The holy court in five tomes, the first treating of motives which should excite men of qualitie to Christian perfection, the second of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and ladie, the third of maxims of Christianitie against prophanesse ..., the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions, the fifth now first published in English and much augemented according to the last edition of the authour containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers taken out of the Old and New Testament and other modern authours / written in French by Nicholas Caussin ; translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others.

Aspirations.

O Almighty Lord, who doest govern all things in the family of this world, and doest bind all insensible creatures, (by the bare sound of thy voice) in a chain of everlasting obedience: Must I onely be still rebellious against thy will? Feavers and Palsies have their ears for thee, and yet my un∣ruly spirit is not obedient. Alas, alas, this family of my heart is ill governed; It hath violent passions; my thoughts are wandering, and my reason is ill o∣beyed. Shall it never be like the house of this good Centurion, where every thing went by measure, be∣cause he measured himself by thy commandments? O Lord, I will come resolutely by a profound hu∣mility, and an inward feeling of my self, since I am so contemptible before thine eyes. I will come with Charity toward these of my houshold, and toward all that shall need me. O God of my heart, I be∣seech thee, let nothing from henceforth move in me, but onely to advance my coming toward thee, who art the beginning of all motions, and the onely re∣pose of all things which move.