Meditations vppon the mysteries of our holy faith with the practise of mental praier touching the same composed in Spanish by the R.F. Luys de la Puente ... ; and translated into English by F. Rich. Gibbons ...
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- Meditations vppon the mysteries of our holy faith with the practise of mental praier touching the same composed in Spanish by the R.F. Luys de la Puente ... ; and translated into English by F. Rich. Gibbons ...
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- Puente, Luis de la, 1554-1624.
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- M. DC. X. [1610]
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- Jesus Christ -- Meditations.
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"Meditations vppon the mysteries of our holy faith with the practise of mental praier touching the same composed in Spanish by the R.F. Luys de la Puente ... ; and translated into English by F. Rich. Gibbons ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B15418.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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blessed mother, with the exceeding greate desire hee had to saue men, presently fixed his eyes vpon Iohn, who was in the Belly of S. Elizabeth, and was to bee his Fore-runner: and seeing him to bee in Originall Sinne, hee was greiued thereat, and determined with himselfe forthwith to free him from that miserye, and to sanctifye him, taking possession of his Office of Redeemer which was giuen him in charge. And to this ende, hee effectually inspired his mother, speedily to goe visit her Cosin, that hee thereby might effect this his Worke. Wherein I am to ponder, First, [ 1] the greate Desier that this our Lorde hath of our Saluation, thanking him therefore, and confounding myselfe for the litle Desier that I haue of mine. [ 2] As also how carefull hee is of the good of his elected, and how vigilant in exercizing his office of Redeemer, seeing hee began it from the Wombe of his mother, not desiring to bee Idle any moment. [ 3] I will likewise ponder, what a greiuous euill Sinne is, and how much our Lord is displeased that his elect should bee in Sinne but a moment: seeing, for this cause hee inspired his mother, so hastily to vndertake that iourney, to free from Sinne his chosen Iohn Baptist.
O Diuine VVorde that madest thyselfe man to deliuer vs from Sinne, and deriuedst to enact this office with such speede, that thou tookest, for thy Surname: Make speede, hasten, robbe, and take Spoyles: seeing thy names are not emptye, but full, come Lord with speede to free mee from my Sinnes, make haste to sanctifye mee with thy Grace: robbe my Hearte for thy Seruice, and take it for the Spoyle of thy Victorye, that from hence forth I may begin feruently to serue thee.
Notes
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Luc. 1.44
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Colloquie.
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Isa. 8.1.