mouths possessed me in the beginning of his waies I was set up from everlasting when he prepared the Heavens I was there c. and so all along They scruple not o Bust Marial Serm. de Nomin Mariae to say of her what God Almighty saies of himself Malach. 1.11 From the rising up of the Sun unto the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentils And that of Christ Matth. 28.18 * Novarin Vmbra Virgin l. 4. excurs 122. n. 1149. All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth and what John the Baptist saies p Antonin 4. part tit 15. c. 6. sect 3. of her Fulness have all received c. namely q Salazar Prov. c. 3. v. 29. n. 200. the Sinner Pardon the Righteous Grace the Angels joy and the whole Trinity Glory And therefore r Idiot Contempl. 1. say they as blasphemously God hath highly exalted her and given her a name above all names that in her name all knees should bow c. Phil. 2.9 10. And after the same rate what God saies of his only begotten Son Heb. 1.6 Let s Vitis Florig Lect. 27. all the Angels of God worship her and let Men boldly come unto the Throne of Grace from him to her that we may obtain Mercy and find Grace to help us in time of need Hebr. 4.16 It were endless to rehearse all 4. Fourthly They allow her a whole Psalter * Vid. Psalter S. Bondvent as the Church doth to God Almighty And whatever David could say in the Highest strein of his Zeal towards the magnifying of Gods Glory or the imploring of his Mercy or the expressing his Faith in him Gods name being out and that of the Virgin in they both transfer and improve it towards the magnifying of this Lady For Example in the first Psalm instead of Blessed be the Man c. it begins thus Blessed be the Man that loves thy name O Virgin Mary Thy mercy shall comfort his Soul c. The second Why do the Heathen c hath it thus Why do our Enemies imagine vain things against us Thy right hand O Mother of God shall protect us Come ye to her all ye that Travel and are heavy laden and you shall find rest for your Souls c. The fourth thus When I did call thou O Lady heardest me Thou wert pleased to remember me out of thy high Throne for thy mercy is on all them that call upon thy holy Name and thy Majesty be blessed thro out all Generations Glorifie her O all ye Nations c. The 16. thus Save me O Lady for I have put my trust in thee c. The 19. thus The Heavens do declare thy glory O Virgin c. The 29. thus Bring to our Lady O ye Sons of God bring praise and worship to our Lady Give strength to thy Servants O holy Mother and bless them that magnifie thee Let Heaven and Earth bless thee the Sea and all the corners of the World c. The 42. thus Like as the Hart desires the water Brooks so longs my Soul after thy love O holy Virgin for thou art the Mother of my life the Nurse and restauration of my flesh and both the beginning and end of my Salvation c. The 44. thus We have heard with our ears O Lady and our Fathers have told us that thy Merits are ineffable and thy Miracles wonderful Thy Virtues are innumerable and thy Mercies inestimable Rejoice in her O my soul for many good things are laid up for them that praise her Blessed be thou O Queen of Angels c. The 51. thus Have mercy on me Lady who art call'd the Mother of Mercies and according to the Bowels of thy Compassions make me clean from all mine Iniquities Pour thy Grace upon me and withdraw not thy usual Mercies from me c. The 68. thus Let Mary arise and let all her Enemies be crush'd under her feet c. The 72. thus Give the King thy judgments O Lord and thy Mercy to the Queen his Mother Salvation and life O Lady are in thy hand perpetual Joy and glorious Eternity c. The 73. thus Truly God is loving unto Israel even to such as worship his Mother c. The 84. O how amiable are thy Dwellings O Lady of Hosts c. The 92. It is a good thing to give thanks and confess to the Virgin Mary and to sing Praises to her Glory to tell of her Merits that rejoice the heart and to imitate her Works which rejoice the Angels c. The 94. It is the Lord God to whom Vengeance belongs but thou art the Mother of Mercy who turnest him to compassion The 95. thus O come let us sing to our Lady let us heartily rejoice in the Virgin our she Savior The 103. Praise the Virgin Mary O my Soul and all that is in me praise and glorifie her name c. The 110. thus The Lord said unto my Lady Mother sit thou at my right hand Be thou reigning with me Have mercy upon me O Lady Mother of splendor enlighten me O thou Mother of Truth and Virtue c. The 117. O praise the Lady all ye Heathen glorifie her all ye Nations for her Merciful kindness remains upon us for ever whosoever will serve her shall be justified but whosoever neglects her shall die in his sins c. The 144. begins thus Blessed be our Lady who teaches her Servants to fight c. The 148. thus O praise our Lady of Heaven praise her in the height Praise her Sun and Moon And so all along to the very last O praise the Lady in her Holiness praise her in her Virtues and Miracles Let every Spirit or every thing that hath breath praise our Lady This Service goes under the name of a Superangelical and Seraphical Doctor a Roman Saint and a Cardinal besides whom they call St. Bonaventura Give this Worship what name you please it is all that David and Moses and other Prophets could bestow on the Lord God of Israel Now when the same is bestowed upon a holy Creature how great and holy soever yet a Creature judge what it is 5. Fifthly Lest the Lord God of Israel should receive any kind of honor from Men where the Lady had not her share what ever more eminent pieces of Divine Service they can find scattered in Holy Scripture they will be sure to give it her For example that of Moses Deut. 32. Give ear O ye Heavens to what I will speak of the Virgin Mary Magnifie her with me c. O perverse and crooked Generation acknowledg our Lady for thy she Savior Is she not thy Mother that hath begotten thee in Faith If thou forsakest her thou art no friend unto our Soveraign Cesar O that thou wert wise and wouldest consider thy last end As an Infant cannot live without his Nurse no more canst thou be saved without this our Lady Therefore let thy
Christianity might well go farther m Damian Epist l. 2. Ep. 14. His Brother Marinus being full of this Roman Spirit when yet he was but a young man puts off his Clothes and instead of a halter about his Neck with a lethern Girdle which before he had about his loines he ties himself to the Altar Vowes and gives himself up to the Virgin Mary upon the account of being her slave then whips him self in such a manner as one would hardly whip a wicked wretch and in these words resigns himself into her hands My glorious Mistress and Lady and the true Model of all Vertues whom I have offended by the rottenness of my Flesh All I have more wherewith to help my self I give it up to thee to serve thee with I submit the neck of my heart to the Dominion of thy Dignity Order thou my rebellious self undertake the stubborn and let not thy Mercy reject the sinner By this small Offering 't was a sum of mony which he laid down at her Altar I do now give over to thee whole Estate and from this time ever hereafter I will pay to thee the yearly Rent or Tribute of the same as long as I shall live Papists may call this as they please the best Israelites in their most solemn Adorations never did and said half so much before the Lord. Deuter. 26.12 and the best Christians can do and say nothing to God the Savior that expresses more This height of palpable Idolatry procured at several occasions remorse and shame to its Authors in the very darkest Ignorance before it could be well settled For few years after some had brought in this Office n Gonon Chronic. an 1056. Gozo an eloquent and acute Monk prevailed so far with his reason upon the whole Monastery that these solemn Praiers and Praises of the Virgin were quite voted out of Gods Service But alas presently after this voting it fared just with these poor Monks as it had don once with the Jews when they had left worshipping the Moon Jerem. 44.18 Since we say they left off to burn Incense to the Queen of Heaven we have wanted all things and have been consumed by the Sword by the Famine For then it seems there fell upon the Country where the Convent was situated such a complication of wars and troubles which Cardinal Damian moved with a quite other Spirit then Jeremy was in the like case interpreted to be Judgments inflicted on them by the same Queen that they were perswaded to worship her again and then presently all was well Whosoever then preached S. Damian hath turned o Chronicon ibid. out of this monastery the blessed Mother of true Piety it is fit he should be turned out and whirled about with tribulations and Stormes But turn ye unto me again saies the Lord by the Prophet and I will return unto you saies the Lord he should have said saies the Lady and then the Impertinency had been complete The like but more hellish Illusion if their story be true happened to the Carthusian p Surius in vita Brunon 6. Octob. Order For when they were as poor as they are now rich some of them lookt on this new Marian Worship as nothing less then pernicious and the others were so much perplexed what with it what with the horror of the wild place wherein they were that they thought of leaving both the Place and the Miracle of the seven Stars But then comes to them an old man with long white and curled Hair who assured them from God as he pretended that the Virgin Mary would protect them if they would but read every day Preces ejus Horarias that is her small Office at the due hours So without any more ado they took her for their Patroness and consequently for their she God and since that time her Praiers went on A while after the old man came an Angel q Chronic. Carthus l. 5. c. 5. who advised them to put in between the first and the third hour Ave sanct a Parens and one Mass more to her Glory and if you please to believe all Christ himself r Anton. Caracciol ap Al. Gaz. pag. 108. dictated a Rule to S. Briget where he commands them of that Order to repete every day the said Service No mortal tongue can express how much that ambitious Spirit who assum the Virgin Maries Name is delighted with the hearing of those Praiers She now and then will come to say s Al. Gazaeus de Offic. B. M. pag. 94. Edit Atrebat 1622. them her self when tired or sick Friers as Herman was once cannot do it She will come down also and leave Heaven and all to hear them and in a t Chronic. Deip. an 1230. Majestic Apparel will smile upon and kiss the Choristers if they happen to sing them well and if this be not encouragement enough She will make her Son a Baby whom she commonly carries about run about them and exhort them x Wadd Annal Min. Tom. 3. an 1338. to be fervent in her Service and tell them that nothing can ever be more acceptable to God Almighty then is the honor which they shall bestow on his Mother especially when they fall upon some verses as is in singing the Te Deum When thou tookest c. thou didst not abhor the Virgins Womb y Gaz. Ibid. p. 99. her heart jumps and leaps with joy and so St. Ludgard advises his friend then to bow down to the very ground At the words Eja Advocata z she promises to speak to her Son At these words of the Antiphone Pulcra es decora a Stell B. V. l. 12. c. 10. Gazaeus p. 91. that is thou art fair and gracious She presently came with two Angels and proud with hearing her Beauty praised she took a young man from the Altar and perswaded him to take her for his Wife since she was so beautiful Hence her Roman Chaplains argue well b Al. Gazaeus de Offic. B. V. pag. 8. that if she be so taken with some Parcels of her Office how much must she be with the whole It is upon this account and her being charmed with these Caresses that she hath nothing about her too dear for her Spiritual Courtiers She leaves all her Nobles above to converse veiled and c Gonon Chronic. an 234. hooded and fing like a devout Nun among her white and black Friers she feigns to admire them when they sing she kisses them when they have sung and whilst she is hot and busy with an excessive Passion to divert by all means possible these supreme and Divine Services from God to a mere Creature nothing discovers the Devil more then this foolish overdoing But to lay aside these fond kindnesses of kissing suckling and marrying men and hiding them under her Coat which a Fairess or a white witch could better do the Magnificency of her Promises backt as they are
a Mountain That when he put his hand to the making of Creatures Heaven and Earth Stars Angels and Thrones x Ibid. v. 22. n. 269. he had still this woman in his thought to pick and chuse out of every Creature as it came out the very best of it for this true Pandora and true Abbreviate of all his works That then she was the very y Ard. Hierosolymit Serm. de Annunc Perspective thro which from all Eternity God both foresaw and predestinated all Christians S. Peter S. Paul and all the rest because they were not predestinated to any Grace but such as should be conveied to them thro her hands That when God did order the Springs and course of Water z Salazar c. 8. v. 27. n. 363. then he but studied what way it were possible to make Mary an Aqueduct of all Blessings upon Mankind That God had not set up so many Princes in the world nor so many a Rupert ap Salaz p. 246. Kings in Israel had it not bin to procure her a more Roial Extraction And finally that he made Eve b Salaz Prov. c. 31. n. 418. the Ark the Tabernacle and other Ceremonial Figures to pass his time in those Images and Representations of Mary and so to amuse as well as he could the extreme longing that he had to possess the Original At last this blessed Creature being come forth she appears at her very c Idem c. 8. v. 25. n. 321. Birth when she was lying in her Cradle above all both Angels and Saints like a Mountain above small Hills far holier as they say then Mount d Joh. Damascen Sina but somwhat like e Bernard Serm. de Annunc the Mount Sion in which God was pleased to dwell all the Angells f Gabr. Biel. in Can. lect 80. that are in Heaven all the Souls that are in Hell all the Saints and Prophets that ever were and all men that are or shall be must by all means look towards Her as the Center and Support of the whole world as the very Ark of God as the Cause of all Creatures as the g Bonavent in Psalter founder of all Blessings as the Fountain h Bernard apud Salaz c. 8. v. 35. n. 450. and Vein of life and the Author of i Petr. Dam. Serm. 1. de Annunciat Salvation Now lest you should think that these great Titles as great as God himself and our Savior can ever have are given her chiefly upon the account of Christ whose Mother she was after the Flesh thorough Catholics will tell you that before she was the Mother of Christ she k Anselm de Excell Virg. c. 12. had deserved to be so that by her own Goodness l Ozor Tom. 3. Conc. 1. in Annunc Conc. 1. in Nativ and Grace she had drawn God down towards her and induced him m Bernardin de Bust 2. part Serm. 2. de Coronat Mariae to take her Flesh and that being as commonly they do term her Negotium omnium Seculorum the work of four thousand years and possessing eminently within her self all the Perfections that lie scattered up and down in all Celestial and subcelestial Creatures such a complete Hostess could not but procure or o Salaz Proverb c. 8. v. 16. n. 106. at least hasten the coming in of the best Guest The Founder of the Jesuites did commonly p Salaz Prov c. 9. v. 4. 5. n. 144. bless himself whensoever it came to his mind that swallowing down Christ at Mass he had also by the same means some of the Flesh of this Goddess And they say that on this same account Christ takes delight q Judoc Clictov Serm. de Visitat to lie hidden under transubstantiated wafers and to fall down into mens stomacs because it represents and reminds him of his Ancient being in her womb and that therefore she r Anâ—nymus apud Metaphrast would not miss a day without taking the Sacrament after her Son was in Heaven that he might have that sweet satisfaction every day But when at the Salutation of Gabriel she opened her Heart and her Breast to take him in and therein to make him her Son that one Act of humble Obedience expressed in nine Latin words Ecce Ancilla c. Behold the Handmaid of the Lord c. that one Act of hers they say is more Meritorious then God himself in a manner can recompense Christians may think 't was no Merit of hers but rather a favor of God and that all which she could do towards it was her Duty but Roman Catholic Authors and Saints too teach otherwise 1. That by that one Act she had fully s Stellarum Coronâ— B. V. l. 11. part 2. c. 11. repaied to God for n Bernard Serm. 2. de Pentecost all the things that he ever bestowed upon men and this they call Retribution and take it for the eleventh of those twelve Stars which shine continually about her Head 2. That by that Act she repaied more then she ever received her self and so that t Methodius Constantin Serm. de Purificat God is in her debt 3. That by that Act she hath done more u S. Bernardin Serm. 61. Bernardin de Bust Marial part 6. Serm. 2. de Visitatione Mar. for God or as much at the least then God for her and all Mankind and that men may say to their comfort rather blaspheme to their confusion that upon the Virgins account God is more obliged to them then they to God This is the most stupendous Merit which they say x Salazar Prov. 4. v. 13. n. 53. Christ insisted upon to shelter himself against the wrath of his own Father when after their interpretation he praied thus upon the Cross O turn thee unto me and have mercy on me give the Kingdom to thy Servant and save the Son of thy Handmaid that is if thou wilt not save me from off this Cross for thy sake or for my sake save me for her great Merits sake who said Behold the Handmaid of the Lord and give me also that Kingdom the Monarchy of the whole World which she hath y Ildelph Serm. de Assumt deserved by that Act and which devolves to me as being her Son So let all men here consider both how admirable those Merits must be which Christ makes his own shelter of and how useful to a poor sinner since they are thus needful to Christ We have not yet don The Virgin Mary appears as great at her Sons Death as at his Conception and if some talk of her saving men only because she hath brought forth their Savior thorough Catholics will inform you that z Quir. Salazar c 8. v. 19. n. 207. Conceiving and Bringing forth are two Acts which of themselves being Natural and not Voluntary cannot be much Meritorious and therefore besides all what she contributes either by her
Soul thirst after her and do not leave her till she hath blessed thee Let thy mouth be filled with her praise and sing of her greatness all the day long That of the same Moses at the red Sea Exod. 15. Let us sing to our glorious Lady the Virgin Mary Our Lady is Almighty Her name is next to God She hath thrown into the Sea the Chariots of Pharaoh his Host c. O Lady thou hast delivered my Soul from the Lion O my dearest Lady cover thou me as a Hen doth c. I am all thine and all I have is thine I will put thee as a signet upon my heart c. That of Isaiah 12. I will sing to thee O Lady c. for thou hast comforted me my Lady is my Savior I will trust in thee and will not fear Thou art my strength in the Lord and art become my Salvation with joy will I draw Waters out of thy brook and I will call upon thy name alwaies c. That of King Hezekias in the same Prophet 38.9 when he was recovered from his mortal Disease I said in the midst of my daies I will go to Mary c. Father Mother and Friends did forsake me but Mary hath holden me up I will put my trust in her in the morning in the evening and at noon-day God had as it were a Lion broken my bones but thou our Lady hast delivered my Soul from perishing my Darling from the hand of the Dog c. That of the three Children commonly so called All the works of the Lord bless our Lady praise and magnifie her for ever O ye Angels bless our Lady c. Blessed be thou O Crown of Kings Let every knee in Heaven in Earth and in Hell bow unto thy Name c. That of Zachary Luke 1.38 Blessed be thou Lady Mother c. Save us from all our Enemies c. and perform the Mercy promised to our Fathers and us that we being delivered out of the hands of our Enemies may serve thee without fear c. And thou Mary shalt be called the Prophetess of the Highest by whom he hath given the knowledg of Salvation c. By the Bowels of thy Mercy O Morning Star do thou visit us from on high To complete Idolatry with absurdity that very Hymn wherewith she adored once her God is with some parcels of the Song of Annah 1 Sam. 2. now turned into an Office to adore her My Soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in my Lady c. There is no Saint like our Lady c. Let Sion and Jerusalem rejoice and praise Mary for she is the greatest among the Ladies of Israel She makes poor and she makes rich She brings low and she lifts up on high This Lady of ours is higher then the Heavens broader then the Earth and purer then the very Stars 6. Sixthly She is adored with the most solemn and elevated Office that the ancient Church could worship God with namely Te Deum We praise thee O Mary we a Melch. Inchofern Ep. B.M. ad finem acknowledg thee to be the Lady All the Earth doth worship thee as the Spouse of the everlasting Father To thee all Angels c. continually do cry Holy holy holy Mary the Mother of God The holy Church thro out all the world doth acknowledg thee Mother of an Infinite Majesty Thou art the Queen of Glory O Mary the Ark of Grace and the Ladder of Heaven Thou art the hope of all the world the Salvation of them that call on thee the Teacheress of the Apostles the strength of the Martyrs c. O Lady save thy People c. Vouchsafe O Lady to keep us this day and for ever O Lady have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lady let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust in thee c. Lastly there is added to her Honor that Praier which belongs to the Holy Ghost Veni Creator and which some say the Council of Constance at their meeting were pleased to present the Virgin with Come Mother of Grace Spring of Mercy Light of the Church Queen Star c. come to defend the Church to destroy Heresie and to make peace c. And in a word to do any thing that an honest and pious Council may better expect of the holy Ghost 7. Seventhly There is a whole Bible made and Printed to her Honor Biblia Mariae Albertus Magnus both a great Scholar and a great Bishop and a kind of Roman Saint is the Prophet who as it is thought composed it This Holy Book gives the Virgin all or b Biblia Mariae Tit. Pag. Omnia fere most part of what was in the true Bible either said or intended for God and Christ As for Example in Genesis She is the truth both of the Altar which Noah built and of the Sacrifice which he offered and the Sweet savor which there was smelled is nothing else then her Praier She is the Ladder which Jacob saw Gen. 28. wherewith Christ is to come down to us and we are to come up to him In Exodus she is said to be both the true Mercy-seat and the great Altar of Burnt-offerings In Leviticus and Numbers she is the Ark of the Covenant the Rock whence flow the Waters of Grace and the Star which Balaam saw c. In Joshuah she is the Border of our Heavenly Inheritance the Window through which we must escape and be saved from Jericho that is from perishing in and with the World the Ark which marches before us to Canaan that is Heaven there to prepare us a resting place the City of Refuge where those must seek shelter whosoever flee from the Wrath of God c. In the Book of Judges she is the true and great Captain in whose hand our Celestial Father puts the whole Land Heaven all Power and Himself Therefore take heed saies this Godly Bible from going to war without her In Ruth she is the true Ruth with more probability then the Captain who goes to the Field that is the Church there to glean ears of corn left in the Field by the Reapers that is some few which she rescues from Devils Thus she gleans whomsoever she pleases for Boaz hath charged the reaping Angels not to to touch her Ruth 2.9.15 16. When she hath gleaned them she takes them up into the Bosom of her Mercy and carries them into the City v. 8. that is into the Celestial Jerusalem In the 1. Kings 1.2 3. She is the fair and young Virgin who is to lie in the Kings or Gods Bosom and inflames him to love and compassion towards his People Thus this Bible running all along to the Revelation after this rate at last ends with this Praier instead of the Grace of our Lord c. O Queen of Mercy Grace and Glory Emperess of all the Creatures blot out all my Transgressions and lead me to the life everlasting 8. The Virgin
the Rosary both to save all sorts of sinners and to please the Holy Virgin I say St. Dominic knew it before for when he praied against the Albigenses r Bovius Tom. 13. an 1213. the Queen of Mercy appeared to him and bad him to set up the Rosary and to teach all men that form of Praier as most acceptable Service both to her self and to her Son And besides this Instrument saies she shall be a singular weapon to destroy Heresies and Vices to advance all sorts of Vertue and to obtain both the Divine Mercy and my help All this was farther represented by two notable Visions which a Bishop saw in a Dream In one he saw S. Dominic s Gonon Chronic. an 1315. making a Bridg with 150 Towers upon it to bring sinners into a Garden where the Queen of mercy was giving Crowns to others but to himself a sharp Censure for his being not sound in the Faith concerning that Article of Catholic Religion But in the other this prelat being grown very little better by what he had seen in the former he found himself and many more in a most stinking t Ibid. Lake and Puddle where certainly they had bin choakt but that both the Goddess and the Apostle of the Rosary let down from above a long Chain made of 150 small Rings and some few others bigger among them by means whereof all were drawn out Thus far you see what the Holy Rosary can do now you must learn how to use it 1. It is needful to begin it deliberately u Mart. Navar. de Horis Canon c. 13. n. 15. that is saies the best and surest Author you can find in that Church not to do it like men in a dream who may walk and kneel and say their praiers altho they sleep but to begin it with a set purpose of doing what the Church enjoines For tho there are several Examples of men that were saved out of Hell for either wearing x Alan Rediv. part 5. c. 43. a Rosary or for giving it to y Id. part 1. c. 21. a friend without using it otherwise these are extraordinary Blessings rather granted to some to recommend the Excellency of Rosaries then to encourage holy men to that abuse 2. Tho of course as it appears by the ordinary Gloss z Clement in Concil Vien de Celebrat Misserum Tit. 13. upon the Council of Vienna Rosaries might be used as well as other forms of Praiers are without actual attention which manner of Praying without the mind is called by them the fruit †Ibid. of the Lips and thus the Lips may do the work in reading the hourly Praiers whilst the heart runs another way yet besides the first Deliberation and set purpose in the Beginning my more sober and severe director requires a kind of General attention in the Progress of this Service that is to say you are not bound to attend what words you say nor to care much what sense they bear since neither of these two can be well done without some help of the Latin tongue which you have not But whilest you dispatch your Aves and tumble over and over your Beades you must have what they call the Third or the * Paul Layman Theol. Moral l. 4. Tract 1. c. 5. n. 9. Spiritual Attention that is a Navà rrus De Hor. Can. c. 13. n. 4. to remember for example that you are at Mass there to fancy the Real Presence and to pray heartily that what the Mass Priest doth or saies for you tho you do not know what it is may be granted My good God or my sweet Lady saies the Catholic worshipper as b Navar. Ibidem this severe Divine advises him I do not understand what I hear and I as little understand what I say yet I believe that I both hear and say thy Praises and that I pray for my self and all other Christians after the intention of the Holy Church Grant me O Dear Lord or Lady what I desire not knowing what This being done and the men being thus well disposed let Mass hourly Praiers and Rosaries be what they will Greek or Latin Pater noster or la sol fa all is one to Roman Worshippers And as to the 15 Mysteries and 165 Contemplations all this must not trouble his head as it might most really do and it may be c turn his Brain too if he were oblig'd to care for it for it seems these Contemplations and Mysteries are involved in the Rosary as a great Tresure under Walls to make it vastly rich and powerful altho the owner perceive it not Thus their consecrating Words Hoc est enim corpus meum can work Miracles from the mouth of an Ignorant and so do mostly Spells and Characters in the mouth of a Conjurer Origen observes somewhere that the words of Abraham Isaac and Sabaoth that Magicians did enchant with did work far better in that Tongue which was unknown to them then in their own You may hear of strange Fears also don by words taken out of the Latin Psalms which the Witches do not understand And so must at this rate Ave Maria Pater noster good and holy words otherwise if they do such Miracles as they say contract likewise a strange Virtue from some Extrinsecal Principle which is neither understood nor thought of Mean while what Church is this and where can the Papists find such another that dispatches the Divine Service as Conjurers do their mischief in a strange Tongue 3. To say the Rosary after the best way without distracting your self about Contemplations and Mysteries take me the Virgin d Navar. de Rosar Miscell 26. n. 2. by her self that so the whole strength of your Soul may the better mind her alone And fancy her the best you can in some of those Conditions which her Images can help you to either as hearing with reverence the Message of the Angel Gabriel Ave Maria c. or looking stedfastly on her Baby whom she hath commonly on her left Arm or else sitting like a great Queen close to God upon a high Throne and there hearkening to what we say To use your fancy to this way you must salute her thrice a day at Morning Noon and Sun-setting when you hear the Bell Salve Regina and at each time e Ibid. adore one of those three Members or parts of her which were the seats of the greatest Wonders 1. Her Belly in these or such Words O most glorious Queen of Mercy I do salute the venerable Temple of thy Womb Ave Maria. 2. Her Heart O most glorious Queen of Mercy I salute thy Virgin Heart which never had any tincture of sin Ave Maria. 3. Her Soul O most glorious Mother of Mercy I salute your most noble Soul deckt as it is with all the pretious Ornaments of Gifts of Vertues and of Graces Ave Maria 4. Thus having got your self into some f Ibid.