A manuall of devout meditations and exercises instructing how to pray mentally. Drawn for the most part, out of the spirituall exercises of S. Ignatius. Devided into three bookes. Written in Spanish by the R.F. Thomas de Villa Castin of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by H.M. of the same Society.

THE 1. POINT.

TO consider how Peter hauing fled the night of the Passion of our Sauiour with the rest of the Disciples, entring into himselfe a∣gayne, & desiring to know the euent of the businesse, and the successe of the imprisonment of his Mayster, he followed him. And by Saint Iohn Euangelist his meanes (vvho vvas knowne in the house of the high Priest) he entred in, & being known by those which were there, to be our Sauiours Disciple, he denyed him thrice, swearing and forswearing that he knew him not.

Ponder, how deeply this sinne and grieuous offence of his Disciple did pierce the very soule of our Lord, that his deere and tenderly be∣loued Apostle, and so much honou∣red aboue the rest with the primacy of the Church, should be ashamed

to be accounted his Disciple.

Gather hence, confusion and shame for that thou hast oftentimes denyed thy Sauiour, if not in words at least in deeds, beeing ashamed to keepe his holy Commandements, or to performe some actions of vertue, as to confesse and communicate, or to suffer some iniury. All which what els is it then to be ashamed to seeme the Disciple of Christ, & to deny him: vvherefore thou mayst iustly feare▪ least that sentence of our Sa∣uiour, and punishment fall vpo•• thee, where he sayth: He that deni∣eth me before men, the Sonne of man shall deny him before the Angels of God: or he that shalbe ashamed to seeme my disciple before men, the Sonne of the Virgin wilbe ashamed to acknowledge him for his, before the holy Angells.