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 ...

The Conclusion of what hath beene saide.

OF all that hath beene saide in this meditation, I will recollect a briefe summe of the Titles therein; aswell to procure greate contrition for ha∣uing broken the lawe of God, as to animate my∣selfe to keepe it with perfection.

First, beause it is iust, and holy, and with greate excellency imbraceth al kind of good. Secondly, to de∣liuer myselfe from the maledictions, & plagues both temporall, and eternall that it menaceth. Thirdly, to enjoye the innumerable benedictions that it pro∣miseth in this life, and in that to come. Fourthly, and principally, for the lawgiuer that gaue it, to witte, God infinitely good, wise, and potent: and my infi∣nite benefactour, vpon whome dependeth all my good, both temporall and eternall. And this reason onely shall suffice to moue mee to loue a lawe giuen by such a Father, and to bee infinitely sorry to hauen broken it:

The fifth Title is, for that the lawemaker himselfe becomming man, put it in the middest of his hearte, and came to fulfill it entyrely, without omitting a∣ny iotte, or tittle to moue mee by his example, to the perfect accomplishement therof.

The sixth is for the fidelity of the lawe to those that obserue it; and for the experience that I myselfe haue of the greate good I shall get by obseruing it, feeling greate peace, and serenity of conscience, and greate, allacritie, and confidence in God. And con∣trarilie,

of the greate euill that befalleth mee when I breake it, hauing my Hearte broken with sinnes, excessiue feares, remorses of conscience, and many o∣ther miseries. And finally, because at the houre of deathe, nothing will more torment mee, then to haue broken the lawe of God nor nothing more content mee, then to haue obserued it, because vpon this dependeth my damuation, or saluation. Hereup on I will cōclude as Ecclesiastes cōcluded his booke, saying: feare God, and keepe his Commaundements, * 1.1 for this is the whole man: that is to say. Heerein consisteth the whole beeing of man, and the accom∣plishment of the obligations of the whole man: and whosoeuer faileth heerein, faileth in the integri∣tie, and perfection of a man, and doeth like a beaste.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cap. vl∣tim. 13.