Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	good_a	work_n	5,591	5	6.3844	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09024	Abba father: or, a plaine and short direction concerning priuate prayer Also, sundry godly admonitions concerning time, and the well vsing of it. By Elnathan Parr, minister of the word.	Parr, Elnathan, d. 1622.	1618 (1618)	STC 19312; ESTC S100366	23,147	146

if we begge for grace to obey God according to his commādements thus O that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes h Psal 119.5 5 Vowes and promises thus i Psal 51.12.13 Restore vnto me the ioy of thy saluation and vphold mee with thy free Spirit Then will I teach transgressors thy waies c. And againe k Vers 14. Deliuer mee O God and my ●ongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousnesse And againe l Vers 15. O Lord open thou my lippes my mouth shal shew forth day praise So also m Psal 119.33.34 Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I will keepe it vnto the end Giue mee vnderstanding and I will keepe thy Law yea I will obserue it with my whole heart 6 Ingeminations thus Dauid also prayeth n Psal 94.1.2 O Lord God the Auenger O God the Auenger shew thy selfe exalt thy selfe O Iudge of the world c. And diuers others of this nature which a deuout hart will easily find out and to this purpose I am perswaded it s very helpesfull to be familiarly conuersant in the Psalmes because Dauid was a man of all other of inflamed affection● and most excelling this way Hee that desires to make trial of this plaine direction and to profit by it may be much holpen by two things 1. Let him indeuour soundly to vnderstand the principles of Religion or else he shall neuer be able to tell what to aske of God 2 Secondly if he can write let him make a book of clean paper and in sundry leaues write in the top the particular parts of prayer with their seuerall branches allowing a whole leafe to each part branch and then whatsoeuer excellent speciall phrase or sentence hee readeth or heareth of any of those parts or branches let him referre it to his proper leafe and place Which course if it bee taken and these pla●●s diligently studied and now and then reuised read ouer wil in my opinion much enable a man vpon any occasion to pray with vnderstanding either alone or with others to their desired comfort If any shall think this way to be too busie and to require too much paines I desire them to remember that no excellent thing can be attained without labour which how great soeuer it should be should not be grutched for the attaining a faculty in this exercise which is the refuge and refreshing of the soule one of the chiefest pieces of a Christians armour o Ephes 5.18 and the meanes whereby all good things are sanctified to our comfortable vse p 1 Tim. 4.5 Seuen yeere is holden but a conuenient terme to learne the children of men earthly manuall trades let not the childe of God account twice so long time to be too much to learne the heauenly Art of outward crying Abba Father Here follow some examp●● of the rules of generall 〈◊〉 particular enlargement ●●fore deliuered for a taste to a young beginner The general enlargement from a descript●● of God Description from and begging of Audience thus O q Title Almighty God the r Effect Creatour of heauen and earth and my most mercifull ſ Title Father in Iesus Christ which hast gratiously t Promise promised to heare thy children when they pray vnto thee O u Begging of Audience Lord I beseech thee accept heare and grant ●●e supplication of thy ●●ruant by Iesus Christ 〈◊〉 such like Examples of particular enlargement 1 Confession of sin may be enlarged first ●y the Adiunct 1. The adi iunct secondly by a distribution of sinne thirdly by the effects c. Thus O Lord I confesse that I am a vile sinner First being ashamed to look vp vnto heauen and vnworthy to liue vpon earth Secondly 2. Distribution for I am guilty of the sinne of Adam and more also I haue committed actuall transgressions without number in breaking thy most holy commandements omitting my duty and doing the contrary many sinnes of ignorance which I pleade not to excuse but to condemne my self who ought to haue knowne thy will and often of knowledge which wounds my soule to remember Thirdly 2. Effect O Lord in thy iustice I haue deferued such plagues both bodily and spirituall temporall and eternall which thy righteous omnipotency can inflict vpon abominable sinners Or such like 2 Petition for pardon may be enlarged First by an ingemination Secondly by the effects adorned with exclamation Thirdly by the contrary Fourthly by a testimony adorned with inrerrogation Fifthly by the meritorious cause Thus. First 1. Ingemination O Lord pardon O Lord forgiue O Lord be mercifull Secondly 2. Effects with exclamation blessed is the man whose iniquity is forgiuen and whose sinne is couered Blessed is the man that obtaineth thy fauour Thirdly 3. Contraries O Lord enter not into iudgement with thy seruant reward mee not according to my ill deseruing Turne away thine anger and make thy ioyfull countenance shine into my soule Fourthly 4. Testimony with interrogation is it not thy promise to pardon sinners that seeke thy fauour and to helpe them which call vpon thee O make good thy promise vnto thy seruant Deare Father for Iesus Christ his sake Fifthly 5. Meritorious cause remember his obedience his passion his blood the price wherby I am ransomed and bee reconciled remitting all mine offences or such like 2 Petition for faith may be enlarged First from the efficient cause Secondly from the contrary Thirdly from the effects adorned with vowing c. Thus First 1. Efficient cause O Lord I beseech thee worke in me by thy holy Spirit faith to beleeue the pardon of my sinnes It is not in my power to beleeue it must be thy worke in my soule Secondly 2 Contrary make mee to belieue good Father and helpe my vnbeliefe Thirdly 3. Effect with vowing grant mee a feeling of thy loue in my heart and that peace which passeth all vnderstanding then will I confidently come before thee and praise thee with ioyfull lips or such like 3 Petition for repentance may be enlarged First from the cause Secondly from a distribution adorned with exclamation Thirdly from the contrarie Fourthly from a comparison Thus First holy Father 1. The cause grant that my faith may shew it selfe in the sanctification of my life Secondly 2. Distribution with exclamation and to this end I humbly beseech thee renew in mee thy decaied image and giue me true repentance that I may turne from all my sinnes to serue thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of my life Make me to vnderstand mine owne vilenesse that I may earnestly pray for renouatiō Ah wretch that I am though I know my selfe to be an horrible sinner and that I haue tenne thousand times deserued damnation yet such is the flintinesse of my heart that I am not sensible of my dangerous and fearefull estate Thirdly 3.