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A22838 A heavenly treasure of confortable meditations and prayers written by S. Augustin, Bishop of Hyppon in three seuerall treatises of his meditations, soliloquies, and manual. Faithfully translated into English by the R. F. Antony Batt monke, of the holy order of S Bennet of the Congregation of England; De meditatione. English. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Batt, Antonie. 1624 (1624) STC 934; ESTC S101507 162,145 412

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now_o o_o lord_n jesu_n thy_o accustom_a mercy_n will_v thou_o be_v displease_v with_o i_o always_o be_v appease_v i_o beseech_v thou_o and_o take_v pity_n of_o i_o and_o turn_v not_o away_o thy_o love_a face_n from_o i_o who_o to_o redeem_v i_o have_v not_o turn_v away_o thy_o face_n from_o those_o that_o do_v ●●ocke_n and_o spit_v upon_o thou_o i_o confess_v that_o i_o have_v sin_v and_o my_o conscience_n do_v adjudge_v i_o worthy_a of_o damnation_n neither_o be_v my_o penance_n sufficient_a to_o make_v satisfaction_n nevertheless_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n infallible_a that_o thy_o mercy_n do_v surmount_v all_o offence_n whatsoever_o be_v it_o never_o so_o abominable_a wherefore_o o_o most_o merciful_a lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o do_v not_o write_v any_o malicious_a bitterness_n against_o i_o neither_o enter_v into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n but_o according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o mercy_n blot_v out_o my_o iniquity_n woe_n be_v to_o i_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n when_o the_o book_n of_o our_o conscience_n shall_v be_v open_v wherein_o our_o action_n be_v register_v when_o of_o i_o it_o shall_v open_o be_v proclaim_v see_v here_o the_o man_n and_o his_o deed_n commit_v what_o shall_v i_o do_v o_o lord_n my_o god_n at_o that_o dreadful_a day_n when_o the_o heaven_n shall_v reveal_v my_o iniquity_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v bear_v witness_n against_o i_o very_o i_o shall_v be_v mute_a and_o able_a to_o say_v nothing_o but_o hold_v down_o my_o head_n through_o shame_n and_o confusion_n i_o shall_v stand_v before_o thou_o shake_v and_o blush_v alas_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v i_o will_v call_v and_o cry_v unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n my_o god_n why_o be_o i_o consume_v be_v silent_a nevertheless_o if_o i_o speak_v my_o grief_n will_v not_o cease_v and_o if_o i_o hold_v my_o peace_n i_o shall_v inwardlie_o be_v torment_v with_o unspeakable_a bitterness_n weep_v o_o my_o soul_n and_o make_v lamentation_n as_o a_o young_a marry_a woman_n 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univer●allie_o know_v which_o he_o know_v he_o oftentimes_o meditate_v of_o god_n and_o by_o meditate_v of_o he_o be_v sweet_o refresh_v gather_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o profit_n by_o it_o by_o how_o the_o more_o often_o he_o do_v it_o for_o that_o which_o be_v always_o sweet_a to_o be_v love_v and_o praise_v be_v likewise_o sweet_a to_o be_v consider_v of_o true_a quietness_n of_o heart_n chapt_n xxix_o this_o without_o doubt_n be_v true_a quietness_n of_o heart_n when_o by_o desire_v it_o be_v whole_o fix_v on_o the_o love_n of_o god_n neither_o do_v it_o covet_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o be_v delight_v through_o a_o certain_a sweetness_n which_o it_o find_v in_o that_o which_o it_o do_v possess_v and_o by_o be_v delight_v do_v exceed_o rejoice_v but_o if_o it_o chance_v to_o be_v never_o so_o little_o distract_v from_o thence_o through_o some_o vain_a cogitation_n or_o worldly_a occasion_n it_o forthwith_o hasten_v with_o all_o the_o speed_n it_o can_v to_o return_v thither_o 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