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A61733	The life and gests of S. Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, and some time before L. Chancellor of England extracted out of the authentique records of his canonization as to the maine part, anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgrave, Harpsfeld, and others / collected by R.S., S.I.	Strange, Richard, 1611-1682.	1674 (1674)	Wing S5810; ESTC R14349	107,722	368

this Chapter This purity is that cleanes of hart to which our B. Sauiour affixd a beatitude and in its beames our B. Saint saw God so present in all his actions that he was ashamd as well as reuerentially afrayd to offend him whence it made him sollicitous to walk like a child of light and the Apostle tells vs that theyr Eph. 5. 9. journey and progress is in all goodnes and justice and truth Whence it was that the Royall Prophett desyrd so Psal 50. 62. much to haue a cleane hart created in him for such as is the hart such is the whole man and God who so earnestly Couetts our hart will eyther haue a pure one or none This is the eye of man which if it be simple the whole body will be lightsome if troubled and obscure darksome and if the light that 's in vs sayth our Sauiour be darknes Matt. 6. 23. how great and lamentable must that needs be This is the reason why the Wiseman aduises vs to guard our hart with all diligence because it is the Originall house of life as well Spirituall as Corporall the chiefe seat of life and the H. Ghost whose throne it is What is engenderd heer must be like that of pearles by the pure dew of heauen without speck or blemmish one dropp of salt water causes a miscarriage and as the Spouse feeds and lyes not but among lillyes so if we couett his Company at bed and bord this must be his entertainment euen a discomposd cast of an eye will make him quitt the Company for Diuine Wisdome will Sap. 1. 4. not enter into a maleuolous soule nor dwell in a body subject to Sinn To this due preseruation of the hart and maintenance of purity there must be a joynt Concurrence of both the parts of man body and soule nor will the one be able to effect it whithout the other it being a result of both One flaw spoyles the worth of a iewell one distorted limb or wenn a beautifull body perfection Consists in an integrity of the parts and whole and this was the care and sollicitude of our Saint to combyne both his in this respect into a Common interest nor did he endeauour it by fitts and spurts but was the constant practise of his life and who euer aymes at it his solid resolution must be like that of the Ermin Malo mori quam faedari rather dye then suffer a blemmish To effect this was the grand work of our B. Saint as it is of all those who intend to serue God in syncerity and purity and to Compass it the better he keept a strict eye vpon both and theyr proceedings by a due inquiry into them and sett for that end watch and ward vpon all the auenues which lead therto securing himselfe thus against all surprizes by a due intelligence of all that pasd admitting the good rejecting the bad By this diligence he enioyd a perfect peace both at home and abroad nor in his interiour did he find eyther mutiny or insurrection and whoeuer will imitate this his mannagement of such affayres shall experience the same By this wary watchfullnes and the assistance of a good Spirituall Directour in his beginnings or younger dayes he preseru'd himselfe so vnderild both in body and soule the grace of Alm. God Cooperating that he deseru'd from the same his Directour in his now declining age that publique Elogium of his integrity which I mentiond in the 10. Chapter which by aduancing from vertue to vertue he was still Consummating euen till death This was one reason why he treated his crazy body so seuerely both by abstinence and other chastisements knowing right well that to haue it a dutifull seruant it must be keept vnder and at task least through idlenes getting head it become vnruly and play the wanton debauching the soule to its licentiousnes to which our corrupt nature too much inclines it This flesh of ours is the worst naturd creature vpon earth a meer diuell to our and its owne vndoing it cares for no body but it selfe and that 's the propperty of self loue neuer regarding what woe it work the soule so it can Compass its desyres and please its appetites it is little concernd eyther for heauen or hell creditt or discreditt friend or foe and what doe we in pampering such a one but make much of a churlish curr which will one day doe his best to pull out our throat that is vndoe vs the way to cast out this Diuell is that which our Sauiour prescribes „ in jejunio oratione „ Matt. 17. 20. in fasting and prayer He added to this by way of preuention a shunning of conuersation with woemen occasion they say makes a thiefe and he that touches pitch shall be defil'd by it euen his owne Sisters as much as could stand with Common ciuility not permitting them to lodge aboue one night in his pallace and then his custome was to leaue it himselfe and diuert to some of his maunour houses He had a horrour of all speeches glauncing at leuity nor durst any in his presence scatter such smutty jeasts much less vtter broad ribaldry without the penalty of a sound check a language much vnbeseeming Christian Conuersation as made vpp onely of the dreggs of witt fitt onely indeed for the mouth of a bargman though not a little in vogue among many world lings The loue of this vertue made him conceiue a perfect hatred and horrour of the contrary vice and as both the impious and his impiety is abominable to God so had he not onely a loathing of the latter but also an auersion from the former and those he knew to be giuen to the same nor could he affect them further then Christian charity commanded though otherwise his neerest allyes This he made euident by his Carriage towards a nephew of his one for whome he had a great kindnes so long as he did well maintaining him in the Uniuersity making him his Confident and would certainly haue done very much for him But vnderstanding that he was become loose of behauiour and not so chast in his wayes he totally withdrew his affection and though much pressd to take him along in his journey to Rome no perswasion could preuaile on which subject he expressd himselfe to this effect These young men sayd he are not now adayes so bashfull and modest as heertofore for when I was such a one if a handsome woman had lookd me in the face I should presently haue bin putt to the blush turnd my eyes from her they are words of the Record or pulld my hatt ouer them that eyther I should not haue seen her or shee mee but now things goe farr otherwise nor could he euer be induc'd to receiue him into fauour or familiarity This vertue of Angelicall purity was so conspicuous in him that the Prayer vsd in the office of his feast petitions by it graces from God and that by its

superiour as brass or syluer with gold Whence I conclude that the greatest Saints are fittest to make the gratest Statesmen not onely because they are freeest from Corruption and least swayd with passion and interest two great blinders of judgment but also for the singular aduantage theyr naturall abilityes receiue from the light and assistance of diuine grace Whence it is obseruable in our Historyes that in Catholique times Learned Bishops and vertuous Prelates were employd ordinarily both at home and abroad in the mannagement of weightyest affayres and who I pray more knowing then they or ought to be of greater integrity As a generall opinion acquird by his just and vpright Carriage preferrd him to the Chancellorship of the Vniuersity so his prudent demeanment in the same made King Harry the 3. preferr him to that of the Kingdome And though vpon that good Kings death at his owne earnest request he were licenc'd by his Sonn Edward to relinquish it yett he keept him still of his Priuy Councell and how much he esteemd his aduise is seen by what we recounted in the 23. Chapter He that could wade through the deep affayres of two Chancellorships and a Bishoprick and keep still aboue the waters of any dislike or dissatisfaction where so many sinke must needs haue bin supported with a great prudence The meanes he vsd for this support was to haue knowing and conscientious men about him who vnderstood both what in prudence was to be done and would execute it honestly and when all Circumstances duely weighd he found that according to the Dictates of prudence and Conscience this was to be effected or that omitted he stuck so close to his principles that neyther feare nor respect could moue him in the least and this we confirm'd with an example in the 8. Chapter We must also Consider the times in which hee bore the aforesayd Offices most vnquiett and turbulent and to keep sure footing on such slippery ground argues a great prudence and wisdome it argues that he could Master both the times and himselfe not they him And now hauing giuen as good á Character of this vertue in our Saint as my breuity and informations will allow it is time to make an end and though I haue sayd little in regard of what might be sayd yett I think I say much to its and his Commendation when I shew that by it he orderd both his Spirituall and temporall Concerns so as to proue himselfe a great Saint in the former and a great Statesman in the latter In his declining age especially after he was made Bishop he withdrew himselfe as much as he could from all worldly employments the more to apply himselfe to heauenly and that was the greatest poynt of prudence which euer he exercisd teaching him that the Kingdome of heauen was to be sought in the first place and aboue all For what will it auaile one to gaine the whole world if he loose heauen and his owne soule or with what exchange will he be able to redeem that loss What matters it if one enioy all the pleasures of the world all the treasures of the world and all its highest preferrments if he haue not heauen at the end of them that is to say what matters it to enioy heer a seeming momentary happynes and be most vnhappy heerafter for all eternity To be truly prudent is to be prudent to eternity and so was our Saint and who euer is not thus prudent proues himselfe a very foole True prudence guides to true happynes as there is no true happynes but eternall so neyther true prudence but which leads to this eternity This is true prudence indeed its great Act and Master piece at which all our practicall prudence in this great mannagement must leuell as at its finall scope and the purchase of all our endeauours in this lifes Commerce As nothing less then eternity will doe our work that is make vs eternally happy so must we acquiesce in no other none but that being truly satiatiue and all the rest an empty shadow The prudence of the flesh sayth the Apostle is death Rom. 8. 6. and operates it the wisdome of this world sayth the same is folly with God that Cannot be a guide of our 1. Cor. 3. 19. proceedings Ours must be refin'd aboue the world and death the issue of diuine Wisdome and therfore is calld by it the Science of Saints Scientia Prou. 10. Sanctorum prudentia This Science our B. Saint study'd all his life long and learnd more true knowledg out of it then he did out of all the Philosophy of Aristotle or Idaeas of Plato He learnd to be vertuous to keep a good Conscience his duty towards God his Neighbour and himselfe to subdue sense to reason and the whole man to the Obedience of the Diuine Law He learnd to preferr a solid happynes before a seeming one eternity before time the soule before the body and God and his Seruice aboue all Christ our B. Sauiour Matt. 10. 16. sends vs to the Serpent to learne this prudence and it teaches vs a twofold to expose the whole body to saue the head the seat of life and so must wee all our externall goods body and all for the preseruation of our fayth and safety of our Soules The Serpent say Naturalists stopps one eare with its tayle the other it clapps close to the ground so to become deafe to charmes and enchantments and prudence bidds vs imitate this amidst the enchantments of Sinnfull pleasures according to that of the 57. Psalme to which our Corrupt nature inclines Common errours lead the way Custome like a torrent carry's vs head long and engulfs vs in a sea of Spirituall Miseryes To these two we may add a third and it is that the Serpent by forcing her passage through a narrow Cranny stripps her selfe of her old coat and togeather of her old age and so becomes young Wee by endeauouring as our Sauiour aduises to Luc. 13. 24. enter by the narrow gate may effect the same and stripping our selues of inueterate habitts putt on a newnes of life Let vs learne at least to auoyd gross mistakes against prudence if we cannot all Euen Common prudence bidds vs secure the mayne Concern when we cannot all particulars it being accounted no indiscretion to hazard something to saue the whole What is our main Concern but our Soule if we loose that we loose all to venture a limb to saue our life is a dictate of nature and to exspose both body and estate to saue our Soule is a Certain Maxime of grace If we must quitt eyther a lease for life or an inhereritance it would be deemd madnes to part with the latter to secure the former this being as much in its Kind as to exchange pearles for peebles and gold for Clinquant and is the same when euer Soule and body time and eternity heauen and this world come into Competency To make heer a right Election is the part of prudence and our glorious S. THOMAS both did it and teaches vs to doe it and of all the vertuous lessons of his whole life none then this is more important none more prudent God in his grace and light giue vs strength to make the same resolues and execute them with an equall fidelity Amen FINIS APPROBATIO LIbellum cui titulus The Life and Gests of Saint Thomas Cantilupe Bishop of Hereford Anglicè conscriptum à Theologo mihi noto lectum praelo dignum censeo Actum Gandavi 27. Augusti Anno 1674. H. HESIUS Libr. Censor ERRATA Fol. Lin.     17 12 glorions glorious 19 20 theyr they 23 11 hough though 31 29 inlustrious illustrious 33 5 chidhood childhood 45 9 figh fight 57 15 particulari particular 69 4 thiter thither 73 18 buh but 106 19 bee hee 117 20 reccuid receiu'd 135 11 aftording affording 160 3 oue one 175 4 fitting sitting 186 20 the hee 256 18 reahd reapd 270 7 many may 310 13 by bee

him how to dye well which is one of the most important arts in the world for what auailes it if we gaine the whole uniuerse and suffer shipwrack of our owne Soules This maxime was the study of his whole life and on it all his principles were grounded and so well that he was not a frayd to look death in the face he regarding it no otherwise then as a passage to a better life and therfore amidst all its appalements he sate vpon its Couch as the Phenix on her pile of spices expecting that the same flames which consumd his body should renew his soule to a better and immortall life Of this his passage I shall say no more then I find vpon authentique Record the Process of his Canonization reflecting on two things first his preparation to it secondly the sequels of it And as to the former when he perceiu'd that the euening of life was in a great decline and its sunn neer vpon setting though his whole life had bin nothing else but a preparation to death or disposition to the sleep of Saints by which they rest in our Lord yett the neerer it approachd the more it awakd him to a discharge of his last dutyes And therfore with hart and eyes fixd on heauen the first of his desyres according to the Rytes of H. Church were the last Sacraments or Viaticum of that great journey doing himselfe as he had taught others to doe in that passage These are Confession Communion and Extreme Unction which as no good Christian doth omitt so no good seruant of God but has them in esteem and veneration and the greater the better insight they haue into the Concerns of theyr soule and its happy passage Hauing thus prouided for the substantiall part all the rest of his minutes were lett out at the highest exchange and he vnmindfull of all worldly things inuokd the Spiritt both of life and light by a „ Veni Creator Spiritus to be assistant to him in this last conflict against the Spiritts of Darknes when both life and light lye at the Stake This done he armd himselfe with the signe of the crosse or ensigne of Christianity as formidable to the infernall powers as confortable to a parting soule who whilst he consignd himselfe by it ouer to Alm. God he added these deuout expressions taught him probably in his child hood „ Per signum Crucis de inimicis nostris libera nos Deus noster and againe Per Crucis hoc signum fugiat procul omne malignum and lastly „ Per idem signum saluetur omne benignum All these are put downe verbatim in the record and teach vs how to arme our selues in our last Conflict towards a victory ouer our enemyes This done he calld his retinue about him and imparting to each fayth the lessons of his office the kiss of peace togeather with wholsome instructions for a pious life amidst these embracements he took and gaue the last adieu And now by this time the stock of life being quite spent the pangs of death came stronger vpon him and these increasing he betook himselfe more earnestly to his refuge of prayer making vse of that verse of the Psalmist propper in such a passage in manus tuas Domine commendo Spiritum meum Domine Deus veritatis Commendo Spiritum meum which words whilst he repeated thrice with his hands eleuated towards heaven he renderd his sweet Soule most acceptable to heauen to be receiud according to its meritts into the eternall tabernacles This was the setting of this sweet Sunn shewing much not onely of the Christian but of the Saint and verifying the old saying „ vt vixit sic morixit teaching vs that generall rule without exception he that liues well dyes well Which Sunn though he went downe in a strange horizon yett found a wellcome in the Ocean of bliss or a blessed eternity the true Christian deemes that his Hemisphere where God places him we being all Cittizens of the world and like beggars neuer out of our way while we are tending to Paradise Happy they that can make a happy Conclusion of so important an affayre which when thus concluded our work is done and if not happily all 's vndone and that without redress that is a moment of greatest moment wheron depends eternity Though his festiuity were keept on the 2. of October yett the day of his death happend on the 25. of August or the morrow to the Apostle S. Bartholomew And synce all Authours that I can find vnanimously agree as to the place to witt that it was neer Monte fiascone one would wonder why Bp. God win in contradiction heer of without alledging any ground for his assertion should maintaine that he dy'd at Ciuita Vecchi and in his way to Rome wheras there are vndenyable prooffs both of his arriuall there and obtayning his pretentions returne by land and holy death at the place aforesayd To say the least this cannot but argue a spiritt of contradiction propper to one of his coat and little beseeming the name of a Bishop nor had he more besydes the reuenues Onely it is a knowne trick of such I can call it no better to render the clearest truths disputable and thence doubtfull and so by degrees eneruate all fayth both humane and diuine by vndermining the autority which is theyr basis It happend the night after his decease that one of his officers whome he had left behind him in England his name was Robert of Glocester then his Secretary afterwards Chancellor of Hereford being at that time at London and Lodging in the Bishops owne Chamber had this dreame or vision call it as you please He thought himselfe to be at Lions in France where in the great street of that Citty which leads to the Cathedrall he seemd to behold his Lord and Master going towards that Church whither himselfe was also bound Both being enterd his Lord he thought went into the Sacristy where putting of the vpper garment which he wore he vested himselfe with white Pontificall Robes and those most rich and carrying in his hand the Body of our Lord or most B. Sacrament in forme of a Consecrated Host he appeard suddainly in the midst of a most solemne and stately Procession both of Clergy and religious and those likewise cladd all in white The Procession seemd to moue towards the Cloyster of the Cathedrall while others of that quire enton'd and prosecuted with delicate Musique that part of the Capitulum propper to the Office of S. Peter ad Vincula Occidit autem Jacobum fratrem Joannis gladio But before all were enterd the gate which led into the sayd Cloyster it on a suddain was shutt and Robert who with many others desyrd also to enter were excluded to theyr no small defeatment and left to consider the dreame of which he as the ignorant of the Saints death could look vpon no otherwise then a dreame But when immediately after certaine tydings both of

Easter Eeue he prayd there deuoutly the whole night beseeching the Saint that as he was noble himselfe he would be propitious to a noble knight commiserating his present pittifull condition and vouchsafing him the gracious fauour of a Cure To render himselfe better disposd like a good Christian he frequented the H. Sacraments of Confession and Communion and at the time when in the sayd Church the Mystery of the Resurrection sayth the Record was that morning represented he found himselfe so perfectly cur'd at the sayd Tomb that the same day exulting in our Lord whole and sound he playd the Seruingman at the Bishops table wayting on him and his other guests For a conclusion of this Chapter I must insert a remarkable Cure which was wrought while the sacred Reliques remaynd yett in our Ladyes Chappell sixe dayes before the Translation that is the day before Palmsunday and therfore may deseruedly clayme to be heer inserted it is thus recorded in the forementiond Process One Edith wife to a Cittizen of Hereford in the beginning of that same lent was seizd with a furious phrenzey and all humane meanes falling short so she continu'd till the day before Palmsunday The recourse to S. THOMAS not being as then famd by any Miracles her husband causd her to be measurd to a Relique of the H. Cross much venerated in that Cathedrall at whose Aultar she was keept night and day bound and attended by two of her sexe though at the same time she were aduisd by a Priest of the Church to haue recourse to S. THOMAS and to be measurd to him giuing her great hopes of a recouery by his intercession All this was done at his suggestion and a Candle was made of the thread that measurd her and sett at her head as she lay bound hand and foot her ordinary Station being all this while at the Aultar of the H. Cross The friday before Palme sunday as she was there hearing Mass not onely the candles on the Aultar but all through the Church were on a suddain putt out no body knew how and a great noyse like the murmure of a great riuer was heard at the same time this lasting the space of ten Paters and Aue's visibly before them all fire came from heauen and lighted the Candle standing at her head whose week was made of the thread that measurd her to the Saint At the lighting of this she recouerd her senses and became well the Saint at that instant appearing to her and bidding her be well at the same time also the Cords which bound her of themselues became loose and she in the presence and hearing of all repeating it ouer and ouer againe sayd aloud where is this S. THOMAS that bids me be well She went to our lady's Chappell prayd before his Reliques a „ Te Deum „ was sung in thanksgiuing for the cure she continu'd as well and sensible as euer before and this was the first miracle which the Saint wrought in the Church of Hereford Upon the Relation of this Miracle it occurrs to mee that some peruser of the same may check perchance as it is allwayes easy to find fault at one or two passages mentiond therin the which to cleare vpp by way of preuention will happily not be vnacceptable One may be her leauing the H. Cross and its Aultar to betake herselfe to S. THOMAS in which if there were any fault it was was the Priests who aduisd her to it which could not be great it being warranted by the good miraculous effect immediately ensuing Neyther did he disswade her from the H. Cross whose efficacious vertue is venerable to all Christians but onely perswaded her whether by diuine instinct or the impulse of his deuotion matters not much to make her recourse to God and it by the mediation of the Saint His deuotion to S. THOMAS mou'd him to vrge this recourse which if vpon the opinion had of his Sanctity he aduisd where is the errour Nay it 's glorious to the H. Crosse as it is also to honour God in his Saints so farr is it from disparagement to see its seruants honourd and inuokd besydes that a new Starr may many times and without prejudice to the Sunn draw more eyes to it then the Sunn it selfe and haue its influences more cry'd vpp both deuotions were compatible and good nor doth the latter derogate from the former Another perhaps will be dissatisfyd yea euen a little scandalizd at this measuring to the Saint and ask what it meanes Truly I do not remember to haue read it elswhere nor is it any Ecclesiasticall Ceremony of any Church much less of the Catholique it seems to haue bin taken vpp by the deuotion of the people therabouts and as an innocent harmles expression of theyr deuotion and recourse to the Saint approu'd by custome and though frequently us'd yett not so of necessity but that it was and with equall succes as frequently omitted at least not mentiond This theyr recourse and application to the Saint was twofold and the miraculous effects as to both shew its acceptablenes to him eyther by bending a piece of siluercoyne ouer the patients head who sought redress to the honour of the Saint appropriating the party by this expression to him and his peculiar patronage for redress or else by measuring the sayd client by a thread or some such thing that is by taking his length and breadth with the same intention as in the former and depositing them at his Aultar or to his honour The manifold miraculous effects ensuing heer vpon vindicate the fact from all suspition of irreligiosity and superstition and if the Saint was pleasd to accept it let not vs harbour a prejudice against it When we see the Candle whole week was made of this measure miraculously and before all the rest lighted from heauen let vs take that Miracle for an approuement of its innocency all 's well when all 's meant well alius quidem sic alius autem 1 Co● 7. sic thus much I thought good to premitt for the scandall of the weake XX. CHAPTER The multitude of Miracles wrought by the Saint WE may indeed call them a multitude and of the greatest size for few Saints perchance in Gods Church haue wrought more and therfore he was not undeseruedly calld in the Preface the Thaumaturgus of that age And theyr quality is no less remarkable then theyr quantity it being such as renders them vnquestionable in theyr kind that is euident and patent like those of the Ghospell and such as our B. Sauiour both wrought and alledgd for testimonialls of his Reception as Messias by giuing sight to the blind healing the lame raysing the dead c. and these as well as others in great abundance For the Readers satisfaction and the Saint's greater glory I will summarily putt downe heer what the seuerall Authours of his life say in this behalfe that the autority of his Miracles may remayne as questionles as they