Point II.
JESUS perseveres in the hu∣miliations and sufferances of his captivity, remaining in the
Devout entertainments of a Christian soule. Composed in French by the R.F. I.H. Quarre, P. of the Oratory of Jesus, and D.D. Translated in English by J.M. of W. Prisoner in the Tower of London.
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- Devout entertainments of a Christian soule. Composed in French by the R.F. I.H. Quarre, P. of the Oratory of Jesus, and D.D. Translated in English by J.M. of W. Prisoner in the Tower of London.
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- Quarré, Jean-Hugues, 1580-1656.
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midst of executioners in silence, without plaints, without strength or power. In imitation of him affect such things as humble you, and administer occasion of suffe∣rance, and propose to your selfe never to reject them.
PRAYER.
SInce I see you (O sweet Je∣sus) in the midst of executi∣oners, exposed unto their ma∣lice, and that in this mysterie you abandon your selfe unto all sorts of confusions, and to the false accusations of sinners, ap∣pearing as criminall in the midst of these miscreants: what lesse can I doe, Lord, then annihilate my selfe in your presence, and
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humble my selfe in imitation of you in the view of all creatures. And if in the various states of your life you embraced humili∣ty onely, and made choice of nothing but confusions, if you who are alone worthy of ho∣nour and respect, despised the Grandeurs of the earth, and the vaine contentments of this world, to live and die onely in depressions and sufferances. Fi∣nally, if you (O benigne Iesus) who are the onely Son of God, were pleased to become an ob∣ject of scorne and contempt of men; alas what do I, miserable wretch, deserve to be, and what rank shall I hold in the world, I who am a sinner, criminall and unworthy of all things? Surely
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(my sweet Iesus) I heartily con∣demne my pride, and doe pro∣test that with my whole affecti∣on assisted by your holy grace, which I implore, I resolve from henceforth to affect lowlinesse, and indure for your sake, all the humiliations, and Crosses of this life: And why shall I refuse humbly to suffer them for your sake, since you have indured them so holily for mine. I offer my selfe then unto you for that effect, and I abandon my selfe with my whole heart unto your divine conduct; grant only that I may be such as you require me to be.