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A03296	An instruction how to pray and meditate well Distinguished into thirtie six chapters. Composed at the request of certaine louers of pietie, desirous to aduance themselues in perfection. By the Reuerend Father, Ignatius Balsamo Priest of the Societie of Iesus. And translated out of French into English, by Iohn Heigham.	Balsamo, Ignazio, 1543-1618.; Heigham, John, fl. 1639.; Everard, Thomas, 1560-1633.	1622 (1622)	STC 1341; ESTC S112122	46,203	342

Prayer and Meditation to excite himselfe to deuotion and to finde matter whereon to Meditate CHAP. XIII Such Spirituall Bookes as are most profitable for all persons A Little booke intituled Gerson or Thomas a Kempis of the followinge of Christ The life of Christ by S. Bonauenture The workes of F. Lewes of Granade namely his Spirituall Doctrine or Abridgement His Memoriall of a Christian life His Meditations His Treatise of the loue of God and of his Benefits The contempt of the worlde The Liues of Saints The Meditations of Father Loart vpon the Misteries of the Rosary His Christian Exercise And his Meditations vpon the Passion Comfort in T●ribulation by Sir Thomas Moore The Epistle of Comfort by Father Southwell And his Rules of good life The Paradise of the soule by Albertus Magnus The miracles of our Ladie of Loretto of Sichim of other places Father Fuluius Androtius of the frequenting the B. Sacrament And his Meditations vpon the Passion Father Brunoes Meditatiōs And his Abridgement The Societie of the Rosarie The Introduction to a deuout life by Francis Sales bishop of Geneua Father Points Meditations Father Parsons Christian Directorie A briefe Collection concerning the Loue of God towardes man found amongst his workes who composed the Iesus Psalter Wholsome and Catholique Doctrine concerninge the 7. Sacraments by the Reuerend F. in God Thomas Bishop of Lincolne The booke intituled Six spirituall bookes full of marueilous pietie and deuotion The sacred Mysterie of the Flagellation of our Lord and Sauiour Others particularlie for Religious persons besides the aforesaid The Epistle of Iesus Christ to the faithfull soule A briefe Methode howe to serue God in a perfect māner by F. Alphonso The Spiritual Cōflict A Treatise of Mental Prayer by F. Molina Carthusian Monke The Mirror of Perfection by F. Lucas Pinelli And him vpon the life of our B. Ladie A Spiritual Exercise written by F. William Perin Prior and Friar Preacher of great S. Bartholomes in Smithfield With sundrie others all of them to be found in our English tongue which the Ghostlie Father shall iudge to be most conuenient and proper for euery person CHAP. XIV Of Meditation WE haue said at the beginning that two thinges are necessarie to make vs to Meditate to wit the Matter and the Manner whereof we must now treate in particular to the ende to ayde euery one both in the one and the other The matter of Meditation that is to say what things one must Meditate and consider Death Iudgement the paines of Hell and the glorie of Heauen The vanitye of the world and the miseries of this present life The sinnes wee haue committed in our whole life The life death Passion of our Lord and vpō the holy Eucharist The Benefites of God The life of our Ladie and of the Saintes The vertues The booke of the Creatures The Perfectiōs of God which we cal Atributes Al the holie Scripture especially the holy Gospel and the Psalmes Our Lordes Prayer as also the Creede of the Apostles is verye good and profitable to Meditate Al which is contained in the Christian Doctrine of Catechisme may likewise serue for matter of Meditation One must meditate often vpon the ende for which mā was created in this worlde for it is the foundation of our saluation perfection It is good to conforme ones selfe to Holy Church and to followe her traces as One solemne daies to consider the Misteries which thē are proposed vnto vs. One the Feastes of Saints to consider their life death vertues and most remarkable actes and the glorie which they haue acquired In Aduent to Meditate on the mysterie of the Incarnation or on the life of our Lord. In Lēt one may take euery day the Gospel of the day for Meditation The matters most proper to Meditate vpō the Sundaies are the resurrection of our Lord. Our Resurrection and beatitude figured by the Sunday The Benefits of God And the Gospel of the day And as there are foure Sundaies in the month one may Meditate euery Sūday one of the four matters afore●aid On the dayes of Cōmunion to Meditate vpon the holy Eucharist or vpon the Passion of our Lord. On Fridaie vpon the Passion of our Lord. And on Saterdaye somthing of our Ladie When one hath heard some Sermon or Exhortation the same daye or on the morrow to repeate the same and to make his Meditation thereupon Besides this the Religious person the Priest and euery one ought often to Meditate vpon his vocation vow rules estate and office Euerie one also ought often to Meditate vppon the vertue wherof he hath greatest necessitie and vpon the imperfection whereof he most desireth to amend him selfe And euen as the bodie doth addict it selfe most willinglie● and would oftenest eate of those meates which best doe like it so likewise the soule ought oftnest to chew Meditate those matters wherein shee findeth most taste and spirituall profite For it is true in thinges spirituall as incorporall as the Phisitians say Quod sapit nutrit That which relisheth nourisheth Finally as touching the matter of Meditation thou must obserue three other points The first that at the beginning of euerie Moneth and of euery week thou oughtest to be diligent to foresee and prepare the matter that thou entendest on the month or weeke ensuing The second that when one hath begun to Meditate some matter each daie if some iust occasion present it selfe to Meditate some other thinge as a Sermon Solemnitie c. For that day to interrupt it and to leaue the matter one hath in hād and on the morrowe to returne goe forward as before The third that allthough it be good from month to month and from weeke to weeke to take some matter to meditate one so manie daies as it shall last neuerthelesse one may also euerie daye meditate diuers matters And because that the most necessarie are these foure the last Endings of mā Death Iudgement Hel and Heauen the Passion of our Lord our sinnes and the Benefites of Almightie God one may oftimes and within one weeke Meditate them all according to the same order and in this sort Monday of Death Tuesday of Iudgemēt Wensday of the paines of Hell Thursday of the glory of Heauen Fridaie of the Passion of our Lord. Saturdaie of our Sinnes Sundaie of the Benefites of Almighty God CHAP. XV. Diuers manners of Mediting diuers things Manners of Meditatinge the foure last ends of a Man ONe may euery day Meditate one of these foure thinges Death Iudgement the paines of Hell and the glorie of Heauen One may also vpō each of these foure endes make sūdry Meditatiōs Vpon Death one may consider principally these points 1. That one must needes die 2. When where and how no man knoweth 3. That in Death one leaueth all behinde him Another manner 1. To consider the thinges which goe before Death as sicknes phisicke dolors and Extreame Vnction 2. The thinges that accompanie it as