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 ...

II. POINT.

CONSIDER that the presence of the cause is neuer more surely knowne then by the effects. And the principall ef∣fect which the increated Charitie, the holy Ghost, produceth in our hart, is Charitie de Spiritu Sancto. And Charitie, saith S. Paule, is patient, benigne, she enuieth not, she dealeth not peruersely, she is not puffed vp; she is not ambitious; She seeketh nor her owne, she is not prouoked to anger, thinketh not euill, re∣ioyceth not vpon iniquitie, but reioyceth with the truth, suffers all things, beleeueth all things, hopeth all things; beareth all things; in fine, she is cheerefull, longanmious, milde, modest, &c.

[Affection.] If then, laying our hand vpon our owne harts, we find by an impartiall Examen, that we are truly patient in Cros∣ses,

afflictions, and difficulties (be they corporall or spirituall.) If benigne and milde in words and behauiour, not arro∣gating too much to ourselues, or seekeing our owne aduantages. If we enuie not the good of others. If our hartes swell not, nor peruersely oppose our neighbour, but sweetly support him, entertaine a good opinion of him, and hope well of his pro∣ceeding; we may hopefully conclude, that the finger of the holy Ghost is in the worke and sweetly moues, gouernes, disposeth all.