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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06431	Granados deuotion Exactly teaching how a man may truely dedicate and deuote himselfe vnto God: and so become his acceptable votary. Written in Spanish, by the learned and reuerend diuine F. Lewes of Granada. Since translated into Latine, Italian and French. And now perused, and englished, by Francis Meres, Master of Artes, & student in diuinity.; Libro de la oración y meditación. Part 2. English	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Meres, Francis, 1565-1647.	1598 (1598)	STC 16902; ESTC S108896	180,503	650

doth lead them O●… Sauiour doth signifie so mu●… whē he saith Where your treas●… is there will your hart be also 〈◊〉 timating in what thing soeuer 〈◊〉 whole treasure of our loue is p●… vpon that is bestowed also all●… diligence all our cogi●…ions 〈◊〉 whatsoeuer proceedeth from 〈◊〉 hart Therfore the seruant of 〈◊〉 must alwaies diligently wa●… and haue his heart in sure ho●… that he may not thinke any th●… 〈◊〉 of his passions bee lead vnto 〈◊〉 thing which is not of God 〈◊〉 from God Let him not bee 〈◊〉 but for that which seperateth 〈◊〉 from God Let him not bee ●…d but for that which leadeth 〈◊〉 vnto God let no thought bee ●…e holy vnto him nor any co●…tion more vsuall then by ●…t meanes he may satisfie and ●…se God let him not liue with 〈◊〉 other feare loue desire or ●…e then of him in him for 〈◊〉 This is the crosse in which 〈◊〉 Apostle gloried when he said 〈◊〉 world is crucified vnto me and 〈◊〉 to the world which is done 〈◊〉 by the death of the body but ●…e spirit that is by the death ●…e loue of all earthly thinges 〈◊〉 whē the spirit feeleth this it is 〈◊〉 were dead vnto al creatures ●…ueth onely to his creator in ●…me his loue is solely rooted Therfore in the law comma●… dement was giuen to the hyg●… Priest that he should neyther b●… ry his father nor mother Least 〈◊〉 be defiled by them in touching 〈◊〉 dead The Lord knew that ne●… ther the sight nor the corpor●… touch did defile men but the a●… fection of the heart which h●… would haue to bee so pure an●… cleane in his friends that he wo●… not haue it trobled nor disturb●… neither through the occasion 〈◊〉 losse of father or mother Pera●… uenture my brother it will seen●… hard difficult vnto thee whic●… we heere commaund thee but 〈◊〉 is a shame if that seeme hard vn●… Christians who are as trees pla●… ted by the riuers of grace whic●… heathen Philosophers haue con●… maunded their Schollers haui●… none other thing to enlight●… them then the light of reason There haue beene Philosophers ●…d who by their precepts haue ●…euoured to make men heroi●… diuine free frō all passions 〈◊〉 affections and doe wee mar●… if wee bee commaunded to ●…y about with vs a peaceable 〈◊〉 a quiet heart that God may ●…ll in it ●…lthough it seeme difficult vn●…ee to bring so great a worke ●…o an happy end yet this doct●… shall be profitable for thee 〈◊〉 thou maist knowe the scope 〈◊〉 end to which all thy cogita●…s and desires are to be aymed 〈◊〉 directed It will also be pro●…le vnto thee least thou be al●…ether mutable and vnstable as ●…e whose heartes are like wea●… cocks set vpon the toppes of ●…ets steeples which are tur●… about with euerye winde ●…ese are neuer like vnto themselues neither continue in 〈◊〉 state for euen now they are 〈◊〉 and heauye presently after ●…cond and merrye now pleas●… forthwith angrye now graue 〈◊〉 and by light and toyish now 〈◊〉 uout straitway after dissolute 〈◊〉 be briefe inwardly they are ch●… ged into so manye colours sh●…pes as out ward accidents and ●…casions offer thēselues vnto the●… The Camelion is an vnclean c●…ature and forbidden in the la●… perhaps because he is chāged i●… to all coulours which are laid b●…fore him no lesse vncleane are 〈◊〉 they who are figured by th●… beast such are they that are m●…ued with euerye winde who a●… cōmonly wont to be men vnst●…ble vnstayed without grauit●… wisdome without honor wit●…out courage without fortitud●… light easily enclined fainth arte●… vnconstant mutable of whom no ●…t thing is to be expected ●…uch are vnworthy the names ●…en for they haue effeminate ●…light mindes at the least they ●…ot worthy the name of wise 〈◊〉 For it is written A holy man ●…s wisdome is as firm as the Sun 〈◊〉 foole is changed as the Moone ●…e that keepeth his heart free 〈◊〉 these two things that is frō●…e cogitations and inordinate ●…ons he shal easily obtaine this ●…e and puritie of heart which ●…rding to the Philosophers is ●…incipall meanes to get true ●…dome and according to the ●…ement of the Schoole-men ●…nd of a spirituall life as 〈◊〉 sheweth more at large in ●…rst Collation 〈◊〉 conclude this is the last dis●…ion which is required to the ●…emplation of diuine matters according to that of our SAVIO●… Blessed are the pure in heart 〈◊〉 they shall see God For euen as in bright and cleere glasse the S●… beames do make the greater sp●…dour so a purified cleane sou●… the beames of the diuine truth●… shine more cleerely God would not haue Dau●… albeit he was a righteous and 〈◊〉 holy man to build the temple 〈◊〉 which he would dwell becau●… he was a warriour but he woul●… haue it builded of Salomon 〈◊〉 peaceable Sonne that hee mig●… signifie that a peaceable qui●… hart is y e true place in which Go●… desireth to dwell For the sam●… cause when the Lorde appear●… to Elias in the mount he was 〈◊〉 in the mighty stronge winde 〈◊〉 in the earthquake nor in the fi●… but in the still and soft voyce th●… is in a peaceable quiet heart OF THE FOVRTH cause of Deuotion which is a continuall remembrance of God CHAP. VII ●…O this keeping of the heart there is nothing more profi●…e or cōmodious then alwaies ●…alke in the presence of the ●…d to haue him alwayes be●… our eyes not only in the time ●…ayer but in all places and at ●…mes for there be many that ●…o long modest and quiet as 〈◊〉 Master is present but hee ●…g gone they disorder them●…es and doe follow the rage 〈◊〉 vyolence of theyr owne af●…ons ●…he seruant of the Lord must not imitate these but he must rather labor that he may keep th●… heate which he hath got in praier and to continue those cogitations holy which hee hath fo●… these being continued and kep●… do lift a man to the top heigh●… of perfection He that doth otherwaies a●… his life passeth away in doing vndoing in weauing and vnweauing neyther shall hee euer come to his wished end●… This is that happy vnyo●… of our spirit with God whic●… the Saints haue so hyghly esteemed and made so great accoun●… of for the attainement of whic●… they haue taken so great paines●… and which they haue appointe●… the last end of all their exercise●… This is that that Dauid intimate●… that he had obtained when he repeateth so often in his Psalmes●… that God was alwaies before his ●…es that he did cōtinually medi●…te vpon his law that his praise ●…as euer in his mouth So that al●…eit he was a King very much ●…ployed in manye businesses ●…oth of war and peace yet in the ●…yddest of so many cogitations ●…d consultations hee was quiet ●…d albeit so many seruants and ●…ttendors stood about him yet he

as on the contrary part it is property of sorrow to pinch ●…d gripe it in and this enlarge●…nt saith he made not mee to ●…lke in the way of the Lord ●…te by foote to tread this path 〈◊〉 with exceeding great alacry●…o run it which is proper vnto ●…uotion This is the reason why the ser●…ts of the Lord ought seriously ●…esire of God this readines ●…ituall consolation as we will shew afterwards not for the delight which is in it for thi●… should be rather our owne loue●… then the loue of God but for th●… fruite because it inciteth stirreth vs vp to doe well for it is 〈◊〉 mosttruesaying that pleasure perfecteth the worke HOW PROFITABL●… and precious a thing Deuotion is CHAP. II. IF we diligently and studiousl●… consider what hath beene deliuered in the precedent Chapte●… we shall confesse that Deuotio●… is some especiall chiefe good fo●… it is a vertue exciting and stirrin●… vp all other vertues and mak●… ing a man ready and fit for al kin●… of good actions Furthermo●… this vertue is very laudable f●… ●…s alwaies found in the compa●… of the most excellent vertues ●…ith the which it hath very neere ●…iance and affinity for they all ●…nd to the same end that is De●…tion Prayer Contemplation ●…e Exercise of diuine Loue spi●…uall Consolation and the stu●… of heauenly Wisdome which ●…as it were a certaine delights●…me and sweete knowledge of God of the which in the sacred S●…riptures there are so many fa●…ous prayses commendations ●…ll these vertues albeit they bee ●…stinguished and seperated in ●…ooles yet they are alwaies ●…und together in the same flock society for mostcōmonly wher ●…ere is perfect Prayer there al●… is Deuotion Contemplation ●…rituall Consolation and actu●… loue of God with all other ●…rtues that to them haue any reference or reciprocatiō For there is so great likenes and similitude betweene these vertues that the passage from one to another i●… moste easie and although they be distinguished between themselues yet in the verye exercise●… as I said they work together Fo●… we see that when the seruants o●… the Lord doe proceede vnto suc●… exercise first they begin of Me●… ditation then they passe vnt●… Prayer and from Prayer to Con. templation and from Contemplation they make further progresse HOW DIFFICVLT the atchiuement of true Deuotion is CHAP. III. SEeing then that Deuotion i●… so excellent a good no ma●… doubteth but that it is difficult to ●…aine for there is nothing found ●…his world but that the diffi●…tie doth equalize the excel●…cy This is manifestly to bee ●…e in deuotion for it is no ●…e matter to rayse vp our ima●…ation then the which there is ●…ing more afflicted depres●… which notwithstanding is ●…ired to perfect Prayer and ●…otion Wherefore Agathon 〈◊〉 wont to say that in the busi●… and labours of the Religious ●…ing was more hard and diffi●… then Prayer For which cause ●…ee that many are exercised ●…perfeuere in other good acti●… and exercises as in Fasting ●…ching Discipline Almes●…es who notwithstanding ●…ot tollerate nor abide the la●…s of continual Prayer which ●…inely is much to be maruelled at seing that in this most hol●… worke we haue the holy Spirit a●… helper vnto vs and the sacre●… Scriptures and the Sacrament●… of the Church incensours an●… stirrers of vs vp This difficulty groweth fro●… three rootes The first is the cor●… ruption of nature which is so de●… praued through sinne that it ha●… no we lost that Empire and rul●… which at the beginning it had 〈◊〉 uer the faculties and powers 〈◊〉 the soule And therefore the im●… gination which is one of then doth what it listeth vageth an●… wandreth whether it will and o●… tentimes priuily as a vagabo●… seruant stealeth out of door●… before we be aware and this 〈◊〉 not alwaies the fault of ma●… but of nature weakened and e●… feebled through sinne The second roote of this dif●…culty is euill custome by which ●…any through long vse and too ●…uche license haue accustomed ●…ēselues to run hither thither ●…d to wander into all places in ●…eir imaginations and to floate ●…rough all kinde of cogitations ●…ence it is that after that euill ●…stome they can scarcely binde ●…eir imaginations to any one ●…atter since so freely and disso●…tely it hath accustomed to tra●…ell and hunt into all corners of ●…e world How many men are ●…ere found who desiring to haue ●…euotion when they meditate ●…pon the Lords passion or some ●…ther matter and nowe scarcely ●…auing begun to meditate their ●…earts are scattered disseuered ●…to a thousand parts so that they ●…annot fixe their eyes vpon Christ ●…rucified that thither they might ●…end foorth the streames of their loue Doe ye know whence this dis●… commodity commeth vnto you●… euen because yee haue put on an●… euill habit and haue suffered you●… hearts to vage and wander with out bridle or restraint whether they lysted whither they wold Wherefore now when ye would bridle and restraine them ye cannot because they are accustomed vnto licencious liberty Therfore it is needfull for him that would attend vpon Prayer that hee shut vp the gates of his soule against all the kindes of vaine and vnprofitable thoughts and that by little little he change that euill habit into a good withdrawing his imaginations from externall things to internal from earthly thinges to heauenly By thys meanes leasurely although not sudainly our soule is brought hōe ●…est and peaceably enioyeth ●…quillity Notwithstanding wee must 〈◊〉 therfore dispaire nor discou●…e our selues for that is a cer●…e violence but as the heart ●…h put on that euill in a long ●…e so againeit must put it off in ●…ng time and beate backe the ●…se of a long time by contrary 〈◊〉 This shal be done the sooner 〈◊〉 more diligent a man shall be ●…editating vppon good mat●…s and in restraining the senses 〈◊〉 those meanes which make ●…y vnto Deuotion The third roote is the mallice ●…deuils who of their inueterate ●…y towardes mankinde that ●…y may hinder our saluation do ●…relabor to disturbe men when ●…y pray then at other times ●…en they doe not that at the ●…st they might take from them the inestimable fruite of Praye●… that they might depriue the●… of innumerable blessings spring●… ing from it This Origen adm●… nisheth vs of when he saith T●… deuils and contrary powers d●… by all might maine disturbe 〈◊〉 interrupt in prayer first that h●… that laboureth and sweateth 〈◊〉 the agony and feruency of praie●… may not be found such an one 〈◊〉 to lift vp pure handes witho●… wrath But if any one can obtai●… that he may be without wrath 〈◊〉 shall hardly auoyde debating 〈◊〉 disputation that is vaine a●… superfluous cogitations For tho●… shalt scarcely finde any one pray●… ing to be without some idle an●… friuolous thought which decly●… neth and diuerteth that intentio●… by which the minde is directed 〈◊〉