Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	lord_n	see_v	4,192	5	3.2926	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21001	Holy meditations vpon seauen penitentiall and seauen consolatory psalmes of the kingly prophet Dauid. Written by the noble and learned G.D.V.; Saincte philosophie. Selection.	Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621.; Shute, W.	1612 (1612)	STC 7373.6; ESTC S120281	66,342	304

admirable face of thine Thy warth ô Lord is onely vpon such as glory in their sinne and wax stubborne in their iniquity But I thy seruant doe humble my selfe before thee and doe acknowledge that being an vnworthy sinner as I am I durst not appeare in thy presence but that thy clemēcy brings me before thee Thou shalt not then reiect me for thou must forthwith then reiect thy mercy wherevnto I am so strictly bound and tied that as it is not to be seperated from thee euen so can it not bee seauered from my penitence 15. If it please thee then thou shalt dwell with me and seeing it hath pleased thee to aduouch mee for thy seruant and to put mee to this combat thou shalt not forsake mee therein otherwise my destruction would turne to thy shame whereas my victorie will redound to thy glory Now ô Lord cause this ayde to be continually with me For as mine owne infirmity doth ordinarily fight against mee euen so is it needfull that my succour should euer bee at hand If thou estrange thy selfe from mee neuer so little my soule will vanish away in the same maner as would my body by the losse of my soule For thou ô Lord art more the soule of my soule then my soule is the life of my body I do very well know that in mee thou shalt finde a dwelling place in no sort worthy thy diuine Maiestie yet for all that disdaine not to enter into mee where thou commest all magnificence abounds and where thou art there is alwaies honor enough Thou doest not ô Lord honor thy selfe by visiting me but thou thereby doest honor vnto mee thy poore seruant wherefore shouldest thou leaue the brightnesse of the heauens and the glistering of the starres to come downe here on earth to so dishonorable a subiect But as I thinke thou dooest it to giue warning to thine Angels not to growe proud in their magnificence in regarde they are thy creatures and that thou art able to make the basest dweller vpon earth as glorious as they That is the reason why thou descendest from heauen to shew mercy vpon vs and bearing a part in our misery thou commest to re-establish vs in our ancient perfection And because we as much as in vs was haue defaced the image of the diuinity which thou hadst imprinted in vs thou of thine especiall grace commest to renew those beauties and sparkes of our first nature It is thou then which art not onely content to bee our Creator but our redeemer likewise and as thou art our father in like manner it pleaseth thee to bee our protector and defender When all the world forsooke vs thou stretchedst out thine armes vnto vs and diddest receiue vs vnder the wings of thy clemencie 16. I stood in great neede thereof for I knew no more whether to goe My father and mother had forsaken mee that father I say who had tenderly fed and brought mee vp did abhorre mee when hee perceiued that I delighted wholy in thee and that I had left the vanities of this world They beheld mee with sorrow and accounted mee for a lost child The kinde embraces of my bretheren were conuerted into disdaine the sweet friendship of my sisters changed to contempt and the louing welcomes of my friends turned into derision Whether now should I make retreate If my deerest friends vse mee in this manner what will mine enemies doe whose mouth is all bitternesse and tongue poyson whose actions and ordinary exercises are wrongs and reproches But when I am most of all forsaken then art thou neerest vnto mee then doest thou most fauourably embrace mee and most liberally powrest vpon mine head the treasures of thy mercy 17. Now seeing it pleaseth thee in this aboundant manner to bestow thy grace vpon mee to the end I may be able to keep it teach mee how I ought to serue thee Learne mee thy law and how to direct my paths to walke alwayes aright in this narrow thornie way which should conduct mee to the hauen of health For ô Lord I haue left long since that easie beaten way strewed with earthly pleasures and which leadeth those that follow it to destruction and damnation Shew mee then my God thy way for vnder such a guide I shall neuer goe astray shew it I say vnto me ô Lord for if I stray neuer so little I am vndone mine enemies watch to surprise mee and to finde matter to dishonor mee and thy selfe likewise because they know I serue thee truely and faithfully 18. Giue mee not ouer then into their hands to do with me after their hearts desire for they would soone depriue mee both of life and honour They haue already laide their plotte inuented a thousand accusations practised a world of witnesses but their lyes returne vppon themselues and beare witnesse against them Falsehood cannot bee hidden shee lyeth open and truth pierceth it thorow on all sides It is compounded of peeces ill ioyned together which fall a sunder at the first blowe they receiue and beeing opposed against innocencie it melts away like Snowe before the sunne 19. But if as they desir they should heape slanders vpon me and smother me vnder the burthen of their wrongs I would not for all that be discouraged I haue not put my trust ó Lord in the richesse and honours of this world they are commonly the portion of the wicked they are for the most part the rewardes of their perfidious wickednesse and deceits this marchandize is commonly bought with none other money All my trust and hope ô Lord is in thee the world is not able to containe it the fruit of my labours dooth not grow in the land of the dead it is in the land of the liuing that I waite to gather them there doe I hope to see my wealth nay rather thine ó my GOD. Other men looke for the fruite after the blossome but I expect it after the fall of the leafe After that the leafe of my body shall bee fallen I hope that my soule shall flourish with new fruite and shall bee cloathed with the eternall verdure of immortallity 20. Bee patient then my soule and beare thy selfe valiantly redouble thy courage and waite till my GOD come towards thee Bee not astonisht at the prosperitie of the wicked feare thou not though they doe oppresse good men And because thou seest ó Lord that I am not strong enough of my selfe assist and vnderproppe mee least that the affections of the wicked cause mee to remooue foorth of the place where thou diddest set mee second my feruent zeale to the end that hauing fought valiantly in the assault which the wicked make vppon mee I may stand ready when thou shalt open the gate and beeing entred in triumph with thee I may sitte at thy feete at such time when thou shalt iudge the quick and the dead Then wee shall see the great difference betwixt their liues and ours and what reward attends them they haue