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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	king_n	lord_n	4,716	5	3.8323	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18020	Time complaining, giueth a most godly admonition, and very profitable instruction to England in this our dangerous tyme Whereunto is added a comfortable prayer to be vsed in this tyme. By Iohn Carpenter.	Carpenter, John, d. 1621.	1588 (1588)	STC 4668; ESTC S104893	8,884	32

nor strength shall saue me from a fall Then they that would not learne by lawes by wisdom threats and scholes Shall learne at length by painfull proofe the rodde of froward fooles And finallie then shall I crie as forced thereupon With tired Time to vtter forth my Cairopenthicon That is the complaint of peereles time But seeing thy mercy O good God Dan. 9. 9 in goodnes thou hast ment Vnto the sinner that returnes in time and doth repent Lette me reteine a faithfull hope of mercie I thee praie And graunt thy grace and healthfull Time in peace with me to stay Oh let thy Candle giue me light and banish night away Oh let my Princesse raigne in peace and let her foes decay Oh giue her ioye and comfort me that Time no more may sing Her heauie Chronopenthicon but praise thee heauenly King Amen ❧ That Praier is necessarie in this our dangerous time WHen that proud Senacherib had sent to blaspheme the God of Israell to the greate discomfort and horror of godly king Hezekias and his people Hezekias notwithstanding the ordinary meane of defence by the calling of his strong men together and fortifieng the walles of Jerusalem knowing that the strength of the Lord is farre aboue the might of man and hee guideth euerie battell as pleaseth himself repaireth vnto the Lord humbleth himselfe proclaimeth a fast and praieth before the Lord with a faithfull heart and hereby hee found the shining beames of Gods mercie on himself and his people By this example let vs bee moued in this time of extremitie when all our enemies conspire together against vs to runne vnto our good God and craue the ayde of his hand to help and defend vs. For as he was to Hezekias so to the godly now as hee might say then so wee say now the Lord is our God our rock our defender in whom wee trust by whome we escape death And turning vnto him with faithfull hearts and repentance let vs pray vnto him in this maner ❧ A Godlie and comfortable Praier O Most gratious God and merciful Sauior we pray and beseech thee to bee mercifull to our sinnes according to thy greate mercie as thou hast forgeuen vs euen from our bondage in Egipt vntill now Geue vs not ouer O Lord our most gratious father leaste the heathen which despise thee behold our miserie and say in derision loe where is now their God in whome they trust And although when a man putteth away his wife and she goeth from him and marieth with another then the question is should he resort to her any more after that And the land is vnpure and defiled committing fornication with many louers yet Ier. ●1 turne vs againe O GOD and we shal be turned And because thou art mercifull and of long suffring louing and gentle to them that offende not willing the death of a sinner but rather that hee should conuerte and liue represse the vehement heate of thy fire with godly pitie stay thine hand from our destruction and looke fauourably vnto our Soueraigne Princesse Elizabeth thy seruant as thou diddest vnto Dauid Hezekias and Iosia and so to the whole land And send vs peace yea an happie peace Blesse vs al with thy spirite defend vs with thy right hand shrowd vs vnder thy wings against our enemies that so we may serue thee in holines and righteousnes al the daies of our liues Let it not be sayed how long shall the land mourne and all the herbs of the fielde perish for the wickednes of them that dwell therein let not the creatures haue such cause for vs to desire to leaue vs let not Time say of vs these be they that greue me waste mee out riotouslie make me complaine and wish to rest and rise no more But let it bee saied beholde the Lorde liueth for euer worthie of praise because hee hath bin mercifull vnto sinners causing them to beleeue repent and turne vnto him and be saued And though thou once spakest to Ier. 15. 1. Ieremie against thy owne people being disobedient vnto thee saying Though Moses and Samuel stoode before mee yet haue I no heart vnto this people driue them away that they may goe out of my sight some vnto death some to the sword some to hunger and some to captiuitie yet we knowe O our good Lord that when Ephraim was heard lamenting praying Ier. 31. 18. of 6. 1. Io. 2. 10. heartilie vnto them in his distresse thou thoughtest vpon mercy as a father pitying his owne children And though Ionas cried out destruction destruction against Niniuie yet seeing them to turne from their euill waies thou didst repent layed not that euill vppon them Let vs therefore presume on GOD to call for mercie vppon repentaunce and let vs heare that sounding in our eares which Hezekias proclaymed in all his prouinces saieng be not you stiffnecked like as were your fathers but yeld your selues vnto the Lord 2. Chro. 30 8. and enter into his holy place which hee hath sanctified for euer serue the Lord your God the fearcenesse of his wrath shal be turned away from you Let vs not only heare this but obey this that we may find the comfortable commoditie thereof Graunt vs grace O father to forsake our euill waies our own imaginations Isa 55. and turne hartilie vnto thee Oh graunt it that wee may put displeasure betimes Eccles 1 and. 12. out of our hearts and in season remoue euill from our bodies that we may not any longer delight in Childhood and youth which are vanities that we may fruitfully remember thee in these our tender yeres while we haue libertie to goe where wee list before the Time of trouble come and the dayes approach wherein wee shall crie out oh these daies be euill they doe not delight vs. Graunt O good Lord that thy grace may guide vs that we may not contemne but most gratefullie entertaine our faithfull Iacob if for nothing els yet in regard of these our present commodities whereof his departure wil shortlie depriue vs if we continue vnthankfull That wee may reteine him as good Abraham and Lot did the Angels as Rahab did the Spies of Iosuah as the widows did the prophets Elias Elizeus as Zacheus and Martha did our sauiour Christ and as Lidia did the Apostles that so wee may obtaine thy mercy enioy thy fauour abound with blessings bee encreased in our treasures defended in thy faith and preserued from our enemies whome wee beseeche thee either to conuert and bring home to thee or else to cast downe before vs that wee being in peace vnder our vines and 1 King ● 25. 2. 2. King 17. figge trees may freelie serue thee to thy glorie Graunt wee pray thee O good Lord that though the ramping Lyons of Samaria seeke to spoile vs wee may not haue any iust cause to feare because by faith in thee we shall sodainly resist them thy feare O father shall