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A72089	The practise of Christian workes. Written in Spanish by the R. Father Francis Borgia, sometymes Duke of Gandia, and the third generall of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a short rule, how to live well. Englished by a father of the same society. VVhereunto are adioyned certaine pious meditations vpon the beades: translated also out of the Spanish	Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572.; Everard, Thomas, 1560-1633.; Cresswell, Joseph, 1556-1623.	1620 (1620)	STC 11315; ESTC S124739	63,056	286

sacred body with most cruell stripes And deryde the King of glory with a Crowne of Thornes Aue Maria. 9. His vnbeleeuing and vngratefull people rebell against him demaund that he should be crucified And a malefactour set at liberty in his place Aue Ma. 10. The ambitious Iudge ouercome with feare and flattery condemneth him to be crucified though he know him to be innocent Aue Maria. A Prayer to Christ in the agony of his death 5. O Author of life syth thou wilt dy● and my synnes are cause of thy death let me dye with thee or graunt me a liuely feeling of thy torments Pater Noster 1. He imbraceth his desyred Crosse with ioy and cheerfulnes of hart and carrieth it vpon his shoulderrs to the place of execution Aue Maria. 2. His body beeing weakned with the losse of much bloud he fainteth vnder the grieuous burden And the torturers ease him least he should dye vncrucified Aue Maria. 3. He forbiddeth the deuout women to weepe for him but for their owne synnes and their childrens And foretelleth the ruyne of that miserable perfidious Citty Aue Maria. 4. Vpon the Mount Caluary they stripping him of his clothes renew his wounds And he offereth his sacred hands and feete to to be nayled to the Crosse Aue M. 5. They lift vp his virginall body naked and nayled And he suffereth this temporall paine confusion to deliuer vs from the eternall Aue Maria. 6. From the Crosse he asketh pardon of his Father for his enemyes Aue Maria. 7. He recommendeth his beloued disciple in him al vs to his mother Aue Maria. 8. He promiseth pardon and glory to the penitēt Thiefe And tasteth gall and vinagre Aue Ma. 9. The prophesies and figures of his passion being fulfilled he giueth vp his most holy pure Spirit into the hands of his Father Aue Maria. 10. Heauē earth are astonished that God immortall should dye But dying he killeth sinne and death looseth the chaines of Hel reconcileth the world to his Father and restoreth man to eternall life Aue Maria. A prayer to Christ reuiued and triumphant 6. O Glorious Conqueror who art risen from death enriched with spoyles hast al power in heauen earth Let synne dye in me without which there is no death And giue me a new life which may please thee serue thee for euer Pater Noster 1. He sheweth himselfe aliue and glorious vnto his Blessed Mother disciples And changeth their sorrow into vnspeakable ioy Aue Maria. 2. After forty dayes he ascendeth with triumph into heauen to take possession of his Kingdome placed our humane nature on the right hand of God his Father Aue Maria. 3. His disciples in company of his holy mother retyred in prayer expect from heauen the Comforter promised Aue Maria. 4. The time being fullfilled the holy Ghost descendeth visibly vpon them in forme of fiery tongues And they publish the diuyne Christian misteryes of faith in diuers languages Aue Maria. 5. The playne vnpolished words of the Apostles receauing force from this Spirit take possession in the harts of men And thousands are conuerted togeather Aue Maria. 6. By the death and prayers of of S. Stephen Paul of a persecutor becometh an Apostle The fayth increaseth with the persecution and with the same spread into other Countreys Aue Maria. 7. The Apostles meete in Councell ordeyne the gouernment of the Church and deuide among themselues the Prouinces of the whole world which is conuerted as we see to Christ by twelue Fishermen so great is the force of this holy Spirit Aue Maria. 8. S. Iohn remayneth in Hierusalem with the Mother of God for her comfort And their admirable life and example authorizeth the fayth Aue Maria. 9. The Apostles miraculously come togeather at the death of the B. Virgin Aue Maria. 10. And her Soule departeth without payne out of the prison of her body Aue Maria. A Prayer in the exequies of our B. Lady with the Apostles 7. O Lord what happines had it byn to be with thy disciples at those Funeralls to haue celebrated thy wonderfull greatnes and prayses for the benefits receyued by this holy Virgin Pater Noster 1. Her soule the third day was reunited to her glorious body And assumpted into heauen with such solemnity as no mortall man can comprehend Aue M. 2. The most humble of all creatures is exalted aboue them all And crowned Queene of heauen and earth Aue Maria. 3. Amongst other prerogatiues which the Blessed Virgin enioyeth and wherin especially she delighteth is to be the Aduocate of sinners with Christ our Sauiour Aue Maria. The Conclusion with thankesgiuing LET Heauen and earth ioyne together with ioy and the Quiers of Angells with the voices of men to singe eternall prayses vnto God in Trinity and vnity for the mercyes receaued in this admirable work of our redemptiō Amen Credo in Deum c. A Coronary or Crowne for the obtayning of Christian Perfection The Prayer O My Lord Iesu Christ splendour of the Father and Eternall wisdome graunt me true knowledge continuall memory and a cordiall desire of the most noble and most precious end wherunto thou hast created me and a right choyce of the meanes which thou gast giuen me to obtaine it Amen 1. My principall end for which I was created is to loue obay and please Almighty God And the secondary or lesse principall is to saue my soule Aue M. 2. The meanes for this end are all other creatures the knowledge good vse of them Aue M. 3. This vse consisteth in adding or diminishing taking or leauing them by waight number measure as they may serue this end The disposition necessary to vse them aright is to be indifferent to all And in the execution that we preferre allwaies the more conuenient for this end before the lesse and the better before the worse Aue Ma. 1. O my Lord Iesu Christ c. Pater Noster 1. Make me vnderstand o Lord that for thy only goodnes thou louedst me from all eternity And hauing no need of me thou hast created me to thy Image likenes in the tyme most conuenient for my good Aue Ma. 2. And how thou hast placed me as a King in his Kingdome with iustice peace and inward ioy of my soule Aue Maria. 3. That thou hast made me a companion of the Angells and capable of all thy riches and aboue all of thy grace and friendship Aue Maria. 4. That I knowing thy infinite goodnes by experience and thy selfe by familiar conuersation might delight in thee and loue thee aboue all things with pure and disinteressed loue Aue Maria. 5. That I may serue thee for thy selfe with all the powers of my body and soule bycause thou deseruest to be serued and loued aboue all Aue Maria. 6 That in all things I may procure thy greater glory and the perfect accomplishment of thy diuine will Aue Maria.

haue gotten them without booke And whilest thou sayest the Aue Maria thou must haue reflexion to the point which thou hast read so go from one to another with leasure and attention till thou haue passed them all ouer and doubt not but with a little patience for the first few dayes thou shalt reape afterwards a great deale of comfort deuotion and benefit to thy soule These Considerations or points of Meditation were conceaued and wrytten in Spanish in the yeare 1613. for intertaynment of the way between Madrid and Barcelona and there printed from thēce sent to Don Philip Prince of Spaine and to his two brethren Charles Ferdinand for tokens in respect that the Author when be tooke his last leaue left them saying their beads al three togeather and comming after by some accident into England and there translated by a deuout person were sent to be printed in Flanders and by chance brought to be viewed before the printing by the same person that wrote them in Spanish six yeares before he little thinking then that they were to be published in any other language which he had written for priuate deuotion of those Princes But by the successe it seemeth that God of his holy prouidence would haue some thing written for the instruction of such as shal read thē where the vse of the Beades is not knowen to all And in this conformity he added these few lines with desire that deuotion be increased in the faithfull people and God Almighty glorified from whome all Grace goodnes descendeth and to whome is due all honour and glory Amen A Coronary or Crowne of 63. Aue Maries with a Prayer to the euer blessed Virgin Mary that by her Intercession we may liue dye without mortall sin Syn is an inordinate and deliberate worke word or desire against the eternall law of God S. August lib. 22. contra Faustum cap. 27. A Prayer to the B. Virgin 1. O Mary Mother of Mercy and example of inocency who didest see thy only Sonne dye most lamentably vpon the crosse to deliuer vs from the bondage of syn obtayn for me blessed Virgin light to know and hatred to abhor so great a mischiefe as thou thy self didest knowe it and abhor it Amen Pater noster 1. That I may vnderstand the blessings and gifts of God wherof it depriueth me Aue Maria. 2. To foresee the Euills into which it bringeth me Aue Maria. 3. And feare the Punishments which so great an euill deserueth Aue Maria. 1. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Yt damned the Angells and cast them downe from Heauen Aue Maria. 2. Yt caused eternall fyer for their torment Aue Maria. 3. Yt banished our first parēts out of Paradise Aue Maria. 4. Yt depriued them of innocēcy originall iustice Aue Ma. 5. Yt disordered confounded humane nature Aue Maria. 6. Yt subiected the same to errors dolours death Aue Maria. 7. Yt put the earth vnder perpetuall malediction Aue Maria. 8. Yt filled the world with all kind of miseries Aue Maria. 9. Yt drowned the same with the waters of the deluge Aue Ma. 10. And at the last shall consume it with fire from heauen Aue Maria. 2. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Yt taketh from vs the grace of Baptisme Aue Maria. 2. The Inheritance of heauen and euerlasting blisse Aue Maria. 3. The peace and comfort of a good conscience Aue Maria. 4. The priuiledges of the iust Aue Maria. 5. The spirituall Ioyes of the deuout Aue Maria. 6. The rewardes of good workes Aue Maria. 7. The harmony and concord of vertues Aue Maria. 8. The gifts of the holy Ghost Aue Maria. 9. The inward beauty dignity of the soule Aue Maria. 10. The meanes and helpes for saluation yea and God him selfe Aue Maria. 3. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Yt causeth the hatred of God Almighty Aue Maria. 2. A desire in man that he were not nor could punish him Aue Maria. 3. The neglect of his holy wil and Cōmaundments Aue Maria. 4. The abhorring of his wolsome counsailes Aue Maria. 5. Ingratitude for his mercyes and benefits Aue Maria. 6. Rebellion against his Diuine power Aue Maria. 7. Treason against his gouernment Aue Maria. 8. Contempt and Mockery of his seruice Aue Maria. 9. Infinite opposition to his infinite goodnes Aue Maria. 10. And finally blindnes of hart and bondage to Sathan hell Aue Maria. 4. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Yt bringeth sorrow and remorse of conscience Aue Maria. 2. Feare and horror of death Aue Maria. 3. Infection from bad to worse Aue Maria. 4. A sore without salue Aue Maria. 5. Misery without mercy or refuge Aue Maria. 6. Subiection to all curses and misfortunes Aue Maria. 7. Yt renounceth God by works Aue Maria. 8. Yt presumeth against reason of his mercy Aue Maria. 9. Yt aduentureth foolishly against his iustice Aue Maria. 10. Yt exchangeth the greatest good for the greatest euill Aue Maria. 5. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Yt looseth the Suffrages of holy Church Aue Maria. 2. The participation of the meryts of Christ Aue Maria. 3. Yt treadeth vnder foote his precious bloud Aue Maria. 4. Yt reneweth his sacred wounds and passion Aue Maria. 5. Yt crucifieth him againe Aue Maria. 6. Yt preferreth the sayings of the world before the Iudgments of heauen Aue Maria. 7. Yt leaueth Truth for Falshood Aue Maria. 8. Yt changeth wisdome for Folly Aue Maria. 9. It selleth the eternall for the momentary Aue Maria. 10. It looseth heauen and gayneth hell Aue Maria. 6. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. He that perseuereth in one syn deserueth that God should permit him to fall into others Aue Maria. 2. He deserueth also losse of honor and goods Aue Maria. 3. Of health life Aue Maria. 4. And of all other temporall prosperity Aue Maria. 5. To haue his memory changed into forgetfulnesse Aue Maria. 6. His desire and affections depraued peruerted Aue Maria. 7. His vnderstanding darkned not able to discerne his good nor to beware of his euill Aue Maria. 8. That counsaile and succour fayle him in his greatest necessityes Aue Maria. 9. That he be not heard neyther by himselfe nor by his Aduocates in life nor in death Aue Maria. 10. That his person and all his affayres be abhorred of God for euer Aue Maria. 7. O Mary Mother of Mercy c. Pater Noster 1. Obtaine that I may vnderstand the blessings and great gifts of God whereof it depriueth me Aue Maria. 2. And foresee the miseries without number into which it bringeth me Aue Maria. 3. And feare the dreadfull punishments which so great an euill deserueth Aue Maria. A Prayer to Christ our Sauiour O Eternall Maiesty author fountayne

for him to thinke of himselfe who knoweth himselfe to haue committed so many and so grieuous sinnes And verily he that apprehendeth these thinges at the hart ought to go as far beyond them if he be able in confounding himself as he goeth beyond them in sinnes And if you consider them who are in Limbo and with how great mercy God hath deliuered you from many dangers that are wont to happen and brought you at length to the grace of baptisme that you might not fall into that misery there is in truth great cause why you should lament your so great ingratitude and wash it away with teares and so much the more for that they who are in Limbo neuer committed any mortall sinne and you as often as you haue cōmitted it so often haue deserued hell And if they for a lesse sinne are thrust down into a deep place or dungeon with what face dare you liue vpon earth who haue so often offended God most grieuously And with what eyes dare you contemplate the vision of God whereof they are for a far lesse fault depriued And if you consider these thinges aright you will not dare I know to behould them who are in Limbo with attentiue eyes while you compare your owne sinnes with theirs But the consideration of them who are in Purgatory ought to confound vs so much the more for that they though now in a safe place and deliuered out of so great euills of the world certaine also not to offend God any more and gotten into an harbour be neuertheles in paynes but we are both turmoyled in stormes and vncertaine of our saluation and what shall become of vs at last liuing among most crafty and most cruell enemyes and continuall dangers And if any be confounded the lesse for that he vnderstandeth that they are punished deseruedly for their sinnes Let him so thinke that some are peraduenture there tormented by occasion of his either example or bad counsaile or scandall or negligence drawne into sinne that many are detayned held there the longer for want of his help by prayers and other suffrages And let this consideration confound him whosoeuer he be for that he hath beene an occasion vnto them of their suffering and paynes and hath giuen them no help or little at all towards their ease and releasement and let him thinke that their owne faults and his be the cause that he knoweth not whether they are to be purged with the fire of Purgatory alone THE IIII. EXERCISE Wherein is declared how we ought to confound our selues by the consideratiō of those thinges that we see vpon Earth IF in comparison of those who are guilty we be found more guilty what shal we I pray you appeare to be before the things that be not hurtfull at al For if the consideration of those who haue sinned doth greatly abate and quaile our pride how much more ought the remembrance of those thinges humble vs which haue neuer yet in any thing swarued from their Creatours Commandment The poore Creatures of the Earth I meane which hauing but a sensitiue life do exceedingly condēne our disobedience Ingratitude and negligence For the earth which produceth and bringeth forth fruit doth reprehend vs who are altogeather vnfruitfull and barraine And how much doth the water whiles it ouerfloweth and watreth the meadowes quencheth the thirst and doth those thinges for which God hath giuen it for the vse of men condemne those who deny it their Creatour when they omit to giue it vnto a poore begger crauing it in his name How doth the fire whiles it maketh the flesh sweet and sauory censure the cruelty of those who vnmercifully handle the flesh of their neighbour How much doth the Ayre which continually intertayneth our life vpraid vs of our negligēce in the seruice of God whome but this one thing alone bindeth vs by a most strait band to serue God And how much ought the rocks which were rent though insensible in the passion of Christ to confound our hardnes and inciuility Hony is sweet to the tast but we are most bitter to God The smell of flowers is pleasant but how great is the stench of our sinnes The plants grow and raise themselues vpwards but man whiles he pursueth base contemptible things doth abase himself euery day more more And how much better for him were it to imitate euen the trees heerein which the more rootes they take and the deeper they grow in the ground the more vertue do they draw from them to the bowes for so a man if he should take deep roote of Humility would make a great increase of vertues And whome would not the seruices of the brute beasts moue especially seeing they do it to them who by their sinnes haue made themselus like vnto beasts And how much more worthy is he who handleth them ill or he who is handled ill Or who would not by good right meruaile that these beasts be obedient to them who yet are rebellious to the will of God The silly sheep cloatheth you with his skinne and with his fleece and nourisheth you with his flesh and when as you should vse them to the honour of God you abuse these and other the benefits of God and while you seeke a thousand wayes to satisfy your concupiscence you iniury both God and his creatures The beasts carry men vpon their backes and ease them wearied of their labour and therein they diligently obey their Creatour who hath made them for that end but you on the other side do either thinke vpon or seeke after nothing lesse then your owne end whose part it were to allow God some rest if I may so say sith you receaue so much comfort and ease by his creatures in your labour and paynes We must not indeed thinke that God needeth any rest sith he is the supreme felicity of himselfe and of all thinges els yet such is his benignity as he would be thought to rest in the minds of the iust sith as he sayth It is his delight to be with the children of men though of them he also doth not without cause complaine in these words I haue laboured sustayning O how great a confusion ought this word to worke in vs since by our works we occasion to God this payne and trauaile who ought to haue beene to him the cause of quiet and rest And therfore it was not sayd of the brute beastes but of men I repent my selfe to haue made man Let this o dust and ashes humble thee let this draw tears from thyne eyes and this especially whē thou findest that a creature by the seruice done thee causeth thee rest ease and yet thou dost not thy selfe the like towards God And when thou giuest thy beast meate thinke thus how much more meet it is that thou serue them then they thee sith they haue neuer beene rebellious or ingratefull to God as thou hast euer beene and still art Let the wisedome of