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

The Preparatory Prayer.

Actiones nostras quaesumus, &c.

FIRST PRELVDE.

IMagin God being in Heauen, sea∣ted on the Cherubins, most highly blessed, and in essential perfection infinit, to require here on earth an Inne to lodge in.

2. PRELVDE.

Imagin the Tabernacle erected of old, through diuine precept, by Moysesa 1.1 there the Temple by Salomonb 1.2 most sumpteously and magnificently built, and therein the Propitiatory reposed whence diuine Oracles were afforded to men.

The hart of a pious man & a Temple of the Godhead, and hath

three parth with it, whereof the first the mind, is to be seen in the vpper place. Here God in the production of things, as in a high Altar, pro∣poseth the omnipotency to be seen and worshiped in the gouern'ment of them the highest wisdome, and the infinit goodnes in the conserua∣tion. The interiour part of the Tem∣ple is the other portion of the hart, the wil; and here that infinit either goodnes, or beauty aboue al things, exhibits it-self most amiable. Lastly for the out most face of the whole Temple stand the exteriour senses which, as reason, & true piety would, religiously obey the wil comman∣ding duly diuine things.

2. Point▪ Moreouer, the Consecra∣tion of this T̄eple, the hart I meane deuoted vnto God, is performed with the same ceremonies, our Temples rightly dedicated are. The manner

of sanctifying Temples is, to strew the pauements al with ashes; to af∣fige twelue Crosses on the wal; to burne as many tapers set before them, to haue water blessed after the solemne formulary of Proces∣sions, and in the Ashes sprinckled on the ground, the Greeke & Latine Alphabet scored out. So his hart that would be the Oratory of the God-head, should first be imbued with humility and the knowledge of his owne nothing; be illustrated with excellent faith, signed with the loue of the Crosse and mortifi∣cation, as wel inward as outward, be instructed by the Holy Ghost; and lastly, in like manner, purely, and holily to be cleansed, with the hea∣uenly waters of diuine graces.

3. Point Now then the hart thus dedicated, with so many, and so chast ceremonies, is so in the power and

worship of the diuinity, as hereafter without a great sacriledge, and a hainous crime, it may not be viola∣ted; & therefore thence forth, by no meanes, should euer any sordityes be seen there, or, as things prophane, the idolesc 1.3 of worldly fantasies, be there suffred to haue admittance.

4. Point. The Oratory of the hart should rather be dressed & adorned with the worthy tapistries of vertues and heauenly ornaments; and great care be had, that neither by night nor day the incense of prayer, the fire of diuine loued 1.4 the golde 1.5 of cha∣rity be wanting, or frequent vowes, prayers; holocausts, or the rest of victimes euer faile.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Exod. 26.
• b 1.2

  3. Reg. 6.
• c 1.3

  Ezech. 8.
• d 1.4

  Leuit. 6.
• e 1.5

  Apoc. 3.