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A06436	Of prayer, and meditation Wherein are conteined fovvertien deuoute meditations for the seuen daies of the weeke, bothe for the morninges, and eueninges. And in them is treyted of the consideration of the principall holie mysteries of our faithe. Written firste in the Spanishe tongue by the famous religious father. F. Lewis de Granada, prouinciall of the holie order of preachers in the prouince of Portugall.; Libro de la oración y meditación. English	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Hopkins, Richard, d. 1594?	1582 (1582)	STC 16907; ESTC S100761	342,485	696

OF PRAYER AND MEDITATION WHEREIN ARE CONTEINED FOVVERTIEN DEVOVTE Meditations for the seuen daies of the weeke bothe for the morninges and eueninges And in them is treyted of the consideration of the principall holie Mysteries of our faithe WRITTEN FIRSTE IN THE SPANISHE tongue by the famous Religious father F. LEWIS de GRANADA Prouinciall of the holie order of preachers in the Prouince of Portugall Si quis vult post me venire abneget semet ipsum et tollat crucem suam quotidie et sequatur me lux 9. vers 23 Qui dicit se in ipso manere debet sicut alle ambulavit et ipse ambulare ● Johan 2. verse 6. Imprinted at Paris by Thomas Brumeau at the signe of the Olyue Anno Domini M.D.LXXXII TO THE RIGHTE HONORABLE AND WORSHIPFVLL OF THE fower principall howses of Cowerte in London professinge the studie of the Common Lawes of oure Realme RICHARDE HOPKINS wishethe dewe cōsideration of the holye mysteries of the Christian Religion THE holye scriptures affirme in diuers places Dan. 9.11 12. Matt. 24. Marc. 13. Luc. 21. 2. Thess 2. 1. Tim. 4. 2. Tim. 3. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 11.12 13. that the nearer we approche towardes the comminge of Antichriste and the ende of the worlde the more perillous will the tymes be for all Christians And the perill hereof arisethe cheefelye of the greate enuye and malice of Satan who fearinge the ende of the worlde knowinge that then his tyrannous kingdome therein will haue an ende also therewith extendeth the vttermoste of his rage againste all faithfull Christians and assaulteth them dailie more and more with diuers wilie temptatiōs and terrible persecutions to procure them thereby to folowe his most wicked rebellious example that is to breake gods holie commaundements to contemne his diuine ordināces to neglecte his seruice and honoure and by pryde and rebellion to lose the image of god and embrace the image of Satan and so to be vtterlie vnapt to attaine vnto those euerlastinge heauenlie māsions of felicitie and glorie for which man was created Wherfore to the intent that all Christians might be more circumspecte and strēgthened to resiste faithfullye against all Satans wylye deceytefull temptatiōs in this our daungerous age approchinge so neare towardes the comminge of Antichriste and the ende of the worlde as by manye coniecturall signes it seemeth a holye Angell hath forewarned vs hereof verye preciselye in the revelacions of S. Ihon thunderinge out theise woordes with a greate voice Apoc. 12. vers 12. woe be to the lande and sea because the Deuill is descended vnto you hauinge a greate rage for that he knoweth he hath but a shorte tyme. And this greate rage of his is the more to be feared in this our corrupte age for that we reade also in Sainte Ihons revelations Apoc. 20. vers 3. that the Deuill shal be let lose towards the ende of the worlde for a smalle tyme. In other ages and tymes of our holye christian forefathers the deuills exceedinge greate malice and mightie power hath bene moche restrained and bownde throughe the greate vertue of the Crosse The deuill shal be let lose more and more the nearer that Antichriste approchethe and Passion of our Saviour Iesus Christe communicated then verie plentifullie vnto the Christian people generallye by their devoute frequentinge of the holie Sacramentes of the Catholike Churche which be holie vessells of grace whereby our Christian forefathers have bene greatelye strengthened to resiste faithfullye againste the moste horrible temptations of Schisme Heresie Infidelytie and Atheisme and to live generallie verie holie and austere Christian liues in the feare and service of almightie god and in dewe reuerente obediēce to the Catholike Churche But nowe whereas in this our vngratious age suche a number of horrible sectes and heresies and suche a generall corruption with pride dysobedience lyenge detraction gluttonie incontinencie infidelitie Atheisme and all kinde of dissolute wickednes doe abounde and raigne more and more in all partes of Christēdome woe bee therfore to the Lande and sea as the holye Angell hath forewarned vs because the Deuill is nowe discended and let lose towardes the ende of the worlde for a smale time hauinge a greate rage for that he Knoweth he hathe but a shorte tyme to continewe his tyrannous kingdome in this worlde And the verie cause of this so extraordinarie lettinge lose of the deuil nowe more and more towardes the comminge of Antichriste in the ende of the worlde 2. Thess 2. vers 10. 11. saincte Paule seemeth to explane in this sense that for so muche as the wicked will not receiue the trew doctrine of the Catholike Churche with charitie The Catholicke religion daylie decreasinge heresies daylie increasinge vnto worse and worse sectes is an euident argument that the diuell is more and more let lose towardes the comminge of Antichrist humilitie obediēce and thankfulnes to the ende they maye be saued therfore Almightie god letteth lose the devill nowe emonge them by permittinge him to sowe in their prowde inconstante wilfull myndes manye erronious opynions and heresies that thei maye believe in lyenge And certainlie if we will aduisedlye consider the wylie procedinges of the deuill in sowinge so manifolde Sectes and heresies in this vngratious age Note Satās wylie prociedinges in this corrupte age and the finall ende whereunto he directeth them we maie euidentelie perceaue that it is to cause all Christians nowe towardes the comminge of Antichriste to be first dissolute in their liues and after dowtefull in their faithe and then to contemne all the holie Sacramentes and other Mysteries of the Christian Religion and afterwardes hauinge by degrees remoued awaie out of their Churches all holie memories of our Saviour Christe and of his blessed Mother Apostles Martirs other of his glorious Saintes and also out of their myndes all feare of God and of his dreadefull iudgementes then they be easelye induced by him shortelie after to become harde harted and vnsensible to conceiue anie spirituall thinges and also at the laste to become Atheistes without anie conscience Religion or beliefe that there is a God And so Antichriste findinge his waie so open and readie prepared for him maie then come frielye when he will and cause himselfe to be receiued as a Messias and adored as God findinge the Christian people generallie without anye deuotion and Zeale to the seruice and honour of our Sauiour Iesus Christe and without anye beliefe that there is a God Nowe emonge all the wylie deceitfull deuises of Satan for ouerthrowinge of the Christian Religion and so to prepare the waie for Antichristes comminge there is none in my simple iudgemente of greater force and consequence than his so earnest endeuour to procure all Christians vtterlye to contemne and forgette all the holie misteries of the Christian faithe Which if he coulde possiblie compasse as he laboureth verie earnestlie therein by diuers craftie meanes in this our corrupte age

then vndowtedlye all the whole Christiā Religion and euen our Sauiour Christe himself and his blessed Mother and all his holie Apostles and Martirs and other of his glorious Saintes woulde consequentlie in a shorte time after be generallie contemned neglected and forgotten througheout all Christian countries And to write here freelie my minde as I thinke it woulde seeme verie meruailous vnto me if I were not fullie perswaded that the deuill is nowe more and more let lose as Saint Ihon in his reuelations hath forewarned vs he shoulde be for a shorte time towardes the ende of the worlde howe the deuill coulde preuaile so farfoorthe as to induce a whole newe late secte of heretikes that be called Puritans professinge in gaie wordes to be more pure more sincere and better professours of Christes gospell than anie other Christians either be or haue bene in anie age since the Apostles time to write of late so vnchristianlie by common consent euen in an Englishe printed booke againste obseruinge in the Churche the moste auncient yearelie solemne holie feastes of Easter In the puritans replie againste D. Vvhitgifte pag. 120. 121. 122. 163. and Pentecoste and againste all speciall meditations at anie one solemne time of the yeare more then at others of Christs Resurrection or of the Comminge of the Holie Ghoste or of the hower of our deathe because saie theie theise meditations shoulde be vsed continewallie euerie daie in the yeare and owght not to be appoynted by the gouernors of the Churche to be used at anie one speciall time more than at others Whereby euerie godlie christian reader maie easelie perceiue howe the deuill beinge no we let lose laboureth verie buselie by theise countersaite pure gospellers vnder a wylie deceitfull colour of aduauncinge continewal mediatation and memorie of the holie Misteries of the Christian Religion euerie da●e in the yeare to haue no manner of mediation or memorie of them emonge Christians anie daie at all that so by their suttle wicked doctrine a readie open waie maie be prepared in all Christiā mens Churches and mindes for Antichristes comminge But ô the wonderfull prouidence and care of our Sauiour Christe to preserue a continewal knowledge and reuerence of his holie Misteries emonge all faithfull Christians in his Catholike Churche How in all ages hathe bene preserued emonge Christians a cōtinewal knowledge and reuerence of the holie misteties of our faithe Matt. 28. Vers 20. Iohn 14.16 Iohn 16.13 1. Tim. 3.15 as hath verie manifestelie appeared in all ages since Christes Ascension vntill this our corrupte age And surelie it is a matter worthie of greate and deuoute admiration for anie good christian to consider howe the Apostles and the aunciente holie Catholike Byshops their successours beinge by our Saviour Christes owne promisse assuredlie inspired assisted and directed by the Holie Ghoste from time to time in gouernement of the Catholike Churche in all truthe haue with suche diuine wisdome disposed the whole yeare into so manie seuerall holye festiuall daies as that thereby haue bene represented and preached vnto all Christian people in all Christian Churches throughout Christendome a continewal solemne instruction memorie and reuerence of the holie Mysteries of the Christian Religion In so muche as the common Christian people by those holie festiuall daies alone albeit they wanted not also diuers other holie instructions therein in confessions and Sermons were in all ages sufficientlie instructed in the holie Mysteries of their Christian beliefe I meane they were thereby made to vnderstāde so muche of them as hauinge withall a dewe religious respecte to preserue a continewal reuerence in them to the dignitie of suche highe holie Misteries was fullie conueniente for their weake capacities and for the comfortinge and strengtheninge of their faithe and as they were bounde of necessitie to knowe As for example The principall holie festiuall daies of the yeare by the aunciente institution of the holie feastes of Aduente of oure Sauiour Christes Natiuitie and Circumcision of his Adoration by the three Kinges and of the holie solemnitie of Lente at which time the Catholike Churche teacheth all Christian people to imitate so neare as they can our Sauiours fastinge of fourtie daies in the deserte and representeth then also with sorowfull mourninge penaunce and compassion all the whole order and historie of our Sauiour Christes moste bitter Passion and deathe for the redēption of al mankinde And afterwardes the Churche solemni Zeth with greate Ioie the holie feastes of our Sauiours Resurrection from death to life of his Ascension into heauen and of the Comminge of the Holie Ghoste And then followe also the holie feastes of the blessed Trinitie and of the moste holie Sacrament commonlie called Corpus Christi daie And the holie feastes of the blessed Mother of our Sauiour And of Sainte thou Baptiste his precursor And then the holie feastes of Sainte Peter Sainte Paule and of other of our Sauiours holie Apostles and most famouse Martirs and Confessors And also the holie feastes of Sainte Michael the Archangell and of all the glorious Saintes in heauen And withall a solemne daie of deuoute memorie and generall praiers ana ●mesdedes for all faithfull Christian Sowles departed out of this transitorie life and as yet remayninge in the fier of Purgatorie to make satisfaction there for all paines dewe and prescribed for their sinnes in the mercifull iuste balance of the diuine Maiestie All which holie festiuall daies beinge so diuinelie and orderlie disposed into so manie seuerall partes of the yeare and adorned with the holie reuerē●e ceremonies appoyncted to be vsed in all Christian Churches througheout all Christendome with greate solemnitie and reuerēce vpon those holie daies haue yearelie from time to time in euerie age since the Ascension of our Sauiour Christ into heauen verie liuelie and continewallie preached represented and explaned vnto the common simple Christian people all the holie Misteries of the Christian Religion which theie had professed at their Baptisme and were taughte in the Apostles Creede to belieue And the reuerent solemnitie in euerie yeare of theise holie festiuall daies induced them vnto a continewall memorie admiration loue and reuerence of those holie Misteries and greatelie strengthened their faithe in them and caused them to haue a wonderfull feruente pietie deuotion and Zeale towardes the honor and seruice of Almightie God whereby they liued verie vertuous liues like the children of lighte as Sainte Paule termeth them Ephes 5. vers 8. and died generallie as holie faithfull Christians in the obedience loue and fauour of his diuine Maiestie But alas theise golden times be paste and ended and the deuill beinge let lose nowe more and more towardes the comminge of Antichriste and the ende of the worlde we finde by palpable experience that since the time that suche a free licentious libertie hathe been permitted vnto euerie lewde bablinge Minister to raile againste all the holie aunciente diuine ordinaunces vsed and allowed generallie so manie ages in all

trouble O how farre do these mattins differre from those which the orders of angells sounge at the same time in heauen vnto thee There they synge Holie Holie but here these caitifes crie out put him to death put him to death crucifie him crucifie him O ye angelles of Paradise that heard both these voices what thowghte ye when ye sawe him so despitefullie contemned in earthe whom ye honoure with so greate reuerence in heauen What thowght ye whē ye sawe almightie God himselfe suffer such despites euen for theire sakes who did all this villanie vnto him Who hath euer heard of such a kinde of charitie that one woulde suffer death to deliuer the verie same persons from death that were the procurers of his death Assuredlie the malice of man coulde not anie further extende it selfe in committinge a more wicked deede than thus to presume to laie handes vpon almightie God him selfe neither coulde the goodnes and mercie of almightie God appeare more plainlie in anie thinge than in this that he was content to suffer such a cruell death for that verie creature that conspired his deathe The painfull greifes and turmoyles of this troublesome night were increased farre the more by the denyall of S. Peter For he Of the deniall of S. Peter who was so familiare a frende of our Sauiour he whom our Sauiour chose to see the glorie of his transfiguration and he who aboue all the rest of his Apostles was honoured ād chosen by our Sauiour Christ promised S. Peter in Math. 16. vers 18. that he woulde buylde his Church vpon him And in Luke 22. vers 32. he was bid after he shoulde repent his denyall to confirme his brethren And in Iohn 21. vers 17. Christ after his resurrection made S. Peter pastor of all his sheepe to haue the pincipalitie and cheife rule of the whole Christian Churche this verie cheife Apostle I saie first before all others not once but three seuerall tymes together euen in the verie presence of his Lorde and master sweareth and forsweareth that he knoweth him not and that he wist not who he is O Peter is he that standeth there by thee so wicked a man that thou accomptest it so great a shame onelie to haue knowen him Consider that this is a condemnation of him by thee before he be condemned by the high preistes sithence by this deniall thou geuest the worlde to vnderstande that he is such a maner of man that euen thou thy selfe doest accompt it as a greate reproche and dishonour vnto thee euer to haue knowen him Now what greater iniurie coulde be done than this Our Sauiour then hearinge this deniall turned backe and behelde Peter and cast his eies vpon that shepe which there was lost from him O looke of wounderfull vertue O silent looke but yet full of misterie and signification Peter vnderstode right well the langwage and voice of that looke and althowgh the crowinge of the Cocke was not able to awake his spirites yet was this able as indeede it did For the eies of our Sauiour Christe doe not onelie speake but also worke as it plainlie appeared by the teares of Peter which albeit they gushed from the eies of Peter yet did they much more proceide from the looke and eies of Christe Wherefore when thou shalt at anie time awake againe out of thy sinfull lyfe and with greife and sorowe call thy sinnes to minde wherein thou hast offended almightie God thou must vnderstande that this benefit proceideth from the mercifull eies of our Lorde which doe then looke vpon thee The Cockes had alreadie crowed but Peter remembred not himselfe because our sauiour had not as yet looked vpon him But when our Sauiour Christ looked vpon him then he remembred him selfe and repented and bewailed his offence For the eies of Christ doe open our eies and those are the eies that doe awake such as are a-sleepe The holie Euangelistes S. Mathew and S. Luke saye that Peter went out forthwith Math. 26.75 Luc. 23.62 Peter after his deniall of Christe wente forthewith out of the place and wepte bitterlie and wept bitterlie to geue thee to vnderstande that it is not enowghe for thee to be sorie and bewaile thyne offence but that it is requisite also to auoyde and eschewe the verie place and occasions of sinne For otherwise to lamente and be sorie alwaies for thy sinnes and alwaies to reiterate and commit the same sinnes againe is to prouoke alwaies the wrathe and anger of almightie God against thee And note well and diligentlie this poynt espetiallie A disciple of Christ must not be ashamed nor afearde openlic to confesse Christ and his Catholike religion that the principall sinne that Peter had committed was for that he shronke backe and feared to be accompted one of Christe his disciples and in this his doinge he is saied to haue denied Christe Now if this be to denie Christe how manie Christians trowe ye maye ye now finde in the worlde that doe after this sorte denie Christ Alas how manie be there at this daye that refuse to confesse their synnes to communicate to praye to talke of God and of spirituall matters to vse conuersation with suche as be good and vertuous and to suffer iniuries and trowbles because the worlde shoulde not the lesse estieme them or haue them in contempte for the same And what is this els but euen to be ashamed to appeare to the worlde to be a disciple of Christe and a keper of his commaundementes And what is this els but to denye Christe as S. Peter denied him when he was ashamed to be accompted his disciple What other thinge maie those that behaue them selues after this sorte hope and looke for at the dreadfull daie of Iudgment but that punnishement and sentence threatened by our sauiour Christe himselfe sayeinge He that is ashamed to be accompted my disciple before men Luc. 9. 12. Math. 10. Marc. 8.2 Tim. 2. the sonne of the virgin wil be ashamed to acknowledge him as one of his when he shall come in his maiestie and in the maiestie of the father and his holie Angelles HOW OVR SAVIOVR WAS BROWGHT BEFORE KINGE Herode and mocked and accompted for a foole by him and his cowertiers Si mundus vos odit scitote quia me priorem vobis odio habuit Johan 19.28 A●t● Reges et praesides stabitis propter me in testimonium illis Marc. 13.9 VHEN this painfull and troublesome night was ended they led our Sauiour forthewith to the howse of Pilate the president And Pilate vnderstandinge that he was borne in Galilee sent him vnto Herode that was kinge of that countrie who tooke him for a foole and as such a one caused him to be appareiled in a white garmente and so returned him backe to Pilate againe Whereby it appeareth that our Sauiour was taken in this worlde not onelie for a malefactor but also for a verie foole O misterie worthie of great reuerence The

principall vertue of a Christian man is not to make anie accompte of the iudgementes and reputations of the worlde Our sauiour Christe is a good exāple vnto vs not to make anie accōpte of the iudgementes and estimations of the worlde Wherefore thou hast here good Christian brother an occasion geuen thee whereby to learne this heauenlie philosophie and by this example to comforte thy selfe whensoeuer thou shalt see thy selfe to be vniustlie despised mocked and persecuted of the worlde For the worlde cannot doe thee anie iniurie nor beare false witnes against thee but it hath done the like vnto our Sauiour Christe before He was accompted as a malefactor and stirrer of sedition and for such a one they accused him before the iudges Luc. 23.2 and accordinglie demaunded sentence of deathe vpon him He was taken to be a nigromancer and as one possessed with a deuill Luc. 11.15 and so they saied That in the power of Bel-Zeb●b he cast out diuelles Math. 9.34 He was taken for a glutton and great eater and so they reported him sayeinge Beholde this man is a glutton Math. 9.34 and a drincker of wyne He was taken for a man of euill behauiour Math. 11.19 Ioan. 8.48 Marc. 2.7 and as one that kepte euill companie sayeinge That he kept companie with publicans and sinners and that he did eate with them He was taken as one that was come of a wicked generation and of a nawghtie race and so they tearmed him sayeinge Thou art a Samaritane and art possessed with a deuill He was taken for an hereticke and blasphemer and so they said that he made him selfe God and forgaue synnes as God There wanted nothinge els but after all this to accompt our Sauiour as a foole and so is he now taken And that not of euerie common person but euen of the rufflinge nobilitie and gentilmen ye and of the chieffest counsellors magistrates and officers in kinge Herodes cowert And so they apparell our Sauiour like a foole that he might be also taken of all men for such a one O wounderfull humilitie of our sweete sauiour Christe O example of all vertu A singuler cōfort for al troubled and persecuted Catholickes O comfort of all troubled and persecuted Catholickes Wherefore o thou Christian that art persecuted by Turckes Moores or heretickes for thy publicke zealous profession of the Catholike religion be of good comfort as a trewe Christian ought to be in bearinge patientlie and willinglie thy crosse in this worlde as a faithfull disciple of our Sauiour Christe And to the intent thou maist make the lesse accompte of the iudgmentes and estimations of the worlde and verie euidentlie perceiue how foolishe and franticke the worlde is in his sayeinges doinges opinions and iugmentes fixe thyne eyes vpon this liuelie purtraiture of all vertues looke vpon this generall comforte of all miseries and beholde here how the wisedome of almightie God is holden for follie vertu for vice truthe for blasphemie temperance for glottonie the peace maker of the worlde for a seditious disturber of the worlde the reformer of the lawe for a breaker of the lawe and the Iustifier of sinners for a sinner and a follower of sinners In all these goinges and comminges and in all these demaundes and answeres made before the Iudges consider diligentlie and note the constancie and modestie of our sauiour the grauitie of his countenance and the integritie of his minde which was neuer ouercome nor once dismaied for all these great conflictes And when he sawe him selfe in the presence of so many officers and Iudges sittinge in theire Iudgmente seates when he sawe him selfe in the middest of so manie iniurious villanies and furious blowes and in such a confusion of outcries and clamowrs thundered out vehementlie by the accusers and conspirers of his death when he sawe him selfe in such a thronge of outragious and cruell ennemies his death and Crosse standinge as it were presente before his face when our sauiour I saie sawe himselfe thus tossed and turmoyled vp and downe with so manye tempesteous waues and blusteringe stormes of all aduersitie and persecution it was wonderfull to beholde his constancie his patience and his temperance insomoche as what so euer he did or spake made a plaine demōstration of a noble harte and couragious minde in him There came no one bitter or sharpe worde out of his mowthe He neuer yeelded or submitted himselfe so much as to frame anie maner of supplication or intreatie to his ennemies for his life neither shed he anie one teare or made anie lamentation vnto them in that behalfe But in all pointes and respectes he obserued such a comelie grauitie and maiestie as was seemelie for the dignitie of so highe and worthie a personage What sylence kept he emonge so manie and those so false accusations How circumspecte was he in his wordes when so euer he spake How wiselie behaued he him selfe in all his answeres To conclude such was the forme and showe of his countenance and minde in these his trowbles that euen that alone with out anie further testimonie might haue suffised to iustefie his cause if the grossenes of theire wicked and malitious vnderstandinges had bene able to conceaue the highnes and excellencie of such a proofe OF THE CREWELL SCOVRGINGE AND WHIPPINGE OF oùr Sauiour at the pillar Communicantes Christi passionibus gaudete vt et in reuelatione gloriae eius gaudeatis exultantes 2. Petr. 4.13 § III. AFTER all these iniuries consider what scourginges and whippinges our sauiour suffered at the pillar For when the Iudge perceaued that he was not able to pacifie the furious rage of those his most cruell ennemies he determined to punnishe our sauiour with such a seuere kinde of punnishement as might suffice to satisfie the malicious outrage of such cruell hartes that they beinge contented therewith shoulde cease and seeke no more after his deathe This is one of the greatest and most wonderfull sightes that euer was seene in the worlde Who woulde euer haue thowght that whippes and lasshes shoulde haue bene laide vpon the shoulders of almightie God The Prophet Dauid sayeth Psalm 90. that the place of thy habitation o Lorde is most highe and that there shall none euell approche neere vnto thee he saieth that there shall no whippe be felt in thy tabernaele Now what thinge is farther from the highe maiestie and glorie of almightie God than to be villaynously whipped and scourged This is suerlie a ponnishement rather for bondslaues and thieues yea it was accompted generallie so vyle and infamous that in case the offendor were a Citezin of Rome though his offence were neuer so haynous he was thereby quitte and exempted from that most slauishe and villeynous kinde of ponnishement All which notwithstanding beholde here howe the Lorde of the heauens the creator of the worlde the glorie of the angells the wisedome power and glorie of the liuinge God vowchesafeth for our sakes to be