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Of the Ioy, which the Religious ought to make vpon the day of their Conuer∣sion, and what ioy it ought to be vnto them.
IT would be good to haue a particuler deuotion of thy Vows, that is to say, that euery yeare thou make a festiuity of the Day that thou didst enter into Religion, and madest thy vowes. For as we euery yeare celebrate the day of the dedication of a materiall Church: so ought we in like manner, and with more iust reason keep solemne the day of the dedication of our Soule, which is the liuing Temple of the Maiesty diuine. And for the well effecting thereof, thou mayst practise, and do these three thinges.
1. In the first place, thou must make a generall Confession of all the yeare past.
2. In the second, thou must offer thy selfe anew to God, to serue him in perpetu∣all Pouerty, Chastity, Obedience, and En∣closure, being sory for not hauing, for the tyme past, perfectly kept that which thou hast promised him, and for hauing profited so meanely in vertue, and in his holy ser∣uice.