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An exposition upon the song of the blessed virgin Mary, called Magnificat Where unto…An exposicion vpon the songe of the blessed virgine Mary, called Magnificat Where vnto…
An exposition upon the song of the blessed virgin Mary, called Magnificat Where unto are added the songs of Salve regina, Benedictus and Nu[n]c dimittis. Translated out of latin into English by John Hollybush.An exposicion vpon the songe of the blessed virgine Mary, called Magnificat Where vnto are added the songes of Salue regina, Benedictus and Nu[n]c dimittis. Translated out of latine into Englysh by Ihon Hollybush.
Southwark : J. Nicholson, 1538
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now let us mark & weigh every word in order: The first is, My soul. Scripture dealeth man in three parts, as Paul the first to the Thessalonians the last Chapter sayeth: The very God of peace, sanctify you through out. And I pray God that your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless unto the coming of our LORD. And every one of these three, with all the man, is again dealt another way in two, namely: the flesh, and the spirit. The which partition is not of the nature, but of the being or properness. That is to say: Nature path .iii. parts, namely: the spirit, the soul, and the body, and all three may altogether, be ether good or bad, and is than called the spirit and the flesh, whereof we will not speak at this time.
Now let vs marke & weye euery worde in order: The fyrst is, My soule. Scripture dealeth man in thre partes, as Paule the fyrst to the Tessalonians the last Chapter sayeth: The very God of peace, sanctifye you thorow out. And I praye God that your whole sprete, soule and body be kepte blamelesse vnto the commynge of our LORDE. And euery one of these thre, wyth al the mā, is agayne dealte another waye in two, namely: the fleshe, and the sprete. The whyche particion is not of the nature, but of the beynge or propernesse. That is to say: Nature path .iii. partes, namely: the sprete, the soule, and the body, and all thre maye altogether, be ether good or bad, and is than called the sprete and the fleshe, wherof we wyll not speake at thys tyme.
The first part (that is) the spirit, is the most excellent, the deepest and the most noblest part of man, wherewith he is apt ⟨image 10⟩to understand incomprehensible, invisible and eternal things: and to be short, it is the house wherein faith and the word of God are contained, whereof David speaketh in the L. psalm saying: LORD renew a right spirit in mine entrails, that is, a straight and not bowed faith. And again in the .lxxvii. psal. speaking of the unfaithful, he sayeth: A froward & overthwart generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, & whose spirit was not true toward God.