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A mirror for monks. Written by Lewis Blosius ... Ed., with a preface, by
Sir John Duke Coleridge ...
Blois, Louis de, 1506-1566.
London, 1872.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002034647645
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P .
The author o the oowng treatse ous
rangos de os or (to adopt the stye by
whch rom the act o hs ha ng wrtten n
atn he s more commony nown) udo cus
rancscus osus was born n the month o
ctober 1506 at the hateau o Doustenne
n the docese o ege n anaut. e was
o a house nobe n tse and connected wth
more than one roya amy hs ather beng
dran de os egneur o u gn and hs
mother atharne de arbangon. s parents
had ten chdren s sons most o them men
o dstncton n ther arous ways o e and
our daughters. The youngest daughter under
the n uence o her brother ous to whom
she was tendery attached de oted herse to
a egous e pursung t wth a gente per
se erance o whch the bographer o her
brother has e t us a str ng record. osus
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Pre ace.
was educated at the ourt o Prnce hares
a terwards the mperor hares . by whom
he was greaty beo ed and who s sad to
ha e been a constant student o hs wrtngs.
t the eary age o ourteen he entered the
enedctne rder at the Monastery o esses
n anaut and n the course b a ery ew
years the snguar beauty o hs character and
the honess o hs e recommended hm to
the bbot Ges Gpus as oad utor n the
go ernment o the ocety. n 1530 whe
ony twenty- our years od he succeeded Ges
as bbot. rom that tme t hs death n
1563 or 1566 (the date o hs death appears
to be uncertan) he de oted hmse entrey
to the go ernment o hs monastery to the
mpro ement o ts dscpne and the rpenng
and strengthenng o ts egous character both
by hs own persona n uence and e ampe and
by a new body o statutes whch he drew up
and or whch he procured the appro a o Pope
Pau . n 1545. The bbacy o Tournay
and the rchbshoprc o ambray were pressed
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upon hm n an by hares . e woud
not ea e hs monastery and ed and ded
an e ampe o that hoy e whch t s the
man ob ect o a hs wor s to bud up and
con rm n others.
s wor s a oo oume are wrtten n
atn .and are entrey de otona. The most
amous o them s the tte treatse an od
transaton o whch s now reprnted. t was
pubshed by osus under the assumed name
o the bbot Dacryanus and durng hs e
tme he ne er openy ac nowedged hmse ts
author. ndeed n the e o osus pre ed
to the compete edton o hs wor s pubshed
at ngodstadt n 1726 under the care o
nthony de nghe there s an eaborate
dscusson whether t was n truth the wor
o Dacryanus or o osus hmse There
can be no nd o doubt howe er that
osus wrote t. There ne er was an bbot
Dacryanus and the name tse the eeper
s man esty symboca o the contents o
the boo .
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Pre ace.
The Mrror or Mon s has been ery
popuar. t has been transated nto rench
rst by De a au e n 1726 and secondy
by the ceebrated De amennas n 1820.
De amennas pre ed to hs edton a str ng
Pre ace euog ng ascetc wrters n genera
and osus n partcuar. t woud be a
great msta e says he to suppose on
account o ths tte that t s o use ony
to those or whom t seems to ha e been
prncpay composed. There s no hrstan
n whate er staton he may be who may not
read t and medtate upon t wth pro t.
the precepts o the sprtua e a the counses.
whch can ead to per ecton are here brought
together and we are not a rad to say pre
sented wth a charm o manner whch renders.
them attract e wthout any touch o the
schoastc dryness whch too o ten mars the
best wor s o ths nd. e now none .
not e en e ceptng the mtaton o hrst
so superor n other respects whch untes rs
the same degree sweetness tenderness ey
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eeng and na e e presson. ne sees and
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penetrated by the truths he procams or
the heart o the wse teacheth hs mouth
and addeth earnng to hs ps.
The ngsh transaton here reprnted was
pubshed n Pars n 1676 and has become
now a boo o e treme rarty. The copy used
or ths reprnt the use o whch owe to the
ndness o Mr. chmond s n spte o many
endea ours to procure another the ony one
e er saw. The boo s not mentoned n the
ast edton o runet and ony one e ampe o
t s notced n Mr. ohn s edton o owndes.
ha e made the speng con orm to our
present usage. The speng o 1676 at any
rate the speng o ths boo has no pho
ogca aue. t s smpy bad and ncorrect
speng and to ha e retaned t woud ha e
been aueess to the schoar and a mere
hndrance to the ree use o the wor tse
as a boo o de oton or medtaton.
Pro erbs . 23.
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am unabe to g e any account o the
transaton or to say who was the transator.
There are a consderabe number o e trans
atons o more or ess mert made about the
same tme and pubshed abroad or the use
o ngsh oman athocs ng n oregn
countres. The wrters o these boo s ne er
returned to ngand the readers o them were
graduay merged nto the popuaton o the
oregn countres where they ed and thus
the hstory o the boo s and the ery names
o ther wrters are now un nown at east n
ngand and possby ha e pershed atogether.
at any rate can urnsh no n ormaton :
but hope the beauty and aue o the boo
tse w be a su cent reason or ts beng
reprnted wth any one who reads t. ha e
no other reason to g e or reprntng t but
that hope t may do good. osus . t s true
was a oman athoc bbot o the s teenth
century. ut t may so ten pre udce and
enarge sympathy to nd as n the much
hgher e ampe o the mtaton o hrst
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how pure how smpe how crptura how
de out how ntensey and essentay hrstan
was the regon taught and practsed by such
a man at such a tme. mght ndeed as.
both the rench transators dd ha e so tened
the tte whch as t stands may awa en
pre udce and ha e atered a sentence here.
and there wth whch perhaps a readers
beongng to the hurch o ngand may not
agree. ut ha e thought t best to ea e
osus as ound hm and as hs ngsh
transator e t hm. The Mrror or Mon s-
s reay a oo ng-gass or hrstans and to
hrstan readers commend t.
ohn Du e oerdge.
ucMand ourt shburton
1st ctober 1870.
had ntended to con ne the reprnt o
ths transaton to the ery mted number
o copes whch durng the present year ha e
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been paced n the hands o those ew persons
thought mght ee nterested n the matter.
ut the tte boo has e cted more nterest
and been rece ed wth more a our than
e pected and ha e been ad sed by
some to whose opnon and wshes owe
e ery de erence to aow o ts pubcaton
mong these may menton Dr. ewman
Mr. Gadstone and my ather r ohn Tayor
oerdge. ccordngy the boo s now
pubshed contrary to my orgna ntenton
but no doubt on my responsbty.
t s hardy necessary to say that do
not agree wth e ery theoogca doctrne whch
osus assumes or ncucates n hs boo .
ut thn the boo n tse a good and
beaut u boo bee e the wrter o t to
ha e been a hoy man and do not thn
t rght n spte o hgh authorty to the
contrary to mutate or adapt such wor s as
these. To do so appears to me unmany and
un ar. t s as we were a rad o the
soundness o our con ctons and dared not
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Pre ace.
oo n the ace the act that good men n
other tmes dd not share them. hereas t
s part o hrstan hstory that ery good
and santy men ha e hed opnons n regon
whch we now thn msta en and t s a
narrow and shaow udgement whch hods
such opnons to be nconsstent wth true and
ta hrstanty. Ths boo to my mnd
pro es that they are nowse nconsstent and
most earnesty hope that those who read t
care uy w thn so too and may nd t
nde or ncrease n ther hearts the o e o
God and o s on. ohn Du e oerdge.
uc and ourt shburton
st ugust 1871.
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T T T G T D
T T T .
P G
hapter .
hapter . ow we ought to bestow our tme
rom our rst rsng to Matns n the mornng . 8
hapter God hath two sorts o ser ants
and the descrpton o both .... 14
hapter . That or e ery hour o the day we
ought to cea e to some setted e ercse est
our mnd grow suggsh ..... 22
hapter . ow power u and e cacous the
remembrance o hrst s e and Passon s . 29
hapter . e must day ca to mnd the
man od sns whch we ha e commtted . . 46
hapter . ery one ought to consder hs
own abty and to proceed accordngy . . 55
hapter . ery good means to obtan
humty 67
hapter 70
hapter . Martha may ser e as a mrror or
mper ect egous men Mary or such as are
grown to per ecton 78
h. pter . Per ect mort caton s the certan
and ony short way to per ecton ... 86
hapter . Mon or un by rtue o ther
pro esson s bound to tend to per ecton . - 95
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PT .
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mrror or oo ng-gass wheren you may behod
yourse and e acty see both your beauty and
de ormty. Ths re uest o yours s somewhat
strange. ertany thn that you now me
not or you dd whence doth t happen that
you re uest a sprtua thng o a carna man
e ertheess est mght seem to negect or
rather to contemn your re uest behod send
what our penury hath been abe to a ord you.
ccept there ore o ths short nstructon by readng
whereo you may perad enture sendery earn what
you are what you are not or certany what you
ought to be.
rst and oremost there ore admonsh you
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2 Mrror or Mon s.
comng nto your monastery that beng dead to
the word and yourse you may e to God.
tr e there ore wth mght and man to accompsh
that or whch you came earn strongy to despse
a sensbe thngs and man uy to brea and no
ess whoesomey to orsa e yourse Ma e haste
to mort y your passons and cous a ectons that
are n you.
usy yourse n repressng the unstabe wander
ngs o your heart str e to o ercome wearness
deness and the r someness o your n rm mnd.
pend your day abour n these thngs et ths
be your gorous contenton and heath u a cton.
e not remss but arse watch oo about you
and e pose yourse whoy est you be e y
parta to yourse God re ureth thus rauch o
you so doth your state.
ou are caed a Mon : see that you be truy
what you are caed. Do the wor o a Mon .
abour earnesty n beatng down and castng orth
ce. e aways armed aganst the rowardness o
nature aganst the haughtness o mnd aganst
the peasures o your esh and the entcements o
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sensuaty. nderstand we what say. you
permt prde boastng angory se -compacence
to domneer o er your reason you are no
Mon . you rowardy oow your own sense and
dare despse e ery humbe o ce you are not what
you are caed you are no Mon .
as much as n you eth you repe not en y
hatred macousness ndgnaton you re ect not
rash suspcons chdsh compants and wc ed
murmurngs you are no Mon .
a contentous and earnest str e beng rsen
between you and another you do not presenty
treat o a reconcaton and what wrong soe er
hath been done you do not presenty pardon
sncerey but see or re enge and retan a
ountary pr ate grudge and not a true and
sncere a ecton n your heart or show outwardy
sgns o dsa ecton -nay when occason and
necessty re ureth you de er to hep hm that
hath n ured you you are no Mon you are no
hrstan you are abomnabe be ore God.
ha ng done amss you are ashamed reguary
to accuse yourse and reey to con ess your
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4 Mrror or Mon s.
aut beng bamed repro ed and corrected you
be not patent and humbe you are no Mon .
you negect ready and ath uy to obey
your ghosty ather you re use to re erence and
sncerey to o e hm as God s car you are no
Mon . you wngy wthdraw yourse rom the
D ne ce and other con entua acts you
assst not watch uy and re erenty n the ser ce
o God you are no Mon .
negectng nterna thngs you ta e care ony
about the e terna and wth a certan dry custom
mo e your body but not your heart to the wor s
o regon you are no Mon .
you g e not your mnd to hoy readng
and other sprtua e ercses you ha e your
mnd so possessed wth transtory matters that
you sedom t yourse up to eterna you are
no Mon . you desre decate and super uous meats
and ntenperatey ong a ter the drn ng o wne
beyond the measure o a cup especay you
be n heath and ha e beer or other con enent
drn su centy you are no Mon .
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Mrror or Mon s. 5
ooshy you re ure precous appare so t
beds and other soaces o the esh whch agree
not wth your state and pro esson o ng
corpora rest you re use to undergo abour and
a cton or God s sa e you are no Mon .
you cannot endure sotude and sence but
are deghted wth de speeches and nordnate
aughter you are no Mon .
you o e to be wth secuars you desre to
wander out o the monastery through the ages
and ctes you are no Mon .
you presume to ta e any sma matter to
send rece e or eep any thngs wthout the
nowedge or permsson o your uperor you are
no Mon . you esteem not the ordnatons o hoy
regon though ne er so tte and wngy do
transgress them you are no Mon . To concude :
you see any other thng n the monastery
but God and wth mght and man aspre not
to per ecton you are no Mon .
s ha e sad there ore that you may truy
be what you are caed and may not wear the
habt o a Mon n an do the wor o a Mon .
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6 Mrror or Mon s.
rm yourse aganst yourse and s much as
n you eth o ercome and subdue yourse
presenty you nd not the peace you desre
say as yet you cannot be at rest but are troubed
and assaed by brutsh motons and turbuent
passons : yea so be by God s permsson or
your own pro t throughout your whoe e you
sha ha e to do wth such enemes despar not be
not e emnatey de ected but humbng yourse
be ore God stand and be stead ast n your pace
and s rmsh stouty or e en the esse o
eecton t. Pau endured temptatons a hs e
tme n whch he was bu eted by the ange o
atan. hen he o ten beseeched our ord to be
reed rom ths troube he obtaned t not or that t
was not e pedent or hm but our ord answered
hs prayer My grace s su cent or thee or
strength s per ected n wea ness. nd so a ter
wards t. Pau dd grate uy endure the scourge o
temptaton. eng com orted by the e ampe o
ths most strong and n ncbe champon ant not
n temptaton but endure man uy remanng ed
and mmo eabe n ths hoy purpose or wthout
doubt ths abour o yours s grate u to God
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athough the same seem hard and nsu erabe to
you. Go through ths sprtua martyrdom wth
an n ncbe mnd. Doubt not athough you be
a thousand tmes wounded and as o ten trod under
oot you stand to t you g e not ground to
your enemy and e a coward cast not away your
weapons you sha rece e a crown. Do accordng
to your abty and commend the rest to God s
dsposng sayng : s Thy w s n ea en so be
t done. et the d ne w and ordnaton be
your che consoaton. hch way soe er you
turn yourse wheresoe er you are you sha nd
trbuatons and temptatons as ong as ths e
asteth whch that you may patenty endure you
ought aways to be prepared.
ut you are happy by grace you ha e
proceeded so ar that a gre and a cton what
soe er become truy peasng to you or God s
sa e. hat thn you. rother s my gass bg
enough or s not ths yet su cent or you but
y6u yet desre to hear n more e press terms more
abundanty and uy how to compose yourse
wthn and wthout or how accordng to reason
you ought to order e ery day be ore God.
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G T T T T M M
T G T M T T M G.
s soon as you are awa e and ready to rse to
Matns de outy arm yourse wth the sgn o
the ross and bre y pray to God that e w
ouchsa e to bot out the stans o sn n you
and be peased to hep you. Then castng a
an magnatons out o your mnd thn upon
some other thng that s sprtua and conce e as
much purty o heart as you can re ocng n your
se that you are caed up to the prase and
worshp o your reator. ut raty o body
hea ness o seep conturbaton o sprt
depress you be not out o heart but be com orted
and orce yourse o ercomng a mpedmens
wth reason and wngness or the ngdom o
ea en su ereth oence and the oent ta e t
by orce. ertany accordng to the abour whch
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you undergo or the o e o God such sha be
your recompense and reward. eng come o rom
your bed commend and o er yourse both body
and sou to the Most gh ma e haste to the
chor as to a pace o re uge and the garden o
sprtua deghts. nt D ne ce begns study
to eep your mnd n peace and smpcty ree
rom troubes and the mutpcty o uncertan
thoughts coectng a goody and sweet a ecton
towards your God by sncere medtaton or prayer.
n the per ormance o the D ne ce ha e a care
to pronounce and hear the hoy words re erenty
per ecty than uy and attent ey that you may
taste that your ord s sweet and may ee that
the ord o God hath ncomprehensbe sweetness
and power. or whatsoe er the oy Ghost hath
dctated s ndeed the e-procurng ood and the
deght u soace o a chaste sober and humbe sou.
emember there ore to be there ath uy attent e
but a od too ehement cogtatons and motons o
mnd especay your head be wea est
beng hurt or weared con ounded and stratened
nternay you shut the sanctuary o God aganst
yourse e ect ewse too troubesome care.
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whch commony brngeth wth t pusanmty and
restessness and perse ere wth a gente uet and
watch u sprt n the prases o God wthout sngu
arty. ut you cannot eep your heart rom
wanderngs be not de ected n mnd but patenty
endea our patenty do what eth n your power
commttng the rest to the d ne w. Perse ere
n your goody a ecton towards God and e en
your ery de ects whch you are no way abe to
e cude w n a manner beget you conspaton.
or as the earth whch s o a con enent nature
doth by the castng o dung o tentmes more
ath uy send orth her seeds so a mnd o
goodw out o the de ects whch by constrant
t sustaneth sha n due tme rece e the most
sweet rut o d ne staton t endure them
wth patence.
nd what pro t do you reap by beng m
patent Do you not heap caamty upon caamty .
Do you not show your want o true humty
and bewray n yourse a perncous proprety
Ths word s here used n a sense perhaps new to many readers.
t does not o course mean what we now commony understand by t
but s used by osus and by many other ascetc wrters to sgn y
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Mrror or Mon s. 1 1
s ong as you do re erenty assst and are
ready wth a prompt desre o w to attend
you ha e sats ed God nether w e mpute
the nordnateness o ths nstabty to you so-
be by your neggence you g e not consent unto
t and be ore the tme o prayer you set a guard
o er your senses. you cannot o er a per ect
dut uness o er at east a good w : o Ter a rght
ntent n the sprt o humty and so the de
sha not nd any occason to ca aganst you.
though you ha e nothng ese to o er but a
readness n body and sprt to ser e our ord
n hoy ear be sure o t that you sha not ose
your reward. ut woe to your sou you be
neggent and remss and care not to g e attend
ance or t s wrtten ursed s the man that
doth the wor o God neggenty. e dgent
that you may per orm what you are abe you
a habt o mnd the opposte o that whch s e pressed by the word
detachment. e -see ng has been suggested to me as an e u a
ent but t hardy s so. Perhaps the thn ng o thngs soey wth
re erence to onese or a desre to possess thngs whether tempora
or sprtua or onese aone woud e press the dea ntended to be-
con eyed by the word. ut the perphrass woud be ong and aw
ward and ea e the word as t s here and esewhere n the treatse
wth ths e panaton.
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be not abe to per orm what you desre. pon
ths securty be not troubed when mpedments
happen and you be not abe to per orm as much
as you woud. hen say dstracton o your
senses de ecton o mnd dryness o heart gre o
head or any other msery or temptaton a cteth
you beware you say not : am e t our ord hath
cast me away my duty peaseth m not. These
are words be ttng the chdren o dstrust. ndure
there ore wth a patent and oy u mnd a
thngs or s sa e that hath caed and chosen
you rmy bee ng that e s near to those
that are o a contrte heart. or you humby
wthout murmurng carry ths burden ad on you
not by morta tongue to be uttered what a dea
o gory you heap up or yourse n the e to
come. ou may truy say unto God : s a beast
am become wth Thee. ee e me. rother
beng repete wth nterna sweetness and ted
up abo e yourse you y up to the thrd hea en
and there con erse wth nges you sha not do
so great a deed as or God s sa e you sha
e ectuay endure gre and banshment o heart
-and be con ormabe to our a our when n
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e treme sorrow angush ear and ad ersty cryng
unto s ather et Thy w be done ho
aso beng thrust through s hands and eet
hangng on the ross had not whereon to ean
s ead ho aso most o ngy endured or
thee a the gre s and dsgraces o s most btter
Passon. There ore n hoy onganmty contan
yourse and e pect n sence unt t sha pease
the Most gh to dspose otherwse. nd certany
n that day t sha not be demanded o you
how much nterna sweetness you ha e here et :
but how ath u you ha e been n the o e and
ser ce o God.
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D T T T T D T
D PT T .
mong those that are caed the ser ants o God
tnany ser e m un ath uy ew ath uy. ndeed
un ath u ser ants as ong as they ha e sensbe
de oton and present grace o tears do ser e
God wth aacrty they pray ngy oy uy go
about good wor s and seem to e n deep
peace o heart but as soon as God hath thought
t good to wthdraw that de oton you sha see
them troubed cha e become macous and mpa
tent and at ast nether wng to be at ther
prayers nor any other d ne e ercses. nd because
they ee not nterna consoatons as they desre
they perncousy beta e themse es to those that
are e terna and contrary to the sprt whereby
t s man est that they are not purey God s g t
and abuse them to ther own peasure or they
dd o e God purey and dd not cousy rest n
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Mrror or Mon s. 1 5
s g ts they woud reman peaceabe n God
those g ts beng ta en away and woud not e en
then turn out o the way to unaw u consoatons.
There ore they are un ath u because n ad ersty
they eep not touch wth God. They bee e or
awhe and shrn bac n tme o tra. They
woud ha e a thngs go on ther sde and endure
nothng that goeth aganst them. God grant
those thngs that they woud ha e they ser e m
e deny them they ea e m nay n pros
perty they ser e not God but themse es and n
a thngs woud rather ha e ther own w done
than God s. They pace sanctty n nterna sweet
ness and consoaton rather than n the per ect
mort caton o ces beng gnorant that by the
wthdrawng o de oton t more certany appeareth
one truy o e God than by the n uson o t.
or that sensbe de oton s commony more truy
a natura than sprtua de oton.
ut whatsoe er t be uness a man ma e use
o t wsey t s wont o tentmes to brng hm
that s so a ected to a hdden nd o prde a
wc ed compacence and a an securty as we
day see n these un ath u ser ants. or as soon
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1 6 Mrror or Mon s.
as they are tc ed wth ths nward sweetness they
w orsooth begn to udge and despse others :
they thn themse es great sants and the secre
tares o God they e pect and wonder uy ong
a ter d ne re eatons and wsh that some mraces
were done by them or o them by whch others
mght ta e notce o the honess whch they thn
they ha e but ha e not. Thus do they use to
ansh away n ther own magnatons who gape
more a ter sensbe grace than the G er o grace.
ut ath u ser ants beha e themse es ar other
wse or they see not themse es but God
nether ther own consoaton but che y the w
and honour o God they aways y proprety
whether God be peased to n use or not to n use
the n uence o nterna sweetness they are a
one and persstng n e uaty o mnd cease not
to o e and prase God. t s not nterna dar ness
nor d cuty o senses nor codness o a ectons
nor dryness o heart nor de ecton o mnd nor
drowsness o sprt nor ad ersty o temptaton
to concude t s nether msery o ad ersty nor
success o prosperty that s abe to hea e them
out o ther pace or athough perad enture they
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Mrror or Mon s. 17
ee n the n eror powers o the sou the
oppresson o nordnate sorrow proceedng rom
ad ersty or the oence o sensua deght arsng
out o prosperty they are not or a that de ected
because they contnue uet n the reason or hgher
part o the sou and do con orm ther w to
the d ne w or permsson and gre e that they
ee the east contradcton o unseemy motons.
eng ounded there ore as a rm roc they
persst stead ast n the o e o God as they whose
che com ort s n s w. They are aways
de out because wth a ther power they a od
and abhor whatsoe er s dspeasng to God and
may ne er so tte contamnate the purty o ther
heart and commttng themse es n a chances to
God do st possess a pure ree and uet mnd.
Ths s the truest de oton and most acceptabe to
God. The other sensbe de oton whch s more
amar to no ces or those that are atey con
erted s not durabe and sure yet notwthstandng
t s ery pro tabe to us we wsey ma e use o
t. The ath u ser ants ( or so st ca them
whom hrst caeth not ser ants but rends)
ath u ser ants say do see a ter that e ectua
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8 Mrror or Mon s.
and most peasant sweetness o grace aso they
see a ter the oy o our ord s sa- atons they
see a ter s most o ey countenance and most
sweet embraces but they do ths wth a sprtua
and bash u not wth a sensua greedness or
chdsh ghtness or a troubed mpatence. They
desre the g ts o God not that they m.ay be sen
suay deghted n them but that beng made more
er ent by them and more pure rom a nordnate
ness they may pease ther hea eny rdegroom.
They o e the g ts o God and wngy than
m or them but yet they eep themse es as
t were uet and ree rom them as ong as they
rest not n them. y grace they go orward to
the G er o Grace and upreme Good n hom
ony t s aw u or them to rest. They are truy
happy because by how much the ess they stc
to those g ts they rece e so many the more.
nd athough they be ne er so much endowed
wth bessngs rom God they t not up ther
mnd they despse not others but themse es
say they despse and ac nowedge themse es
unworthy o a sprtua grace they aways eep -
n mnd that whatsoe er they ha e t s o God s
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Mrror or Mon s. 19
mere mercy and that o them more s e acted
to whom more s g en or commtted. nd so
contnung n hoy ear and by these g ts pro
ceedng n humty they con ess themse es to be
beow the owest. They re oce and gory wthn
themse es beng oppressed wth un ust n amy
reproaches n ures and uttermost scorn they ha e
mtated hrst not they coud be ee ated
abo e themse es by e cess o mnd or coud
see strange sons or do most apparent mraces.
They presenty ma ng the sgn o the ross
repe the decet u suggestons by whch the de
endea ours to aure them to angory and se -
compacence no way consentng to the subtetes
o the wc ed serpent. They do not con denty
pace the oss o ther sa aton ether n the
number or n the mert o good wor s whch they
do but put ther trust n the reedom o the
sons o God whch they ha e obtaned by the
bood o hrst. e then brother nowng the
d erence o the ath u ser ants endea our to be
o those whch may be you are not o and str e
to ea e them o whom perad enture you are one.
you are o those you woud not be o and are
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20 Mrror or Mon s.
not o those o whom you woud be gre e and
humbe yourse or God g eth grace to the humbe.
nd certany you humbe yourse n the sght
o our ord gre ng that you are yet o the number
o the un ath u you ha e aready n a manner
passed nto the ot o the ath u abour perse ere
ear not. ou sha not be repro ed wth the
un ath u but sha be rece ed wth the ath u.
There are others aso that are bound to the
d ne ser ce and yet cannot be caed ether
ath u or un ath u ser ants o God these a
man may aw uy ca the de sa es o the de .
mean those unhappy wretches that esteemng
ether not at a or ery tte o de oton or the
grace o God and atogether negectng the nteror
parts ma e a show as though they honoured God
wth ther ps but ther heart s ar rom m.
These beng punged o er head and ears n a sea
o e do tte thn o ther own sa aton.
These are a one to-day as they were yesterday.
They came rom the chor as they went thther
. uncean tepd apt to no goodness wander
ng dssoute wthout ear wthout re erence. y
the d ne prases whch wth a pouted mouth they
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Mrror or Mon s. 2 1
utter they more e asperate than pease. woud
to God these had ept them n the word or what
do they n monasteres why tread they on hoy
ground . why de our they the ams o the ust .
why poute they the angeca schoos o sprtua
e ercses wth carna deghts 1 they ntended
to e unceany they shoud ha e remaned n
a pace or ther purpose and not ha e entered nto
paces o purty. ng neggenty n monasteres
they doube the punshments o he whch ther
ng n the word had deser ed. ut t s out
o our way to spea more o these thngs where
ore return whence strayed.
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PT .
T T T D - G T
T T M TT D T
M D G GG .
o that you may be setted n your pr ate e ercse
prescrbe yourse somethng what to do e ery hour
and to be bused n. ut so that at any tme
ether upon obedence or any other pr ate reasonabe
cause or chance happenng you abbre ate your e er
cse or whoy o ersp t you be not nordnatey
e ed or you ought che y to endea our to attan
to ths that n the berty and purty o heart
(re ectng a proprety) you may aways perse ere
peaceabe and wthout troube be ore God. or ths
s acceptabe to our ord abo e a other e ercses
be they ne er so aborous and hard. hatsoe er
there ore sha hnder ths berty n you athough
t be sprtua and seem ery pro tabe occason
so re urng ea e t as much as obedence doth
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permt. ndea our say to repe a restess
ness o heart whch cho eth true peace and
per ect trust n God wth a sprtua proceedngs.
. et not cous deness at any tme ta e pace or
t destroyeth sous. od aso de busnesses
mean those that are unpro tabe nether mar e
at ths nd o speech. et not cous deness at
any tme ta e pace or there s aso a commendabe
deness whch s when the sou ed on God and
e empted rom the nose and magnaton o a
sensbe thngs doth rest as t were de n nterna
sence and n the most bessed embracements o
her eo ed to whch the hand o our ord brng
you you sha pro taby and happy be de.
therwse aways ether read or medtate or pray
or ta e n hand somethng ese that sha be serous
and necessary and truy you w sette yourse
wth a dgence to the study o crpture you w
be wonder uy com orted and e ery sprtua thng
w begn to grow sweet unto you and so t w
come to pass that beng accustomed to hoy
deghts you w easy condemn those that are
carna and your mnd w be wonder uy
strengthened n your good purpose. To the end
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there ore that you may mert so great a rut
wngy and wsey g e yourse to readng that
s to say n readng see sprtua consoaton and
pro t and the o e o God not curosty not super
uous understandng and nowedge not neatness
and eegance o words or the ngdom o God
s not n eegance o speech but n honess o
e whch eegance o speech ne ertheess as t
s not o er-care uy to be sought a ter t be
wantng so t s not scorn uy to be re ected by
hm that hath t or t s aso the g t o God.
ece e a thngs wth than sg ng and a thngs
sha hep orward or your sa aton. owbet
be not troubed many o those good thngs whch
you hear or read sp out o your memory. or as
a esse whch o ten rece eth water remaneth
cean athough the water poured n be presenty
poured out agan so ewse sprtua doctrne
o ten run through a we-wng mnd athough
t abde not there ne ertheess t ma eth and
eepeth the mnd cean and peasng to God.
our che pro t conssteth not n commttng the
word o doctrne to memory but rather that the
e ects o the doctrne and words reman n you.
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that s by ths doctrne to get an nterna purty
and a ready mnd to u the commandments o
God. earn to appy those thngs to yourse
that are spo en aganst ce or t s not sa e to
assert them aganst others wth a ed udgement
o mnd est whe you obstnatey udge another
you de e or troube your own conscence. nd
so n a thngs whch seem any way obscene
a od as much as n you eth e en the ery east
aurement o any sppery moton by way o
temptaton they do mpugn moest and troube you
mportunatey contradct them wth reason deny
to g e consent and ma ng the sgn o the ross
drect your whoe ntenton to God. or so wthout
hurt you may escape ths danger. urthermore do
not mtate those that obser e no order n readng
but do read what cometh rst to hand and where
they rst open the boo they e nothng whch
s not new and strange or they oathe a thngs that
are usua and stae though ne er so pro tabe. ar
be such nstabty rom you or t doth not reco
ect but dstract the sprt and he s dangerousy
sc that s tanted wth ths dsease. sey
bnd your mnd to a certanty o readng and
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accustom yourse to go through wth t athough
sometmes t admnster no matter o peasure.
ead say not con usedy or dsordery but
methodcay. epeat those thngs agan and agan
that are good. e ertheess n tme o trbuaton
and sprtua po erty you may ntermt what you
ha e begun and accordng to your necessty turn
and appy yourse to other gody e ercses whch
may be more consoatory.
or t s the opnon o the athers that t s
good to go to prayer or medtaton rom readng
and agan to ha e recourse to readng rom prayer
that prayer wth a commendabe csstude suc
ceedng readng and readng succeedng prayer
oathsomeness may be ta en away and the mnd
beng as t were resh and usty may aways be
the more abe or the proposed wor and that the
greater rut may be reaped o both. nd what
hndrance s there why a man shoud not ma e short
prayers e en n readng and aspre to God by hoy
desres . There are many thngs that may ser e
ether or readng or prayer or medtaton : such
are a the crptures n whch there s con erence
wth God. ways pre er common prayers be ore
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pr ate and udge them to be more pro tabe or
you athough sometmes they may seem more
barren and unsa oury. n e manner esteem o
a common and reguar actons or abo e a thngs
obedence ought to be n the rst pace.
perad enture you demand n what prayers and
medtatons you shoud n pr ate che y e ercse
yourse : you w credt me a ter you ha e
accused yourse and cra ed pardon or your sns
you sha che y beseech God to mort y your e
passons and cous a ectons and ute and cean
to strp you o a nordnateness and that e w
be peased to grant you grace oy uy and patenty
to endure a trbuaton and temptaton. s o
m pro ound humty and most er ent charty.
eseech m to ouchsa e aways to drect teach
umnate and protect you n a thngs. These
thngs n my udgement are most necessary or
you. nd ndeed they are most great and hgh
nether can they otherwse be obtaned than by
prayer. Perse ere there ore contnuay noc ng .
and wthout doubt our ord w at ength open
unto you and w g e you as much bread as your
necessty sha re ure. ut so you negect not
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wngy to g e than s or what you ha e rece ed.
or nothng dspeaseth God more than orget uness
and ngrattude or rece ed bene ts. nd that you
may the more wngy and sooner ncne God s
bengnty unto you pray attent ey or the state
o the whoe hurch commendng unto God a the
ath u both a e and dead and e ery reasonabe
creature. you urther hear n what wth pro t
you may e ercse yourse w te you : sngng
o psams s pro tabe the gody medtatng on other
parts o crpture s pro tabe the consderaton o
creatures compared to ther reator s pro tabe.
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P D T M M
T D P .
prayers sngng o hymns than sg ng and
hoy medtatons are pro tabe. ut by consent
o a the remembrance o hrst s umanty and
especay o s most sacred Passon s sad to
be most pro tabe and ony necessary and wth
ustce. or t s the present e termnaton o
passons and nordnate a ectons a t re uge n
temptaton and surest sa eguard n dangers a sweet
re reshng n dstress a rendy rest rom abour
a gente repressng o dstractons the true door
o sanctty the ony entry to contempaton the
sweet consoaton o the sou the un ang ame
o d ne o e the sa er o a ad erstes the
ountan o a rtues rom whence they ow to
us : to concude the absoute e ampe o a per ec
ton the ha en hope trust mert and sa aton.
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-o a hrstans. new a Mon whose custom
was to propose to hmse e ery day some part o
our ord s Passon as or e ampe one day he
woud set be ore hs eyes hrst s beng n the
Garden. nd whthersoe er he went that day
wheresoe er he chanced to be not troubed wth
any other serous and necessary cogtaton what
soe er he dd outwardy he too a speca care
to drect hs nterna eye to our ord su erng
dstresses n the Garden and thus woud he ta
wth hs sou : nd my sou behod thy God.
ehod daughter attend see and consder most
dear ehod thy God behod thy reator behod
thy ather behod thy edeemer and a our
behod thy re uge behod thy de ender and pro
tector behod thy hope trust strength and heath
ehod thy sanct caton purty and per ecton
behod thy hep mert and reward behod thy
tran uty consoaton and sweetness ehod thy
oy thy deghts and thy e behod thy ght
thy crown and thy gory behod thy o e and thy
desre 1 behod thy treasure and a thy good behod
thy begnnng and thy end hther art thou
-scattered thou wanderng daughter ow ong wt
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thou ea e the ght and o e dar ness . ow ong
wt thou orsa e peace and n o e thyse n
troubes eturn return thou unamte return
Daughter return and recoect thyse most dear
ea e many thngs and embrace one or one thng
s necessary or thee. bde wth thy ord pace
thyse by thy God go not rom thy Master st n
s shadow hom thou o est that s rut may
be sweet to thy throat. t s good or thee to be .
here daughter. or hther the enemy cannot ma e
hs approach here are no snares no dangers
no dar ness. thngs are here sa e a thngs
cam. esde here wngy most dear. or here
thou shat be sa e and ree thou shat be merry
and oy u. ere are roses es and oets here
owers o a rtues do sme most peasanty. ere
thou shat see a brghtness sweety enghtenng a
thngs wth hs rays. ere thou shat nd true
consoaton here thou shat nd peace and rest.
To concude here thou shat nd a good.
th such short sentences he woud both sharpy
and sweety spur orward hs sou and ca her
home when she was wanderng abroad and orce
her to appy herse to the che est good.
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these tte sentences he woud ta e sometmes
more sometmes ewer sometmes ony one some
tmes two sometmes three accordng to the er our
o hs de oton and the peasure o the oy Ghost
and he woud o tentmes terate and repeat them.
e woud aso orce hs sou to the remembrance
o those thngs whch our a our dd and su ered
or her n the Garden. n the meantme one
whe e ctng her to the consderatons o our
a our s unsearchabe humty mdness patence
most er ent and ncomprehensbe charty another
whe to ta e compasson on our ord o n nte
ma esty so humbed and a cted and then agan
to than m or so great bene ts and pety
another whe to repay o e wth o e and anon
to as pardon or her sns and then to beg
ths or that grace. e woud o ten con ert hs
speech to these or the e a ectonate or er ent
aspratons : nd my sou when wt thou be
ready to oow the humty o thy ord when
wt thou mtate s mdness . when sha the
e ampe o s patence shne n thee t when wt
thou be better. when wt thou be ree rom
passons and cous a ectons when sha e be
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destroyed n thee. when sha a nordnateness
be botted out n thee . when wt thou peaceaby
and genty endure a trbuaton and temptaton
when wt thou per ecty o e thy God when wt
thou ntmatey embrace m . when wt thou be
whoy swaowed up n s o e when wt thou
be pure smpe and reser ed be ore m . how
ong w t be ere thou be hndered no more rom
s most chaste embracngs . and that thou were
mmacuate and that thou ddst er enty o e thy
God and that thou ddst nseparaby cea e unto
thy che est good. nd then drectng the eye e
hs heart to ea en or to the depth o eterna
ght he woud rame these aspratons : nd my
sou where s thy God . where s thy o e . where
s thy treasure . where s thy desre . where s
thy tota good when .shat thou see m . when
shat thou most happy en oy m . when shat
thou reey prase m wth a the ct ens o
ea en . These and the e aspratons woud he
secrety spea ether mentay or wth hs ps
ta ng sometmes more sometmes ewer accord
ng . to the nterna motons o the oy Ghost.
e woud aso o ten accuse hs sou that t was
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too sow suggsh tepd ungrate u hard nsensbe
and unhappy. gan he woud com ort t beng
1 de ected wth pusanmty or ear and woud
1 encourage t wth these or the e words: Despar
not my sou ta e com ort daughter and be con
dent most dear. thou hast snned and art
wounded behod thy God behod thy Physcan
s ready to cure thee. e s most courteous and
most merc u and there ore wng e s omn
potent and there ore can pardon thy sns n a
moment. Perad enture thou art a rad because e
s thy udge. but ta e heart or e that s thy
udge s aso thne d ocate. e s thy d ocate
to de end and e cuse thee dong penance e s
there ore aso thy udge to sa e not to condemn
thee beng humbed. s mercy s n ntey
greater than thy n uty ether s or can be.
hch words say not that perse erng n e
thou shoudst ma e thyse unworthy o s mercy
but that beng a erted rom e thou shoudst not
despar o ndugence and org eness. Thy God s
most gente most sweet e s whoy amabe
whoy desrabe and wonder uy o eth a thngs
whch e hath created. hen thou thn est o
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m or conce est m n thy memory ar be
a magnaton o terror austerty and btterness
rom thee. hen we say e s terrbe t s not
n respect o mse but o those that abuse s
patence and de er to do penance whose most
btter and posonous sns as contrary to s most
sweet and pure goodness e repeeth and punsheth.
et not thne mper ectons dscourage thee too
much or thy God doth not despse thee because
thou art mper ect and n rm but o eth thee
e ceedngy because tho desrest and abourest to
be more per ect. e w aso hep thee thou
persstest n thy good ntenton and w ma e
thee per ecter yea perad enture (whch thou tte
hopest or) whoy ar and e ery way peasng to
m. Thus and n nnumerabe other ways woud
he rendy ta wth hs sou and n te her by
chaste speeches to the chaste o e o her eo ed.
e woud aso turn hs speech to our ord and
asprng to m by hoy o e woud say : nd
good esus pous Pastor sweet Master ng o
eterna gory when sha be mmacuate and truy
humbe be ore Thee when sha truy despse
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a sensbe thngs or Thee and when sha
per ecty orsa e myse . when sha be strpped
o a proprety or uness there were proprety
n me there woud not be se -w n me : passons
and nordnate a ectons woud ha e no pace n
me. shoud not see myse n anythng. Pro
prety ony ma eth the mpedment and medum
between Thee and me proprety ony doth hnder
Thee rom me. hen there ore sha cast o a
proprety. hen sha reey resgn myse to
Thy d ne peasure . hen sha ser e thee wth
a cean uet smpe and cam mnd . hen sha
per ecty o e Thee n the arms o my sou . hen
sha o e Thee wth most er ent desre . hen
sha a my tepdty and mper ecton be swaowed
up by the mmensty o Thy o e . my desre
my treasure my tota good my begnnng and
end my God sweetness o my sou my
consoaton my e my o e 1 h that my sou
mght en oy Thy most sweet embracngs h that
t were ndssouby bound wth Thy o e woud t
were per ecty unted to Thee. or what s to me
n ea en and besdes Thee what woud upon
earth God o my heart and God my porton or
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e er . hen sha the word be sent to me . hen
sha the mpedments troubes and csstudes o
ths e cease to me . hen sha my pgrmage be
ended . hen sha my so ournng be consummated
hen sha the mserabe capt ty o ths banshment
be dsso ed . hen sha the shadow o mortaty
decrease and the day o eternty draw near . hen
sha ay down the burden o ths body and see
Thee hen sha prase Thee as Thy ants
wthout mpedment happy and eternay my
God my o e my tota good e was o ten wont to
use such aspratons nowng that by the e ercse o
them the human sprt s more e ectuay unted to
the d ne sprt and that thereby man attaneth
the sooner to the per ect mort caton o hmse
e had them ready e erywhere but at any
tme he had more su cent esure he woud then
(sttng as Mary Magdaen dd) re oce to nger
more reey and that more to the honour o God
than to the nordnate peasng o hmse e
woud not n the meantme omt wth a certan
nterna e uson o heart by a sncere and sweet
a ecton to adore bess g e than s and pray.
Moreo er turnng hs speech to the essed rgn
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the Mother o God as to a most merc u ady
and most bera stewardess o hea eny treasures
he woud redoube hs pous compants be ore
her and wth a hoy mportunty e tort a bene
dcton. nother day he woud set be ore hmse
how our a our betrayed by udas was ta en and
concernng ths pont he woud terate hs oresad
e ercses and so woud go through wth the Passon
n order and ha ng ended woud begn agan. nd
about that part o the Passon whch dd represent
hrst hangng on the ross he dd not empoy
hmse n order and n hs proper day but e ery
day at east bre y so be he thought t con enent
e ctng hs sou to the earnest contempaton o
these thngs. n e ery soemnty o our a our or
the essed rgn he woud ( he thought t good)
propose to the eyes o hs mnd the representaton
o that east nstead o part o our ord s Passon
whch otherwse was that day to be re uented and
woud per orm hs nterna e ercses or rendy.
dscourses wth hs sou and about the wor
cause mystery and oy o that est ty. e was
aso much deghted wth sngng the Psams. nd
now that by the contnued custom o ths hoy
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e ercse he reaped consoaton and snguar pro t
o hs abours.
w set down an e ampe mtate o t
you pease. or by ths means you sha be
accustomed to apprehend the presence o God by
ths means you sha begn to ha e your senses
sober watch u e ercsed and cam by ths
means you sha prepare yourse a way to the
hghest contempaton and per ecton. Thus where
soe er you are you sha spend your tme pro taby
ague and unstabe cogtatons beng cast orth out
o the corners o your heart and such as are serous
beng entertaned n ther pace. ou may rame
yourse medtatons and aspratons n other
terms than we ha e. you perce e the oo ng
n your boo to hnder your mnd whereby you
are the ess abe to reach God and to be unted
to hm ay asde your boo . gan you
perce e t doth arther your e ercse ma e use o
t or woud that your de oton shoud be ree to
you and that you shoud oow the grace o the
oy Ghost wthout con uson or an ety. More
o er by aspratons (as you may perce e by the
abo e-wrtten copes) we understand certan short
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e acuatory prayers or burnng desres and ey and
o ng a ectons to God. e that hath not as yet
underta en the begnnng o nterna con ersaton
and hs own mort caton or hath at east but newy
begun ought not perad enture so precsey to oow
ths rue.
ut t sha be e pedent or hm to e ercse
hmse or awhe accordng to ths manner whch
sha prescrbe. et hm there ore e ery day
propose to hmse some part o our a our s
Passon and et hm study to ha e recourse n
mnd to the same whether he stand go st or
rest uness he ha e some other pro tabe or
necessary thng n hs heart to treat o nd et
hm o ten dscourse wth hs sou n the presence
o hrst su erng ether thus or a ter the e
manner my sou behod thy God behod
ungrate u attend thou wretch consder thou poor
sou behod thy God behod thy reator and
edeemer behod how the ng o eterna gory
humbed mse or thee behod how the hghest
Ma esty debased mse or thee see what sorrows
btterness and ndgntes thy a our su ereth or
thee consder wth what charty e o ed thee.
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ho undertoo so great caamty and a cton or
thee. rse my sou arse out o the dust sp thy
head out o the coar thou capt e daughter o on.
rse orsa e the pudde o thy ces and ea e the
unceanness o thy neggent e. ow ong wt
thou ta e peasure n pers . ow ong wt thou
esteem an ety and torments to be rest . ow ong
wt thou securey seep n destructon ow ong
wt thou wngy ea e the rght way and wander
abroad ar and near by un nown paces . eturn
unto the ord thy God or e e pecteth thee
ma e haste be not sac or e s ready to rece e
thee e w meet thee wth open arms ony de er
not thou to return. ome to and e w
hea and pur y thee. on thyse to esus ahd e
w umnate thee. dhere to and e w
bess and sa e thee. ometmes et hm more
e pressy upbrad hs sou o ngrattude and per
erseness sayng as my sou how ungrate u
hast thou been to thy God. e hath bestowed
nnumerabe and most admrabe bene ts upon
thee and thou st repayest e or good. e hath
created thee accordng to s own mage and
eness e hath endowed thee wth mmortaty
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e hath deputed hea en and earth and a thngs
contaned n them to thy commodty e hath
enrched thee wth many g ts and graces e hath
brought thee to the ght o the athoc ath e
hath wthdrawn thee rom the dangerous wa es o
the word and con eyed thee to the ha en and
tran uty o a monastca e where thou (as n
a most sweet paradse o sprtua peasures) mght
ha e n nte occason o hoy oy and good wor s
e hath patenty borne wth thee gre ousy snnng
and hath preser ed thee rom the aws o he. The
ng hath been ncarnate or thee thy reator or
thy sa e hath become thy rother. ether dd
e thn t su cent to be born or thee where ore
woud e aso su er or thy sa e. e endured
sorrow and dstresses or thy sa e e was betrayed
and ta en or thy sa e e was spt on and bu eted
or thy sa e e was scourged and wounded wth
a crown o thorns or thy sa e e was smtten
wth a reed and aden wth the burthen o the
ross or thy sa e e was naed to the ross
and dran negar or thy sa e e wept and shed
s most hoy bood or thy sa e e ded and
was bured. e hath adopted thee to be her o
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the ngdom o ea en e hath promsed those
thngs unto thee whch nether eye hath seen nor
heart o man can comprehend. ut thou hast e t
and condemned m ho hath been so many ways
bene ca to thee thou hast cast away the hoy
ear o m that o ed thee thou hast sha en o
s sweet yo e that hath eected thee thou art
become as one o the daughters o ea as an
mpudent harot thou hast worshpped n utes
wthout modesty thou hast compacted wth death
thou hast g en thy hand to the de thou hast
been most prompt to a wc edness thou hast
heaped e upon e and hast re oced to add
worse to the worst. y thy wc edness thou hast
agan cruc ed hrst ho hath chosen
thee or s spouse thou hast renewed s wounds
by thy crmes. ho w g e thee groans and
sghs . ho w g e thee a sprng o tears that
thou mayest nght and day bewa thne ngrattude .
unhappy wretch what wt thou do h that
thou hadst ept thyse n the state o nnocency
and that thou hadst remaned mmacuate h that
thou hadst not mseraby de ed thyse wth ds
honesty h that thou hadst not gone astray rom
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thy God Thou has ost thne nnocency thou
art de ed thou art become dshonest thou hast
gone astray rom thy Go . as poor wretch and
what wt thou do . To whom wt thou y rom
whom wt thou e pect hep rom whom but
rom m hom thou hast o ended . e s most
pt u most courteous most merc u. umbe
thyse pour out thyse e water n s sght and
e w ta e pty on thee. ometmes et hm turn
hs amentatons to our ord wth these or the e
words as my ord what ha e done
ow ha e e t Thee ow ha e despsed
Thee ow am become orget u o Thy name
ow ha e cast asde Thy name ow ha e
cast asde Thy ear ow ha e trod Thy aw
under my eet ow ha e transgressed Thy
precepts. ne my God me my reator
me my a our me my e and my tota
good oe be to me wretched creature oe
be to me woe be to me because ha e snned
oe be to me because ha e made myse e to
a brute beast oe be to me because am
become more sy than a sheep. good
o ng hepherd sweet Master hep me. et
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me on my eet stretch orth Thy hand to me beng
n danger. eanse me rom my th cure my
wound con rm my wea ness sa e me rom destruc
ton. con ess myse unworthy to tread on the
earth am unworthy to behod the ght am
unworthy o Thy ad and grace. or great s mne
ngrattude great yea too great s the enormty
o my sns. e ertheess Thy mercy s n ntey
greater. There ore God Thou o er o man nd .
and my ony hope ha e mercy on me accordng to
Thy great mercy and accordng to the muttude o
Thy merces ta e away mne n uty. ometmes
as he had rsen out o a dream ang on hs
nees n the sght o our ord et hm a ecton-
atey say ord Thou wt Thou canst ma e me
cean. r ths God be proptous to me a
snner. r that a e mercy on me on o
Da d. r that other ord hep me. o
ewse et hm pour orth hs heart be ore the
rgn Mary the Mother o our ord and a the
ants o God humby sung or ther ntercesson.
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MM TT D.
nd e ery day or certany ery o ten when
occason sha ser e et hm recoect hmse
and wth a pro ound humty rmy proposng
amendment et hm ca to mnd and partcuary
con ess be ore our ord the sns o hs orepassed
e and especay those by whch he hath gre
ousy o ended the d ne goodness. ut t w be
ndscreet to dwe ong upon those that beong
to the raty o the esh est the remembrance o
them and the onger treatng o the od sn breed
a new sn by unaw u deght. n whch con esson
contrton and sensbe de oton et hm accustom
hmse to ament more that he hath beha ed
hmse contumeousy and ungrate uy towards hs
ather and reator than that he hath brought
hmse n danger o eterna punshment.
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n the orms o amentaton and gody com
pants whch we ha e prescrbed he need not care
or runnng o er many sentences. ut et hm ta e
what he w and as many as he w obser ng no
order he ma e choce o ony one two or three
whchsoe er they be he may repeat agan and
agan he sha do we. e woud that he shoud
do reey accordng to hs de oton and aways
a odng con uson and perpe ty. now one
that beng e ternay bused n hs con erson to
our ord s Passon among chaste dscourses too
deght to ca to mnd these ew words or the e :
good esus pous Pastor sweet Master
good esus ha e mercy on me pous Pastor drect
me sweet Master teach me my ord hep me
nother there was that dd ta e deght to run o er
sometmes more sometmes ewer o the a oresad
amentatons and e press them n d ersty o words
accordng to hs a ecton. et our young begnner
as ha e sad be ree n these thngs and et hm
str hmse to compuncton and dgence n hs
sprtua purpose by medtatng he pease upon
death purgatory udgement he and hea en.
hch nd o medtaton by how much the
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nearer t draweth to bera ear and the o e o God
by so much t s the more acceptabe to our ord
and more e ectua or the .pur yng o the sou.
gan by how much the more t partcpateth o
base and ser e ear by so much t s the ess
pro tabe. y bera ear we ear to sn est we
o end our most bount u ord God and so ose
s a our and amarty. y ser e ear we ear
to do est we shoud undergo damnaton and
punshment. e ertheess t s good to be wth
drawn rom snnng by ser e ear but so that we
stay not there but pass on to bera ear. n med
tatng on eterna gory et hm go thus or n the e
manner to wor : h how bessed s the hea eny
erusaem the was whereo consst o most precous
stones the gates thereo shne wth the most d ne
pears the streets whereo are pa ed wth most
pure god the gardens smary beng dec ed wth
owers most ncomprehensby ourshng. There
the sound o oy s perpetua there the cantce o
gadness s e er sung by an unweared chor there
the re ocng o e utaton s aways renewed there
the nstruments o the ants do aways resound
there cnnamon and bam ncessanty breathe orth
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an unspea abe odour o sweetness there s peace
and rest o ercomng a sense there s temperate-
ness and camness beyond a human reach there
s eterna day and one sprt o a there s sure
securty secure eternty eterna tran uty uet
happness happy sweetness and sweet mrth there
the ust sha shne as the sun n the ngdom
o ther ather. h what happness s t to be
among the chors o nges to ha e perpetua
eowshp wth the hoy Patrarchs and Prophets
wth the hoy on essors and rgns and wth the
most gorous Mother o God ot to ear not
to be sorrow u not to be n angush not to be
gre ed not to be troubed wth tedousness to
endure no abour no mpedment no oathsomeness
no necessty h what a weath o consoaton what
a sea o deghts what an abundance o oys what
pro undty o most pure peasure w t be to behod
that ncrcumscrptbe ght to see that most amabe
brghtness to see that unspea abe gory o the mos
hgh Trnty to see the God o Gods n on to
see m not a rdde but ace to ace to see aso
the gor ed umanty o the ony-begotten God
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beaut u sght or to behod the gtterng cearness
o the stars to see the gorous beauty o the sun
to see the shnng o the pae- aced moon to consder
the grate u ght o the ar to contempate the
eegant neatness o brds owers grass and coours
to sten to the sweet chantng o the nghtngaes
and ar s to hear the meodous harmony o harp
and ute to sme the ragrant roses and es to
draw the breath that spces and per ume send orth
to taste the decousness o d ers paate-peasng
ruts say there be so great peasure n these
thngs what a torrent o most sncere deght w
t be per ecty to contempate that mmense beauty
and per ecty to taste that n nte sweetness rom
whence a beauty a sweetness o thngs created
oweth down to us. The sprng-tde representeth
unto us the state o eterna ecty and the
uture r esurrecton or when we see hea en earth
trees and a thngs ese wth a certan new grace
to be dec ed wth admrabe ornaments notwth
standng there s greater d erence between that
whch t representeth than between noon and md
nght. essed there ore yea thrce bessed s that
hea eny erusaem where nothng wanteth that may
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pease and whence a thngs are banshed that may
dspease where mghty God s happy prased
or e er. et hm earn purey to re uent the oys
o ths superna cty to o e and desre them yet
not so much or hs own pro t as or the pro t and
honour o God. though ndeed the medtaton
o eterna e may be more sncerey practca by
hm that hath been a pro cent n nterna con er
saton than by hm that hath scarcey attaned to
the begnnng o hs own mort caton and noweth
better how to see hmse than God. n our abo e-
reate d medtaton et a no ce e ercse hmse
contnuay or the space o one three or s months
yea or a whoe year or more unt he perce e
wthn hmse an absoute contempt o the word
and hmse and that he begnneth to ee the er ent
purpose o a sprtua e to ta e root n hm. ome
are wth more d cuty some more easy turned to
the better. nd some whom t peaseth God out
o s most n nte a our most beray to pre ent
are presenty changed. n the meantme he may
aso empoy hmse n than sg ng n prasng
God and other prayers but et hs che empoy
ment be n reasonabe mournng or and persecutng
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o hs sns. et hn not be troubed he cannot
draw tears e ternay or he ac eth not tears
nternay that truy hateth a sn and n uty.
ow a ter he hath n some measure re ormed the
mage o God wthn hmse by heath u btterness
o mournng and contrton he may wth greater
con dence and pro t mtate the abo e proposed
e ampe o e ercse.
There ore et hm ta e courage and er enty
prepare hmse or a more ntmate amarty wth
the hea eny rdegroom. ut as ong as he s
wea or cod he sha nde n hmse the re o
d ne o e by serous medtaton on the ncarnaton
or Passon o the ony-begotten on o God sweety
con errng wth hs sou concernng these thngs. y
whch medtaton beng once n amed et hm
compose hmse by prayer and aspraton desrng
by them to unte hs sprt to the che est good.
he o ten persst by ths means to draw hs heart
to the o e o God he sha soon brng hmse to
that pass that presenty at the rst con enton o
hs mnd or aspraton wthout any premedtaton
he may be abe to separate hmse rom creatures
and ther magnaton and punge hmse n the
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sweetness o d ne o e. Then he sha not so
much need to remember each partcuar sn o hs
e past n hs penance be ore God and wth
sorrow to drect the nsght o hs heart unto m
or so mght hs reedom and a ecton towards good
be hndered but rather et hm o ngy drect hs
heart to God mse detestng whatsoe er may
separate or wthdraw hm rom m. ether do
we mean that he shoud neggenty orget hs sns
but so to remember them that the remembrance
hnder not a greater pro t there ore et hm
con ess them day to God rather summary than
partcuary. Truy we ha e a more present remedy aganst
esser sns when we turn to God by a sweet and
e ectua a ecton o o e than when we tedousy
busy ourse es n the consderaton o them and
se ere punshment o them. et hm there ore cast
them away nto the bottomess depth o God s
d ne mercy and goodness that e a spar e o
re n the mdst o the sea they may there persh.
et hm endea our to re ect ute and cean a
nordnate pusanmty and super uous scrupes o
conscence and perpe ed d dence whensoe er
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they arse. or uness they be presenty opped o
they do d ers ways cho e up the aacrty o the
mnd and ery much hnder our nterna gong
orward.
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D T P D D G .
Moreo er et hm attenpt nothng beyond hs
strength but be content wth hs ot. he cannot
reach as ar as he desreth et hm reach as ar as
he can. nd uness he atter hmse he may easy
now what proceedngs he s abe to ma e. e er
theess the d ne bounty s bera n usng tse
wheresoe er t ndeth a mnd worthy prepared.
here ore our sprtua practtoner be not
yet admtted to the submty o contempaton and
per ect charty et hm thn hmse as yet not
prepared or the recept o so great a good. nd
what good woud t do hm to rece e that grace
whch he nows not how to ma e good use o et
hm ma e haste to pu up a ce by the root
that he may be the tter. ut st wth ths
pro so that he str e not beyond hs strength.
et hm not mpatenty try to orerun God s grace.
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but humby to oow t. et hm not say
oenty orce hs sprt thther whther he cannot
reach est presumng whch he ought not he tumbe
hmse down headong by hs own oence and
beng crushed be punshed or hs rashness. et hm
so tend to per ecton that unbrded oence and
turbuent soctude bear no part n hs endea ours.
et hm attend the measure o grace g en hm
and wtha remember that he sha ar more easy
sa ey uc y and happy attan to the hghest
degree o contempaton that s to the comprehend-
ng o mystca d nty he be touched and rapt
by the mere grace o God than he endea our to
attan unto t by hs own abours. et hm aways
there ore obser e a man wth dscreton est by
e cess he run nto de ects.
The bread o tears s good and many when
they shoud re resh themse es sur et by t. or
they nsst so ong n tears and wth so great
con uson and agtaton that both sprt and body
are an to e down under the too much ntent or
e tended e ercse. e con ess that many by the
dscreton and the hep o the oy Ghost can ong
and pro taby mourn and there are many agan
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that beng as t were steeped n the torrent o
peasure whch they ta e n God do unseasonaby
urge and spur orward themse es to greater oence
and desst not rom ths ndscreet orcng o them
se es unt beng hurt and con ounded they a
and ant n themse es and are thence orth made
unapt to rece e the sweetness o grace. here ore
the nterna heat and oence s aways so to be
moderated that the sprt be not e tngushed but
com orted by t. They whose heads are o a good
temper may more er enty and strongy nsst n
er ent aspratons but they that ha e wea heads
(especay the wea ness grow by ndscreton)
are not abe to e ercse themse es otherwse than
ery genty and moderatey. nd such can scarcey
sometmes admt a smpe compuncton o mnd or
medtaton or readng wthout hurt yea athough
they ea e ther head on some pace. p great s
the caamty o the ce that proceedeth rom nds
creton. ut et them dgenty nasmuch as n
them eth a od ths dscommodty and humby
pray to God or the restorng o that whch they
ha e spoed themse es. God be peased to hear
them et them be than u not et them bess
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our ord and or s o e earn accordng to s
peasure patenty to endure ths msery whch they
ha e done on themse es.
et our nterna practtoner beware aso o a
ghtness o nconstancy and nstabty. et hm
ta e n hand those e ercses that are good and
et hm go on wth what he hath once begun
athough they e hm not but so that the peasure
o the oy Ghost be oowed n a the decree
o hs own w and appontment beng re ected.
or the oy Ghost doth d ers ways as t were
n te us and uses to brng us by d ers paths to the
wne-cear and bed-chamber o d ne o e hose
nstnct we must st obser e and most ready
oow ayng asde a proprety where ore ths
our sprtua schoar sha o ten present hmse to
the oy Ghost as a prepared nstrument and
whch way soe er the oy Ghost sha bend and
appy et hm presenty oow. at any tme
he sha be drawn or ee ated up to the soarng
contempaton and embracements o the che est
good et hm reey o er up hmse and
the Passon o hrst or any hoy medtaton and
magnaton occur et hm not stay at t but wth
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a e pedton y thther whther he s caed by
the prt.
hen he doubt uy staggereth n hs purpose .
not nowng how he ought to proceed n hs begun
enterpr e et hm use the counse o men that are
prudent e pert and humbe or so he sha be a
greater pro cent than reyng upon hmse he-
proceed accordng to hs own n entons.
ut n the meantme et hm not orget care uy 1
to ha e recourse to the remedy o prayer humby
beseechng n a thngs to be drected and um
nated by our ord est at any tme beng dece ed
he oow error nstead o truth. nd et hm aways
remember that he can ne er per ecty be at esure
or God uness hs heart be ree and cear rom
a thngs besdes God.
ou ha e now heard. rother a ter a manner .
how he shoud begn and how he shoud go orward
n e terna e ercses that desreth to attan to any
e ceent degree o a pure e. t sha be your
part not ony to hear and read these thngs but
aso to put them n practce. hch you do
and ha e hep rom abo e and that you beng to-
be cear wthn and that psamodes and other o ces
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6o Mrror or Mon s.
o d ne prase wa sweet unto you search not
too hgh but be a rad. or athough your heart
beng enarged you do awhe run the way o God s
commandments you ha e not o yourse enarged
your heart but God hath done t. nd e that
enarged t can permt t. s grace beng wthdrawn
to be agan couped up and mprsoned. The un
o ustce hath shned on you and certan scaes
beng ta en o hath umnated your mnd but
who can hnder m rom hdng mse e be
so peased. e you there ore ready or e w
hde mse and s amabe brghtness beng
once departed your senses sha agan be dar ened
and hndered.
Moreo er certan mmssons by e anges w
toss the shp o your breast yea perad enture the
temptaton w be so trong that you w thn a
to oppose tse aganst you. ou w seem to
yourse to be whoy g en o er to atan and w
not ha e st to open your mouth n God s prase.
ether sha ths caamty endure a tte whe.
ether sha you ony once or thrce or s or ten
tmes be ad hod on by t but ery o ten some
tmes more ehementy than at others. ut be not
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de ected at ths nether thn anythng snstery
o your aut. or e hath permtted you to be
tempted that t may be man est you truy o e
m and that you may earn to pty others that
are oppressed by temptatons. e scourgeth and
bruseth you that e may purge you rom ce and
prepare you or more grace. e seemeth to ea e
you as t were or a tme that you wa not proud
but may aways ac nowedge that you can do-
nothng wthout m yet ne ertheess. e doth
not orsa e you. e e ercseth you n these and
the e ad erstes out o the unspea abe charty
wherewth e o eth you. or the ea eny pouse
useth ths nd o dspensaton wth a er ent sou
con erted unto m. e steth her soemny n
the begnnng o her new purpose doth com ort and
ustrate her and a ter e hath recreated and aured
her wth s sweet sme he draweth her a ter m
and o ngy meeteth her amost e erywhere wth
s m eedng s new rend.
terwards e begns to admnster to her the - -/
sod ood o a cton and pany shows her how - .
much she ought to endure or s name. ow she
begnneth to be n a sea o troubes. Men moest
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-62 Mrror or Mon s.
her wthout passons troube her wthn. Punsh
ments a ct her e ternay nternay she becometh
de ected by pusanmty. ternay she s gre ed
wth n rmtes nternay dar ness o ercasteth and
coudeth her. The e terna parts are oppressed the
nterna dred up one whe the rdegroom hdeth
mse rom the sou another whe e dsco ereth
m.se unto her. ow e ea eth her as t were
n the dar ness and horror o death and presenty
recaeth her to the sweetness o ght nsomuch that
t may be truy sad o m that e eadeth down to
he and brngeth bac agan. y such means e
treth pur eth humbeth teacheth weans draws
and adorns the sou. e nd her ath u n a
thngs and to be o a good w and hoy patence
and that by ong e ercse and s grace she doth
mdy and a ectonatey endure a trbuatons and
temptatons then doth e more per ecty on her to
mse and smary ma eth her parta er o s
secrets and bndeth her ar otherwse to m. Ths
e dd at the begnnng o her con erson. e
not there ore troubed when ehement temptaton
scourgeth you but as you rece ed a to en o s
o e reman ath u and n ncbe n your agones.
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sayng wth bessed ob though e sha
me w trust n m durng ths storm. t w
be somewhat hard or you to be present at the
D ne ce by reason o the nstabty and
coudness o your mnd. otwthstandng be
patent and genty do what eth n your power.
The nght w pass away dar ness w be dspersed
and ght w ta e pace agan. ut as ong as t
s yet nght ta e heed you are not ound de and
neggent you ha e no st to pray sng or
medtate then read. your mnd oathe readng
wrte or man uy e ercse yourse or the tme n
some other e terna wor n the meantme dgenty
re ectng the troubes o an cogtatons. drows
ness do unseasonaby moest you so that t gre ousy
depress you you sha perad enture (tme and pace
permttng) do better somewhat pertnenty to
the honour o God eanng your head somewhere
you sumber a tte than ne oraby you resst
t or by abour you thn to dr e t away as
ong as you abour you sha be ree but that once
past and you beta ng yourse to your sprtua
e ercses t w easy return. you seep et t not
be deep nor ong so that t ast no onger than one
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64 Mrror or Mon s.
may say one or two or three Psams : or so your
sprt beng as t were renewed w arse wth
more e pedton and aacrty. They that now not
how to beha e themse es sobery n eatng drn ng
and the custody o ther senses they y to ths
remedy t s to be eared est they rather aggra ate
than ae ate ths dsease and ang nto a deep
and ong seep mseraby ose ther tme by suggsh
ness. atch care uy aganst those temptatons by
whch the de endea oureth to ncne the mnd to
those thngs that are ndecent and cous. e sure
to re ect them n the ery begnnng be ore they ta e
possesson o you wthn or uness you repe the
ad ersary at the rst onset he get entrance he
w presenty cap bots on your sou and you
beng desttute o berty and orce w hardy be
abe to resst. ut you ha e beha ed yourse
neggenty and he etter you do not yed so but
deny your consent and str e aganst hm e en by
creepng on the ground and pray to our ord n the
strength o your sprt that reeng your bonds he
w restore you to berty or at east preser e you
rom g ng consent. ut now that many tmes ydu
sha more easy o ercome the ad ersary suggestng
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Mrror or Mon s. 65
any thy mpous and absurd thng you contemn
and set ght by hs bar ng and so pass them o er
than you str e ong wth hm and wth great
abour endea our to stop hs wc ed mouth. ut
he o er much mportune you and beng repeed
once or twce do st come on a resh you must
meet wth hm on pan terms that beng o er
thrown on pan ground he may y away wth
dsgrace. ow he setteth on us many ways or sometmes
he see eth to ensnare us secrety and under pretence
o pety sometmes he setteth upon us openy and
wth open ury sometmes he creepeth by tte
sometmes he brea eth orth suddeny and unoo ed
or sometmes he ayeth sege to us by sprtua
and nterna means sometmes by corpora and
e terna ad ersares or prospertes. here ore we
must aways ha e recourse to the ad o our ord s
Passon and cry to God wth tears. ut as ha e
aways sad soar not too hgh by reason o the
grace whch perad enture you ha e. or what
ha e you that you ha e not rece ed . hy do
you gory as you had not rece ed . Ta e heed
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66 Mrror or Mon s.
o your heart to the bast o angory or the ar
o se -compacence. ee you brag not see you
boast not abroad o what you ha e rece ed. ut
eep your secret to yourse et t abde wth you
uness you happen to re ea t humby and modesty
to some ntmate and secret rend or sprtua
utty and consoaton or that you be compeed
by obedence or rather man est necessty or great
pro t. ee that you bee e not that you ha e
rece ed the g t o God by your own merts and
abours but rather udge yourse unworthy (as
ndeed you are) o a grace and consoaton and
worthy o a con uson and derecton. ompare
yourse wth those that are more hoy that by
consderaton o ther per ecton you may the better
ac nowedge your own mper ecton. umbe and
de ect yourse pace yourse n ntey beow a
men. ut you w say. ow can do ths
consderng that many wthout ear or shame e
most debauchedy whch nether do nor w do
hat sha cast myse beow them ha
pace them abo e me say you sha.
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G D M T T M T .
or you consder that these who to-day are so
bad may to-morrow be more per ect than yourse
and that they had rece ed the g ts that are
granted you rom abo e they woud ead a ar
more hoy e than yourse and that you woud
sn more gre ousy than they you were not
pre ented by a more abundant grace say
you consder these thngs you w easy obser e
how t t were that you shoud pre er e ery snner
be ore yourse h you dd now the secret o
God how wngy woud you g e pace to others
how gady woud you ta e the owest pace how
oy uy woud you ay yourse at the eet o
others wth what aacrty woud you attend the
sc how de outy woud you honour a how
a ectonatey obedent woud you be wthout any
deay or compant. ut yet re ure a more
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68 Mrror or Mon s.
e ceent thng o you . that you pace yourse
not ony beow a men n your heart or God s
sa e but aso beow each creature reputng yourse
as most ab ect dust esteemng yourse unworthy to
tread on the earth or to en oy the bene t o ght.
oo more e acty nto yourse how ungrate u
tepd unstabe mserabe and e you are and by
that means you w attan to that most humbe
submsson o mnd. the od enemy noc
mportunatey at the door o your heart puttng
nto your concet that you shoud thn yourse
somebody that you shoud any gory and compare
yourse wth others repe the subte any oc
the doors aganst hm and athough you ee some
pestent mmssons beware aways o g ng your
consent or you consent you et n the
mpostor and ncne your mnd to hs unaw u
aurements you ha e bro en your ath and ow
whch you ha e made to the rdegroom o your
sou you ha e pouted the bed o your eo ed
whch be ore ourshed nether can you be admtted
to s most bessed amarty uness you cast out
the aduterer and humbe yourse e ceedngy. nd
perad enture you sha not be rece ed to a our
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uness you be rst punshed and a cted or awhe
and that the thy sses whch the mpure sprt
hath mprnted on your sou be ra ed out by the
scourge o God. ut enough hath been spo en
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PT .
therto we ha e spo en how you ought to assst
at the D ne ce what nterna e ercses you
shoud underta e what rue to be obser ed what
to be oowed what to be a oded n them. e
w now pass to the rest that we ha e to spea o
s or corpora re ectons beware o a e cess
est beng o eraden you be made napt or a
sprtua e ercses. or t cannot be but that the
bey sweng by ntemperance must needs draw
away the mnd rom God and those thngs that
beong to sa aton. ne especay beng more
argey used athough wthout drun enness s a
great mpedment. t n ameth the body con-
oundeth the nterna parts and dstressng the
aacrty o the sprt strreth up a beasty nd o
suggshness. n an there ore doth that man
aspre to a sprtua e that yedeth to hs bey
op o there ore a cous desres. Ta e no care
whether your meat or drn be ery decate or
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sweet o tse t t be man s meat and reasonabe
what need you desre more ou are a Mon :
come then to the tabe to re resh your body o
God s g ts not to noursh the peasures o the
esh. here ore you are troubed about the
goodness o your ctuas and do murmur as
ha e aready sad so say agan you are no
Mon . esus were truy peasng to your heart
what poor are or s sa e woud not be peasng
to your paate or s a more peasant
sauce e en to e treme po erty. o e m and
a manner o ood w not be ess nay w be
more peasng unto you than the decous ban uets
o ngs. esus beng hungry or your sa e was
o ten ed wth bare bread thrstng or your
sa e dran negar and ga. Ta e your meat
and drn contnenty esurey and moderatey
e cudng a brutsh greedness. a e a care e en
o the natura deght that proceedeth rom your
natura re ecton. Do not re ect upon t do not
desre to eed your sensuaty or you eed that
t w eed on you and poute you wthn. nd
as you must o ten deny the esh what t e y
desreth so sometmes you must orce t to rece e
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72 Mrror or Mon s.
what t desreth not. or sometmes t doth n
a manner oathe that whch natura necesbty
re ureth.
urthermore beware that whe you re resh ydur
body your mnd be not n the meantme hunget-
star ed. There ore et the mouth o your heart
eed on the word o God and et your ears rece e
the whoesome doctrne and deeds o the ants.
nd you happen to st at that tabe where there
s no hoy readng do not thus depr e yourse o
your sprtua ood but as much as sence w
permt con erse nwardy ether wth your sou or
wth God and propose to yourse some gody thng
to eep yourse dong. s n your det so be aso
n your appare e ect scorn and detest whatso
e er s contrary to monastca smpcty. ether
do you mtate those an and wretched Mon s
that are ashamed o ther estate and ocaton but
not o ther ewd e and con ersaton who
they are to go abroad and to come nto the sght
o secuars w bewray ther ooshness and curosty.
They must orsooth ha e such and such cothes and
wear ther cassoc a ter ths or that ashon. They
are ashamed to wear ther appare accordng as
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regon doth ordan and accordng to the onst
tutons o ther uperors and ancestors. nd
comng abroad not e humbe Mon s but e
decate and neat courters by ths prodgous sght
they pro o e wse men to sorrow and ndgnaton
but nd matter o mrth or the de e denty
showng by ths absurdty what they are wthn
. proud wanton and u o angory. as
wretched Mon s ar wde rom the scope o true
regon. Mon s not Mon s but monsters
Mon s detestabe by beng thus deuded by the
de s cothng. s ths t that you promsed to
God when by the most sacred ow o po erty
you soemny renounced the word wth a the
pomps and antes thereo s ths t that the
ng o ngs hath taught you by s word s
ths t that e hath showed by s e ampe when
beng wrapped n base couts. e had no other crade
than a manger when ewse. e was appareed
n a whte garment and a purpe robe n scorn s
ths to oow esus s ths to oow
ootsteps ntoerabe con uson e tremty
o madness oo to yourse rother that you
become not e these but rather be content wth
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pan appare whether you be wthn the monastery
or wthout or thus much your pro esson e acteth
o you. erywhere but especay durng the
D ne ce eep your eyes rom wanderng nether
ghty oo about you ether ths way or that uness
necessty re ure est you chance to see somethng
that may hnder you rom attenton and purty o
heart. ut athough there be no ear o danger yet
monastca dscpne re ureth that whether you rest
or go you use m.odesty to oo down upon the
ground. e er oo curousy on the ace o any.
et not your gat be too sw t or hasty especay
n the hurch uness t happen o necessty that t
must be so. ether out o the hurch et t be
o erdone or remss but modest and c . n a
thngs compose yourse to a audabe carrage o
your whoe body.
et your oo s be ore others be peasng wth a
decent gra ty beha ng yourse courteousy and
a aby towards a. nd aganst your w you
happen to be o er-sorrow u so dssembe t that you
seem not unpeasant and harsh and so be troube
some to the rest. hen you are orced to augh
augh sparngy and e a Mon . od ong
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Mrror or Mon s.
aughter as a great mpedment to you n your
purpose and as the destructon o your sou now
ng that ehement and mmoderate aughter doth
oate the costers o modesty and dspersng the
nteror powers o the sou dr eth the grace o the
oy Ghost out o your heart.
bo e a thngs o e sotude sence and tac
turnty. e more ready to hear than to spea . e
not hasty nor turbuent nor camorous nor con
tentous n words but spea modesty bash uy
courteousy and wthout dssembng what s true
and rght. e not say too oud nor yet so ow
that you cannot be understood especay the pace
tme cause or person to whom you spea re ure
that you spea somewhat more oud than ordnary
or as the oce o a Mon shoud aways be bash u
and or the most part ow accordng to the hoy
ordnatons o regon so aso sometmes t ought ta
be reasonaby oud. rm nothng obstnatey uness
matter o ath or necessty o sa aton constran :
but whosoe er contradcteth you ether yed or hod
your peace nether ought to be done a rm wth
modesty and humty what you now to be certan
or by ths means you sha ta e away a occason o
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76 Mrror or Mon s.
rregous contenton. et not your words be btng.
ngy spea not anythng that may be ether to
your own credt or others dscommendaton. ut
out o necessty or utty you spea any such thng
do t wth a audabe modesty and a pure ntenton.
bhor dssoute taes as the poson o the sou. s
or ests ( they happen n your presence) abet you
su er them yet reate them not. e er consent to a
tongue that spea eth ooshy unseemy and per
ncousy. ea such thngs are spo en do you
t seem good mdy and wth reason nd aut wth
the spea er you thn t not good yet at east
cut o hs speech honesty and endea our to draw
hm to better dscourse : possby you may
g e no ear to bac bters. The berty o e terna
recreaton granted you ether by wa ng or other
wse see you abuse not that s ma e such use o
them that they hnder not your sprtua gong
orward but rather urther t. ou may ndeed to
the honour o God sa e your mnd but et t not
oose est whst you wander abroad beng e peed
out o yourse some deght or passon contrary to
the sprt ay hod on you and dsperse your nteror
senses and repensh them wth btterness. There ore
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Mrror or Mon s. y
care uy earn by a certan ad sed smpcty o
mnd to abde wthn yourse that the nose o an
cogtatons and the moton o nordnate a ectons
beng represented you may eep your heart n sence
and berty. et God be your che yea your whoe
thought and study or t s not enough or you that
e be your whoe ntenton.
ewse n a e terna occupatons endea our
that wth Martha you do not ony or the honour o
God per orm your wor prudenty de outy and wth
aacrty but that aso n those wor s whch you ath
uy do to the honour o God wth Mary you drect
your mnd beng reed rom the tumut o cogtatons.
and the con used magnaton o sensbe thngs to
God or those thngs that are d ne especay
reasonabe dscourse or any other necessty hnder
not.
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G M M
G T P T .
M T because she s dstracted n her e terna
actons and n her rght ntentons by the mutpcty
o an cogtatons and s troubed about many
thngs athough perad enture she be not de ormed
yet s she not comey enough. ut Mary because
she noweth how to orsa e the troops o unstabe
cogtatons and persstng n unty and tran uty
o mnd doth str e to cea e to goodness tse s
o more per ect beauty. here ore howsoe er you
are e ternay occuped o e not ony to be rght and
nnocent wth Martha but aso to be cear and smpe
wth Mary. Mary hath chosen the better part whch
sha not be ta en away rom her. nd you ha e
chosen the same whch uness you eep accordng
to your power you produce not rut worthy your
pro esson. a e there ore aways a chartabe sm-
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pcty o mnd you be yet a tte one n hrst
and are not abe to oow Mary soarng so hgh n
mnd mtate her humty mtate her a ectonate
waterng our ord s eet wth tears mtate her
most o ngy see ng our ord n the sepuchre.
or e en n these she had smpcty o mnd she
o ed one thng she thought on one thng she
sought one thng. ut mtate her not or your
own deght but to pease our ord. or by
sprtua deectaton you do prncpay see yourse
n these your sou s not the chaste spouse o hrst
but the most base ser ant o sn mght say the
de s mpure hac ney. ou sha at ength mert
to be admtted to the apprehenson o hgher
mysteres by these that are more ow may so
ca them whch ndeed are not ow but o a
wondrous heght.
n a thngs that d er not rom the sncerty
o a monastca e con orm yourse to the om
munty st a odng cous rreguarty. nd
because you e among Mon s that e audaby
accordng to the sweet austerty o a hoy ue be
not snguar n abstnence and watchng nether
e ceed the rest o the Mon s theren uness by the
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re eaton o the oy Ghost you now t to be the
w and peasure o God. ether attempt anythng
wthout the counse and consent o your uperor
est whe you presume o your own head to a ct
your body beyond measure you ma e yourse
unabe or good wor s and whoy depr e yourse
o the rut o your abour. God re ureth o you
purty o mnd not the o erthrow o your body.
e woud that you shoud sub ect t to the sprt not
oppress t. There ore as we n e terna e ercses
as nterna temper the er our o your mnd wth
a hoy dscreton.
your w beng more sow to rtue and
remss do as t were seep rouse t up spur t
orward. ut ha ng too much brde t run too
ast repress and chec t. ways assst t wth hoy
ear n the presence o God. nd et these words
aways resound n the ears o your heart oo to
thyse onsder not o er-curousy the deeds o
others what are ther manners and beha our uness
t beong unto you as an o cer. et your curosty
and busness be about yourse owbet thn not
n ths that woud ha e you ma e no account o
the e cesses or sns o others or negect to amend
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them as much as n you eth or procure them to
be amended. or we condemn curosty not hoy
ea o ustce. e dscommend not what n ths
case s not aganst mature stabty or contrary to
the sncere o e o your neghbour. These ces
that you see n others or hear o them ether thn
them not to be smpy true or nterpret them n
the better part but they be so man est that no
nterpretaton can ua y them endea our to sepa
rate your sght both o body and mnd rom them
and re ectng on your own sns you ha e esure
humby pray to God both or yourse and them.
or so sha you more easy a od un uet suspcons
and rash udgements. ut beware that wth consent
o reason you re oce not at another s sn though
o sma moment or o any ad ersty but mourn
or. your brother be ore our ord cang to mnd that
we are members one o another a one body and
redeemed a wth the same bood. earn not to
be angry but to pty the de ects o others and
patenty to bear wth them whether they be de ects
o body or mnd.
or t s wrtten ear one another s burdens
and so you sha u the aw o hrst. et not
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82 Mrror or Mon s.
the hea eny grace whch you obser e n others e cte
you to satanca en y but to a ath u mtaton and
gody congratuaton. nd athough you ha e not
the sprtua good that you now another to be
bessed wth yet re oce n heart that God s honoured
by t : as ready than our ord or t as t were
your own.
nd ndeed t w be to your own good and you
sha be crowned or another s as or your own. ay
more t sha become your own. o order your
mnd that you desre not to pease the word nor ear
to dspease t. n man athough ery neary aed
o e nothng but good or the grace and wor manshp
o good. nd agan hate nothng but ce.
end not God wngy ether or nsmen
rends or any other body s sa e though ne er so
we deser ng at your own hands nether a our
atter or appaud any one n any sn. Do not
earnesty desre the presence or speech o any man
uness t be or some sprtua good and yet a
perpe ed earnestness s nether then good. o e
a men but sprtuay not sensuay. or so t
w come to pass that you w not be nordnatey
troubed at the corpora absence o such as are
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rtuous or your rends nor a cted at the corpora
presence o such as are co s or your enemes.
ay esteem no man your enemy but o e e en
your persecutors as the most dear urtherers o your
sa aton. hatsoe er you see hear or perce e n
creatures to be deght u and worthy o snguar
admraton ether by ther natura dsposton or the
art and ndustry o man re er t to the prase o the
great reator or the use o eterna beattude that
you may be deghted n our ord. ways be
a rad o sensua deectaton whencesoe er t hath
ts begnnng. or you see yourse by that and
cea e to t you w be entanged and de ed.
ttery detest the o e o a snners yea e en o the
ery east. y whch notwthstandng perad en
ture beng o erreached you a out o raty a ct
not yourse unreasonaby wth nordnate pusan
mty but humby con ess your aut be ore our ord
and renewng your good purpose and pousy ta ng
heart cast a your de ects nto the unsearchabe
pro undty o s merces or s most hoy wounds.
s ong as you e n ths cay budng o your
body you may mort y n yourse the a ectons o
esser snners but whoy a od to sp nto them you
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cannot. Gody Mon s athough they sp sometmes
yea ery o ten yet they hate snnng and beware o
t and gre e a ter they ha e o ended but per erse
Mon s sn wthout hatng wthout bewang o t.
or they ta e no pans to e tngush the a ectons o
esser auts nor to a od the occason o them. They
desre the berty o a more oose e they o e to
be absent rom D ne ce and other con entua
acts they desre decate and super uous meat and
drn they espy out opportuntes o tr ng they
a ect nordnate aughter. They deght n secuar
busnesses to see antes to ha e curous thngs or
ther own use : se -compacence oosh oy deness
an ta abes antastc beha our and such other
ces are wth them not at a or scarcey accounted
auts n ther conscence they ma e no bones o
them. or beng made nsensbe they thn them
se es whoe when they are deepy wounded and
there ore nether care or amentng ther sns nor
amendng ther e. ut what say they These say
they are no wounds or they be they are ery tte
ones and as much as nothng. wretched Mon s
mad Mon s Mon s not Mon s or athough
they seem tte yet because they are not a rad to
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rece e them and a ter recept o them de er to cure
them they become morta. spea nothng o ther
ang nto prde rebeon dsobedence murmurngs
ury detractons hatred en y contempt guttony
wth other hdeous sns and a by ths neggence.
Do not. rother do not mtate these or they are
not dscpes o the ruc ed and the beo ed rends
o God nether e er sha be uness they ea e o
to be what they are. oo you better to yourse
ea e remo e cast asde whatsoe er may any way
hnder you rom the true o e o God.
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P T M T T T T D
T T P T .
y mort caton as by a certan and compendous
way hasten to per ecton o e. you n ew
words now what ths generaty o mort caton s
you now that ony certan short cut w
te you w show you. G e ear there ore. Put
o a proprety. ehod ths short way. Put o
a proprety. nd what s the meanng o ths
ay asde a you own w and see ng put o
a the od man. ut that you may the better
understand what s spo en w propose the same
a tte more pany.
a e you bound yourse to the obser ance o
po erty hy then be poor. Poor how s that
e poor n the desre o weath and passons o
the mnd poor n sprt. you o e and desre
anythng by proprety o a ecton and sensuaty
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as yet you see yourse n anythng you are
yet ountary you are not yet truy poor you
cannot yet wth t. Peter say to God o we
ha e e t a and ha e oowed Thee. trp
yourse ea e a put o a proprety. hatso
e er s not God et not abde n your heart by
cea ng to t or nordnatey o ng t. e ree
rom a thngs that are besdes God nsomuch
that woud ha e you nether ooshy to re oce
or any good news nor to be nordnatey de ected
or any bad and whether you ha e not rece ed
what you yet ha e not or ha e ost what you
ha e e ery way eep a stabe and uet state o
mnd. or God s sa e uttery deny a sensbe
thngs yea e en yourse hch s as much as
to say mort y n yourse the orce o concupscence
deght anger and natura ndgnaton and as we
n ad ersty as prosperty resgn yourse o er to
God s d ne peasure wthout any contradcton o
w. ha e showed you that ths short way and
genera mort caton o yourse n none other than
the genera castng away o a proprety that s
a humaton o yourse n a nds. or ndeed
per ect humty tse s that shortest way by whch
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88 Mrror or Mon s.
you go straght orward to the port o per ecton.
ow ths port s per ect charty or purty. ou
w demand how you may now whether you ha e
attaned to that port. w g e you man est
nstructons. aways abdng n sence o heart
as n a most uet ha en you a ectonatey drect
and ncne towards God your mnd beng ree rom
a nordnate care a ecton and earnest magnaton
o thngs that are beow you and n a word rom
a ds uet and tumut so that your memory your
understandng your w that s your whoe sprt
possessng the abo e-named port be happy unted
to God. Ths s the sum o a per ecton. or athough
beng cothed wth ths corruptbe esh we cannot
aways by present nsght and memory stc to the
theory and specuaton o God yet here we ought
aways to be ed by our ntenton and hther
as to a mar we ought care uy to reca our mnd
as o ten as we waste ourse es by unseasonabe
ght and unsetted cogtatons. s ong as by
readng medtatng hearng or spea ng we pro t
aby and sncerey treat o any contempat e and
sprtua matter we are not separated rom God.
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ether when occason re urng we do wth the
e sobrety and sncerty spea or thn o e terna
matters n ther due tme do we go ar rom God.
h what a bra e phosopher what a wse man
what an e ceent d ne sha account you oh
how happy and bessed you con ey these thngs
by your corpora ears nto the ears o your heart
and beng strred up to the true mort caton o
yourse do ay the a e to the root o the tree.
ut what tree s ths t s proprety o whch
we spa e a tte be ore. ut what s the a e then
t s the er our o sprtua and nterna e ercse.
ut che y the day handng o our ord s Passon
and o ten aspratons to God wth prompt obedence
and a reasonabe sobrety o det are ths a e. t
s certany a sharp a e a bessed a e a most
grate u a e an a e that brngeth wth t a good
and a purty a goden a e and dec ed wth
precous stones. ut the tree s a cursed tree a
tree u o most btter ruts a tree o a e
a tree that produceth and noursheth a nord
nateness a tree o obscurty and dar ness. Ths
tree s n you as aso n a others and as ong as
t abdeth n you your cannot ha e per ect ght.
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90 Mrror or Mon s.
there ore you desre ceary to behod the brght
beams o the un o ustce cut down ths tree and
cast t rom you. t s a ery thc and hard tree
not to be cut down at the rst bow nor the rst day
nor perchance the rst year no nor perad enture
n a ong tme together. here ore perse erance
and patence are re uste. ow as god there be
no et naturay goeth downwards and the ame o
re s carred upwards so the mnd that s purged
and pur ed rom the dross o proprety and see eth
ony the w o God s naturay . ee ated to her
begnnng whch s God and s more reey unted
to m but the mnd that s .party purged o t
athough she tend to her begnnng and be n some
sort ustrated rom abo e by the brghtness o
eterna ght yet notwthstandng because a m
pedment s not ta en away she cannot ha e ree
passage nor ow to nor be swaowed up n the
bottomess depth o eterna ght that s she cannot
reey be unted to God her prncpa and greatest
good. urthermore athough God out o s bounty
be peased sometmes to t up some to s o e by
a more easy way wthout many temptatons yet et
no man athough enrched wth sprtua g ts easy
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Mrror or Mon s. 91
bee e that he hath attaned to the per ect resgna
ton o hmse uness n ery deed he has endured
many most gre ous ad erstes and has ept a
per ect uetness and berty o mnd n the toeraton
o them. There are many that as ong as they ee
no chec s no n ures no osses no temptatons no
troubes seem de out patent and humbe but as
soon as they are once touched by them they proudy
show by murmurng ndgnaton and mpatence
how tte they are mort ed. here ore be ore any
one can be thought to ha e attaned to the true
abnegaton o hmse he must necessary endure
many ad erstes wth a ountary and uet mnd.
nd as or hm that hath been e acty tred by God
n a ctons et hm thn that he hath not yet gone
so ar as that he s abe to endure them or he
had wthout doubt he shoud not want occasons o
d erse trbuatons or God re oceth to adorn the
sou more secrety and per ecty oned to m wth
man od a ctons as t were wtb so many precous
pears and so to brng t to the true smtude o
esus hrst. e there ore that re ectng pro
prety n a thngs con ormeth hs w to the d ne
w and ordnance beng e uay prepared to undergo
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92 Mrror or Mon s.
any ad ersty con uson subtracton o nterna sweet
ness or God s sa e as he woud the a uence o any
prosperty honour and de oton he say that s
come to that pass that he can endure a temptaton
and trbuaton wth a certan nterna sweetness and
oy ths man hath ound a precous pear ths man
hath attaned to the hghest degree o per ecton he
s e erywhere and a occasons unted to God
and most sweety poureth hs sou to m. e doth
purey uety smpy oy uy and sweety wa a
the day ong n the ght o our ord s countenance
and can adhere to hghest contempaton when he
peaseth wth the same acty that he doth e and
breathe. hat n ths ae o msery he may rece e
rom ea en and to what God w be peased am
ary to admt hm t eth not n our power to spea
or ndeed they are thngs unspea abe. et hm
that s such gor y God and con ess that
hrst hath rased up the needy rom the earth
and ted up the poor out o the dung snce that
o an mpure man here on earth e hath made an
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D T T D T P T .
ou w perad enture say. h ths per ecton s too
much abo e me there ore w not stretch myse
nor endea our to apprehend t est shoud abour n
an. ut my answer s that you do accordng to
your words y u are no Mon or athough you are
not bound to attan to per ecton yet are you bound
as much as n you eth to endea our to attan to t.
atter yourse how you w persuade yourse as
you w an and pretend what e cuses you w you
are bound wth mght and man to tend to per ecton.
t s e en so and not otherwse. htherto you ha e
been gnorant o t hence orth gnorance cannot
e cuse you you ha e bound and obged yourse
and so you sha reman.
ut you w say cannot attan to such per
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94 Mrror or Mon s.
(gnorant that the d ne power can do more than
human n rmty can magne con ess that o
yourse you cannot attan t but God s abe to
brng you. ee e God hope n God not n
yourse Trust n the grace and hep o God not
n your own endea ours. e ertheess that God
may be wth you be not you wantng to yourse by
soth. Do what eth n your power put orth your
hands stretch out your arms con rm your mnd to
the destructon o ce to the per ect abnegaton o
yourse recoect your heart produce a ecton
ee ate your mnd to the contempaton o those
thngs that are eterna and accustom yourse e ery
where to attend the presence o God : whch that you
may the better per orm propose to yourse accordng
to the abo e demonstrated e ampe e ery day some
part o our ord s Passon and care uy cast your
nterna eyesght upon the same n the meantme
sweety con ersng wth or wth your sou
concernng m. ways say busy your cogta
tons (as much as commodousy you may) n some
d ne matter. et ths be your scope et ths be
the determnaton o your mnd. abour or ths
wthout rest wth a uet and peasng care. nd
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Mrror or Mon s. 95
athough e ery moment (as may say) you be
dstracted and stray rom your ntenton be not
de ected et not that breed pusanmty but be
constant and e er return to what you are reso ed.
y your nde atgabe abour you sha o ercome a
troube o d cuty. ay n a tte whe you w
nd ths abour more easy and peasant and beng
regenerate to the newness o an un nown ght you
w begn to taste o the deghts ad up or the
ants you w not be the same as you were be ore
but beng happy changed nto another man and
cothed wth angeca grace you w hghy esteem
what be ore you despsed and despse what be ore
you hghy esteemed. That whch be ore dd e y
pease you w now dspease you what be ore
e y dspeased you w now pease you : you w
prompty and wngy endure what be ore seemed
nsu erabe. peasant metamorphoss change
proceedng rom the rght hand o the Most gh.
t ast ths audabe custom growng nto a second
nature and the d ne o e more per ecty possessng
you wthn you w not ee any abour and as
be ore wthout abour you dd thn on thy mpure
absurd oosh an and dream e thngs so now
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96 Mrror or Mon s.
you w wthout abour adhere to God and d ne
thngs. or o necessty the mnd must day
re ect on that whch the heart deary o eth.
oe woe unto per erse tepd and neggent
Mon s Mon s n name but not n e who con-
temnng the re erence o ther state and oatng
ther ows are nether ashamed nor ear to waow
n the drt and dung o soth anty and passons.
ut bessed yea ten tmes trpe bessed are those
Mon s and egous men who abet they are o
tte estmaton and mper ect do notwthstandng
wth mght and man aspre and tend to per ecton
or they are certany the adopted sons o God whom
our pous a our doth com ort sayng. ear not tte
pc or t hath peased your ather to g e you a
ngdom. They may surey e pect death athough
they are yet but n the begnnng o ther hoy
purpose. ecause t sha be precous n the sght
o our ord surey may they e pect death and yet
not death but the seep o peace the perod o death
and the passage rom death to e.
hat say you. rother re you yet n doubt
Do you yet stagger Ta e courage pray you and
beng embodened through so great a con dence n
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Mrror or Mon s. 97
our ord s goodness gong on the way o sa aton
wthout a ear preparng your sou aganst temp
tatons. et no manner o d cuty a rght you. n
a ad ersty whch you happen to endure ether at
home or abroad say grate uy the w o our ord
be done. though you must sweat much and ong
and wreste strongy be ore you can o ercome and
suppant the od man et not that troube you
consder not the abour but the rut o the abour.
ee e me the superna pety w be present at your
abours and w st most o ngy succour you w
com ort you when you ear w con rm you when
you stagger w de end you beng assaed w
uphod you when you sp w com ort you n your
sorrow and w now and then n use the most precous
ontment o nterna sweetness nto you. you
perse ere the orce o temptatons must o necessty
yed to the orce o d ne o e temptatons and
trbuatons w no more be gre ous and btter
to you but ght and sweet. Then sha you see a
good and sha nd a paradse e en n ths e. Ths
say w come to pass you perse ere and be not
o the number o them that begn we but beng
deuded by the aurements o atan or weared wth
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98 Mrror or Mon s.
the troubes o temptatons and abours do a terwards
ghty ea e ther good purposes. They w not be
pressed wth the weght o trbuaton and there ore
n tme o a cton are scanda ed n our ord and
gong bac rom m do as t were seem to say :
Ths sayng s hard and who can bear t
They bud not on the rm roc but on the
unstabe sand and there ore ther budngs do
easy a down at e ery pu o wnd and pushes o
the oods. nd woud to God they woud consder
ther runs and not so g e o er but ma e haste to
renew the decayed budng no more ayng ther
oundatons upon the sands but. commttng them to
the rmness o the roc . Dear rother (whch God
orbd) your budng be aen renew your o erthrown
wor and bud agan more happy than you dd
be ore. t a twce or ten or a hundred yea
a thousand tmes or more repar t as o ten as t
aeth. e er despar o God s mercy or the
nnumerabe muttude o horrbe and hdeous sns
doth not ma e God so mpacaby angry wth us as
desperaton aone or he that despareth o org e
ness deneth the mercy and omnpotency o God and
basphemeth aganst the oy Ghost. e cannot be
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Mrror or Mon s. 99
so ready to sn as our ord s to pardon we abuse
not s patence that s we w truy and n tme
do penance. Thus ought e ery hrstan to thn .
ut est pro ty ma e my treatse dspeasng
thn t best or me to wthdraw my pen and to stop
the course o my begun na gaton. n the mean
whe we ta e down our sas t w not be amss
bre y to touch what you ought to do at e ery day s
end. - ery day there ore be ore you go to bed
serousy but wthout nordnate dscpne o mnd
consder n what you ha e that day o ended and
as pardon o our most merc u God purposng
thence orth to e better and more care uy to a od
a ce. Then pray that e w ouchsa e to eep
you that nght rom a pouton both o body and
mnd commendng to m and to s sacred Mother
and your hoy nge your sou and body to be
guarded and ept. eng gone to bed arm your
se wth the sgn o our ord s ross and ha ng
honesty and chastey composed your body sgh to
your eo ed thn ng upon some good thng unt
seep genty se e on you whch t be o er deep
and rather a burthen than a re reshng to your body
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ewse by ra usons t procure or produce
anythng sa ourng o dshonesty be not o ermuch
gre ed. thereat but humby sgh be ore our ord
and wth humbe prayers beseech m to grant you
sobrety o det and senses to whch sobrety o
seep and purty o body are commony companons.
Ths s a dear rother that ha e to send
you. ou desred a mrror or oo ng-gass see
whether you ha e rece ed one. ha e any way
sats ed your desre God be prased not how
soe er God be prased. ha e g en you what our
ord hath g en me but be they better or worse
desre you sometmes to read them o er. are you
we and pray or me. .
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