Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The private devotions of Lancelot Andrewes

"For all that He suffered,
 in Gethsemane,
 in Gabbatha,
 in Calvary,
 For the pain,
the shame,
the curse,
of the cross,
That He deigned to be betrayed
and that by His own disciple,
 That He deigned to be sold,
and that for thirty pieces of silver;
to be troubled in His mind,
to be weary,
to be exceeding sorrowful,
even unto death,
to be in agony,
with strong crying,
 and tears,
to sweat great drops of blood,...
 to be left alone,
and denied b Peter,
and that with an oath,
and a curse;
to be laid hands on,
taken as a thief,
bound,
carried away,
hurried to Annas,
Caiaphas,
Pilate,
Herod,
Pilate the second time,
the Praetorium,
Gabbatha,
the cross.
Thou that wast silent before the judge, restrain my tongue.
Thou that didst deign to be bound, restrain my hands....
In that Thou was struck with the palm of the hand before Annas,
accused before Caiaphas,
attacked by false witnesses condemned for blasphemy...
 stricken,
spit upon,
reviled,
blasphemed: Thy head was crowned with thorns,
 and struck with the reed,
Thine eyes dim with tears,
Thine ears filled with reviling,
Thy mouth given to drink of gall and vinigar,
Thy face marred with spitting,
Thy back ploughed with the scourge,
Thy neck bent with the cross,...
Thy feet pierced with nails,
Thy heart oppressed with grief,
Thy side pierced with the lance,
Thy Blood flowing...
and Thy cry of agony "Eli, Eli!"...
Thou who didst deign that Thy glorious head should be wounded,
forgive thereby whatever, by the senses of my head,
I have sinned.
That Thy holy hands should be pierced,
 forgive thereby whatever I have done amiss by unlawful touch or illicit operation.
That Thy precious side should be opened,
forgive thereby whatever I have offended by lawless thoughts, in ardor of passion.
 That Thy blessed feet should be riven,
forgive thereby whatever I have done by means of feet swift to evil...
And I, too, Lord am wounded in soul; behold the multitude, the length the breadth, the depth of my wounds; and by Thine, heal mine."
-The private devotions of Lancelot Andrewes

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