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1, I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory, all the mortall suffrances of thy cruell passion the ignominious death of the Cross, the most ex∣cessive
dolorous sheeding of thy most pretious bloud, which thou so amorously didst povre, out for our salvation.
2. I offer to thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory all those great and piercing ter∣tours, which ceased on thee in that mournfull Garden; where all the indignityes and martir∣domes which thou wert to suf∣fer the dayes following, were represented unto thee in then extremityes, the which made thee to tremble and wax pale with feare.
3. I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory, that incomparable sadnes, which thou didest feele through the
apprehension of a death so Emi∣nent so shamefull, and so inhu∣mane; so much, that little wan∣ted, that the excess of that ex∣cessive sorrow, did not make thee to dye; as thou thy selfe diddest testify to thy deare A∣postles by those dolefull and lanquishing words. My soule is sorrowfull even unto death.
4. I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for thee soules in Purgatory, those great abasings then when in the extremity of thy angui∣shes, going to pray to thy father thou didest cast thy selfe on thy knees and with thy face a∣gainst the earth; both out of re∣verence and also through, being appressed and over∣whelmd
with sorrowes.
5. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgato∣ry, that constant and tender pra¦yer; which thou madest, with and never heard of clamours; beseeching thy father, that he would be pleased to take from thee that chalice of bitternes yett neither wouldest thou this unless he would it so say∣edest thou unto him. Not my will ô my father be done but thine.
6. I offer unto thee most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgato∣ry, that lively and burning cha∣rity, when being even plunged in à sea of bitternes yet didest thou not leave to visit thy Apostles, exhorting them to
watch, to pray and to be ware that they lett not themselves fall into temptation.
7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules of Purgato∣ry, that comfort which was gi∣ven thee by the Angell; when thy afficted soule, was even on the point rye trough the excess of that unsupportable sadness u∣pon the lively apprehension of. so enormious torments; and of the ingratitudes and unthank∣fullnes of the most part of the world.
8. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato∣ry, that trough combatt which was between the fes hand and the Spirit; which caused the to
feele the very agonies of death but the spirit prevailed over the senses trough power of the love which thou bearest to us.
9. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato∣ry, that exemplar perseverance which thou haddest in thy pray∣er where with thy face on the earth overwhelmed with do∣lours and agonies thou ceasest not to pray, without being he∣ard willing in this that thy most blessed sences should be depri∣ved of all solace.
10. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules in Purgatory, that pretious bloude which through the violence of thau interiour dolour diddest
sweat in abundance, that thy garments were imbrued in bloud, and the earth moistned.
11. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur∣gatory, those lively and most peireing doulours, which thy pittifull mother did feell at the words which venerable Sime∣on did say unto her, when she presented thee in thee Temple that the sword of sorrow should pierce her heart.