Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	sin_n	suffer_v	suffering_n	2,120	5	9.4937	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55504	The sovles life exercising it selfe in the sweet fields of divine meditations and prayers. Collected for the comfort of all those who willingly adventure their lives for the defence of the Gospel, in these blood-thirsty times of war.	Portman, Richard.	1645 (1645)	Wing P3001B; ESTC R220485	26,310	146

which without I could not subsist And when I see the ground bedecked with grapes the green meadows with pasture the multitude of woods abounding with trees both for timber fuell and thousands of other uses as also the varieties of fruit trees in abundance the rare mineralls which spring from the bowels of the earth affording infinite wealth I cannot but admire to see the multitude of cattle both for food cloathing and many other accommodations the infinite store of fowle of all kindes the sweet flowers in abundance and the innumerable sorts of vegetables all profitable and delightfull I cannot but wonder at the great Ocean and the innumerable varieties of fish besides the great commodity wee enjoy by the shipping voyaging to all parts of the world for commodities both for profit and pleasure When I consider the firmament how thou hast bespangled it with those glorious creatures the Sunne Moon and Starres and all for the use of man to give light both by day and by night but above all that thou hast given thy only begotten Son to dye for us this is love beyond all the love that ever was these things transport me into an admiration and compell me to praise and to love thee O my God with an exceeding great love who is he or what is he that will not praise thee O Lord for these thy unspeakable mercies to mankinde O grant that I may no longer live then I love thee O God I will love thee I will blesse thee I will magnifie thee so long as I have any being MEDITAT IV. Meditations of the love and sufferings of our Saviour Christ for mankinde O Sweet Saviour what hast thou suffered for my sake and what have I done to deserve thy sufferings alas my sinne was the cause of thy sufferings yet had'st thou not suffered for my sinne I had utterly perished and been out of all possibility of being saved I was guilty of sinne but thou knewest no sinne neither was there guile found in thy mouth and what shal I render to thee my Saviour for thy unspeakable love towards me all I have is thine and therefore I have nothing to give thee or make any satisfaction to thee for thy love O Saviour thou hast given me a tongue and understanding to the end I should praise thee therefore I offer unto thee my Redeemer the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving exrolling thy infinite mercy and clemency to thy poore creature Thou O sweet Saviour wast naked and I cloathed thou my Redeemer wast hungry and I satisfied with bread thou wast scourged and buffeted and I at ease feeling no pain thou wast spit on and rail'd on among thine enemies and I in rest and quiet among my friends thou wast in prison and I at liberty thou sufferest storms and tempest at Sea and I being upon drie land was safe upon my pillow thou wast crucified upon the crosse for my sake and suffered'st death for me O unspeakable love for ever to be had in remembrance never can I sufficiently magnifie thy wonderfull mercie patience and long suffering O Saviour give mee a heart that may alwayes bee mindfull of these thy wonderfull kindnesses and unparallel'd sufferings and that I may endeavour by all meanes possible to love thee and to dye for thee as thou dyedst for me make me seriously to ponder and thinke of thee continually and that my soule may so desire thee that it may never be at rest till it enjoyes thee MEDITAT V. Meditations of Gods preservation of man I Confesse O God thou preservest me yea when I thinke not of thy providence it is my dull sottishnesse and ingratitude that makes me thus forget my God How oft have I been in dangers both by sea and land ready to perish and yet it was thou alone that preservedst me and I knew it not because I remembred not thee O God as I ought to have done Thou hast preserved mee from the venome of false tongues and I on a sudden forgat it I might have perished oft in my going abroad and comming home but it was thy mercy that preserved me I might have miscarried in my very meat and drinke but for thy providence thou hast preserved me from theeves and murderers who would have confounded me but above all thou hast preserved mee from that roaring Lion who still seekes to devoure me and from those that lye in wait to catch my soule O Lord how shall I extoll thy mercy sufficiently for these unexpresseable favours to me wretched man that I am thy love is wonderfull to me and farre be it from me to thinke that I merit any thing from thee O God O Lord make me I beseech thee to thinke on thee continually and to meditate on thee day night alway expressing my thankfulnesse to thee for these thy marvellous preservations make me to praise thee and to love thee with an exceeding great love knit my heart to thee that I may feare thee and keepe thy commandements O let me doe nothing that may offend thee lest thou draw thy care and providence from me for if thou O Lord shouldest leave me to my selfe I were utterly lost and deprived of all help and comfort I could bee no where safe because of mine enemies which are mighty and strong who leek to destroy both body and soule leave me not therefore O my God but hold thy hand of providence over me continually watch over my wayes and suffer not the enemy to have any advantage over me hide me under the shadow of thy wings and preserve both my body and soule so shall I be safe from mine enemies MEDITAT VI. Meditations of the miseries and calamities of the time O God how happy were we when we enjoyed that great blessing of peace and tranquility how were we both a mirror and a terror to all the eyes of the Christian world how did our corne spring up with encrease of an hundred fold so that the people did rejoyce and sing how fruitfull was our Land with all manner of graine how full of all creatures fit for the use of man yea how did we abound in all things so that we were able to live of our selves without the succours of any other Nation what a sweet harmony and agreement was there among our selves which made our enemies stand amazed at our felicity when they themselves enjoyed none of these blessings O God how comes this change and unexpected misery upon us that now we are in Surely we did not value that blessing of peace as wee ought to have done surely it is our sinne and ingratitude that hath drawne thy vengeance upon us what a sight is it to see the father shedding the bloud of the sonne and the sonne the father brother against brother kinsman against kinsman one neighbour cutting the throat of another and all the whole Kingdome divided and plunged into a world of miseries how doe our fields lye barren for want of tillage our p●stures trodden