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 3. POINT.

TO cōsider S. Thomas his worthy 〈◊〉〈◊〉 confession, for as soone as he tou∣••••ed (as piously vve may belieue) ••e precious wounds of his Sauiour had his eyes enlightned with that ••••uine Sunne, he became so illumi∣••••••ed with the rayes & beames of his ••••uine light and splendour, that he

confessed plainly & clearly the articl•• of his resurrection, which he had no•• belieued before.

Ponder the loue which Chris•••• our Lord hath to sinners, and whic•• himselfe shevved to haue to this hi•• incredulous and sinnefull Apostle•••• s••th the sinne of his small sayth, wa•• not inough to make him leaue to b••••stow such fauours and benefits vpo•• him, as being imp••ssible & gloriou•• to vouchsafe him his diuine hands 〈◊〉〈◊〉 feet, bowells and hart, to touch an•• handle.

Ponder secondly how the Ap••••stle seeing himselfe so honoured an•• fauoured of our Lord, brake out i•• to these tender and deuo••t vvord saying: My Lord, and my God. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with good reason he called him hi•• and not our Lord, because he lou•• him so tenderly, that for his good loue ••e appeared to all the Apostle•• and forgetting as it were all the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vpon him alone bestovved the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and benefit, to inflame him in his ••••uine loue.

From hence thou mayst 〈◊〉〈◊〉

desires to confesse with S. Thomas that Iesus is thy Lord and thy God: for his loue is so exceeding great, that ••he is ready to do for thee alone, that which he did for Saint Thomas, sith that, as well for thee, as for him, he deliuered himselfe vp to death, to purchase for thee eternall life.