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 ...

The sunne is eclipsed, the earth quakes, the rockes burst in sunder.

2. Point.

[COnsideration.] But while hard, and vngratefull, and vnna∣turall man wil bestow no compassion, neither vpon the dying sonns blood, nor vpon the dolorous mothers teares, the senselesse elements may seeme to turne sensible to mans confusion, and acknowledge the master who made them, while he litle considers the God that redeemed him, euen in the pain∣full and ignominious act of his re∣demption; The sunne withdrawing its light for three howres space, couers his shame; the veyle of the temple

burstes in peeces; the very rockes rend, and all the earth is in a commotion, to wit, saith S. Iohn Chrysostome, the creatures could not indure the wrong done to their Creator.

[Affect.] Ah sonns of men; and may I not adde, sonns of God too, Chri∣stians, brothers of Christ, Spouses of Christ, vsque quo graui corde? how longe, how longe will you remaine heauie harted, and appeare lesse sensible, then the verie rockes themselues? O God, vouchsafe I beseech thee, in vertue of the pretious blood of thy deare sonne, which so plentifully streames downe, either to smite this fleshly hart of mine, with thy feare, and with thy loue, or turne this senselesse fleshly hart of mine, into a very rocke, that that rodd of Moyses, may draw waters out of it, that these hammers may bruse and burst it a sunder. Smite ô Lord, smite I beseech thee, this hard hart of mine, with the pious, and powerfull dart of thy loue, that I may be sensible at least, among the senselesse creatures, and testifie that it is my God thats dying.

[Resolution.] I vvill continually la∣ment

the hardnes and vnsensiblenesse of myne ovvne hart, as to any respects of God &c.