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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51595	A remembrance for the living to pray for the dead made by a Father of the Soc. of Iesus.	Mumford, J. (James), 1606-1666.	1641 (1641)	Wing M3069; ESTC R26206	65,319	231

Purgatory 1. HItherto we haue only treated of such Motiues as Charity towards our neighbour doth force vpoÌ„ vs Now we will passe to the motiues which pure Charity towards God doth present vnto vs and afterwards we will come to those motiues which well-ordered Charity towards our selues doth offer vs. To our present purpose then A Soule which is enamored on Perfection and desireth to please God in the highest manner hath very many and efficacious motiues to make her forward to ayde the soules in Purgatory 2. The first motiue God is of an excellency worth and perfection so infinite that he deserueth all possible loue and honour This consideratioÌ„ maketh vs cast about to see how we may procure that this Excellency may be more perfectly loued glorified wherfore coÌ„sidering that on earth we know him so imperfectly and loue him so couldly and glorify him so meanly we rest little satisfied with all which can be done by vs on earth and so we seeke yet further and consider how perfectly God is knowne by the blessed in heauen how they loue that Goodnesse how they glorify that Maiesty Hence we burne with an ardent desire that God may in this sublime manner be more knowne loued and honoured then marking that it is in our power to procure this by obtaining the deliuery of some soule or soules out of Purgatory which being freed froÌ„ thence by our meanes would for euer and euer loue honour God in that most perfect manner we bend our selues wholy to procure the deliuerance of these soules out of pure loue to Almighty God 3. The second motiue When we consider our infinite obligations to God for his manifold benefits showred down vpon vs and being inflamed with a restlesse desire of shewing our selues truly gratefull though wholy vnable during the time of this mortall life to thanke him as it is fitting we vse the best meanes we can deuise to procure worthy thankes to be giuen him by some Soule or Soules freed by our meanes which both day and night may praise extoll thanke this diuine Goodnesse 4. The third Motiue When we consider how great a Maiesty how infinite a Goodnesse how great a benefactour we haue so often and so grieuously offended we feele in our selues a strong working desire of repayring this dishonour done to that Maiesty and cancelling our owne ingratitude by the greatest honour we can inuent to procure and therfore we imploy cheerfully our best good deeds in working the releasmeÌ„t of as many soules as we can that by their perpetuall glorifying God a perfecter recompence may be made for the dishonour we haue done him 5. The fourth Motiue is drawne out of the precedent put together in this manner God whose excellency is so great whose goodnesse so infinite whose benefits so many fold whom I am obliged to satisfy for so many and so great sinnes this God I say taketh all that is done vnto his brethren for his sake as gratefully as if it were done vnto himselfe as Christ hath taught vs in plaine words As long as you haue done these thinges to any one of my Brethren you haue done them vnto me Matth. 25. How can I then hould my selfe from vsing any meanes by which I may performe a thing as gratefull to my deare Lord as if he had indured the excessiue torments of Purgatory and I had released him My Hart is hard but I must confesse that this consideration doth make it yield and if there were no argument but this this alone might conuince all men CHAP. VII That by offering our actions for the Soules in Purgatory we purchase many great Commodities for our selues and sustaine no Jncommodity 1. TO make this title good I will shew that by this Deuotion we do not merit lesse but more SecoÌ„dly that thus our actions are not lesse but more impetratory Thirdly that thus we do not lesse but more satisfy for our sinnes Fourthly that thus we haue great hope to escape eyther all or part of the paines of Purgatory Fiftly that thus we do nothing against Charity towards our selues but that we should do against the perfection of this Charity if we should not thus offer our actions for the soules in Purgatory All these fiue points we will by Gods grace indeauour to make cleare in the next ensuing chapters treating a part of euery one of them in order in a peculiar chapter and that all which hereafter we are to say may be better vnderstood we will spend this present Chapter in declaring how the busines doth passe when we offer any workes for the soules in Purgatory 2. It is therfore most diligently to be noted as the ground of all we are to say that our vertuous actions may haue these three seuerall proprietyes together They may be meritorious they may be impetratory they may be satisfactory They are meritorious when they are good workes performed in the grace of God hauing an eternall reward promised vnto theÌ„ They are impetratory for they do obtaine besides the crowne of iustice which the iust iudge layeth vp for theÌ„ against the day of his coming 2. Tim. 4 many other fauours bestowed vpoÌ„ them by the bountifull haÌ„d of our mercifull father As for example the life of our friend as Dauid hoped to obtaine when he prayed and wept and fasted a fast went in aside and lay vpon the ground 2. Reg. 12. to beg the life of his sonne Or the conuersion of others as the prayer made by S. Stephen did obtaine of God the conuersion of S. Paul Act. 7. as S. Augustin teacheth in fine ask you shall haue Luc. 11. Our good workes also are satisfactory eyther alwayes as many excellent Deuines hold or as all hold if they be workes of any labour paine or difficulty as fasting Prayer and Almes-deeds yea what good works are there which our corrupted nature feeleth not difficulty in Let vs see what foundation this ground of our discourse hath in holy Scripture 3. That our good workes are meritorious is expresly taught in the 6. of S. Matthew and those good workes are put by name which make more for our purpose to wit fasting prayer Almesdeeds the reward of which works we are there said to loose if we do theÌ„ publikly out of vanity but if thou doest them in humble secrecy Thy Father who seeth thee in secret will repay thee And least any man should thinke that only great workes should be rewarded our Sauiour in plaine tearmes doth tell vs that he who giueth but a cup of cold water shall not want his reward if it be done for his sake we may see how mindful our Lord is of his promlse for in the last iudgement day to those who shall haue done such good workes as these are he will say Come you blessed of my Father possesse the kingdome prepared for you from the making of the world for J was hungry you gaue me to eate thirsty and you gaue me

to drinke Matth. 25. Marke how God doth giue them heauen for the doing of good workes Possesse saith he the kingdome for you gaue me to eate to drinke c. And somewhat before in the same Chapter Because thou wert faithfull ouer a few things J will place thee ouer many enter into the ioy of thy Lord. Marke this causall because thou wert faithfull This is the cause for which Christ saith he giueth heauen Let Luther let Caluin let those who care for no good workes name what other cause they please 4. That our good Workes are impetratory that is haue vertue to mooue the liberality goodnesse mercy of God to bestow in regard of them the grant of many fauours when by prayer they are offered vp for this end for if they be not thus offered vp as they are ioyned and applyed to this end by prayer perhaps not any good workes at all are impetratory excepting only prayer it selfe not all prayer but such as containeth some petition That I say good workes are impetratory wheÌ„ they are thus ioyned with prayer is euidently prooued out of that fast of Dauid who with the Prayer made for his sonnes life ioyned also other workes of pennance lying on the ground fasting c. For the child saith he whilst he did yet liue I did fast weepe but now seeing he is dead why should I fast 2. Reg. 12. 5. That our good workes are satisfactory that is that they performed and dignified by Grace graÌ„ted through Christ his merits haue vertue to cancell out sin and the paines due to sin is most cleare in Scripture Heretikes if loathnesse to make satisfaction for their sinnes did not blind them cannot but see it Almesdeeds free froÌ„ death and Almes-deeds it is which purgeth sinne and maketh vs find mercy and life euerlasting Tob. 12. Almes-deeds free from sinne and from death and they do not suffer the soule to goe into darknesse Tob. 4. Water quencheth the burning fier and Almes-deeds resist sinne Eccl. 3. In the eleauenth Chapter of S. Luke our Sauiour speaking to the Scribes and Pharises saith that they shall be condemned in the day of iudgment that the bloud of all the Prophets slaine from the beginning of the world shall be required at their hands and six times one after another he pronounceth Woe against them to those vncleane men our Sauiour at the very same time said Neuerthelesse for that which remaineth giue Almes and behold all things are made cleane vnto you as sinfull people as you are Wherfore let my counsell please thee it is the most excelleÌ„t counsell of the Prophet Daniel redeeme thy sinnes with Almes-deeds and thy iniquityes with the workes of mercy Dan. 4. 6. This being thus declared it may easily be vnderstood how things do passe wheÌ„ we offer vp any work for the soules in Purgatory For first the good worke thus offered vp is meritorious and therfore we alwaies merit by it neither can we giue this merit away because reward is only due Scripture promiseth it to those only who shall haue done well wherfore we loose not the least parcell of the merit of our good workes if we do them for the soules in Purgatory yea we much increase it as shal be shewed Secondly the good worke thus offered is impetratory that is it is apt to mooue Gods mercy to graunt that fauour for obtaining of which it is offered wâ—â— as a happy death peace among Christians the long and happy life of our noble King or such like things Now the obtaining of all these requests is not the least hindered but very much as we shall shew furthered though these workes which we do be giuen to the soules in Purgatory and offered vp to God for the satisfaction of the paines due vnto their sinnes not fully satisfied for Thirdly and lastly this good worke which we offer for the soules in Purgatory is satisfactory and according to this satisfactory vertue which it hath not as it is either meritorious or impetratory we do commonly apply it to the soules in Purgatory because the thing which these poore soules stand most in need of is making satisfaction for their sins not fully satisfied for which satisfaction we make in their behalfe as holy Job did in behalfe of his sonnes when he offered daily sacrifices for their sinnes How this is not against Charity towards our selues shall be declared hereafter CHAP. VIII That by offering our actions for the Soules in Purgatory we do not merit lesse but more 1. THat we do not merit lesse is euident out of the last Chapter that we merit more then otherwise we should haue done if we had not applied these our actions to the soules in Purgatory is taught by the Prince of Deuines S. Thomas l. 3. cont Gentes c. 158. in these words The affection of Charity in him who suffereth for his friend doth make his satisfaction more pleasing to God then if he had suffered for his owne selfe And it is certaine out of holy Scripture that Charity doth adde an exceeding worth and value to our least actions for only Charity it is which maketh a cup of cold water giuen for Christs sake to be rewarded in the life to come And only Charity it was which made the poore widdows mite of greater price then the richest guifts 2. Now then all meriting hath for reward some higher degree of celestiall glory which degree should not haue bin purchased without that meritorious worke had bin done so that if there be two men who before were of equall merits the one of theÌ„ should but giue a cup of cold water more for Christs sake then the other should giue this man for this so small a good work should haue a higher degree of glory then the other and consequently he should see God for all eternity more perfectly and be for euer more happy then the other So that if we did truly loue either God or our selues we should thinke all sufferings whatsoeuer euen those of Purgatory to be a small price for the least degree of glory for indeed the least is a good so great that the suffering of neuer so long a Purgatory for purchasing it would not be so much as suffering a flea-bite to purchase the Empire of the whole world It would make a man blesse himselfe to see how starke mad men are in neglecting such a good 3. To our purpose theÌ„ I say that by applying our actions to the soules in Purgatory we do merit more then if we had not applyed them to this end and not onely more but very much more and therefore though we did sustayne other many and great inconueniences yet they were all to be accounted as nothing in comparison of these inestimable treasures of merit which by this deuotion we purchase The causes which make this act of so high merit may be many for as we haue shewed in the sixt chapter this deuotion may be a worke

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