THE TRANSLATOR HENRY MANFEILDE son of Edwarde Manfeilde Knight, to his Grandfather Henry Manfeilde esquire.  
I Haue not so given my mind to sports& recreation after the prescribed houres of my gram●ticall studies; but that I haue ●orrowed so much time as to tran●late this little Treatise or Mannuall( as the author termeth i●) of spiritual Exercises, minglinge this pure wheat of devout and pious spiritual exercitations, with the courser grain of my human literature, as it were a compounded Masland, to sow in the field of my youthful daies for the future profit of myself, and a president for other youths of better Talents to do the like. Yet not so for myself, as to keep it all private to myself like a Misard, but to publish it in prin● that others may glean after m and haue their share thereof ● well as myself, leaving and w●shinge to them as much profit ● to myself. This little treatis● the first fruits of my labours, ● know not( right worthy and m most respected loving and rebeloued Grandfather) to whom I should dedicate it, so congruouslie, as to yourself, to whom in duty I am obliged to render a● account of spendinge my time,& in gratitude, to leave to posterity some monument and testimony of my dutiful affection,& for the manifold significations and testimonies, of your most fatherly affection towards me, even from my infancy to this present day, and will I doubt not so persever unto the end, or rather without end. And with this filial and reverent affection, I offer unto you this my first endeavours, as an undoubted testimony of my dutiful respect. The goodness of the book I know will commend itself, my translation needeth your favourable acceptation. My excuse is my youth& want of learning. My commendation( if there be any) my forwardness in setting abroach my little skill for a common taste, till I be able to aspire unto better. Which lesson I learned of the noble Poet Horace, who telleth such young students as I am. Est quadam prodire tenùs, si non datur vltra. If wee cannot do as well as wee should, yet let us do as well as wee can.   

THE author TO THE DEVOVT READER.  
OF those things which are necessary unto the perfection of a Christian life, the first and chiefest is, the continual consideration and remembrance of God and his holy commandements. For this is a most strong bridle to restrain our heartes that they follow not their inordinate appetites, and a most effectual remedy, to conserve the estate both of the inward and outward man. This is a most strong buckler to believe and repel the darts of all our enemies. moreover this is an admirable means that God may always work in us and heap up his gifts and graces in our souls. For although God is as it were a certain spring or fountain, incessantly flowinge, and as much as is of his parte most ready to derive unto us the waters of his grace, whereunto he inviteth all men: yet it is necessary, we repair and approach unto him, that we way believe them. And hereupon the Prophet david saith. ( Psal. 33.) Come unto him and be illuminated, and your faces shall not be confounded. And in another place speaking of the continual remembrance he had of God. My eyes, saith he, are always vpon our Lord, because he will pull my feet out of the snare. And again, he saith. I had God always in my sight because he is at my right hand that I be not moved Where the gloss of Cassiodorus saith: By declaring what he himself did, he giveth us instruction what wee ought to do. For he that always beholdeth God with the eye of his mind, can in no sort auerte his mind unto sin. And Saint Gregory nazianzen saith: that the remembrance of God ought to be so continual in us, that we should not more often draw our breath, then remember God: and this continual remembrance of God he saith, expelleth all sadness from our souls, and that with marvelous much joy and consolation. Which the princely Prophet david confirmeth saying: my soul refused to be comforted( that is to say, in the things of this present life) I remembered God, and was comforted. S. Bernard saith. As there is no moment wherein a man doth not use and enjoy the goodness and mercy of God, so ought there to be no moment wherein we should not haue him present in our mind Saint Gregory the Pope exhorteth us, that we continually haue him in our memory, by whom our memory was made. And in another place declaring how profitable this continual memory of God is, he saith. No evil spirit can prevail in that heart, which is continually occupied in the remenbrance of God. Saint Ambrose admonisheth us, that whether we eat or drink or whatsoever we do, we should always express Christ, think of Christ, pray unto Christ, speak with Christ inwardly in our hartes, and that he never depart out of our mouth. S. jerome saith. As a soldier ought never to a lay away his armor in battle: So every Christian ought in every place to arm himself with prayer. When he goeth forth he should arm himself with prayer, when he returneth home, prayer should be the first thing he should do.  
This continual consideration and remembrance of God, may be done chiefly two manner of ways, either by taking some certain and set consideration of our own, chosinge to meditate therof, or to take occasion by those things which occur to our sight, or those businesses we haue in hand, to lift up our hearts unto God. The former way is harder and requireth a man very well practised in the recollection of himself: it requireth also a mind quiet and free from all businesses, and therfore is more proper for Religious and solitary persons.  
The other is easier, because, besides the variety wherewith our nature is delighted, and tediousness taken away, those things wee see with our eyes, and those businesses wee haue in hand, do easily stir up and incite our hearts unto God, being a little enured thereunto. Which kind of exercise, men may use though never so much occupied and employed in external affairs. And her-unto Saint paul the Apostle exhorteth all faithful people, in his Epistle to the Corinthians in these words. speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns and spiritual Canticles, singinge in your hearts to our Lord, giving thankes always for all things to our God and Father, in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ.  
I therfore, that I might promote this holy exercise as much as in me lieth, haue thought it a matter worth the labour to writ this manual, wherein I might set down a method, how out of all things wee do or see, wee may take occasion to lift up our hearts to God, either by some short sentence of holy Scripture which directly concerneth the present matter, or by some Consideration or thanksgiving, or Confusion, or Petition, or Oblation. Not that wee tie the readers to exercise them all at once: but that every one in so great variety of matter, may take that he shall think most convenient for his condition and spirit. Or if besides these which are here set down( for wee cannot speak of all in particular) any other shall offer itself to his mind, he may the better know how to supply it to his use.  
This manual wee haue not written, only to be red& perused, for that were a matter of small profit, but that the things therein contained might be exercised and put in practise, which who so shall do and continue therein a few dayes: I doubt not but he shal receive in his soul such noble fruit, that he will think all his labour and pains taken therein, wonderful well bestowed, and he shall perform that spiritually which was commanded the priests in the old law, namely that they should feed and nourish with wood, the fire which was to burn continually before the ark of the covenant, for by this means he shal conserve and keep in himself, the fire of devotion and love of God, which ought continually to burn in our heart, which is the Altar whereon wee should offerr the spiritual sacrifices of holy thoughts and desires. almighty God grant grace unto all faithful people of Christ, that they mind him in all their works, and in all things fulfil his holy will. Amen.   


THE FIRST EXERCISE to be used in the morning when we awake.  
GOd commanded in the old law, that the first fruits of all things should be dedicated unto him: which he did to the end, that all men should aclowledge& confess him to be, the Lord,& Master, of all things, from whose most liberal hands, all things do abundantly proceed and are ministered unto us: And therfore it is most fitt and just, wee should offer to him the first fruits of every day: which day together with the light thereof he giveth us, that we may the better enjoy the comfort of his creatures. This duty of offering to God the first fruits of the day wee shall discharge, if wee endeavour, that he first of all in the morning occur to our mind, that first of all wee think of him, desire him, love him,& embrace him in our heartes: Which may be very aptly done, by the Exercise ensuing.  
I haue slept and taken my rest,& haue risen again, because our Lord hath received me. Psal. 3. v. 5.  
I will arise& seek him, whom my soul loveth. Cantic. 3. v. 2.  
In the morning betimes, my prayer shall prevent thee. Psal. 87. v. 14.  
O Lord haue mercy vpon us, for we haue expected thee; be unto us an arm of defence early in the morning, and our salvation in the time of tribulation. Isa. 33. v. 2.  
Arise o Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy names sake. Psal. 43. v. 26.  
Adoration.  
We will adore God most cordiallie, and with all our hearts, acknowledging him to be our true God, Lord, and creator, whose the life is wherewith wee live, and the being which we enjoy, of whom we altogether depend, and without whom we are not able to subsist one moment of time.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to him for all his benefits as well general as particular, which wee haue received from his most holy hands from the beginning of our Conception unto this hour, and especially that he hath conserved our life safe and sound this night past, and brought us unto the morning.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech our Lord, to keep us safe and sound this day, that we may be able to do him grateful service, and that he minister unto us, sufficiently all things necessary to the sustentation of our life, and preserve and defend us, from the snares and deceits of all our enemies, that we be not impelled by their fraud into any sin, and incur his just indignation.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourself wholly to our Lord, all our senses, and all the powers or faculties of our soul, together withall the forces of ur body, to be employed as much as lieth in us, this day, unto his service,& al our though●es, words, and works; that he may so govern and moderate ●hem, that they may be directed unto the supreme glory of his most high majesty.   

When we are putting on our clothes. THE 2. EXERCISE.  
PVtt ye on our Lord Iesus Christ. Let us cast of the works of darkness, and put on the Weapons of light. Rom. 13. v. 14. ibid.  
Our Lord hath clothed me with a garment of salvation, and compassed me about with a garment of iustice. Isa. 61. v. 10  
He that shall overcome, shalbe clothed with white garments. Apoc. 3. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
Wee may consider that we are made subject to cold, and other necessities of the body, and that the necessity of clothes is brought in through sin. moreover that Christ our Redeemer( to the end he might purge our crimes with condign satisfaction) yielded up his spirit naked vpon the wood of the cross.  
The thanksgiving  
We shall give thankes to our Lord, who hath given us wherewith to cover our bodies, and defend us from the sharpness of the cold. And covered our spiritual nakedness, with the precious garment of his grace.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the nakedness of our souls, the first vestiment of innocency, which being received in holy baptism, we haue broken and which by the benefit of God being oftentimes renewed, we haue cut and torn again into pieces.  
The Petition.  
We shal beseech our Lord, that he be pleased to restore this garment again, and to cover our nakedness with the garment of virtues, that our reproache may be taken away,& our soul appear, ●n the sight of his divine majesty decently adorned.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer ourselves to our Lord, to suffer for his love all poverty, nakedness, and the very death of the cross.   

When we wash our hands. THE 3. EXERCISE.  
BE ye washed, be ye clean. Take away the evil of your cogitations from my sight. Isa. 1. v. 16.  
wash me more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Psal. 50. v. 3.  
I will wash my hands amongst innocents. Psal. 25. v. 6.  
Christ hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his blood. Apoc. 1. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that our Lord is a lover of purity and cleanness, who for the love he bore unto us, to the end, he might wash us from the vncleanenes of our sins, hath prepared for us a bath of his own blood, and hath applied unto us the virtues thereof. He hath washed us also with the water of baptism, and hath also cleansed us continually from the filthiness of our sins, by the virtue and efficacy of other Sacraments, and especially of the Sacrament of Penance.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to our Lord for that vnexhausted fountain, prepared for all them that are within the bounds of the Church, that is to say, the virtue of the blood of Christ, abundantly communicated unto us, by those sluices or conduits of the seven Sacraments, by the virtue and efficacy whereof, the spots of our sins, how horrible and inveterate soever, are made clean, in so much that our soul remaineth cleaner thē wool most diligently washed,& whiter then snow.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, looking into the vileness and misery of our body, from whence proceedeth so great filthiness, that we need daily frequent washinges, which if we omit, we become so stinking and unsavoury, that we can scarcely endure one another, and sometimes not at all; besides that wretchedness of our heart, far greater, from which so many impurities of heinous sins and offences, do flow and daily proceed.  
The Petition.  
We will humbly crave of our Lord, purity and cleanness of heart, that he thoroughly purify not only our feet, as he did his disciples: but also our hands and head, and whatsoever else is fowle within us, that our thoughts, words, and works may be pure.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to our Lord, that most pure soul of our Redeemer Iesus Christ, brighter then those angelical spirits, wherein no spot of sin, ever had or could possibly haue any place. And also that purity of his most holy Mother, who was more pure& clean then any creature.   

When we go forth of our house THE 4. EXERCISE.  
show me o Lord thy ways& teach me thy paths. Psal. 24. v. 5.  
O that my ways, may be directed to keep thy justifications Psal. 118. v. 5.  
remove from me every way of iniquity, avert my eyes that they behold not vanity. Ibidem.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider how the son of God, going forth from his everlasting habitation, that is to say, from the bosom of his eternal Father, and that without any separation from him, for our sakes, came into the world, and conversed familiarlie with men. We will consider also how immaculate and holy his conversation was, who never at any time defiled himself with any sin.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for that whereas there are many lame, many sick of the palsy and other diseases, many in prison, and in fetters, that they cannot go abroad, or stir a foot, he hath given us health and liberty, whereby we may follow our business and affairs.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that we haue oftentimes gone forth, not onely for no good to ourselves, but also to the great detriment and hurt of our foul, going forth to that end, that we might defile our souls in the dirty paths of sin.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech our Lord, to preserve us that wee offend not in the ways of this life, full of innumerable perils: and that we be not seduced or carried away, by the occasion of any thing wee shall see or hear, from the paths of his precepts.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to our Lord all our paces, by directing them only unto his glory, and especially that business which we go to dispatch, that he refer it to his supreme honour and glory.   

When we go in the streets. THE 5. EXERCISE.  
BY the ways and streets, I will seek him whom my soul loveth. Cantic. 3. v. 2.  
walk in my presence and be perfect. Genes. 17. v. 2.  
Blessed be they that are imaculate in the way, they which walk in the way of our Lord. Psal. 118. v. 18.  
His ways are faire ways, and all his paths are peaceable. Prou. 3. v. 17.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, how Christ the worker of our salvation, walked in the streets of jerusalem, when the Iewes carried him bound from one judge to another. And how afterwards he went out of the city, carryinge his heavy and ponderous cross vpon his back, going to the Mount of calvary there to be crucified.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thankes to God, who hath vouchsafed to descend from heaven unto the earth, to show us the way to arrive to those happy mansions of the Saincts,& that with his aid and assistance, we may climb to those heavenly kingdoms with less labour.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, seeing with what alacrity wee walk the way of perdition, the end whereof leadeth unto hell, of whose jaws we had been justly swallowed up ere this, had not God, whose goodness is infinite, delivered and rescued us from thence.  
The Petition.  
Wee will humbly desire God, to make us Cittisens of that heavenly jerusalem, that peaceable and most noble city, in whose streets and ways, do continually resound with one unanimous consent, the voices of them that praise God, and sing Alleluia, Alleluia.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer ourselves to sustain and endure with indifferent mind, all contempt which men shall impose here vpon us, for the love of our Lord, and Redeemer Iesus Christ, who for us was made the reproach of men,& abjection of the people.   

When wee see any thing that is fair. THE 6. EXERCISE.  
BEhold thou art fair my beloved. Cantic. 1. v. 15  
The beauty of the field, is with me. Psal. 49 v. 11.  
comeliness is deceitful,& beauty is vain: he that feareth God shalbe praised. Prou. 31. v. 30.  
O Lord I haue loved the comeliness of thy house. Psal. 25. v. 8.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that God is the fountain of all fairness and beauty, from whom floweth every thing that is good, and the vast sea of all goodness, fairness, and perfection.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to him, who although he standeth in need of nothing, hath notwithstanding given to his creatures beauuetie, whom out of his infinite goodness and power, he hath made and produced of nothing.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that in loosinge grace, wee haue lost the beauty and lustre of our souls: for grace doth so adorn& beautify the soul which it possesseth, that it maketh it, not inferior in beauty unto the angelical Spirits.  
The Petition.  
We will humbly desire God, to restore that inward beauty and comeliness of soul of which sin hath despoiled us, and to conserve it in our soul undefiled and never to permit us, by the allurements of these transitory creatures, to be carried away from his divine majesty, but rather esteeming whatsoever is not God, to be mere nothing,& that he alone and those things which are tending and conducing to him, may possess and haue the dominion of our hartes.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer unto our Lord, ourselves to suffer for his love, with a patient and willing mind, all substraction of those things, which unto our sight may minister any delight, that we may be fitt to rejoice in his divine majesty alone, and to haue the fruition thereof.   

When we see any thing that is fowle or deformed. THE 7. EXERCISE.  
A naughty heart is abominable to God. Prou. 11. v. 20.  
The way of a wicked man, is an abomination to our Lord. provver. 15. v. 9.  
I hated iniquity and abhorred it. Psal. 118. v. 163.  
They are become abominable, like those things which they love. Ose 9. v. 11.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that it is the will of God that in the world, deformed things should be mingled with fair, that by comparing them together one with another, the difference between 'vice and virtue may appear, that we might choose virtue, and detest 'vice with all our heartes.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will yield thankes to our Lord, who that he might take away the turpitude and fowlenes of our sins, would be made so fowle& deformed in his passion, that there was no beauty nor comeliness left in him, whereas of himself, he was the most beautiful amongst the children of men.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will blushy for shane, considering that deformity wherewith sin hath so defiled our soul, that it is made as ugly as the divell.  
The Petition.  
Wee will humbly desire our Lord, that he will free our soul from all turpitude and fowlenes of sin, and that even as we abhor exterior deformity and fowlenes, so he will infuse and power into us, a true horror& detestation of that interior or inward deformity and vglines, which sin causeth in our souls.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer unto our Lord, that incomparaple beauty of the most holy soul of Christ our Redeemer, that the beauty of his soul, may cover the deformity of ours.   

When any prosperity happeneth unto vs. THE 8. EXERCISE.  
ALl things whatsoever a just man shall do, they shall prosper. Psal. 1. v. 3.  
do not envy or malign him that prospereth in his way, if he be a naughty man. Psal. 36. v. 7.  
The prosperity of fools, shal be their overthrow. Prou. 16. v. 32.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, how very small confidence we are to put in the prosperity of this life: wherein according to the saying of Salomon, our way is turned into sorrow.  
The thanksgiving  
We will yield thankes to our Lord for the benefit he vouchsafeth us, in giving us this present prosperity or good success.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that in regard we haue so often offended our Lord, we haue deserved not onely to haue any prosperous thing of this world happen unto us, but rather that the very stones of the street, should rise against vs.  
The Petition.  
We will humbly beseech our Lord to sustain us with his hand,& so to govern us, that no prosperity of this world may so draw us unto the delight thereof, as to separate us from his divine majesty.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to our Lord, to suffer for his love, the deprivation both of this present prosperity, and of all other terrene and temporal prosperity whatsoever.   

When we are pinched with adversities. THE 9. EXERCISE.  
whatsoever happeneth to a just man it shall not make him sad. provver. 12. v. 21.  
even as it hath pleased our Lord so it is done. Blessed be the name of our Lord. job. 1. v. 22.  
Thou o Lord art just, and all thy judgements true, and all thy ways mercy and verity& iudgment. tub. 3. v. 2.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that our Lord by the adversities of this present life, doth instruct us, to remove our affection from the things of this world, and that we make not this place of banishment, our country of abode.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thankes to God, that by adversities he doth as it were awaken us, and admonish us, and compelleth us to return to him, in whom all our salvation and happiness doth consist.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering how justly for our sins, we deserve any adversity whatsoever: in so much that no tribulation, can happen unto us, which wee haue not most justly deserved.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of God his grace and assistance, to endure this present adversity, with a courageous and constant mind; In so much that we may not only take no hurt or detriment thereby, but also that it may prove to our gain and the increase of our merits.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to our Lord, to suffer the molestation or trouble of this adversity, as long as it shall please his divine majesty, vnitinge and joining it, to those which Christ our Redeemer suffered for our sake.   

When we take any pleasure or delight in Creatures. THE 10. EXERCISE.  
DElight in our Lord, and he will give thee thy harts desire. Psal. 16. v. 4.  
But I will delight in our Lord. Psal. 103. v. 34.  
I remembered God, and delighted. Psal. 76. v. 4.  
I delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all the riches of the world. Psal. 118. v. 14.  
Delights are in thy right hand, even unto the end. Psal. 15. v. 10.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that God by those things with which he delighteth us, insinuateth his tender love and kindness towards vs. For he conserveth that natural● virtue which he hath given to his creatures, and worketh their effects together with them. We will consider moreover, how far inferior these are unto those delights and pleasures, which the souls of the blessed enjoy in heaven, who are drowned in the Sea of all delights, that is to say, in God.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will yield thankes to our Lord, for the innumerable delights, which he ministereth unto us, by his creatures: and for those eternal delights, and pleasures, he hath prepared for us in the kingdom of heaven.  
The Confusion.  
We will blushy for shane, pondering and revolving in our mind how unworthy we are to take the least solace that may be, by any creature, for as much as we haue deserved by the due and demerit of our sins, that even the stones should rise against us, and be turned to be our tormentors.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech our Lord, that he will make us partakers of that true delight, which is in him alone, and in the perfect accomplishment of his will; And that he suffer not our heart to feed upon any terrene delight, nor be withdrawn so much as any one moment, from his divine majesty.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to our Lord, to be bereaved for his love not onely of this present delight, which we now take of a creature, but also of any other, which we may take hereafter, of any other creature whatsoever.   

When we are afflicted with any grief or sorrow. THE 11. EXERCISE.  
LEt this be my consolation, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare me not, and that I contradict not the speeches of the holy one. job. 6. v. 10.  
According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, haue thy consolations exhilarated my soul. Psal. 93. v. 19.  
He hath truly born our infirmities, and he hath carried our sorrows. Esa. 33. v. 4.  
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor lamentation, nor ●rying, nor sorrow, shall be any more. Apoc. 21. v. 4.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how much sharper those sorrows were, which our saviour Christ suffered in his Passion, and also those which the damned suffer in hell, without any hope of delivery.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to our Lord, for that he offereth us somewhat to suffer for the love of him, that by this means, we may be conformable to his Passion, and do penance for our sins committed.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, acknowledging that we haue deserved to suffer, even those torments with which the wicked are punishe● and tormented in hell, and tha● our sins is that unto which th● only cause of all the pains Chri● our Redeemer suffered in his Pa●sion, is to be imputed.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of our Lord, that he be pleased to instil into our mindes, the love of his cross, which may make us willingly to embrace whatsoever affliction& trouble, out of a desire, that we may be conformable unto Christ crucified.  
The Oblation.  
We will offerr ourselves unto the suffering of this our present grief, and affliction, as long as ●t pleaseth him, vnitinge it to ●hose most vehement dolours, and ●aines, which Christ suffered vp●on the cross.   

When any honour is given unto vs. THE 12. EXERCISE.  
NOt to us o Lord, not to us, but to thy name give the glory. Psal. 113. v. 9.  
To God alone be honour and glory, for ever and ever. 1. Tim. 1. v. 17.  
Thy friends o God, are exceedingly honoured. Psal. 138. v. 17.  
Consideration.  
We will consider the vain and fickle honors of this world, which oftentimes are bestowed on them which deserve thē not, but rather are unworthy thereof; and that the true honour indeed is that wherewith the friends of God ar● adorned.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to ou● Lord, for those everlasting honours, which he hath promise unto us, saying: If any man shall minister or do any service to m my Father will honour him for i●  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed consid●ringe how beyond all equity and reason it is, that any honor should be given unto us by creatures, because we haue robbed our Lord, as much as lay in us, of his honour, by sinning against him, for the which we are rather worthy of all contempts and despisinges.  
The Petition.  
We will humbly beseech our Lord, that he permit us not, to set our hearts upon the honours of ●his world, least they be possessed ●herewith: but that we despising ●hem and setting nought thereby, ●ay embrace true and solid ho●our, which consisteth in this a●one, that we please and serve his ●iuine majesty.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer unto our Lord, the ●onour which is done unto us, ●cknowledginge that unto him ●one al honour and glory is due, who is the Author of every good thing.   

When we are derided or mocked. THE 13. EXERCISE.  
BEcause for thee I sustained reproach, and confusion covered my face. Psal. 68. v. 8.  
fear not the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their contumelies. Esa. 51. v. 7.  
Take from me reproache and contempt, because I haue sought after thy testimonies. Psal. 118. v. 22.  
For I am a worm, and not a man, the reproach of men, and abjection of the people, all they that saw me, derided me. Psal. 21● v. 7.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that Chris● our Lord, although he was th● glory of Angels, and unto whom infinite honour was due yet in the time of his Passion would be made a mockinge stock, and a scorn to the people.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to him, for the occasion he giveth us to suffer somewhat for his sake. And also because he vouchsafeth us to wear his badge, and to give us of his own cup to drink.  
The Confusion.  
We will be confounded with shane, considering how justly we haue deserved this derision, and ●ny other whatsoever, which men ●an do unto us, in regard we haue ●ften offended God with many ●ainous offences.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God that he will ●eue us the grace to suffer with a ●eaceable and patient mind this derision: and withall we will humbly beseech him for the party that so derideth and mocketh us; that if thereby he incur the indignation& displeasure of God, he will mercifully give him acknowledgement and pardon of his offence.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to our Lord, cheerfully to suffer& put up this or any other derision and contumelious usage, whereby we may do him grateful service:& we will join it with those innumerable derisions and scorns, which Christ did meekelie suffer for our sake, when he conversed in● this world.   

When we are praised. THE 14. EXERCISE.  
MY soul doth magnify ou● Lord, and my spirit hath reioyced in God my saviour. luke. 1. v. 47.  
I will bless our Lord at all times, his praise shall always be in my mouth. Psal. 33. v. 1.  
Praise our Lord all ye nations, praise him all ye people. Psal. 116.  
My strength and my praise, is our Lord. Psal. 117. v. 14.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that whatsoever is in us, for which we may seem to deserve praise, is proper to God, from whom we haue our being wherewith wee subsiste, ●he life wherewith we live, and ●he breath which we draw, without whom we are not able to con●eue so much as on good thought.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to him that doth enrich, adorn, and fur●ish his creatures, with such gif●es and graces.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed setting before our eyes, the misery of our condition, and the sins whereby we haue wickedly offended God, for which we haue deserved not onely no praise and glory, but much dispraise and confusion.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech our Lord that he so govern, moderate and sustain us, that we be not puffed up with the praises of men, and that we be not drawn or inveigled by any means, from the true knowledge of our vileness, and little worth.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer unto our Lord● those praises which the Angelica● spirits, in that celestial habitation of the blessed Saincts, do● sing unto him.   

When we are blamed or reprehended. THE 15. EXERCISE.  
justice to be our Lord God, but Confusion to our face. Baruch. 1. v. 15.  
It is good for me because thou hast humiliated me, that I may learn thy justifications. Psal. 118. v. 71.  
The just man shall correct me in his mercy, and rebuk me. But the oil of a sin, shall not fatten my head. Psal. 140. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that Christ, although he hath no equal for integrity and innocency, and much less superior, and that nothing can be found in him which ●s not worthy of immortal prai●e, yet notwithstanding he was reprehended and reviled; he was called into iudgment, as one guilty of heinous crimes; he heard bitter raylinges of his accusers, and finally received the sentence of death, as a malefactor.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to our Lord, for that singular benefit with which he adorneth us in suffering us to be molested by others, to be vexed with their evil speeches, and to be holesomely humbled and despised by them, because we haue forborn and thought much to humble ourselves.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be confounded with shane, considering that we haue deserved nought else, but infamy and dispraise: and that through our grievous offences to God, we haue deserved to be much more injuriously dealt withall, at the hands of men.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of our Lord, that he will illuminate us, with the knowledge of our defects, wherewith being illuminated, wee may quietly sustain without any excuse or tergiversation, the contumelious and opprobrious usage of men: and moreover we will pray for such as seem to wrong us, with contumelious usage.  
The Oblation.  
We will offerr ourselves unto our Lord, to suffer with a ready and cheerful mind, any ignominy or reproach, for his love: joining and vnitinge these our ignominies and reproaches, with those which Christ our Redeemer, sustained in the world for our sake.   

When we see any good Example. THE 16. EXERCISE.  
HOnour and peace to every one, that doth a good dead. Rom 2 v. 10.  
Hatinge evil, adheringe to good. Rom. 12. v. 9.  
I am partaker of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandements. Psal. 118. v. 63.  
Let us not be weary of well-doing for the time will come when we shall reap without being weary. Galat. 6. v. 9.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that our Lord doth work in us both the will& power to do good, and yet dealeth so bountifully and munificently with us, being his Creatures, that we having no merits of our own, he maketh his gifts our merits.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will yield thankes to our Lord, for the grace he hath given to our brother, to do that good work, and for the good example he hath given us thereby, which may spur and prick us forward, to do the like.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed of the evil and pernicious examples wherewith we haue given scandal to others, and aclowledge that we haue been unprofitable, and idle seruants in the house of our Lord.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of our Lord, that he will conserve and augment, the gifts of his grace, in our brother,& give him perseverance in good works, with daily progress: and that he will give us the same grace whereby we being strengthened and corroborated, may insist in the study of virtue, and daily increase our merits thereby.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to our Lord all the good works, that are done by just and godly men, praising and glorifying him in the same.   

When we see any evil Example. THE 17 EXERCISE.  
DEcline from evil, and do good. Psal. 36. v. 27.  
ye that love our Lord, hate evil. Psal. 96. v. 10.  
do not imitate evil, but that which is good. 3. joh. 11.  
They err, that work evil. Prou. 14. v. 22.  
Consideration.  
We will endeavour as much as may be to excuse our neighbour, either by excusing his intention,( if his work cannot be excused from blame) or that he committed it frailty, or was overcome with some extraordinary tentation, and that peradventure he is come to the knowledge of his offence, and with great submission of mind, hath humbled himself for it.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to our Lord, that he hath preserved us from falling into the like, and al those sins which we might, but haue not committed, and will attribute it to his goodness& mercy.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, beholding our weakness, acknowledging that we haue committed far worse,& shall do hereafter, if God should permit us to live according to our own sensual appetites, and desires.  
The Petition.  
We will desire our Lord to forgive our neighbour the offence he hath committed: and to give him grace to aclowledge his fault, if he hath not already done it, and to amend and that he will preserve us from falling into the like, or into greater.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God the merits of all his Sainctes, and especially the merits of Christ our Redeemer, that for them, he will grant us remission of al our sins.   

When we see any wealthy or potent man. THE 18. EXERCISE.  
IF riches abound, set not your heart thereupon. Psal. 61. v. 11.  
The rich haue come to want and haue been hongry: but they that seek after our Lord shal not be diminished of any good thing. Psal. 33 v. 11.  
glory and riches, are in his house. Psal. 111. v. 3.  
Riches of health, wisdom& knowledge the fear of our Lord, that is his riches. Esa. 33. v. 6.  
Riches shall not profit at all, in the day of vengeance. Prou. 11. v, 4.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how little we are to esteem of the riches, honours, and dignities of this present life, how great so ever they be, seeing that death shall end all these things, and make one man equal with another. We will consider also, that true riches are virtues, and to please God, whom to serve is to reign.  
The thanksgiving  
We will give thankes to God, for the everlasting riches he hath prepared, for his elect in heaven, and for those he giveth to his creatures in this present life, that thereby, if we employ them in the service of God, we may purchase the kingdom of heaven.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering our poverty, for as much as we come naked out of our Mothers womb, and shall return naked into our Mother the earth. And those things which we stand in need of, wee are enforced to beg of other creatures: we will consider also our interior poverty, which is far greater then the other, sithence of ourselves, wee can not conceive so much as one good thought pleasing to God.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, that he please to bestow vpon our rich neighbour, whom we see, true riches which are those onely of the soul, and to give him grace so to use his temporal goods, that he lose not the eternal: and we will desire the same also for ourselves.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God all the riches, glory and potency of this present life, as being all his, and al of them being much more perfectly in him, then in themselves.   

When we see a poor man. THE 19. EXERCISE.  
BLessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. mat. 5. v. 2.  
Christ made himself poor for us, whereas he was rich, that by his poverty, we might be made rich. 2. Cor. 8. v. 9.  
Our Lord is made a refuge to a poor man. Psal. 9. v. 10.  
But I am a beggar, and a poor man. Our Lord is careful of me. Psal. 39. v. 18.  
He that pittyeth the poor, is happy. Prou. 14. v. 21.  
He that despiseth the poor, upbraideth his maker. Prou. 17. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that men of low degree, and poor fortune, which are despised and of no esteem in the world, are oftentimes highly esteemed with God, and preferred before the other. We will consider also, that Christ being the wisdom of God, loved poverty in this life more then riches, and made especial choice thereof for himself.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath put into our hands and power, spiritual riches& celestial treasure: and hath given us the key thereof, that is to say his grace, that day by day we may every moment increase and amplify our merits.  
The Confusion.  
We will blushy for shane, considering how much men do suffer, and do, that they may defend themselves from poverty,& want of temporal goods: and care not to become poorer and poorer ●uery day, by their negligence in ●he spiritual goods, of grace and good works.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God to give grace to our neighbour, whom we see ●o suffer with a patient mind his ●ouertie and contempt, and to enrich him, and ourselves, with his gifts.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to our Lord, to suffer for his love al poverty& want of temporal goods,& contempt of our persons. moreover we will offer ourselves to our Lord, to succour the wants and necessities of our neighbours,& of all the world, if not in work, yet in will, if we had wherewith all.   

When we see any sick person. THE 20. EXERCISE.  
HAue pity vpon me o Lord, for I am infirm. Psal. 6. v. 3. Let it not yrcke thee to visit the sick, for by those things thou● shalt be confirmed in love. Ecclisiastic. 7. v. 39.  
We beheld him, a man of sorrows, and in suffering infirmities skilful. Esa. 53. v. 3.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that infirmities, are effects& fruits of sin, for if man had not sinned, he had been subject to no infirmities. moreover wee will consider that by infirmities, our Lord doth instruct us, how much he hateth& abhorreth sin, and how much more severely he will punish it after death, if he punish it so seue●ely in this life, which is a time of mercy and indulgence.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thankes to God, ●or the health which he giveth us, ●nd for his clemency which he ●seth towards men: and that he ●oth chastise us in this life, with ●any sicknesses and infirmities, ●o the end, that if we suffer them ●atientlie, he may thereby free and acquit us from eternal punishments, which our sins do deserve.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed that we haue used the health which God hath given us so il●, and therfore wee will esteem ourselves altogether unworthy thereof.  
The Petition.  
Wee will pray unto our Lord, for the infirmity of our neighbour, that he will give him health of body and soul: and as long as he is holden with this infirmity, that he will give him true patience in his griefs.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to suffer whatsoever sicknesses h● shall inflict vpon us, both for hi● love and also for the expiatio● and purgation of our sins.   

When we attend on, or assist our Superiors. THE 21. EXERCISE.  
HE that heareth you, heareth me,& he that despiseth you despiseth me. luke. 10. v. 16.  
There is no authority, or iu●isdiction but from God: he that ●esisteth authority, resisteth the ordinance of God. Rom. 13. v. 2.  
Obey your Prelates and be sub●ect to them, for they are vigilant ●uer you, as being to render ac●ount for your souls. Hebr. 13. v. 17.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider God in our ●uperiors, in whose place or stead ●hey are: and therfore we will stand ●efore them, no otherwise then if and stood before God, and we will ●sten to their speeches, as unto the speeches of God.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, That he hath appointed us Superiors, to be in his place: and by them doth rule, govern, provide for, and declare his will unto vs.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed of the small obedience, and reverence we haue yielded to God, our King& Lord, and to our Superiors, supplyinge his place, whose precepts& will, wee haue oftentimes, so lightly esteemed, and transgressed.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God to assist our Superiors,& give them grace to govern their subiectes according to his divine will: and to subiectes, grace to obey their Superiors, and in all things to yield true and perfect obedience unto them.  
The Confusion.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to execute and perform for his love, all things which our Superiors( being the Vicars and deputies of God) shall commande vs. Wee will also offer to God, that perfect obedience, which Christ our saviour yielded and exhiibited to his Father, obeying him even unto death,& that the most con●umelious death of the cross.   

When we are with our equals. THE 22. EXERCISE.  
HOw good& pleasant a thing is it for brethren, to dwell together in unity? Psal. 132.  
loving fraternal charity one ●o another, preuentinge one an●ther with honour. Rom. 12. v. 10.  
Honour all men, love fraternity. 1. Pet. 2. v. 16.  
We being many are one body in Christ,& every one of us members of one another. Rom. 12 v. 4.  
In this all men shall know you to be my disciples, if you bear● love one to another. joh. 13. v. 35  
Consideration.  
We will consider that we all ar● members of one body, and therefore ought to love and help on● another, as wee see there is a mo●● perfect concord, between th● members of the same body.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God that he hath distributed his been fits and gifts, amongst the members of his mystical body, in suc● diverse and different manner an● measure, to the end we should b● helpers of one another, one b● teaching such as be ignorant, a●● other by rectifying such as are i● error, another by comforting them that be afflicted, another by doing some other work of mercy to his neighbour &c.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering we are men of no profit, and fruit amongst our brethren, and as it were withered and rotten me●bers, which haue deserved to be cut off, and separated from the body.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God to give ●s true charity, whereby we may ●lwayes remain conjoined and ●nited together by true love amongst ourselves, and with our ●ead Iesus Christ.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to do ●hatsoeuer we are able, for our ●rethren, and to succour them in ●l their necessities, both of body and soul.   

When we are with our Subiects. THE 23. EXERCISE.  
HE that is the greater amongst you, let him be as the lesser, and he that is the Superior, as if he were the Seruant. luke 22. v. 26.  
But I am in the midst of you, as a wayter on you. Ibidem.  
By how much the greater thou art, by so much in all things, humble thyself. Eccle. 3. v. 20.  
A most hard iudgement shalbe for them, that bear rule over others. Sap. 6. v. 6.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider that( we ou● selves) although we are Superior● unto others, yet we haue also God for our Superior, who will one day exact of us a severe account, how we haue vexed or amnoyed our subiects,& what care we haue taken of them, and whatsoever they haue wanted through our default, God will require at our hands.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, from whom is all rightful power and jurisdiction, and all paternity or Father-head in heaven and in earth.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed that we are not sufficient for the government of our souls, and therefore unworthy to govern& rule others, and therefore we will think ourselves inferior in perfection& ●esert unto our subiects.  
The Petition.  
We will humbly beseech God ● give us of his wisdom, that and may be sufficient to govern those that are under us, according to his will, and also to give us humility that we be not puffed up with pride, for the authority and pre-eminence, we haue over others.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves, together with all them that are committed to our charge unto God, that he govern and rule both v● and them, as our king, Lord● and Father.   

When we are weary. THE 24. EXERCISE.  
IEsus being wearied with h● journey sat so, vpon the fountain. joh. 4. v. 6.  
Come unto me all ye that l●bour, and are loaden, and I w● refresh you. mat. 11. v. 28.  
Thou hast made me serve in thy sins. Thou hast made me labour in thine iniquities. Esa. 43. v. 24.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that Christ our Redeemer was oftentimes wearied for our sake, while he lived here on earth,& especially in his Passion, wherein through his great labour& excessive agony of his soul he sweat blood, and sat down very weary and thirsty at the well of Sychar. joh. ●. v. 6.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to him, that he oftentimes suffered for our ●ke so great pains, and fatiga●ons, and that thereby he hath ●ade himself, the refresher of ●em that labour, and finally hath ●epared eternal rest for them in ●auen.  
The Confusion.  
We will blushy for shane, considering with how great labour and toil, we haue oftentimes wearied and tired ourselves, in the way of iniquity and p●rdition: nay that we haue like mad men, and such as are out of their wits, accounted labour, in that behalf, as it were rest and repose,& weariness, pleasure. And on the other side, that never so little labour in the service of God, hath seemed unto us intolerable.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to accept of our weariness, for satisfaction and expiation of our sins; and to give us strength and ability to suffer all labours, and fatigations acceptable to his majesty and at length after these labour to translate us unto eternal rest in the habitation of his deity.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our weariness, together with al the labours and weariness, which Christ suffered here on earth: and to endure for the love of God, all labour& weariness which shal happen unto us, in his divine service.   

When we walk or go any journey. THE 25. EXERCISE.  
WHile we are in this body, we are pilgrims from our Lord. 2. Cor. 5. v. 6.  
The God of our safety grant us a prosperous journey. Psal. 67. v. 20.  
Iesus went about all the cities, and villages teaching in their Si●agogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing all infirmities and diseases. mat. 9. v. 34.  
I beseech you to abstain as pilgrims and strangers from carnal desires, which war against the soul. 1. Pet 2. v. 11.  
I am a stranger on the earth, hid not thy precepts from me. Psal. 118. v. 19.  
Consideration.  
We will consider the journeys which Christ made when he conversed as a pilgrim here on the earth, going from city to city, from place to place, sometimes by sea, sometimes by land to seek his lost sheep every where, and to leave behind him, the footsteps of his goodness.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thankes to our Lord, for all the journeys and travails he hath taken for our sake, and for that he hath made himself our guide, and the way by which we may go to his Father.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, remembering the time when we walked in the path of perdition,& ran headlong blindfold towards hel, where we had now been, had not the mercy of God preserved vs.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to be our guide in the way which we walk, and to deliver us from al perils of body and soul, which shall happen unto us in the journey of this present life.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our journey, and direct it to the supreme honour and glory of him. Wee will also offer unto him our will, to follow him in the carryinge of his cross, according as he requireth of vs.   

When we return home. THE 26. EXERCISE.  
I Am glad of these things, which are said unto me, we shall go into the house of our Lord. Psal. 121. v. 1.  
Be unto me a protecting God, and a house of refuge, that thou mayest save me. Psal. 30. v. 3.  
I haue asked one thing of our Lord, this will I require, that I may dwell in the house of our Lord, all the dayes of my life. Psal. 26. v. 4.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that Christ after he had fulfilled the obedience enjoined him by his Father, returned unto him with a great booty, and was received of his Father, with great honour and glory, and placed at his right hand.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, who hath suffered us to return safe and sound, and that, whereas he himself lived like a pilgrim on earth for our sakes, not having where to rest his head: he hath notwithstanding given us a house, wherein to rest and dwell.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering we haue so many yeares forsaken the house of our heavenly Father like the prodigal child, and haue fed the swine of our sensual, and brutish appetites: and haue been almost starved with hunger, whereas notwithstanding the house of our Father, is so well provided for, and aboundeth with all things.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to conduct us to that eternal habitation, which he hath prepared for his elect in heaven: and as long as we live in this present world, to conserve us in the house of his church, and to give us his grace, to remain and abide therein with such integrity and holiness of life, as becometh the house of such a Lord.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God and to his praise& service, all things we are to do in our house, and will humbly crave pardon of him, if peradventure we haue offended him, when we are abroad.   

THE 27. EXERCISE. When we sit down.  
I sat under the shade of him whom my soul desired, and his fruit was sweet to my throat. Cantic. 2. v. 3.  
He that shall overcome shall sit with me in my Throne, as I also haue overcome, and sit with my Father in his Throne. Apoc. 3. v. 21.  
And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence& in rich rest. Esa. 32. v. 18.  
Consideration.  
We will behold Christ our Redeemer sitting at the right hand of his Father, and appointed to be judge of the living and dead. moreover we will consider how many labours& travails Christ sustained, that he might attain unto that glory and rest which he now enjoyeth.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath given us a place and oppurtunitie to rest, and that he maketh much of us like a good Father: we will also give thankes unto him, for those seats which he hath ordained and reserved for his seruants above in heaven.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the time when we sat in the chair of pestilence, when we remained obstinate in our sins, with the great enmity of God, as if there were no God, or as if we could hid ourselves from his all-seing eyes.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us steadfastness and perseverance in his divine service, and make our soul a fitt habitation for his majesty, wherein he may vouchsafe to rest.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our heart, that he may sit therein, as in a seat, and from thence, may command all the powers and faculties of our souls, and haue them obedient unto him.   

When we stand. THE 28. EXERCISE.  
I will stand upon my guard, and fasten my steps vpon defence. Abac. 2. v. 1.  
The just shal stand in great constancy against them that haue afflicted them. Sap. 5. v. 1.  
Stand in the truth, with your loins gird about. Ephes. 6. v. 14.  
He that thinketh to stand, let him look he fall not. 1. Cor. 10. v. 12.  
Consideration.  
We will consider Christ standing at the right hand of his Father, and fighting for his elect, as Stephen saw him when he was stoned of the Iewes, by whose aid he fought it out manfully, and in his fight dying for Christ, became a conqueror.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath lifted us up, being fallen to the ground through sin, that he hath given us a firm and strong hope of salvation, and hath lifted up our mind, when we haue been discouraged& ready to despair.  
The Confusion.  
We will blushy for shane, remembring the time when we stood out obstinate against God,& fought against him by resisting his will: and contrariwise haue, cast ourselves prostrate at the feet of our enemies, fulfilling their will in all things.  
The Petition.  
We will crave of God strength to stand on our feet, and to fight valiantly against our enemies, that we may subdue them,& cast them down under our feet.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God to be his seruants, and we will attend ready for all things he shall please to command us, together with that innumerable multitude of celestial spirits, attending always in his presence, and most ready to fulfil his pleasure.   

When the clock striketh. THE 29. EXERCISE.  
I Said I haue but now begun. Psal. 76. v. 11.  
The hour is now for us to arise out of our sleep. Rom. 13. v. 11.  
Let us do good while we haue time. Galat. 6. v. 10.  
Be watchful, because you know not at what hour your Lord will come. mat. 24. v. 42.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that our life passeth away swifter then a post or an Arrow out of a bow: and we will consider also, that our life is now shorter by one hour then it was, and wee nearer by one hour to our death then we were.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath conserved us alive till this hour, and hath mercifully expected us to penance, true conversion, and amendment of our life.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering how could and negligent we are at this hour in the service of God, and examining briefly our defects, committed in this hour past, wee will be sorry for them,& humble ourselves before God.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of God, grace to spend this present hour, better and more fervently in the service of his divine majesty, then the hour past. And whereas all the hours& minutes of our life are numbered with him, wee will beseech him, that he will not permit us to be found vnreadie, and unmindful of our salvation in the hour of our death.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to serve him all the time of our life which yet remaineth, and we will begin this present hour with new spirit and fervour.   

When we are hungry. THE 30. EXERCISE.  
HE that cometh to me, shal not hunger. joh. 6. v. 35.  
Blessed be they that hunger,& thirst for iustice, for they shall be satiated. mat. 5. v. 6.  
He hath filled the hungry with good things. luke. 1. v. 53.  
The eyes of al things do trust in thee, o Lord, and thou givest them food in due season. Psal. 144. v. 15.  
They shal not hunger nor thirst any more. Apoc. 7. v. 16.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider how Christ our Redeemer suffered hunger for us, when notwithstanding it is he that satiateth the Angels in heaven, and giveth food to all the creatures on earth.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he made himself our food, to satisfy the hunger of our souls, and that by the hunger which be hath endured for our sake, he hath deserved for us eternal sa●●etie.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering how often we haue permitted our souls to suffer famine& hunger, from whence it is, that our heart hath been oftentimes dried up and withered, because we haue neglected to give it spiritual nourishment; whereas one the contrary part, we can not endure that our body should be pinched with any little hunger, but by and by wee use all the industry we can, to give it food.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God, to provide us continually of spiritual food, and to give us an appetite and hunger of iustice, that we may daily desire to serve him more fervently then before we haue done.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to sustain for the love of him, all hunger that shal happen unto us: and joining our hunger with that which Christ suffered for us, we will offer it unto God the Father, for the expiation of our gluttony, and intemperate feeding.   

When we thirst. THE 31. EXERCISE.  
ALl ye that thirst, come t● the watters. Esa. 55. v. 1.  
If any man thirst, let him com● to me, and drink. joh. 7. v. 37.  
My soul hath thirsted after God, the living fountain. Psal. 41. v. 3.  
Because with thee, there is a fountain of water. Psal. 35. v. 10.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that grievous thirst, which Christ suffered vpon the cross. For when his body was void of blood, and he had suffered innumerable stripes& torments, all the night before, there was no body would give him, one draft of water.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he made himself a fountain of living water to quench our ●hirst withall, and that he inui●eth all men to this water. Nei●her doth he repel or debar any ●on it, that seek it, as they ought.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering our cruelty and ingratitude, that whereas Christ doth most extremely thirst after our salvation, wee haue given him to drink of the most bitter gawle of our sins, perseueringe in the same, and oftentimes returning to them again, after penance and remission thereof.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech our Lord with the woman of Samaria, that he always give us of that water, which he promiseth to them that be his, that is to say, his divine grace, o● which whosoever drinketh soundly, shall never thirst more after the vain pleasures and delighte● of this life.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God● to suffer for his love any thir● whatsoever,& joining our thirst, with that which Christ suffered vpon the cross, we will beseech him, to receive it for the expiation of that gull and vinegar of our sins, which we haue given him to drink.   

When we labour. THE 32. EXERCISE.  
give me o Lord the wisdom assisting at thy seat, and sand it down from thy holy heauens, that it may be with me, and labour with me. Sap 9. v. 10.  
Labour like a good soldier, of Christ Iesus. 2. Tim 2. v. 3.  
Man is born to labour. job. 5. v. 7.  
Of good labours, the fruit is ●lorious. Sap. 3. v. 15.  
Consideration.  
We will consider the sentence which God pronounced vpon our first parents, after the transgression of his commandement, namlie, that they should eat their bread in the sweat of their face; moreover wee will consider, that Christ our Redeemer, laboured even unto a bloody sweat, that he might purchase for us the bread of his grace.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath given us health and strength to labour, and that he giveth unto his seruants spiritual strength, and courage to labour in his betide, and heap up plentiful fruits of meritorious works.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, how slothful and negligent we haue been standing all the day idle, and unmindful of our salvation: but labouringe and toylinge all the night, in the service of the devil, and other enemies of mankind, without any profit, nay oftentimes with great detriment, and imminent danger of our souls.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to make us worthy labourers in his betide: that by labouringe faithfully therein we may be worthy to receive the daye-penny or wages of everlasting felicity.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to labour in his service all the dayes of our life, as it were hired seruants or bondslaves, because he hath made us of nothing, and ●edeemed us with his most pre●ious blood: for it is fitt and just, that the creature should serve the creator, the son his Father, he seruant his Master, the bondslave him that bought him.  
When wee take our food.  
For as much as our mind is to be employed in holy, and godly considerations at all times, yet especially when we are to take our bodily food, as well to arm ourselves that the wicked spirit or our own sensuality cirumvent us not,& impel us to pass the bonds of necessity in feeding, causinge us to take more food then the necessity of our bodies require; as also that we take not imoderate delight in feeding, which doth exceedingly dull our soul, and make it altogether sensual, and not only then, but commonly a great while after unable and unfit for spiritual things. And for this cause the first founders& instituters of the most holy Religious Orders, ordained that in the time of feeding, there should be certain good books red, that the mind being occupied in the things which are heard, may be somewhat withdrawn from the pleasure of eating. The same thing certain holy Synods or councils, haue decreed, should be done of Bishops and other Prelates, who are more obliged then others, to the study of virtues, and contempt of the delights and pleasures of the flesh. Wherefore they that, desire to profit in spirit, and to conserve the interior vigour of the soul, seeing they are bound to yield their bodies food and refection, and cannot lawfully withdraw it from them, besides the diligent care they are to take, that this be done with due ●emperance, both in the quality ●nd quantity of meats, they ●ught also to arm themselves ●ost diligently with certain considerations in the time of eating, that the sensual delight of eating, weaken not the spirit, and withdraw it from that fervour, and constancy it would otherwise retain. For as much therefore as this is so necessary a matter, I will be somewhat longer herein, setting down several exercises for every day of the week, before meales.   

monday. THE 33. EXERCISE.  
THe eyes of all things do trust in thee, o Lord, and thou givest them their food i● due season, thou openest thy hand and fillest every living creature with thy blessing. Psal. 144.  
Who giveth beasts their food and young ravens calling upo● him. Psal. 146. v. 9.  
All things expect from thee, that thou give them food in due time. Thou giving it they will gather it, thou opening thy hand, all things shalbe filled with thy goodness. Psal. 103. v. 28.  
behold the fowles of the air, which do not sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. mat. 6. v. 20.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, with how much goodness and liberality, God doth nourish all his creatures, in so-much that the very emmots, nor the least worms that are, no nor his enemies, that is to say, those that live in mortal sin, are forgotten with him, but he giveth every thing his share.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he giveth us sustenance, and hath hitherto sustained us, and all his creatures.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering we are unworthy of the bread we eat, and the drink we drink, being such ill and unprofitable seruants, in the house of our Lord.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to give us true sobriety, in eating& drinking, that we exceed not therein; and that we may so take our corporal sustenance, that our body be onely maintained for the service of God, and not strengthened to rebel against the spirit.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to be deprived, for the love of him, of all corporal delights whatsoever: contentinge ourselves with those things only, which are merely necessary, yea and patiently to endure the want of those also, if they be taken from vs.   

Tuesday. THE 34. EXERCISE.  
BLessed be ye that hunger now, for ye shalbe satiated. luke. 6. v. 21.  
I will satiate her poor, with bread. Psal. 131. v. 15.  
The poor shal eat and shalbe filled, and they shall praise our Lord that seek after him. Psal. 21. v. 27.  
eat and drink ye my friends, and be ye inebriated my dearest. Cantic. 5. v. 1.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that God doth in this present life, sustain his elect with grace and spiritual considerations, wherewith he doth so refresh and satiate them, that all the riches of the kings and Princes of this world, cannot be compared with the riches and treasures of them.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will yield thankes unto God, that he hath communicated himself so liberallye to his creatures, whom he inviteth thus to his Table. Come eat& drink my friends, and be ye inebriated my dearest. Nay he goeth from door to door to call them to this banquet, and therefore in another place he saith. Apoc. 3. v. 20. Behold I stand at the door,& knock, if any man open unto me, I will sup with him, and he with me.  
The Confusion  
We will be ashamed, that we haue despised and made so light of this heavenly Manna, and haue preferred before it, the Onions& garlic of egypt, that is to say, our sensual delights.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God to communicate unto us this heavenly bread, and suffer it never to be wanting unto vs.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to suffer any famine of corporal food whatsoever, rather then to want that heavenly food, without the which, our soul famisheth, and dieth for hunger.   

wednesday. THE 35 EXERCISE.  
HOw sweet are thy speeches to my jaws? sweeter thē honey to my mouth. Psal. 118. v. 103.  
Thou hast prepared in my sight, a Table against them that trouble me. Psal. 22. v. 5.  
wisdom hath built her a house, she hath mingled her wine, and set a Table. Prou. 9. v. 1.  
Come ye, eat my bread and drink my wine which I haue mingled for you. Ibid. v. 4.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how rich and plentiful of all things the Table of the holy Scriptures is, which God hath prepared within his house, to wit, his Church, wherein all both great and little may find convenient food. For there the weak are fed with tender meats, the stronger, with stronger meats, that is to say, with the doctrine of perfection.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for the singular benefit that he hath heretofore fed and still doth feed our souls, with his heavenly doctrine, which is not grounded vpon natural reason, which oftentimes is deceived, nor vpon the opinions of philosophers and wisemen of the world, who in many things do err, but vpon the authority of the most high God, who cannot be deceived,& is the principal& original truth, for he it is, that revealed it unto vs.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed that we haue so highly esteemed of this benefit, and haue been so slack and negligent in making profit therof. For if the Pagans had so great esteem and regard of the Oracles of Apollo, how much ought we to esteem( not of the Oracles of Apollo, a false and counterfeit God) but of the true and eternal God, who cannot deceive, nor be deceived?  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God with the Prophet david, to uncover our eyes, that is to say, to remove the veil of ignorance from them,& restore our sight, that we may consider the marvels of his law, and eat of that heavenly bread, which on the Table of the divine Scriptures, is proposed unto us to be eaten, that it be not unto us, like unto bread kept up in a Pantrie.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God, our understanding, farthel, and ready to beleeue all things revealed unto us in the divine Scriptures, and our will prompt and flexible in all things, to obey whatsoever is commanded, or counseled us therein.   

Thursday. THE 36. EXERCISE.  
MAn hath eaten of the bread of Angels. Psal. 77. v. 25.  
unless ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye shall not haue life in you. joh. 6. v. 54.  
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life everlasting. Ibidem.  
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, remaineth in me, and I in him. Ibid.  
This is the bread which descended from heaven, he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever. Ibid.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how admirable& divine that Table is, which God hath placed in his Church. That is to say, of the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, wherein the body of Christ is given us to be eaten, and his blood to be drunk.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thanks to God for such an infinite benefit, which driveth even the Angelical spirits, into admiration and amazement.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that we haue forgotten and neglected to eat this bread, which strengtheneth the heart of man, and that we haue presumed to come to this heavenly Manna, without due preparation.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to give us continual hunger of this celestial bread, and to grant us interior devotion as often as we come to this Table of our Lord.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to our Lord our heart, to transform it by that most noble Sacrament, into himself, that it being deade to the world, may live to him alone.   

Friday. THE 37. EXERCISE.  
THey gave me gawle to eat, and vinegar to drink. Psal. 68. v. 22.  
He hath filled me with bitter things, and given me wormwood to drink. Thren. 3. v. 13.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that Table full of torments( gawle and vinegar) which the ungrateful Iewes prepared for Christ our saviour, and of which Christ for our love did voluntarily and willingly taste.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to him, that he would taste of those most bitter meats for our sake, to the end he might deserve heavenly sweetness for us, and that he hath delivered us from that eternal bitterness and a maritude, which is prepared for the damned in hell.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed that Christ having drunk gawle for us vpon the cross, we haue so often offered him the gawle of our sins to drink.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God to give us tears of compassion, wherewith to bewail those things he suffered for our redemption, and that those may be our bread day and night, with which in the remembrance of his punishments, we may mingle our meats.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to suffer all bitterness and all pains howe sharp soever, for the love of him, who suffered so great things for the love of us: and we will humbly beseech him, that he always give us of his cup to drink, because it is not fitt, that under a thorny head, there should be delicate members.   

saturday. THE 38. EXERCISE.  
FIre, brimstone, and the spirit of storms, the portion of their cup. Psal. 10. v. 7.  
If any man shal adore the beast and his Image, and shall receive his character in his forehead, or in his hand, this man shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mingled with sweet wine, and he shall be tormented with fire, and brimstone, in the sight o● the holy Angels. Apoc. 14. v. 9.  
Their worm dieth not,& the fire is not quencheable. Mat. 9. v. 43.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how dreadful, and horrible that Table is, which God hath prepared for sinners in hell, where they shalbe fed with all manner of bitterness that can be imagined, where the couetou● rich glutton craveth one dropp● of water to cool the heat of his tongue,& yet cannot obtain it.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that we are not yet in hell, whereas we haue deserved it, as often as we haue committed any mortal sin.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, conside●ing how little fruit the fear of ●hese terrible torments, haue ●rought in us, daringe to offend God with our sins, notwithstandinge we beleeue most certainly that these torments are prepared ●or sinners.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to wound ●ur flesh with the fear of these ●aines, and feed us with the same, that if the consideration of his ●oodnes, and of the benefits he so ●berally bestoweth vpon us, be ●ot sufficient, to soften and mol●fie the hardness of our heart, the ●eare of these pains may hinder ●nd restrain vs.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God the Fa●er, the sorrows and bitterness ●hich Christ tasted in his Passion, and likewise the sorrows of the most blessed Virgin mary, and al the holy Martyrs, that by them he will deliver us from those everlasting torments, which the damned do suffer in hell.   

sunday. THE 39. EXERCISE.  
ANd the Lord God of hostes will make vpon this mountain for all his people, a banquet of fat things, a vintage banquet, of things as fat as marrow, of a vintage purged from the dregs. Esa. 25. v. 6.  
I dispose for you, as my Father hath disposed for me, a kingdom that you may eat at my Table in my kingdom. luke. 22. v. 29.  
Blessed are they that are invited to the marriage supper of the lamb. Apoc. 19. v. 9.  
They shall drink their fill of ●he plenty of thy house, and thou ●halt give thē drink of the Tor●ent of thy delights. Psal. 35 v. 9.  
When thy glory appeareth, I shalbe filled, and saciated at the full. Psal. 16. v. 15.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that heauen●ie table, which God hath prepa●ed in heaven for the just, where ●he bread which is set before them ●o eat, is God himself, by the vision or sight of whom they are made happy; by the eating of which bread, they are so satiated& contented, that they can desire no more.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath prepared for us, such wonderful good things in heaven, and hath also promised them unto us, and stirreth us up t● hope and desire them, and geuet● us sufficient aid for the obtaining thereof.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that whereas God hath created us to eat the bread of Angels, that is to say to haue the fruition of God, we haue delighted rather in the food of beasts( void of reason) and haue so fed thereof, that we haue oftentimes for it exposed ourselves to the danger of loosinge the food of eternal felicity.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God that by no means he permit us, to be cast out of that heavenly banquet, but number us amongst them which are to sit down thereat, although we be the least& lowest of thē all.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God the Father, the merits of Jesus Christ our Redeemer, together with the merits of all the Saincts, that by their intercession he give us a place in heaven. We will also offer ourselves to suffer all hunger, and other calamities of this present life, rather then to loose the satiety, and sweet repose of the house of God.   

When we pass by a Church. THE 40. EXERCISE.  
verily our Lord is in this place; this place is no other thē the house of God, and the gate of heaven. Genes 28. v. 16.  
Is it therefore to be thought, that God doth truly dwell vpon the earth. 3. Reg. 8. v. 27.  
If the heauens, and the heauens of heauens cannot contain thee, how much less this house? Ibid.  
My house shalbe called, th● house of prayer. mat. 21. v. 13.  
An Instruction.  
As often as we pass by a Church unless we are in great hast, w● should go into it, and there worship and adore almighty God truly and really present in th● most holy Sacrament of the A●tar, and humbly commend ou●selues unto that saint, unto wh● the Church is dedicated:& whe●ther we go into the Church or no● we may exercise ourselves in these points following.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider the goodne● of God, who departing from us leaveth himself present with us in the most holy Sacrament of th● Eucharist, and ordained Temple to be built, wherein the same Sacrament might be continualli● kept, which should be unto us as places of refuge, whereunto wee might haue recourse in al our necessities, and implore the assistance of God; wherein also God would haue his Sainctes to be honoured, for it is a thing pleasing unto him, to haue the Churches called by their names,& therein by their merits and intercession, he giveth many and singular gifts and blessings to men.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for those great benefits contained ●n the precedent consideration.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that we ●ave been so slack, and negligent ● visiting of Churches, and that and haue carried ourselves so vn●uerentlie, and vndeuoutlie in ●em, when we were therein.  
The Petition.  
We will crave of God, some especial grace, which we do then most of all want, and that by the intercession of that saint, unto whom the Church is dedicated.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, all the merits of that saint, of whom th● Church is name: and wee wil● praise and glorify God, for th● gifts and graces, granted to th● same saint.   

When we accompany the blessed sacrament carried in the street. THE 41. EXERCISE.  
HE was seen vpon the earth and he conversed with me● Bar. 3. v. 38.  
Behold I myself will seek o● my sheep,& visit them as a Sh●pheard visiteth his flock. Ezech. 34. v. 11.  
I will feed my sheep, and I will make them to lye down to rest, saith our Lord God. That which was lost, I will seek out,& that which is broken, I will bind together, and that which is feeble I will strengthen, and that which ●s fat and strong, I will so keep. abide. v. 15.  
And behold I am with you all dayes even unto the consumma●ion of the world. Mat. 28. v. 20.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider the goodness of God, who was not contented ●o come into the world and live ●mongst men, and by his doctrine ●d example to instruct them, but ●so sitting in his glory, at the ●ght hand of his Father in hea●n, vouchsafeth to remain a●ongst men in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist,& doth visit them and enter into their houses, that he may bestow his benefits vpon them.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God for that singular benefit, contained in the precedent consideration.  
The Confusion.  
We will be confounded that we are so ungrateful to God, for so great and main a benefit,& haue so little memory therof. Also that we are so weak and cold in the love and service of this, our most good, and liberal Lord.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to visit our heartes with his grace, and thereby to expel out of them all inordinate affection, with all things which to his divine majesty shalbe displeasinge. We will also pray unto God, for the sick person, unto whom the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist is carried.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God the Father, the benignity, clemency and liberality of his most beloved son, which he used towards men, and we will glorify the Father, the son and the holy Ghost, for the same.   

When we pass by some godly Image. THE 42. EXERCISE.  
GOd created man after his own Image and likeness Genes. 1. v. 27.  
For he is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted glass of the majesty of God, and the Image of his goodness. Sap. 7. v. 27.  
Thou shalt make also two golden Cherubins cast in a mould,& shalt be set on each side of the Tabernacle, one. Exod. 23. v. 18.  
Make a brazen Serpent, and set it up for a sign, he that is wounded and beholdeth it, shall live. Numb. 21. v. 8.  
Salomon made in the Tabernacle, two Cherubins, of Oliue-tymber, and set them in the middle of the inner part of the Temple. 3. Reg. 6. v. 23.  
As we haue born the Image of the terrene, let us also carry the Image of the celestial. 1. Cor. 15. v. 49.  
Consideration.  
We will give unto the Image due reverence, and adore in it him whom it representeth, whether it be of the most sacred trinity, or of God the Father, or Iesus Christ true God and man, and aclowledge him to be our king, our Lord,& our creator, by whom we are governed and sustained. If it be the Image of the blessed Virgin mary, we will aclowledge her to be the most holy of al creatures. If of any other saint, we will aclowledge him to be the friend of God, and a citizen of our heavenly country, whom God hath exalted unto great honour in heaven, and would haue him to be worshipped and honoured here on earth.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will thank God, that he would haue Images to be in Oratories and Churches, partly for a remedy against oblivion, partly for our instruction, and comfort, partly to be as a book laid open, wherein the illiterate& such as could not red in other books, might read in these. moreover we will give thankes unto God, that he hath imprinted the Image of his majesty, in our souls.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that we haue defi●ed and defaced with our sins and offences, the Image of God imprinted in our souls.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to restore within us his Image again, and polishe it a new, that his Image being pure and amiable in us, we may please him alone. And we will desire also of God, by the merits and intercession of that saint, whose Image it is, some especial grace which we want.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, the adoration and reverence which al the Angels, and elect in heaven do exhibit and yield unto him, and we will praise and glorify God with them all.   

When things happen contrary to our will. THE 43. EXERCISE.  
NOt my will but thine be done. luke. 22. v 42.  
O Lord, o Lord omnipotent king, all things are under thy command, and there is nothing can resist thy power. Hesth. 13. v. 9.  
Can we resist the will God? Genes. 50. v. 19.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that God doth govern all things with an unspeakable providence, and that his ways& iudgments are most holy, although for the most part, they are hidden from us, and therfore we will endeavour to conform ourselves, to his divine will, in all events.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, for all those things which he ordaineth and disposeth about us, and aclowledge him to be our Father, who loveth us most tenderly, and in all things intendeth our good.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering our ignorance, out of which oftentimes we deem that thing to be most profitable unto us, which his hurtful and pernicious; We will consider also, that for our sins, wherewith we haue offended God, wee haue deserved, that all things should fall out contrary and adverse unto us, and that in nothing we should haue prosperous success.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to give us true conformity to his will, and grant, that although all things should fall out contrary to our will in our temporal affairs, yet that in spiritual matters we may daily profit and increase.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves wholly and entirely to the ordinance of God, and beseech him so to dispose of us, and all that is ours, as he knoweth will redound most to the honour, glory, and service of himself.   

When we see any dead body. THE 44. EXERCISE.  
but you shal die like men. Psal. 81. v. 7.  
It is decreed that all men shall one day die, and after that iudgment. Hebr. 9. v. 27.  
Blessed are the dead which die in our Lord. Apoc. 14. v. 13.  
O death how bitter is the remenbrance of thee, to a man that taketh delight in his wealth? Eccles. 41. v. 1.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that we also one day shall die, knowing nether the day nor hour of our death.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath prolonged our life, and time of penance, and hath mercifully expected our conversion unto penance, and amendment of life.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, considering how negligent and slack we are, in performing that for which our life was given, and allotted unto us, notwithstanding it is so short and uncertain.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to give us the continual memory of our death, and grace to employ the time of our life well. We will pray also for the party deceased, that God would make him partaker of his heavenly kingdom.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God the Father, the death of his only begotten son our Redeemer, that by the merits of him, he haue mercy on the soul of the deceased person, and reform our life, and dispose it unto a good and happy death.   

When it raineth. THE 45. EXERCISE.  
HE that covereth the heauens with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Psal. 146. v. 8.  
Watering the moumtaines from his superior Regions, the earth shall be filled with the fruit of his works. Psal. 146. v. 13.  
He maketh his sun to arise vpon the good and bad, and raineth vpon the just& unjust. mat. 5. v. 45.  
Thou o God wilt segregate a voluntary rain, for thy inheritance. Psal. 67. v. 10.  
He descended like rain into a fleece of wool, and like drops, distillinge vpon the earth. Psal. 71. v. 6.  
Consideration.  
We will consider what a provident care God hath, in visiting& watering the earth with rain, that it may bring forth fruit for us, in her due season.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, for the benefit of this material rain, and for the spiritual rain of his grace, doctrine, and holy inspirations, wherewithal he wateringe our souls, maketh them bring forth the fruits of virtues and good works.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering our drienes, and barrenness in good works, not because God withdraweth from us his spiritual rain aforesaid, but because, we like naughty& accursed ground, do bring forth thistles& thorns.  
The Petition.  
We will crave of God his heavenly rain, and that he vouchsafe, like a good husbande-man, to purge and purify the ground& soil of our souls from thorns, and thistles of sin, and take away from them all the naughtiness of temporal desires, and sensual appetites, and make them fertile in bringing forth the fruit of virtue.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our souls, which are before him like earth without moisture, and aclowledge that all the goodness thereof, proceedeth from him, from whom, as it were from a spiritual heaven, the rain which causeth fertility in our soul, doth descend.   

When there is a tempest. THE 46. EXERCISE.  
THe spirit of storms fulfil the will of our Lord. Psal. 148. v. 8.  
Behold a whirlwind the fury of our Lord going forth. Ierē 30. v. 23.  
Let not the tempest of water drown me. Psal. 68. v. 16.  
Iesus rebuked the wind& the tempest of water, and it ceased,& there was made a great calm. luke. 8. v. 24.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that horrible tempest and alteration of all the Elements, which is to go before the day of iudgement, whereby God will signify, how severe and terrible that iudgement shall be, which he is to execute sone after.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he forewarneth us of this tempest, and reneweth in us, the memory of that dreadful day, that it find us not unprepared. We will also give thankes to him for his clemency, in that he hath oftentimes preserved us from the tempest of temptations, either by preuentinge us from having them, or if we haue them, by so temperinge them, that we may sustain them, giving us strength not to yield unto them.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the tempests of our heart, which through our inordinate Passions, are made turbulent like the Sea, which cannot be calmed.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to command by his word, the tempests of our heart to be quiet, and restore unto us our desired tranquillity, for as much as his divine majesty dwelleth not, but in a quiet and peaceable heart. We will beseech him also to preserve us henceforth, from storms& tempests, that we may serve him in peace, and tranquillitie of mind, and make use of his benefits.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God that perfect tranquillitie, and serenity, which the souls of the Sainctes enjoy in heaven whither no tempest can approach, and wee will praise and glorify him for the same.   

When we behold the sun. THE 47. EXERCISE.  
our Lord hath made the sun to rule the day, and the moon to rule the night. Psal. 135. v. 8.  
There shall rise to you, that fear my name, the sun of Iustice. Malach. 4. v. 2.  
The eyes of our Lord are much more shining then the sun, beholding every where al the ways of men, and the profundity of the deepest places, and the hartes of men. Eccli 23. v. 28.  
The just shall shine like the sun. mat. 13. v. 43.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, what a glorious lamp God hath provided us to enlighten the world. We will consider moreover, that God is the sun of iustice, and a light vnaccessable, which cannot be seen of any creature, unless it be strengthened and enabled by his divine light.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for that singular benefit wherewith he adorneth us, giving us the material sun to illuminate us,& for the interior light of faith, whereby he giveth us both the true knowledge of his divine majesty, and of his heavenly mysteries, and dispelleth from our souls the darkness of error,& giveth us grace to drive away from them, the darkness of sin, making them brighter then the Sun.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that when light came into the world, we loved darkness better thē light, being of the number of thē who would not understand and learn to do well.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to bestow on us his ●ight and verity, that wee being free from all fainednes and deceit, like children of light, may go before him in verity, as the day strarre before the sun.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, that perpetual light which the blessed do enjoy in the heavenly jerusalem, where the lamp that doth illuminate it, is the lamb of God, which is far more bright and resplendent, then this our sun, for which we will praise and glorify him.   

When we behold the Heauens. THE 48. EXERCISE.  
our Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven, and his kingdom shall reign over all. Psal. 102. v. 19.  
Who is like our Lord God who dwelleth in the highest, and beholdeth the lowest in heaven and earth. Psal. 112. v. 5.  
rejoice and be glad, because your reward is copious in heaven. mat. 5. v. 12.  
But our conversation is in heaven. Philipp. 3. v. 20.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that the heauens are a ladder or stairs to ascend unto our Father, and our country for which we were created. We will consider also, that we are banished men, and fellow-travelers in this world.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath prepared for us, such a magnificent beautiful and spacious palace. For if it seem so wonderful beautiful exteriourlie and far off, how great is it within? the beauty whereof none but the eyes of the blessed can behold.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed to see, how our heart is drowned in terrene& earthly things, and that our conversation, our cogitations,& desires, are conversant, not in heaven, but in earth.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, that he do not allot us a terrene inheritance amongst the children of this world: but that he so govern& direct our life, that by using temporal goods aright, to his glory, we may be worthy to obtain eternal.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our souls, that of them he make him● spiritual heaven, where he ma● desire continually to dwell.   

When we behold Fire. THE 49. EXERCISE.  
our God is a consuming fir● Hebr. 12. v. 29.  
Who makest spirits thy Angels, and thy Ministers a flamin● fire. Psal. 103. v. 4.  
I came to put fire into the worl● and what will I, but that it burn● luke. 12. v. 49.  
Which of you can dwell wi● consuming fire? or which of you can dwell with everlasting combustions. Esa. 33. v. 14.  
Are not my words as it were, a fire? saith our Lord. Ierem. 23. v. 29.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, how terrible the fire of hell is, in comparison whereof this of ours is but a painted fire. Wee will consider moreover that God is a consuming fire, and that Christ came to put fire vpon the earth, and desireth nothing else but that it should burn ●n our hearts, expellinge from ●hence all coldness.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, ●at he hath given us material and so very necessary for our uses, ●d that he kindleth and enfla●eth the heartes of his Seruants ● the love of his majesty, by the and of the holy Ghost.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the tepiditie and coldness of our heartes, in the midst of so great a fire, as that which Christ put vpon the earth, that is to say, when he wrought such wonderful and stupendious miracles therein; All which notwithstanding, we remain void of all warmth, and colder then ice.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God to kindle in our hearts, the same fire, and incessantly to conserve it, that it be never extinguished, but increase daily more and more.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, that mos● ardent love of the Seraphins, wh● burn with the love of his diuin● majesty, that their fervour ma● supply our tepiditie and coldnes●   

When we behold water. THE 50. EXERCISE.  
I Will give freely a fountain of living water, to him that thirsteth. Apoc. 21. v. 6.  
Two evil things hath my people done, they haue forsaken me the fountain of living water, and digged to themselves broken cisterns which cannot hold water. Ierem. 2. v. 13.  
Vpon the water of refection, he hath bred me up. Psal. 22. v. 2.  
Had not our Lord been within us, perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. Our soul passed through a Torrent, or flood, perhaps our soul had passed tho●ough an intolerable water. Psal. 23. v. 3.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that God is the fountain of living water, from whence all things, which haue any being or any manner of perfection, do flow: and that he is a main Sea, or boundless Ocean of all perfection, wisdom, mercy and goodness.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he giveth us water for our daily uses, and that by the touch of his most holy and pure flesh, when he pleased to be baptized in jordan by S. John the Baptist, he sanctified all waters, and gave them virtue to regenerate souls in holy baptism,& purify them from all filth of sin.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering how small a time that purity which was given us in the fon● of sacred baptism, endured, forasmuch as soon after, we returned to contaminate and defile our souls again, with the spots of sin.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to wash and refresh us with the water of his grace, and to give us the water of tears, to wash away the filth wherewith sin hath defiled our souls.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, that water mixed with blood, which flowed from the side of Christ our Redeemer, when he died for us vpon the cross, and was transfixed, or pierced through with a spear.   

When we behold fields and grounds. THE 51. EXERCISE.  
THe mountaines ascend and the fields descend into the place which thou hast ordained for them. Psal. 103. v. 8.  
The fields shalbe replenished with plenty. Psal. 64. v. 18  
Husband thy ground diligently. proverb. 24. v. 27.  
I passed by the field of a slothful man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man, and behold the nettles had ouer-growen it, and thorns had covered it all over,& the fences were broken down.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, that the Church is the field of God, wherein his word is sown, and that he tilleth and watereth it, with great care and diligence, by his Ministers and Seruants, whom he sendeth incessantly to order and husband this field, from whence he gathereth most plentiful fruit into the barn of his heavenly kingdom.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath given us fields from whence we may haue wheat and and other kind of corn, for the sustentation of our human life, and that he is most careful to ●ow in our heartes his grace, and the good seed of holy works, and rightful desires.  
The Confusion.  
We will be confounded, considering how often our Lords seed hath perished in the field of our soul,& brought forth no fruit, either because we suffered it to lye open without fence to the temptations of Satan, or that it was too stony and hard, or that it wanted the moisture of devotion, or that it was full of thorns, that is to say, of immoderate care and affection of worldly and terrene things.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to cleanse this field, and fence it in with his custody, and that he will take from thence the stony hardness, and moisten it with the water of devotion, that it may yield fruit, not only thirty, but sixty, and a hundred fold.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, the labours which Christ hath sustained in tilling and manuring this field, watering it with his blood. Wee will offer also, the labours which the Apostles the first sowers of the gospel, and the holy Doctors& preachers of the Church, haue sustained:& we will beseech him, that he will not permit so great labours, to be fruitless unto vs.   

When we behold Hills or Mountains. THE 52. EXERCISE.  
I Lifted up my eyes unto the hills, from whence shal come my aid. Psal. 120. v. 1.  
Who shall ascend up to the mountain of our Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place. Psal. 23. v. 3.  
They that trust in our Lord, shall be as the Mount Sion. He that dwelleth in jerusalem shall never be moved. Psal. 124. v. 1.  
The hill of God is a fat hill, a fruitful hill, a hill wherein it pleaseth God to dwell, for God will dwell therein for ever. Psal. 67. v. 16.  
Consideration.  
We will lift up the eyes of our understanding, unto that most high and lofty hill, that is to say, almighty God, from whence our aid and al our good proceedeth, and unto the other lesser hills, that is to say the Sainctes, from whom water of Gods mercy distilleth vpon us in this vale of tears, because by their intercession& merits, God bestoweth vpon us his manifold gifts.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, for that he hath given us hills from whence we may haue water for our use, and whereon our cat-tail may feed, and where we may haue store of wood and other things necessary for our use: We will also give him thankes that he hath so great a care of his Church, wherein his sheep are fed, with wonderful and divine food.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, to see ourselves such weak& feeble sheep, notwithstanding we feed upon this mountain, most plentiful& abounding with most wholesome pastures.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech our Lord, to bring us to that mountain where he with his Sainctes dwelleth, and to satiate us with the clear vision of himself, and refresh his beloved sheep, with the eternal and most pleasant pastures thereof.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer to God, the labours and torments, which Christ suffered for our sake, as well on the mount of olivet, where, out of his excessive grief and agony, he sweeat blood, as also upon the mount calvary where he was crucified, that through the merit thereof, he may bring us unto his mountain of glory.   

When we behold Trees. THE 53. EXERCISE.  
PRaise our Lord all ye fruit bearing trees, and all ye Cedars. Psal. 148. v. 9.  
And he shalbe like a three, which is planted by a stream of water, which shall yield his fruit in due season, and his leaf shall not fall of, and whatsoever he doth, it shal prosper. Psal. 1. v. 3.  
Blessed is the woodd by which iustice is fulfilled. Sap. 14. v. 7.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider that three of life, of which the Saincts in heaven do feed, that is to say, Christ crucified, the fruit whereof freeth us from eternal death, and bringeth us to eternal life.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath given us trees, by whose fruit we are sustained, and that he hath planted us like trees in the orchard of his Church, wherein there is no three barren, but through its own default.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed seeing ourselves to be unfruitful trees, only occupying place in vain,& therfore haue deserved long ago, to be cut down, and to be cast in hellfire, had not the mercy of God, patiently expected us unto penance.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to tolerate us with patience, and nourish us with his benefits, that we may bring forth fruit acceptable to his divine majesty.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, the fruit of the merits which that three planted on the Mount of calvary, that is to say, Christ crucified, yielded forth, that they may supply our barrenness and sterility, and make us fruitful.   

When we behold Flowers. THE 54. EXERCISE.  
I Am the flower of the field,& the lily of the valleys. Cantic. 2. v. 1.  
There shal go forth a twig, from the roote of jesse,& a flower shall ascend from the roote therof. Esa. 11. v. 1.  
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they neither labour nor spin, and yet I say unto you, not Salomon in all his glory, is clothed like on of these. mat. 6. v. 28.  
A mans daies are as haye, he shall whither away, and fade as the flower of the field. Psal. 102. v. 15.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how God giveth unto flowers, beauty, and sweetness of smell, and that there is in him all beauty more perfectly then in his creatures. moreover we will consider, that Christ our Redeemer called himself the flower of the field, because the beauty and most sweet odour of him doth delight heaven& earth, and holy souls do run after his sweet odour.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, because he recreateth and delighteth us with the beauty and sweet smell of flowers, and by the virtue thereof, being made into medicines cureth our diseases, and chiefly because he hath given us Christ the true flower of the field, ready and obvious to all, and denying himself to none.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the filthiness& stench which sin hath caused in our souls, which we haue voluntarily planted therein, the faire and sweet● smelling flowers of virtue( whic● Christ planted therein by the laue● of holy baptism) being by v● rooted out.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to replan● again, and restore the flowers o● virtue, which we haue extirpate● and rooted out, that we may b● a good odour of Christ in eue● place, by giving such example ● behoveth the true Disciples ● Iesus Christ.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, the flow●rs of the most perfect virtues, ●hich he planted in the most ho●e soul of Christ, from the first ●stant of his Conception,& also ●he beauty and most sweet odour ●f that most flourishing Rose plan●ed by the hands of the highest, that is to say, of the most blessed ●irgin mary:& finally the flow●rs of all the Sainctes, and we will ●lorifie God for the same.   

When we behold birds. THE 55 EXERCISE.  
O All ye fowles of the heauens bless ye our Lord. Dan. 3. ● 80.  
My enemies haue caught me ●ke a bird, with huntinge me. ●ren. 3. v. 52.  
As an eagle provoking her young ones to fly, and houeringe over them, stretcheth out her wings, and taketh them up upon her back. Deuter. 32. v. 11.  
jerusalem, jerusalem, how often would I haue gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth together her young chickens under her wings,& thou wouldest not.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, how Christ our Redeemer did fly from heaven unto the earth, and from the earth back again into heaven,& carried his children with him, that is to say, the just, detained until that time in Limbo, and doth daily provoke his children to fly, and soare up a loft by contemplation, and openeth his breast like a pelican to revive hi● young ones with his blood: and finally, gathereth them together, like a hen under his wings, and defendeth them from the infernal Kite of hell.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath given us birds for our sustentation and service, and that by them he teacheth us, to ●ut all our trust and confidence ●n God, to cast away all immode●ate care of temporal things,& with the wings of our desires, to ●ifte up, and elevate ourselves, unto the love and desire of heavenly things.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering how terrene our hart is, which is so drowned in these inferior things, that it scarcely ever lifteth up itself to desire heauen●ie things: which yet if at any ●ime it doth, it presently slideth down to earthly thing again.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God with the Prophet david ( Psal. 54. v. 7.) to give us the wings of a dove, that leaving the earth, and the base& abject things thereof, we may fly unto him, and rest in him, making our nest, in the holes of the rock, that is to say, in the wounds of Christ.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer ourselves unto God, that he lift us up, and carry us with him vpon his wings, acknowledging ourselves, weak and vnfethered, not able of ourselves to fly.   

When we behold other living Creatures. THE 56. EXERCISE.  
let beasts and all cat-tail praise our Lord. Psal. 148. v. 10.  
Man when he was in honour understood not, he is compared unto beasts, without understanding, and made like unto them. Psal. 48. v. 13.  
Be ye not made like unto horse and mule, in whom there is no understanding. Psal. 31. v. 9.  
The ox knoweth his possessor, and the ass his Masters crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood. Esa. 1. v. 3.  
Consideration.  
omitting the considerations, which may be framed concerning every beast in particular, according to his propriecie and nature, wee will consider, that even after Adams sin, all beasts do serve us after a sort, yea even those which seem unprofitable,& ve●emous or noisome. Prou. 6. v. 6. We will consider also that the holy Ghost sendeth us unto the Em●mot, that by her we may learn t● shun sloth and idleness,& th● Christ warneth us to learn wisdom of Serpents. mat. 10. v. 1●  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to Go● who hath granted us beasts an● other living creatures, for o● use and sustentation, and that h● hath created us more excellent enduinge us with reason and understanding, and concerning ou● soul, immortal and capable o● eternal felicity.  
The Confusion.  
We will blushy for shane, that w● being placed of God in so grea● honor, haue not known him, bu● haue made ourselves thoroug● sin more vile then brute beast● disobeyinge God, and rebelling● against him, that feedeth and sustaineth vs.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to give us grace, to aclowledge our digni●ie, and to live accordingly.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves as bea●●es unto his divine majesty, to ●oe with us whatsoever it plea●eth, him without any resistance ●t all of our parte.   

When we hear the singinge of birds, or other music. THE 57. EXERCISE.  
rejoice to our Lord all the earth, sing rejoice,& make ●elodie. Psal. 97. v. 5.  
sing ye to our Lord, in the ●arpe and ditty of a psalm, in ●he Trumpets and voice of the Cornet. Ibid.  
I heard a voice from heaven, as it were of harpers, playing upon their haps, and did sing a● it were a new song. Apoc. 14. v. ●  
How shall wee sing the song● of our Lord, in a foreign country? Psal. 136. v. 4.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that song& most pleasant music of the Angels in heaven, which filleth th● heavenly jerusalem with joy.  
The thanksgiving  
We will give thankes to God● that he recreateth and maketh v● merry with this exterior music, and thereby stirreth us up to desire the music of heaven.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering that our Song and Musick● in this vale of tears, ought t● be lamentations& sighs for ou● sins, for which we haue deserved to be condemned to the everlasting lamentation of hell.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God to give us his grace, and skill to sing grateful music unto him in our soul, and to banish out of it, all noises and rumours which our inordinate appetites, and unbridled passions do make therein.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God that music which the Angels do sing to him in heaven, praising him continually, and saying. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts.   

When we hear the sound of Bells, and Trumpets. THE 58. EXERCISE.  
PRaise our Lord on the well-tuned cymbals praise him on ●he cymbals of inbilation. Psal. 150. v. 5.  
If I speak with the tongues of men& Angels, but haue not charity, I am made like a soundinge brass, or a tinglinge Cimball. 1. Cor. 13. v. 1.  
He will sand his Angels with a Trumpet, and with a great voice, and will gather together his elect from the four winds. mat. 24. v. 31.  
That day, shal be a day of wrath, a day of tribulation, and distress, a day of calamity and misery, a day of darkness& obscurity, a day of clouds& whirle-windes, a day of a Trumpet and of the sound therof. Sophon. 7. v. 15.  
Consideration.  
We will remember that dreadful sound of the Trumpet, which shall awaken all men from the sleep of death, and call them unto iudgement, and shall say, arise ye that are dead, and come to iudgement.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that before the time of this last iudgement, he awakneth us, and warneth us to prepare ourselves aforehand, for the most strict account which we are thē to yield, before all the world.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering our spiritual blindness, that neither by the external voice of God, by which he speaketh unto us in his creatures, nor by his internal motions, we awake from our drowsy sleep.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to cause that terrible Trumpet which shal ●wake the dead, and call them ●nto iudgement, to sound in our ●aress, that our life may be a continual preparation, unto that day.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God the Father, that contumely and reproache which was done unto his only begotten son, when he being carried with the sound of a Trumpet through the streets of the city of jerusalem, loaden with his heavy cross, was proclaimed a malefactor and guilty of death,& we will humbly beseech him by that confusion of his, to deliver us from that shane and confusion, which sinners shall be put unto, in the day of the last iudgement, when they shal be cast down headlong into eternal torments, with a far greater sound and noise thē was that of the former Trumpet.   

At night before we go to sleep. THE 59. EXERCISE.  
I Mediated in the night with my heart, and was exercised, and swept my spirit. Psal. 76. v 7.  
In the nights lift up your hands unto the holies, and bless our Lord. Psal. 133. v. 2.  
In the day God commanded his mercy, and in the night, his song of praise. Psal. 41. v. 9.  
Consideration.  
We will first examine our conscience running over al the hours of the day, and attentively considering whether we haue any way offended in thought, word or deed, and sorrowinge for our offences, we will crave pardon for them of God, with a most firm purpose of amending our life, and confessing the same sins in due time, and finally we will set ourselves some satisfaction for the same.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath conserved our life this day, that he hath given us sustenance for our body, and hath delivered us from many perils, of body and soul; And also that he hath vouchsafed us many other benefits,& especially those which we remember we haue received of his most liberal and munificent hand, that present day.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed before God, at the consideration of our negligence,& that we haue passed our dayes with so little fruit, not only without any increase in virtue and good works, but decreasing: and whereas we ought to profit& go forward, we haue gone backward, making good purposes, daily and daily breaking the same.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to keep us that night from all danger& illusion of the divell, and to give us quiet sleep, to repair the strength of our body that we may be able so much the better, and more fervently to do him service, and we will commend ourselves to our guardian angel, to preserve& protect us that night.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to serve him henceforth with greater care and diligence, changing our lives unto better, by the help of his grace.   

When we put off our clothes, to go to sleep. THE 60. EXERCISE.  
NAked came I out of my Mothers womb,& naked shall I return. job. 1. v 21.  
Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, that he walk not naked, and men see his turpitude. Apoc. 16. v. 15.  
despoil yourselves of the old man, with his acts. coloss. 3. v. 9.  
I haue despoiled me of my coat, how shal I put it on again? Cantic? 5. v. 3.  
The souldiers of the President stripping Iesus out of his clothes, put vpon him a purple rob. Mat. 27. v. 28.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how the souldiers stripped Christ naked out of his Clothes, that they might whip him, and afterwards crucify him vpon the mount of calvary, in the view, and presence of all the people: and how they divided his garments amongst them, and cast lots vpon his seam●es coat, who should haue it.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he would for our sake, be stripped naked out of his garments, that he might cloth us with the garment of immortality, and with a double vesture of glory, that is to say, of soul and body.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering the spiritual nakedness of our soul, which of itself hath no garments but old torn rags of sin, with which no man is admitted unto the nuptial feast of the heavenly bridegroom.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, that he will despoil us of the old Adam, and his vices, and cloth us with the new Adam, and his virtues, that we being clothed with the garments of the only begotten son of God, he may aclowledge us in the number of his flock.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God the Father, his only begotten son, naked and nailed to the cross for our sake, that by his nakedness, he vouchsafe to cloth us, with the garment of his grace. We will also offer unto him ourselves, not only to be made naked, but also to be crucified& die for the honour and glory of him, after the imitation of his only begotten son.   

When we go into our bed to sleep. THE 61. EXERCISE.  
I Will every night wash my bed with my tears, and water my cowche. Psal 6. v. 7.  
I made my bed in darkness. job 17. v. 13.  
The bed is narrow, that one of us must fall out. Esa. 28. v. 20.  
If I shall ascend into my bed,& shall give sleep unto my eyes, and slumber unto my eye-lides, and rest unto the temples of my head, until I shall find a place for our Lord, a Tabernacle for the God of jacob.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how hard& grievous a bed the cross was, on which they stretched out, and nailed Christ his body, being full of soreness and wounds before. We will consider also, that we one day shall be laid into a grave, where we shall sleep the sleep of death, until the day of the general resurrection: And therfore when we open our bed to sleep, we will consider how they will open our grave for us, when we go into our bed, and how they will lay us in our grave. finally when we cover ourselves, with the bed-clothes, how they will cover us with earth.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God● that he hath given us a bed whereon to take our sleep and repose● whereas he himself had not in thi● life, where to rest and recline hi● head.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering how unworthy we are of these commodities, having deserved through our sins, that fiery bed, which is prepared for sinners in hell.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, that he make our soul a most soft bed, where he may repose,& that our soul may rest in his bosom: and finally that he grant us a good death, that we may be of the number of thē which die in our Lord.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God the Father Christ, stretched out on the hard wood of the cross, where he took the sleep of death, that he might raise us from the sleep of our sins, and give us life everlasting.   

In the mean while till we fall a sleep. THE 62. EXERCISE.  
IF you will walk in my precepts,& keep my commandements, and fulfil them, you shall sleep, and there shall be none to trouble you. levitic. 26. v. 6.  
I sleep, and my heart wakeneth. Cantic. 5. v. 2.  
Wee are not children of the night, nor of darkness; therefore let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 1. Thess. 5. v. 6.  
If I sleep, I say, when shall I rise? job. 7. v. 4.  
In peace in the self same, will I sleep and rest. Psal. 4. v. 9.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that dreadful hour, when holding a hallowed wax candle in our hand and in our death-bedd, we shall expect death. We will consider moreover how hard,& grievous that night was to Christ, when in his Passion the souldiers gave him no rest all the night long, and never ceased to afflict him with a thousand kindes of contumelious usage.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he afforded us this time to take our rest, and that when he lived on earth, he watched& spent whole nights in prayer for vs.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering how often we haue not cared to sleep, being in the state of mortal sin, and haue not feared so great a danger: for if God had then permitted the divell to haue strangled us, as we deserved, and the divell thirsteth to do, we should haue found ourselves awake in hell.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, that he permit not our soul to fall a sleep in the sleep of sin, but make us watchful and vigilant incessantly, against the deceits of our enemies, that they may never boast that they haue prevailed against vs.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God the Father, that sleep which Christ dying vpon the cross, and being dead, took in the Sepulchre for us until the third day, that by it he accept our sleep unto the honour of his divine majesty.   

When we are awake in the night. THE 63. EXERCISE.  
THey that love God from their heart above all things, are discontented if they be any thing long deprived of the memory of his divine majesty. And because while a man is a sleep, he wanteth this memory, against which misery they use to take but little sleep, or bring themselves to break and interrupt their sleep often, that being awaked, they may commend themselves unto their guardian angel, that he be careful to admonish them often, to think of their best Father, who doth not sleep nor slomber, ●ut out of his fatherly prouiden●e, always watcheth over them, ●hich thing all those that covet ●o serve God, ought to do. To ●he end therefore they may haue ●herin to exercise themselves at ●hese times, we will set thē down ● particular exercise for that purpose.  
In my bed through out the night, I sought whom my soul loveth. Cantic. 3. v. 1.  
In the night o Lord, I was mindful of thy name. Psal. 118. v. 55.  
In the midst of the night, there was made an out-crie, behold the Spouse cometh, go forth and meet him. mat. 25. v. 6●  
Thou hast tried my heart and visited it, in the night. Psal. 16. v. 3●  
The night is my illumination in my delights. Psal. 138. v. 11.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how often th● sleep of Christ, was interrupte● through his great care,& continual thinking of our salvation▪ For if the desire and sollicitud● of temporal things, do caus● in men, exceeding great careful●nes& continual cogitation the●of: how much more did the arde● desire of our salvation cause th● same in Christ, which he desire● much more vehemently, then any covetous man doth desire riches.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he preserved us in our sleep.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, conside●inge how deep and dead the ●leepe of our heart hath been, ●hen we haue passed much time without any remenbrance of God, ●nd haue not awaked for many ●earess together, out of the sleep ●f sin wherein we were butted.  
The Petition.  
Wee will crave of God a deep ●nd profound sleep in him, that and being transported into him, ●ay forget all terrene and earth●e things, and even ourselves also: and that being dead to the ●orld, and to our own self love, and may live to him alone.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our harte● that he may vouchsafe to re● therein, and recline his head without any fear of his thorny crow● wherewithal his head was crwoned: nay rather with a desire, tha● it might wound our hart with th● wounds of compassion and loue●   

certain Exercises to be used at any hour of the day or night. THE 64. EXERCISE.  
our God is not far from every one of us, for in him w● live, move and haue our being● Act. 17. v. 28.  
How can any thing subsist unless thou wouldest: or be conserved which is not called of the● Sap. 11. v. 26.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that God ge●eth us our being and life, and that we depend much more of him, ●hen the sun beams of the Sun●e. For we so depend of him, that ● he should leave us never so lit●e a while, we should return into ●othing, whereof we were created.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God ●r this benefit, which he inces●ntly doth unto vs.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, before his ●uine majesty considering our ●gratitude, and negligence in and service of God our continual ●enefactour.  
The Petition.  
We will desire of God, that he ●waies look vpon us with the ●es of his mercy, that as we haue ●r life, and our being by his mercy: so by the same he ma● us grateful and acceptable un● him.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our lif● and all that we be and haue, ● employ all in his service, who● they all are.   

Another. THE 65. EXERCISE.  
O Lord thou hast brought m soul from hell, thou ha● saved me from them that disce● into the lake. Psal. 29. v. 4.  
I will confess unto thee o Lor● withall my heart, and I will gl●rifie thy name for ever, because thy mercy over me is great, an● thou hast delivered my soul fro● the inferior nel. Psal. 85. v. 13.  
unless our Lord had holpen m ●y soul had almost dwelled in hel. ●al. 93. v. 17.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that God de●ereth us from hel almost every ●oment, because if God should ●ue us over to the will of our ●emies, we might fin every ●oment, and be justly condem●ed to the pains of hell.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God ●th all our heart, for this so sin●ler a benefit.  
The Confusion.  
We will be confounded, consi●ringe the proneness of our cor●pt nature unto evil: which all●ies withdraweth us from good, ●d inciteth us to evil.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, not to ●rsake or leave us, forasmuch as ●seeth our necessity to be great, by reason whereof our soul standeth in need of his protection& aid. And we will say with th● Prophet david, they haue opene● their mouth vpon me. They hau● said, go to, go to, our eyes sa● it, thou o Lord hast seen it, b● not silent, depart not from me.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to our Lord, al● the good desires, and holy cogitations of the just that are on th● earth, and all the good worke● that are done to the honour of hi● divine majesty through th● whole world, and also all the parises wherewith the souls of the blessed do celebrate his holy nam● in heaven.   

Another. THE 66. EXERCISE.  
THou hast observed my path●& considered my foote-step● job. 13. v. 24.  
All my ways are in thy sight, o Lord. Psal. 118. v. 161.  
For he knoweth the secrets of my heart. Psal. 43. v. 22.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that the eyes of our Lord are continually over us, and he seeth not only all things which we do and speak, but also all things which we think.  
The thanksgiving  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath hitherto so patiently, ●nd with such longanimity for●orne us, and tolerated us, to cō●i● so many heinous offences, in and sight of his divine majesty.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, conside●nge our impudency and auda●ousnes, that we durst to commit ●ne before the eyes of God, who ●th one glance of his eye vpon the earth, is able to make it tremble and quake for fear.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to give us interior and exterior purity, that we may walk worthily before the eyes of his divine majesty, which love purity and sanctity, and hate evil.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to our Lord, our heart, that he will purify, and sanctify the same, and make us men according to his heart.   

Of the virtue of Faith. THE 67. EXERCISE.  
THe just man doth live by faith▪ Rom. 1. v. 17.  
In all things taking the buckler of faith, wherein you may extinguish all the fiery darts of th● divell. Ephes. 6. v. 16.  
This is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith. 1. joh. 5. v. 4.  
Without faith it is unpossible to please God. Hebr. 11. v. 6.  
O Lord increase our faith. luke. 17. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how certain those things are which we beleeue by faith, forasmuch as they are warranted by the authority of God, who is the prime and eternal verity, which cannot be deceived, nor deceive. The heauens, the earth, and all things on the earth shall fail, before one iott or tittle of those things, which and hath revealed shall fail to be ●ulfilled.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to our Lord, that he hath revealed unto us the sublime and high mysteries of our faith, and hath communicated& imparted unto us, some part of his secrets, and dealeth with us, not as with seru●nts, but as dear& intrinsical friends.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering what an idle faith we haue hitherto had in our soul, living as if there were no God, and denying him with our works, quiter contrary to his commandements.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to confirm us in our faith, and continually to increase it, and make that it be noridle within us through want of good life.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our understanding, flexible and ready to beleeue all things which faith teacheth us, without requiring any other reason, then his divine revelation thereof.   

Of the virtue of hope. THE 68. EXERCISE.  
FOr hope doth not confounded. Rom. 5. v. 4.  
By hope we are saved. Rom. 8. v. 24.  
O Lord, my hope, from my youth. Psal. 70. v. 5.  
In thee o Lord haue I hoped, let me not be confounded for ever. Psal. 30. v. 1.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how secure the hope of Christians is, forasmuch as it is grounded& vnder-propt with the promises of God, who is most faithful& cannot possibly falsify his word. And therfore as it is unpossible that God should fail: so is it unpossible that his words should not be fulfilled,  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, for that he hath promised us the unspeakable good things of eternal felicity, and commandeth us to hope for them. We will also give him thankes, for that admirable aid and help, which he hath given us, that we may be able to attain unto the same, to wit his only begotten son, clothed with human flesh, and suffering death for our salvation, together with the rich treasure of his infinite merits.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, our will, prompt and ready unto all things which he shal commande, and in that manner as he shall commande: trusting in his words alone, without requiring any other pledge or warrant.   

Of charity towards God. THE 69. EXERCISE.  
O Lord my strength I will love thee. O Lord my strength, and my refuge, and my deliverer. Psal. 17. v. 1.  
What is there for me in heaven, and what do I desire on earth, besides thee? My flesh and my heart languisheth. O God thou arte the God of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psal. 72. v. 25.  
If I haue not charity, I am nothing. nothing doth me good. 1. Cor. 13. v. 2.  
God is charity& he that dwelleth in charity, dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1. joh. 4. v. 16.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how infinite a good thing God is, and how worthy to be beloved of all men, whom if we love never so much, yet he deserveth to be beloved more.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he hath not onely given us power and faculty to love him, but also commandeth us so to do, whereas our love is of no moment or benefit to him at all: we will also give thankes to him, that he maketh himself our treasure, our happiness, and the sum of all our good, that we need not nor should not set our heart and our love vpon any thing but him.  
The Confusion.  
We will be as●amed, that we are so cold in the love of such an● infinite good, and also that we are so void of wit●e, as to yield ou● heart and hands to offend him.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, so to inflame us with his divine love, that we may repose and rest quiet in nothing but in him alone, and never cease from the love& praising of him, and desire that he be praised, loved and obeied of all, and be sorry with all our heart, that any should offend him.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, our will and all our heart, that he would vouchsafe so to transform it into him, by love of him, that forgetting all worldly things, it may be swallowed up and drowned in him. We will also offer unto him, that most ardent love, wherewith the Seraphins do love him, desiring to love him with the like fervour as they, or rather greater, if it were possible to be done.   

Of charity towards our Neighbour. THE 70. EXERCISE.  
THis is my commandement, that ye love one another, as I haue loved you. joh. 5. v. 12.  
If any man say, I love God, and hateth his neighbour, he is a liar. 1. joh. 4. v. 20.  
We know we are translated from death to life, because we love our neighbours: he that loveth not, remaineth in death. 1. joh. 3. v. 14.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how diversly God commanded us the love of our neighbour, and from thence we will conjecture, how much he is pleased therwith,& how much he is displeased with enmity and hatred, forasmuch as he forbiddeth us to go to the Altar, unless we first reconcile ourselves to our brethren or neighbours.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for all the benefits he giveth our neighbours, and for all the gifts he communicateth unto them,& we will rejoice thereat, as for ourselves. Finally we will beseech God to conserve and increase the same.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed before our Lord, considering how often we haue disgressed, and swerved from this his commandment of loving our neighbour, when notwithstanding he hath forbidden us by a very severe commandment, to violate the same.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us perfect love of our neighbour, that we may exercise the offices of charity towards him. We will beseech God to redress all the necessities, both bodily& ghostly of every one. Wee will desire the salvation& good of all, none excepted, no, not the most wretched and abject person in the world. We will also pardon them all their offences against us, if they haue any way offended vs. finally, we will crave pardon of God, if we haue any way offended o● scandalised any one, with a firm purpose to make him satisfaction, if it be requisite so to do.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to do whatsoever we are able, in relieuinge the necessities of our neighbours, desiring to be helpful to all, and to spend our life, if it were needful, for their salvation, as Christ hath done for us▪   

Of humility. THE 71. EXERCISE.  
BE ye humbled under the powerful hand of God. 1. Petr. 5. v. 6.  
learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart. Mat. 11. v. 29.  
He that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted, and he that exalteth himself, shall be humbled. luke. 14. v. 11.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how much this virtue of humility pleaseth God, forasmuch as he professed himself to be an especial Master or teacher thereof, both in word and example. moreover how fittlie this virtue agreeth to man, seing he is nought but dust and ashes: and if we will dive deeper into him, nothing but a plain nothing or vac●itie, and a depth o● imperfections and sin.  
The thanksgiving.  
Wee will give thankes to ou● Lord, for the admirable example of humility, he shewed for us i● his passion when he who was innocency itself, was condemned a● guilty of death; and he that was the glory of the Sainctes, was less esteemed then Barrabas, ● notorious thief; and he that was worthy of al honour, put to a mo● dishonourable and ignominio● death.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering our foolish pride, that wh● as we are on every side inuirone● and compassed about with ma● reasons which ought to move an● induce us to a most deep humliation, and depression of our se●ues: never the less we are proud● and consequently abominable ●o God and men, for as the wiseman saieth: Pride is odious and ●arefull to God and men. Eccleastic. 10. v. 7.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to give us ●rue humility, that we knowing ●ur selves what we are, may walk ●efore his majesty, with a sub●issiue and lowly mind.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer ourselves unto ●l the contempt, and abjection ●f the world, and aclowledge it ● be due unto us by good right, ●nd that there is no place, no not ●at which Lucifer hath in hell, ●ut is to high, for vs.   

Of poverty of spirit. THE 72. EXERCISE.  
BLessed be the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mat. 5. v. 3.  
The poor shall not be in oblivion for ever. The patience of th● poor, shall not perish for eue● Psal. 9. v. 19.  
Our Lord hath heard the desire of the poor. Psal. 10. v. 17.  
The poor shall eat and be filled. Psal. 21. v. 27.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how much th● virtue doth please God, fora●much as he hath assigned it th● first place amongst the eight Be●titudes, and he himself in his li● time here on earth, loved it especially above the rest: and so embraced it, that he was born, ●ued and died as it were in the a●mes and embracements thereof.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to Go● that whereas of himself he is moriche, he would for our sake ma● himself poor, both to enrich ●ur poverty, and also to instruct ●s, how great the value& worth ●f this virtue is, which withdraw●age the heart of a man from all things created, and causing it to ●nounce all corruptible riches, is ●ade the heir of God, who made himself the inheritance and re●ard of the poor of spirit.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, conside●nge how much our heart doth ●here and cleave unto the dirt, ●nd filth of the corruptible thin●es of this life, in somuch that we and not stick for them to incur and loss of God himself, who is and true and infinite riches of our ●uless.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech our Lord, to ●ue us this most rich virtue of ●uertie of spirit, which doth make noble the possessors therof which place their treasure in Go● alone, and esteem him above al●  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God unto the deprivation and renunciation for the love of him, an● of this virtue most acceptab● unto him, of all things of th● present life, and of all consol●tion proceeding from creature● and of all delights whatsoeue● savinge with the spouse. My bel●ued to me, and I to him. Cantic. ● v. 16.   

Of Obedience. THE 73. EXERCISE.  
our Lord Iesus Christ, ma● himself obedient even un● death, unto the death of the Cro●se. Philip. 2. v. 8.  
The mind of a just man, will ●editate obedience. Prou. 15 v. 28.  
An obedient man, shall speak ●ctories. Prou. 21. v 28.  
Chasticinge, or making chased our souls, in the Obedience of ●haritie. 1. Pet. 1. v. 22.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, how just and and a thing it is for us, to obey ●od, and all those whom he hath ●aced over us; For if a son owe ●edience to his Father, a subject ● his King, a Seruant to his Lord ●d Master: much more do wee and obedience unto God, in whom ● these, and many other Titles and concur. For God is our Fa●er, our king, and our Master, ●d therfore infinite obedience is and unto him,& greater then any ●ature is able to perform.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for the admirable examples whi● he hath given us in this virtue obeyinge not onely God his F●ther even unto death, but maki● himself subject unto his Mothe● the most holy Virgin mary, a● and joseph her Spouse, and at h● passion unto unjust Iudges, a● their wicked Ministers.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, consid●ringe our rebellion and diso●dience, who haue erected ourselu● presumptuously against God, a● our superiors, in that we ha● denied him in our works, a● making to ourselves an Idoll● our own will, haue obeied ● more then God.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God to g● us true and perfect obedient whereby we may not only obe● his commandements, but also ● counsels, and inspirations, and ● be subject to him in all things, without any repugnance or con●adiction: and for his sake to ●lde perfect obedience unto the ●mandements of our Superiors, ●thour excuse or reply, obeying ●em not only in work, but also ●ith a cheerful mind and sub●issiue iudgement.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our will, ● resigninge it into his hands, ●at in nothing we do what we ●ll or desire, but that only which ●pleasing to the will of God, bemuse his will is the rule of all rec●ude, sanctity, and iustice, and herefore worthy in all things to ● fulfilled.   

Of Patience. THE 74. EXERCISE.  
IN your patience you shal po●sesse your souls. luke. 21. v. ●.  
The patience of the poor, sh● not perish for ever. Psal. 9. v. 19.  
Because thou o Lord art my p●tience. Psal. 70. v. 5.  
A mans profiting in perfectio● is known by his patience. Pr● 19. v. 11.  
Consideration.  
We will consider the dignit● of this virtue, forasmuch as ● it we possess our soul, which t● unpatient man looseth almost ●uery hour, partly by impati●ce, hatred, wrath, rancour and inward disquietness of mind: a● partly for other occasions whi● in this wretched life, do eue● moment almost happen and offer ●hemselues unto us, amongst which and can hardly conserve our sel●es, without the offence of God, ●nles we be armed with the buck●r of patience.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, ●r all those most perfect exam●es of patience, which he gave us ● all the course of his life, and es●ecially in the time of his passion: ●r when he was ill spoken of, he ●turned not ill speeches again, ●either came there any inconsi●rate or careless word out of his ●outh, when he was falsely accu●d: he defended not himself, ●en he was vniustlie vexed and ●rmented: he threatened not his ●menters, but as a most meek ●mbe, amongst all his punish●ents, opened not his mouth, but ●ayed to his Father even for them that put him to death.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering our little or no patience, wh● oftentimes for a matter of no moment, do trouble, and disturb● ourselves, and lose the peace 〈◇〉 our soul, which is a most ric● treasure, and the bed of Go● wherein he resteth in our souls.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to ge● us this holy virtue of patienc● that we may patiently take an● sustain, not only all aduersiti● sent unto us of God, but also a●● persecutions, contempts, fal●● witnes-bearinge, and all iniuri● any way happening unto us, wi●● a cheerful mind and without an● sign of impatience, being so●● only for the offence of God, lo●inge them that offend us, fro● our heart, and praying for the●  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, ●o suffer for his love al adversity, persecution and reproach, and we ●il desire that we may pledge him ●n that cup which he hath drunk ●or us, and as it were begun ●nto vs.   

Of chastity. THE 75. EXERCISE.  
NO value of any thing is worth a continent or chased ●inde. Eccli. 26. v. 20.  
keep thyself chased. 1. Tim. ● v. 22.  
let your loins be girte. luke. ●. v. 35.  
The fruits of the spirit is con●ency chastity &c. Galat. 5. v. 23.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how fair and noble this virtue of chastity is▪ which maketh us like unto th● Angels of God, and on the con●trarie parte, how vile and vglie● the 'vice of lechery is, whic● maketh us like unto brute beasts▪  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God● for the examples he hath geue● us of this virtue, as well in himself, as also for that, he choose t● haue a Virgin Mother, whom h● would rather haue to conceive ● bring forth remaining a Virgi● above the course of nature, the● that her holy virginity should be violated or lost.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that ● haue so often adventured and lo● this faire& amiable virtue, bo● in act and in impure cogitatio● and desires.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to make ●s perfectly chased both in body ●nd soul, and that he suffer not ●ny unchaste or impure cogita●ion, to linger within vs.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, ●umblie beseeching him with the prophet david to burn our heart ● our reins with the fire of the ●olie Ghost, that so wee may be goody from al impurity of lust, that ●eing pure like gold that is tried ●uen times in the fire, we may ●orthily serve God, who is a most ●ure spirit, and purity itself.   

Of Abstinence. THE 76. EXERCISE.  
TAke heed your hearts be not over charged with gluttony, and drunkenness. luke. 21. v. 34.  
Let us that are the children of the day, be sober. 1. Thessa. 5. v. 8.  
He that is abstinent, shall sung his life. Eccli. 37. v. 34.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, how necessary and excellent this virtue is, it is the Mother of chastity, the companion of prayer, and the best preparation thereunto: and finally, it is the health both of bodie● and soul.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for the examples he hath geue● us of this virtue, in all his life, and especially those forty dayes, when he fasted in the desert.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that w● haue oftentimes heretofore, an● daily do more and more fail i● this virtue, being overcome of our own sensuality, which if we chance once to overcome, we suffer ourselves to be overcome of it again twenty times.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us this virtue, whereby we may be able, not onely to contemn& reject all kind of voluptuousness and delight, and all superfluity, and delight in eating and drinking: but also to love and entertain austerity of life, crucifying our flesh, with all the vices and concucupiscences thereof.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, ●y renouncing for his love, all ●he pleasures of the flesh, desiring ●o more then were necessary, un●o the sustentation of our life,& ●ufferinge the want, and depriua●ion of those also, if his divine majesty so please.   

To stir us up unto fervour in the service of God, and of a desire of profitinge therein. THE 77. EXERCISE.  
HE that feareth God, neglecteth nothing. Ecclesiast. 7. v. 19.  
Cursed be he that doth the work of our Lord negligentlie. Ierem. 48. v. 10.  
serving our Lord with a feruē● spirit. Rom. 12. v. 11.  
Because thou art neither hot● nor cold, I will begin to vomitt thee out of my mouth. Apoc. 3. v. 15.  
Therefore most beloved brethren, be ye stable and immovable, abounding always in th● work of our Lord, knowing tha● your labour in our Lord is not i● vain. 1. Cor. 15. v. 58.  
Consideration.  
We will consider what God deserveth, and what we owe unto him, and therefore what a dishonest thing, and how dissonant to human reason it is, negligentlie or coldly to serve such a Lord,& to prefer any thing before his service.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he would vouchsafe to be served of us, his most vile creatures,& unworthy to stand before him, or to be called his seruants.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed before God, of our negligence in his service, both that we scarce do him any service at al●as also that those things we do, we do them coldly, remissly and with many imperfections.  
The Petition.  
We will desire God to give us fervour of devotion, whereby we may expel out of our hearts all coldness, and be able to overcome all impediments occurringe in the service of God, and forgettinge those good things which we haue done heretofore as if they were nothing, extend ourselves unto better from thenceforth.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer ourselves to God, to serve him by the help of his grace, with that fervour aforesaid, and with that wherewith the Sainctes do serve him in heaven.   

A method of hearing mass. THE 78. EXERCISE.  
AMongst al the works which a man may, and ought to exercise, none is more high, nor of greater profit, then to be present at the service of the mass in that manner as he ought, and is fittinge. And therefore I haue thought it a thing, worth the labour, to set down a method how to hear mass, that our service may be the more acceptable to God, and profitable to our souls.  
We are therefore to consider, that in the celebration of the mass, three things are principally done, each of which are full of many mysteries.  
The first is, that therein bread and wine is consecrated( as Christ did in his last supper, he giving power, and authority to his Apostles and al priestes lawfully ordained, so to do) and by the virtue of this consecration, the bread ●is converted and changed into the true body of Christ our Redeemer, and the wine into his true blood; in somuch that after the consecration, there is contained whole& entire Christ truly, really, and substantially, under the forms of bread and wine.  
The second is, that therein the body and blood of Christ our Redeemer, is offered under the forms of bread and wine, as a most grateful and acceptable sacrifice to God the Father, and the whole most sacred and undivided trinity.  
The third is, that the priest after he hath offered up this sacrifice, receiveth the body& blood of Christ, as a Sacrament, unto the utility and profit of his own soul, if he receive it worthily, and with due disposition.  
Out of this which we haue said, we may understand how high thi● mystery is,& how great attention, reverence and devotion, a Christian ought to be present with, at the holy sacrifice of the mass. For as much as therein is handled, so high a mystery& benefit, whereof, not only the priest that celebrateth it, but also all they that are presenteth thereat with due disposition and reverence, are made partakers. Wherefore that we may more exactly declare it.  
First for as much as in the mass is consecrated the body and blood of Christ, and by virtue of this consecration, the same Christ is really present on the Altar, great attention and reverence ought to be in the heart of a Christian, hearing or serving mass: and also a vehement desire to hear it every day, not only on those dayes, when he is bound by the precept of the Church to hear it,& not only one mass a day, but many if he can, and haue opprotunitie so to do. For Christ saith unto his Disciples, blessed are the eyes which see that which you see. For I say unto you many Prophets,& kings haue desired to see those things which you see, and haue not seen them, meaning himself.  
But the same Lord whom they saw, and with whom the Apostles conversed, and for whom their eyes were pronounced blessed, is really present on the Altar, where the sacrifice of the mass is celebrated after the consecration therof, and the eyes of al that are present do truly behold him. although veiled and hidden under the forms of bread and wine. For if wee ought to make a pilgrimage, though never so long and tedious, with the three kings to enjoy this blessed sight, as doubtless we ought, with how great thankesgiuing, devotion& reverence of hart ought a Christian to rejoice as often as he is present at the sacrifice of the mass, where without any labour or pain but with great freedom& love, he is admitted to see him, who was desired of kings, foretold of Prophets,& with great thirst expected of the just, him who is the glory of the Sainctes, and on whom the Angels desire to look. And although we ought to be present at this blessed sacrifice and sight, all the time of mass, with very great attention& devotion: yet especially after the consecration, namely from that place when the priest doth elevate and lift up the consecrated host, until he hath received and communicated the same, and during that time to give himself wholly to yield condign thankes to God, for this singular benefit, that although Christ be ascended into heaven, yet he would not altogether deprive us of his corporal presence, to the end we might be certain& sure of his love towards us,& never forget those things, which he did, and suffered in this world for vs.  
He shall also he●e adore Christ truly present, and make an act of faith acknowledging and confessing that he is the self same, which dyed for us vpon the cross, and sitteth now at the right hand of God the Father,& that he is the true son of God, of one and the same essence majesty wisdom, eternity and power, with God the Father and the holy Ghost, and also true man the son of the most blessed Virgin mary, conceived by the operation of the holy Ghost, our Redeemer and saviour, who by the effusion of his most precious blood, and by his most holy death, hath redeemed us from the hand and thraldom of the devil, hath promerited and deserved for us, remission and pardon of our sins, hath unlocked and opened for us, the gates of his heavenly kingdom, that we may enter thereinto, and enjoy the same felicity that he doth.  
Let him be ashamed also before his divine majesty, that he feeth himself, so ungrateful for so many and so mighty great benefits, so cold and negligent in the service of this most good& most liberal Lord: unto whom he is bound by many Titles: and finally, that he dareth to offend a king and Lord, of such an infinite majesty and power.  
At last he being animated and stirred up with so great mercy, liberality and love, as Christ here expressly sheweth, let him crave of him pardon of all his sins& remedy for al his necessities, both of soul and body, and also grace and gifts of God whereby he may be enabled perfectly to serve and please him.  
And in regard also that in the celebration of the mass, the body and blood of Christ is offered as a sacrifice unto God the Father, and the whole most blessed and undivided trinity, a Christian ought to be present, with no less attention, devotion and reverence: where it is to be understood, that forasmuch as God is our Creator& Master, who continually conserveth in us that being which he first gave us, he that giveth us life, he that by his goodness& providence doth govern and rule us, without whom we could not subsist so much as one moment, from whom proceedeth our life and every good thing we haue, and at whose hands we hope for all things, faithful people ever had from the beginning of the world some external and outward sign, whereby ●o aclowledge this soueraigni●ie& supreme dominion of God over all things created: And to ●his purpose chief of al did those sacrifices serve, which were offered in the old law, and those also which the Idolaters did use, and therefore the holy scripture witnesseth, that by and by after the beginning of the world, Abel did offer sacrifice to God of the first ●orne of his flock, and that Noe, Abraham and the rest of the Pa●riarches, did the like. And afterwards in the law which God gave and prescribed to the people of Israel, he commanded sundry sorts of sacrifices, to be offered unto him, which did not only pertain to the end aforesaid, but also were a figure or adumbration of our Redeemer that was to come, and of our redemption which he was to work. Of which some also were ordained to yield God thankes, for his benefits received,& some for the expiation of sins. But Christ our Redeemer coming into the world as true bishop, priest, and mediator, between us and God his Father, he offered himself a sacrifice for the salvation of the world, and finishing or making an end of the ol● law with all the sacrifices thereof, and founding of a new law, left to his Church, not only sacrific● in stead of all the former, muc● more excellent, and precious the● all those, and this is the same sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ which we now offer, saving that he offered himself with blood, truly and really sheddinge his blood, and dying vpon the cross for us: but we offer it without blood, under the forms of bread and wine, as he in his last supper ordained it to be offered, when he said unto his Disciples, as often as you do these things, that is to say, as often as you consecrate my body and blood, and make it present under the forms of bread and wine( as I teach you and give you power to do) you shall do it in the remembrance of me, that is to say, as the Apostle S. paul expoundeth it, of my death. 1. Cor. 11. v. 26. And although the Church hath no other sacrifice but this only, yet in this all things are done that could be done in all the other sacrifices aforesaid, and that in a far more perfect& ample manner. And therefore by this sacrifice, first we protest that God, unto whom we offer it, is our creator and Master, and we his creatures and seruants, who haue our being, our life, and all things of him,& from his goodness and mercy, do hope for pardon of our sins, and everlasting glory wherunto he hath created& ordained vs. By this same sacrifice also, we make a commemoration or remembrance of that sacrifice, which Christ the high Priest, did offer with his blood for us vpon the Altar of the cross, for the expiation of our sins and in remenbrance of his most innocent life, and most holy passion, death and glorious Resurrection and Ascension into heaven. By this also we will give thankes to God for all his benefits, which he hath bestowed, & continually doth bestow vpon vs. We will also praise& glorify him for his goodness and mercy, which he declared, in that he gave his only begotten son for the Redemption of the world, whom we offer unto him in recompense of that benefit and all others. For we having nothing of our own like ●oore beggars, to offer unto him, ●ffer this sacrifice to him in satisfaction for our sins, that by it and may deserve remission therof, and be made partakers of that Redemption which Christ by his ●eath hath wrought for us, and ●btaine remission of that temporal punishment which remaineth ●o be paid after the sin, forge●en by contrition and Sacramen●all confession made to the priest, ●hich haue their virtue and effi●acie from the same sacrifice which Christ offered for us: We will offer it also for a means to obtain the grace of God, and his gifts, and virtues, and as a remedy o● all our necessities, and of all things which are necessary, and expedient for the health of our soul and body. We will offer it also for the universal Church, and for our Neighbours, that by the virtue thereof God may give them grace to convert themselves unto him, and to do penance for their sins: and they that are i● the grace of God, that he will conserve them therein, and increase their merits, and good workers and relieve all their necessities both of soul and body. We will offer it also for the souls in purgatory, that they may be delivered from the pains which they suffer, and translated into the joys of eternal glory. For this sacrifice hath a wonderful force and efficacy to obtain all these things, because therein is offered the body& blood of Christ, in whom God the Father is best pleased. It ●s likewise to be considered, that although the priest that celebra●eth doth principally offer this sa●rifice in the person of Christ, whose place and office he doth re●resent, and supply: yet notwith●andinge they who are present ●t mass, or they which serve or ●eare mass, or procure it to be ●elebrated, or haue an especial ●euotion thereunto, although they and not there present, do offer it ●so with him in a general sort, ●ll these do participate of the ●ertue and efficacy of this Sacra●ent, and especially those for ●hom it is offered particularly by ●ame, every once according to ●he measure of his devotion, and ●s he doth more or less immediately concur unto the celebration of the same: For they that say mass, do participate more then they serve mass, and and they that serve mass, more then they that hear it only, and those that are present, more then those that are absent. By this is doth manifestly appear, ho● little they understand this matter, who for their gravity forbear of disdain to serve mass, but appoint their Seruants to● do it: who if they did well consider what is done therein, and the spiritual gain they might purchase to themselves thereby, they would think that neither Kinge● nor Princes, are good enough, o● great enough, to serve the priest at mass. At which office and dignity the Angelical spirits, do, as I may say, emulate and envy, and would do it themselves, in the best manner they could, and not suffer their seruants to take from them so great a dignity and gain.  
Wherefore a Christian hearing mass, as much as pertaineth to this second parte of the sacrifice, that is to say, after the priest hath elevated and lifted up the host and chalice, ought with great attention& devotion, inwardly to recollecte himself, and offer un●o God the Father, the same sacrifice of the body and blood of his son. First in acknowledgement of his infinite majesty, confessing him to be the God& sovereign Lord of all things, from whom proceedeth every good thing:& ●n the memory of that sacrifice ●hich Christ offered vpon the Al●ar of the cross, for the Redemp●on of the whole worlde●and also ●a the memory of his most holy Incarnation, nativity, life, death, and Resurrection,& in thankesgiuinge for all the benefits general and particular, which we haue received, and especially for the benefit of giving us his only begotten son; and that infinite benefit which Christ bestowed vpon us, in leaving himself with us a perpetual sacrifice.  
let him offer it also, unto the honour and glory of his divine majesty, praising him for his infinite goodness, mercy, clemency and all other his perfections. Let him offer it also, in satisfaction for all his sins, for the holy catholic Church, for the increase, and dilatation thereof, for them that labour for the same, in diverse partes of the world: for the extirpation of Heresies, Hereriques and schismatics, by reducing them into the obedience,& lap of the Church, and for them that labour in this behalf: for the conservation and augmentation of the faithful in the faith, and for the protection, and defence of them in the same, against the persecutions of heretics, and all aduersaries whatsoever; for the conservation and increase of the just in their merits, and good works: for them that helps their Neighbours, by preaching& administration of Sacraments: for the Bishop of Rome, the Pastor of the universal Church: for the other Prelates, and all them that haue the cure of souls, that they may haue due care and solicitude for the flock committed ●o their charge,& that they may and most vigilant therein; For all ●he Ministers of the Church that ●re of any eminent degree, that ●hey may be holy, as God, unto whom they minister, is holy, for the increase and conservation of all Religious Orders, and Religious persons, that they may perfectly serve their Lord, to whom they haue dedicated themselves, by solemn profession.  
For the Emperour, King, Princes, and temporal lords, Officers, and Gouernours of the commonwealth: for Iudges& Ministers of Iustice, that they may conserve the Christian common-wealth in peace, and iustice, and defend it from enemies and infidels, and get the victory of them. For all that are in necessity of body o● soul: for them that be tempted and afflicted: for them that suffer persecution: for widows, orphans, sick persons, trauaylers, Seafaringe men, prisoners, bondslaves, poor and necessitous persons, of any necessity whatsoever: for out Parents and kinsfolk: for our spiritual Fathers and brethren: for our benefactors, for them that are committed and commended unto us: for them that we haue scandalised, or them to whom at any time we haue given ill counsel,& to them that we are temporally or spiritually bound and obliged unto. For the souls in purgatory, especially them that we are more bound unto, and for them that haue no body in particular to pray for them: and we shall beseech God with great humility and devotion, that with the eyes of his mercy, he will behold and respect his most beloved and obedient son, who is here offered, and with the same eyes of mercy behold and respect us his creatures, redeemed with the most precious blood of his only begotten son, and redress all our necessities, and like a good Father, provide for us both in soul and body.  
To come to the third parte of the mass, that is to say, the holy Communion, when the priest receiveth the body and blood of Christ. unto this parte we ought to be present with no less attention and devotion, then at the other two partes, considering the goodness of God, who vouchsafed to leave us himself for the food of our souls, and we shall give him thankes for such a singular benefit. And although the priest only doth Sacramentally, receive the body and blood of Christ, yet notwithstanding he that is present at mass, may spiritually receive the same, which he shall do by considering the greatness of this benefit, and by giving thankes to God for the same, as is aforesaid; Also by desiring, and with fervent prayer, beseechinge God to work in our souls, those effects for which this Sacrament was instituted and ordained, that is to say, that Christ may dwell in us, and we in him, and that wee may be united to him, by true& perfect love and conformity to his will, and that by reason therof, we dying to ourselves, that is to say, to the desires and appetites of the flesh, the world and our own will, and continually endeavouring to fulfil his will which is altogether holy and perfect, he may live in us, and wee in him. These are the three principal things which are done in the celebration of the holy mass, and by this manner& method aforesaid, wee may reap great profit by hearing of mass, which method also is profitable to priests that celebrate the same, who ought to apply themselves to greater purity of soul, and to greater attention and devotion, then those who hear the same, because they concur more immediately unto the celebration of these high mysteries, and by pronouncing of the words of Christ, do both consecrete the blood of Christ, and offer it with their hands in the person of Christ,& receive it Sacramentally under the forms. And that the sacrifice of the mass may be celebrated with the more reverence and devotion, our holy Mother the Church, hath instituted certain ceremonies, most holy and full of mysteries, which the priest useth in the celebration of the mass, as well in the garments or vestments which he putteth on, as in the rest of the mass by prayers, signs, inclinations of the body, and reverences. Most of which were used anon after the Apostles time, as it appeareth by the mass of S. james, which is exant in his life, and by the mass of S. Clement the Disciple, and fellow of S. Peter, which is extant in the eight book of the constitutions of the Apostles, and therfore it is very consonant to reason, that a Christian should observe and reverence all things, which are done in the mass, yea even he that understandeth not what they signify.  
And because by that which hath been already said, it appeareth sufficiently in what things he that heareth mass ought to occupy himself, we will omit diverse other mysteries of the mass, which may be found in other books,& only declare these that follow.  
When we see the priest vested with his hallowed vestments, ● may represent before the eyes ● our mind the son of God, clo●thed with our human nature made our priest, and our sacrific●  
When the Confiteor is a saying we will pray unto God with al o● heartes, for the remission of o● sins, being sorrowful for the● and acknowledging ourselves ● be grievous sinners, that so the be no impediment in us, whereby v● may not enjoy the benefit of the mysteries, which are handled o● the Altar, and be present at the● as in the presence of God, with pure, cheerful and thankef● heart.  
When the Introite is saying, ● will praise God together with i● if we understand what is saying, ● consider how vehement the de●res of the patriarchs, prophet and all the just( which were in th● world before the coming of ●hrist) were, for his coming, ●nd we will be ashamed, that we ●ave so little feeling of that be●efit, which God bestowed vpon ●s in the coming of Christ, and ●ave scarce remembered to give ●m any thankes for the same.  
At the Kyrie eleyson, we will con●der the lamentations, and sighs ●f the holy Fathers in Limbo, for ●he coming of their saviour, ●ho was to deliver them, and to ●anslate them to his heavenly ●lorie.  
At Gloria in excelfis, we will con●der the joy& melodious Songs ●f the Angels, at the nativity of Christ.  
At the prayers or Collects ad●yning, we will desire together ●ith the priest, the same things he ●oth, and those things we stand ●a most need of, as we think.  
As often as the Priest turneth himself unto us, saying, Dominus vobiscum: we will answer him, Et cum spiritutuo: and we will think that lye doth admonish us to be present at those most high mysteries with great attention, and reverence, whereunto, because no human diligence is sufficient, we will desire the aid of God.  
At the Epistle we will consider the predictions of the Prophets, and preaching of S. John the Baptist, which went before the coming of Christ.  
At those things which are sung or said after the Epistle. We will consider the life and conversation of Christ in this world, and his chosinge of the apostles, for the preaching of the gospel.  
The Gospel must be heard with great attention,& therfore when that is red, all arise up: and at the reading thereof we may consider, how the gospel, that is to say, the message or tidings of our Redemption, of the faith of Christ, of his death and Resurrection, was preached through the whole world.  
The Apostles Creed we will say together with the priest,& we will profess all the mysteries of our faith, which are contained therein.  
At the offertory, we will consider how Christ, assoon as he was conceived, offered himself to do the will of God the Father, which was that he should die for the redemption of the world, and how assoon almost as he was bonne, he would be presented by his most holy Mother in the Temple; how also before his passion, in his prayer he made in the garden, he offered himself to God the Father, and withall we will offer ourselves to God, for his perpetual seruants, to serve and obey him in all things.  
When the Priest faith ( Ocate fratres) we will pray to God heartily for him, that he may worthily celebrate those divine mysteries.  
At the Secrets of the mass, that is to say, when the priest standeth silent before the consecration, we will beseech God together with him, to grant us those things which he then asketh for us, and to make us partakers of that sacrifice which is there to be offered for vs.  
At the Preface, we will consider that the priest stirreth us up unto the consideration of those high mysteries, and of the divine majesty& greatness with which they are to be handled, which the Angels do praise, the Dominations do adore, the Potestats and pillars of heaven do tremble at.  
Sanctus being said,& the priest beginning the Canon, we may occupy ourselves in offering the sacrifice in that manner as is before said.  
When the Host is elevated, we will adore him, which is there shewed unto us, that is to say, Christ our Redeemer, and we will exercise ourselves in a feeling persuasion of his presence, and yielding him thankes& reverent adoration, accordingly as is above declared.  
Then we will go forward, in offering the sacrifice until the communion, exercising ourselves in those things which are above said: and in the end of the mass we will give thankes to God, that he hath vouchsafed us to be present at the celebration of such noble and high mysteries, and beseech him that by the virtue therof, he will preserve us from all offence of his divine majesty.   

Before sacramental Confession. THE 79. EXERCISE.  
HE that hideth his sins, shal● not be directed. But he that confesseth them, shall obtain mercy. Prou. 28. v. 13.  
I said I will confess unto our Lord, my iniquity against me,& thou o Lord hast remitted the wickedness of my sin. Psal. 31. v. 5.  
If wee will confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all our iniquity. 1. joh. 1. v. 9.  
Consideration.  
After the examination of our conscience, and our sins whereby wee haue offended God since our last comfession, being diligent●ie weighed, we will consider who God is, against whom we haue sinned, and who we are who haue da●ed to offend our Lord and Crea●our: and we will be sorry from our ●eart for all our sins in gene●all, and every one in particular, ●hich we haue committed against his divine majesty, because we haue offended God, whom we ●houlde love and fear above all things.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, that he hath tolerated and expected us being in so great sins, and put into our mind, to do penance for them.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed for our ingratitude and audaciousnes, that and dared to offend him whom we ought to love and fear above a●thinges.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to forgeu● us all our sins, and give us gra●ce to confess them, with true so●row, and firm purpose, not to re●turne to them again.  
The Oblation.  
Wee will offer unto God, t● death and passion of Christ, in s●tisfaction for all our sins. A● we will also offer ourselves, un● the perfect amendment and s●tisfaction of them, by the help ● his holy grace.   

Before the holy Communion. THE 80. EXERCISE.  
LEt a man examine himself before he cate of that brea● and drink of that cup, for ● that eateth and drinketh vnwor●hily, eateth and drinketh iudge●ent to himself, not discerninge and body of our Lord, that is to ●y, not judging it to be the body ●f our Lord. 1. Cor. 11. v. 28.  
My flesh is truly meate, and ●y blood truly drink, he that ●teth my flesh, and drinketh my ●oud, abideth in me& I in him. ●h. 6. v. 57.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, who that ●ord is that we are to receive,& ●ho wee are, that is to say, the eight and sublimity of the Ma●stie of God, and our own base ●lenes in comparison of him. ●oreouer we will consider why he ●meth unto us, that is to say, to ●eue us his grace, and how full of ●ue, and with what great desire, and cometh to communicate his ●fts unto vs.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God that he vouchsafed to leave himself with us in this most holy Sacrament.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, conside●ringe our unworthiness and vile●nes of soul, which so long as i● is in mortal sin, is an habit●tion of divels.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to stin● up in our souls an inward deu●tion unto this most holy Sacra●ment, whereby we may dispose ● prepare ourselves, to receive i● worthily as we ought.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer our heart to God that he may by this most holy sacrament, unite it unto him, an● to transform it into him, an● that it desire nothing, seek thing covet nothing, but him ●lone.   

After the holy Communion. THE 81. EXERCISE.  
THis is the bread which came down from heaven, he that ●ateth me, he shall live for me. ●oh. 6. v. 59.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that he whom and haue received, is Christ our ●edeemer, who is as truly in us, ●s he sitteth at the right hand of God the Father, in heaven.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, ●or that singular favour which he ●ath vouchsafed us, and wee will ●nuite al the Angels and Sainctes, ●nd al creatures, to celebrate with ●s the divine praises of God, and ●o help to us give thankes unto God for so great a benefit.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, and prostrate ourselves at the feet 〈◇〉 God, and lying prostrate befo●● his majesty, we will acknowledg● and confess our vileness, and ho●● unworthy we are of this benefit.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to wor● in us those admirable effects, f●● which he instituted this most holy Sacrament: and laying ope● unto him all the infirmities an● necessities of our soul, we will beseech him, as a most skilful an● potent physician, to cure them and as a most loving Father, an● most liberal king, to redres●● them.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God our soul for his perpetual habitation, beseechinge him that he will never depart from thence. And for ●smuch as he pleaseth to haue our ●uless for his habitation, we will ●eseech him, that he will always ●●habit the same.  
Concerning the canonical hours.  
The adversary of our salvation, although at all times he lieth in ●ayte to impugn us, yet chiefly and doth it in the time of prayer, ●nd especially in saying or sin●ing the canonical hours, that and may rob us of the attention ●nd devotion thereof, making us ● huddle or mumble them up ●astily, because it is a daily exercise, which we are bound by obli●ation not to omit. For as he that ●yess his hours with due atten●ion and devotion, doth merit ●uch: so he that saith thē with ●distracted mind doth much de●erit thereby. He that readeth ●nly with his mouth and lips, and with his heartwandreth in the streets( as S. Bernard doth testify) maketh a very unequal division, because he giveth the leaue● to God, and the fruit to the divell. A merchant that suffereth loss in his chiefest merchandise what else can he hope but extreme poverty? so a man who in his diuin● office, or caconical hours( where he might gain very much) so behaveth himself, that he doth no● only not gain, but loose all the merit therof, and offend God, for want of due reverence and devotion, his spirit cannot be but poor and wretched. Wherefore that we fail not in this behalf, we haue thought good in this manual, tosett down certain brief Exercises, wherein we may occupy ourselves in the time of the canonical hours, whether we say them, or hear them only, to every of which canonical hour, we will assign, one consideration of the Passion of our Lord, one benefit for which we may give thankes to God, one virtue, that we may ask, with a confusion belonging thereunto, and an oblation, as hitherto in this manual wee haue done.   

When we hear the hours. THE 82. EXERCISE.  
THe voice of my beloved soundinge. Cantic. 5. v. 2.  
I reioyced in those things which are said unto me, we will go into the house of our Lord. Psal. 121. v. 1.  
The voice of exultation and salvation, in the Tabernacles of ●he just. Psal. 117. v. 15.  
Consideration.  
We will consider that God calleth us to praise him, not for any profit of his, for he standeth not in need of our praises and service, but that by praising him, we may enrich our souls.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, that he vouchsafeth to be praised of us, and that here on earth we should exercise the office of Angells.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, knowing ourselves to be so unworthy of so high an office, whereunto the Angels are not sufficient, and especially considering we having so often offended him with our sacrilegious mouth, and haue defiled our lips with impure speeches.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to give us affection devotion and purity of heart, that we may worthily stand before his divine majesty, and sing forth the praises of him.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, our will and desire, to praise him purely from our heart, and we will desire to haue the purity of Angels, and the fervour of the Seraphins, that we might be able more perfectly to praise him.   

At matins. THE 83. EXERCISE.  
WAtch and pray, that ye fall not into temptation. Mat. ●6. v. 41.  
Iudas when he had gotten a ●and of men, and Ministers of the Bishops, and Pharisees, he came with lanterns, and torches, and ●eapons. joh. 18. v. 3.  
The band and souldiers and the Tribune, and the Ministers of the Iewes apprehended Iesus,& bound him, and brought him first to Annas, and he sent him bound to Cayphas the high Priest. joh. 18. v. 12.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, how Christ our Redeemer went forth the night before his passion, into the garden of Gethsemani, where he prayed to his Father three times, and being in an agony, sweat blood. moreover, how Iudas came thither with armed souldiers to take Iesus: whom they carried bound, to Annas and from Annas to Cayphas, where he suffered many things.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for all those things he suffered that night, and for the benefit of our creation, whereby he gave us our first existence or being, out of that darkness,& most deep bottomless pit of our nullity or nothing, and created us unto his own similitude and likeness.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering that our sins were the cause of the passion of Christ, and that we leaving light, that is to say, God, haue loved darkness more then light, and haue made ourselves the seruants of the Prince of darkness, that is to say, of the divell.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to increase in us the virtue of faith, by which we being delivered from the darkness of errors, the light of the true knowledge of God is given unto us; which is as it were a light for us, in the darkness of this life, where we cannot clearly see him.  
The Oblation.  
We will offer to God, this hour which we now say, vnitinge our praises, with those with which the Angels and Sainctes do honour him in heaven.   

At lauds. THE 84. EXERCISE.  
THe men which helde-Iesus derided him, and ●eare him& blinfoldinge him, did buffett him on the face, and asked him saying. Arede, or prophecy unto us, who is it that stroke thee. luke. 22. v. 63.  
Consideration.  
We will consider those things which Christ suffered of the souldiers, when they kept him in bands, gave him no rest, but loaded him with innumerable scoffs& reuilinges, buffetinge him with their fists, spittinge vpon his most holy face, and insulting over him with a thousand kindes of contumelious and reproachful usage, whom the Angels prostrate vpon the earth, do adore.  
The thanksgiving  
We will give thankes to God, for those things which he suffered for us of these most vile Caytifes& for the benefit of our conservation, whereby after he had created us, he conserved us in that being and life, which he had first given us, protecting us, and giving us most liberally all things necessary unto the sustentation of our life, even unto this hour.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed that we, as much as lay in us, haue derided and mocked Christ, by sinninge and offending him, abusinge our life, which he giveth us,& maintaineth, unto the offence of his divine majesty.  
The Petition.  
Wee will beseech God, to increase in us the virtue of hope, whereby we being strengthened and animated, may employ the residue of our life which remaineth, in this place of banishment or exile, in the service of him, until we arrive unto the morning, and matins of eternal happiness, where we shall always haue the fruition of him.  
The Oblation.  
The oblation shallbe the same, which was in the precedent or former exercise.   

At Prime. THE 85. EXERCISE.  
ANd the morning being come, all the chief of the priestes and seniors of the people, consulted against Iesus, that they might put him to death:& they brought him bound and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the President. Mat. 27. v. 5.  
Consideration.  
We will consider, that early in the morning, the chief of the priests and seniors of the people, sat in council against Iesus,& determined to put him to death,& therefore they committed him into the hands of Pilate the President, who when he found in him no cause worthy of death, he sent him to herod: who when he had made a laughinge stock of him, he sent him back to Pilate, clothed in a white garment, to be laughed at for a fool.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for all things he suffered in this mystery for our sake, and for the benefit of his most holy Incarnation, whereby he being made man and born into the world, did shine to the world like the sun, and by his example& doctrine, illuminated our darkness.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering that our sins haue been the cause of the passion of Christ, and that when the sun of rightousnes Christ, came to illuminate them, that sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, we took no care nor pains to follow this light.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us grace to love him, and our neighbour for his sake, that we may be the true children of the day or light, that is to say of God, who is love and charity, which love compelled him to come into this world.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation shalbe the same which was at matins.   

At the Third hour. THE 86. EXERCISE.  
ANd then Pilate took Iesus, and whipped him, and the souldiers making a wrethe, or crown of thorns, put it upon his headd, and clothed him in a purple garment,& came to him& said: hail king of the Iewes: to do, what lieth in us, to frustrate& make void his Redemption.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us most profound humility, that as he in his passion was contemned, vilified and despised, in somuch that they preferred Barrabas a notorious thief, before him: so we may desire from our hart to be contemned, and lovingly to embrace all manner of contempt and vilification for his sake.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation shalbe, the same which was at matins.   

At the sixth hour. THE 87. EXERCISE.  
THen Pilate delivered over Iesus to the Iewes, to be crucified, and they took him and led him out of the city,& carrying his cross himself, went unto that place which is called calvary, where they crucified him, and other two, of each side one, and Iesus in the midst. joh. 19. v. 16.  
Consideration.  
We will consider how when Pilate went about to appease the Iewes, and feared least he should incur the indignation of caesar, wherewith the Iewes threatened him: washing his hands before the people in token of his innocency therein, pronounced sentence against Christ, that he should be crucified, and how this sentence being given, they carried him forth loaden with the heavy cross on his back, unto the Mount calvary, and there crucified him in the midst between two theeues.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for these bitter& sharp punishments he suffered for our sakes,& for the benefit of making us Christians,& members of his Church, where by the Sacraments& good works, we are made partakers of the merits of his passion.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, considering that our sins crucified Christ, and that notwithstanding we are Christians, we haue lived as if we were Turkes, forgetting altogether, that which our Christian faith teacheth us, and which we haue promised in baptism to perform.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us perfect chastity, whereby wee may crucify our flesh, with all the desires& concucupiscences therof, that we may say with the Apostle, we are crucified unto Christ.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation is the same which was at matins.   

At the Ninth hour. THE 88. EXERCISE.  
ANd from the sixth hour there was darkness upon all the earth, until the ninth hour, and about the ninth hour Iesus cried out with a loud voice saying. Heli, Hels, Lamazabathani, that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mat 27. v. 45.  
And Iesus crying out again with a loud voice said. Fa●r, into thy hands I commend my spirit, and by& by said. It is consummated, and so bowing down his head, he yielded up his spirit. luke. 23. v. 46.  
Consideration.  
We will consider the mysteries which were acted vpon the cross, and those things which Christ said, and suffered thereon, until he gave up his Ghost.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for his most bitter death that he did undergo for our sake,& for that most singular benefit of delivering us from the eternal death of hell, which we haue oftentimer through our sins, against his divine majesty deserved, but he hath mercifully expected us, and called us unto penance.  
The Confusion.  
We will be ashamed, that our sins should be the cause why life itself should die, and that we haue oftentimes killed him in our soul by committing mortal sin.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us perfect obedience, whereby we being altogether dead to our own will, the will of God may live& ●aigne in us, forasmuch as he died out of obedience to his Fathers will.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation is the same which ●s at matins.   

At evensong. THE 89. EXERCISE.  
THe Iewes therefore, because it was the Parasceue or eve of the Pascha, that the bodies might not remain on the cross( for it was, that year, the great sabbath) they desired Pilate, their legs might be broken, and taken away. Then the Souldiers came and broken the legs of the first, ●and of the other which was crucified with him, but when they came to Iesus& saw he was dead, they did not break his legs, but one of the Souldiers opened his side, with a spear, and by and by there gushed out water& blood. And when the evening was come, there came a certain rich man of Arimathia called joseph, who was also a disciple. This Man came to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus. The Pilate commanded it should be given unto him.  
Consideration.  
We will consider those mysteries, which were done after the expiration of Christ, upon the cross: that is to say, how they took him down from the cross. We will consider also the washing of fear, and institution of the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, which were done about the evening time.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will give thankes to God, for the benefit of his holy inspirations, wherewith he doth continually visit us, stirringe us up and calling us before the setting of the sun, that we may perfectly convert ourselves unto him whilst it is day, and endeavour to enrich our souls with the treasure of virtues.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that wee haue been so often deaf unto the inspirations of God, and haue dissembled them,& haue rather followed the suggestions of the enemy, and the sensual appetites& entrusts of our flesh.  
The Petition.  
We will beg of God, true poverty of spirit, that forasmuch as all the commodities of this present life are vain and transitory, we may fix and settle our heart not on them, but in God alone, who is always permanent, and the incomparable treasure of such souls as love him.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation shalbe the same which is at matins.   

At Compline. THE 90. EXERCISE.  
THey took the body of Iesus& wrapped it is Sindon with sweet ointments as the man: of the Iewes is to bury. And there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new Sepulchre wherein none had been buried before. And therein by reason it was the Parasceue of the Iewes, they laid Iesus, because it was nigh at hand.  
Consideration.  
Wee will consider, how Christ was committed to his sepulture, the solitariness of his Mother,& the Apostles, and with what lamentation, they and those holy women, which followed him in his life time, bewailed him.  
The thanksgiving.  
We will yield thankes to God, for the particular benefits, which we find we haue, and do daily receive from him, besides those general benefits which are common to all.  
The Confusion.  
Wee will be ashamed, that we haue been so unmindful of these benefits, and so ungrateful to God our benefactor.  
The Petition.  
We will beseech God, to give us perseverance in good works,& in his grace that we may finish our lives in his service as we haue now finished the day, and afterwards haue the frui● of him in his eternal glory.  
The Oblation.  
The Oblation is the ●me which is at matins.  
This same method or order, may be observed in saying the office of our blessed lady, that is to say, that we take for every hour, one of the joys to be considered, a benefit for which we may give thankes, where also we may be ashamed of our ingratitude for the same benefit,& some one particular virtue, which we may desire of God, by the intercession of his most holy Mother● and finally we will offer the saying of that hour, unto the honour of his divine majesty, and the glory of his most blessed Mother, Amen.   
praise be to God, and to the glorious Virgin mary.   

A TABLE OF THIS MANVALL OF spiritual Exercises.  

THE 1. EXERCISE. TO be used in the morning when we awake. Pag. 13.  
The 2. Exer. When we are putting on our clothes. pag. 17.  
The 3. Exer. When we wash our hands. pag. 19.  
The 4. Exer. When we go forth of our house. pag. 23.  
The 5. Exer. When we go in the streets. pag. 25.  
The 6. Exer. When we see any thing that is fair. page.. 28.  
The 7. Exer. When we see any thing that is fowle or deformed. pag. 31.  
The 8. Exer. When any profperity happeneth unto vs. pag. 33.  
The 9. Exer When we are pinched with adversities. pag. 35.  
The 10. Exer. When we take any pleasure or delight in Creatures. pag. 38.  
The 11. Exer. When we are afflicted with any grief or sorrow pag. 41.  
The 12. Exer. When any honour is given unto vs. pag. 43.  
The 13. Exer. When we are derided or mocked. pag. 46.  
The 14. Exer. When we are praised. pag. 48.  
The 15. Exer. When we are blamed or reprehended. pag. 51.  
The 16. Exer. When we see any good Example. pag. 54.  
The 17. Exer. When we see any evil Example. pag. 56.  
The 18. Exer. When we see any wealthy or potent man. pag. 58.  
The 19. Exer. When we see a poor man. pag. 61.  
The 20. Exer. When we see any sick person. pag. 64.  
The 21. Exer. When we attend ●on, or assist our Superiors. pag. 67.  
The 22. Exer. When we are with our equals. pag. 69.  
The 23. Exer. When we are with our Subjects. pag. 70.  
The 24. Exer. When we are ●carie. pag. 72.  
The 25. Exer. When we walk ●ar go any journey. pag. 75.  
The 26. Exer. When we return home. pag. 78.  
The 27. Exer. When we sit down. pag. 80.  
The 28. Exer. When we stand pag. 83.  
The 29. Exer. When the clock striketh. pag. 85.  
The 30. Exer. When we are hungry. pag. 88.  
The 31. Exer. When we Thirst. pag. 90.  
The 32. Exer. When we labour. pag. 93.  
The 33. Exer. Monday. pag. 98.  
The 34. Exer. Tuesday. pag. 101.  
The 35. Exer. wednesday. pag. 103.  
The 36. Ex. Thursday. pag. 107.  
The 37. Exer. Friday. pag. 109.  
The 38. Ex. saturday. pag. 111.  
The 39 Exer. sunday. pag. 114.  
The 40. Exer. When we pass by a Church. pag. 117.  
The 41. Exer. When we accompany the blessed Sacrament carried in the street. pag. 120.  
The 42. Exer. When we pass by some godly Image. pag. 123.  
The 43. Exer. When things happen contrary to our will. pag. 127.  
The 44. Exer. When we see any dead body. pag. 129.  
The 45. Exer. When it raineth. pag. 131.  
The 46. Exer. When there is a tempest. pag. 134.  
The 47. Exer. When we behold the sun. pag. 137.  
The 48. Exer. When we behold the Heauens. pag. 140.  
The 49. Exer. When we behold Fire. pag. 142.  
The 50. Exer. When we behold water. pag. 145.  
The 51. Exer. When we behold fields and grounds. pag. 147.  
The 52. Exer. When we behold H●lls or Mountains, pag. 151.  
The 53. Exer. When we behold Trees. pag. 154.  
The 54. Exer. When we behold followers. pag. 156.  
The 55. Exer. When we behold birds. pag. 159.  
The 56. Exer. When we behold other living Creatures. pag. 162.  
The 57. Exer. When we hear the singing of birds, or other music. pag. 165.  
The 58. Exer. When we hear the sound of Bells, and Trumpets. pag. 167.  
The 59. Exer. At night before we go to sleep. pag. 171.  
The 60. Exer. When we put off our clothes, to go to sleep. pag. 174.  
The 61. Exer. When we go into our be● to sleep. pag. 177.  
The 62. Exer. In the mean while till we fall a sleep. pag. 180.  
The 63. Exer. When we are awake in the night. pag. 182.  
The 64. Exer. certain Exercises to be used at any hour of the day or night. pag. 186.  
The 65. Exer. Another. pag. 188.  
The 66. Exer. Another. pag. 190.  
The 67. Exer. Of the virtue of Faith. pag. 192.  
The 68. Exer. Of the virtue of ●hope. pag. 195.  
The 69. Exer. of Charity towards God. pag. 197.  
The 70. Exer. Of Charity towards our Neighbour. pag. 200.  
The 71. Exer. Of humility. pag. 203.  
The 72. Exer. Of poverty of spirit. pag. 205.  
The 73. Exer. Of Obedience. pag. 208.  
The 74. Exer. of Patience. pag. 212.  
The 75 Exer. Of chastity. pag. 215.  
The 76. Exer. Of Abstinence. pag. 217.  
The 77 Exer. To stir us up unto fervour in the service of God, and of a desire of profitinge therein. pag. 220.  
The 78. Exer. A method of hearing mass. pag. 222.  
The 79. Exer. Before sacramental Confession. pag. 254.  
The 80. Exer. Before the holy Communion. pag. 256.  
The 81. Exer. After the holy Communion. pag. 259.  
The 82. Exer. When we hear the Howers. pag. 263.  
The 83. Exer. At matins. pag. 265.  
The 84. Exer. At lauds. pag. 268.  
The 85. Exer. At Prime. pag. 271.  
The 86. Exer. At the Third hour pag. 273.  
The 87. Exer. At the sixth hour. pag. 276.  
The 88. Exer. At the Ninth hour. pag. 279.  
The 89. Exer. At evensong. pag. 281.  
The 90. Exer. At Compline. pag. 284.   
FINIS.   

APPROBATIO.  
ELegans& deuotus libellus exercitiorum spiritualium, quae ad singulas per diem occurrentes occasiones sunt adaptata, per egregium pietatis Magistrum D. Andraeam de Capillia sacrae Ordinis Carthusianorum Monachum, fideliter in Anglum idioma translatum per virum nobi●em& clarae familiae, meretur lu●em multiplicata impressione conspicere ad bonum solatium Catholicorum Anglorum Dat●s Cameraci. 1625. 20. Septemb.  
●. Leander de S. Martino Sacrae Theol. Doctor:& Monachus Ordinis S. Benedicti congreg. Angliae.