II.
ETernal God, sweetest Jesu, who didst receive Judas with the affection of a Saviour, and sufferedst him to kiss thy cheek, with the serenity and tranquillity of God, and didst per∣mit the souldiers to bind thee, with Patience exemplary to all ages of Martyrs, and didst cure the wound of thy enemy with the Charity of a Parent, and the tenderness of an infinite pity; O kiss me with the kisses of thy mouth, embrace me with the entertainments of a gracious Lord, and let my Soul dwell and feast in thee, who art the repository of eternal sweetness and refreshments. Bind me, O Lord, with those bands which tied thee fast, the chains of Love; that such holy union may dissolve the cords of vanity, and confine the bold pretensions of usurp∣ing Passions, and imprison all extravagancies of an impertinent spirit, and lead Sin captive to the dominion of Grace and sanctified Reason; that I also may imitate all the parts of thy ho∣ly Passion, and may by thy bands get my liberty, by thy kiss enkindle charity, by the touch of thy hand and the breath of thy mouth have all my wounds cured and restored to the integrity of a holy Penitent, and the purities of Innocence, that I may love thee, and please thee, and live with thee for ever, O Holy and sweetest Jesu.