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A04499	An epistle in the person of Christ to the faithfull soule, written first by that learned Lanspergius, and after translated into English by one of no small fame, whose good example of sufferance & liuing, hath and wilbe a memoriall vnto his countrie and posteritie for euer; Alloquia Jesu Christi ad animam fidelem. English	Lansperger, Johannes Justus, 1489-1539.; Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595.; Marulić, Marko, 1450-1524. Dialogue betwixt a Christian, and Christ hanging on the crosse. aut	1595 (1595)	STC 14627; ESTC S105775	112,859	336

care for other mens causes orbusiyng my selfe with other mens matters that by this meane I may more wholly please thee and more perfectly safely and quickly come vnto thee And if it shall please thy most excellent Maiestie to worke this in me thy will be done and helpe mee I beseech thee that I may bee a profitable member in all Offices touching thy seruice and neglect nothing that may expresse my duetie towards thee Make mee like vnto thee both in life and manners Graunt me modestie humilitie obedience patience and whatsoeuer else is necessarie for my vocation O most gracious and louing Lorde quicken mee and reuiue mee with thy grace seperate me wholy from all euil and conuert mee altogether vnto thy selfe and graunt that I may hate that which thou hatest loue that which thou louest Make mee to encrease continually and aboundantlie in all vertues Strengthen me and confirme me in thy Catholicke faith truely vnderstood Encrease faith in me settle me and fortefie me in an assured hope graunt me alwaies to conceiue rightly of thee and to relie wholie vpon thee giue me a firme confidence in thee that I may worship thee deuoutly honor thee chastly and loue thee perfectly with a simple hart a pure soule a quiete minde and a safe conscience Graunt that thou only maiest content me that thou only maiest delight me and that thou onely maiest possesse me and that I may desire thee onelie loue thee onelie and studie howe to please thee onelie Make mee that I may neuer bee seperated from thee that I may labour earnestlie to come vnto thee find peace in thee alone quicklie come vnto thee Let all inordinate loue bee cleane mortefied in mee and remooue all other impediments from mee that may hinder me to come vnto thee which art onelie to be desired and onelie to bee beloued I doo confesse thee O Lorde my God three persons the Father the Sonne and the holie Ghost and I do adore and worship thee one true God 〈…〉 thy selfe 〈…〉 wholy and 〈…〉 glorious Maiestie as 〈…〉 bound lying prostrate 〈…〉 yeeld themselues in euerie thing vnto thee read●● with all 〈◊〉 will perfectlie with all obedience and ●ruelie with all sinceritie Forgiue mee O most mercifull God 〈◊〉 I haue not carried that affection towards thee which I ought and 〈…〉 grace that I may worship thee 〈…〉 in truth and in such 〈◊〉 as I am bound ¶ CHRISTO LAVDES ET SANTAE MATRI EIVS HONOR Amen FINIS ¶ A HYMNE OF THE LIFE and Passion of our Sauiour Christ made after the manner of an Alphabet euerie verse beginning with euerie Letter as they follow one another in order in the Christ crosse rowe ALmightie Lord whose loue to vs was greater then we can expresse Which sufferedst death our soules to saue and ledst thy life in all distresse Graunt that thy loue wherewith for vs thou meekelie didst these torments beare May keepe vs from those dreadfull paines which for our sinnes we iustly feare BEnd down sweet Christ those gratious eies which we from thee doo still expect Thou with thy blood hast vs redeemde thy seruants sute doo not reiect Extend to vs thy mercie here that on this earth in danger liue Remit those faults which we haue made and all our sinnes doo thou forgiue COme downe to vs which for our sakes vouchsafte to leaue thy glorious seate And taking here on thee our flesh didst suffer oft both cold and heate With hunger thirst and bitter scornes with taunts reproch and all disdaine The which of loue to worke our good thou wert content for to sustaine DEliuer vs from pride O Lord which humblie washt thy seruants feet And scornde it not to make them know how humblenes for them was meete And when as thou away had washt the foulenes of their inward skinne Thou gauest them thy bodie straight to comfort then their soules within EXcite our harts to honour thee by thinking of those dreadfull feares Which in the mount perplext thy minde where thou didst pray with flouds of teares Then vnto thee an Angell came ere that thou hadst thy praier done When as thy blood like drops of sweat in streames from thee along did runne FAlse Iudas there did thee betray then sought thy foes to take thee straight And seeking thee to them thou wentst which for thy life did lie in waight But they like men cleane voide of grace where meekenes could no mercie finde First puld and hald thy sacred flesh and after fast thy hands did binde GOod Iesus how art thou opprest thy seruants flie and leaue thee quite Thy cruell foes on thee doo runne like Wolues on Lambes with all despite With whips they scourgde thy tender skinne they spit vpon thy glorious face Thy cheekes they boxe thy eies they blinde and with reproch they thee disgrace HOw meeke wert thou then after this thine actions it did still bewray Before the Iudge they thee accuse and thou no word at all didst say And when thou spakest they blasphemde thy holie speech they did deride They puld they halde and thee condemde none of thy words they could abide IN white thou wert for mockery clad at thee to iest each waie they sought And in that robe of greater scorne thou after wert to Pilate brought As Iudge he sate the people there with open throte did often crie Loose Barabas the murtherer and on the Crosse let Iesus die KEepe vs from care of mens reportes by seeing thee thus farre abusde In that they chose a wicked wretch when thou by them wert cleane refusde And kill in vs all carnall thoughtes by thinking of thy grieuous paine When as thy flesh with whips was torne and streames of blood ran out amaine LOrd Lord what paines didst thou endure one might thee now all bloodie see And swolne with printes of those same stripes which these vile men had laid on thee And not content thy head they crownde with pricking thornes to make thee finde In euerie part most grieuous paine and to afflict thy patient minde MEeke as a lambe these wrongs thou bare and mildely all their taunts endurde Not once in speech reproouing them which had to thee such harmes procurde Thou wert not mooude when as thy foes did thee salute inscornefull wise Nor when they spat vpon thy face and with contempt did thee despise NO pittie did they take on thee in suffering of this cruell paine But more and more thee still reuilde with scornefull spight and all disdaine Thy life sweet Lord to haue thee loose that was their sute and only crie Naught els could slake their blody thirst but needes they must haue thee to die OBedient straight to die thou wert and with despight thee more to scorne Vpon thy backe thy Crosse they laid which was with whips so fouly torne And when thou wert condemde to make this sacrifice for all our sinne Thee with two theeues for spight they ioynde which all their life had graceles bin PAst halfe the

inspeakeable incomprehensible from whome all creatures receaue their being who am able with a beck both to bring all creatures and the whole world vnto nothing and againe presently to restore all things to their former course and order Therfore seeing I am euerie way of so great power you may easilie perceaue that I created you which are reasonable creatures according to mine owne Image not for necessitie or for any need that I had of you but of my charitie and goodnes towards you as persons vpon whome I meant to bestowe my benefits and with whome I would impart my felicitie From which grace since you fell by sinne whereby you made your selues not onely vnworthie of eternall life but iustlie deserued eternall fire I beeing incarnate for your sakes suffered three and thirtie yeares hunger thirst cold heate miseries labours persecutions contempts reproches stripes blowes wounds greefes torments and lastlie the Crosse and death it selfe that I might deliuer you from eternall death which you had incurred by your owne deserts I liued my Daughter in the world not as God not as a mighty person nor in a glorious show but as the poorest vilest basest most contemptible of all others being subiect to many torments and sundrie reproches vntill at the last I was slain with a most shamefull and ignominious death which the world did think I had iustly deserued for they iudged both my life and Doctrine to bee detestable as they thought it fitte to roote them both out of all mens memorie to make them end with my death whereat a great multitude of people being present did triumph and reioyce Yet went I as gladly to suffer it as the Hart doth to the Fountaines of water nay being made drunke with my loue towards thee I ranne vnto it and was neuer well vntill I had endured it I spared not my selfe neither fledde I anie labour greefe paine or torment whatsoeuer I refused to doo nothing that might bee for thy profitte thou wert so deare and precious in my sight that I did euen long with a desire to deliuer my selfe for thy sake to be wounded in all parts with sundrie kindes of torments and for thy sake also at the last to ende my life with a shamefull death Moreouer because I did vehemētly thirst after thy saluation I desired to shed all my blood for thee which I did in such plentifull sort as I left no one droppe therof remayning within my body But how dost thou O my Daughter requite me now for all this what dost thou render againe vnto mee in recompence of so great charitie Is it not euen thou which beeing vnthankful to me so many yeares didst despise my selfe didst not regard my wordes didst loth my seruice and didst transgresse my commandements and yet shewing all reproch towards mee being most vncleane vile in my sight beeing altogether polluted with so many filthy abhominations thou dost banish me from thee thou dost reiect my inspirations thou committest fornication with my creatures thou abusest my gift What why doost thou still contemne and forsake mee notwithstanding that I deliuered thee out of most heynous sins and from eternall damnation it selfe wherein thou haddest iustly layen burning many yeares since if my mercie had not preuēted thee To be short why wilt thou despise me seeing I haue so often preserued thee from committing of many offences and also raysed thee out of the bottomelesse gulfe of sin and wickednesse What doost thou not yet at length consider that thou art vile miserable and meerely nothing but by my grace and how then darest thou lift vp thy vp thy face to behold mee whom thou haste so often offended so long time despised so sundrie waies contemned I speake these thinges my Daughter to the ende that thou shouldest knowe thy selfe Consider how vile and filthie thou art in thy bodie howe much polluted in thy soule and howe impure in thy heart And lastlye remember how vncleane thou haste altogether made thy selfe with wicked workes with filthie cogitations with corrupt vnpure affections and yet neuertheles how stil I forbeare to punish thee nay notwithstanding all this how I declare my loue towards thee with powring my benifits daylie vpon thee but how long must I doe this till what time must I forbeare thee when wilt thou come to knowe thy selfe howe long wilt thou stay to returne vnto me why doost thou not humble thy selfe vn● my yoake doost thou not see that I am not longer able to with-holde my mercies from thee dost thou not perceiue how I haue called thee in what place I haue planted thee where are thy fruits dost thou not know how I wincke at all thine iniquities all thine abhominations al thy vnthankfulnes Yet speake I not these thinges O my Daughter to vpbraide thee with those benefittes which I haue heaped vpon thee but as it were languishing with looue of thee and as it were seeming to stand in neede of thee though in deede I stande in neede of nothing yea beeing as it were not able to liue without thee I doo inuite thee to looue mee againe for that vnspeakable goodnesse and charitie which I haue shewed towardes thee that by louing mee thou mayest perfectlye see what I am and what thou art howe much I haue done for thee howe iniurious on the contrarie parte thou haste shewed thy selfe vnto mee for the same Moreouer consider howe manye and innumerable soules are in hell at this day and how thou haste beene farre more wicked then they and more iustly deserued that roome if thou haddest not beene with-holden from it by my grace imagine likewise that if they had receaued as much grace from mee as thou haste done they would haue shewed themselues much more thankfull vnto mee then thou haste beene If thou considerest all these thinges that is my Maiestie and thine owne basenesse how proude thou art in thy basenesse and howe humble I was in my Maiestie howe farre for thy sake I abased my selfe to all pouertie and contempt it would not seeme so great a matter to thee to humble thy selfe If I say thou wouldest rightly ponder with thy selfe in howe much pouertie in how abiect estate and in how great contempt I beeing so mightie so rich of so high dignitie that is exceeding all measure in maiestie and infinite in goodnesse and incomprehensible in them both was content to serue thee so base and so vile a creature scarce worthie the name of man yea and did it with so great charitie fidelitie and desire there would by the impression of these thoughtes be bred in thy heart so great an obedience towards mee so great a reuerence of mee and so great a desire to serue adore my maiesty as can neither be expressed in words nor conceaued in thought It would procure moreouer in thee an insatiable desire and most burning thirst to honor me to worship me to exalt me to contemne humble and despise thy selfe and for the

dreadfull doome when ere at last that dismall day befall That day of wrath that day of wrake and hugie storme with all When of the shaken firmament the hideous clashing sound Shall trouble starrs with tumblings swift and dash their globes on ground When as the moone with blood-red lampe the people shall affright And globe of Sunne draw in his beames depriuing men of light When all shall dread and all the world at once shall shaken be So as the quiers Angelicall men may amazed see Fire shall consume the world with noyse and crackling flash of flame And earth and sea and burning lampe of fierie lump shall frame Straight waies with dreadfull maiestie with powre and vertue great Come I and on a glistering cloud will sit in indgment seate There many thousand shall of Saint● roundly inuiron me Yea there of glorious Angels bright shal many thousands be Forthwith the Trumpet from aboue shall gastlie noise sound out Renting the earth and raysing vp the low infernall rout The by and by shall al the dead all vp together rise Whome earth so great in womb so wide did heretofore comprise The multitude reuiued shall before my throne be prest Expecting there with trembling feare my dreadfull doome and hest For nothing shall be vndiscust nor hid nor secret ought No not the thing which any haue committed in their thought There shall desert receaue reward the life which liues for aye Or els the death which neuer more shall haue a dying day Go too then wretches whom as yet lewd error fettereth close Whilst that you may of fettered feete the giues and chaines vnloose Watch well that deadlie sleepe do not your waking eyes oppresse Lest endles day of latest time you slumbring do possesse Behold with how swift course the times doo slip and slide away And how the flying houre admits no manner let or stay Happie is he who still his life doth well and Godly spend And thinks withall it shall forthwith and in a moment end Conuertanter qui oderunt Syon ❀ THE TABLE OF THE PRINcipall titles in this Epistle of our Sauiour Iesus containing the chiefe and speciallest matters thereof 1 AN Epistle or exhortation of Iesus Christ to the soule that is deuoutly affected Folio 1 2 A rule of spirituall life fol. 23 3 How we must mortefie all vnlawfull desires and wicked inclinations fol. 28 4 How a man ought to gouerne his tongue fol. 32 5 Of the contemplatiue life which is wholly withdrawne from the cares and affaires of this this present world fol. 35 6 How we ought to iudge no man fol. 38 7 How we ought to fight against vice fol. 43 8 How we must flie the occasion of temptation fol. 67 9 When the spirituall temptations are to bee conquered fol. 70 10 How we ought to take heed of enuy fol. 77 11 How we must flie singularitie fol. ibid. 12 Of the honor reuerence worship which we ought to exhibite to the mother of God fol. 79. 13. Of sencible deuotion fol. 84 14. How we must prepare our selues when we come to receaue the blessed Sacrament fol. 88. 15 Of discretion fol. 94. 16 How wee ought in all thinges to conforme our selues vnto Christ. fol. 100. 17 Of pouertie fol. 102 18 Of humilitie fol. 107 19 How humilitie is to be obtained fol. 109 20 How we ought not to care for mens iudgements fol. 121 21 Of obedience fol. 129 22 How we must mortefie our owne will and desire fol. 137 23 Of the consideration of God prouidence fol. 148 24 How we must beare aduersitie fol. 156 25 Of wanting of consolation fol. 169 26 Of inward quietnes meekenes of hart fol. 172 27 Of the loue which we should beare toward our neighbour fol. 174 28 Of the puritie of the hart fol. 178 29 How we ought to refer all the good things we receaue to the goodnes of God fol. 185 30 Howe diuine inspirations ought to bee obserued the grace of God not neglected fol. 192 31 How wee must imploy the giftes of God which we receaue to the benefit of others fol. 199 32 Of pouertie in spirit fol. 204 33 Of the loue of God fol. 207 34 Of the praise of God fol. 222 35 Of the exercise of the loue and praise of God fol. 233 36 Of the transformation of a man fol. 242 37 The conclusion of the Epistle fol. 252 1 Two rules of direction for mans life fol. 256 2 An instruction or rule for such as be weake and imperfect but new beginners in Gods seruice fol. 264 3 An other instruction or rule for such as with a more feruent zeale and spirit doo earnestlye labour to attaine to perfection fol. 268 4 Verses for helping a mans memorie wherein are expressed the principall and speciallest points of those good lessons which are comprehended in these rules fol. 280 ● A verye short exercise of loue to God the Father God the Sonne and God the Holye Ghost the most blessed Trinitie and one true God fol. 286 ● An Hymne of the life and passion of our Sauiour Christ made after the manner of the Alphabet fol. 29 7 A Hymne wherein the praise of all crea●ture are offered vp vnto the Creator fol. 30 FINIS AN EPISTLE OR EXhortation of Iesus Christ to the soule that is deuoutly affected toward him wherein are onely contained certaine diuine inspirations which will teach a man how to knowe himselfe and instruct him in the perfection of true Pietie IESVS CHRIST THE SAuiour of the worlde and King of heauen and earth being ready to embrace those that earnestly and truly desire his grace with his mercifull fatherly armes wisheth to his Spouse that is to the soule which loueth him for whose sake he willingly suffered death that he might vnite her to himselfe all perfect and true felicity O My deerely beloued Daughter I haue spoken to thy heart by secrete inspirations but thou wouldest neuer giue eare vnto my motions wherefore since thou diddest care little to answere me much lesse to obey me I am enforced by the great loue I beare thee to write vnto thee that at the least thou mayest bee content to reade what thou diddest neglect to heare by reading both better beare away my exhortation and more deeply imprint it in thy minde For that cha●ity which moued me to offer my selfe not onely to all danger but euen to death it selfe for thy sake will not suffer mee to leaue any thing vndone that may tende to the furtherance of thy saluation And although thou dost not in any sort requite my loue because thy hart is inclined to outwarde vaine and transitory things and so by that meanes too much affected and addicted to my creatures Yet cannot I withdrawe that charity wherewith I am alwaies ready to imbrace thee which exceedeth the loue of any father or mother towardes their children or of any earthly Parent whatsoeuer For I am not onely willing to graunt thee my grace and fauour

soule from mortall sinne for thou oughtest to esteeme more any soule whatsoeuer for the saluation whereof I gaue my life then thy bodie or temporall goodes and I ought to be more precious in thine eyes for whose honour thou doost it then thy corporall or temporall life Neuer giue thy consent therefore to any sin but specially to a mortall sin whether it be in thy selfe or an other Whatsoeuer thou wouldest not haue done vnto thy selfe doe not to an other Vse no fraude practise no deceit doo no iniurie And if these thinges bee offered thee beare them with silence for my sake or at the least complaine no otherwise of them but iustly and after a iust and rightfull manner For I haue commaunded my seruantes to prosecute that iustly which is iust Neuer requite euill with euill nor reproche with reproche neuer repay wrong with wrong but suffer all for the loue of me who when I was rayled on did not rayle againe when I suffered did not threaten mine enemies but did willingly submit my self to an vniust sentence Do thou therefore in like sort if thine enemie hunger feed him if hee thirste giue him drinke Thou oughtest to loue thine enemie and to doo good to those that hate thee that thou mayest bee the sonne of the father that is in heauen which dooth not good onelie to those that are good but to the euill also Be merciful as thy Father in heauen is mercifull giue almes to thy neighbour if thou haste abilitie or bestow daylie at the least one benefit or other vpon him or some good turne or some seruice or some worke of mercie or some deed of charity And thou oughtest faithfullie to exercise thy selfe in this exercise in taking of compassiō or succouring of thy neighbour For whosoeuer is merciful towards another shall obtaine mercie at my hands and whosoeuer shall doo any thing to the least of my seruaunts whether it be good or euill I will account it as done vnto my selfe If thou liuest according to the flesh thou shalt die but if thou doost mortefie the workes of the flesh with the spirit thou shalt liue Mortefie therefore thy desires thy sences thy members herevpon earth that thou mayest not doo whatsoeuer thy carnall appetite doth prouoke thee vnto Thou shouldest euery day at the least no lesse then once withdrawe restraine and denie thy consent for my sake to something which thou desirest or wherein thou delightest And if there happen nothing that day wherin thou maiest bridle thine affection in this sort yet doo it for the loue of mee as occasion is offered in barring thy selfe from hauing feeling seeing or hearing somwhat which thou much desirest or to which thy concupiscence and the curiositie of thy nature doth moue thee And although there is no other fruite to bee reaped by it yet denie thine owne will in this point and kill this desire in thee for the loue of me Thou must neuer sweare but beeing enforced by lawfull authoritie for a matter of truth before a Iudge thou must neuer speake of my name in vaine or vnprofitably or make a lye at any time Either reade or heare Masse euery day if thy state or office will permitte thee and doo it in the memorie and honour of my charitie and of all my benefits which I haue hertofore most aboundantlie and willinglie powred vpon men and doo daily from time to time bestow vpon them But if thou canst not heare Masse say with the same intention the praier which I taught my Disciples and the salutation of the Angell to my blessed Mother and offer mee vp to my father in thy hart and with mee all those good workes which I and my seruaunts either doo or haue done for thee and the vniuersall Church Thou oughtest euery moneth once at the least sacramentally to confesse thy sinnes and to receiue the Sacrament of my blessed bodie at the feast of my natiuitie and resurrection at Pentecost also and at the Assumption of my Mother and at the feast of all Saints except liuing vnder some vowe or in some Monasterie thou be restrained there by the rule of thy life to doo the same Thou oughtest to adore me euery day earlie in the morning beeing one God in Trinitie of persons and to recommend thy se●fe to my protection and to pray that I would defend thee and all the world from sinne He that is so simple as hee can not performe this ler him reade with a deuout intention a Pater noster and an Aue Maria. When thou haste no better mentall exercises by internall meditation and by somewhat that may kindle a more feruent zeale in thee say euerie day in the honour of my passion and my wounds fiue Pater nosters and so many Aue Maries Moreouer say euerie weeke in the veneration and honor of my mother a hundred and fiftie Aue Maries that is three Rosaries euery Rosarie contayning in it selfe fiftie Make also euerie day in the veneration honour of the Sacrament of my blessed body two low cursies reuerences or adorations One to giue me thanks for that charitie benefits which I shewed towardes thee in my incarnation death passion in the institution of this blessed Sacrament An other to giue mee as much honour as lieth in thee in recompence of that reproch which I suffred at their hands that receaue my precious bodye vnworthelie and do handle it impurely Thou must euerie day make two other adorations or curtesies one to obtaine the fruite which I dying procured for all men by my passiō by the efusion of my blood and losse of my life which I haue a will that all men should be pertakers of Thou must in this also pray that I may powre my grace so into the hart of euery man as they may receaue the same vertue efficacie and fruit of my Passion which beeing vppon the Crosse and suffering there I wrought for them and in such aboundant sorte as I by my death did offer it vnto them Thou must make an other kinde of curtesie or some kinde of humiliation of thy selfe in my presence to praise me and giue mee thanks for the efusion of my blood and for all my mercies which I haue at any time powred out both vpon the good and bad and thou must pray for their conuersion which are in damnable sinnes and for the reformation of the Church they that cannot conceiue thus much let them say with a deuout intention two Pater nosters and two Aue Maries Thou must fast euery Friday if infirmitie weakenes labour necessitie trauaile age or some other reasonable occasion do not let or hinder thee or if it like thee better thou maiest eate ●wise that day so that it bee temperatelie and very sparinglie and that thou vsest no sodden meate at supper whereby thou maiest punish thy flesh at the least a little and bring thy selfe to bewaile the bitternes of my death and Passion Learne dilligently to know

discreet abhorring a zealous forsaking and a necessarie detestation of all my sinnes and both true repentance and a perfect amendment in this life Graunt also that I may neuer againe offende thee for thine vnspeakeable mercie and infinite goodnes and make mee to loue with all the affection that it is possible for me thy most sweete friendship thy most precious grace excite mee most earnestlie to desire it and quickly to finde it with perseuerance therein euen to the ende O mercifull God graunt that I may not neglect this goodnes and long suffering of thine Strengthen mee alwaies both in soule and bodie to doo thee seruice and graunt mee thy grace that I may soberlie vse thy creatures to the glory and praise of thy name I giue thee thanks O Lord Iesu thee O holie Ghost being equall with the eternall Eather which wert content for my saluation to be conceiued of the same holie Ghost and to bee borne of the most pure Virgin Marie and to be made man What doo I owe thee and how much am I bound vnto thee O Lord Iesu O GOD which wert man O man which wert God O Messias O Christ the annointed of our Lord O Emanuell O God with vs O Lord of exceeding Maiestie and most constant louer of men howe wert thou made a mortall man subiect to a mortall life to sheddings of thy blood to persecutions to sorrow to paines and chiefely to the torments of the Crosse when thou wert made poore and miserable and most vile and contemptib●e in the sight of men What shall I render vnto thee O sweet Louer for that most bitter death which thou sufferedst for me and for that vnspeakable charitie which thou shewedst towards me I beseech thee O Lord Iesus by thy incarnation by thy remaining in the Virgins wombe by the ioy of thy soule at the grace of thyne v●ion when thy diuinity and humanitie were ioyned in one by thy Natiuitie in winter time by the paine of thy circumcision by the veneration wherewith the Sages did adore thee by the presentatiō in the temple by thy flight into Egipt by thy banishment there by thy fearefull returne againe into thine owne country by thy subiection obedience most vertuous life by the pennance which thou diddest for our sins by thy baptisme fasting and temptation in the wildernes by thy penurie pouertie necessity which thou enduredst in this mortall life by all the troubles which thou feltest by thy most gracious vertuous and glorious life by that ingratitude whi●h thou diddest endure at the Iewes hands when they would haue throwne thee downe headlong from the top of the hill when they sought traiterouslie to entrap thee in thy wordes and deedes and when they did deuise howe to stone thee with their violent hands I beseeche thee also by thy modestie humilitie patience meekenes all the other vertues by thy humiliation of thy selfe at thy disciples feete when thou washedst them by the institution of thy moste blessed Sacrament of thy precious bodie and by the most delightfull taste vnspeakable sweetnes therof by thy sadnes agony blody sweat which thou didst indure whē thou praiedst in the gradē by thy being forsaken of thy disciples all mē by thy being betraied by thy own seruant by the bands reproches iniuries buffets blowes spiting vpō blasphemies which thou didst suffer by the false accusation vniust condemnation which thou receauedst by thy greefe for Saint Peters denying thee Iudas betraying thee and the other Disciples forsaking thee by thy being led vnto diuers Iudges to receaue the sentence of death by the mockerie nakednesse scourging of thy body crowning of thy head and vexing of thy innocent soule by thy being reiected when Barabas was excepted by the vniust sentence of the Iudge by thy being led with theeues by the carrying of thy Crosse by the mockery of thy aduersaries by the shamefulnes of thy death by the lamentation which deuoute persons but chiefely thy Mother made for thee by the toile and wearines which thou sustained by the bitter drinke which thou tasted by the plucking of thy flesh with the plucking of thy garments which thou endured by thy being stretched out on the Crosse by thy nayling to the Crosse and the torments which thou there receaued by those blessed teares which thou didst shedde by those intollerable iniuries which thou didst patiently beare by thy most holy praier by the commiseration which thou tookest of the theefe that said Lord remember me when thou commest into thy Kingdome By the compassion of thy mother by thy crying thou wert forsaken by thy drinking of Vineger Galle by thy saying al was finished by thy most cruell death by thy vnspeakeable charitie wherewith thou suffred it by the pearcing of thy side thy mother looking on by thy holie buriall by the heauines of thy friendes by thy resurrection by thy appearing to thē againe by thy assention by the sending of the holy Ghost by the institution and foundation of thy Church by the assumption of thy mother by the glorification of thy Saints by thy last iudgment and by the eternall saluation which thou wilt graunt to thy seruantes soules and bodies Thou diddest rise againe from death triumphantly thou diddest appeare to thy Disciples gloriously thou diddest reioyce their harts wonderfullie thou diddest ascend vp into heauen in their sight miraculouslie thou diddest send the holy Ghost to direct thy church thou diddest gather vp thy seruauntes vnto thee thou didst assume thy blessed mother to thy eternall kingdome thou shalt come to iudge the quick the deade thou shalt raigne with all thy Saints world without end and remaine with thee O sweet Iesu. What shall I render vnto thee O gracious louer for that most bitter death which thou sufferedst for me for that vnspeakable charitie which thou shewedst towards me O good Iesu make me I beseech thee partaker of all thy merits and mercies make me thankful for them and in recompence of them to loue thee againe which loued mee so much and euen to be readie to die for thy loue Pardon mee for all mine vnworthines all my vilenes all my vndutifulnes and all my negligences wherin I haue offended thee Teach mee true wisedome that thou onely maist be wisedome vnto me and all other thinges whatsoeuer foolishnes Grant that I may neuer vse any kind of concupiscence Graunt me true knowledge pure intentions holie purposes and perfect discretion in my conscience and in thy holie seruice Make me stout forward to shew my selfe such a one in the sight of thy glorious Maiestie as becommeth mee Encourage mee strengthen me against all faintnes of hart errors scrupulosities fancies and such like Open my vnderstanding in iudging truelie of the Scriptures and conceauing rightlie of thy good pleasure that I maye knowe what is acceptable in thy sight and when I doo know it graunt that I may both loue and performe it Deliuer mee from taking anie