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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.
Publication: London :: Printed by William Bentley and are to be sold by John Williams,; 1650.
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Subject terms: Christian life.
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EJACULATIONS FOR THE DIARY.

In the Morning.

MY voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up, Psal. 5. 3.

Thou shalt make thy face to shine up∣on me, and all the beasts of the forest shall gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens, Psal. 184. 22.

My dayes are like the dayes of an hireling. Untill the day break, and the shadows flie away, Job 7. 1. Cant. 4. 6.

Beginning a good work.

In the volume of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy Law is within my heart, Psal. 40. 7. 8.

In good Inspirations.

The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back, Isaiah 50. 5.

At Church.

How amiable are thy Tabernacles! O Lord of hosts, Psal. 84. 1.

Before reading.

Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth, 1 Samuel 3. 9.

Speaking.

My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made touching the King, Psal. 45. 1.

Eating.

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing, Psal. 145.

In Prosperity.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: If I prefer not thee above my chief joy, Psal. 137. 6.

Adversity.

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive, 1 Sam. 2. 6. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job 2. 10. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glorie? Luke 24. 26.

Troubles.

Surely man walketh in a vain shew; surely they are disquieted in vain, Psal. 39. 6.

Calumnies.

If I pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, Gal. 1. 10.

Praises.

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give glorie, Psal. 115. 1.

Against vain hope.

As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image, Psalm 73. 20.

Pride.

Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, Luke 14. 11.

Covetousness.

It is more blessed to give, than to receive, Acts 20. 35.

Luxury.

Know ye not, that your bodies are the members of Christ? 1. Cor. 6. 15.

Envy.

He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death, 1 John 3. 14.

Gluttony.

The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, Rom. 14. 17.

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Anger.

Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, Matth. 11. 29.

Sloth.

Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently, Jer. 48. 10.

Rules of Faith.

God cannot be known but by himself. What is to be understood of God, is to be learned by God, Hi∣lar. lib. 5. de Trin.

God doth not call us to the blessed life by hard questions. In simplicity must we seek him, in piety profess him. Idem lib. 10.

Remove not the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set, Prov. 22. 28.

Many are the reasons which justly hold me in the bosom of the Catholick Church: Consent of people and nations; Authority, begun by miracles, nourish∣ed by hope, encreased by charity, confirmed by anti∣quity. August. lib. De utilitate credendi.

To dispute against that which the universal Church doth maintenance, is insolent madness. Idem Epist. 118.

Let us follow universality, antiquity, consent: Let us hold that which is believed every where, always, by all. Vincentius Lyrinensis De profanis vocum novi∣tatibus.

Acts of Faith.

Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief, Marc. 9. 24.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, &c. Job 19. 25.

Hope.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me, Psal. 24. 4.

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him, Psal. 90. 15.

Charity.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psal. 73. 25, 26.

Feed me, O Lord, thy suppliant with the conti∣nual influence of thy Divinity: This I request, this I desire; that vehement love may throughly pierce me, fill me, and change me into it self. Blosius.