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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	good_a	salvation_n	3,234	5	7.4195	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51398	Some collections of scripture, with private mediations as an help in prayer, with some hymns and psalms of David. Cum humilitatis reverentia. By G. M.	G. M., fl. 1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing M27B; ESTC R219297	36,037	92

h●● chastised us and we were chastised turn th● us and we shall be turned thou art the Lo●● our God O! that remembring our ways ar● all our doings wherein we have been defile● we could loath our selves in our own sigh● for our iniquities and for our abominations O! give us saving knowledg give us t●● spirit of Truth who will guide us into ● truth incline our Ears to wisdom and o● Hearts to understanding that we may cry a●ter knowledg and lift up our Voice for u●derstanding that we may understand the fe●● of the Lord and find the knowledg of o● God that we may be able to cry unto thee ● our God we know thee hast thou not prom●ed saying I will put my law into their Hear● and write it in their inward parts and I w● be their God and they shall be my Peop●● O! that thou would'st give us this Knowled● that thou would'st fill our Hearts with t●● knowledg as the Waters cover the Sea ● give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelati●● in the Knowledg of Christ that the Eyes ● our Understandings being inlightned we m● know what is the hope of his Calling a●● what is the riches of the Glory of his Inher●tance in the Saints Dear FAther is not th● secret with the Righteous is not the secret the Lord Revealed to them that fear him ● give us a love of God and of Christ and all things that belong to him Thou hast said I will Circumcise their Hearts and the Hearts of our seed to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts and with all our Souls that we may live and not die Oh set us on fire burn us make us new and Transform us that nothing besides thee may live in us O! wound very deeply our Hearts with the Dart of thy Love and that because of our sins which are many are forgiven us we may love thee not a little but much Oh! that we were sick of Love that our understandings will and affections were all overcome and amazed and that our faintings were enflamed towards thee and even ●melted into thee O sweet Jesu touch our Souls with thy Spirit that Vertue may come out of thee into us draw us unto thy self Oh let the savors of thy Oyntments whose very Breath is love be ever in our Nostrils O give us the Flagons of the New Wine of thy Kingdom which may lift up our Souls above our selves in our Loves that we may forget the low and base Loves of this World and by an Heavenly access may be Transported into an Heavenly Love and Embrace Jesus Christ who is the Lord from Heaven with a love like himself Oh! let us desire Union with thee and help us to bring forth fruit unto thee O give us the fruit of the Spirit that may resemble thee and be pledges to us of thy Union with us O burn and consume whatsoever would grow one with our Souls besides thee O let the fire of thy Spirit so turn our Souls into a Spiritual Fire that the dross of the Flesh and the World being wholly consumed we may be Spiritua● and so bring forth Fruits only to the Spirit O sweet Saviour look upon us in mercy or● look of thine will awaken our loves and mak● us to weep bitterly that we loved thee so little whom to love sufficiently our best and might●est Loves are most insufficient Prevent ou● seeking with thy seeking be thou present wit● us in thy Providence and Power when tho● seemest to be far off us in the tast of thy sweetness and fruition of thy Loves and then whe● we have regained thy Love we will hold mor● hardly and keep more Fastly and love thee mor● vehemently and provide a Stock of Loves in th● Summer against the Winter if it return any more O help us to love one another as Christ hath loved us and make Our Love to abound more more towards all men especially to them that ar● of the houshold of Faith And good Lord cause us to love our Enemies to bless them that curse us and to pray for them that despightfully use us and persecute us O give us a zeal after God and his Truth good Causes and good men O let us not rest concented with a lukewarm Profession being neither cold nor hot but make Our Souls to break for the Longings they have for thy Judgments at all times O that we were Fervent in the Spirit zealous always in every good thing O that the zeal of thy house might even eat us up And that Our zeal might provoke Others unto thee O that thy Word were in Our Hearts like a burning fire that we were weary with forbearing and that we could not stay O give us the Grace of Patience Thou hast told us in the world we shall have Tribulation and thro' much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God O make us to run with patience the Race that is ses before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despised the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God O help us to consider him that endured such contradictions of sinners against himself lest we be wearied and Faint in Our Minds Let us not think it strange concerning the fiery Trial but rather rejoi●e in as much as we are made par●akers of Christs Sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy O teach us to reckon with our selves that the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared to that glory which shall be revealed in us Hast thou not said that if we be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are we O therefore that it may be given to us in the behalf of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for his sake O help us to deny our selves and to take up our Cross daily and follow our Saviour Give us perseverance and to this end make us to build on thy promises Thou hast said that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord tho he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his right hand Thou hast said to your Old Age I am he and even to hoary hairs will I carry you and I will deliver you for this God is our God for ever and he will be our Guide even unto death O give us One Way and One Heart that we may Fear thee for ever And make thou an evetlasting covenant with us That th●n wilt not turn away from us to do us good O put thy Fear into our hearts that we may not depart from thee And dear Lord help us to hold fast the profession of our Faith without wavering confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless unto the coming and day of our Lord Jesus Christ And dear Father

For thou my Refuge and Defence From time to time hast been Unto thee O my strength And God of my mercy Defend me by thy power Lord For on thee I rely Psalm 63. O God thou art my God only Will I seek after thee My soul doth thirst my flesh doth long Thy salvation to see Where in a dry and thirsty Land No waters can be had O shew to me thy glory Lord With power make me glad Thus will I bless thee while I live My Lips shall still praise thee Because thy Loving Kindness is Better than Life to me And in thy Name I will lift up My Hands and give thee praise As with Marrow and Fatness I Am satisfi'd always When on my bed I remember To meditate on thee My Tongue shall sing with joyful Lips Of thy Kindness to me In the Night-watches Lord will I To thee lift up my Voice Under the shadow of thy wings I ever shall rejoice Psalm 70. O Lord do thou make haste For to deliver me Make haste to help me O my God I humbly pray to thee Let them confounded be that after my Soul seek Let them be turned back with shame And in confusion weep Let them be turned back With a reward of shame That desire my hurt and say Aha reproach his Name Let all that seek thee Gladly in thee rejoice Let such as love thy Salvation Sing with a chereful voice Let God be magnified Continually and say Thou art my Help in all distress On thee I 'll trust alway Make haste to me O God I am needy and poor Thou art my help and deliverer Lord make no stay therefore Psalm 71. O Lord in thee I put my trust O let me not confusion see Incline thine Ear and save my Soul In Righteousness deliver me Be thou my Habitation strong Where I 'll continually resort In subjection to thy commands O save me for thou art my fort From the hands of unrighteous men In mercy Lord deliver me Out of the reach of wicked men Who cruel are Lord keep me free For thou O Lord God art my hope Even from my Youth thou art my stay By thee have I been holden up Even from the Womb unto this day Out of my Mothers Bowels thou Hast taken thence and set me free Therefore will I continually My Praises offer up to thee To many I a wonder am But thou art still my refuge strong O let my Mouth be fill'd with praise Of thy Honour all the day long The Second Part. O Cast me not off in old Age Forsake me not when strength doth fail Mine Enemies watch and observe How over me they may prevail God hath forsaken him they say And there is none that can him save Take him and Persecute his Soul And bring him down into the Grave But thou O Lord make haste to help Be not far from me in distress In mercy save me O my God Then I 'll rejoyce with thankfulness Confounded and consumed be Those Enemies of my poor Soul Let them be clothed with reproach That seek my Heart without controul But I continually will hope And yet will praise thee more and more My mouth shall shew thy Righteousness And thy Salvation the World o're I will go in thy strength O God And even of thine only will I Make mention of thy Righteousness And wondrous Works declare on high O God do thou instruct me still As in my youth didst undertake Now when my Head is Old and Grey O do not my poor Soul forsake Psalm 86. First Part. BOW down thy Ear O Lord And hear for I am poor Preserve my needy soul O God I humbly thee implore O save thy servant Lord I daily cry to thee Be merciful to me O God On thee my trust shall be O make thy servant Lord In soul for to rejoice For unto thee do I O God In heart lift up my Voice For thou O Lord art God And ready to forgive Plenteous in mercy to all them Which on thee do believe Unto my prayer Lord Give Ear and me attend Unto my supplications Which up to thee I send In my trouble I call Both day and night to thee O let my Cry acceptance find In mercy answer me O Lord amongst the Gods There is none like to thee Neither is any of their Works Like thine perform'd to me O Lord all Nations shall Which thou didst make and frame They shall bow down and worship thee And glorifie thy Name For thou art God alone Thy Wonders far excel The Greatness of the Sons of Men Which on the Earth do dwell The second part TEach me O Lord I humbly pray To walk thy ways aright Unite my heart to love and fear Thy Name with true delight Then I will praise thee O my God With all my heart and say I 'le glorifie thy Name O Lord By Night and eke by day For thy great mercy shew'd to me Thy promises I will tell Deliver thou my Soul O Lord Even from the lowest Hell O bring me near to thee O God By thy mercy so sweet Let thy Compassion and Grace Most plentifully meet In my poor soul which In distress For want of Grace doth faint O turn unto me give me strength Now I do make complaint O shew to me a Token Good That I may plainly see No Cause of Shame for thou O Lord Dost always comfort me Psalm 95. O Come let 's sing unto the Lord Let 's make a joyful Noise To the Rock of our salvation Ever will we sing praise With Psalms of Thanksgiving let us Before his Presence sing And make a joyful Noise unto The Living God our King For the Lord he is a great God Above all other Gods In his hands are the deep places On Earth and in the Roads The strength of all the Hills are his They were made by his hand The Sea is his he did create And formed the dry Land O come let 's worship and bow down And kneel before the Lord For he 's our God and we are his Made by his own accord We are the sheep of his Pasture The Flock of his Right Hand To day if ye will hear his Voice And in Obedience stand Then harden not your hearts as they In the provocation And as they in the Wilderness And day of Temptation Forty Years long was I grieved Your Fathers tempted me A Generation stiff a●d proud My Works they would not see A people that in heart do err They have not known my ways Into my Rest they never shall Enter to sing my praise Psalm 100. O Come before the Lord ye Lands And make a joyful noise O serve the Lord with gladness and Before him come with praise O know ye that the Lord is God And we his Pasture Sheep He hath us made not we our selves Therefore he will us keep Enter his gates with thanksgiving And in his Courts with praise Be thankful to him and rejoyce And bless his name always For thou