Part II — Preces Quotidianae
§10 *Confessio Laudum*
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1Conservatione, / Gubernatione, / Eruditione, / Civilitate, / Religione. }
2Pro { Redemptione, [*Gal.* iv. 7.] / Mysterio magno pietatis, [1 *Tim.* iii. 16.] / Exinanitione, [*Phil.* ii. 7.] / Humiliatione, [*Vers.* 8.] / Apprehensione seminis Abraham, [*Heb.* ii. 16.] / Unione ad illud, [1 *Tim.* ii. 5.] / Oblatione vitæ, [*Heb.* x. 14.] / Sacrificio mortis. [*Heb.* ix. 26.] }
3Pro omnibus { bonis, quæ fecit / malis, quæ passus est } { a præsepi usque / ad crucem. }
4Pro { Universa œconomia, / Sancta Incarnatione, / Paupere Nativitate, / Reclinatione in præsepe, [*Luc.* ii. 7.] / Circumcisione, subjiciente Legi, [*Vers.* 21.] / Primitiis sanguinis, / Amabili nomine JESU, / Manifestatione peccatoribus de Gentibus, [*Matt.* ii. 11.] / Præsentatione in Templo, [*Luc.* ii. 22.] / Fuga in Ægyptum, [*Matt.* ii. 14.] / Oblatione vitæ, / 1. Cupiditate audiendi, / 2. Aviditate quærendi, / 3. Humilitate parendi parentibus. [*Luc.* ii. 51.] }
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1our preservation, / our governance, / our schooling, / civil order, / religion. }
2For { the Redemption, [Gal. 4:7] / the great mystery of godliness, [1 Tim. 3:16] / the self-emptying, [Phil. 2:7] / the humbling, [v. 8] / the taking hold of the seed of Abraham, [Heb. 2:16] / the union thereto, [1 Tim. 2:5] / the offering of His life, [Heb. 10:14] / the sacrifice of His death. [Heb. 9:26] }
3For all { the good that He did / the evil that He suffered } { from the manger even / to the cross. }
4For { the whole Economy, / the holy Incarnation, / the poor Nativity, / the laying in the manger, [Luke 2:7] / the Circumcision, subjecting Him to the Law, [v. 21] / the firstfruits of His blood, / the lovely Name of JESUS, / the manifestation to the sinners of the Gentiles, [Matt. 2:11] / the Presentation in the Temple, [Luke 2:22] / the Flight into Egypt, [Matt. 2:14] / the offering of His life, / 1. His eagerness to hear, / 2. His eagerness to ask, / 3. His humble obedience to His parents. [Luke 2:51] }
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1Pro { Sacrosancto Baptismo, / Apparitione in eo Trinitatis, [*Matt.* iii. 16, 17.] / Jejunio, [*Matt.* iv. 1.] / Tentatione, [*Vers.* 2.] / Egestate, ut non haberet ubi caput reclinaret, [*Matt.* viii. 20.] / Fame et siti, [*Jo.* iv. 7.] / Algore et æstu, / Fatigatione crebra, dum pertransiret benefaciendo, [*Act.* x. 28.] / { Vigiliis / Pervigiliis } in oratione. [*Luc.* vi. 12.] }
2Miti conversatione,
3in contradictione a peccatoribus,Heb. xii. 3.
4Cum præcipitandus esset
5ob bonum sermonem,Luc. iv. 29.
6Cum lapidandus
7ob bonum opus.Jo. viii. 59, et x. 31. [33.]
8Quod contumeliis affici voluisti,
9{ Samaritanus, [*Jo.* viii. 48.] / Helluo, [*Matt.* xi. 19.] / Dæmoniacus, [*Jo.* vii. 20.] / Planus, [*Matt.* xxvii. 63.] } vocari,
10Barabbæ postponi.[*Jo.* xviii. 40.]
11Pro { Concionibus, | Homiliis, / Colloquiis, | Diatribis, / Intercessionibus, | Precibus. / Exemplis, / Signis, / Mysteriis, / Clavibus. }
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1For { His most holy Baptism, / the appearing of the Trinity therein, [Matt. 3:16,17] / the Fasting, [Matt. 4:1] / the Temptation, [v. 2] / His want, that He had not where to lay His head, [Matt. 8:20] / His hunger and thirst, [John 4:7] / His cold and heat, / His constant weariness, as He went about doing good, [Acts 10:38] / His { watchings / whole-night watchings } in prayer. [Luke 6:12] }
2For His meek conversation,
3amid the contradiction of sinners,[Heb. 12:3]
4When He was to be cast down headlong
5for a good sermon,[Luke 4:29]
6When He was to be stoned
7for a good work.[John 8:59; 10:31,33]
8That Thou wast willing to be loaded with reproaches,
9to be called { a Samaritan, [John 8:48] / a gluttonous man, [Matt. 11:19] / a demoniac, [John 7:20] / a deceiver, [Matt. 27:63] }
10to be postponed to Barabbas.[John 18:40]
11For { His sermons, | His homilies, / His colloquies, | His discourses, / His intercessions, | His prayers. / His examples, / His signs, / His mysteries, / the Keys. }
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1Benedictionibus,
2per omnes gratias et miserationes
3miraculorum Tuorum.
4Pro Parabolis { Duorum debitorum, [*Luc.* vii. 41.] / Hominis semimortui, [*Luc.* x. 30.] / Publicani et Pharisæi, [*Luc.* xviii. 10.] / Servi obærati, [*Matt.* xviii. 24.] / Ovis errantis, [*Luc.* xv. 4.] / Drachmæ deperditæ, [*Vers.* 8.] / Filii prodigi, [*Vers.* 11—32.] / Vocatorum hora undecima. [*Matt.* xx. 6.] }
5Pro Sententiis:
6Non enim misit Deus Filium Suum in mundum, ut judicet
7mundum, sed ut salvetur mundus per Ipsum.Jo. iii. 17.
8Non veni ut judicem mundum, sed ut salvificem mun-
9dum.Jo. xii. 47.
10Non veni vocare justos, sed peccatores ad pœnitentiam.
11Matt. ix. 13.
12Filius hominis non venit animas perdere, sed salvare.
13Luc. ix. 56.
14Venit Filius hominis quærere et salvare quod perierat.
15Luc. xix. 10.
16Et dare animam Suam redemptionem pro multis.Matt. xx. 28.
17Venite ad Me omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis, et
18Ego reficiam vos.Matt. xi. 28.
19Eum, qui ad Me veniet, non ejiciam foras.Jo. vi. 37.
20Pater, dimitte illis; non enim sciunt quæ faciunt.Luc. xxiii. 34.
21Hodie Mecum eris in Paradiso.Vers. 43.
22Volo novissimo huic dare, sicut et tibi.Matt. xx. 14.
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1For His blessings,
2through all the graces and mercies
3of Thy miracles.
4For the Parables of { the two debtors, [Luke 7:41] / the man half-dead, [Luke 10:30] / the Publican and the Pharisee, [Luke 18:10] / the servant in debt, [Matt. 18:24] / the straying sheep, [Luke 15:4] / the lost piece of silver, [v. 8] / the prodigal son, [vv. 11–32] / them called at the eleventh hour. [Matt. 20:6] }
5For His Sayings:
6For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn
7the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.[John 3:17]
8I came not to judge the world, but to save the
9world.[John 12:47]
10I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.[Matt. 9:13]
11The Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.[Luke 9:56]
12The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.[Luke 19:10]
13And to give His life a ransom for many.[Matt. 20:28]
14Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
15I will give you rest.[Matt. 11:28]
16Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.[John 6:37]
17Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.[Luke 23:34]
18To day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.[v. 43]
19I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.[Matt. 20:14]
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1Pro Exemplis:
2Muliere Cananæa,Matt. xv. 28.
3seu Syrophœnicia,Mar. vii. 26.
4Muliere Samaritana,Jo. iv. 26.
5Muliere hæmorrhoïssa,Luc. viii. 48.
6Adultera deprehensa,Jo. viii. 11.
7Maria Magdalena,Luc. vii. 48.
8Zacchæo,Luc. xix. 5.
9Latrone,Luc. xxiii. 43.
10Petro,Luc. xxii. 62.
11Thoma,Jo. xx. 27.
12Paulo,1 Tim. i. 15.
13Nicodemo,Jo. iii. [1—9.]
14Οὗτος δέχεται ἁμαρτωλούς.Luc. xv. 2.
15Hic peccatores recipit.
16Contradicentibus,Heb. xii. 3.
17Præcipitantibus,Luc. iv. 29.
18Bis lapidantibusJo. viii. 59.
19de opere bono,Jo. x. 31.
20Blasphemantibus,Matt. xxvii. 39.
21Barabbam præferentibus,Luc. xxiii. 18.
22Crucifixoribus e Gentibus.
23Pro morte Christi,
241.Obedientia usque ad mortem crucis,[*Phil.* ii. 8.]
252.Desiderio ejus coarctante.[*Luc.* xxii. 15.]
26Pro iis quæ passus est in { Gethsemane, [*Matt.* xxvi. 36.] / Gabbatha, [*Jo.* xix. 13.] / Golgotha, [*Vers.* 17.] }
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1For His Examples:
2In the woman of Canaan,[Matt. 15:28]
3or Syrophenician,[Mark 7:26]
4In the Samaritan woman,[John 4:26]
5In the woman with the issue of blood,[Luke 8:48]
6In the woman taken in adultery,[John 8:11]
7In Mary Magdalene,[Luke 7:48]
8In Zacchaeus,[Luke 19:5]
9In the thief,[Luke 23:43]
10In Peter,[Luke 22:62]
11In Thomas,[John 20:27]
12In Paul,[1 Tim. 1:15]
13In Nicodemus,[John 3:1–9]
14Οὗτος δέχεται ἁμαρτωλούς.
15This man receiveth sinners.[Luke 15:2]
16In them that gainsaid Him,[Heb. 12:3]
17In them that would cast Him down headlong,[Luke 4:29]
18In them that twice would stone Him
19for a good work,[John 8:59; 10:31]
20In them that blasphemed Him,[Matt. 27:39]
21In them that preferred Barabbas,[Luke 23:18]
22In His crucifiers of the Gentiles.
23For the death of Christ,
241.His obedience unto the death of the cross,[Phil. 2:8]
252.His constraining desire.[Luke 22:15]
26For the things He suffered in { Gethsemane, [Matt. 26:36] / Gabbatha, [John 19:13] / Golgotha, [v. 17] }