Prophets because thou haste now receiued great knowledge of their pomises and prophecies which they haue long since foretolde An Aduertisement About this place ofâ—en hapneth great tempests by occasion of which followeth 17. exercises of the iudgment and paines of the damned Meditate with what agilitie the Angelles doe flie out of heauen deuide them selues in to the four corners and windes of the worlde to assemble al people cryinge by the sound of a TroÌ„per _____ Arise ye dead and come to iudgment The. 297. day Meditate how Christ wil appeare very terrible to al men euen from Adam to the childe laste borne and euery one shal take his proper body and assemble him selfe to the valley of Iosaphat The. 298 day Meditate of the horrible and dreadful estate of sinners cryinge woe woe woe The. 299 day Meditate in what horible manner the damned soules shal come out of helle and shal take againe their stinkinge bodies with noise and terror moste dreadful and terrible The. 300. day Meditate of the poore soules remayninge then in Purgatorie not fully purged and how that their horror paine and affliction shal be augmented and shal cleanse them that they may be the sooner deliuered The. 30â— day Meditate how hard and insupportable it shal be to sinners to heate that dreadful seÌ„tente Goeyeecursed into euerlastinge fire prepared for the Deuil and his Angels And what a terrible thinge it shal be to heate the daÌ„ned to howle roare and lament The. 302. day Meditate what a terrible thinge the tuninge to and fro of the deuilles shal be amonge the miserable and damned soules The. 303. day Meditate of the great enuie and malice of tâ—e Deuils who would not that any one person should be saued The. â—04 day Meditate how vnwillinge the sinners shal be to appeare before the iudgment seate of the maiestie of God for that they certainly knowe their euerlastinge damnation The. 305 day Meditate with what great enuie the Deuil shal thrust forward the damned prisons to goe to iudgment and to make thier account of al their euil workes wordes and thoughtes and to receaue the mostâ— bitter sentence of the iudge The. 306. Meditate how ashamed the sinners shal be when god shal giue the whole world to vnderstand their euil deedes and there shal see and clearely knowe that they shal dwel for euer more in hel with the curssed Deuilles The. 307. Meditate what sorrowe and anguishe the condemned sinners shal be in when they shal heare al creatures to consent to their damnation and that no man shal haue pittie oâ— compassion on them The. 308 Thinke how vnwillingly sinner shal be to behould the face of the diuine Maiestie which then shal be very terrible yet not with staÌ„dinge they shal be constrained to behould it The. â—09 day Thinke how the great noÌ„ber of the damned shal far exceede the nomber of the saued and how that many are caled but few are â—nosen The. 310 day Thinke how horrible it shal be to the damned that their damnation shal be euerlasting The. 311. day Thinke and thinke againe that there is not so litle a sinne committed in this worlde but shal haue in hell his perticuler paine if it be not amended by penance The â—12 day Meditate how god shal harden his hart and be highly offended with sinners and wicked persons when Iustice shal shut the gates of hell and locke them in which neuer shal be opened Of the Ioyes of Paradise The 313. day Meditate what great ioy the Angells and al the elect shal haue when they returne to heauen with great triumphe with their Lord and maker The 314. day Meditate how sweetely al the saued soules shal reioyce when they shal heare the sweete and melodious worde of the Iudge sayinge Come ye blessed of my father and posesse the kingdome prepared for you before
was imprisoned and how he sent to Christ sayinge Tu es qui venturus es an alium expectamus art thou he which art to come or doe we looke for any other Vsite at Rhodes where the three holy kinges haue often bene The 98. day Meditate on the prayse and rewarde wich Christ gaue vnto S. Iohn Baptist Visite without Rhodes where S Iohns Head was founde there is a pleasante fountaine The 99 day Meditate of the glorious death of S. Iohn Baptist and how the daunsinge damosel gaue his head to hir Aduoutrousse mother You may visite in Rhodes a wood where S william made his Pennance The 100. day Meditate how Christ taught his disciples not to lay vp their treasure in the earth but in heauen and so to imbrace voluntarie pouertie The 112 day Meditate how Iesus taught his disciples not to be careful what o eate or what to weare but to seeke first the kingdome of heauen The 102. day Meditate how Iesus fed his disciples with his sweete wordes when they could get no meate The 103. day Meditate how midely Iesus shewed him self towards Iudas whom he made his Steward knowinge he should betraye him he much lamented him as often as he saw him The 104 day Meditate how Iesus gaue power to his disciples to worke mirackles sent them to preach two and two as Lambes amonge woules exhortinge them to patience The 105. day Meditate how Iesus went him self by Sea and by Land to preach and after cured their diseases and conuersinge rather with the poore then with the riche for which the Scribes Pharises maliciously hated him The 106. day Meditate how our Sa willingly suffered with patience of the magistrates and ministers of the Temple their mockes disdainful lookes and preuie conspiracies against him condemninge him for a soole and an euil man The 107. day Meditate how meekely our Sauiour suffered the docters of the Temple who would haue put him to death but for feare of the people and how our Lord then shuned the same for that his time was not yet come The. 108. day Meditatete how Iesus was receaued in to the house of Martha and Mary with his disciples and how Mary did narrowly obserue his behauiour his abstinence his sobrietie in eatinge his prudent and ghostly talke and his diuine wordes You may visite S. Helens goulfe wher she threw one of the nayles Christ was crucified with al euer since that Sea hath bene more calme You may visite Baffa where the. 7. sleepert rest The. 109 day Meditate how the blessed Mary Magdalen followed our Lord euery where and prouided for him and for his Disciples The. 110. day Meditate of our Lords wearines and sitinge at the Welle and how he asked water of the woman of Samaria and how his disciples marueiled The. 111 day Meditate this day of the painful iorney and trauaile of our Sauiour passinge through the contries to preach the Gospel and cure their diseases sustaininge in the meane time many wants as if he had not bene the only Sonne of God Visite in that part wher S. Catharin was brought vp The. 112. day Meditate how meeke and gentle our Lord was when any did dishonor him speakinge against his doctrin and saing his workes were done by the power of the Deuil The. 11â— day Meditate of the great meekenes and clemencie of our Sauiour towardes the Iewes notwithstanding he knew the great malice and enuie they bare towards him The 114. day Meditate of the sweete countenance and louinge teares our Sauiour often shed in the Temple before the Aultar for the finnes of the people The 115. day Meditate how the most mightie kinge of glory the heauenly father who could haue destroied al people in the world in amoment and made others in their places moste â—beningly and mâ—rcifully with great patience and longe sufferinge chose rather for to see his only begotten Sonne our Sauiour Iesus to be Incarnate and to shew vs exsample of life by his owne steppes and precepts where by we might please god Tâ—e 116 day Meditate how Christ answered the Iewes when they brought to him in the Temple the woman taken in Aduoultrie and how mercifully he deliuered hir At Famagusts of olde Fama Costi of S. Katharins father kinge of Cipres vvhere in a Chapel is one of the Hidries in the which Christ turned water in to wine vi mile from thence is the auncient Fagus where S. Katharim was borne The 117. day to Tyre goinge towards S. Catharins body Meditate how as our Lord was preachinge a woman cried out sainge happie is the wombe that bare thee and the papes that gaue thee suck and of Christes answere yea hapie ar they that heare the word of god and keepe it In this contrie is sons hortorum putenâ—â— aquarum viuentium In Tyre the woman of Cananie was healed The 118. day Meditate how Iesus proued the faith of the woman of Cananie makinge intercession for the health of hir posessed daughter which she obtained and was also highly comended for hir faith Goinge to Acon and thence to mount Carmolus where Elias the Prophet was in thi place the friers Carmalites began and al especially that vveare a Religions Cloacke ought to geue themselues to gâ—eat deuotion The 119. day Meditate how our Lord did teach Nichodemus who came to him by night and said to our Sauiour Lord and master we knowe thou comest from god for no man can doe these signes thou doest except he be of god how Christ taught him the entrance to heauen to be by Baptisme and that as the Serpent was lifted vp in Moises time so shal the Sonne of man be exalted that whosoeuer shal beleue in him shal not perishe but haue life euerlastinge The. 120. day meditate of our Lords instructioÌ„s to his disciples not to feare them who could kil the body only but to haue feare of offendinge him who could caste both body and soule in to euerlasting fire and that who so shal confesse me before men I shal coÌ„fesse him before my father which is in heauen The 121. day Meditate how our Redeemer tould his Disciples for what cause he came in to this vale of misery and to what intent he did choose them vnto him sainge I am come to put fire in the earth that is the fier of the holy Ghost to enflame the hartes of men and to make tâ—eÌ„ burne in diuine loue An so I am come to be baptised with a certaine baptisme and how much I am troubled vntil it be perfected in me vnderstanding by this his holy passioÌ„ the which he so greatly thirsted The 122. day Meditate how Iesus said to his Disciples I am not come to bringe peace meaninge temporal in the world but warre and who so loueth his father or his mother more theÌ„ me is not worthy of me who so embraceth not his Crosse with patience and carieth it after me he is not worthie of me that is of my grace
sonder and the graues of the dead did open At the third assault which was moste feirce thorough loue he willingely yealded his hart to be transperced to death and therfore cried the 7. word In to thy handes o Lord I comend my spirite and bowinge downe his head he gaue vp the ghost In his death al the vvorld vvas moued the earth trembled the stones cloaue in peices the Sepulchers opened the veile of the Temple rent in tvvo The Centurion seing al these mirackles and that he died vveepinge he said verely this man vvas the sonne of god and the people astonied at al they saw and heard returned to their ovvne houses knockinge their breastes The mount of Caluarie also cleft as it is novv seene four foote from the boale vvhere in the crosse vvas put at the left side tovvardes the euil theefe it is so longe that a man may lie here in and 18 foote deepe as is thought In he cleaunige of the Rocke the Crosse of the eui beâ—fe vvent farther of Our Sauiour did haâ—ge on the crosse vvith his face tovvardes the vvest he vvas then 33. yeares old 3. monethes and 9. dayes There vvas founde therby a vvritinge in greeke letters sainge Illic deus rex noster ante saecula operatus est salutem in medio terrae The 223 day Meditate how the moste noble soule of our Sauiour left his sacred body hanginge on the crosse in moste miserable and doleful plight when it departed forth in so great violence his cheekes were riueled his nose sharpe his eies and sweete mouth were halfe open his head inclined and hanging downe vpon his breaste his sides vvere very rawe and thinne and so as euery bone might be easely toulde his belly was suncke inward to his back his legges were turned to one side and his feete to a nother al his whole body was ful of woundes and of colour red black blue that it was pittie to see it If it be thus o Lord in thy body which was conceiued without our sinne borne of a virgin moste pure and innocent in al thy life replenished with thy diuinitie what ought I miserable sinner to haue expected if thy great mercie o Lord had not preuented me and with thy bitter paines and torments thou hadest not redeemed me The 224. day meditate of the incredible sorrow of the blessed mother of god seinge hir sweete and wel beloued some hanging dead on the Crosse and what abundance of teares she shed with S. Iohn and other women of his freindes and what feare they were in when as the officers came brake the leggs of both the theeues that haÌ„ged with Iesus that they might die the soâ—ner And how that seing Iesus was dead one of the souldiers stroke our Lorde to the harte with a speare wheÌ„â— issued out bloode and water for our redemption and the remission of our sinnes The which thrust of the speare peirced the hart of our blessed Ladie also The 13. Station O Most mightie conquerour of all our enimies by the incomprehensible loue and paine which thou sufferedst being streched like a stringe vpon the Crosse as well inwardly as outwardly thy veines and sinnewes being broken there withall that thy precious bloode issued forth like fountaines of water And by all the mocks blasphemies iniuries thou then didest suffer when in so great tormeÌ„t thou yealdest vp thy blessed soule vnto thy heauenly father in full satisfaction for all our sinnes I beseche thee geue me grace to perseuer in true pennance to die to the worlde and heare to satisfie for mine offences O Lorde hould me fast by those three nailes of my christian profession that is to renouÌ„ce the worlde the fleshe the diuell As also by these 3. nailes of Religion Pouertie Chastitie and obedience that I neuer fal from thy loue into any sinne or greueous temptation and that I may at the hower of my death with ful confidence say In to thy handes o Lorde I commende my spirite so heare thy voice ful of mercie with the good theefe sainge This day thou stalt be with me in Paradise of heaueÌ„ly glorie Amen The 225. day To a Chappel on mount Caluarie vvhere our Lady and S. Iohn stoode wheÌ„ our lord spoke to them on the crosse Therby is an Aultar vvhere Abraham made sacrifice to our lord Before this Aulter lieth buried S. Godfrie of Bullein Baldwine his brother and many christian kinges of Hierusalem As you goe to the doore is a black stone hauinge 7. lampes hanging ouer it vvhich is the place where our Lady sat vvhen Iesus vvas taken from the Crosse and laied in hir lappe as she vvith teares requested this is almoste the halfe vvay betwixt the Crosse and the Sepulcher The woundes our Sauiour receaued in his body vvere 6666. or as some other say 5475. Meditate how the noble man Ioseph of Arimathia and Nichodemus came to take downe the body of our lord from the crosse with maruelous great reuerence and deuotion both to the body to the crosse and to his blessed mother which she receaued with maruelous and incredible doloure The. 14. Station O Moste merciful redeemer by the great sorrowe of thy deere mother when thy moste sacred body was taken from the Crosse and laid in hir armes in a faire cloath which she washed with many teares I beseeche thee by the same sorrowe and compassion soften my drye hard and stony hart beinge a moste wretched and vile sinner that I may incessantly lament my sinnes and wickednes and with compassion and thankfulnes to bewaile thy bitter death and passion and at my death to receaue deuoutly and worthely thy holy body blood and so with a pure conscience to be alwayes vnited vnto thee Amen Note that the distanâ—e betwixt the Croste and the Sepulcher is 15â— foote The. 226. day Towardes the place of the Sepulcher which is in the midel of the body of the Temple vvich Temple is rounde vvith in and vaulted aboute hauinge 73. Pillers euery one beinge 30. foote highe vvon the Sepulcher is a great rounde houle as large and wide as is the Caue of the Sepulcher so as it is open fovvardes the element the entrie to the Sepulcher is But. 3. foote high and the colour of it vvithin is grey It is 7. foote longe and 6. foote vvide and. 9. foote and a halfe highe And on the right side towards the North is the holy Sepulcher of our lorde and eight handfulls highe from the grounde is a stone as big as a mans head of the Sepulcher fastned in the vval which Pilgrimes doe kisse In this Tabernackle is no vvindowes but only laÌ„pes burninge there is a lampe hanginge before the holy Sepulcher but on good friday it goeth out of it self and lighteth of the one accorde on the holy night of Easter at the hower our lorde did rise from death Also at the Sepulcher is a faire Tombe of marble vvhich is an Aultar very streight where there can enter
euerlastinge glory and he that loueth his life in this world shal lâ—ose it and he that shal forsake this present life for the loue of me in despisinge of these â—orldly preasures he shal keepe it and finde it in the life euerlasting The 124 day Meditate of the great loue and reuerence Christ had to his Apostles saing vnto theÌ„ he that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me also and he that receaueth you receaueth me and he that geueth you but a cup of colde water shal not loose his reward for I wil say at the day of Iudgment I was a straunger and Pilgrime and you receaued me I was thirstie and you gaue me to drinke c. At Gaza Samoson tooke the gates of the cittie and caried them to the toppe of the mountaine and after hauinge his eies put out and his heareâ—h â—uen in which consisted his force he praied to god and his strenght retorninge to him a â—â—ne he pulled a vvay tvvo of the pillers vvhich sustained the house and the vvhole house fallinge he slevv a great nomber of his enimies The 124. day Meditate how Iesus entringe into the desert taught his disciples not far from Tiberias when he heard that Herod had put Iohn Baptist to death not that he feared death for that his time was not yet come but to shew his elect an exsample that it wil be best sometimes to geue place and auoid from the wicked The 125. day Meditate with what great feruour deuotione and zeale the humble people followed our Lord Iesus in the desarts to heare the word of god and how Iesus came downe from the mountaine and sweetly receaued them and also healed their infirmities both in body and soule The 126. day Meditate how our Lord Iesus hauinge compassion of the multitude of people willed his Disciples for to prepare them meate namly speakinge vnto Phillip who answered that two hundred peniworth of bread wold not be sufficient that euery one might haue a little S. Andrewe tould him of a boy who had fiue barley loaues and two fishes wherupon willinge them to sit downe he fed therwith fiue thousaÌ„d men besides the woemen and litle children and they carried away twelue baskets ful of that which was left of this banquer by reason whereof the people glorified god and confessed that Iesus was the great Prophet that should come to saue the world The 127. day Meditate how Iesus fled and humbly retiered him from the people when he knewe they wuold come and make him kinge as he who refused wordly honor but comminge to apprehende him to haue him crucified he then most willingly offered him self vnto them The 128. day meditate how Iesus went vp alone vpon the high mountaine of contemplation contemning al the honors of the world for to pray and to render thankes to his heauenly father for al his benefits The 129. day Meditate of the said refection of fiue loaues and of Christes blessinge of them by the meanes whereof vntil this present hower al spiritual hartes are greatly refreshed and made stronge and how it is he who nourisheth al creatures The 130. day Meditate how our Sauiour-said I am the true bread which came downe from heauen and am sent in to the world to gene euerlastinge life he that cateth me shal not hunger euerlastingly The 131. day Meditate how Iesus saied vnto the Iewes The bread which I wil geue is my fleash for the life of the world by the which al holy soules shal be enriched with al graces and heauenly vertues The 132. day Meditate of the wordes of Iesus he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dweleth in me and I in him not as your fathers haue eaten manna in the desert are dead but he that eateh-this bread shal liue for euer Al Heliopolis our Lady vvith Iesus remayned vvhen he did flie vvith him in to Egipt The 133. day Meditate of the departinâ—â—e of the gros headed people and Disciples and how mildely he speake vnto his Apostles sainge wil ye goe and leaue me also To whom Peter answered Lord to whom shal we goe seing thou hast the wordes of eternal life we beleue that thou art Christ the Sonne of the huinge god and Iesus said againe I haue chosen you twelue and yet one of you is a deuil but fear you not a bide in your faith and I wil abide in you and fortifie you and nourishe you in al vertue At Cayrus or Babilon vvhere the Sowâ—den is of vvhom the vse is to obtaine a pasport and licence to visit the holy places comende thy self and thy cause to the Patriarche Ioseph vvho vvas Lord of Egipt The 134. day Meditate how Iesus said If the the graine of corne fal not one the ground and die not it remaineth alone but if it die it bringeth forth much fruite meaninge thereby the increase of the gospel after his passion You may visite a Garden in Cayrus of the Souldaine vvhere balme grovveth and vvhere are 7. fountaines vvher vvith the Garden is vvatered The 135. day Meditate how Iesus went twise with his Disciples to pray and repose him self and how the people followed him and brought to him many sick and posessed of devils and he healed them al and how they praysed him and gaue thankes vnto God The 136. day Meditate how Iesus fe †4000. men with 7. loaues and a few litle fiâ—hes and of the 7. baskets of fragments which did remaine Also how the people did loue him would haue taried stil with him if he had not commanded them away You may passe tovvards the red Sea vvhere kirge I harao vvas drovvned and so to mount Sinai vvhere S. Katharins body lieth The 137 day Meditate how Iesus was tempted of the Pharises who required a signe of him from heauen to whom our Lord made this answere you knowe and can iudge the times without signes from heauen but the tokens of my comminge fortolde by the Prophets you cannot know by reason of your vnbeleife and malice You may Take Ship to passe the red Sea vvhere if you finde none ready pray to Moyses that vvith his Rodde he vvil open the vvay to you or to the holie Prophet Helias that vvith his Cloake denidinge the vvaters he vvil make passage for you The 138. day Meditate how Iesus asked his disciples whom doe men say that I am and they answered some say thou art Iohn Baptist some one of the Prophets but Peter laid thou arâ— Christ the sonne of the liuing god The 139. Meditate vpon the sweete comfortable wordes which our Sauiour gaue to S. Peter saing blessed art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for that fleash blood hath not reuealed this vnto thee but my father which is in heauen The 140. day Meditate how Iesus caled al his Apostles by name and how he gaue specially preuiledge to S. Peter and to them saing whatsoeuer ye shal loose on earth shal be loosed in heauen
the beginninge of the worlde The 315. day Meditate what prayses and thanksgeueing shal be yealded to god the father eternally by his elect and saued creatures for that by his grace he hath preserued them The 316. day Meditate how the moste excellent praise of Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus is songe in heauen without ceasinge blessed be thou o Christ eterâ—nally that haste redeemed and saued vs. The 317. day Thinke how the heauenlie spiâ—ittes and saued sowles do reioyce in behouldinge the face and pleasant visage of our Lord out of which may be drawen alioy and pleasure The 318. day Thinke how al saued creatures doe now reioyce in makinge ioy beinge set at the heauenly table with ful delighteâ— perpetual rest puisance and riches and doe drinke of the aboundance of gods howse and talkinge of such great ioy as neuer â—ie hath seâ—ne care hath heard nor â—â—uer â—ntreâ— in to the harte of man The 3â—9 Meditate how god hath created the â—urning Seraphins most noble and incomparable faier shaning a houe al Angelical creaturs And how the beutie of the most highe and holie Trinitie shineth infinitlie about the â—outie of the Seraphinâ— The 320 day meditate how the roble Scraphins burning in the love of God doe ioy without ceasing in the diuine fulnes in behoulding continually the heauenly and most diuine iufluence betwene the father and his welbeloued-Sonne The 321. day Thinke how the noble Cherubins haue there regarde amiablie fixed on god do admire of the excellent sweetenes and influence of his most noble diuiâ—itiâ— The 322 day Thinke how much wisdome is giuen to the most excellente Cherubins whereby they haue knowledge of theire Creator and doe enioy the illumination of the most high diuinitie The 323. day meditate how the Throanes doe rest the selues quietly in God and doe enioy a maruelous sweeteneâ— in him The 324. day meditate how all the happie spirits of the caelestiall Courrâ— abounding with innumerable inestimable delightes without ceasing doe giue continual praise to the most high and holie Trinitie The 325. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the fountaine and increated nature from whence al things doe descend in forme and Creation The 362. day meditate how the holie Trinitie is the cleare glasse wherein all Saints doe behoulde and contemplate the diuine power wisdome bounâ—ie them selues also and all thinges The 327. day Meditate howe the father without ceasinge giueth influence ingenderinge his soÌ„ne in new delights of ioyes The 328. day Meditate of the person of the Sonne who is the eternall wisedome of the father being eternally engendred and borne of his father as a most shinning beame of the light of the Sonne The 329. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god reioyceth al the heauenly citie and geueth recreation to al the blessed spirites who without any means are vnited and conioyned with god The. 330. day Meditate how the SoÌ„ne of god loueth the Father the Father the Sonne and what great ioy the SoÌ„ne hath in behouldinge his Father and againe the Father in behouldinge his Sonne The. 331. day Thinke of the holie ghost proceeding froÌ„ the father the Sonne how continually he filleth all them that are in heauen with the pleasant sappe of ioy and entertayneth them without ceasing with fre she ioy The 3â—2 day To S. Georges Churche in Venice vvhere is his arme and his hande Meditate of the greate ioie that the Queene of Paradise and mother of god Marie hath at this present of the honour that shall be shewed to her euermore in heauen of God of al faued creatures The 334 day To S. Barb aras Church vvhere her body is and a great bone of S. Christopher Meditate how the sweete flower of the Virginitie of Marie incessaÌ„tly marueleth for that the Creator of all creatures was so much humbled as to sucke her pappes The â—3â— day Meditate how the mother of God is now an Aduocatrixe a pacifier of al sinns before out heaueÌ„ly father with her Sonne shewing hir Virginall pappes for the whicâ— all humane creatures which be saued yeald therefore to her euermore praise honour and thankes-geuing The â—35 day meditate how great the sweetenes is wâ—ich Mâ—cie takâ—th now in the glorie of Paradice for the riches of the nolie Gâ—oâ—t is opened vnto her The 336. day VVithin Venice vvhere thou art to recken vvâ—th the Patron of the galley S Peter vviâ—h hâ—s comâ—anie If thou haste satisfied all thou â—româ—sed him in the â—0 date and giue him thankeâ— vvith some praier to his honour Meditate vvâ—at great â—oy the Queene of Paradise hath being sett nexte the most holy and glorious Trinitie The â—37 day To Palia Meditate vvhat greate ioy Macie taketh in that she hath bene the â—nother of the euerlaâ—ting worde The â—38 day meditate how sweetely Marie lowlie giâ—eth thâ—nkes to the holy Trinitie and giâ—eth thanks without ceasing and knoweth perfectlie she is beloued The â—â—9 day Meditate how our Ladie is sweetely enâ—â—roned with holie Angels the heauenly noste and how her â—rightnes and theirs compared together are like a â—hadow to the bright Sunne The â—40 day Meditate how the Apoâ—tels reioyse in heaueÌ„ clothed with â—auce pouâ—sered witâ— starrs of Christian faith â—hining like the sunne The â—4â— day Aâ— Trâ—nt where is the body of the Infance Simeon vvhâ—e vvas martyred â—y the Infideâ—ls meditate how greatly the Apostels reioyced for that they shall be sette of twelue seates iudginge alâ— nations of the earth The â—41 day Meditate how the holie virgins doe follow the Lambe of God clothed with long white robes â—hiniÌ„g with cleannes and Virgintie The â—4â— day meditate with what fâ—veeroues the espouses of the lambe who VirginÌ„s doe carrie the singuler garland and Croâ—ne of golde which is caled Auâ—eola ouer the faier Corone of the heauenly glorie The â—44 day Meditate how hartely the spouses of the lambe are beloued of the holie Trinitie because that for the loue of him they coÌ„tinued notanie white soptted or defiled The â—45 day Meditate how the holy Virgings doe receaue of our lorde Iesus the coller of golde with other ornamentes for theire neckes by moste sweete loue The 346. day meditate how the Patriarckes Prophets reioyce without ceasing for that they see in glorie hi. whose death accomplished all which they did Prophesie of him The 347. day Meditate how sweetlie the holie mâ—rtyres doe reioyse vvith our Lorde for that for the loue of him they haue shedd their precious bloode The 348. day Meditate vvhat companies of holy Martirs with Palmes in their handes in signe of victorie and triumphe proceede in order before the Holie Trinity and receiue aboundant treasures of heauenly ioye and glorie The. 349. day Meditate how the holye Martyrs doe become dronke with the sweete fountaine of heauenly comforts for that they suffered such bitter death for Christes sake The. 350. day Meditate how in the holie Confessors the merites of their holie deuout thoughtes and contemplations is now brightly shininge in them The. 351. day Meditate how all the Saintes in Pardice haue done no one so litle a good deede but hath now his particular recompence and rewarde The 352. day Meditate how al the elect Sanites of god doe now triumphe in Paradise and are highlie rewarded there for al their labours The. 353. day Meditate how al the Saintes are comforted in heauen for al their trauaile they haue so patiently suffered on earth The. 354. day Thinke how al the Saintes in heauen are now crowned with crownes of inestimable ioy for that they haue here on earth behaued them selues so valiantly in fightinge and conqueringe the world the fleash and the Deuil The 355. day Thinke o Pilgrime for what life thou art created and made of thy creator Wherfor behaue thy self valiantly and fight manfully whilst thou art here for the life of man is but a war-fare on earth The. 356 day Thinke o deuout sowle to what holie and happie end thow art elected for the which cause beare thy aduersities with al patience and suffer gladly here for a little time The. 357. day Meditate of the soueraing and cleare brightnes of euerlastinge life and humbly craue that the same blessed brightnes may happpely shinein thy soule The 358. day Thinke of the most pleasant sweetenes of the euerlastinge life and hartely pray that thou maist euen now somwhat feele and taste the same to the end that thy drye hart may be sweetned and comforted ther with The 359 day Meditate of the moste happie felicitie of the eternal life and desier with moste earnest harte that thou maâ—â—t haue comfort of the same and be filled there with The. 360. day you may visit at Colin the bodies of the. 3 â—inges oâ— Saint Vrsula and the XI thousand Virginâ— Meditate of the life to come which is â—eâ—er to die being without aâ— sorâ—â—vâ—or wante of any thinge and desier of thy lord god that once thou maist behould and enioy the face of â—is diâ—ine Maâ—eâ—te The 361. day you may visit at Acâ—n the Smock of the B. Virgin the Hose of Sainte Ioseph and many other reliques Meditate hovv ioyfully one day God the Faâ—hâ—r vvil giue him selfe to the povver of thy memory The. 362. day At Maistrike is the body of Saint Seruace cosen to our Sauiour in the fourth degree Thinke hovv svvetly they Sonne of God shal be vvholie enclosed in the povver of thy vnderstandinge The. 393. day Meditate hovv comfortably the Holy Ghoste like runing streames of vvater shal be continualy povvringe in the desiers of thy harte vvith great and vnspeakable svveetnes to thy sovvle The. 364. day Meditate hovv the Holy Trinitie shal abounâ—antly fille thee vvith al kinde of heauenly delightes in his glorious kingdome of Paradise yea vvith much more then either eie hath seene eate hath heard or the harte of man is able to conceiue The 365. day At thy lodginge in London or from vvhence thou departedst Meditate hovv al faithfull Pilgrimes after this mortal Pilgrimage shal be in greate ease rest and svvetnes for euermore and shal remaine happie vvith out end The vvhich the Holy Trinitie by the intercession of the Blessed mother and of al Saintes graunte vs Amen