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 God of purity, in whose presence the Angels (ravished with admiration) do cover their fa∣ces with their wings, and have no sweeter ex∣tasies, than the admiration of thy beauty: The stars are not pure enough before thy redoubted Majesty. The Sun beholds thee as the true Authour of his light. Thou onely canst purifie all humane kind, by a sanctity which spreads it self over all Ages. Alas, I am confounded to see my sinfull soul so often dyed black with so many stains, and beastly ordures, before those most pure beams of thy glory. Wash, O wash again out all that which displeaseth thee. Regenerate in my heart a Spirit, that shall be worthy thy self. How shall I follow thee to Mount Calvarie, if I be pursued with so many ill habits, which I have often detested before thine eyes? How can I go in compa∣ny with the first and greatest of all Saints, drawing af∣ter me so many sins? The increase of my offences would multiply thy crosses: I will therefore do my best to drown all my imperfections within thy bloud. I will procure light to my nights (by that bright and beautiful day which Abraham saw) from that glorious day which took beginning from thy Cross. I will no more care for the day of man, that I may the better apply my self to the day of God.