The devout hart or Royal throne of the pacifical Salomon. Composed by F. St. Luzuic S.I. Translated out of Latin into English. Enlarged with incentiue by F. St. Binet of the same S. and now enriched with hymnes by a new hand
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The devout hart or Royal throne of the pacifical Salomon. Composed by F. St. Luzuic S.I. Translated out of Latin into English. Enlarged with incentiue by F. St. Binet of the same S. and now enriched with hymnes by a new hand
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Luzvic, Stephanus, 1567-1640.
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[Rouen] :: Printed by Iohn Cousturier,
1634.
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
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"The devout hart or Royal throne of the pacifical Salomon. Composed by F. St. Luzuic S.I. Translated out of Latin into English. Enlarged with incentiue by F. St. Binet of the same S. and now enriched with hymnes by a new hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06534.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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XIX. MEDITATION.
The preparatory Prayer.
Actiones nostras quesumus, &c.
THE PRELVDE.
BLessed are they who are cald to the
Nuptial supper of the Lamb
1. Point. Cōsider the highest dignity
(then which a greater cānot be ima∣gined)
as wel of the soule, in loue
which IESVS, which from an ab∣ject
and base condition is aduanced
to the Nuptials of God himself, as
of the humane hart, wherein these
diuine Nuptials are celebrated.
Whence comes it, O humane soule, saith
S. Bernard,a 1.1whence happens this so
in••stimable glory to thee, that thou shoul∣d••st
deserue to be his Spouse, on whom the
Angels wish to gaze? How happens this,
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that he sho••ld be thy Spouse, whose beau∣ty
the sunne and moone admire, at whose
b••ck are al things changed: What wilt
thou yeald to thy Lord for al he hath thus
afforded thee, to be his com••anion at table,
and compartener of his Kingdome; lastly
his bed-fellow, and to haue the King him∣self
to lead th••e into his chamber? And by
and by behold with what armes of
mutual charity, he is to be embraced,
and loued againe, who hath made
such reckning of thee; and at last:
forget thy people, and thy fathers
house: Forsake carnal affects, vn∣learne
secular māners absteine from
former vices, commit al naughtie
customes to obliuion.
2. Point. Weigh how great, sin∣cere,
and solid, the pleasures, are
like to be, which the spouse pre∣pares
for thee in the Nuptial sup∣per:
suruey al things which vnder
heauen, are precious delightful, and
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deare to men, in the ayr, earth, or
ocean Sea, and then reason with S.
Augustine thus: Is, my Lord, thou af∣fordest
so much to vs in prison; what
wilt thou doe in the Palace? For since
here al things are so exceeding good and
delectable, which thou hast conferred on
the euil as wel as the good; what wil those
be which thou hast laid vp for the good
onely? If so various and innumerable thy
guifts are, which now thou equally distri∣bu••est
to frends and enemyes, how great
and innumerabbe, how sweet and dele∣ct••ble
shal they be, thou wilt bestow on
thy freinds only! If in this day of teares
and mourning thou impar••st such things
what wilt thou doe on the nuptial day?
Hearest thou this my soule, and yet
exclaymest not? Blessed be he who
shal eate bread in the Kingdom of God.b 1.2
3. Point Attend to this also; how
of the ten Virgins of the Ghospel
c 1.3 being al Virgins indeed, that
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is, espoused to Christ through true
and sincere faith, and who had so∣metimes
pleased the Spouse in cary∣ing
lamps of good works in their
hands, fiue were become foolish, and
from the nuptials and wedding sup∣per
on hard fortune! quite excluded.
Beware thou be not of their num∣ber
let thy lamp be alwayes bur∣ning,
and sending forth light; let
the oyle of charity abound in thy
lamp, and euen, flow ouer, and es∣pecially
take heed thou neuer sleep
or slumber a whit, nor be surprized
vnaware, suspecting nothing of
death, or iudgement, or be vnproui∣ded.
Haue continually ringing in
thine eares, that voyce of thy Spouse
Vigilate, so often whispered in thy
hart, that when that cry shalbe heard
Behold the Spouse comes, goe forth and
meet him, thou maidst presently meet
him chearfully comming to thee,
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and with him enter into the wed∣ding.
For woe and a thousand woes
to them, who vnmindful wholy of
so great a good, and deafe to the
words of God, being taken nap∣ping
drown'd in sleep with their
lamps extinguished, and so exclu∣ded
from the sweetest nuptials of the
lamb, shal be forced to cry out in
vayne, Lord, Lord open to vs; on whom
that iron bolt shal be obtruded, I
know you not, or that wholy as lamen∣table;
The gate is shut.
THE COLLOQVY.
SHal be directed to IESVS the
Spouse. Especially thou shalt
yeald him thankes with al thy
powers, for choosing thy soule to
be his Spouse, for louing it so dea∣rely
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hitherto, and endowing it with
the espousal guifts. Then shalt thou
humbly beseech pardone of him,
for hauing so coldly answered to his
feruent loue, wherewith he hath so
often preuented thee; and sometimes
perhaps for breaking thy faith to
him so firmly engaged. Lastly by
that his loue, wherewith he hath so
of ten preuented thee, shalt thou
most earnestly beg at his hands, that
through his grace thou maist be
continually vigilant, and prouided
for that last Aduent, which is like
to be at mid-nigh, when perhaps
thou least suspectest the same; that
then thou maist meet him, with thy
burning lamp, and with the pru∣dent
Virgins enioy him and his nu∣ptial
feast for euer.a 1.4