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A01203 Delicious entertainments of the soule written by the holy and most reuerend Lord Francis de Sales, Bishop and Prince of Geneua. Translated by a Dame of our Ladies of comfort of the order of S. Bennet in Cambray Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622.; Deacon, Pudentiana, 1581?-1645.; More, Agnes, attributed name. 1632 (1632) STC 11316; ESTC S118623 214,239 346

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fre●dome but he out of an extreame renuntiatio● would not haue his liberty and so voluntaril● remayned in slaueric with so great pouertie that after his death they found no other hous● hold stuffe of his but a Lampe which wa● sould very deare because it had bene the Lāp of so great à man But we must not abandon ou●selues vnles it weare to leaue our selues to the mercie of the will of God There are man● who say to our Lord I giue my selfe wholie to the with out any reseruation but there are verie few which unbrace the practice of this renuntiation which is no other thing then a perfect indifferencie to receaue all sortes of euent● according as they arriue by the order of the diuine prouidence aswell affliction as cōsolatiō sicknes as health pouertie as riches eontēpt as honour infamy as glorie the which I meane according to the Superiour part of our soule for there is not any doubt but that the inferiour and naturall inclination will allwaies bend and tend to the side of honour rather then that of contempt of riches then that of pouertie although there are not any that can be ignorant that contempt abiection and pouerty are more pleasing to God then honour and abundance of great riches § 4. Now to gett this relinquishing of all at soeuer we ought to obey the wil of God ●nified and that of his good pleausure the one done by may of resignation the other by way indifferencie The will of God signified com●ehendeth his commaudements his councells ●s inspirations our Rules and the ordinances our Superiours The will of his good pleau●●e regardeth the euents of things which wee ●n not foresee or preuent as for example I ●owe not if I shall die to morrow I doe see at this is the good pleausure of God and there ●re I render my selfe to his holy will and ●ll die willinglie In like fort I know not if the ●●xt yeare all the fruites of the earth shal be ●asted if it happen they be or there be plague ●t other like euents it is euident that this is the ●ood pleasure of God and therefore I cōforme ●y selfe there vnto It may happen that you ●hall not haue consolation in your exercises it 〈◊〉 certayne that then this is the good pleasure of ●od wher-fore you must remayne with an ex●eame indifferencie betweene desolation ●onsolation The same ought to be done in all ●hings which shall artiue vnto vs in the cloathes ●hat are giuen vs and in the meates that are ●resented vs. § 5. It ought moreouer to be noted that there ●re things in which the will of God signified is ●oined to that of his good pleasure as if I fall sicke of a greeuous feauer I see that the good pleasure ●f God in this euent is that I remayne indifferēt either for health or sicknes but the will of God signified is that I who am not vnder obedience call for the phisition and that I apply all th● remedies I can I doe not say the most exquisit but the common and ordinarie and that t●● Religious who are vnder a Superiour recea●● the remedies and vsage which are presente● them in simplicity and submission for God ha● signified it vnto vs in this that he hath giue vertu vnto remedies the holy Scripture teacheth it in many places the church orday●eth it now this being done lett the sickne● surmount the remedie or the remedie surmou● the maladie we ought to be perfectlie indifferē● in such sort thar if sicknes and health wear presēt before vs and that our Lord did say vnt● vs if thou chose health I will not take fro● thee one graine of my grace and if thou mak● choise of sicknes I will not augment it one io● at all but to make choise of sicknes would b● more agreable to my will the soule then tha● intirely abandoneth and comitteth it selfe int● the hāds of our Lord will with out doubt choos● sicknes for this cause onelie that there is in i● some what more of the good pleasure of God yea though she weare to remayne all her life in ● bedd not being able to doe any other thing th● to suffer yet would not she for any thing in th● world desire any other estate then that Euen th● saints which are in heauē haue such an vniō with the will of God that if there weare to be had a little more of the good pleasure of God in hell thy would quitt paradice to goe thither This estate of forsaking of ones selfe comprehendeth also the entire resignation to the good pleasure of God in all temptations as drinesses auersions and repugnances which may arriue in a spirituall life for in all these things we see the ●od pleasure of God when they arriue not by ●r default and that on our part there be no ●ne In fine this renuntiation of our selues is ●e vertu of vertues it is the creame of ●haritie the sweete sauour of humilitie the ●eritt as it seemeth of patience and the fruite 〈◊〉 perseuerance O great is this vertue and ●lie worthy to be practiced by the most deare ●hildren of God My father sayed our most ●weet Sauiour vppon the crosse I committ my ●iritt into thy bandes as yf he would Saye ●s true that all is consummate and that haue accomplished all that thou hast com●aunded me but more ouer if such be thy ●ill that I remayne yet on this Cross to ●●ffer more I am content and committ my ●●irit into thy handes thou mayest do there●ith euen as it shall please thee We ought ● doe the same my most deare daughters ● euerie occasion be ir that we doe suffer ●r that wee doe enioy some contentment ●eauing our selues to be conducted by ●e diuine will according to his good ●easure with out euer permitting our ●elues to be preoccupated by our particuler will Out Lord loueth with an extreeme ●ender loue those who are so happie as ●o abandon themselues totally to his pa●ernall care leauing themselues to be go●erned by his diuine prouidence with out ●●nusing or considering whether the effects ●f this prouidedce shabe beneficiall pro●itable or dommagable to them being most assured that nothing shall be sent vnto them from his paternall and amiab● hart nor that he will permitt any thing to arri● vnto them aut of which he will not can● them to drawe good and profit prouided th● they put theyr whole confidence in him a● that thy say with a good hart I remitt my spir●● my soule my hodie and all that I haue into t● blessed hands to doe according as it sh●● please thee For we are neuer reduced to suc●● extremitye that we may not allwaies pow●● before his diuine maiestie perfumes of holy su●mission to his most blessed will and a continua●● promise neuer willinglie to offend him § 2. Somtimes our Lord will that the soule chosen for the seruice of his diuine maies●● should nourish them selues wih a firme and i●uariable
her know his will by S. Ioseph to whom ●e was subiect as to her Superiour we would ●eraduenture be taught and instructed by God ●ymselfe by way of extasies or rauishments ●d visions and I know not what like chil●sh fopperies that we frame in our spiritts ●ther then submitt our selues to the assured ●nd most amiable way of true holy submis●on to the gouernment of those whome God ●ath placed to direct vs and the obseruāce and ●irection aswell of our Rules as of our supe●ours Lett it suffice then for vs to know that it ● the will of God that we obey and and Lett ●s not muse nor enter into consideration of the ●apacitie of those we ought to obey and then ●e shall submitt our spiritts to walke simply ●n in the way of most holy humilitie which will make vs infinitlye pleasing to God § 7. I must now passe to the third considera●on which is a note that I haue taken vppon ●he cōmaundement the Angell gaue to S. Ioseph ●o take the Child and his mother and to goe ●nto Egipt to remayne there vntill such time as he did aduertise him for to retourne Truly th● Angell did speake verie brefly and did treat S. Ioseph like a good Religious mā sayng Goe and returne not vntill I tell thee by this manner o● proceeding betweene the Angell and S. Ioseph we are taught in the third place how we ought t● embarke our selues vppō the sea of diuine prouidence with out biskitt with out Rowers wit● out oars with out sailes and in fine wi●h out any kind of prouisiō and euen so to leaue all the ca●● of our selues and successe of our affayres to ou● lord with out recours or replyes or any feare● whatsoeuer of that which may arriue vnto vs Fo● the Angell sayed simply take the child and hi● mother and flye into Egipt not telling him neither by whay way they should goe nor what prouisiō they should haue to passe rhe iourney no● into what part of Egipt rhe should goe muc● lesse who should receaue thē or of whome the● should be maintayned being there Had not the● poore S. Ioseph some reasō to make reply saying w●y bidd you me to leaue this country and tha● so speedilie euē in an instāt But this was to she● vnto vs the promptitude that the Holie spirit● requireth of vs when he sayeth vnto vs raise thy● selfe aboue thy selfe goe out of such an imperfection Oh the holy spiritt is a great enimie o● remissnes negligence and delayes ● Consider ● beesech you the great Patrō and modell of perfect Religious holy Abrahā behould how Go● dealt with him Abraham saith he goe forth of thy country and frō thy kindred and goe to the mountayne that I shall shew thee what say est thou lord that I goe forth of the towne but tell me● thē if I shall goe towardes the East or the west● he made no such reply but departed thence prōpi● and went whether the spirit of God condu●ed him euen vnto the mountayne which hath ●er since bene called the vision of God for so●uch as he receaued great and notable graces in ●is mountayne to demonstrate vnto vs how ●atfull and pleasing promptitude in obediēce is to him Might not S. Ioseph haue sayed vnto ●e Angell y●u commaund mee to conduct the ●ild and his mother tell me then if you please ●here with shall I nourish them in the way for ●u knowe well my lord I haue no monye to ●are our charges But he alleaged no excuse ful● confiding that God would prouide what ●ould be requisite for them which he did al●ough meanely causing thē to find where with ●intertayne thēselues simply either by the trade 〈◊〉 labour of S. Ioseph or otherwise by the al●es that good poeple did bestowe on thē True● all the anciēt Religious of former times haue ●ne admirable in the confidēce they haue had ●●at God would allwaies prouide sufficient of ●●at they had neede of for the sustayning of ●●eir life leauing all care of themselues to his ●uine prouidence § 8. But I consider that it is not onely re●isite for vs to repose in the diuine prouidence ●r that which regardeth temporall things but ●uch more for that which appertayneth to our ●●irituall life and the perfectiō thereof It is no ●●her thing truely then the ouer much care we ●ue of our selues which maketh vs loose the trā●●illitie of our spirit and carryeth vs into cōtra●ery ād inequallitie of humours for that as soone 〈◊〉 any cōtradictiōs happē to vs yea whē we doe ●erceaue but onlie a little act of our immortification or when we cōmitt some fault how lit● soeuer it seemeth to vs all is lost and is th● so great a meruaile to see vs poore creatur● somtimes to fall but I am so miserable so full● imperfections knowe you it well Blesse Go● who hath giuē you this knowledge and doe 〈◊〉 lament so much you are very happie to know that you are no other then miserie it selfe Af● you haue thāked God for the knowledge whi● he hath giuen you cutt of this vnprofitable te●dernesse ouer your selues which causeth you● complayne of your infirmities Wee haue diu● delicacies concerning our bodies which ● exceeding contrarie to perfection but they a more with out comparison which we haue o● our soules My God! sayeth one I am n● faythfull to our lord and therefore I haue ● any consolation in prayer great pittie trueli● But I am so often in drinesse that it maketh ● beleeue that things stand not well betwee● God and my soule he being so full of consolati● is not this wiselie spokē as if God did allwai● giue consolation to his freinds hath there e● bene a pure creature so worthy to be belou● of G●d which hath bene more beloued him then our Lady and S. Ioseph Behoul● they weare allwaies in cōsolation Can there imagined a more extreame affliction then th● which S. Ioseph did feele when he perceau● that the Glorious virgin was great with chi● knowing well it was not his fact his afflicti● and anguish of mind being so much the grea● as the passion of loue is more vehement thē● other passions of the soule and furthermore loue Ielousie is the extremitye of payne t● spouse in the canticles declareth in to be so Loue ●ayeth she is strong as death for loue worketh the ●ame effects in the soule that death doth in the ●odye But Ielousie sayeth she is as hard as hell ● leaue then to your consideration what anxiety ●nd greife the Bl. S. Ioseph did indure and our Bl. ●ady also when she perceaued what opinion he ●ho loued her so dearlye might haue of her and ●nowing her selfe to be so dearely beloued of him ●elousye made him to languish and not knowing what way to take he resolued rather then to blame ●er whome he had allwaies so much honoured and ●oued to leaue her and depart secretlie But you will say I am very sensible of the payne that this