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Author: Broughton, Richard.
Title: A new manual of old Christian Catholic meditations, & praiers faithfully collected and translated, without any word altered, or added, except in tytles of chapters, citations of places, & some few merginal annotations, for the most part taken forth of Holy Scriptures, or the Holy Fathers within the first four hũdred yeares of Christ ...
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Print source: A new manual of old Christian Catholic meditations, & praiers faithfully collected and translated, without any word altered, or added, except in tytles of chapters, citations of places, & some few merginal annotations, for the most part taken forth of Holy Scriptures, or the Holy Fathers within the first four hũdred yeares of Christ ...
Broughton, Richard.
[Lancashire?: Birchley Hall Press?], 1617.
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Catholic Church -- Prayer-books and devotions -- English.
Meditations.
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TO ALL ENGLISHE Christians of all degrees.
OF MEDITATI¦on and Praier in generall.
OF Meditation out of holy Scriptures.
How & vpon what a Christiā ought to meditate: out of S. Ciprian. lib. de Spectacul.
Of praier, & of the excellency thereof, out of the holy Scriptures.
What Praier is, and the dignity thereof, out of the Fathers, & first S. Gregory Nyssene.
When, where, and how to pray: out of S. Chrisostome, homil. contra Pseudoprophetas.
Perfection and attention in praier, out of S. Ephrem, ser. de viginitate.
An other out of the same S. Ephrem, •er. Asc. de vita Rel. & paren. 50.
An other out of the same S. Ephrem. de orand. Deum.
The deuotion and attention to be vsed in praier, out of S. Ciprian, de orat. dom.
Where and with whom we may pray, out of S. ClEment Rom.
Times of praier out of S. Ierome.
PRAYERS AND ME ditations in particular; and first vpon our Lordes Praier: The salutati∣on of the Angel to our B. La∣dy: & the Creede of the A∣postles.
With the Primatiue Catholick in∣troduction to all praier before them.
Of praier, and espechally our Lordes prai∣er out of holy Scripture.
S. Ambrosius lib. 3. de virginitate
A deuout Meditation or exposition vpon this our Lordes praier, out of S. Chro∣matius Bishop of Aquileia, in cap. 5. Mathei.
Meditations & praiers vpon that peti∣tion: giue vs this day our supersubstantial or dayly bread, out of scripture: and may be vsed before receauing.
Meditations of this supersubstātial bread, out of the fathers. S. Iustin. Apol. 2. ad Anton.
S. Ciprianus L. de caena Domini.
S. Saluianus lib. 2. ad Eccl.
S. Ciril. Hierosolim. catech. mis∣tag. 4.
S. Chrisost. hom. 60. ad pop. Antioch.
Primasius in cap. 10. Heb.
S. Casarius ep. Arelaten. hom. 7. de pascha.
Prayers before receauing the B. Sacrament.
S. Dion. Areopag. l. cael. hier. c. 3. contem.
S. Ambro. orat. praeparator.
S. Iacobus in Missa. recept. in Synod. 6. general.
After consecration. Missa Ethio∣pum, ascribed to S. Mathew Apostle.
S. Ignatius Epistol. ad Ephes.
S. Lligius Hom. 15. de vtrius{que} paschalis esu.
S. Ambros. l. 4. de Sacrament. cap. 5.
S. Clem. Rom. Const. Apost. l. 2. c. 61.
S. Clem. Rom. sup. l. 8. c. 20
S. Chrisost. l. 3. de Sacerdot.
THE SALƲTATION of the Blessed Virgin, commonly called the Aue Maria, by whom compo∣sed, and Meditations vpon it out of Scripture.
The Praier added by the primatiue Church, as appeareth by these Sainctes.
A deuout Meditation by way of ex∣position, vpon the first part, out of S. Andreas Archbishop of Hierusa lem, ser, in salut. Angel.
A deuout meditation and praier concer∣ning the second part of the Aue Maria: out of S. Augustine s. 2. Annun. dom. Tom. 10.
An other deuout Meditation and praier concerning the sme out of S. Athaa∣sius Parircke of Aleadria se. de Saciss. deipara.
An other out of S. Ephrem. ser. de sanctiss. dei genitricis virginis Mariae laudibus.
An other out of the same S. Eprem. orat. ad Sauctiss. dei Genitricem.
An other out of the same S. Ephrem in Lament. Mar. super pas. dom.
Another of S. Ephrem, ser. de laud. Sanstiss. Dei Genitr. Virg. Mar.
THE HOLY CREDE Or Articles of our Faith, deliuered to the Church by Tradition, by the holy Apostles of Christ, as testify these primatiue Sainctes
Direction out of S. Ambrose lib. 3. Virgin.
A Meditation, or breife exposition v∣pon the same Creede, out of S. Clem. Ep. 1. translated by Ruffinus, within 400 yeares of Cirist.
An other Meditation vpon the same, out of S. Maximus Episc. Thaur. hom. de tradit. Symboli.
A Meditation necessary, for a directi∣on to al professing Christ crucified, vpon that word of our Creede, Crucified.
An other of S. Ephrem, ser. de cru∣ce Dmini.
Another of S Chrisostome aduer. gent. demonst. &c. et hom. 55. in Matth.
Hieronimus Ep. 128 ad Fabiol. Exod. 28. Thou shalt make a plate of the purest gold, &c fastning it on the forhead &c.
A praier after the Creede, out of S. Hilary, l. 1. Trin. in fine.
An other inter oper. sancti Cipriani, de Symb. which som ascribe to S. Cip. others to Ruffi∣nus.
Meditations and praiers, vpon those wordes of the Creede, Communi∣on of Sainctes, may be vsed be¦fore Iournay, or other busines. Gen. 48.
A Praier of Iudas Machabeus, 2. Machab. cap. vlt.
A Meditation out of S. Ciprian, de mortalitate.
S. Leo ser. in Epiph. Dom. c. 4.
S. Euseb. Emiss. hom. de S. Ste∣phano.
S. Augstin. lib. meditat. cap. 20.
A prayer out of S. Victor. Vticen. l. 3. pers. Vand.
S. August. l. meditat. c. 40.
An other out of S. Iohn Chrisostom. in miss. vers. a Leon. Tusc.
An other of S. Ephrem, de laud. Mart.
Aug. lib. Med. cap. 24.
Missa Rom. antiq.
S. Ephrem. serm. in laud, omniū sanct. Martyrum.
Idem, supra.
The auncient Lytanies vsed in the Ro∣mane Church, especially in dedicating Churches, confirmed by the primatiue Fathers, and publick Lyturgies, & word by word registred in ord. Rom. part. 2. de Officus c•p. Lytanta in ord. de aedificanda Ecclesia. Ordo Rom. wher∣to this is ioyned, and is cited and ex∣pounded by S. Albinus, S. Ama∣larius, Micrologus &c. And may be vsed before Iournay, or any businesse.
Meditations and prayers when we ryse in the morning.
S. Athanasius l. de virginitate siue meditatione.
S. Ephrem de Panoplia.
S. Ambros. l. 3. virgin.
S. Ephrem ser. de laudib. sanctiss. virg. Mariae.
S. Ambros. sup. l. 3. virginit.
S. August. l. mediat. cap. 40.
S. Ambrosius in hymn.
S. Ambros. hym. ad laud. fer. 2.
Aurelius Prudentius, in Catheme∣rin. hymn. Mattin.
Missa S. Iacobi Apost. receaued, Concil. Constantinop. 6. ge∣neral. Can. 32.
Miss. Mozarab.
Meditations, and prayers for the morning.
S. Clem. Roman. constitut. 55. Apostol. l. 2. c. 63.
S. Clem. Rom. supr. lib. 8. c. 37.
S. EPiphanius in Compendiar.
A meditation, or preparation to prayer, out of S. Basile, Const. Mon. c. 2. 3.
A Meditation out of S. Leo, ser. 1. de Natiuitate Domini.
An other Meditation out of S. A∣thanasius, ser. de sanctiss. De∣ipara.
Direction out of S. Clement & Athanas. Clem. const. l. 2. c. 63. Come together earely in the morning, singing & praying: In the morning saying, 62. psalme. Atharisius l. de virgin. In the mornīg say this psalme.
The prayer of Manasses 2. paral. vlt.
A Praier of King Salomon. prou. 30.
A Praier of Esdras. 1. Esdr. 9.
Tobias 3.
Sap. 9.
Ecclesiast. 36.
Ierem. 10.
Ieremias in orat. cap. 5. lament.
Baruch. 2.
Eccelsiasticus. 23.
A prayer for repentant sinners out of S. Clement Constut. Ap. l. 8. c. 12.
A prayer for deuotion and spiritual knowledg: out of S. Ephrem l. de armatura spirituali cap. 8.
A prayer stiring vp to geue thankes to god for his benefites: out of S. Augustine in his booke de spi∣ritu & litera cap. 17.
A praier to God the holy Ghost, for grace & sanctification, out of S. Ciprian, l. de Spir. s.
A Praier out of S. Gregory Nys∣sene. l. de S. bap. in fine.
A prayer meditating vpon the Maiestie of God out of S. Augustine Cōf. l. 1. c. 4.
A prayer for al people out of S. Clement Const. l. 8. c. 18.
Out of the same S. Clement Const. l. 7. c. 4 7. so by him appointed, A prayer for morning.
A Praier out of S. Ciprian. Tom. 3.
A Praier to auoide damnation, out of S. Andrew, Archbisbop of Cesarga, soone after S. Basile.
A Praier to the blessed Trinity, out of S. Augustine. Medit. ca. 32.
An other praier to the blessed Tri∣nity out of the same S. Aug. Meditat. cap. 33.
A praier for al true beleeuers, both deceased, and liuing, out of S. Basil, in Anaphora: or whosoeuer in the primatiue Church authour ther of, but commonly attributed to S. Basile.
A praier for remission of sinnes, by the intercession of the B. Vir∣gin, & al Sainctes, out of S. Augustine Med. cap. 35.
The vsual Hymne of the Church, Te Deum: We praise thee God, compo∣sed first (as witnesith S. Dacius Bishop of Milane lib 1. Cron. ca. 10.) betwene S. Am¦brose his predecessour, & S. Augustine when he was baptised.
The Hymne of the Angels Luc 2. with the additiō by S. Hilarius.
A prayer, desiring pardon, and grace by Christes passion: out of S. Isaac l. de contemptu mundi c. 29.
Augustine l. med. cap. 11.
Other meditations and praysinges of god, for the morning, as opportuni tie is; or for varietie.
Direction out of scripture.
Direction out of S. Basile, l. quaes. diffuse explicat. quaest. 37.
A Meditation before praier out of S. Nilus lib. de oratione.
S. Athanasius in lib. de virginitate.
A Meditation vpon the same out of S. Zeno Bishop of Verona, sermoutb. in Dan.
The Canticle of Zachary, father of S. Iohn Baptist. Luc. 1.
A Praier of praise and thanks-geuing to God for his Benefites, out of S. Clement Coustitut. SS. Apost. lib. 7. cap. 38.
An other praier of praise or thankes out of the same S. Clement. Constit. SS. Apost. lib. 7. ca. 35.
Iudith. 16.
A breefe excercise of meditations & prayers, for such as desire to obserue al canonical houres of prayer, vsed in the primatiue church: & stil among the religious: And first for prime or first houre of the day.
From the holy primatiue Fathers.
A meditation out of S. Athanasius ser. in id. profecti &c. inuenietis pullum alligatum &c.
An other meditation out of S. Cipri∣an de orat. dominica.
A meditation and prayer out of S. An∣dreas Bishop of Cesaraea in Capadocia. c. vlt. in Apocalip.
A praier for this hour, out of S. Clement Constit. S. Apost. lib. 8. cap. 44.
A Praier out of S. And•eas of Ce∣sarea, super cap. 47.
A Meditation vpon Christs being brought before Caiphas, out of S. Leo ser. 6. de pas. Domini.
Meditations and Praiers for the 3. Hour, or midle space, betwene Sunne rising & Noone.
Direction out of Scripture.
Direction out of the Fathers. Ignatius Epist. ad Trallian.
A Meditation out of S. Basile, l. q. diffus. explicat. q. 37.
A Meditation of Christes bearing hisCrosse, out of S. Leo. ser. 8. pass. Domini.
A prayer out of S. Basile de Ieiunio, concione. 1.
An other out of the same Father l. exercitam. ser. 6.
A prayer for graces of the holy Ghost: out of the masse attributed to S. Marke the Euangelist.
A meditation and prayer to the holy Ghost: out of S. Basil ser. de libero arbitrio.
S. Ephrem post Thren.
Meditations and prayers for the sixt hour, or at noone tyme.
Direction out of scripture.
A Meditation vpon the Crosse for this Hour, out of S. Ciril, Archb. of Ierusalem, Ca∣tech. 13. Illumin.
An other Meditation vpon the cru∣cifying of Christ, out of S. Le∣o. ser. 6. de pas. Do.
A Meditation vpon Christes Pas. in Mount Caluary, out of S. A∣thanasius, in passion. Saluat.
A Direction or Meditation out of S. Bafil• q. diffus. q. 37.
subpart
A praier vpon the Pssion, out of S. Athanasius, in Euang. of the pasi∣on & Crosse of Christ.
An other out of S. Ephrem, S. de pas∣sione Domini.
S. Athanasins l. Meditat.
Meditations and praiers for the Ninth hour.
S. Denis the Areopagite, S. Paules scholer: epist. ad S. Policarp.
An other Meditation, how al creaturesseemed to lament, at the death of Christ, out of S. Leo ser. 2. pas. Dom.
A prayer vpon Christs passion out of S. Gregory Nazianzen orat. in S. Pascha. in fine.
PRAIERS DAYLY To be vsed for the Euening.
The Meditation or Preparation to Praier out of S. Cesarius, Bishop of Arles, Hom. 31.
Meditations & praiers for Euening.
A Meditation of S. Basile orat. in S. Iulittam.
S. Clem. Const. Apost. lib. 8. cap. 4.
Clem. Const. Ap. l. 8. c. 41.
A thankes-giuing for the night.
A Meditatiō & praier for euening out of S. Athanasius hom. desemente.
A prayer of S. Policarpus.
S. Ephrem, paraenes. 42.
A prayer, vpon the passion of Christ, out of S. Ambrose medit. c. 6.
A Praier out of S. Ciprian, in his praier before his Martyrdome.
Other Meditations and Praiers for Euening neare Night.
A Meditation out of S. Iohn Cli∣macus grad. 7. 28.
A Meditation out of S. Basile, l, q. diffus. explicat. q. 37.
A Meditation out of S. Athanasius l. de virginitate.
A praier for Euening, appointed so, by Clemens, lib. 7. Constit. A¦postol. cap: 28.
Canticle of S. Sim. Luc. 2.
A Praier being as it were an abbrui∣ate somme of mannes faith and sal∣natiō, out of S. Sophronius, Arch Bishop of Constantinople, lib. de Angelorum excell.
An Examination of conscience, or prayers before bed.
A Meditation before sleepe out of Aurel. prudent. in Cathemer. himn. ante somnum.
An other out of S. Basile l. q. dif∣fus. explicat. q. 37.
The Confucor appointed by S. Da∣masus.
S. August. lib. Medit. cap. 10.
S. Ephrem apud Seuer. Patriarch. Alex. in precat. Syr.
Aurel. Prudent. in Cathemer. Himn. ante somn.
Ioannes Virid. in Virid.
S. Augustinus lib. Meditat. cap. 33.
Meditations & prayers before meate.
S. Chrisost. hom. 79. ad popul. Antioch. de orat. ante med.
S. Athanasius l. de virginit. siue meditat.
S. Clem. Rom. lib. 7. Constitut. Apost. cap. 48. et S. Chris. in cap. 16. Mat. idem hab.
Aurelius Prudent. Cathomer. in Himn. ante cibum.
Praiers and Thankes after meat.
S. Athanas. lib. de virgi∣nitate, supra.
Precat. Syriac. apud Seuerum Pa∣triarch. Alexand. in precat.
Prudentius supr. himn. post cibum.
S. Chrisostom. in cap. 16. Math.
A priayer before receauing the B. sacrament out of S. Hierome apud Eusebium Cremon. de morte Hieron. sic Trithem. l. de scriptor. Ʋerep. l. prec. et alii.
Missa Rom. D. Petro Apost. as∣scripta. And vsed in the pri∣matiue church.