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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	know_v	see_v	4,988	5	3.1452	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36773	Philobasileus. Philepiscopus· Philophilus· Th. Du Gard M.A. R.B.	Dugard, Thomas, b. 1587 or 8.	1664 (1664)	Wing D2463A; ESTC R213525	19,065	61

Tibi recta ratio suaserit Felix illa viro felix tu conjuge utrique Lectum jugalem gratulor Sunt illi Primae tibi nuptiae amice Secundae Tamen fore Secundissimas Auguror ambobus Tibi nam Catharina videtur Regina quod Regi suo Túque illi pariter summóque id jure videris Quod Conjugi Princeps suae 2. An Epitaph on the truly pious learned humble peaceable charitable faithful Pastor of Waves-Wotton in Warwickshire Mr. George Dunscomb who dyed Septemb. 12. 1652. Here lyeth Mr. George Dunscomb HIS Peoples joy the Clergies Glass His Life a lively Preacher was A Life as spotless as the Sun O that his sand had longer run But such a Soul so pure so good As if the first man still had stood Or falling as he did had done No Prejudice to this his son Except in this alone that He Must fill a Grave as well as we Such a rais'd Soul much fitter was For Heaven then a lower place And if to Heaven he had gone Like Enoch by Translation Or in such State had thither rid As the Seraphical Prophet did This Honour none had thought too high For Grace of such sublimity 23. An Epitaph on Mr. Roger Kimberley Pastor of Kinvar in Staffordshire who dyed in Septemb. 1658. INterr'd with Great and General Grief here lye The sad Remains of Roger Kimberley This Churches shining light whose raised Parts Adorned much wi●h Languages and Arts Were laid out to the utmost that he might Poor sinners turn from darkness unto Light And unto Light add Light untill the Span Or Babe of Grace were grown a Perfect Man He wrought apace his work was quickly done He hath his Wages a Celestial Crown 24. To his dearest friend Mrs. Mary Huggeford with the Authors book called The Change or the Blind Eye opened Decemb. 28. 1659. MY Dear would not you think it strange If you should find in me a Change After Profession made by me Of truest Love and Constancy Yet certainly I Changed am And yet as certainly am the same That so I be most fit it is Changed Vnchanged That and This. Were I not Changed cause of woe There would be great to me and you And were I Changed no small shame Might justly fasten on my Name Changed and yet Vnchanged you Will muse how both these can be true Read on I pray and you shall see In them no inconsistency That I am Changed this small Book Called the Change on which you look And which may be a Looking-glass To view the Heart in not the Face Will probably to you declare When you with it acquainted are You will not easily judge that He Which made it is Himself Change-free To what my Book will of me say This I can add with Truth and Joy Our blessed Lord both God and Man The pretious Souls Physitian Pitying my woful Cecitie Touched my eyes and made me see Twice seventeen years ago almost I saw my self utterly Lost Without a Christ and earnestly Did to him for Salvation cry He graciously inclin'd his Ear And spake unto me not to fear For he to seek and save such came As truly did believe in 's Name Now I believe I so believ'd Because for Sin as Sin I griev'd And found my self much altered Like Lazarus raised from the Dead And Lov'd Christ for Himself alone Despising even Salvation Compar'd with Him whose shining Face Would make even Hell a pleasant place And willing was to be and do And suffer all he calld me to Displeased with my self when I Displeas'd Him through infirmity Thus heretofore it was with me Thus 't is and still I trust will be Thus I am changed This I prize Above all earthly Monarchies Now that I am Vnchanged too Desire you that I likewise shew I do presume you do and I Desire to do 't effectually Verbal expressions are but weak Realities do strongly speak Yet words use actions to forerun As Phosphorus doth the morning Sun And are acceptable till there be ●or more an opportunity ●s silver Cynthia satisfies ●ill golden Phebus can arise ●y this time you perceive I know ● am Unchanged toward you ●nd reason good I should so be ●ince cause of Change I none can see You Changed are no less than I. Mary had no less Sanctity Than Thomas This is in my eyes The Queen of Amabilities Which with the lovely Train I saw My best Respects did to you draw These you were pleas'd which pleas'd me much Well to accept and shew me such You are Vnchanged too like me Delighting in Stability Believe it then until the fire That 's kindled in you shall expire ● mean your Love to Christ and me ●Which I believe will never be ●t will be easier to remove A mighty Mountain than my Love My Heart is constantly with you I will be shortly with you too Mean time this First-born of my Brain The Change I pray you entertain Let it be often in your Eye And let it in your Bosome lye Count it your near Relation And call it if you please your Son Though such a Dwarf you see it now It may hereafter bigger grow And might ere now have bigger been Had not our Land sad Changes seen What it may further see none knows But God alone who Scorpions owes To daring Sinners that delight In changing noon-day into night Farewell my Dear and pray that we May for all Changes fitted be Farewell again my dearest Dear God grant you many a good New year Griff-Lane GRiff * A Village between Coventry and Nun-Eaton thy Long Lane to me most Grievous was Being so deep that I could hardly pass I every moment fear'd a woful fall And travelling to a Friends Funeral Thought sure mine own 's at hand this Lane of Griff For ought I see is longer than my Life My Grave is the next Hole I sooner may Go out o' th' World than this most deadly way Ye men of Griff pray now amend your wayes ●est honest men therein do end their daies ●here went I think only a pair of Shears ●etween the Lane of Griff and Vale of Tears ●ow I can say that I have lately gone ●horow the Oddest wayes to Oddeston * A Town in Leicestershire Sad Oddeston the house of Mourning 's there And not an eye i' th' Town without a tear Yea the whole Country mourns as well it may For Mrs. Bressey was the Countryes Joy One more Belov'd one Lovelier than was She They all conclude Oddeston will never see And I conclude that I shall never tread More vexing wayes than those which thither lead ●ll bad all sad but of all naughts the chief ●as that Infernal Lane the Lane of Griff. ●arewell Griff-Lane when I return to thee ●e be content that Griff return to me Of the same GRiff-Lane's a Grievous Lane a greater woe One would not wish unto his greatest foe Than once a week to go and travel there Where he shall tugge and sweat and grieve and fear Grieve that he 's there Fear that he there shall lay Do what he can his Bones to mend the way It is Profoundly bad yet I can say This Good of it 't will teach a man to pray Such as in all their life nere prayed if They were once there would quickly pray for life Were it to change its name and I the man Should give it one I 'de call it Prayer-Lane Lectori QVo mihi Candidior reddaris Candide Lector Edendi est hujus ratio reddenda libelli Hoc utor Clypeo Facilè sternuntur Inermes Quum satis Armati nôrint sua jura tueri Vtor hoc Medico Pereat qui Pharmaca temnit Quod sanè Insani est maturè adhibere saluti est Hoc volui te scire Vale jam Candide Lector Tuus Tho. Du-Gardus FINIS ERRATA PAge 9. line 7. sor rorunt lege ruunt p. 15. l. 23. qaulege quas p. 24. l. 2. lege 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 25. l. 6. defluit lege defluat p. 28. l. 25. qaae lege quae p. 29. l. 26. Eversham lege Evesham