same again ibid. Med. 4. Of the contempt that Herod c. Page 243 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. Of the preference of Barabbas Page 245 Med. 6. The same again ibid. Or The four Meditations for Death Page 13 3. Sund. in Lent G. Luk. 1. v. 24.27 Med. 1. Of Relapse Page 100 Or Of Slander Page 79 Med. 2. Of our Lord's Flagellation Page 246 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of his Crowning with Thorns Page 248 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. His bearing of his Cross Page 250 Med. 7. The same again ibid. Or The Seven Stations Page 274 4. Sund. in Lent G. John 6. v. 1.16 Med. 1. Of Alms. Page 180 Or Of Hope Page 139 Med. 2. JESUS crucified Page 252 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. The 1. Word of Jesus Page 255 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. The good Thiefs Repentance Page 275 Med. 7. The same again ibid. Or The seven Stations Page 274 5. Sund. in Lent G. John 8. v. 46.60 Med. 1. Of Aversions Page 65 Or Venial Sin Page 26 Med. 2. Of the Passion of the B. Virgin Page 258 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of our Lord's Dereliction Page 265 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. Of our Lord's thirst Page 264 Med. 7. The same again ibid. Or The seven Stations Page 274 Palm Sunday G. Matth. 21. v. 1.10 The Passion according to S. Matthew Med. 1. Of the Kingdom of Jesus Page 235 Or Of conformity of our will to God Page 162 Med. 2. Of the 6th Word Page 267 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of the last Word Page 270 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. Of our Lord's Death Page 272 Med. 7. Of his Burial Page 278 Or The seven Stations Page 274 Easter-Day G. Mark 16. v. 1.8 Med. 1. Of our Lord's Resurrection Page 280 Med. 2. Of the same again ibid. Or Of the ill effects of sadness Page 83 Med. 3. Of the Peace of the Soul Page 41 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. The third spiritual Canticle Page 377 Med. 6. Of the five degrees of Perfection Page 349 Med. 7. The same again ibid. 1. Sund. after Easter G. John 20. v. 19.32 Med. 1. Of the Wounds of our Lord. Page 282 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. Of Charity Page 142 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. Of the troubles and pains of Mind Page 61 Med. 6. Of Pride Page 89 Med. 7. The same again ibid. 2. Sund. after Easter G. John 10. v. 11.17 Med. 1. Of the good Shepherd Page 284 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. Of the sheep of Jesus Christ Page 286 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. Of the conducts of God Page 183 Med. 6. Of the benefit of leaving our selves c. Page 186 Med. 7. Of the hurt of leaving God's ways Page 187 3. Sund. after Easter G. Joh. 16. v. 16.23 Med. 1. Of Sadness Page 81 Med. 2. Remedies against Sadness Page 84 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of Persecutions Page 73 Or The four Meditations of Death Page 13 Med. 5. That it is necessary to be persecuted Page 75 Med. 6. Of disengagement from Creatures Page 7 Med. 7. The same again ibid. 4. Sund. after Easter G. John 26. v. 5.15 Med. 1. The bad effects of Sadness Page 83 Med. 2. Vseful thoughts to make us slight the World Page 12 Med. 3. Of the hatred of the World Page 45 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. What is the noblest Intention Page 145 Med. 6. The marks of a pure Intention Page 147 Med. 7. The same again ibid. 5. Sund. after Easter G. John 16. v. 23.31 Med. 1. Of Prayer Page 130 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. How God loves Men c. Page 357 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. Of the Ascension of our Lord. Page 289 G. Mark 16. v. 14.21 Med. 6. Of Heaven Page 368 Med. 7. Of the Love of our Lord Jesus in c. Page 337 6. Sund. after Easter G. Joh. 15. v. 23.31 Med. 1. Motives to Patience Page 155 Med. 2. Of human respect Page 77 Med. 3. Of Silence Page 191 Med. 4. Of Solitude Page 342 Med. 5. The same again ibid. Med. 6. Of the flight of Occasions Page 35 Med. 7. The same again ibid. Whitsunday G. Joh. 14. v. 28.32 Med. 1. Of the coming down of the Holy Ghost Page 292 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. Of the Presence of God Page 341 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Or The four Meditations of Death Page 13 Med. 5. Of divine Vnion Page 370 Med. 6. The same again ibid. Med. 7. The first and second Canticle Page 376 Trinity Sunday G. Matth. 28. v. 18.21 Med. 1. Of the Mystery of the Day Med. 2. Of the divine Perfections Page 350 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of the Amability of God Page 355 Med. 5. Of the Institution of the B. Sacrament Page 296 Med. 6. The same again ibid. Med. 7. The same again ibid. 2. Sund. after Pent. G. Luk. 14. v. 16.25 Med. 1. Of the Holy Communion Page 304 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. Of the love of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar Page 301 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. A Prayer to our Lord. Page 309 Med. 6. Of Simplicity Page 362 Med. 7. The same again ibid. Or The fifth and sixth Canticle Page 379 3. Sund. after Pent. G. Luk. 15. v. 1.11 Med. 1. Of the Love of Jesus Page 337 Med. 2. Of the Virtues of Jesus Page 219 Med. 3. Of the Amability of God Page 355 Med. 4. How God loves men c. Page 357 Med. 5. Of Pennance Page 28 Med. 6. That we ought not to differ our Conversion Page 29 Med. 7. The Conditions of true Pennance Page 32 4. Sund. after Pent. G. Luk. 5. v. 1.12 Med. 1. Of God's dominion over his Creatures Page 3 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Or Of Religious Disciplin Page 210 Med. 3. Of the Purity of Intention Page 144 Med. 4. Which is the noblest Intention Page 145 Med. 5. Of Humility Page 149 Med. 6. Of Annihilation Page 347 Or Of the happiness of a Religious State Page 203 Med. 7. Of Poverty Page 204 Or The four Meditations of Death Page 13 5. Sund. after Pent. G. Matth. 5. v. 20.25 Med. 1. Of Mildness and Choller Page 170 Med. 2. The same again ibid. Med. 3. Remedies against Choller Page 172 Med. 4. The same again ibid. Med. 5. Of Aversions Page 65 Med. 6. Of the Pardoning of Injuries Page 91 Med. 7. Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ Page 217 6. Sund. after Pent. G. Mark 8. v. 1.10 Med. 1. Of the holy Communion Page 304 Or Of Driness Page 190 Med. 2. Of Confidence in God Page 193 Med. 3. The same again ibid. Med. 4. Of the leaving of our selves Page 349 Med. 5. The seventh Canticle
because you are a Christian And have a mind to be happy Why does the Devil tempt you 'T is because he hates the Image of God Because he envies man Because he would make you his Slave Because he would have Companions Because he would enter into your heart Because he would ascend God's Throne Because he would profane his Temple Because he would be ador'd therein Because he would Crucifie JESUS Christ And renew all his Ignominies Will you carry on his Designs Will you content his Passion 'T is what you do as often as you consent to Temptation Why does God permit you to be tempted 'T is for his glory and your good He would know whether you love him He would make you know your self He has a mind to try your virtue To keep you in a dependance on him To fit you for a Combat To thrust on your Sloth To take you off from Creatures To oblige you to have recourse to him To make you merit Heaven O my Saviour I wonder not that I am tempted Since you were also tempted 'T is good that I should know you 'T is good that I should know my self I find that Temptation hinders me from entring into Presumption Tempt me O God try me See whether there be no iniquity in me O no! tempt me not Alas I know my own weakness Deliver me rather from my temptation At least fortifie me against my temptation Satan strikes at you as well as me Defend your self in me and through me God tempted Abraham Gen. 20. Fear not for God came for to try you Exod. 20. The Lord your God tempts you to make it publickly known whether you love him or not Gen. 13. Anania why did Satan tempt thy heart Act. 5. Every one is tempted by being drawn and allured by his own concupiscence Jam. 1. God tempted them and found them worthy of him Wisd 3. XXXI MED Of the troubles and pains of Mind HOw these thoughts torment me Why art thou tormented at them I fear I shall give consent to them If you fear you do not consent Your fear ought to secure you I am fallen into sin You must rise quickly out of it God is angry with me 'T is in your power to appease him Walk with more Diligence Labour with more Fidelity Confess your self without delay Humble your self without disturbance One evil does not repair another Sin is not cur'd by Sin This Temptation is importune Yes But it is necessary for you It keeps you in humility It maintains you in your dependance It obliges you to pray It hinders you from presuming Without Temptation one cannot be tryed Without fighting one cannot be crown'd Without a Cross none can be saved O my God! Keep me close to you And I will not fear the Devils Although they were all against me Without you I am nothing but weakness With you I am all fortitude If I have wherewithal to ruin my self You have wherewithal to save me Let not your heart be troubled John 14. Because thou wert acceptable to God it was necessary that Temptation should try thee Tob. 12. God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able but he will make profit of your temptation that you may be able to sustain it 1 Cor. 10. Blessed is the man who suffers Temptation Jam. 1. XXXII MED Of natural Inclinations TO love by Inclination is to love like a Beast To love with Inclination is to love like a Man To love without Inclination is to love like a Christian To love against Inclination is to love like a Saint Christian Charity embraces all the World Its motive is singular and universal If for God I love him that pleases me I ought also to love him that displeases me They are both of them created by God Both made to his Image Both redeem'd with his Blood Both call'd to his Glory I am not bound to love all the World equally But I am bound to hate no body Particular Friendships are Universal Hatreds The Unions of Inclination Are Schisms and Heresies of Heart The nearer you draw to one person The farther you remove from all others If you are totally one person 's You are nothing to all the rest You commit an injustice You refuse them what you ow them You wound Charity You divide Unity You slight Regularity You scandalize the Community You fly from Solitude You dare not remain any more before God You commit a great many sins Your Spirit is without Recollection Your Heart without Devotion Your Prayers without Gust Your Communions without Fruit. Your Life without Peace Your Labours without merit O my God! How amazed shall I be at my death When I shall see that I have not lov'd you Unless I love all my Brothers I love not so much as one for your sake If I have an Aversion for one I have no Charity for all the rest O how much time ill spent O how many dangerous Familiarites O how many unprofitable Discourses O how many criminal Entertainments O my God! I will for your sake love all sorts of persons I will love my Friends and my Foes The Rich and the Poor The Great and the Little The good humours and the bad humours Those that do me good and those that do me hurt Since they are all your Subjects All your Children All your Members Since you love them all That you are in them all That you order me to love them all There is no acception of persons with God Rom. 2. He makes his Sun to rise upon the good and the bad and rains upon the just and unjust Matth. 5. Thou shalt not make acception of persons Deut. 16. Is there not one Father of us all Is there not one God who created us why then does every one contemn his Brother Mal. 2. These are those that separate themselves Animals that have not the Spirit Jude v. 19. XXXIII MED Of Aversions THe wounds of the heart are mortal Hatred makes Charity die The fairest of all Victories Is to triumph over our Aversions To love a Friend is the virtue of a Pagan To love a Foe is the virtue of a Christian 'T is the strongest of all loves Because it triumphs over the greatest enemy 'T is the amplest of all loves Because it embraces both friend and foe 'T is the purest of all loves Because Nature cannot love an enemy 'T is the most meritorious of all loves Because there is nothing harder than to love an enemy God loves all things that he made He has an Aversion to nothing but sin The Creatures that fight with each other Are at peace in his bosom He has no Antipathy because his Essence is infinit Great Souls have no enmities They have a dominion over all Objects They are not divided by matter All things are at peace in their heart Sin only alone is not there in quiet Because it makes war against Sanctity Self-love is divided within it self Divine love
admits of no division Inclination has its bounds Charity has none To love all things except sin Is to love out of Charity 'T is to be like God 'T is to have a heart as great as God's O how happy should I be Had I an assurance that I lov'd God truly I can have no greater assurance thereof Than to love my enemies for God If I am pleas'd with those that displease me If I oblige those who disoblige me If I love those that hate me If I testifie an affection to those For whom I feel an Aversion I have all the assurance that one can have That I love God sincerely That all my sins are forgiven me Because I love my enemies for his sake O God my Lord I will testifie my love towards you By loving for your sake those who are not love-worthy By doing good to those who do ill to me By conversing with those that displease me By seeking after those that I cannot look upon without pain By that it is that you will know That I am your Child That I am your Disciple That I live not by humour And that I love you with all my heart If you love those that love you what reward will you have do not the Publicans do the fame Matth. 5. If you salute your Brethren only what do you do more do not the Heathens do the fame ibid. Amen I say to you as long as you have not don to one of these little ones neither have you don to me Matth. 25. Their heart is divided now they will perish Os 10. XXXIV MED Of Presumption WHat art thou that thou presumest of thy self What wert thou heretofore What art thou at present What wilt thou be one day Thou know'st that thou hast sinned But thou know'st not whether thy sin be forgiven Thou know'st that thou hast offended God But thou know'st not whether thou hast appeas'd him Thou know'st that thou hast lost grace But thou know'st not whether thou hast recovered it again Thou saist Thou hast been at Confession But was thy Confession good Was it entire Was it accompanied with sorrow Was this sorrow supernatural Was it sincere Was it of all thy sins Was it with all thy heart Was it of all thy life Hast thou been seen to change thy manners Is that sorrow true and real Which dies as soon as it is conceiv'd Thou feelest not thy self guilty of any sin But that does not justifie thee One ought not to be disquieted for what is past Neither ought one to presume of what is to come What art thou at present Art thou in the grace of God Hast thou nothing upon thy Conscience The Heart of man is very hidden The Devil's wit is very crafty Vices imitate Virtues Passions disturb our knowledge One is easily perswaded that what one loves is innocent No man is an enemy to himself We defend all that we love Many times we make a Mortal sin pass for a Venial one We reckon but as a slight Detraction Calumnies of the highest importance Whatsoever good thou do'st secures thee not that thou art good In whatsoever state thou art Thou know'st not whether thou art in a good one For to do a good action thou must have a good intention Who knows when it is good Many go down into Egypt That think they go up to Jerusalem Many are in Illusion who believe they are in Contemplation How deceitful is the heart of man Onely God alone can understand it Thou must not therefore flatter thy self Thou must not over-perswade thy self What wilt thou be for the time to come Art thou sure that thou shalt persever Wilt thou answer for thy own Will How often has she deceiv'd thee Wilt thou answer for God's Will He efficaciously would have thee be saved But thou must cooperate thereunto Does he owe thee all sorts of graces Is he bound to priviledge a presumptuous man Little sins lead us unto great ones Our Salvation often depends upon a small matter Whilst we are here on Earth we may ascend to Heaven Till we are in Heaven we may fall down into Hell I find no assurance but in Humility and in Obedience The fall of great ones shall make me little The ruin of the Proud shall make me humble O my God my hope Give me not over to the Spirit of Pride Take all things from me I care not Provided you leave me humility Draw back your Talents I ask them not Provided that I have Charity If I look on my self I find all things to be feared If I consider you I find all things to be hoped Alas I deceive my self but you cannot deceive me I oftentimes wish harm to my self But you always wish me well My Salvation is more in assurance In your hands than in my own I will always diffide in my self But will always conside in you He that lives without diffidence Deceives himself if he be in assurance Man knows not whether he be worthy of love or hatred Eccles 4. The heart of man is wicked and unsearchable who shall know it Jer. 17. I am not conscious to my self of any thing but I am not thereby justified 1 Cor. 14. Thou standest by faith be not high-minded but fear Rom. 4. Be ye therefore humble under the mighty hand of God 1 Pet. 5. XXXV MED Of the good use of Time TIme is precious short irreparable Precious because each moment of it is worth an Eternity Short because it lasts only our life Irreparable because it never returns What will it avail you to have liv'd in pleasures If you die in sin What will it avail you to have past your time well If it go ill with you for all Eternity Time is given you to think on your Salvation You have but little of it remaining Death draws on Eternity advances Your life slips away Your health impairs Your Judgment is preparing Poor fool this very night thy soul shall be fetch'd away And to whom wilt thou leave all that thou hast hoarded up To whom will he be good who is naught to himself After your death you will wish for one moment Of that time which you squander away in Pastimes After death you will repine at the loss of that time Which you spend unprofitably Make therefore good use of your time Manage those precious moments Redeem that which you have lost Employ the present well Regulate well that which remains Think on your Salvation Save your Soul An Angel hath sworn by him that lives in all Ages That soon there will be no more time O my God! Give me yet a little more time And I will give you all satisfaction Alas I deserve indeed to be deprived of it Because I have so long abused it But I will henceforth make better use of it I will think on nothing but my Salvation I will repair the time I have lost And employ well the time remaining They were taken away before their time Job 22. Do
I commend my spirit And saying this he gave up the Ghost Luk. 23. And bowing down the head he gave up the Ghost John 19. Our King before ages wrought Salvation in the midst of the Earth Psal 73. He that adheres to our Lord is one spirit 1 Cor. 6. If God be for us who is against us Rom. 8. Therefore let those who suffer according to the Will of God recommend their Souls to their faithful Creator in good deeds 1 Pet. 4. CXVI MED Of the Death of the Son of God JESUS is dead Who will fear death He died for us Who will refuse to dy for him He died wasted with pains Who will refuse to suffer He died for his Servants Who will serve any other Master but him He died for our sins Who will dare to put him to death again O the good Shepherd Who died for his Sheep O the High Priest Who immolated himself for men O the faithful Friend Who lov'd us until death O the Divine Master Who placed his Chair on Mount Calvary O JESVS Since thou didst dy for me It is just that I should dy for thee Since thou hast given me the example I must dy as thou didst Wherefore I pardon all my enemies I hope thou wilt give me thy Heaven Recommend me I pray to thy good Mother Bid her take care of me O forsake me not O my God When all the World forsakes me Sustain me by thy grace When I have lost the strength of my body I thirst I desire to see thee I desire to dy When will my end com When shall I consummate my Sacrifice O my Father I recommend my spirit into thy hands I unite my death with thy Son 's Remember that he redeem'd me with his blood Lose not my soul which is of so great value Bowing down his head he gave up the Ghost John 19. The just man perisheth and no body thinks of it in his heart Isai 57. Think upon him who endured such contradiction against himself from sinners that you may not be wearied in your minds fainting Heb. 12. He died for the wicked Rom. 5. Christ died for us ibid. For this end did Christ dy and rose again that he might be Lord of the quick and the dead Rom. 14. Your are dead and your life is hid with Christ c. Col. 3. CXVII MED In form of Prayer on the seven Stations of the Sufferings of the Son of God 1. STATION O Jesus my Saviour who didst sweat blood and water in the Garden of Olives at the sight of thy torments and of my sins And who didst strip thy self of thy farce for to cloath thy self with my Infirmities I aadore thee all bathed in thy blood I give thanks to thy sacred heart for having afflicted it self for my sake I detest all the sins which did cause so great a sadness I resolve to dy rather than ever more to afflict thee Give me grace that I may as thou didst conceive a great sorrow for my iniquities that I may resist even unto blood the Temptations of the Devil and of the Flesh and that I may conform my self in all things to thy example and to the will of thy Father 2. STAT O Jesus my Lord who wert buffeted and ill treated in the houses of Annas and Caiphas I give thee thanks for having suffered these injuries and these confusions for the love of me Alas how often have I buffeted and injured thee in the person of my neighbour since thou reckonest as don to thy self all the ill that is don to him I beg most humble pardon of thee for it And I resolve henceforth for thy sake to suffer all the injuries that shall be don to me and never more to offend thee in the person of my Brothers either by action words judgment or will 3. STAT O Jesus my King who wert scorned by Herod and by the Jews when they preferred a Robber a Seditious felow and a Man-killer before thee I beg pardon of you for having so often preferr'd the Devil and wretched Creatures before you I promise never more to dishonour you You shall always be the King of my heart and I will rather dy than lay you as I have don under the feet of Lucifer that Robber that Seditious wretch and Murderer of all men 4. STAT O Jesus the purest and chastest of all men whose innocent flesh was torn with the blows of the Whips in Pilate's house for to expiate the Criminal Pleasures that we take in our flesh I acknowledge that it was for my sake that you suffered such cruel torments I am sorry for having given you so many wounds and that I have so often renewed them by the satisfaction which I have given to my Senses I conjure you by your Dolours to sanctifie my Body and Soul and to wash them with your pretious blood from all their Impurities and never to suffer that that flesh which has been washed in your blood be ever stain'd with any sin 5. STAT O Jesus the greatest of all Kings who wert crowned with Thorns and didst wear on thy Shoulders the Royal Marks of thy Principality I acknowledge thee for my King as despised and disfigured as thou art And since thou hast no part of thy body which was not wounded I will take no more pleasure in my body but will live in grief and pain that I may be one of thy Subjects and one of thy Members 6. STAT O Jesus my Redeemer who for my sake wert fastened to a Cross and who didst shed all thy blood for to rescue me from the power of the Devil whose Slave I was I give the thanks for this incomparable love that thou didst bear to me for so many torments which thou didst suffer for my sake I kiss with respect thy sacred feet and thy sacred hands which were pierced for my sake I adore that sacred heart which was opened for my love and I promise rather to dy than ever more to crucify thee in mine 7. STAT O Jesus my life who didst dy for me and who wert forsaken by thy Father that I might not be forsaken at my death O most meek Lamb immolated for the Salvation of men Victim of Love and Patience who wert consummated on a pile of sorrows O the Saint of Saints O the King of Kings What can I do for to acknowledge so great a goodness Why may not I dy for you as you died for me I believe that thou art my Saviour and I should despair did I not believe it I hope that thou wilt pardon me my sins and that thou wilt bestow on me thy Heaven since thou gavest me thy life I detest my Crimes which are the cause of thy death and I will rather lose my life than ever make thee dy in my heart since this death is infinitly more sensible and more ignominious to thee than that of the Cross I beg your pardon for all those who have offended me I give my self
glory of Jerusalem thou the joy of Israel thou the honour of our People Judith 25. Who is she that comes forth like the rising morning Cant. 6. Do thou and thy Son rule over us Judg. 8. He shall comfort us from all the works and labours of our hands in the land that God hath cursed Gen. 5. CXL MED Of the Presentation of the B. Virgin in the Temple MAry offered up unto God all that she had She offered it up as soon as she could She offered it up with a full will for ever And by an irrevocable promise We give to God but half our heart We give it as late as we can We give it with regret We give it but for a time Give all Give quickly Give cheerfully Give for ever O Holy Virgin I give my self wholy to you without reserve I give my self with all my heart I am sorry that I gave my self so late I give my self for ever And by an irrevocable donation Offer up my heart to your Son I give it to him all entire without delay Without regret without return for ever And by an irrevocable donation 'T is good for a man when he has born the yoke from his youth he shall sit solitary and shall be silent because he hath raised himself above himself Thren 3. And having not found where to rest her foot she returned unto him into the Ark. Gen. 18. In the simplicity of my heart I offered up all Kings 8. Ananias with Saphira his wife sold a field and bringing the price he laid it at the Apostles feet Ananias why hath Satan tempted thy heart to ly to the Holy Ghost and defraud of the price Act. 5. Their heart is divided now will they perish Os 10. A Protestation of Service to the B. Virgin which ought to be made on all Holy-Days and Communion Days O Holy Virgin most worthy Mother of God altho I know my self unworthy to be in the number of your Servants and of your Children yet trusting in your goodness and in your mercy and pushed on with a desire of serving you I declare in the Presence of God and of all the Heavenly Court that I choose you this day for my Queen for my Mother and for my Advocate And I make a firm resolution never to forsake your Service never to do or say any thing against your honour and never to permit that any that depend upon me ever offend you or dishonour you in any manner whatsoever I most humbly beseech you to receive me into the number of your Servants and of your Children to help me in all my Necessities and not to forsake me at the hour of my Death Amen I thought my self obliged to make this Form for those who know not the manner how to give themselves to the B. Virgin The End of the Third Part. THE FOURTH PART FOR THE VNITIVE LIFE CXLI MED Of the Love of JESVS JESVS is the most beautiful of all Men. JESVS is the greatest of all Kings JESVS is the most charitable of all Fathers JESVS is the most faithful of all Friends JESVS is the mildest of all Masters JESVS is the perfectest of all Spouses JESVS made himself man for me and like me JESVS made himself poor for me and like me JESVS made himself miserable for me and like me JESVS suffered death for me and like me JESVS is my Father and my King He is my Brother and my Spouse My Master and my Shepherd My Chief and my Physician My Salvation and my Redemption My Hopes and my Comfort JESVS loves me with all his heart He is always at the door of my heart He intreats me to give him my heart He has given his life to have my heart I am ungrateful if I refuse him my heart Wo unto him who divides his heart Cursed is he that loves him not with all his heart O Love of all Loves O Heart of all Hearts Let me love you as you love me Let me love you as you deserve to be loved Nothing above JESVS Nothing comparable to JESVS Nothing with JESVS Nothing after JESVS Goodly of beauty above the Sons of men Ps 44. All in all Christ Col. 3. Simon of John dost thou love me John 14. He that has my Commandments and keeps them it is he that loves me John 14. If any one doth not love our Lord Jesus Christ be he Anathema 1 Cor. 16. CXLII MED Of the Vnity of Love LOve comes from Unity tends to Unity Reposes in Unity conserves it self by Unity A strait heart cannot be bowed A pure heart cannot be stained A free heart cannot be captivated A single heart cannot be divided Wo unto those that have a double heart God's heart cannot love them No man can have two Heavens No man can serve two Masters No man can have two Spouses No man can love God and the World There must be but one Soul to one Body But one Sun to the Universe But one King in a State But one Governour in a Place But one Shepherd to one Flock But one Pilot to one Ship But one Love to one Heart But one God to one Creature You will say you give God half your heart Ah! did not God create the other half Did God redeem but half your heart Will God save but half your heart Did God give you but half his heart Ah! why will you give him but half of yours Is the heart of a man too much for God O the God of my Heart You have always been mine And I have never been yours I have made to my self as many Idols As I have loved Creatures I have divided my Faith When I divided my Charity I destroy'd both the one and the other When I divided them Ah! I lost my self when I did not love you I will henceforth O my God Love you with all my heart I will never more divide my affections All to all One to one One alone to one alone This is the Device of my heart O my God and my All. Since you have given me your whole heart Which is so great 'T is very just that I should give you all mine That is so small No man can serve two Masters Matth. 6. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart Matth. 22. How long do you halt on both sides if our Lord is God serve him c. 3 Kings 18. Wo unto the double hearted Eccl. 2. Their heart is divided now they will perish Os 10. CXLIII MED Of the Presence of God GOD is before me with me in me He is before me for to consider me He is with me for to govern me He is in me for to enliven me I ought therefore to be before God By thinking on nothing but him With God by labouring only for him In God by loving nothing but him I am never alone God is always with me I never work alone God always works with me I never suffer alone God always suffers with me
great things How beautiful is God Since he hath created such beautiful things How good is God Since he hath created such good things What favours has God don to me From what danger has he preserved me From how many evils has he delivered me What great goods he promises me Who deserves my heart better than he Who offers me a greater price for to have it To whom shall I give it if not to him Who has given me his To whom shall I sell it if not to him Who has bought it at the price of his Blood Is a naughty heart worth the blood of a God Worth the life of a God Worth the heart of a God Worth the Kingdom of God I deserve not to live If I will live for any one but you I ought not to have a heart If I will love any thing else besides you O I have loved you too late Beauty always new always ancient O I have too soon offended you Bounty always amiable always adorable I acknowledge my darkness I abhor my ingratitudes I will always love you O God of goodness I will never offend you O God of majesty Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy forces Luk. 10. In this did appear the charity of God because God sent his only begotten son into the World that we may live by him 1 John 4. Let us therefore love God because he loved us first ibid. I will love thee O Lord my strength our Lord is my establishment and my refuge and my deliverer my God and my helper c. Ps 17. CLI MED How God loves men and how men ought to love God LEt us love God because he loves us Let us love him as he hath loved us The Love of God is ancient He hath lov'd us from all Eternity We were always in his thought in his heart His Love is as ancient as his Being He no sooner was but he loved us And as he always was So he always loved us And he will still love us During all Eternity The Love of God is pure and disinterested He loves us without standing in need of us Without expecting any thing from us Without any desert on our side Without any obligation on his He loves us that he may be loved And to make us happy through his love The Love of God is tender 'T is a Love of sweetness 'T is the sweetness of Love 'T is the Love of a Father And Mother and Nurse The Love of God is strong It triumphs over all difficulties It does good to the ungrateful To Rebels to his Enemies The Love of God is infinit He loves us with the love that he loves himself He has bestowed infinit benefits on us He has suffered infinit evils for us He has given his blood which is of an infinit price He communicates to us his grace Which is an infinit treasure He prepares his glory for us Which is an infinit good The Love of God is universal It embraces all men There is no body that he does not love That he does not visit To whom he has not appointed an Angel Whom he does not help Whom he has not redeemed Whom he is not willing to save O incomparable Lover Where shall I find a friend So faithful and so ancient as you O my Soul Canst thou not love him Who has loved thee so much Canst thou refuse thy heart to him Who has given thee his Compare one with the other Measure the greatness of the one and the other O my God! my Love Was there ever Ingratitude comparable to mine You love me from the time that you were And I offend you from the time that I had a Being You love me from all Eternity And I will not love you now O I will henceforth love you As you have loved me I will love you constantly purely strongly Eternally universally In all places in all times in all states And in the accomplishment of all your wills I have loved thee in perpetual charity Jer. 31. The Father himself loveth you John 6. He will have all men to be saved and to com to the knowledge of truth 1 Tim. 2. He loved them to the end John 13. Is the death of the wicked man my Will saith the Lord God and not rather that he should be converted from his ways and live Ezek. 18. CLII. MED Of the Incomprehensibility of God ALL times together Cannot measure the Being of God All places together cannot inclose him All understandings whatsoever Cannot comprehend him All hearts together Cannot love him sufficiently God is nothing of what I see He is nothing of what I touch He is nothing of what I hear He is nothing of what I know He is nothing of what I imagin He is an invisible spiritual And incomprehensible Being O my God! How rich am I When I have nothing but you How enlightned am I When I see nothing but you How knowing am I When I know nothing but you How contented am I When I relish nothing but you I see all things when I see nothing I tast all things when I tast nothing I hear all things when I hear nothing I possess all things when I possess nothing I am all things when I am nothing I honour the Power of God By the Sacrifice of my power I honour the Greatness of God By the Sacrifice of my glory I honour the Goodness of God By the Sacrifice of my desires I honour the Incomprehensibility of God By the Sacrifice of my thoughts Empty your Memory from its Images And God will fill it with his Essence Empty your Heart of its Affections And God will fill it with his Goods Empty your Understanding of your Conceits And God will fill it with his Lights Great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought Jer. 32. To whom have you compared me and made me like unto Isai 46. My Soul hath refused to be comforted I was made full of God and was delighted Ps 76. All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee Ps 34. Rase it rase it unto the foundation thereof Ps 136. CLIII MED Of Simplicity BE simple in mind Be simple in heart That Spirit is simple That has but one thought That heart is simple that has but one desire Without these two Simplicities You will never arrive to Unity God is a pure Act. There is nothing more simple than his Being He cannot be multiplyed He cannot endure Duplicity He has from all Eternity But one thought and one love He says all in one word And this word is nothing but Truth If you would unite your self to God You must imitate this Simplicity To what purpose are so many thoughts To what end so many discourses Are not you convinc'd of the truth Why should you seek after what you have found Do what you know Tast what you see God is one great Word A great matter for Prayer Cast
Mortification 53 Of Venial Sin 26 June 29. SS Peter and Paul Of Faith 134 Of Charity 142 Of Obedience 208 June 30. Commemoration of S. Paul Of the conducts of God 183 Of the love of Jesus 337 July 2. The Visitation of our B. Lady 321 July 22. S. Mary Magdalen Of Simplicity 362 The conditions of true Pennance 32 Of Charity 142 Of divine Vnion 370 July 25. S. James Apostle Of the Duties of Fathers c. 166 Of Conformity 162 Of vain Desires 42 July 26. S. Anne of Driness 190 Of the Will of God 9 Of leaving our selves c. 186 July 29. S. Martha Of good Works 178 That we ought to do our works well 175 Of divine Vnion 370 July 31. S. Ignatius Conf. Of the love of JESUS 337 Of the love of our Neighbour 164 Which is the noblest Intention 145 Aug. 5. Our B. Lady ad Nives Of Devotion to our B. Lady 310 Aug. 6. Transfiguration of our Lord. Of Solitude 342 Of the Imitation of J. Christ 217 Of Heaven 368 Aug. 10. S. Laurence Of Patience 155 Of Mortification 53 Of the Two Eternities 24 Aug. 15. Assumption of our B. Lady 328 Of the Death of our Lady 323 Of her Resurrection 325 Aug. 24. S. Bartholomew Apostle Of the excellence of Mortification 55 Aug. 25. S. Lewis King Of the conducts of God 183 Of the Benefit of letting our selves be conduducted 186 Of God's Dominion over his Creatures 3 Aug. 28. S. Austin Doctor Of God's Incomprehensibility 360 Of God's Amability 355 Of Faith 134. Of Humility 149 Aug. 29. Decollation of S. John Baptist Of the Hatred of the World 45 Of Fidelity in small Matters 176 Of Human respect 77 Sept. 8. Nativity of our B. Lady 331 Sept. 14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross 155 Of the Cross 155 Remedies against Sadness 84 Sept. 21. S. Mathew Apostle Of Avarice 97 Of Poverty 204. Of Inspirations 199 Sept. 29. S. Michael Archangel Of Pride 89. Of Humility 149 Oct. 4. S. Francis Of Assis Of Poverty 204 Of the Cross 155. Vseful Thoughts 12 Oct. 9. S. Denys Of divine Vnion 370 Of divine Perfections 350 Of Prayer 130 Oct. 15. S. Teresa Of Dryness 190 Of Annihilation 347 Of the fulness of God's riches 366 Oct. 18. S. Luke Evang. Of the excellency of Mortification 55 Of the Peace of the Soul 41 Of the Pains of the Mind 61 Oct. 28. SS Simon and Jude Of the love of our Neighbour 164 Of Persecutions 73 That Persecutions are necessary 75 Nov. 1. All Saints Of Heaven 368 Of the Two Eternities 24 Of the Divine Perfections 350 Nov. 2. All Souls Of venial Sin 26 Of Pennance 28 Of the good use of Time 71 Nov. 11. S. Martin Of Alms. 180 Of good Works 178 Of the Death of the Just 14 The affections of a Just Soul 111 Nov. 21. Presentation of our B. Lady 333 Nov. 30. S. Andrew Apost Of the Cross 155 Of the Five degrees of Perfection 349 The End of the Table of the Meditations for the FEASTS A TABLE OF MEDITATIONS For the renewing of VOWES 1. OF the End for which Man was made 1 2. Of the Dominion of God over his Creatures 3 3. Of the care of our Salvation 6 4. Of the Obligation we have to love God 10 5. Of the Will of God 9 6. Of Tepidity 43 7. Of Customary Sins 102 8. Of the Conditions of true Pennance 32 9. Of the Happiness of a Religious state 203 10. Of Poverty 204 11. Of Chastity 206 12. Of Obedience 208 13. Of Regular Disciplin 210 The End of all the TABLES The FIRST Meditation Of the End for which Man was made I Came from God I belong to God I subsist only in God I live only for to serve God As I cannot be but from God I cannot be but for God It is not necessary that I should be in the World But supposing that I am therein I must be all God's All things speak to me of God All things draw me to God All things make me know God All things tell me that I deserve not to live Unless I live for God That I ought not to have a Heart Unless I will love God That I cannot serve two Masters That I must either be the Devil 's or God's Whom have I obey'd Which of the Two has been my Master For whom have I labour'd Whom have I contented Alas it has been the Devil This is the Master that I have preferr'd before God I have made my self his slave I have don all his Wills and Commands Oh I abhor my infidelity I acknowledge my injustice I will henceforth be God's I will love none but God I will live no more but for God I will serve none but God I will make it an absolute necessity For me to love and content God Lord make mine end known to me that I may know what is lacking to me Ps 38.5 I have created him framed him and made him for my glory Isa 43.7 I am the beginning and the end Apoc. 2.8 I have brought up Children and exalted them but they have despised me Isa 2. v. 2. II. MED Of the Dominion of God over his Creatures YOU have not always had a Being There was a time wherein you were not It was God who drew you out of nothing 'T was He that gave you a Being You are therefore His Creature He has an absolute dominion over you He may command you what He pleases He may put you where He pleases He may preserve you or destroy you Raise you up or pull you down Comfort you or afflict you Make you die or make you live As He depends upon none So is He answerable to none God is your first Beginning He is Master of your life He is the preserve thereof He is the repairer thereof You depend upon Him necessarily You depend upon him 1. Essentially 2. Absolutely 3. Continually 4. Eternally Is it not then just that you should obey The Master on whom you depend He that planted the Vine Has he not right to eat of it He that built the House Has he not right to dwell in it What injustice is it to expel God Out of a heart which he framed with his own hands From a heart which he Redeemed with his own Blood From a heart wherein he has a mind to dwell From a heart which he would sanctifie What a pride is it for a Vessel of Earth To murmur against its Maker God is your final End He created you for his glory He desires to make you happy 'T is for that end he has placed you in this world Every thing tends to its own end That is the term of its motions That is the center of its rest That is the beginning of its strength The weight of its inclination The very top of its perfection Out of that end a thing is unhappy It is weak It is vicious Ah! why do we not then go to God Ah! whence comes it that we quit God O my
God! I have hitherto laboured much And I have gain'd but little I have given my self much trouble And have treasured up but little I have walked hard but advanc'd but little I have laboured for Earth But have don nothing for Heaven I have laboured for my body But I have don nothing for my soul I have laboured for the time present But I have don nothing for Eternity I have laboured for my self But I have don nothing for you O my Lord Since I am made only for you I will live only for you Since I subsist only by you I will labour only for you The reward of my service henceforth Shall be to have served you The recompence of my love Shall be to have loved you Then shall I seek nothing but you alone I shall find all things with you Is your heart right 4 Kings 10. Whom seek you John 18. Woman why do you weep John 20. Martha Martha thou art sollicitous Luk. 19. To the immortal and invisible King of ages to God alone be honour and glory for ever and ever 1 Tim. 1. I always do things that are pleasing to him John 8. LXII MED Of Humility WHo art thou O my God and who am I Thou art all and I am nothing Thou know'st all and I know nothing Thou canst do all and I can do nothing Thou art nothing but light And I am nothing but darkness Thou art nothing but fortitude And I am nothing but weakness Thou art nothing but sanctity And I am nothing but malice Thou art the Saint of Saints And I am the sinner of sinners Thou art the King of Kings And I am the slave of slaves O how strong am I with thee O how feeble am I without thee My Soul Either humble thy self Or God will humble thee What hast thou that thou hast not received Or canst conserv of thy self What hast thou that thou canst make good use of Thy Virtues without Humility will not save thee Thy Vices with Humility will not damn thee For Humility banishes all Vices And makes Charity enter into their room Wert thou as wicked as Achab If thou humble thy self God will not punish thee He resists the proud but gives grace to the humble Canst thou after this say That thy Salvation is impossible That the way to Heaven is hard Every one cannot exalt himself But who is it that cannot humble himself All the World cannot ascend But who is it that cannot descend I can do all things if I can humble my self I cannot fast but I can humble my self I cannot weep but I can humble my self I cannot pray but I can humble my self The virtue of Humility supplies the want of Charity A Sinner is in assurance betwixt the arms of Humility God will not despise a contrite and humble heart O my Soul Let us suffer contempt Let us contemn contempt Let us desire contempt Let us seek contempt Let us hide our Treasures Least we be robb'd of them Let us humble our selves That God may exalt us Let us have an esteem for those innocent defects Which give us a confusion Let us love all that keeps us in abjection To be good and to appear to be so Is a dangerous thing To appear to be good and not to be so Is a vitious Hypocrisie To be good and not to appear to be so Is a happy condition Humble thy spirit very much for fire is the revenge of wicked flesh Eccles 7. Com unto me all ye that labour and you shall find rest to your souls Matth. 11. VVhoever among you would be made great let him be your servant Mark 10. He that exalts himself shall be humbled Luk. 10. XLIII MED Of Patience ALl that I endure is nothing In comparison of the pain that I deserve In comparison of the glory prepar'd for me Of the evil which I have committed Of the good I have omitted Of Heaven that is promised me If I am without a Cross I am no Disciple of JESUS If I carry not my Cross I shall not reign with JESUS We must either suffer here or in Eternity There 's no passing from Delights to Delights But from Delights to Torments There 's no passing from Happiness to Happiness But from Happiness to Misery When I suffer with patience Jesus suffers with me Jesus reigns in me I am the Victim of Love The Throne of his Grace The Trophy of his Glory I quit all my Debts I heap up great Treasures I practise all Virtues I have the mark of the Predestinate I free my self from Purgatory I secure my self of Heaven O JESUS my Saviour I will honour all my Sufferings Since you have consecrated them I feel my Cross no more When I think on yours All my comfort is to think on your Passion Your torments sweeten my pains I should dy with sorrow Should I live without sorrow The Sufferances of this time are not worthy of the glory which shall be given us hereafter Rom. 8. Through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God Act. 14. Patience is necessary for you that doing the VVill of God you may gain the promises Heb. 10. If any one will com after me let him deny himself Matth. 6. LXIV MED Of the Exercise of Patience SInce we must suffer in this World Let us not lose the fruit of our Sufferings Let us suffer for Jesus with Jesus as Jesus Let us suffer without complaint and murmuring With resignation and indifference With fortitude and constancy VVith joy and love Let us suffer all things from all the VVorld In all things in all manner of ways Let us suffer adore love and seek Crosses O Holy Cross I adore thee and I embrace thee Since I am a Christian and a Child of the Cross I will live and dy on the Cross Thou art the Tree of life And the Salvation of the VVorld Thou art the Sanctuary of Sinners And the comfort of the afflicted O! my greatest Cross shall henceforth be To live without a Cross VVo unto those who have lost their patience Eccles 1. This is a grace of God if for your conscience to God any one does unjustly suffer sadness 1 Pet. 2. Accept of all that is applyed to thee Eccles 2. VVe glory in tribulations knowing that tribulation works patience patience probation probation hope Rom. 5. Be patient towards all 1 Thess 5. Christ suffered for us leaving you an example to follow 1 Pet. 2. LXV MED Of the Cross or several Motives of Patience CArry your Cross O Christian Soul You will find none fitter for you than your own If you leave it for to take another You will lose instead of gaining The Cross is planted every where 'T is found in all manner of places There are Crosses in Kings Palaces As well as in Cloysters God will have all men to be saved He has provided Crosses for all Because none can be saved without a Cross The Cross bears admirable fruits It unloosens us from
repose That is the Paradise of my delights There is no noise in the house of God There is silence in Heaven Lord I am no more able to speak Since you have spoken to me I am full of thoughts And I have no more words O my heart Preserv Charity the Treasure which thou possessest The Bridegroom enters the doors being shut He goes out when they are open Shut upon thee the doors of thy Senses Peace Love Secrecy Silence This is what puts the soul in security V. CANT I Have lost all I have nothing more to lose I have found all I have nothing more to seek I am contented I desire nothing else I am God's I apprehend nothing now I have left all for God I have found all in God My desires have there met together As Rivers do in the Sea Without noise without distinction Without motion without violence Without those narrow banks Which locked them in on the Earth As soon as I lost the sight of him I entred into an Ocean I plunged my self into these Abysses I lost my self happily I confounded my Being with that of God's I was in time And I believ'd I was in Eternity I was a Creature And I found my self united to the Divinity O mysterious and fortunate night Where God unites himself to our spirit In the silence of its desires and thoughts O how sweet is that hour but how short Let all flesh be silent in the presence of our Lord. VI. CANT I Am threatned with death I am encompassed with darkness Beaten with storms At the very gates of Hell But all this does not astonish me Love is stronger than death He makes his bed in darkness He sleeps in the midst of Storms He finds Heaven in Hell He carries his Heaven with him Because he has within himself All that he desires He would have all things And would have nothing He possesses all things and possesses nothing God is his treasure and his felicity He to whom God is all All the World is nothing VII CANT JESUS thinks on me and I think of him JESUS works for me and I work for him My heart suffices him And he suffices my heart He is contented with me and I with him This is the Canticle of love Which I sing to him day and night The only good which I would have Is to will nothing To live without care and without desire Is that which makes up all my pleasure VIII CANT WHat do I feel in the bottom of my Soul What passes in the bottom of my heart The Wedding is made in Cana. JESUS there works a Miracle He chang'd the Water into Wine He entred in at midnight The doors of the senses being shut I saw him without seeing him I knew him without knowing him My eye did not see him pass My ear did not hear him walk I smelt the odour of his perfumes I tasted the honey of his sweets O my God! Into what Country do you bring me Am I in Heaven or on Earth Am I in time or in Eternity I see you without Image I touch you without a Body I feel you without an Organ I am doubtless in Heaven O if this lasts long I must dy IX CANT REtire from me my beloved But retire not for any long time Withdraw your presence But withdraw not your love Withdraw your sweetnesses But leave me your sorrows Draw your heaven out of my soul Or else draw my soul into your heaven I can have no joy if I am not on a Cross Unless you make me suffer You will make me dy Your sweets are too many Your sorrows are to few O my God my love All my pleasure is to suffer All my desire is to dy My Soul Sing for ever this sweet Canticle of joy I will content God I will be contented with God He will be contented with me When I am contented with him I shall testify to him my contentment When I am calm in my pains I am not contented with him If I murmur against him X. CANT I Place all my glory In being despised for you I place all my riches In possessing nothing but you I place all my pleasure In suffering much for you I live I live no longer I am and I am no more my self You and I are no longer but one All my wills are destroyed All my hopes are ruined All my desires are extinct All my Being is annihilated I labour no longer but for you I breath no more but by you I subsist no more but in you You in me I in you You for me I for you To be where you would have me To will what you will To do what you would have me To suffer what you would have me Is what makes a man perfect and happy FINIS Words of the Holy Scripture for the chast Spouses of the Son of God My beloved to me and I to him Cant. 2. I found him whom my Soul loveth Cant. 3. I adjure you O ye daughters of Jerusalem that you raise not up nor make the beloved to awake till her self will ibid. I sleep and my heart watcheth Cant. 5. Put me as a seal upon thy heart as a seal upon thy arm c. Cant. 8. Let him kiss me with a kiss of his mouth Cant. 1. Under his shadow whom I desired I sate Cant. 2. My soul melted as he spake I sought and I found him not I called and he did not answer me Cant. 5. For what is to me in heaven and besides thee what would I upon Earth my flesh hath fainted and my heart God of my heart and God my portion for ever Ps 72. v. 25. And now what is my expectation is it not our Lord c. Ps 38. v. 8. I said to our Lord thou art my God Ps 15. Our Lord is the part of my inheritance ibid. To thee did my heart say my face hath sought thee out Ps 26. v. 8. Lord before thee is all my desire Ps 37. The violence of the river maketh the City of God joyful Ps 45. v. 5. The Lord of Hosts is with us our Protector the God of Jacob. ibid. v. 11. In peace in the self-same I will sleep and rest Ps 4. This is my rest for ever and ever Ps 131 He put darkness his covert darksom water in the clouds of the air Ps 17. v. 12. When he shall have given sleep to his beloved to the inheritance of our Lord. Ps 126. I am thine save me Ps 118. Much peace there is to those that love thy law ibid. Thou wilt bless thy people in peace Ps 18. Enter into thy rest because our Lord hath don well to thee Ps 114. My heart waxed hot in me and fire shall burn in my meditation Ps 38. Expecting I expected our Lord and he hath attended me Ps 39. I will hear what my Lord says in me because he will speak peace to his people Ps 84. Unless our Lord keep the city in vain does he watch that
keepeth it Ps 126. My Prayer shall be turned into my bosom Ps 34. It it good for me to cleave to God to put my hope in our Lord God Ps 72. To thee have I lifted up my eyes who dwellest in heaven Ps 122. I am thy servant give me understanding Ps 118. If I should walk in the midst of the shadow of Death I will fear no evils because thou art with me Ps 22. The God of my heart and God my portion for ever Ps 72. I have made my bed in the dark Job 17. Let no man look upon me Job 7. Our Lord is not in a whirlwind 3 Kings 4. Behold God and my Saviour I will act confidently with him and will not fear Isai 12. But thou art in us O Lord c. Jer 14. Let all flesh be silent in the sight of God Zach. 2. I have laboured a little and have found much rest Eccl. 52. In all these things I sought rest and I shall abide in the inheritance of our Lord. Eccl. 24. He that loses his life shall find it Matth. 16 The Holy Ghost shall com down on thee Luk. 1. My Lord and my God John 20. I eace be to you fear not it is I. Luk. 25. I give you peace John 14. Behold the Bridegroom cometh Matth. 25. They who were ready entred with him ibid. Why do ye fear O ye of little faith he commands the wind and the sea Matth. 8. Remain in me and I in you John 15. Be like unto men expecting their Master when he shall return from the wedding Luk. 12. The Peace of God that surpasseth all understanding preserve your hearts and your understandings in Christ Jesus Phil. 4. We will com unto him and make our mansion with him John 14. The Disciple whom Jesus loved and who leaned on his brest at supper John 21. Ye are dead and your life is hidden with Christ in God Col. 3. He is our peace Eph. 2. In him we live we move and we are Act. 17. Blessed are the dead that dy in our Lord. Apoc. 14. Words of Love taken out of the Book of the Following of Christ for Souls that aspire to Vnion HAppy is he whom Truth teaches 1 Book c. 3. All proceeds from one word and all speaks one word ibid. He to whom all is one thing ibid. O Truth my God make me one thing with thee ibid. I am often weary of reading ibid. Let all Doctors be silent ibid. The Kingdom of God is in you ibid. When you have JESUS you will be rich ibid. O JESUS splendour of glory c. ibid. This whole Chapter is divine and fit to comfort a Soul that is in Privation I will hear what my Lord shall say 3 Book c. 1. This is what the beloved says I am thy salvation thy peace and thy life 3 b. c. 1. Lord my God thou art all my good 3 b. c. 2. Thou O Lord alone art good ibid. O Lord my God c. ibid. Thou art my glory and the joy of my heart 3 b. c. 5. Thou wilt suffice to him that loves thee ibid. Thou art the true peace of heart 3 b. c. 15. My soul thou wilt always be at rest 3 b. c. 21. O when shall I see my Lord and my God c. ibid. Read all the 48 Chapter of the Third Book which is of an infinit sweetness and comfort Son as much as thou canst go out of thy self 3 b. c. 56. Lord what confidence can I have in this life 3 b. c. 59. I had rather be poor for thy sake ibid. Read all this Chapter which is the last of the Third Book and you will find much comfort Who will give me to find you alone O my Lord. 4 b. c. 13. O Lord my God ibid. Be in me and I in you ibid. Truly thou art my Peace-maker ibid. O truly thou art a hidden God ibid. O God how sweet is thy spirit ibid. O truly there is no Nation c. ibid. O JESUS splendour of eternal glory ibid. These words taken out of the Book of the following of Christ may sweetly and profitably employ a Soul in Prayer and after Communion FINIS