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A23061	A right Christian treatise, entituled S. Augustines praiers: published in more ample sort than yet it hath bin in the English tong; purged from diuers superstitious points; and adorned with manifold places of the S. Scripture, by Thomas Rogers. Wherevnto is annexed Saint Augustines psalter: translated and quoted by the same T.R.; S. Augustines praiers.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 950; ESTC S100329	79,739	249

Chap. 35. A deuout praier for grace to praise and to thanke the Lord dulie for his benefits O Lord Christ word of the Father a Iohn 1 1. 2 c. Heb. 1 1. 2. who camest into this world to saue sinners b 1. Tim. 1 15 through the tender bowels of thy mercie I beseech thee amend my life change my dealings and reforme my maners take-awaie fro me such things as hurt my soule and displease thee and giue me that which thou knowest is pleasing to thee and profitable for my soules health Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthines c Iob. 14 4. but thou alone Thou art God almightie d Gen. 35 verse 11. Reu. 11 17. of infinite mercie e Psa 145 9. which iustifiest the vngodlie f Rom. 4 5. and quickenest the dead in respect of sinne who changest sinners and they are not Remooue therefore fro me whatsoeuer in mee displeaseth thee For thine eies doe behold my manifold imperfections Send thine hand of mercie I praie thee vpon me and take awaie frome whatsoeuer within me doth offend the eies of thy goodnes O Lord thou knowest both how sound and how sicke I am Heale my sickenes and maintaine my health I beseech thee O Lord thou which helpest the weake and preseruest the healthful thou at a becke amendest the things which are broken and decaied heale thou me and I shal be whole g Ier. 17 14. saue me and I shal be saued For do thou vouchsafe in mine hart thy field to sowe the good seede it must needes be that first thou wilt plucke-out the thornes of my wickednes by the hand of thy mercie O most gratious most gentle most louing desired amiable and louelie of al others powre I praie thee vpon mine hart the streames of thy sweetenes and goodwil that I may neither desire nor thinke vpon anie earthlie or fleshlie thing h Matth. 10 verse 37. 1. Iohn 2 15 16. but loue thee alone and haue thee onlie both in mine hart and mouth By thine owne finger write thou within my brest a sweete remembrance of thy comfortable Name neuer to be blot-out by forgetfulnes Write thy wil and thy iustifications also vpon the tables of mine hart that alwaie and euerie-where I may set both thee the Lord of infinite sweetenes and thy lawes before my face Inflame my mind with that thy fire which thou sendest vpon the earth i Luk. 12 49. and wouldest haue increased verie much that daie by daie with abundance of teares I may offer vnto thee the sacrifice of a contrite spirit k Psal 51 17. and of a broken hart According as I desire and as from mine hart I craue ô sweet Christ ô good Iesu giue me thine holie and chast loue that it may replenish and hold and possesse me altogether And giue me too a continual watering streame of teares which is an euident signe of thy loue that they also may testifie to the world thy loue within me that they may declare and tel how greatlie my soule doth loue thee seeing for the exceeding pleasure it receaueth from thy loue it cannot refraine from shedding teares O good Lord sometime I remember that good woman Anna l 1. Sam. 1 verse 18. which came vnto the tabernacle to beg a sonne of God of whome the Scripture testifieth how after her teares and praiers she looked no more sad but when I remember so great virtue and such constancie of that woman I am troubled in mind and do blush againe because I behold how I wretch do grouel too much downeward For if a woman did so weepe and continue in weeping and that for a sonne how should my soule weepe yea and persist in weeping which seeketh and loueth God yea and longeth too for to come vnto him How should the soule both groane and be greeued that seeketh after God night and daie which esteemeth al things as naught beside Christ for it is much maruel if teares be not the meate of such a soule daie and night Regard therefore and shewe mercie vpon me for the dolors of mine hart be increased Giue me thine heauenlie comfort and despise not the sinful soule for which thou diedst m 1. Tim. 1 verse 15. O giue I beseech thee the inward teares of hartie affection which may both lose the fetters of my sinnes and also replenish my soule euermore with thy celestial comfort Gladlie would I atteine some portion in thy kingdome if not among men aforetime whose steps I am vnable to imitate yet at the least among religious women And here commeth into my remembrance the woonderful deuotion of other women that with a godlie affection sought thee in the graue n Matt. 28 verse 1. 5. Mark 16 1. 2 c. that albe thy disciples departed yet went not from the sepulchre that sate there heauie lamenting and weeping much a long while and rising againe with manie teares oftentimes went and peeped into the holes of the sepulchre verie diligentlie sought if anie where they could see thee whome earnestlie they sought for Manie times went they vnto the graue but to the louers too much was not often enough for the virtue of a good worke is perseuerance and because aboue the rest they loued both in louing they wept and in weeping they sought and in seeking they perseuered and therefore they before al did find thee saw thee and talke with thee And not onlie so but also they carried the tidings of your glorious resurrection to y e disciples themselues according as you bad and warned them saieng Go and tel my brethren that they go into Galile and there shal they see me o Matt. 28 verse 10. If then the women so wept and in weeping perseuered that sought the liuing among the dead and by faith touched thee how should the soule bewaile and in bewailing continue which in hart beleeueth and with mouth confesseth how thou her Sauior dost rule in heauen and gouerne euerie-where how should that soule weepe and lament which with her hart loueth and with al her whole desire longeth for thee O thou onlie refuge and hope of the distressed to whome no man sueth without hope of mercie giue me this grace for thine owne sake and for thine holie Name sake that as often as I thinke of thee speake of thee write of thee reade of thee confer of thee as often as I remember thee serue thee offer the sacrifice of praise vnto thee so often I may shed abundance of teares sweetelie before thy face that my teares may become my meate daie night p Psal 42 3. Thou ô king of glorie q Psa 24. 7. 8 c. and maister of al virtues r Matth. 23. 10. hast taught vs both by word and example to weepe to mourne saieng Blessed are they which mourne for they shal be comforted ſ Matth. 5 verse 5. Againe thou didest mourne for thy frend

at length behold thee the God of gods in Zion whom now I see indeede through a glasse darklie l 1. Cor. 13 verse 12. but then face to face where I shal know thee euen as I am known Blessed are the pure in hart m Matt. 5 8. for they shal see God Blessed are they which dwel in thine House n Psal 84 4. ô Lord for euer and euer they wil praise thee Wherfore by al thy mercies wherewithal we bee deliuered from euerlasting damnation o Rom. 9 23 24. I beseech thee ô Lord mollifie mine hard and stonie and flintie and iron hart with thine holie and mightie ointment and through y e fire of compunction make me at al houres to seeme a liuing sacrifice in thy sight p Rom. 12 1. Cause me to haue alwaies a contrite and an humbled hart with a flud of teares in mine eies Cause me from the bottome of mine hart vtterlie to die to this world through the greatnes of thy feare and loue so to forget transitorie things that I may neither weepe nor reioice at neither feare nor loue anie worldlie thing neither be corrupted with prosperitie nor be ouerthrowne by aduersitie And forsomuch as thy loue is strong as death q Sal. songs 8 verse 6. let the firie and pleasant force of thy loue swalowe vp mine hart I beseech thee from al things that are vnder heauen that I may cleaue vnto thee alone and be fed with the onelie remembrance of thy sweetenes Let thy sweete sauor ô Lord let the sweete sauor of thee I praie thee descend yea let it descend into mine hart and let the comfortable loue of thine holie Name enter euen into my soule O let the maruelous and vnspeakeable sweetenes of thy sauour come vnto me which may both raise vp in my brest a continual desire after thee and fro mine hart bring the veines of water springing-vp into euerlasting life r Iohn 4 14. Thou art vnmeasurable ô Lord therefore without measure thou shouldest bee loued and praised of them whom thou hast redeemed with thy pretious blood ſ 1. Pet. 1 18. 19. O most gratious louer of mankind t 1. Ioh. 3 16 most merciful Lord and righteous iudge to whome 〈◊〉 iudgement is committed by the Father u Ioh. 5 22. by the most wise iudgment of thine equitie thou ha●● giuen-out how the children of this world x Luk. 16 8. of night of darknes with a more earnest desire endeuor and studie do loue and seeke after transitorie riches and fleeting promotion than wee thy seruants can loue our God by whom we are both made y Gen. 1 26. 27. Iob. 10 8. Psal 119 73. and redeemed z Gal. 3 13. 1. Tim. 2 8. For if one man do so entirelie loue another that he can hardlie beare the absence of his friend if the wife with so great a fire of goodwil be ioined to her husband that in respect thereof she can at no time be at rest til she haue his companie with what a goodwil with what a care with what a zeale ought the soule which through faith of her part through mercie on your part betrothed to thee to loue thee the true a Matt. 1 23 Matt. 16 16. GOD the fairest spouse b 2. Cor. 11 2 Eph. 5 22. 23 c. who hast so loued and saued vs who hast done so manie such and so great things for our sakes And although these weake things haue their comforts and their loues yet doe they not so delight as thou our God doest For in thee do the righteous reioice because thy loue is sweet and quiet For thou doest replenish the harts which thou possessest both with sweetnes with ioie and with tranquillitie Contrariwise the loue of this world and of the flesh is troblesome and vnquiet neither suffereth it the minds whom it entereth into at anie time to be at rest For continualie it moueth them with suspicions and with perturbations and with manifold feares So that thou art the ioie of the righteous and good cause why For with thee is an assured quietnes with thee is the life void of al trobles O gratious God who so entereth into thee entereth into his masters ioie c Mat. 25 2● and shal feare no more but shal fare wel in the place of happines saieng This is my rest for euer d Ps 132 14. here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therein and againe The Lord is my shepheard e Psal 23 1. 2. I shal not want he maketh me to rest in greene pastures O deere Christ ô sweete Iesu replenish mine hart I beseech thee with the vnquenchable fire of thy loue with a continual remembrance of thee so that as a burning flame I may so burne with the loue of thee that no water be it neuer so much may quench the same O most gratious Lord make thou mee vnfainedlie to loue thee and through desire of thee to laie-downe the burden of al fleshlie desires and the importable waight of earthlie affections which beateth and peiseth downe my soule that by the sauor of thine ointments running amaine after thee I may the more speedilie discerne by the conduction of thee my Capitaine to come vnto the contemplation of thy fairenes there to be throughlie satisfied For two sorts of loue whereof the one is good and the other naught the one sweete and the other vncomfortable can not abide at one time together in one bodie And therefore who so besides thee loueth anie thing f Mat. 10 37 thy loue ô God is not in him g 1. Ioh. 2 15 thy loue I saie euen the loue of sweetenes and the sweetenes of loue the loue which trobleth not but delighteth the syncere chaste loue abiding euerlastinglie the loue which alwaies burnest and neuer goest out O deere Christ ô sweete Iesu who art the verie loue h 1. Ioh. 4 8. and my God i Matt. 4 10. inflame me wholie with thy fire with thy loue with thy sweetnes and delectation with thy ioie and mirth with the delight and desire of thee the which is both holie good chaste and pure quiet and secure that filled euen topful with the sweetenes of thy loue and wholie set on fire by the flames of thy friendship I may loue thee my God with al mine hart k Deut. 6. 5. Luke 10 27. and with al my strength hauing thee alwaies and in al places both in mine hart and in my mouth and before mine eies so that strange loues may find no place at al in me Heare me ô my God heare me ô light of mine eies heare my petition and grant my petition that thou maiest heare me Gratious and most merciful God stop not thine eares against me because of my sinnes but of thy woonted goodnes receaue the praiers of thy seruant and grant me the effect of my petition and request Amen

departed t Iohn 11 verse 33. 34 c. and weepe ouer Ierusalem readie to come vnto desolation u Luk. 19 41 42. O good Iesu by those most pretious teares of thine and by al thy manifold mercies wherewithal thou hast vouchsafed wonderfullie to helpe vs miserable sinners giue me grace to bewaile my transgressions the which my soule doth much long for and desire because without thou giue it I cannot get the same x Iam. 1 17. but euen through the holie Ghost which mollifieth the harts of sinners and prouoketh them vnto the teares of repentance Giue me grace to mourne for my sinnes as our forefathers did whose footesteps I am bound to imitate that I may bewaile mine offences al my life long as they haue mourned daie and night Euen for thine intercession sake and for al thy merits sake haue mercie vpon me thy miserable and vnworthie seruant and giue me grace to bewaile my sinnes Water thou my plants both from aboue and from beneath that my teares may be my meate daie and night y Psal 42 3. and I through the fire of compunction may be made a fat burning sacrifice in thy sight and be killed altogether vpon the altar of mine hart and be taken as a fat burnt sacrifice for a sweete smelling sauor in thy nostrels O sweete Lord giue me a watering fountaine and a cleere fountaine wherin dailie this defiled sacrifice may be clensed For although through the assistance of thy grace I haue offered my selfe wholie to thee yet in manie things for al that I do sinne z Iam. 3 2. by reason of my too too great weakenes Wherefore ô blessed and louing God giue me grace especiallie of the great sweetnes of thy loue and remembrance of thy mercies make readie this table for thy seruant in thy presence and giue me power that when I wil I may be satisfied of it Of thy mercie and goodnes grant that this inebriating and goodlie cup may quench my thirst that my spirit may couet after thee and my mind burne with thy loue forgetting al vanitie and miserie Heare ô my God heare ô light of mine eies heare my petition and grant that I may beg that thing which thou maist grant Gratious and merciful God stop not thine eares against me because of my sinnes but of thy woonted goodnes grant me the effect of my petition and desire Amen Chap. 36. A verie effectual praier to the stirring vp of the mind vnto godlines being zelouslie vttered O Lord Iesus ô pitiful Iesus ô good Iesus who both hast voutsafed to suffer death for our sinnes and art risen againe for our iustification a Rom. 4 25 I humblie beseech thee by thy glorious resurrection raise me out of y e sepulchre of my sinnes and of al my vices and giue me dailie a part in the first resurrection b Reu. 20 6. that trulie I may receaue a portion in the resurrection at the last daie O sweete and most blessed Iesus thou hast ascended into heauen with a glorious triumph and sittest at the right hand of the Father c Rom. 8 verse 34. ô almightie Prince drawe me vpward vnto thee that I may runne after thee d Sal. songs 1 verse 2. 3. through the sauor of thine ointments that I may runne and tire not thou drawing and conducting mee in my race drawe the mouth of my soule thirsting after thee vnto the supernal riuers of eternal satietie yea drawe me vnto thee the wel of life e Psal 36 9. that according to my power I may from thence take my drinke whence I may liue for euermore ô my God my life f Ioh. 14 6. Ioh. 11 25. For thine holie and blessed mouth hath said If anie man thirst g Ioh. 7 37. let him come vnto me and drinke Now grant ô fountaine of life that the thirstie soule may drinke of thee continualie that according to thine holie and true promise out of my belie may flowe euen riuers of water of life h Ioh. 7 38. O fountaine of life replenish my soule with the riuer of thy pleasure make mine hart throughlie drunke with the sober drunkennes of thy loue so that I may vtterlie forget whatsoeuer is vaine and earthlie and euermore haue thee alone in my remembrance as it is written I remembred God mine hart was glad Giue me thine holie spirit signified by those waters which thou promisest to giue to such as thirst O I beseech thee giue me grace with al my desire with al my care to go on toward that place whither we beleeue thou ascendedst the fortie daie after thy resurrection i Acts. 1 3. 4. 9 c. that onlie in the flesh I may be held in this wretched world but in thought and desire may be with thee that there mine hart may be k Matth. 6 verse 21. where thou my desired and incomparable and much louelie treasure art For in the great deluge of this life where we are tossed with raging stormes on al sides and no good footing and hie place can be found where the doue may somewhat rest her selfe l Gen. 8 9. there is no where either sure peace or secure quietnes but wars in al places contention and enimies abrode fightings within feares And forsomuch as one part of vs is heauenlie and the other earthlie the corruptible bodie is heauie vnto the soule m Wi. 9 15. Therefore my mind my friend and companion being wearied comming out of the waie is sicke and lieth al too rent and torne of those vanities which it hath passed-by it is verie hungrie and faine would drinke but I haue nothing to set before it because I am in pouertie and in beggerie But ô Lord my God who aboundest in al good thing n Iam. 1 17. and art a liberal bestower of the dainties of heauenlie satietie giue thou meate to the wearied gather together the dispersed amend that which is torne Lo he standeth at the doore knocketh through the bowels of thy mercie whereby thou the daie spring from on high hath visited vs o Luk. 1 78. I beseech thee open the hand of thy pittie to the distressed which knocketh and gratiouslie command that hee come-in vnto thee rest in thee be refreshed of thy liuelie and heauenlie bread wherewithal being satisfied strengthened he may from this vale of teares mount aloft vnto celestial things and carried on high by the wing of holie desire may flie vnto the kingdome of heauen O Lord let my spirit take let it take I beseech thee wings to it selfe as an Egle that it may flie amaine and faint not that it may ascend euen vnto the glorie of thine house and to the where thine honor dwelleth p Psa 26 8. there at the table where thine heauenlie citizens doe repast themselues to bee refreshed of thy secrets in the places of thy greene pasture nigh the stil waters O my God