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MOST sweet  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  eternal sweetness of  those  who  love  thee; the  joy,  desire, and firm  hope  of  the  hopeless; solace  of  the  sorrowful, and  most  merciful  lover  of  all  penitent  sinners; who hast  said  thy  delight  is  to  be  with  the  sons  of men. for the  love  of  whom  thou  didst  assume  human nature in  the  fulness  of  time; remember,  O most sweet Lord  Jesus,  all  those  sharp  sorrows  which  did pierce thy  sacred  soul,  from  the  first  instant  of  thy incarnation, until  the  time  of  thy  sorrowful  passion, pre-ordained from  all  eternity: remember,  O most amiable Saviour,  all  that  bitter  anguish  thou  didst suffer, when  at  thy  last  supper  thou  didst  wash  the feet of  thy  disciples,  didst  feed  them  with  the  sacred banquet of  thy  precious  body  and  blood,  and  most sweetly comforting  them,  didst  foretell  them  thy ensuing passion; after  which,  going  to  Mount  Olivet, thou saidst,  My  soul  is  sorrowful  unto  death. Remember, I beseech thee,  O most  sweet  Saviour,  that  bitter grief and  anguish  which  thy  sacred  soul  did  suffer when, praying  three  several  times  to  thy  heavenly Father, thou  didst  sweat  water  and  blood; thou  wast betrayed by  thy  own  disciple,  apprehended  by  thy chosen people,  accused  by  false  witnesses,  unjustly arraigned before  three  judges,  and  in  thy  chosen city, in  the  Paschal  solemnity,  in  the  flourishing  age of thy  youth,  wrongfully  condemned,  bound,  beaten, spurned, spit  upon,  despoiled  of  thy  garments,  and clothed with  others  in  scorn; wast  blindfolded,  buffeted, spit  upon  again,  bound  naked  to  a pillar,  most cruelly scourged,  crowned  with  thorns,  struck  with a reed, and  afflicted  with  innumerable  other  torments,