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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	see_v	soul_n	2,772	5	5.0753	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23108	The catechism of the Church of England, poetically paraphrased. By James Fowler	Fowler, James, verse-writer.; Church of England. aut	1678 (1678)	Wing F1729A	21,745	62

liberty health peace And for the Soul or t'other comes to nothing Thy Spirit which our Souls may ease And Faith and Hope and Love in them encrease Fifth Petition Forgive us for we cannot satisfie Neither discharge the whole nor part Dear God forgive us though the score be high An able Creditor thou art We debtors neither can compound nor start Our trespasses for which the least of which Thou might'st Command us down to hell Where Scorpions rods should lay our lustful itch That bottomless Infernal cell Where none but Fiends and flames in darkness dwell This our ten thousand Talents Lord and more Forgive as we the hundred pence To them that ow't us and to clear the score Of our weak Brother's small offence Do thou with Grace our spirits Influence Sixth Petition And lead us not nor let the Tempter lead us So far into temptations field As underfoot to let that Lion tread us And throwing down our sword and shield Like Dastards to th' insulting foe to yield But by thy power deliver us from evil All that leads to or lies in sin From all the wiles and cunnings of the Devil From every snare and secret gin That he hath laid to trap and catch us in And from the ev'l of punishment that 's due To sin thy servants Lord deliver Thou might'st pay torments death and hell 't is true But thou art God blest for ever Of Grace and Pardon art a franker giver Conclusion For thine the Kingdom is thou canst reprieve And dost with acts of Grace abound And if thy power will as 't can forgive That power shall with praise be crown'd And all the glory shall to thee redound To thee be all for ever and for ever By all ascrib'd as 't is most meet Let this our prayer be deny'd us never Granted we wish and hope to see 't And therefore say to it Amen So be it Question Oh heavenly Prayer and such as did befit The blessed lips that first did dictate it But he that would as God's Petitioner His wishes at the Throne of Grace prefer In an acceptable and prospr'ous way Must with the understanding also pray Not he that to an unknown God addresses And rudely in an unknown tongue expresses He knows not what that in a frantick notion Makes ignorance the mother of devotion That thinks the wisdom and the pow'r immense Of Heav'ns great Ruler bound to pick out sence From senceless Pray'rs which they themselves that s●● Are ignorant what they deprecate or pray Not such a man must hope his Sute will thrive Or think he shall prevail with God to give Till he knows what he asks 't is only he That prays with knowledge can accepted be Nor can nor dare I bid you hope to speed Unless you first know rightly what you need Then how to ask Now give me leave t' enquire What do you in this Prayer of God desire Answer I beg of God my Lord and Father who As Lord hath pow'r as Father will to do What I request whose hand with bounty flows And on his Creatures all good things bestows To send to me and all of humane race His sanctifying and preventing Grace That with a hearty Zeal sincere and true That Reverence that to his Name is due That depth of love and thankfulness for all His love which for his answ'ring deep doth call That thus with his coelestial Grace endu'd We may in part express our gratitude In pious worship undefil'd and pure With faith not wavering but stedfast sure In civil service making still the end Of worldly bus'ness to his glory tend And in obedience such as shall submit To his Command ' cause he commanded it And I desire his heav'nly Providence Both to our Souls and Bodies to dispence All things that he sees needful to asswage Our grief and care in this our Pilgrimage And that he will on us his Servants though We merit wrath and vengeance mercy show That he will pardon us for Christ his sake As well the lesser faults and slips we make As our presumptuous those more daring high And impious Darts ' gainst Heav'n it self let fly That he 'l vouchsafe in mercy to defend us From all the num'rous dangers that attend us Ghostly to stifle and extirpate Grace And God's own Image in the Soul efface And send that glorious Heav'n-born Particle To Eternal Lodgings in the shades of Hell And bodily which wait us day by day Upon our lives and dearest joys to prey Diseases dolorous pains distracting cares Oppressing sorrows and dismaying fears Misfortunes pinching poverty and losses Despairing thoughts and over-burd'ning crosses That Israel's Shepherd he whose Eyes no sleep Nor slumber know would always guard and kéep Poor us his easily seduced Sheep From sin and wickedness and from the Foe That seeks to involve us in eternal woe That though with Satans fiery Darts surrounded We be not in eternal Death confounded That dying life that death which never dies Where dismal yellings frightful shriekes and cries Eccho'd with mournful accents of despair With throbs and curses beat the flaming air And this I humbly trust and hope he 'll do By his good mercy prompted thereunto For his dear sake who of his own accord Dy'd to redeem us Iesus Christ our Lord. And this my trust to evidence I say Amen say he Amen to what I pray Question Departing Friends their mem'ry to endear To those they part with make their love appear In absence strong and vigorous and maintain Constant affections till they meet again Some one request or two are wont to leave The doing which their sorrows may relieve And separations tediousness deceive And thus our ever dear but parting Lord Was pleas'd some pledges of his love t' afford Which given to his Spouse the Church in charge From over-pressing sorrows might enlarge Her fainting spirits exercise her graces And move th' affections in their proper places He institutes his blessed Sacraments Whereby each party mutually indents He to his people to remember them They thankfully to love and honor him But now How many hath the Lord 's Anointed For that great end to 's holy Church appointed Answer Two only which we properly so call As they respect the common needs of all And as they 're useful sutable supplies To Christians general necessities That is to say first that which enters them And makes them freemen Christians Baptism And that which feeds them at his holy Board The food of Souls the Supper of the Lord. First he gives milk for Babes in Christ and then Corroborating meat for stronger men Those others which obtruders introduce Are not of gen'ral Sacramental use And either want the parts in Constitution Or good Authority for Institution If holy Orders rightfully they call A Sacrament why not dispenc'd to all Since all are Souldiers why are all not bound By like engagements to maintain their ground This therefore in its proper definition Is but the Leading-Officer's Commission If Marriage were