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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	know_v	let_v	see_v	3,024	5	2.9158	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27805	The psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalme : whereunto is added Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1647 (1647)	Wing B2426; ESTC R33001	185,433	394

damsels playing with the timbrels 26 Give thanks O Israel unto God the Lord in the congregations from the ground of the heart 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler and the Princes of Judah their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the Princes of Nephthali 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in us 29 For thy temples sake at Jerusalem so shall Kings bring presents unto thee 30 When the company of the Spear-men and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of silver and when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre 31 Then shall the Princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God 32 Sing unto God O ye kingdomes of the earth O sing praises unto the Lord. 33 Which sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning lo he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mighty voyce 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel his worship and strength is in the clouds 35 O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places even the God of Israel he will give strength and power unto his people blessed be God The Prayer O Lord God mighty and mercifull thou ridest upon the heavens as it were upon an horse thou art the father of the fatherlesse and defendest the cause of the widow have mercy upon thy holy Church and since her Lord and Spouse is gone up on high even to his holy habitation leave us not comfortlesse but send the holy Ghost in assistances and gifts to dwel amongst us that by his aid we may escape death spirituall and the bitternesse of the temporall Send a gracious rain even the dew of thy divine favours upon thine inheritance to refresh us in our wearinesse and sadnesses Make thy people innocent and chast as the dove and besides the beauty of internall sanctity let thy Church be covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold decked and assisted with exteriour advantages as may best promote thy honour and the services of religion Let all the Princes and lands of the earth stretch their hands out unto thee O God and confesse thy mightinesse and thy honour that thy Gospel going forth into all lands peace and all thy blessings may follow it and thy praise be multiplied from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 69. A prayer in times of persecution for the cause of Religion SAve me O God for the wat●rs are come in even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire where no ground is I am come into deep waters so that the flouds run over me 3 I am weary of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God 4 They that hate me without a cause are moe then the hairs of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me guiltlesse are mighty 5 I payed them the things that I never took God thou knowest my simplenesse and my faults are not hid from thee 6 Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my cause let not them that seek thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel 7 And why for thy sake have I suffered reproof shame hath covered my face 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren even an aliant unto my mothers children 9 For the zeal of thy house hath even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me 10 I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof 11 I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and the drunkards make songs upon me 13 But Lord I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time 14 Hear me O God in the multitude of thy mercy even in the truth of thy salvation 15 Take me out of the mire that I sink not oh let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters 16 Let not the water-floud drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 17 Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindnesse is comfortable turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble oh haste thee and hear me 19 Draw nigh unto my soul and save it oh deliver me because of mine enemies 20 Thou hast known my reproof my shame and my dishonour mine adversaries are all in thy sight 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart I am full of heavinesse I looked for some to have pity on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me 22 They gave me gall to eat and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withall and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling 24 Let their eyes be blinded that they see not and ever bow down their backs 25 Poure out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathfull displeasure toke hold of them 26 Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded 28 Let them fall from one wickednesse to another and not come into thy righteousnesse 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living and not bee written among the righteous 30 As for me when I am poor and in heavinesse thy help O God shall lift me up 31 I will praise the name of God with a song and magnifie it with thanksgiving 32 This also shall please the Lord better then a bullock that hath horns and hoofs 33 The humble shall consider this and be glad seek ye after God and your soul shall live 34 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners 35 Let heaven and earth praise him the sea and all that moveth therein 36 For God will save Sion and build the Cities of Juda that men may dwell there and have it in possession 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein The Prayer O Blessed Jesu whose loving kindnesse is comfortable who for our sakes didst taste vineger and gall that thou mightest redeem us from the bitternesse of death and sin and establish to thy self a Church in holy Religion and defend it with thy favour and power have mercy upon thy servants who suffer from the hands of their enemies for the testimony of a good conscience and the doctrines of a Cath●like faith Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed but let

hand upon the shield and buckler and stand up to help me 3 Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soule let them be turned back and brought to confusion that imagine mischief for me 5 Let them be as the dust before the winde and the Angel of the Lord scattering them 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angell of the Lord persecute them 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares and his net that he hath laid privily catch himselfe that he may fall into his own mischief 9 And my soul be joyfull in the Lord it shall rejoyce in his salvation 10 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him 11 False witnesse did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not 12 They rewarded me evill for good to the great discomfort of my soul. 13 Neverthelesse when they were sick I put on sackcloth and humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosome 14 I behaved my self as though it had been my friend or my brother I went heavily as one that mourneth for his mother 15 But in mine adversity they rejoyced and gathered them together yea the very abjects came together against me unawares making mowes at me and cea●ed not 16 With the flatterers were busie mockers which gnashed upon me with their teeth 17 Lord how long wilt thou look upon this O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me and my darling from the lions 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause 20 And why their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitfull words against them that are quiet in the land 21 They gaped on me with their mouths and said Fie on thee fie on thee we saw it with our eyes 22 This thou hast seen O Lord hold not thy tongue then goe not far from me O Lord. 23 Awake and stand up to judge my quarrell avenge thou my cause my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousnesse and let them not triumph over me 25 Let them not say in their hearts There there so would we have it neither let them say we have devoured him 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together that rejoyce at my trouble let them be cloathed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselves against me 27 Let them be glad and rejoyce that favour my righteous dealing yea let them say alway Blessed be the Lord which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant 28 And as for my tongue it shall be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy praise all the day long The Prayer O Lord our God who art the shield of the oppressed and the Buckler of all that trust in thee deliver us from all the assaults and intendments of our enemies against us who without cause make pits for our souls let the Angel of the Lord scatter all their mischievous imaginations lest they triumph over us and say we have devoured them strive thou with them that strive with us and fight against them that fight against us Preserve us in innocency that we neither sin against thee nor do injustice to them and restore us to our Peace so shall we talk of thy righteousnesse and thy praise all the day long and give thee thanks in the great congregation of Saints because thou hast pleasure in the prosperity of thy servants and hast redeemed them from the hands of their enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 36. A Prayer desiring the joyes of Heaven the blessings of Eternity MY heart sheweth me the wickednesse of the ungodly that there is no fear of God before his eyes 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight untill his abominable sin be found out 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit he hath left off to behave himselfe wisely and to doe good 4 He imagineth mischiefe upon his bed and hath set himself in no good way neither doth he abhorre any thing that is evill 5 Thy mercy O Lord reacheth unto the heavens and thy faithfulnesse unto the clouds 6 Thy righteousnesse standeth like the strong mountains thy judgements are like the great deep 7 Thou Lord shalt save both man and beast how excellent is thy mercy O God and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures as out of the river 9 For with thee is the well of life and in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue forth thy loving kindnesse unto them that know thee and thy righteousnesse unto them that are true of heart 11 O let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down 12 There are they fallen all that work wickednesse they are cast down and shall not be able to stand The Prayer O God whose mercy reacheth unto the Heavens and thy righteousnesse unto the clouds teach us to abhorre every thing that is evill and to set our selves in every good way that thy fear being always before our eyes and our trust being under the shadow of thy wings thou maist continue forth thy loving kindnesse to us all the dayes of our life that at last we may be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and may drink down rivers of pleasures deriving from thee the eternall fountain and well of life and in the light of thy countenance may see everlasting light through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 37. A Prayer that we may trust and delight in God and that our lot may be amongst the godly and not in the seeming prosperity of the wicked FRet not thy self because of the ungodly neither be thou envious against the evill doers 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grasse and be withered even as the green hearb 3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord and be doing good dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed 4 Delight thou in the Lord and he shall give thee thy hearts desire 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord and put thy trust in him and he shall bring it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse