Sweete thovghtes of Iesvs and Marie, or, Meditations for all the feasts of ovr B. Saviovr and his B. Mother togeither with Meditations for all the Sundayes of the yeare and our Sauiovrs Passion : for the vse of the daughters of Sion : diuided into tvvo partes / by Thomas Carre ...

I. POINT.

CONSIDER yet how many iust rea∣sons concurre to oblidge all man∣kind to proclaime her blessed for euer. First because she beleeued 2. Because she was full of grace: 3. Because she brought out a most blessed fruite. 4. Because the All-po¦werfull or Almightie wrought wonderful thin∣ges in her: 5. Because she was the Mother of our Lord the King of Glorie 6. Because she reserued the puritie of a Virgine togeither with the fecunditie of a Mother. 7. Because neither was their before her, or euer shall there be after her any like or comparable to her.

[Affection.] Blesse her then, my soule, blesse her togeither with heauen and earth, with Angells and Saintes: and withall, learne of her to blesse, to prayse, to ma∣gnifie, that powerfull hand which wrought wonders in her and by her; that fruite of her wombe, that God her Sauiour, whom she brought out: blesse her firme faith:

her fulnesse of grace; her pure maternitie; her fruite full Virginitie. Say, say, my soule, with the deuoute Saint Bernard: while the riuers run into the Sea; while the woodes ouershade the mountaines; while the starres possesse the heauens, thyne honour, thy name, thy prayses shall alwayes remayne.