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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	lord_n	love_n	love_v	2,989	5	6.7075	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00337	The seauen spirituall exercises of a deuout soule Containing the life and death of our sauiour Christ: compiled in seauen meditations, replenished with most godly, and deuout motions, and seruing for the seauen dayes in the weeke.	Bull, John, fl. 1613, attributed name.	1613 (1613)	STC 1046; ESTC S115252	18,791	130

poure forth their plaints ouer thee but ouer themselues and their children Grant ô Lord that I may shed the teares of loue and compassion so abundantly that the hardnesse of my heart may be mollified and made acceptable in the sight of thy Maiestie Grant ô Lord that being wholy inflamed with the loue of thee I may little or nothing esteeme of worldly causes but that I may imbrace thee onely loue thee and rest in thee world without end Amen MEDITAT V. Iesus drinketh the Vineger mixt with gall I Giue THEE thankes O bountifull Iesu that thy bones being wearied Mat. 27.34 thy body being weakened and thy selfe ouer-much pressed with the weight of thy tortures sorrowes at length thou camest vnto the place of sacrifice where thou wert found wholy afflicted almost killed with thirst at which time those barbarous and wicked Souldiers offered thee Vineger mixt with gall to drinke Let it please thee ô Lord that the remembrance of this Cup may extinguish in mee the inordinate concupiscence of gluttonie and delights of the flesh and grant that at any time I giue not consent to filthy and vnlawfull pleasures but giue mee the necessarie vertue of Temperance that all other appetites and delights being suppressed I may onely hunger and thirst after thee and place my whole pleasures in thee Christ is crucified I Giue thee thankes O sweet IESVS that wert cruelly distract and handled when they came to crucifie thee Mat. 27.35 did dest also suffer that thy holy hands and feete should be nayled and fastened to the Crosse Graunt me ô Lord that with a faithfull and acceptable heart I may alwayes be mindfull of that thy most ardent charitie by which thou wert moued so louingly to stretch forth thy armes and open thy hands to be nailed and to endure such horrible torments Arise O Lord and wound my hart with perfect charitie and fill all my senses with thy loue and affection that at any time my desires and cogitations be not separated from thee Iesus hangeth vpon the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O most holy Jesu that for three houres space thou diddest hang vpon the Crosse Ioh. 19.18 molested with many and intollerable infamies abundantly shedding thy bloud and in all thy members sustaining immeasurahle forrowes Fasten O Lord my wretched Soule which lyeth prostrate on the ground to the same Crosse purge the same from vncleannesse of Sin and filthy desires washing it with the flowing springs of thy precious bloud which yeeldeth life and saluation Refuse not ô Lord to cleanse me with the same bloud to sanctifie and make me pure with that most precious liquour of life Offer the same ô Lord vnto thy Father in remedie and full satisfaction of my sinnes and iniquities Grant O Lord I befeech thee that my heart may taste and my soule may drinke of the sweet drops of that thy precious bloud Iesus hangeth betweene two Theeues I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu that for the loue of me thou wouldest be hanged betweene two Theeues Mat. 27.38 and be also accounted like vnto them that by this thy merueilous humilitie and patience thou mightest heale and vtterly destroy our haughtie pride and presumption Grant ô Lord so to exalt my spirit that I may despise all the things of this world and that I may onely behold thee onely loue thee that I may neuer meditate of any thing but that thou ô LORD and thy sufferings may be fresh bleeding in my heart that I may onely thinke of thee onely talke of thee delight my selfe in thee and that all my actions be in thee and by thee and that nothing may satisfie my minde without thee Iesus prayeth for them that crucifie him I Giue thee thankes O beloued Iesus that wert so good to them that handled thee in such hard measure and didst also pray vnto thy Father for them that crucified thee Luk. 23.34 saying Forgiue them Father for they know not what they doe Giue mee grace O Lord that I may haue true patience and meekenesse by which being armed according to the example which thou hast giuen mee and the commandement which thou hast left mee I may loue my enemies doe good to them that hate mee and that I may pray vnto thee for them that thou forgiue all their iniuries Iesus is scoffed on the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O bountifull IESV that wert scorned despised of thine enemies Luk. 23.36 sufferedst so many iniuries and blasphemies euen at that time in which they inflicted such ineffable griefes sorrowes on the crosse vpon thy naked body Grant mee grace O Lord that being mindfull of the humilitie which thou didst suffer and patience with which thou didst abide so great dolours and infamies I may also with the like sufferance endure all aduerfities perseuering with thee euen vnto death in the crosse of patience Let no force of temptation no tempest of tribulation nor no affliction of iniuries with-draw mee from any good purpose begun Let neither life nor death things present nor things to come nor any creature separate mee from thee Iesus promiseth Paradise to one of the Theeues I Giue thee thankes O excellent IESV that didst also suffer the iniuries and blasphemies of one of the Theeues Mat. 27.38 and to the other that confessed his sinnes vnto thee and set forth thy innocencie with a pure Faith didst promise the glory of Paradise Oh happy mee if I might euer become so blessed as to be so respected with the eyes of thy mercie with which thou didst behold that happy Theefe and to liue so innocently by the help of thy grace that at the end of my life I may heare this thy most sweet saying This day thou shalt be with mee in Paradise Amen MEDITAT VI. Iesus complaineth that hee is forsaken of his Father I Giue THEE thanks ô most sweet Iesu that thy Wounds being opened thy head crowned with thornes thy hands and feete fixed to the Crosse Mat. 27.46 thou didst say Oh God my God why hast thou forsaken mee Worke in me ô Lord that in all aduersities and temptations I may flye vnto thee my louing Father and distrusting in my selfe may onely trust in thee and wholy resigne my selfe into thy hands Grant O Lord I beseech thee to wound the inward parts of my Soule with the remembrance of thy wounds Let them be imprinted in the closet of my heart and so let mee be satisfied with thee that I may thinke of none but thee nor seeke any other then thee that seeking I may finde thee and found I may possesse thee for euer Iesus thirsteth vpon the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O Lord Iesus Christ that hauing thy body weakened and drie by reason of thy most grieuous torments and great effusion of thy bloud diddest vehemently thirst Ioh. 19.28 and burning with desire of our saluation didst say I thirst Grant O Lord that I may ardently thirst after thy

patiently diddest suffer a cruell blow which one of his wicked ministers strucke on thy face Oh Lord I beseech thee mortifie in me all wrath and indignation take from me all manner of enuy and hate and extinguish in mee all desires of reuenge that when any one doth wrong and iniure me I may not be troubled or molested neither deuise at any time to be reuenged but suffering all things with patience for thy sake and by thy example I may for thy loue render to euery man good for euil Amen MEDITAT IIII. Iesus is diuersly molested the night in which he is apprehended I Giue THEE thankes O sweet IESVS that in the night of thy Passion thou wert scorned and deluded Luke 22. Chap. 23. smitten of thine enemies and diuersly iniured and molested Thou knowest O LORD how grieuous troublesome it is to mee to beare and suffer the least wrong or iniurie Thou knowest that my will and desire is slow and slacke to all vertue and that all good affections and appetites waxe cold in me O Lord for thy mercy help my infirmitie mortifie in mee all carnall affections as heate of anger hope of reuenge and quicken thy graces within mee Grant that for no aduersitie my minde be throwne downe or deiected Help me that I faint not vnder the burden of tribulations which shall fall vpon mee neyther let me repine at the iniuries done vnto mee by others but giuing thee thankes for all things I may referre all things to the honour and glory of thy Name Iesus is accused before Pilate I Giue thee thankes O Lord Iesu that standing before Pontius Pilate Mar. 12.17 thou diddest not answere vnto the false complaints and accusations wherewith they did iniure thee diddest passe ouer all things with silence euen like a meek lambe which openeth not his mouth but is mute before the shearer Grant mee ô Lord that the reproches murmurings or reuilings of wicked men make me not to swel against them or puffe me vp with enuy but that being taught by thy example I may ouercome all them when the case so requires by silence and taciturnitie that slander or impeach my good name Giue me the grace of perfect Humilitie that I may neyther desire that men praise me nor be afraid to be dispraised for thee But to comfort mee with the reward of blessednes that thou hast assured them that are reuiled and suffer persecution for righteousnes sake namely that theirs is the Kingdome of heauen Mat. 5.10.11.12 quod eis magna est merces in coelis that great is their reward in heauen Iesus brought before Herod I Giue thee thankes O sweet IESVS King of Heauen and Earth that with great stirre and fury of the people thou wert brought before Herod Luke 23.7 by the commandement of Pilate Giue mee fortitude ô Lord that persecutions may not confound mee nor the iniuries of my enemies prouoke mee to anger nor that their impudencie make mee to blush or be ashamed but that I may beare all things with meeknesse patience and ouer-come with silence according to the prescript of thy Commandements remembring alwaies whose cause I haue in hand and that thou denyest them before thy Father that deny thee before men Strengthen me ô Lord in thy cause and quarrell for thou art greater then the Princes of the earth and canst make thy seruants to stand against them Iesus is accused before Herod I Giue thee thankes O holy IESVS that standing before Herod Luke 23.9 10. and accused before the chiefe Priests and Elders of many crimes and iniquities thou wouldest answere to nothing but didst iustifie thy cause by holding thy peace Giue mee the gift of silence ô Lord that I haue not at any time a desire to speak vaine idle or vnclean speeches nor that I waste not my time in discoursing of barraine and vnfruitfull matters but grant that my tongue vtter nothing that is not iust honest profitable and consonant to thy holy will Let mee detest ô Lord the vice of backebiting and that I be still pleased to heare speake well of all men And when they shall band themselues to plot my destruction yet make me to pray for them and in all things to be milde and mercifull Luke 6.36 as my heauenly father is mercifull Iesus is iudged more wicked then Barrabas I Giue thee thankes O sweet Iesu that being compared with that infamous murderer Barrabas Marke 15.15 Act. 3.14 thou wert iudged worse and more vnworthy of life then hee so that homycide was set at libertie and thou the author of life condemned to dye O King of eternall glory what greater infamie could thy maiestie be afflicted with From hence O LORD from hence it appeares that thou art that liuely stone disallowed of men which God neuerthelesse hath chosen to himselfe and placed in the head corner Grant ô Lord that I may preferre nothing before thee that for any thing I be not changed from thee but that I may account all things as vile and base that are compared vnto thee Grant that the poyson of enuy neuer infect my minde but that I may alwayes rest in thee and place my saluation in thee Iesus is whipped IEsu I giue thee thanks that being spoyled of thy garments Mar. 15.15 thou sufferedst thy chaste holy and naked flesh to be looked vpon and afterwards wouldest abide to be scourged and whipped that by thy wounds our wounds might be healed O Lord despoyle my heart of all vncleane cogitations dis-robe me of the old man with all his workes and cloath mee with the new man which is created to thy image and similitude in Iustice and holinesse and grant that with all patience and humilitie I may abide the scourge of thy fatherly visitation Iesus is crowned with thornes I Giue thee thankes O bountifull Iesu for that thou wert so diuersly illuded after so great enuies so many wounds Mar. 15.17 and after thy bloud so plentifully shed through thy whole body to thy greater reproach they attyred thee with a purple garment put a crowne of thornes vpon thy head with a Reed in thy hand in stead of a Scepter and bending their knees saluted thee as King or rather mocked thee saying Haile King of the Iewes Let ô Lord the memorie of this miserable Tragedie be euer imprinted in my heart and neuer blotted out of my remembrance Fixe thy charitie in my mind that I may onely loue thee thinke of thee and of thy iniuries and so euer rest and depend on thee That neyther tribulation miseries nor persecutions separate mee from thee neyther let it be grieuous vnto me at any time if I be dispised contemned mocked and derided of men for thy sake Iesus speaketh to the women I Giue thee thankes O good Iesu that in this laborsome iourney when thou wert brought forth to be crucified thou diddest louingly admonish the women that were lamenting Luk. 23.28 not to