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A22983	A pretious booke of heauenlie meditations, called a priuate talke of the soule with God which who so zealouslie wil vse and pervse, shal feele in his mind an vnspeakable sweetenes of the euerlasting happines: written (as some thinke) by that reuerend, and religious Father S. Augustine; and not translated onlie, but purified also, and with most ample, and necessarie sentences of holie Scripture adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1581 (1581)	STC 944; ESTC S100313	79,627	230

euerlasting ioie into the house of the Lord thy God where as great things be and vnsearchable and maruelous thinges without number Enter into the ioie without sorowe conteining euerlasting ioie whereas euerie good thing is and no euil at al whereas euerie thing which thou wouldest haue is and nothing which thou wouldest not haue There shal be the liuing life the sweet life the louelie life the life alwaie to be thought vpon There shal be neither enimie to assault nor inticement to carie awaie but soueraigne and sure securitie and secure quietnes and quiet ioifulnes and ioiful blessednes and blessed euerlastingnes and euerlasting happines and the happie Trinitie and vnitie of Trinitie and deitie of vnitie and blessed sight of deitie which is y e masters ioie O ioie aboue ioie ô ioie surpassing al ioie beside which there is no ioie when shal I enter into thee that I may see my God who dwelleth in thee I wil go thither and behold this maruelous vision But what keepes me backe Alas that my freedom must yet longer be kept fro me O nipping sorow how long shal it be said to me Where is thy God how long shal it be said to mee Waite and waite againe And now Lord what waite I for do not we ô Lord my God waite for the Sauior euen our Lorde Iesus Christ who shal change our vile bodie that it may be facioned like vnto his glorious bodie We looke when the Lord wil returne from the bridehouse to bring vs vnto his mariage Come Lord Iesus come quickelie Come Lorde Iesu Christ com visit vs in peace come and deliuer vs out of prison that with perfect harts we may reioice in thy presence ô come Iesus our Sauior thou whom al nations do so long for showe thy face and we shal be safe O my light and my redeemer come bring my soule out of prison that I may praise thine holie Name How long shal I wretch be tossed in the fluds of my mortalnes crieng vnto thee ô Lord and yet can not be heard O Lord harken how I crie vnto thee out of this great sea and bring me vnto the hauen of euerlasting happines Blessed are they who hauing passed out of the peril of this sea haue found grace to arriue before thee the safest harbor Yea blessed are they indeede who haue escaped from sea to shore from exile to their countrie from prison to the palace enioieng their wished rest Blessed are they who being crowned with the garlande of endles glorie which in this world they sought for by manie tribulations do now ioie and reioice euerlastinglie O happie indeede yea three foure times happie are they which quite deliuered from al miseries do possesse the kingdome of honor and are sure of the vncorruptible crowne of glorie O euerlasting kingdome ô kingdome worlds without end wheras light is which alwaie lasteth and the peace of God that passeth al vnderstanding in which the soules of the Saints do rest and wheras euerlasting ioies shal be vpon their heads where they shal obteine ioie and gladnes and sorowe and mourning shal flie awaie O what a glorious kingdome is it where al thy Saints doe raigne with thee ô Lord clothed with light as with a garment hauing the crowne of pretious stones vpon their heads O kingdome of euerlasting blisse where thou God the hope of the godlie and the diademe of glorie art seene of thy Saints face to face reioicing them on al sides with thy peace which passeth al vnderstanding There comfort endles mirth without mourning health without sicknes waie without wearisomnes light without darkenes life without death and al goodnes without anie euil is There youth neuer cometh to age life dieth not beautie palleth not loue cooleth not health decaieth not ioie withereth not There neither paine is felt neither groning heard neither sadnes seene there alwaie they enioie pleasure and euil there is neuer feared Because happines is there enioied which is to see the face of the Lord of hosts for euermore Wherefore happie are they whom God hath fetched out of this writched life vnto so great ioies But vnhappie are wee which saile through the waues of this sea and by these dangerous gulfes Vnhappie I saie are wee whose life is in banishment and whose waie is perilous we continue as yet in the streames of water sighing after thee the hauen of the sea O our countrie ô our quiet countrie we ken thee a far off wee salute thee out of this sea we sigh after thee out of this vale and with teares wee tug hard to come vnto thee ô Christ God of God the hope of mankind our strength and refuge whose brightnes doth inlighten our eies a far off as the beame of the sea starre doth in the darke cloudes of the raging sea that wee may be directed vnto thee the hauen of rest O Lord with thy right hand gouerne thou our ship by the sterne of thy crosse that we perish not in the waies and that the tempest of water drowne vs not nor the deepe swallowe vs vp but with the hooke of thy crosse draw vs backe vnto thee our onlie comfort whom wee behold a far off as the morning star almost with weeping eies looking for vs vpon the shore of the celestial contrie Behold wee whom thou hast redeemed we I say thy banished as yet whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious bloud crie vnto thee Heare vs ô God of our saluation the hope of al the ends of the earth and of them that are far off in the sea We abide in the troublesome sea and thou standing vpon the shore beholdest al our dangers ô saue vs we praie thee for thy name sake Giue vs grace ô Lord among these dangers to hold keepe such a course that ech peril escaped wee maie come safe vnto the hauen both with ship and merchandise Amen Chap. 36. Againe touching the glorie of our celestial countrie WHerefore when we shal come vnto thee the wel of wisdom vnto thee the lasting light vnto thee the light which cannot be extinguished so that wee maie see thee not through a glasse darklie but face to face then shal our desire be satisfied For there shal be nothing without vs to bee wished for but thou ô Lord the soueraigne goodnes who wilt be the reward of the blessed the dia●●me of their glorie and the euerlasting ioie vpon their heads bringing peace vnto them both inwardlie and outwardlie in thy peace which passeth al vnderstanding There we shal see thee loue thee and praise In thy light we shal see light For with thee is the wel of life and in thy light wee shall see light And what maner of light

grace it was of thy meere goodnes that I shoulde be partaker of that sweetnes Wherfore through that grace which mooued thee to create me of nothing ô Lord giue mee this grace I beseech thee that I may thanke thee for this thy goodnes Chap. 9. Of Gods Omnipotencie THine Almightie hande ô GOD which is one and the same alwaies hath created both the Angels in heauen and the litle wormes in earth no whit more glorious in them nor inferior in these For as none other hand could create an Angel so none other could make the vilest worme as none other could lay abrode the heauens so none other facion the smalest leafe of a tree as none other coulde make a bodie so none other make one heare white or black But onlie thine almightie hande to which al things are alike possible For it is no more possible for thee to create a worme than an Angel nor more impossible to spreade out the Heauen than a leafe It is no easier for thee to facion a smal heare than a bigge bodie nor harder to build the earth vpon the water than to lay the waters vppon the earth For thou God didest what thou wouldest in Heauen and in earth in the sea and in al the depthes and me among other things thou didst make euen as thou wouldest couldest and knewest best Thine hand ô Lorde coulde haue made mee a stone or a bird or a Serpent or some brute beast it knew as much but it would not for thy mercie sake Wherefore then am I not a stone or a tree or a beast Because thy goodnes hath so ordained Yet did not anie merites of mine preuent thee that thou shouldest appoint it so Chap. 10. The incomprehensible praise of God WHere shal I get ô my Lord where shal I get sufficient praises to extol thee For as thou madest me as it pleased thee without mine help so canst thou magnifie thy self as it pleaseth thee without me Before thee ô Lord thy praise is thy selfe Let al thy workes prayse thee according to thine excellent greatnes Thy praise ô LORD is incomprehensible It is neither in heart conceiued nor vttered by mouth nor perceiued by care For these things doe passe away but thy praise ô Lord endureth for euer The thought hath a beginning it hath an end the voice hath a sounde and the voice doth vanish the eare doth heare and hearing cesseth but thy praise ô Lord endureth for euer Who then can praise thee what man can shew forth thy praise Thy praise is not transitorie it endureth for euer He doth praise thee who beleceueth thee to be thine owne praise He doth praise thee who knoweth himselfe vnable to attaine vnto thy praise O perpetual praise neuer vanishing in thee is our praise in thee shal my soule reioice We praise thee not but thou praisest thy selfe by thy selfe and in thy selfe and our praise also is in thee Then haue wee true praise when we haue praise of thee when the light doth allow the light For thou the true praise giuest due commendation And as often as wee seeke praise of anie other besides thee so oftē do we leefe thy praise Because that is transitorie but thine is eternal If we go after transitorie wee forgo eternal and if we loue eternal we must loath y ● praise that is transitorie O Lord my God praise eternal of whome al praise without whome there is no praise without thee I am vnable to praise thee let me haue thee and I wil praise thee For what am I Lord of my selfe that I should praise thee dust and ashes am I a dead and stincking dog am I a worme and verie rottennes am I. What am I to praise thee ô Lord God most mightie in whose hand is the breath of al mankind which inhabitest the eternitie Shal darkenes praise the light or death life Thou art light I am darkenes thou life and I am death Shal vanitie commend the truth Thou art the truth but I a man become like to vanitie Why then Lord shal I praise thee Shal my miserie praise thee shal stincke commende sweetenesse shal mans mortalitie who is heere to daie and gone to morrow praise thee Shal man who is verie rottennes or the sonne of man a verie worme praise thee O Lord shal he that is conceiued borne and brought vp in wickednes praise thee no my God Praise is not semelie in the mouth of a sinner O Lord my God let thine owne incomprehensible power thine owne vnlimitable wisedome thine owne vnspeakeable goodnes commēd thee Let thy more than excellent clemencie thy more than abundant mercie thine euerlasting virtue also and diuinitie praise thee Let thine almightie power with thy souereigne gentlenes and loue whereby thou hast created vs ô Lord God the verie life of my soule praise thee Chap. II. The hope of a Christian must be cast vpon God ANd I thy creature wil trust in the shadow of thy wings euen in thy mercie whereby thou didst create me Helpe thy creature whome of thy mercy thou hast created let me not perish through my sinne whome of thy goodnes thou hast facioned neither be confounded in my miserie whome of thy clemencie thou hast made For what profit is in creating mee if I go downe into mine owne corruption what hast thou ô God created the sonnes of men in vaine Thou hast created mee ô Lord gouerne that which thou hast created Despise not ô God y e workes of thine hands Of nothing thou didst create me and doubtles do not thou Lorde direct mee I shal come againe to nothing For as I was not sometime and thou didest make me of nothing so Lord if thou do not gouerne me I shal returne to nothing in my selfe Help me ô Lord my life lest I perish in my wickednes O Lord hadst not thou created me I had not bin at al but because thou hast created me I am And yet am I nothing if thou guide mee not For no grace neither goodnes of mine compelled thee to create me but euen thine owne most fauorable goodnes and mercie O Lord my God let that loue which compelled thee to make me compel thee also to gouerne me For to what end did thy loue compel thee to make me if I perish in my wickednes and am not guided by thy right hand Let that mercie of thine ô Lord my God compel thee to saue that which is created that compelled thee to create that which was not Let that loue winne thee to saue which wanne thee to create For it is no lesse now than it was for so much as thou art loue who art alwaies the same For thine hand is not

mercie that we doe loue thee This Lord is thy gift whose euerie good gift is Thou commandest that wee shoulde loue thee grant which thou commandest and command what thou wilt Chap. 19. Of the feruencie of loue or charitie O Lord my God I doe loue thee and alwaies more and more I desire too loue thee For thou art in deede sweeter than anie honie more nutritiue than anie milke and brighter than y e cleerest light And therefore thou art deerer to mee than either gold or siluer or pretious stone For I despise whatsoeuer I did in the world in respect of thy sweetenes and the glorie of thine house which I haue loued O fire which alwaies burnest and neuer goest out ô loue which alwaies art inflamed and neuer coolest set me on fire Let me wholie be inflamed of thee that I may loue thee wholie For he loueth thee too little who loues anie thing beside thee except he loue it for thy sake O Lord let me loue thee because thou first didest loue me Where shal I get wordes to expresse the signes of thy singular great loue toward mee through thine infinite benefites wherewith from the beginning thou hast nourished me Namelie besides the benefite of creation when at the beginning thou madest me of nothing after thine own image in magnifieng and exalting me aboue al those creatures which thou hadest made and making me glorious with the light of thy countenance wherwithal thou hast sealed the vppermost seate of mine hart thereby disseuering mee both from insensible thinges and also from brute beastes which haue sense and abasing mee but little beneath Angels Yet was al this too little before the sight of thy Godhead For without cessing thou hast fed me with dailie and singular and most ample benefites yea as if I were thy deere and weake and tender child thou hast nourished refreshed me with the teates of thy comfort And that I might wholie serue thee thou hast put al things which thou hast made vnder my subiection Chap. 20. That God hath made al things to serue for mans vse THou hast made al things to serue man that man alone might serue thee altogither And that man might be wholie thine thou hast giuen him dominion ouer al thy workes For al outward things thou hast created for the bodie and the bodie for the soule and the soule for thy selfe that man might onelie serue thee and loue thee onlie enioieng both thee to his solace and inferior things for his seruice For nothing vnder the coape of heauen is for worthines comparable to the soule of man which was created for the chiefest good on high by enioieng whereof it might become blessed to which if it cleaue ouerpassing al earthlie things which are transitorie it cleerelie shal behold the face of that eternal immortalitie and the glorious maiestie of him whose image it doth represent Then shal it in the house of the Lord enioie those excellent good things in comparison whereof al outwarde thinges which we now see are as nothing For they are those things which eie hath not seene eare hath not heard neither came into mans har● which God hath prepared for such as loue him O Lord such things wilt thou giue vnto y e soule of man And heereby Lord which louest the soules thou daie by daie doest reioice the soules of thy seruants But why maruel I at these things ô Lord my God For thou bringest vnto honor thine owne image and similitude according to which they were created For to our bodie though corruptible vile that it might see thou hast giuen the cleerenes of the skie by the hands of thine vntired seruants y e Sunne and Moone which continualie daie and night by thine apointment doe seruice to thy children that it might breath thou hast giuen the pure aër varietie of soundes that it might heare sweete odors that it might smel qualities of sauors that is might taste grosenes of al bodilie things that it might feele to serue his vse thou hast giuen him the beastes of the field and soules of the aër and fishes of the sea and fruite of the earth to refresh him Thou hast created medicines of the earth for al diseases and hast prepared for euerie seueral euil a seueral comfort For thou Lord art a pitiful God and a merciful thou our maker knowest whereof we are made and how we are but as claie in thine hand Chap. 21. That by the consideration of Gods temporal benefites wee may gather the greatnes of his heauenlie blessings O Lord reueale thy great mercie towarde mee shine vpon me yet more and more with thy light I beseech thee that more and more I may perceiue the same For thy great things by these smalest things and thine inuisible things by these visible creatures are seene ô God holie and good our Lord and maker For if thou prouidest both from heauen from the aër from the earth from the sea from light from darkenes from heate from shade from deaw from raine windes showres birdes fiishes beasts trees and from the diuersitie of herbes and fruite of the earth and from the seruice of al thy creatures which serue for mans vse in their due season to comfort him withal If I saie thou prouidest so ample and so infinite benefites for this vile and corruptible bodie ô Lord I beseech thee how excellent how innumerable shal those good things be which thou hast prepared for those which loue thee in that heauenlie countrie where wee shal see thee face to face If thou dost so for vs in prison what wilt thou doe in thy palace Great and without number doubtles be thy workes ô Lord King of Heauen For sith al these things are exceedinglie good delightful which thou impartest as wel on the euil as vpon the good what shal those hereafter bee which are laid vp onelie for the good If thy giftes are so infinite and diuers which in this world thou giuest to thine enimies as wel as to thy friends how great and how infinite how sweete and howe comfortable shal those blessings be which thou wilt impart onelie vpon thy friends If we haue so much delectation in this time of teares what ioie wilt thou bring vs on the daie of our mariage If our prison haue such pleasure how vnspeakeable shal the happines of our countrie be O God none eie without thee hath seene the things which thou hast prepared for them that loue thee for according to the great number of thy mightie workes thy goodnes is great which thou hast laid vp for them which feare thee For great art thou ô Lord my God and incomprehensible neither is there ende of thy

the verie heauens lift their head aboue the cloudes and make their nest among the stars yet shal they be cast awaie in the ende like doong Chap. 29. Of such as once were godlie and afterward proued wicked and contrariwise GReat are these thy iudgments ô Lord God ô iudge righteous and strong which iudgest right and dost things that are vnsearchable and deepe the which when I consider al my bones do shake For there is not a man vpon earth sure that wee can serue thee godlie purelie in feare and reioice before thee in trembling al the daies of our life that there shoulde be neither seruice without feare nor ioie without trembling and that he which hath girded his harnesse may not boast himselfe as he that hath laid it off neither in deede that anie flesh should reioice in thy presence but shake and tremble before thee inasmuch as no man knoweth whether he be worthie loue or hatred al things being kept vncertaine til the time to come For Lord we haue not onlie heard our fathers tell but haue seene also with our eies which thing I cannot vtter without trembling nor confesse without feare how manie hertofore haue climed in manner vp vnto heauen and made their nest among the stars which afterward fel downe headlong euen to hel and were hardened in wickednes Wee haue seene the stars fal from heauen through the violent stroke of y e Dracons taile And we haue seene some lieng in the dust of the earth who sodenly by thine helping hand ô Lord haue woonderfulie ascended We haue seene the liuing dieng and the dead rising from death we also haue seene them which walked among the sons of God in the mids of stones of fire euen as claie to haue vanished to nothing We haue seene light become darknes and darknes come out of light because publicans and harlots doe go before the inhabiters into the kingdome of God and the children of the kingdome are cast into vtter darknes And how commeth al this to passe but euen because they moūted vp vnto that hil wherinto the first ascended an Angel and came downe a diuel But Lord whome thou hast predestinate them thou hast called and sanctified clensed that they may be a meete dwelling place for thy maiestie with whom and in whome thy holie and pure delight is in whom thou takest pleasure and reioicest their youth dwelling with them in their remēbrance that they may be thine holie temple which doubtles is no smal commendation of our humanitie Chap. 30. That the soule of a faithful man is the sanctuarie of God FOr the soule which thou hast created not of thy selfe but by thy word not of the matter of anie element but of nothing the which is reasonable of vnderstanding spiritual liuing alwaies and euer mouing which thou hast sealed with the light of thy countenance and halowed by the virtue of thy baptisme is made so capable of thy glorie that thou alone and nothing else can satisfie the same And when it hath thee it hath her harts desire neither is there anie outwarde thing beside which it would wish But while it desireth anie outward thing it is a manifest argument that thou art not within For if thou be had it can wish for no more For inasmuch as thou art the soueraigne yea al that good is it hath nothing which it may wish for more but enioieth thee who art al that good is Now if it couet not after al that good is it resteth that it must couet after some thing which is not al that good is and so consequentlie not the soueraigne good and so not God but rather a creature And as long as it desireth a creature it is alwaies hungrie For although it haue what it can desire of creatures yet remaineth it emptie For there is nothing which can fulfil it but thou alone after whose image it was created And those thou fillest which desire nothing beside thee and makest them meete for thee holie blessed vndefiled and the friends of God which do iudge al things but as doong that they may win thee alone For this is the blessing which thou hast bestowed vpon man this is the honor wherewith thou hast exalted him among al yea and aboue al creatures that thy name may be woonderful throughout al the world Behold ô Lord my God who art most hie most righteous almightie now haue I found the place where thou inhabitest it is euen the soule which thou hast created after thine owne image and similitude which doth seeke and long after thee alone not the soule which neither seeketh nor desireth thee Chap. 31. That God neither by the outward nor inward senses can be found out I Haue gone astraie like a lost sheepe seeking thee without who art within And much haue I labored to find thee without me and thou dwellest within mee at leastwise if I had a lust to thee I went about by the lanes and by the streets of the citie of this world seeking thee but I found thee not Because I sought thee not rightlie without who art within I sent abroad my messengers namelie al mine outward senses to seeke thee yet did I not finde thee because I sought amisse For now do I see ô my light ô God which hast inlightened me I see now that I did not wel in seeking thee by them For thou art within yet could they not tel me where thou camest in For mine eies do tel me If he had no color he entered not by vs Mine eares do tel me If he made no noise he passed not by vs My nose telleth me If he had no sent hee came not by me My tasting saith if he had no sauor he entered not by me likewise my feeling doth saie If he had no bodie aske not mee the question Therefore ô my God these things are not in thee For it is neither the fairenes of bodie nor the beutie of time nor the brightnes of light nor y e freshnes of color nor the melodie of musicke nor anie thing else which is pleasant to the eare it is neither y e fragancie of floures nor the smel of ointments or spices nor the sweetenes of honie or manna delightful to the taste neither is it those things which are louelic to be touched or embraced nor finalie anie thing subiect to these senses which I seeke when I seeke my God Be it far fro my thought that I should thinke these things to be my God which are comprehended of the senses euen of brutish creatures And yet when I seeke my God I seeke for al that a certaine light excelling al light which the eie cannot comprehend a certaine sound excelling al sound which the eare can not conceaue a