A DEVOTION WHICH COMPLAINETH OF NONE AND IS TROUBLED AT NOTHING, WHICH SPEAKS LITTLE AND DOES MUCH, WHICH HATH MORE GOOD EFFECTS THAN SLIGHT COMPLIMENTS, MORE SILENCE THAN ELOQUENCE, MORE INTERIOR HUMILITY, AND LESS EXTERIOR SHOW, WHICH FLIETH ON ALL THE ACTIONS OF LIFE, AS A BEE ON FLOWERS, AND CONVERTETH THEM ALL INTO HONEY. O, WHAT A TREASURE OF PEACE, WHAT A TREASURE OF LOVE, WHAT A TREASURE OF GLORY - IS DEVOTION! THIS ANCIENT AUTHOR. SPECIAL DEVOTIONS, FOR Holy Week. (To be added to each of the foregoing Acts, as time shall serve.) To-day, our triumph. PALM SUNDAY. Standing, say, Saviour entered Jerusalem in Rejoice, O daughter of Zion! Shout for gladness, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold Thy King cometh to Thee, The Just One, and Thy Saviour. And the multitude that went before Him, and that followed after, cried, Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest. Kneeling, say, O God, Who by this day's solemnities, revivest to us the memory. of our Saviour's triumph, ushering in His passion, teach me, I beseech Thee, by His perfect example, the fickleness of this world's justest glories, and mortify in me my esteem of its best-deserved applause, and bring my heart cheerfully to expect a cross after it, as the highest way to my eternal glory with Thee, through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK. Blessed Jesus, Who, with the burning of Thy holy zeal, didst cleanse the Temple, and didst cast out everything that offended; purge Thy Church from all covetous and carnal works, and cleanse the hearts of Thy people from all things that offend, that we may be a pure temple unto Thee, through Thy merits, &c. O holy and merciful Saviour, Thou most worthy Judge Eternal, who as on this day didst curse the fig-tree bearing leaves and not fruit; take away from us all hollow, vain, and false appearances, and make us plenteously to bring forth the fruit of good works, and of Thee to be plenteously rewarded, Who with the Father, &c. TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. Blessed Jesus, Who, as on this day didst endure such contradiction of sinners, grant us Thy servants not to seek to be above our Master; but let it be a comfort to us to be as our Master, through Thy merits, &c. O Lord, Who, as on this day didst cleanse Thy Temple, and judging that not one stone should be left upon another, didst declare Thy former Church should see Thy face no more; make us to know the day of our visitation. Let not Thy Zion be desolate; Thy chosen city; but build up the waste places thereof, and make her once more a holy temple, acceptable to Thee, Who with the Father, &c. WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. O almighty God, Who, into the place of the traitor Judas, didst choose Thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles; grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed Jesus, Who, as on this day, wast sold into the hands of wicked men, to buy us back; root out of us the love of money, and make us content with such things as are holy, through Thy merits, Who with the Father, &c. Blessed Jesus, Who wast betrayed by Thine own familiar friend; grant us never to be false to Thee, but, loving Thee above all things, to persevere unto the end, and to be found in the number of Thine elect, Who with the Father, &c. MAUNDY THURSDAY. Standing, say, Our Lord Jesus, rising from supper, laid aside His garments, and took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded. Kneeling, say, Christ was made for us obedient unto death. With my whole heart I love Thee, O Lord, my strength: The Lord is my strong rock and my defence; my fortress and deliverer. I acknowledge my wickedness, and my sin is ever before me. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep Thy statutes. M O quicken me after Thy loving-kindness, and so shall I keep the testimonies of Thy mouth. Look down, O Lord, we beseech Thee, on this Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ vouchsafed to be betrayed into the hands of the wicked, and to undergo the torments of the cross, Who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, &c. Then, standing, say, Our Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and said, Take, eat, This is My Body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me. After the same manner, also, He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This Cup is the New Testament in My Blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. As often as ye drink this cup, ye do show The Lord's death till He come. Christ was made for us obedient to death. Of Thy holy Body and precious Blood, Lord, have mercy on us. Blessed Lord, Who, as on this day, didst wash the feet of Thy disciples; grant us also to wash one another's feet, and with true humility gladly to serve our brethren, through Thy grace, Who with the Father, &c. Holy Jesus! Who didst wash Thy apostles' feet before the institution of the Sacrament of Thy Most Holy Body and Blood; grant us never to approach with unclean hands, but, washed with tears of true repentance, and purged from an earthly |