The sinners glasse containing Augustines Ladder to paradise : with diuers meditations and prayers, both for morning and euening / collected out of Saint Augustine and other ancient fathers.

Title

The sinners glasse containing Augustines Ladder to paradise : with diuers meditations and prayers, both for morning and euening / collected out of Saint Augustine and other ancient fathers.

Author

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.

Publication

London :: Printed by Iohn VVindet for John Budge,

1609.

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Subject terms

Prayers.

Soul.

Religious life.

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Contents

• title page
• To the vertuous and ho∣norable Ladie, Anne Wind∣sor, wife to the right hono∣rable Lord Henry VVindsor.
• A confession of our Sinnes.
• Morning Prayer.
• Euening Prayer.
• Augustine his Ladder to Paradice.
  • A discription of the parts and duties of those foure de∣grees.
  • The office of Medi∣tation.
  • The office of Prayer.
  • The office of Contem∣plation.
  • Signes of the holy Ghost comming to man.
  • How the Soule remai∣neth, the feruency of the holy Ghost ceasing for a time.
  • Here is rendred a cause why the feruency of the holy Ghost lea∣ueth the Soule a little time.
  • A care and diligence of the Soule that it be not altogether forsaken of God.
  • The office and effects of euery one of the degrees by repe∣tition.
  • Here are declared all these degrees so to bee conioyned, that they are insepera∣ble.
  • Foure Causes which draw vs from these foure degrees.
• THE SINNERS GLASSE.
  • CHAP. I. How God gaue the soule to Man.
  • CHAP. II. A distinction between the spirit and the soule.
  • CHAP. III. How man is made to the Image of his cre∣ator.
  • CHAP. IIII. That the soule is no part of God.
  • CHAP. V. That the soule is im∣mortall.
  • CHAP. VI. Of the loue and friend∣ship betweene the body and the soule.
  • CHAP. VII. For what cause the soule is vnited to God.
  • CHAP. VIII. A perswasion to loue God.
  • CHAP. IX. Of the inward sense, and the outward.
  • CHAP. X. That a man may know how hee is disposed to good or euill.
  • CHAP. XI. That euery man should know himselfe.
  • CHAP. XII. What Meditation is.
  • CHAP. XIII. That the soule cannot containe it selfe in good thoughts.
  • CHAP. XIIII. Of the euill Angell.
  • CHAP. XV. That wee desire and seeke after good things.
• Godly Prayers.
  • A Prayer to God the Father to vouchsafe to helpe mankinde.
  • A Prayer to God the Sonne.
  • A Prayer to God the holy Ghost.
  • A Prayer to the holy Trinity.
  • Another of the same.
  • A Prayer how the word becomming flesh, is cause of our hope.
  • A Praier that the king∣dome of Heauen may be obtained.
  • A Praier for the sweetnes of heauenly loue.
  • Prayers of the Soule thirsting to see Iesus
  • Another of the same.
  • A Prayer for the feare of the great Iudge.
  • A Prayer where the Fa¦ther is called vpon through the Sonne.
  • A prayer of the peni∣tent.
  • Short Meditations.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Godly Meditations of our Lord his suf∣ferings
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Another of the same.
  • Another.
  • That the remembrance of the woundes of Christ is a Preuay∣ling remedie against all aduersities.
  • Prayers before the re∣ceyuing the Com∣munion.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Prayers after the Com∣munion.
  • Another.
  • A warning to the soule.
  • The Concupiscence of the flesh, the concupis¦cence of the eye, and the pride of life.
  • Of the misery of man without God.
  • With how much bitter∣nes this life is sprinc¦kled.
  • Prayers in aduersity and trouble.
  • Of the felicity of the life which God hath prepared for them that loue him.
  • A Meditation of the celestiall Soule.
  • That all our hope and desire ought to bee to God.
  • Another.
  • The vision of God is lost by reason of sin and miserie found.
  • A reason intreating God to helpe.
  • Prayers and Meditations much mouing the hart to deuotion & diuine loue.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Another.
  • Remember this note.
  • Grace before Dinner.
  • Grace after dinner.