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heart_n	behold_v	good_a	lord_n	2,016	5	3.6662	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

vvith the will of God may bee practiced by persons who are in drinesse sterilitie and corporall weaknes or ouerwhelmed with businesses The first point prostrate on your knees and profoundlie humbled before the incomprehensible Maiesty of God doe you adore his soueraygne goodnes vvho from all eternitie hath named you by your name ād determined to saue you ordayning among other things this present day to the end that there-in you should come to exercise the workes of life and saluation according to that which is sayed by the Prophet I haue loued thee vvith perpetuall charitie therefore I haue dravvne the haueing pittie of thee The second Point vppon this veritable thought you shal vnite your vvill to that of the most benigne and most mercifull celestiall father by these or the like words cordially offerred O most svveete vvill of my God be thou euer fulfilled in mee O eternall designes of the vvill of my God I adore you consecrat and dedicate my vvill for to vvill eternally that which thou hast willed O that I could doe therefore this day and allvvaies and in all things thy diuine will O my sweete creatour yea celestiall father for such was thy good pleasure from all eternitie So be it O most delectable goodnes bee it as thou hast willed O eternall will liue and raigne in all my wills and ouer all my wills now for euer Amen The third Point After inuocate the diuine helpe and assistance with these or the like deuoure acclamations interiourlie notwithstanding and from the depth of the hart O God intēd vnto my helpe Let thy helping hand bee vpon this poore and weake heart of mine Behould O Lord this poore and miserable heart vvhich through thy goodnes hath conceaued many holie affectiōs but Alas it is to feeble and vvretched to effectuate the good it desireth vvithout thy helpe I inuocate the most sacred virgin Marie my good Angell and all the court of heauen that their fauour may novv bee propitious vnto mee if thou pleasest The fourth Point Make then a liuelie and povverfull Louing vnion of your vvill vvith Gods holie vvill and then among all the actions of that day asvvell spirituall as corporall make frequent revnions there-of that is to say renevv and confirme agayne the vniō made in the morning casting a simple interiour looke vppon the diuine goodnes and saying by vvay of yealding or agreemēt Yeas Lord I vvill yeas my father yeas allvvaies yea Also if you vvill you may make the signe of the Crosse or kisse that vvhich you beare about you or some Image for all this signifieth that soueraynelie you desire the prouidence of God that you accept it that you adore it and loue it vvith all your hart and that inseparably you vnite your will to that supreme vvill notvvistāding all trouble and repugnance The fift point But these tracts of the hart these interiour vvordes ought to bee pronounced svveetely quietly and cōstantly but peaceably and by way of speech they ought to bee distilled and spun as it vvere gently from the top of the spiritt as vve pronunce a vvorde in the eare of a freind that we vvould cast deepe into his heart that noe bodie may heare or pereeaue it for so these sacred vvordes dravvne sliding and distilling from the intimate depth of our soule vvill penetrate and moisten it more intimately and strongly then they vvould doe if they vvere sayed by vvay of iaculatorie prayers and fa●lies of the spiritt experience vvill make you knovv this prouided you bee humble and simple so bee it GOD BEE BLESSED FOR EVER A TABLE OF THE INTERTAINMENTS THE FIRST ENTERTAYNMENT OF CONSTITVTIONS IN the vvhich is declared the obligation of the Constitutiōs of the Visitation of Saincte Marie the qualities of the deuotiō that the Religious vvomē of the said Order ought to haue THE SECOND ENTERTAYNEMENT OF CONFIDENCE VVHerein is demaunded if vve may approch to God vvith great confidence namely hauing the feeling of our miserie hovv and of the perfest forsakeing of ones selfe THE THIRD ENTERTAYNEMENT OF CONSTANCIE VPon the flight of our Lord into Egipt vvherin is treated of the constancie vvhich vve ought to haue in the diuers accidents of the vvorld THE FOVRTH ENTERTAYNEMENT OF CORDIALITIE VVHerein is demaunded hovv the sisters ought to loue one another vvith cordiall loue neuertheless vvithout vsing vndecent familiaritie THE FIFT ENTERTAYNEMENT OF GENEROSITIE THE SIXT ENTERTAYNEMENT OF HOPE VPon the departure of the sisters of the Visitation vvho vvent to begin a nevv house of their Jnstitute THE SEAVENTH ENTERTAYNEMENT OF THREE SPIRITVALL LAVVES VVHerein the propertie of doues are applied to the Religious soule by forme of vvay of Lavves THE EIGHT ENTERTAYNEMENT OF DISAPPROPRIATION OF Disappropriation depriuation of all things THE NINTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF MODESTIE IN the vvhich is treated of the modestie manner of receauing corrections of the meanes so to establish his state in God that nothing may be able to diuert it THE TENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF OBEDIENCE THE ELEAVENTH ENTERTAINEMENT VF THE VERTVE OF Obedience VPon the same subiect of the vertue of Obedience THE TVVELVETH ENTERTAINEMENT Of Simplicitie and Religious prudence THE THIRTENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF RVLES Of Rules and of the spiritt of the Visitation THE FOVVRETENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF PROPER JVDGEMENT AGainst proper Iudgment and the delicacie vvee haue tovvards our selues THE FIFTENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF THE VVILL OF GOD. IN the vvhich is demaunded vvhere-in the perfect determination of regarding follovving the vvill of God in all things consisteth vvhether vvee may bee able to find it and follovv it in the vvills of our superiours equalls or inferiours vvhich vve see to proceede of their naturall inclinations or habitudes and of certaine notable pointes touching Confessours and Preachers THE SIXTEENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF AVERSIONS TOuching auersions hovv bookes ought to be receaued and that vve ought not to be astonished in beholding imperfections in Religious persones nor in Superiours themselues THE SEAVENTEENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF VOICES VVHeerin is demaunded hovv and vpon vvhat motiue voices are to be giuen asvvell to those they vvill admitt to profession as to those that they receaue into the Nouitiate THE EIGHTEETH ENTERTAYNEMENT OF THE SACRAMENTS HOvv vvee ought to prepare to receaue the Sacraments to receaue the Sacraments to recite the diuine Office with certayne pointes touching prayer THE NINETEENTH ENTERTAINEMENT OF THE VERTVES OF S. Ioseph THE TVVENTETH ENTERTAINEMENT OF RELIGIOVS PRETENSION VVHerein is demaunded vvhat pretension vvee ought to haue entring into Religion THE TVVENTY ONE ENTERTAINEMENT VPon the document of demaūding nothing nor refusing any thing A breefe Exercice for the Morning

which God had giuen him O that word of God is a most true and solide ground and foundation for it is infallible Abraham then proceeded to accōplish the will of the of God with an incōparable simplicitie for he made no more consideratiō nor reply then he did vvhē God had cōmaunded him saying goe forth out of thy country an● from thy kindred and goe to the place that I wi● shewe thee not specifying it vnto him to the en● he should imbarke himselfe most simply in th● ship of his Diuine prouidence walking then forwards three dayes and three nights with his sonn● Isaac carrying the wood for the sacrifice this Innocent soule demaunded of his Fa●her vvhere wa● the Holocaust to vvhome good Abraham aunswered My sonne our Lord will prouide it O● good God hovv happie should wee bee if vv● could accustome our selues to make this aunswer to our hartes vvhen they are in care for any thing our Lord vvill prouide therefore and that after th● vve had not any more anxietie trouble or impression then Isaac had for he held himselfe silent an● quiett beleuing our Lord vvould prouide euen a● his father had sayed Certaynelye God requiret● that the confidence vvee haue in his fatherlie ca● and Diuine Prouidence should be great But wherefore should we not haue it seeing there hath neuer bene any personne deceaued therein nor an● one confided in God that hath not receaued th● fruit of his confidence I speake this amongst o●●selues for touching these of the vvorld their confidence is accompagnied vvith apprehension an● therefore is of no vvorth before God Lett vs consider I beseech you vvhat Our Lord Maiste● sayed to his Apostles to establish in them this hol● and louing Confidence I haue sent you into th● world vvith out scrip mony or other prouisions either for yout nourishment or clothing hath ther● bene any thing vvanting to you and they saved no● goe sayed he to them and meditate not in you● mind whereof you shall eate or vvhat you sha●● drinke or vvhere vvith you shal be clothed no● likevvise vvhat you shall speake being in the pre●ence of the great Lords and magistrats of the pro●inces through vvhich you shall passe for in euery ●ccasion your heauenlie Father vvill prouide for ●ou all that is necessarie neither doe you preme●itate vvhat you shall speake for he vvill speake in ●ou and put into your mouth the wordes that you ●hall haue to say But I am so dull and ill-spokē some one of our sisters will say I knovve not hovv to ●onuerse with great ones and Noble poeple I haue ●o learning that is all one goe and confide in God ●or he hath sayed Although a vvomā should happen ●o forgett her child yet vvill I neuer forgett you ●or I beare you ingrauen in my hart and on my ●ands Thinke you that he vvho hath care to prouide foode for the foules os the ayre and the ●eastes of the earth which neither sovv nor ga●her into barnes can euer forgett to prouide all ●hat shal be necessarie for the man that vvil con●ide totallie in his Prouidence since that man ●s capable to be vnited to God our Souueraigne good § 2. This my most deare Sisters hath seemed good to me to speake to you vppon this subject of your departure for although you are not capa●le of Aposto●icall dignitie because of your sex neuerthelesse you are in some sort capable of the Apostolicall office and you may render many seruices to God procuring in some sorte the aduancement of his glorie as the Apostles did Certaynelie my Deare Daughters this ought to be a moriue of great consolation vnto you that God will serue him selfe of you for so excellent a worke as this to which you are called and you ought to ●hould your selues greatlie honored before the Diuine maiestie For what is that that God desireth of you but that which he did orda●ne to his Apostles and that for which he sent them into the world which was that for which our Lord himselfe came to worke in this world to witt to giue life to men and not onely this sayed hee but to the end they should liue more abundantlie that they may haue life and better life which he hath wrought by giuing thē his grace The Apostles were sent of our Lord throughout the world for the same subiect for our Lord sayed vnto them euen as my Father sent mee I send you goe and giue life to men but you must not content your selues with this but endeuour that they liue and that a most perfect life by the meanes of the doctrine that you shall teach them they shall haue life in beleeuing my worde that you expose to them but they shall haue more abundant life by the good example that you shall giue them and therefore take no care whether your labours fructifie according to your pretended desire for it is not of you the fruits shal be demaunded but onely whether you haue imploied your selues faythfully to cultiuate the sterill and dry ground it will not be demaunded whether you haue had a good haruest but onely if you haue had care to sowe vvel In like manner my deare daughters you are now cōmaunded to goe hether and thether into diuers places to the end that soules hauing life by your meanes may liue a better life for what is that vvhich you goe to doe but to giue knowledg of your Institute and by meanes of this knowledg to dravve many soules to imbrace all the obseruances which are comprised and conteined therein but with out preaching and conferring the Sacraments and remitting sinnes as the Appostles did Goe you not to giue life to men but to speake more properly goe you not to giue life to vvomen since it may be a hundred and a hūdred virgins which would haue bene lost in the vvorld shall by your example retyring them selues vvith in your Religion goe to enioy in hea●en for all eternitie incomprebēsible felicitye and not this by your meanes that their life shal be ●uen them and that they shall liue a more abun●ant life that is to say a life more perfect and ●easing to God a life that shall make them capable ● vnite themselues more perfectly to the diuine ●ountie for they shall receaue from you necessarie ●●structions for to attayne the true and pure loue ●f God with is that more abundant life which ●ur Lord IESVS is come to giue to men I haue ●rought sayed he fire into the earth what is that I ●emaund or what doe I prretend but that it bur●e And in another place he cōmaundeth that fire ●urne continually vppon his Altar and therefore ●●at it should neuer be put out to shewe with what ●rdour he desireth that the fire of his loue be all●aies kindled vppō the Altar of our harts O God ●hat a grace is this that God doeth bestowe on ●ou he maketh you Apostles not in dignity but in ●ffice and meritt you preach not