A prayer to Christ, reuiued and triumphant.
6. O Glorious Conqueror who art risen from death enriched with spoyles, &
The practise of Christian workes. Written in Spanish by the R. Father Francis Borgia, sometymes Duke of Gandia, and the third generall of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a short rule, how to live well. Englished by a father of the same society. VVhereunto are adioyned certaine pious meditations vpon the beades: translated also out of the Spanish
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- The practise of Christian workes. Written in Spanish by the R. Father Francis Borgia, sometymes Duke of Gandia, and the third generall of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a short rule, how to live well. Englished by a father of the same society. VVhereunto are adioyned certaine pious meditations vpon the beades: translated also out of the Spanish
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- Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572.
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- M.DC.XX. [1620]
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"The practise of Christian workes. Written in Spanish by the R. Father Francis Borgia, sometymes Duke of Gandia, and the third generall of the Society of Iesus. Togeather with a short rule, how to live well. Englished by a father of the same society. VVhereunto are adioyned certaine pious meditations vpon the beades: translated also out of the Spanish." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72089.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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hast al power in heauen & earth: Let synne dye in me, without which there is no death. And giue me a new life, which may please thee & serue thee for euer. Pater Noster.
1. He sheweth himselfe aliue, and glorious vnto his Blessed Mother & disciples. And chan∣geth their sorrow into vnspea∣kable ioy. Aue Maria.
2. After forty dayes he ascen∣deth with triumph into heauen to take possession of his King∣dome, & placed our humane na∣ture on the right hand of God his Father. Aue Maria.
3. His disciples in company of his holy mother retyred in pray∣er, expect from heauen the Com∣forter promised. Aue Maria.
4. The time being fullfilled, the holy Ghost descendeth visi∣bly
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vpon them in forme of fiery tongues. And they publish the di∣uyne Christian misteryes of faith in diuers languages. Aue Maria.
5. The playne, & vnpolished words of the Apostles receauing force from this Spirit, take po∣ssession in the harts of men. And thousands are conuerted togea∣ther. Aue Maria.
6. By the death and prayers of of S. Stephen, Paul of a persecutor becometh an Apostle. The fayth increaseth with the persecution, and with the same spread into o∣ther Countreys. Aue Maria.
7. The Apostles meete in Councell, ordeyne the gouern∣ment of the Church, and deuide among themselues the Prouinces of the whole world; which is conuerted, as we see, to Christ by twelue Fishermen: so great is
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the force of this holy Spirit. Aue Maria.
8. S. Iohn remayneth in Hie∣rusalem with the Mother of God for her comfort. And their admi∣rable life and example authori∣zeth the fayth. Aue Maria.
9. The Apostles miraculou∣sly come togeather at the death of the B. Virgin. Aue Maria.
10. And her Soule departeth without payne, out of the prison of her body. Aue Maria.