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 fourth Pointe.

THE fourth pointe, shall bee, to breake out with these Considerations into an exclamation, with an Affection vehement, and full of Amaze∣mene; As that the Creatures haue suffered me, I ha∣uing so greiuously offended their Creator, and Be∣nefactor. * 1.1 That the Angells who are the ministers of Gods Iustice, haue not vnsheathed their fiery swordes against mee: That they haue garded mee, and beene the Aduocates of so wicked a man as I. That the Sunne, Moone, and Starres haue illumi∣ned mee with their Light, and preserued mee with their Influences. That the Elements, the birdes of the Aire, the Fishes of the Sea, the Beastes, and Plantes of the Earthe haue helped to sustaine mee. I confesse that I deserue not the Bread I eate, nor the

VVater I drinke, nor the aire I breathe: neither am. I worthy to lift vp my Eyes to Heauen: I haue ra∣ther deserued that flashes of fier should discende from thence to burne mee like Sodome, & Gomor∣rha: or that the Earthe should open, and swallowe mee aliue like Dathan, & Abyron: & that newe Hells should bee founde, and newe Torments inuented to chastize my grieuous Sinnes. And seeing that the Goodnesse, VVisdome, Immensenesse, Omnipo∣tencie, Liberallitie, Beneficence, and Charitye of God haue not beene sufficient to bridle mee; it had beene Iust that his Iustice should haue appeared, to auenge the injuries donne to these diuine Perfe∣ctions, * 1.2 and Soueraigne Benefits: and should haue giuen Licence to all Creatures (as shallbee giuen at the Daye of Iudgement) to take Vengeance on mee, for the injuries that I did to the Creator, and to them, * 1.3 to offende him. But o my God, & my Crea∣tor, seeing that of thy Mercie thou hast thought good to suffer mee, adde this benefit to the former, thinking it good likevvise to pardon mee. Amen.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Genes. 3.24.
• * 1.2

  Sap. 5.18
• * 1.3

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