AN EXCELLENT AND VERY Pretious Exercise of a very de­vout and penitent soule Passi­onatly affected to the so­lace of soules abando­ned in the flames of PURGATORY.

Augmented with the Dolors of the B. Virg. and the Prayers of the holy sindon to deli­ver a soule out of Pur­gatory.

Printed at Bruges by Laurence Doppesii. 1689.

AN ADVISE.

DEare soules it is à most pro­fitable and pretious exer­cise, to take pitty of those lan­quishing souls who are in those incomparable flames; to give Almes, to fast, to warch, to pray to doe pennances for them, is very good: but à bove all to of­fer for them, to that most amia­ble and pittifull Iesus his owne most cruell and excessive suffe­rances, is fare more profitable: seeing that the meritts of Iesus are incomparable: and that if your good works have any kind of meritt it is but by ther me­anes it hath bin revealed to the glorious S. Gertrude that prayers made in the name, and through [Page 3]the amorous and dolorous suf­ferances of the sonne of God, are most powerfull most excel­lent and most deare to the de­vines Majesty.

Here followeth prayers to be sayed every one on ther pro­per day, as is appointed, for the abandoned soules in the rigo­rous flames of Purgatory.

FOR SVNDAY.
Oblation of the most princi­pall dolorous which Iesus suffered in the Garden and his Agonys there.

1, I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory, all the mortall suffrances of thy cruell passion the ignominious death of the Cross, the most ex­cessive [Page 4]dolorous sheeding of thy most pretious bloud, which thou so amorously didst povre, out for our salvation.

2. I offer to thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory all those great and piercing ter­tours, which ceased on thee in that mournfull Garden; where all the indignityes and martir­domes which thou wert to suf­fer the dayes following, were represented unto thee in then extremityes, the which made thee to tremble and wax pale with feare.

3. I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgatory, that incomparable sadnes, which thou didest feele through the [Page 5]apprehension of a death so Emi­nent so shamefull, and so inhu­mane; so much, that little wan­ted, that the excess of that ex­cessive sorrow, did not make thee to dye; as thou thy selfe diddest testify to thy deare A­postles by those dolefull and lanquishing words. My soule is sorrowfull even unto death.

4. I offer unto thee ô sweet Iesus for thee soules in Purgatory, those great abasings then when in the extremity of thy angui­shes, going to pray to thy father thou didest cast thy selfe on thy knees and with thy face a­gainst the earth; both out of re­verence and also through, being appressed and over­whelmd [Page 6]with sorrowes.

5. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgato­ry, that constant and tender prayer; which thou madest, with and never heard of clamours; beseeching thy father, that he would be pleased to take from thee that chalice of bitternes yett neither wouldest thou this unless he would it so say­edest thou unto him. Not my will ô my father be done but thine.

6. I offer unto thee most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgato­ry, that lively and burning cha­rity, when being even plunged in à sea of bitternes yet didest thou not leave to visit thy Apostles, exhorting them to [Page 7]watch, to pray and to be ware that they lett not themselves fall into temptation.

7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules of Purgato­ry, that comfort which was gi­ven thee by the Angell; when thy afficted soule, was even on the point rye trough the excess of that unsupportable sadness u­pon the lively apprehension of. so enormious torments; and of the ingratitudes and unthank­fullnes of the most part of the world.

8. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, that trough combatt which was between the fes hand and the Spirit; which caused the to [Page 8]feele the very agonies of death but the spirit prevailed over the senses trough power of the love which thou bearest to us.

9. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, that exemplar perseverance which thou haddest in thy pray­er where with thy face on the earth overwhelmed with do­lours and agonies thou ceasest not to pray, without being he­ard willing in this that thy most blessed sences should be depri­ved of all solace.

10. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules in Purgatory, that pretious bloude which through the violence of thau interiour dolour diddest [Page 9]sweat in abundance, that thy garments were imbrued in bloud, and the earth moistned.

11. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, those lively and most peireing doulours, which thy pittifull mother did feell at the words which venerable Sime­on did say unto her, when she presented thee in thee Temple that the sword of sorrow should pierce her heart.

FOR MVNDAY.
Oblation of the paines which Iesus suffered, affter he was taken untill he was brought to the house of Annas.

1. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, [Page 10]that amourous promptitu­de of spirit, when to testisy how nothing could force thee to dye, bur the only love which thou diddest beare tous; thou wentest thy selfe though yett all covered with bloud to cast thy selfe, and as it were aban­don thy selfe over unto the fu­ry of thy greatest enemyes; say­ing unto them whome seeke yee.

2. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soule in Pur­gatory, the extreame displea­sure which thou haddest of the infamous perfidiousnes of Ju­das, who with ahart most cru­elly covetous, sold thee for thirty pence and betrayed thee [Page 11]with à traterous kiss displeasure so great, that it was even one of the greatest that could be.

3. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory, all those furious and inhumane oppressions which thou didest feele then when as­saulted by à great number of villains, and enraged souldyers thou wert taken, and bond: but so cruelly, that it is not pos­sible for our senses to compre­hent it, and much less for Any tongue to express it.

4. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that patience which no pen is able to sett forth; and which thou madest to appeare [Page 12]amidest so many blowes of fists of staffes and of Holberts which those savage executioners gave thee; both on the head, on the shoulders, and not content, did most cruelly tetore the haires from thy head.

5. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory, all those interiour acts to witt of love of sufferance, and of resignation offering all inholocaust, most pleasing to God thy father, in satisfaction for our enormious sinnes.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus forte soules of Pur­gatory, all those sharp dou­lours which transperced thy hart: then when in the middest [Page 13]of those cruell executioners and of all thy mortall blowes thou didest behould the selfe aban­dened of all thy Apostlos, for it is sayed then all the Disciple farsakieg him, fledd away.

7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory, all those bloudy wol­fes did unto thee dragging thee with cruell hands out the Gar­nen; leading thee to the house of Annas, continually tram­pling the under ther feete, al­wayes strinking, and injuring thee, foreing thee to goe on à pace; thy sacred feete all brui­sed and torne in pieces.

8. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory [Page 14]those incomparable dis­tresses which thou didst suffer when thou did est pais the Tor­rent Cedron; which teose bloo­dy men; made thee alone to pass. But with all the violences and indignityes which were possible one drawing thy on one side, and others haling thee on the other side, as wel by the Chaines which bound thee in most pittifull sort, both thy ar­mes and hands; as by those which leaded, and cruelly tor­mented, thy sacred neck.

9. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that extreame con­tempt which thou didst suffer standing upright with thy [Page 15]hands bound, and thy face bent downe to the carth, befo­re that unworthy high priest, who with à furious regarde did questiou thee as if thou hadst bin one of thee greatest rack­hels of the world.

10. J offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory that infamous and rude blow on the face which was gi­veu thee with the armed hand of à bloody base fellow but with such force and roughnes, that thy sacred lawes all bruised sprung forth blood in great bundance.

11. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, the teares the sighes of [Page 16]thy most dolorous mother the impressions which tortured her soule when she knew that men more cruell then tigers, had li­ke as thou hadst bin one madd or frantick bound thee with cords and loaden thee with Iron Chaines and all sorts of indig­nityes.

FOR TVESDAY.
Oblation of the doulours which Iesus suffered in the hou­se of Caiphas the night of is pas­sion.

1. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory that infamy unsupportable to al noble harts and which thon didest recerve then, when thon wert led louden with Chaines [Page 17]more then any galley slave un­to the house of Caiphas where thou weert beheld with eyes most furiously incensed, of all thoso infamous Magistrates whe lie wolfes thir sting thy most pretious bloud were there assembled to attend thy co­meing.

2. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory all those false and horrible tes­timonys which were brought forth to take away thy honour and thy life, but nothing could be proved because those lyers were not agrecing in themsel­ves.

3. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for thet soules in Purgato­ry [Page 18]that great and profund silen­ce which thou didest keap, never opening thy most lacred mouth to speah one sole worde to defend thy selfe against tho­se dake calumniations, which they cast on thee, but didest allways remaine like the pea­ceable and innocent lambe. in the hand of hearers.

4. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory the paine which nas caused un­to thee by those arrogant con­jurements of that proud Cai­phas, to witt if thou wert the Sonne of God, to which with all humility and truth not to loose the respect which thou owest to thy father, thou did­dest [Page 19]answer, that in effect thou weert so, and that at the latter dayes, thou sholdest come in that quality, and full of Maje­sty to Judge the world.

5. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory those most injurious af­fronts which thou receavest, then when those rebellious spi­rits having heard an answer, both so veritable and so high wheras they ought to have a­dored thee, they condemned thee as à infamous blaspheamor culpable, and worthy of à thous and deaths.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that enraged fury, [Page 20]with which those more then halfe diuells after that inno­cent answer of thine did sett u­pon thee giving thee blowes with ther fists, and spurves with ther feete, some tearing of the haire from thy head, and pul­ling of thy beard, some in one way some in an otger, injuryng thee thou never so much as ut­tring one word of complaint.

7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that reproach the most injurious the horrour of al the angells which thou didst suffer; then when out of rage and en­vy bat race of diuells, did most dreadfully cast on thy divine and adorable face, there most infamous and filthy [Page 21]spittings; af if they could not find à place more infamons to spitt on then on thee the beau­ty of Angells ô Iesus.

8. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules of Purgato­ry that other indignity which never was seene before, and which thou didst suffer with à most amorous constancy which blames and condemnes the faint hartedness of the world then when those unmercifull tormenters with an infamous base clowt, bound thy eyes and striking thee with theyr fists and armed hands both on thy face, and head; ceased not to cry out most fierely; Prophecy to us ô Christ, who strikes thee.

9. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soule in Pur­gatory, that extreame displea­sure, and trouble which thou receavedst at the three denialls of Peter thy Apostle; who swo­re (though forswearing himsel­fe) that he had never knowen thee: yett didst thou not leave notwithstanding to looke on him with à compassionat loving eye which caused him with hor­ror to acknowledge his crime; for which he extramly grieved all the dayes of his life.

10. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, all those horride affronts which thou sustained all the rest of that pittifull night: for affter [Page 23]that thou wert abandoned and put into the hands of those cru­ell murtherers, they never cea­sed to lay on thee and that with horrour blows with theyr fists, spurns whit theyr feete, filthy spittings and injurious wordes and most horrible blasphemyes.

11. I offer to thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules in Purga­tory those most extreame re­sentments which thy most do­lorous Mother had; behoul­ding on the one side the weak­nes of thy Apostles and on the other the enraged fury of peo­ple incensed to give thee athou­sand affronts and as many pai­nes and sufferings.

FOR VVENESDAY.
Oblation of the first torments which Iesus did suffer in the morning on the day of his pas­sion.

1. I offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus forthe soules of Purgatory the paine which was caused un­to thee by those three accusati­ons as infamous as false; which the Princes of the Jewes did lay to thy charge in the presence of Pilate: to witt that were à sedu­cer of the world; that thou had­dest forbidden to pay tribute to cesar and thou didest vaunt thy selfe, to be kind of the Jewes.

2. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory thot most profund humility [Page 25]letting thy selfe be lead as one without might or prower, all appressed with chaines and lo­aden with durt through the streets to be presented to herod unto whose demands for Good reasons, thou sayd not one word where upon that proud king tooke occasion to hold thee in contempt and to scorne and deride thee ô Iesus.

3. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that great disdaine and horrible contempt which that wicked king made of thy person euer adorable, whome he cau­sed to be cast on thy sacred schoulders, a white roabe; but most base, torne, and filthy. [Page 26]Proper for the cloathing of à foole; and allso like such and one wert thou made the mocke and scoff of both king and the whole court.

4. I offer unto thee ô mostsweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all those infamous bea­tings and scoffs, which all those people spitting in thy face, see­ing the great contempt Herod had made of thy person making thee be led back like a man without sence or feeling to thee president Pilate; where during that sad and painfull way, thou were à new loaden, both with stones and mire.

5. J offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soule in Pur­gatory, [Page 27]all those frightfull cryes which those cruell sacrilegous men did make, demanding that thou shouldest be crucifyed, and the thiefe and murder Barrabas sett att liberty; crucifige, cruci­fige did they cry with most di­uelish fury.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all thee stepps which thou didst make when trailed to the place of malefactours, there to be most cruelly rent and tor­ne in pieces from the sol of the foot to the crowne of the head, by rodds, by chaines, by the sinews of oxen and the hands of most hellish butchers, ô Iesus

7. J offer unto thee ô most [Page 28]sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that great bashfullness, and the excessiue dolour which thou diddst feele; when they stripped thee of thy garments, and sett thee naked before all the people, where they bound the to à dreadfull pillar so cru­elly as that thy pretious hands, did cleaue and spring forth blood.

8. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all those horrid strokes of whipps and scourges, which those cruell hangmen like bar­barous tirants. did forge with strength of arme, and euen till they weare breathless, more fleshed theu doggs on theyr [Page 29]pray, discharged like haile sto­nes ouer all the parts of thy most pretious and venerable body; which in à moment was seen, all couered ouer, both with bloud and woundes.

9. I offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all those dolorous and brussed wounds, which seemed à horrour to be all as one wound so much wert thou all ouer co­uered and pittifully treated, that thy wounds were layed and heaped one upon an other ô Iesus.

10. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory the unsuppoortable ex­cess of that dreadfull Barbari­ousnes, [Page 30]then when unbound from the Pillar thou didest fall downe into thy owne bloud, where those sacrilegious men, more cruell then Tyres, did kiek and spurne thee with theyr feet; dropp of thy bloud; did lay on furyously new blows on those parts which the Pillar had à little defended.

11. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, the langours of thy most amiable Mother then when with eyes halfe open, and head halfe bowed dowe, she beheld thee so barbarosly crowned, and so inhumanly rent, and totne in piecs; that thou resemblest rather à mass or lump of fleash [Page 31]all covered with bloud, then like à man.

FOR THVRSDAY.
Oblation of all the doulours which Iesus suffered in his crow­ning with thornes.

1. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory all those dolorous and painfull faintings, which thou didest feele then, when they made thee walke in hasty paces when not withstanding through ex­cess of à mortall feeblenes thou scarce couldest goe one stepp, through the court of the palla­ce there to be tormented most tiranically, in à fastion neuer more heard of, or seene.

2. I offer unto thee ô most [Page 32]sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that offront which no hart less patient then thine could haue suffered then, when on thy all toren shoulders (not less royall) they cast trough à most disdainfull contempt, à base thridbare torne and filty peece of purple.

3. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that mortall felony, which might make both hea­uen and earth tremble through horrour, and the whole world weep through sorrow, when those cruell men (now euen become diuells) did sett, and driue in with armed fists and great stroks of stafes, à crowne [Page 33]of throns on thy head.

4. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory al those most pretious dropps of bloud, which rann downe here and there, from thy most vene­rable and sacred head peirced and peirced through againe on high and below on the side and euery where: thou notwith­standing all this like à most pea­ceable and mourning turtle, under those mortall thornes, diddest not cease, ô amiable and little beloued Iesus, in our consideration to exercise inte­riour acts of fortitude, of loue, and of patience.

3. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, [Page 34]that excessive submis­sion which thou madest appea­re then when not to refuse to beare all the royall dressings; which Barbarousnes it selfe could invent; thou didest take into thy hand for septer an in­famous Reed, the marke of in­constancy.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, the extreame abas­ment which in this perticular thou madest of thy person in that having under thy power, the Septers, and crownes, and all the estates of the world, thou woldest choose for thy selfe, à reed, and thornes, for scepter and crowne; marke of thy [Page 35]greatnes the most unfortunatt and unhappy estate.

7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory that incomparable patience, which thou haddest att the mockeryes of those hellish peo­ple, who not content thus to have discharged, all the utter­most of there Barbarous Tiran­ny, neyer ceased but scornfully putting out there toungs, and treating thee rudely, cryd out by à horrible mocquery: all hayle king of the Jewes.

8. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory that blush hand bashfullnes and the sorrow which thou didest feele then when the president [Page 36]made thee to be lead in that sad aquipage most shamefully by the Chaine wayed downe thy neck, to present thee befor thy people; where lifting up one of the skirts of that infamous robe and making thee turne to one side and the other; sayed to all the behoulders, loe the man.

9. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatore the paine which thou didest feele and which cannot well be expressed, then when thou didst heare those unsensi­ble harts, like heated bulls and incensed Elephants att the sight of thy most pretious bloud, to ery most fiercly, nott willin not able any longer to indure indu­re [Page 37]thee Tolle; Tolle: Crucifige, Crucifige.

10. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, thos mortall blowes which would haue shaken the strongest constancy, and which thou didst feele then when to satisfy to an inraged fury of abandoned sou­les, thar perfidious and hellish President, would that thou shouldest dye, and allso of à death which could not haue bin inuented but amoughst those dieulish spiritts.

11. J offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that long and lanqius­hing martirdome which thy most afflicted mother did suffer then when [Page 38]following the streets, she be­held thee to faint, and fall un­der the weight of thy Cross, and at the same instant, all trembling and staggering, draw­ne up by the Chaines, and cor­des. Sett upon thy feete; lea­ving all the stones, dyed with thy pretious bloud.

FOR FRIDAY.
Oblation of the dolours which Iesus suffered in carrying his Cross to mount Calvary.

1. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus, for the soules of Purgato­ry, all those bonfyers of joy and rejoycement, which to thee could not be other then most cruell hells, which those posse­sed soules did make, when they [Page 39]beheld thee in theyr hott and furious pursuits, and torments of the Cross.

2. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soule in Pur­gatory, those black and bloody brusings which that infamous Cross most frightfully weighty, did cause thee; when it was as rudely, as unmercifully, cast on thy shoulders, all torne and discouered even to the bones.

3. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory all those excesses which were caused unto thee, by the execrable inhumanity of those detestable wretches drawing thee to the place of torment, one haling thee on one side, [Page 40]and others on the other side; striking thee withe great blows of stoffs, hastning thee to walke on à pace all dying with enuy and impatience, to see thee on the Cross.

4. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of pur­gatory, those fine mortall falls which thou haddest under the weight of that unsupportable burthen under which thy sacred members trembled through weakness, through the excess of the torment and all thy bles­sed body was so cruelly brused and ouer weighed that scarce couldest thou take breath.

5. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in pur­gatory, [Page 41]that great and peaceble mildnes, which thou diddst shew at those unworty and injurious proceedings of all those despe­rat madd people, who to ouer whelme thee with despite and opprobry, did driue thee out of the gates of theyr citty, did ma­ke thee march, in the middest of two infamous theeues as if thou haddest bin the chiefe of them, or à creature unworthy of theyr company.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry, those languour, those fain­tings and those deaths, which thou didst feele; not any more able to stand on thy feet, and much less any farther to carry [Page 42]that heavy Cross; where upon they were forced nor through pitty, but rather through an excess of cruelty, for feare le­ast thou shouldest dye before thou wearr nailed there on to take it of thy shouldets, and lay it with great force upon those of gimon Cereneus: not ceasing never the less, to driue thee on forwards a pace, with great blowes of cudgells.

7. I offer unto thee ô wost sweet Iesus for the soules of Purgato­ry that drinck which those cru­ell men did offer thee to drinck then when all trembling and out of breath, thou wert arri­yed on the height of that stinc­kinh mounttaine, for feare le­ast [Page 43]à mortall fainting should come to end theyr execrable rage: yett wouldest thou not take it; not willing that any part of thy body should feele any solace in the middest of the extremity of these thy last sufferreances.

8. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory those incomparable torments, which thou diddst feele; then when as unworthyly, as furi­ously they pulled of ther gar­ments, glwed with the congea­led blood to thy bruised and wounded fleash, which did à new open those wounds whe­rewith thou wert all over coue­red and perticularily in that of [Page 44]thy head by the rude mouing of the thornes, which were most deeply pierced there into.

9. I offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, the infinirt meritts of that constant and feruent pray­er, which thou madest in that manner naked, trewbling both through cold, and feebleness, and kneeling on the ground; befor that thou wert so pitti­fully: streached forth on the venerable Aulter of the holy cross beseeching God thy fa­ther to accept of that bloudy sacrifice in fauour of poore mi­serable humane nature.

10. J offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, [Page 45]that mortall and utter­most cruell butehery such as the sunne since the first day of itts creation never did give light unto nor ever shall give light unto the like, then when thy most sacred hands and thy adorable feet were pierced tho­rough, (ô horrour) and fast­ned with great and rough nai­les, to that mornefull woode.

11. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for soules of Purga­tory those languisking and do­lours usuportable to any other which those a morous and com­passion at bowells of so deare à Mother did feele, then when she beheld her selfe in thy per­son fastned on the Cross: the [Page 46]same dolours which thou didst feele during the time of that Barbarous buchery the same felt shee, in her feet, in her hands and all other parts of her body.

FOR SATERDAY.
Oblation of the dolours which Iesus. suffered hanging aliue on the Cross.

1. I offer unto the ô most sweet Iesus for the soules of Pur­gatory that which thou didst feele thrugh all the parts of thy dying body, then when with great hast and without any pit­ty, those men cruelly savage did lift up, and lett full from on high the Cross into the ho­le prepared, which caused that [Page 47]the thornes hitting against the wood entered deeper into thy head and all thy wounds wear à new opened and bled à fresh

2. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that most cruell and most sencible marterdome which thou suffered the three last howers which thou remai­ned liveing and inhumanly nayled and fastned on that in­famous woode, where thy sa­cred bopy, all thy bloud ex­hausted, was only sustayned with three cruell and Barbarous nailes which without pitty pier­ced through thy hands and feett.

3. J offer unto thee ô most [Page 48]sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that extreame torment which thy amorous bowalls felt then when hanging so on the Cross the high preist with the seribes and and Phareeses ceased nor to vomitt forth and utter à thousand horrible blass­phemies à gainst thy goodnes and omnipotent power; wi­thout knowing never the less ho wit had on mercifully aban­doned thee in this last extrea­mity and infameus torment.

4. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in purgatory that miracle of love which ra­vished and astonished the har­tes even, of men the most Bar­barous, then when most amo­rously [Page 49]forgetting those terrible and horrid trearings of that bloody barborisme thou pray­ed with all loving tendernes thy heavenly father forgive them for they know not what they doe.

5. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that excessive burning thirst which extreamly tormen­ted thy blessed and pretious bo­wells so much as it forced thee most pittifully to cry out out, J thirst, when those barbarous men to refresh thee, presented thee with viniger cruell enemy to wounds which spilling all about because the spunge was with rude violence heaved up [Page 50]unto thee could not but cause thee extreame paine and do­lours.

6. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all those last amorous, languishing and dying words which thou pronounted like unto the rest when those last pangs began to cease upon thee saying my God, my God why hast thou forsaken me, my fa­ther into thy hands J commed my spiritt, and so thou gavest up the Ghost.

7. J offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Purgatory that most crucell and extreame martyrdome, which never hath had or ever shall have itts like [Page 51]and which thy puisant hand had not hindered it, would ha­ve violently drawne forth the soule of that incomparable mo­ther through the excess of tho­se unspeakable sufferances, not being able te suffer with out dy­ing to see thee so nailed and hoysed up in the ayre, with thy face pale and blacke, thy cheeks sunck in, thy lipps blewish, and thy head bent dowe, render up thy Ghost amidest thousand and thousinds mortall wounds, into the hands of thy father.

8. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, all those deare and amorous kisses which with pierced heart thy dolorous mo­ther [Page 52]gave thee affer they had token thee downe from the crost, and that they had layd thee in her armes now kisting one wound theu an other admi­ring the cruellty of men.

9. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, those extreame displea­sures, and that insupportable paine which is knowne to thee alone which that mother who never had her like in sufferran­ces did feele, when they tooke thee out of her armss, and that they tooke thee from her sight cavering thee with à white lin­ning laying thee and shutting thee fast up in à sad sepulcher.

10. J offer unto thee ô most [Page 53]sweet Iesus for the soule in Pur­gatory, the teare and sighes the griefes which she had, the strife which she made to leave that mountaine and to returne into Jerusalem: all the pawses, all the turnnings back of her head which shee made, towards the place of thy suffering whilst she went on her way and before she entred into the towne.

11. I offer unto thee ô most sweet Iesus for the soules in Pur­gatory, that perpetuall remem­brance which thy most holy and blessed morher had, all the rest of hor languishing and dying life, of the whipps, of the chai­nes, of the thornes, of the nai­les, and of all those other mur­thering [Page 54]instruments which had as uniustly as inhumanly robbed thee from her deare and com­passionat eyes.

A Prayer to besayed at the end of the Prayers of each day,

ô Sweet Iesus, ô Iesus, ô deare and loving Iesus, ô sweet Vir­gin, ô Virgin, ô Dolefull Vir­gin: take pitty and shen mercy in favour of all those long and mortall sufferances, to the sou­les abandoned to the rigorous flames of Purgatory.

THE PRAYER of the Sindon to deliver à Sou­le out of Purgatory.

O lord God who in the holy Sin­don [Page 55]in which thy most sacred Body taken downe from the Cross was enwrapped by Joseph hast left unto us the markes of thy Passion grant unto us meri­fully that by thy death and bu­riall wee may arrive to the Glo­ry of thy Resurection who lives and Raine, with God world without end. Amen.

BY adding this Prayer of the sindon every day to the other Prayers you may every day gaine à Soule out of Purgatory: and who have lesasure and devoton to it may add this Prayer to every particular point in each day and [Page 56]so gaine dayle Eleaven Soules out of Purgatory.

You may apply eanh, or all to any perticular Soule or Sou­las as you please.

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