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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

affections and desires no otherwise then beasts are bound at a cratch euery one with their seueral halters And when they haue once opened a way for these affectiōs vnto their heart with the same study loue y e men embrace the last end they seeke follow after meanes by which they may obtain that they desire Therfore some night and day apply their bookes that they may come to their wished ende Others as long as they liue doe wholy endeuor thēselues to heap hoard vp welth Others giue thē selues to traffike merchandise or do some other thing that they may gaine vnto themselues that they seeke for For after that they ●…aue giuen place to the roote they are also compelled will they nill ●…hey to giue place to al the branches that sprout spring from it These without doubt are hurtfull plants these are those thornes in the gospel which choak the seed of the word of god For the mā y e is enwrapped in these businesses with so superfluous a care hath neyther time nor minde at liberty to attend vpon the seruice of God Therefore it happeneth many times that the deuil doth presently disturbe a man in Prayer withdrawe him from his exercise and casteth him headlong from heauen vpon the earth and oftentimes haleth pulleth him that he may turne himselfe to effect●… that to which the affection and passion of his minde doth allur●… and inuite him so that when god calleth him to his table to his embrace to the fruition of his ioyes and participation of his spirit he will not come he contemneth the voyce of the Lorde and with greedines doth follow●… those vanities to which his appetites doe call him Therefore let him be assured ●…hat seeketh for God thus that he ●…hall neuer finde him For no man ●…s our Sauiour saith can serue two Maisters for either he shall hate ●…e one and loue the other or els he ●…all leane to the one and despise the ●…her They that doe the contrary ●…e like vnto the new inhabitants 〈◊〉 Samaria which the King of ●…sshur sent thither of whom the ●…cripture saith That they 〈◊〉 the Lord and also serued other ●…ods To these that of the Pro●…et Samuell to the children of ●…aell may be said If ye be come ●…aine vnto the Lord with all your ●…art put away the strange Gods ●…m among you and direct your ●…rts vnto the Lord and serue him ●…ly and he shall deliuer you out of 〈◊〉 hand of the Philistines If men ●…uld diligently consider how ●…ch that is which they owe vnto God and how little it is that mans heart can giue they should manifestlye see that this worshippe and seruice cannot be de uided seeing that so much is due●… and so little is giuen The bedd●… is streight sayeth Esaye that 〈◊〉 cannot suffice and the eouerin●… narrow that it cannot couer two This is perspicuously euiden●…ly seene in the streightnes of ma●… heart which cannot together c●…taine God and the world Who doth deny but that he ill linked in mariage who caste his eies vppon an other wom●… beside his owne wife?-so also he ill linked vnto the diuine w●…dome whose minde is ent●… gled in forraine loue Goe to then my brother 〈◊〉 that thou be a chaste louer of t●… heauenly spouse beware t●… thou be not an vnfaithfull bri●… groome or an adulterer vnto ●…at holy and deuout Wisedome ●…ware that thou bring not in●…thine house an harlot For ●…peake in truth and verity that ●…ere is not any whore so yonge ●…d beautifull which doeth so ●…caye and quench wedlocke ●…e and that doeth so steale ●…ay and consume that a man ●…th as any one of these affe●…ons when they are too in●…dinate for they doe quench ●…t out the loue of God and doe ●…sume all the good that wee ●…ght reape by it Therfore it is meet that he that ●…l walke in this way that he ●…te out of his minde all forraine extrauagant affections that offer his hart vnto God as the ●…t matter or as cleane paper ●…e from al staine and pollution ●…t God himselfe may imprint in it whatsoeuer he will without any contradiction This is that resignation which is so much com mended of those that write of spirituall life to which resignati●… on it pertaineth to offer to God heart pure free from all earthly affections worldly desires tha●… there may not be any thing in i●… which may stay the influences hinder the operations of the ho●… Ghost Here we are to note that tw●… things are required in the perf●… ction of euery worke one that the agent the other that is th●… patient one that commandet●… the other that obeyeth If th●… desirest that God should perfe●… his worke in thee haue an e●… how these two are to be dispos●… of Because it is vnmeete and v●… seemely that God should obey●… and that thou shouldest gouern●… Giue to Caesar those thinges that ●…e Caesar to God those things ●…at are Gods that is suffer God 〈◊〉 rule thee to direct thee and to ●…ork in thee what pleaseth him ●…d let thy hand bee directed by ●…shande as a penne is in the ●…nd of a writer which resisteth ●…t But there is none other resi●…nce or repugnancy besids that ●…hich is wrought by the affecti●…s and by the will and by theyr ●…erations and actions But because in this life we can●…tbee altogether free from all ●…tward businesses and externall ●…ercises at y e least let vs doe that ●…t our mindes bee not ouer●…elmed and ouerborn of them 〈◊〉 let the affection of Diuine ●…sedome haue alwayes the ●…pter in her hand and alwaies ●…re sway in our endeuours and ●…dies Let vs with al our heart alwaie●… say that of the Wiseman I ha●… loued her and sought her from 〈◊〉 youth I desired to marrye he●… such loue had I vnto her beauty This is ourlast ende this is t●… certaintye of our felicity for th●… we were created and for this 〈◊〉 things were created Let vs thinke that wee l●… all the time that wee spen●… in it and whatsoeuer time d●… passe awaye without it so th●… a lawefull cause doeth not h●… der let vs suppose that it is l●… of vs. Let vs handle all our ot●… businesse rather in bodye th●… in spirit rather with our han●… then with our heartes acc●… ding to the counsell of the postle saying This then I 〈◊〉 Brethren because the time is sh●… hereafter that both they which 〈◊〉 wiues bee as though they had ●…one And they that weepe as ●…hough they wept not and they ●…bat reioice as though they reioy●…ed not and they that buye as ●…hough they possessed not And ●…ey that vse this worlde as though ●…hey vsed it not for the fashion of ●…his worlde goeth awaye Seeing ●…erefore that all these thinges ●…e so short and brickle they ●…eserue not to be embraced with ●…at loue and affection which ●…at chiefest good

businesses ought not to be so many and so great as to choake our prayer nor our prayer ought to be in such esteeme that for it the workes of vertue be neglected which are proper vnto our estates and callings OF A REMEDY MOST profitable and avayleable against all these kindes of errors CHAP. LII HE therefore that would be freed from all these errors let him set downe vnto himselfe the last end of all his labours and troubles to bee the keeping of the law of God and the obseruing of his moste holy will and also the mortifying of hys owne will let him vse the sweetnes of prayer to temper qualifie the cup of bitternes and let him assuredly perswade himself that by how much the more any one drinketh of this cup by so much hee hath profitted and by how much lesse any one hath drunke of it by so much he hath lesse profitted Let him diligently marke how much hee dayly profitteth in humility as well in that which is inward as in that which is outward how he brooketh the iniuries that are done vnto him how he succourerh the infirmities of others releeueth the necessities of his neighbor how he hath a fellow feeling of his brethrens miseries how he reproacheth not the escapes falles of his neighbor and how he hath learned to hope in the Lord when tribulations are at hand how he moderateth his tongue keepeth his heart bridleth the flesh with al her lusts concupisences how he gouerneth ordreth himselfe as well in aduersity as in prosperity that he be not cast downe of the one nor puffed vp of the other How he carrieth himselfe in all thinges with grauity and discretion But before all thinges let him diligently consider whether the loue of honour of pleasure of the worlde and of such like affections bee killed and mortified in him and according to the rule that euery one shall finde in himselfe let him so iudge and not according to the quantity of sweetnes which he shall feele in prayer But if we would attaine vnto our true end indeed it ought not to be sufficient vnto vs to haue looked vnto prayer but it is also requisite that with one eye and that with the best we haue a regard vnto mortification and with the other vnto prayer If we will doe this at the length wee shall come vnto true contemplation Otherwise prayer will profit nothing without mortification neither can perfect mortification be had without the help of prayer For prayer and mortification are as two sisters one of which doth help the other in all thinges that are to be done Which two vertues were figured and pointed at by those two Alters that were in the temple of Salomon vpon one of which sacrifices were alwayes offered and vpon the other nothing but incense By the Alter of Sacrifice on which diuerse liuing creatures were daily killed and sacrificed mortificatiō is vnderstood whose duety it is to sacrifice and cut off the heades of our appetites By the Alter of incense prayer is meant which like incense kindled by the Diuine loue doth ascend out of our hearts euen vp to heauen there doth deale with God about the dispatch of our busines He therefore that after this manner desireth to bee the Temple of the liuing God let him haue in his Soule these twoo Alters one is his superiour part where alwayes may fume the incense of prayer and meditation that that of the Psalmographer may be fulfilled O how loue I thy law it is my meditation continually The other in his inferiour part where alwaies hee may offer Sacrifices of his concupiscences and appetites that that of the Apostle may bee done Mortifie your members which are on the earth fornication and vncleannesse inordynate affection euill concupiscence and coueteousnes which is idolatrie This is that myrrh of which the Spouse speaketh in the Canticles I will goe saith shee into the mountaine of myrrh and to the hill of incense For as by incense prayer is vnderstoode so by myrrh mortification is meant which is most bitter vnto our taste but most precious in the sight of God and of moste acceptable sauour Neyther doth it want a mistery that myrrh is attributed to the mountaine and incense to the hill perhaps that it might be insinuated how mortification is farre more excellent then prayer as well in difficulty as in dignity For as an vniuersall mortifying of all our appetites is more difficult then prayer so also it is more excellent and more necessary And as the hill is the way vnto the mountaine and the meanes to ascend vnto it so prayer is the way and the ascending to mortification Therefore the seruant of God is to be admonished that the more sweetnes he feeleth in prayer the more cheerfully he prepare himselfe vnto greater troubles considering that ●…t is meete and requisite that he suffer for that Lord by whom he hath bene dealt with so louingly so tenderly and let him weigh and marke that these consolatiōs which are giuen vnto him are but breathings bestowed vpon him to this end that with greater courage he may returne into the field And we are faithfully to marke and consider that at that very time when the Lord was transfigured vpon the mount when his face did shine like the Sunne and his garments were as white as snow I say that at that very time in the midst of so great ioyes he spake of those things which afterwards he was to suffer at Ierusalem What had the busines of his passion any fellowship or participation with his transfiguration If musick be vnseasonable in the time of mourning shall not mourning in like manner be vnseasonable in the time of musicke and publ●…ke reioycing Truly this hath place at the feasts and meetings of this world but not in diuine solemnities where consolations are giuen for tribulations rest for torment and for the crosse transfiguration So that as often as the seruant of God feeleth any comfort let him assuredly know that he is cited and prouoked vnto a new combat and as these consol●…tions doe binde a man vnto tribulations so wee must thinke that wee are called vnto tribulations as often as wee feele that wee are comforted Therefore as a diligent and carefull tr●…ueller that entreth into an Inne that he may breake his fast eateth and withall is carefull to make an ende of the voyage he hath taken in hand so that although his bodye be in the Inne yet his heart and minde is about his iourney so also the seruant of God when he goeth to pray let him on the one side enioy celestiall sweetnes and on the other side let him purpose to beare troubles and molestations for his loue of whome he is so much made of and who will not haue any one to eate his bread but in the sweate of his face Let this then be the ende and scope of this busines that