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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

the good wheat and spoyle the haruest To recommend this vertue rhe high Priest in the old law carryd an Amythist enchac'd in his Rationall as a symbol of watchfullnes the nature of that precious stone disposing much therto and nature inculcates the necessity of it both by the lions sleeping with open eyes and the crane with a stone in her talon not to ouer sleep themselues as the foolish virgins did but be ready for the least alarme which lesson is taught vs by the spouse and may serue for a Motto to all Ego dormio cormeum Cant. 5. 2. vigilat Vpon the same score he considerd himselfe not onely as the Master of a great family which he was to feed with the bread of the word of God and keep in good order as beseemd the House of God but also which touchd him neerer to the hart a Common farher of so many children whome as such he was to embrace with the armes of a fatherly charity and tender theyr Spirituall wellfare as much as any parent for each one wheroff he was to be accountable to him who entrusted them in his hands This made him putt on the bowells of Colos 3. 12. mercy benignity humility modesty patience and beare with the faults and frailtyes of others becoming all to all that he might winn all to Christ This humble condescendence gaue him a powerfull ascendant vpon the harts of the good to incline them much towards vertue and piety and gaind him so much esteem in theyr affections that his words were tanquam potestatem Matt. 7. habentis as of one that spoke with an awefull autority Yett he lou'd them as his Children and was so belou'd by them and feard accordingly for that feare is best and most effectuall to good which is grounded on and arises from loue when it is otherwise it is not so much filiall as seruile that is propper to seruants rather then children This Retyrement as it sequesterd his hart and thoughts from the world and its affayres so it gaue him a fayrer prospect of vertue and its anduantages to Christian perfection and the necessity therof towards the due ordering both of body and soule To haue all well there must be a right vnderstanding and subordination betwixt these two the soule must be Mistress and good reason why the body handmayd and subseruient Reason must command sense obey this will not be done but by a true subjection of the inferiour man to the Superiour nor that but by frequent pennance and mortification interiour and exteriour both in macerating the flesh and subduing our passions and appetites To effect this the seruants of God make warr vpon them 1 Cor. 9. 17. selues by chastizing theyr bodyes least while they preach to others themselues become reprobate and to this purpose embrace the hardshipps of fasting watching hayr cloath and the like to further and compleat the conquest of themselues And this was the practise of our H. Saint as the Recorders of his life and gests doe testify and had also bin through his former age wearing a rough hayr cloath next his body for many yeares togeather pennancing his innocent flesh with frequent fasts and watchings But now he frequented all these in so much greater perfection as he conceiu'd the need he had of theyr present support to be more pressing though not to suppress any rebellious mutinyes yett to obtaine greater supplyes of grace Yea euen in the houre of his death and amidst the incumbrances of a long and tedious iourny he was found shrowded in one of these as in a coat of male against the stings of death as if he intended according to the Prouerbe „ clavum clauo pellere to driue out one nayle with another or make a cordiall for his sicknes of that which seemd as ill as the sicknes it selfe But Saints esteem those cordialls which we doe Corrosiues And his feruour in this kind was such that by these and other the like austerityes he incurrd great infirmityes of body and was much pesterd with most sharp fitts of the cholique and paynes of the Stomack which with other sicknesses gaue him a full exercise of his patience for many yeares with no small increase of meritt But the vigour of his mind Masterd all these which seru'd onely to render his body or inferiour part more pliant and supple in a due subjection wher by his Soule perfect Mistress of the family yealded a rationall obsequiousnes to God its Creatour by dilating it selfe in prayer and meditating the diuine perfections with the repose of so much deuotion and sweetnes that he seemd to be there as in his Center And it is recorded of him peculiarly that his exteriour Capgraue Composure and recollection in the same was such that the very sight of him was sufficient to stirr vpp both fayth and feruour in the beholders as also that in celebrating the H. Sacrifice of Masse his hart and eyes were so dissolu'd into teares as if he had actually beheld the bloody Mystery of the Cross represented to them so liuely was his fayth so ardent his deuotion He carry'd a great loue to this exercise of prayer and deseruedly for by it all spirituall enterprizes are atchieu'd that being the Source from whence we deriue both light to discouer and strength to act and courage to attaque and perseuerance to Crowne our vndertakings By this a soule conuerseth with God and he with it Conuersation we know breeds familiarity and this friendship or vnion of harts and when one is arriu'd to that „ amicorum omnia Communia what needs he more by way of supply then the store-house of God himselfe Vnion is the result of loue that making the louer and beloued one and loue consists in a matuall Communication of goods and talents if we giue we need not doubt but we shall receiue his very essence being goodnes and bounty All these are the effects of Prayer and chiefly this vnion which who soeuer has attaynd what wants he of perfection Perfection consist's in charity which is consummated in vnity for then euery thing is deemd perfect when it attaynes its end and unites it selfe to that which is its vltimate Consummation the Consummation of a rationall Creature is God and God is in vs and wee in him by charity Being thus vnited to God by charity or as S. Bernard calls it marry'd to his Word Charitas maritat animam Verbo the sequele is that as two Spouses are two in one flesh by Corporall Espousalls so God and a soule become two in one Spiritt by a spirituall and all the consequences aduantages participations of honours riches ennoblement allyance c. which are Communicated by the other are after a much more diuine manner participated by this What wonder then if our B. Saint endeauourd so earnestly an vnion with God and took prayer so much to hart as the begetter of this vnion To maintaine and highten the same was all his

preseruation of her immunityes Vpon this account he vndertook a iourney to Rome which cost him his life nor could any temporall power how formidable soeuer appale him when he found justice his a bettour in this a true imitatour of his glorious Patrone S. THOMAS of Canterbury which his magnanimity synce it is to be the subject of the next Chapter I will say no more heer then onely to referr the reader to it Now as charity had made him her victime and as such a perfect holocaust of loue no wonder if louing it so entyrely he hated as hartily its opposite and Riuall detraction The horrour he bore to that vice was so signall that all the Writers of his life take notice of it and in such expressions of auersion that greater can hardly be inuented And indeed how could these bowells all made of loue doe other wise then abhorre its destructiue a compound made vpp of malice and enuy It is a murtherer of its neighbours good name a Robber of his meritt and prayse a thiefe that 's allwayes pilfering somthing a poysonous breath that seeks to blast what 's not its owne a meer lump of selfe loue repining at anothers prosperity He learnd this lesson of the great S. AVSTIN who as he was charitably hospitable so he excluded none from his table besydes the detractour as the noted distick which he putt vpp to that purpose doth testify Our B. Saint as he perfectly detested this vice in him selfe so he could not endure it in any of his domestiques nor did he omitt when he found them faulty to giue a seuere reprehension One of his Chaplans hauing bin present at a passage betwixt the Arch-Bishop Peccham and him wher in the Saint seemd to receiue hard dealing both as to words and deeds the Chaplain in time of table Complaining of it begann to inueigh against the court of Rome for its negligence in prouiding able and fitt Prelates to gouerne thyer flocks with much more then needed to that purpose His Lord was presently mou'd therat and giuing him a check wishd him to speak more reuerendly and charitably of all and chiefly of his Superiours and betters It may be expected that treating of his charity to all som thing should be sayd of it in order to God whome it regards in the first place It is this loue chiefly which is the fullfilling of the Law and Prophetts by which we loue God aboue all and our Neighbour as our selfe in and for God so that this latter part of the Law Cannot subsist without the former on which it depends As his whole life was as I may say one continued or vninterrupted act of charity towards God by which he was incessantly not onely tending towards him but alsoe vnited to him in his deuine grace as will appeare by the reuiew of his vertves soe an ample scope of matter Cannot fayle him that would dilate himselfe on this subject for what are all morall vertues but so many issues or shoots of charity theyr root yett at present we will rather suppose this vertue of vertues then goe about to prove it and leaue it to be drawen by the reader rather from his other perfections then make a formall draught of it praising it perchance as much or more by an admiring silence then extenuating expressions for what are the Commendatoryes of our words to the liuely colours of his vertues Besydes we shall haue occasion to say somthing of it when we treat of his piety and deuotion true gennuine children of this Mother XV. CHAPTER His Courage in defence of Ecclesiasticall Libertyes THe Church is the Bride of Christ espousd at the expense of his pretious blood dearer to him then his life and who euer touches her to wrong her touches the apple of his eye For her defence and propagation he settled a Hierarchy in which he gaue some Apostles some Doctours others Pastours for the work of the Ministery and edification of this his Mysticall body In this Hierarchy Ministery edification Bishops as the immediate successours of the Apostles Carry the first rank both in gouerning and feeding in feeding is regarded the wholsomnes of the fodder and pasturage in gouerning direction and protection and both these require that he be a true Sheapard not a hyreling and seek the good of his flock not himselfe If the hyreling see a wolfe Coming sayth the best of Sheapards Joan. 10. 12. he runns away because he is a hyreling while the good Sheapard exposes his life for his sheep shunning neyther paynes nor danger for theyr safety and behoof and so did our B. Saint prouing himselfe a good Sheapard indeed His loue to his espousd Church was as tender as ought to be to his owne Spouse now a Spirituall part of himselfe and the Spouse of Christ and he embracd her as such and togeather with her espousd all her Concerns whatsoeuer and this is no more then is ordinarily done euen in Corporall Marriages It was his deuoir to proue himselfe a faithfull Menager of the family he was entrusted with all and a valiant maintainer of all its possessions priuiledges Libertyes immunityes that in none of them it might suffer prejudice This he took to hart exceedingly as deeming it the prime part of his charge resolu'd to expose and oppose himselfe as a wall for the House of God and what we are to relate will shew that he fayld not in his resolution sealing it euen with the loss of his life and what greater pledg of his fidelity It had bin the deplorable misfortune of our poore Country that for many yeares successiuely and by fitts it had bin inuolu'd in an vnnaturall intestine warr which as it causd great Confusion in the ciuill state so did it no little in the Ecclesiasticall In such times of liberty abuses easily creep in an vniust inuasion being much sooner committed then redressd for when the sword giues Law it s in vayne for the Crosyer to plead Conscience or preach Restitution a language little vnderstood in in ciuill garboyles The weakest they say goe allwayes to the walls and so does the Church as least able in such occasions to defend it selfe synce it cannot nor must not repell force by force and so to redeem vexation is compelld to part with her right especially when the inuaders are powerfull This was the case of the See of Hereford when our Saint enterd vpon it it had bin vniustly outed of diuers large possessions and what made the Recouery harder the possessours had quiettly enioyd them diuers yeares euen in time of peace when the lawes had theyr Course his two predecessours knowing well the equity of theyr cause but dispayring to preuayle against such potent aduerfaryes One wheroff was the Kings Sonn-in-law Gilbert Earle of Glocester another Lewellin Prince of Wales and a third Roger Lord Clifford besydes the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and others Our H. Saint hauing maturely considerd all this though he found the task very hard yett relying

made him waue all humane respects when he was about it not admitting any interruption whatsoeuer not euen from the King himselfe though otherwise most obseruant and submissiue to his Commands It happend once that while he was ready to vest a Messinger came in all hast from the King to call him to Councell without delay vpon matters of great importance and it was his office to attend he being of the Priuy Councell What must he doe after a short pause he calls the Messinger who was a Priest wishing him to tell his Majesty if he pleasd in these tearmes That he was now engagd in the seruice of one greater then himselfe who requird his present attendance but when I haue sayd he dischargd my duty to him I will not fayle to wayt on his Majesty After all done and his deuotions ended he repayrd immediately to Court then keept at the Pallace at Westminster and receiuing a gentle rebuke for his delay the matter was proposd and discus'd in the handling wheroff he deliuerd his aduise so pertinently and suggested beyond the rest such expedients so patt and fecible that all without reply embracd them as sent from heauen And the King ouer-ioyd heer with is sayd to haue spoken to him in these words Many blessings my Lord light vpon you and euer praysd and magnifyd be that highest master whome you serue and long may you serue both him and vs. So true it is that if we seek in the first place the Kingdome of heauen and its justice not fayling of our duty in that all these secondaryes will be cast into the bargaine I will conclude the loue he shewd to God by the religious performance of these his Spirituall obligations with the deuotion he carry'd to his Saints and chiefly to the Queen of Saints the Virgin Mother The Prouerb sayth loue me and loue my friend and God sayth loue me and loue my Saints my dearest friends and deseruedly for how can they be sayd to loue him who loue not those that are one with him In his loue to our B. Lady I will comprize all the rest and although this were notedly great that is so great that he was publiquely noted for it yett we haue not much left vpon Record wherby to illustrate and amplify it This not withstanding if we may measure the Lion by his Clawe and guess at Hercules by his foot we haue sufficient hynts or grounds both to informe and inflame vs to his imitation in this particular I haue shewd aboue out of authentique Records that in his younger dayes he was wont to fast the Vigills of her feasts with bread and water which custome he continu'd till want of health disabled him therto and what greater expression of a tender deuotion could he exhibite The expression is as extraordinary as is the fast and the fast speakes as much deuotion as a fast can doe and ranks it with the tenderest He chuse her Natiuity as I noted aboue for his Episcopall Consecration receiuing that sacred Character vnder her patronage and diuers apparitions of her with him after death in a ioynt Concurrence of both to the cure of many shew how deare he was to her during life And I find that abroad he carry'd the Common esteem of one singularly deuoted to her and was poynted at as her particular client and this perswasion wrought so farr with some that they vsd it for motiue of mediation to obtayne what they desyrd beseeching him for the loue and deuotion he bore her to grant theyr request And to this purpose it is recounted of one who before had bin of his houshold and falling into a great fitt of sicknes for ten weeks space 3. wheroff he passd sleeples turning himselfe to the Saint he earnestly besought him for the loue he bore to the Mother of God that he would obtaine for him the benifitt of sleeping This sayd he fell into a slumber and in it thought he saw two men bring into his Chamber a very fine bed in which being layd by them he sleept soundly and quiettly till the morning when being awakd and missing the bed though he was more then a little concernd that it should be carryd away yett neuer the less he found himselfe quite Cur'd of his infirmity and vpon the score of the Saints deuotion to our B. Lady As for his loue towards his Neighbour I had rather waue then mention it as not able to treat of it in that due manner I ought and it deserues not but that it was mainly great in it selfe but time and records haue bin so injurious as not to conuey the particulars to our knowledg and in these things we must not goe by guess but certaine relation Who can rationally doubt but that he who was a flaming furnace of loue towards God was enkindled with the same towards his Neighbour for loue of God Or he that playd the good Sheapard for 7. yeares to geather in feeding his flock had not a tender loue for the same flock without which he had prou'd himselfe rather a Mercenary hyreling then good Sheapard Or if he were so zealously couragious for the maintenance and Recouery of his Church Lands and Libertyes would he not be much more sollicitous for her childrens soules and saluation If he took her dead Concerns so much to hart how much more would he her liuing if he were so charitably charitable after death in the cure of theyr bodyes how much more while he hu'd in curing theyr soules We know that he was assiduous in preaching and teaching in reconciling enmityes in hindering debates in administring justice in promoting piety in depressing vice in redressing abuses in administring the Sacraments c. but what 's all this to his boundles zeale which not contenting it selfe with obligatoryes would branch into supererogatoryes and none of these latter are come to our knowledg besydes what is already specifyd I cannot satisfy my selfe as to what I would and ought to say on this poynt and therfore I pass to the next XXIV CHAPTER Of his Purity of body and mind AMong all the vertues which like so many Starrs embellishd our Saint 3. seem Conspicuously eminent aboue the rest and as I may say of the first magnitude One was his zeale and courage in the vindication and maintenance of his Churches Libertyes and of this we haue treated in the 15. Chapter The second his parsimony and sobriety of dyett to such a degree of Sparenes and mortification of his appetite that he might be sayd as we mentiond a little before to haue obseru'd for many yeares of his life a strict Ecclesiasticall fast and of this in the 22. The third was a wonderfull innocency of life by which he is thought to haue preseru'd the baptismall garment of his soule pure and vnspotted all his life long at least from any mortall stayne a priuiledg granted not to many and this I call his Purity of body and mind and shall be the subjectt of