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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	keep_v	sabbath_n	saturday_n	4,059	5	11.9658	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12980	The churches lamentation for the losse of the godly deliuered in a sermon, at the funerals of that truly noble, and most hopefull young gentleman, Iohn Lord Harington, Baron of Exton, Knight of the noble order of the Bath, and his Maiesties lieutenaunt of the county of Rutland, at Exton in Rutland, the last day of March 1614. Together with a patterne of piety, and the power of godlinesse expressed in his life and death, who yeelded to nature the 27. of February, 1613. when he wanted two moneths of 22 yeeres of his age. By Richard Stock, pastor of Alhallowes-Breadstreet in London.	Stock, Richard, 1569?-1626.	1614 (1614)	STC 23273; ESTC S117806	48,046	145

of him or to conuerse and conferre with his friends to better thē or be bettered by them or to ride his great horse or walke abroad But why place I these with his religion because hereby he kept himselfe from idlenes and gaue no way to the temptations of Satan knowing well that the flies settle vppon the sweetest perfumes when they are colde and corrupt them Soone after dinner if hee had the opportunitie he ordinarily withdrew himselfe for a while to the meditating vppon some Sermons which hee had lately heard for which vse hee retained some 5. or 6. in his minde Hee would not faile though he was disappointed of that oppertunitie to meditate vppon them before he slept yea many times trauelling by land or water hee performed this duety and then would desire his companions to forbeare talke they might thinke a while he did ordinarily meditate and call to minde 4. or 5. in a day The rest of his afternoone hee gaue to busines as the occasions were and to studie Histories and to get instructions from them who were skilfull in the discipline of War or in the Mathematikes and Nauigation wherein some report he had made great successe for his age and time After supper hee betooke himselfe to praier with his seruants that which is markeable aboue many other things after praiers with them hee withdrew himselfe from his seruants and friends and there in a booke which hee kept for the account of his life hee set down what he had done al that day how he had either offended or done good and how he was tempted and with stood them and according to his account he humbled himselfe and such was his wisedome that such temptations as were not fit as I suppose to come to any mans view but his owne and his Gods he writ in a peculiar Caracter knowne to none After this giuing himselfe to his rest as rising he had care to shut out euill by possessing his heart with good thoughts and the reading of the holy scripture so had he care to shut vp his heart against such things one of his Chamber as he was laying him to rest * I haue knowne a great light of our Church who now rests in peace vse the same practise reading a Chapter or two of the sacred word of God And this was not taken vp for a fit and as a noueltie but hee continued it for the space of 4. yeares last past as some informe me that is from Ianuary 1609. to the 15. of February 1613. the day when he tooke his bed some 12. daies before his death And now honourable and beloued for his publike exercises which you may wel thinke were carefully and conscionably performed For he that had such care to approue himselfe to God in priuate had no lesse care to approue himselfe both to God and man in publike This appeareth in his religious vse of the time and meanes of Gods worship and his owne edification and saluation He was a most religious obseruer of the Saboth in publike priuate duties professing to affect the publike meanes if hee were where hee could enioy them before all priuate though they were differently performed and had resolued though hee entertained an houshold Chaplaine yet euer to frequent the publike assemblies vppon the Sabboth day a thing worthy the noting to the reproofe of many of his owne as of inferior ranke who so much neglect the publike assemblies And for his present practise he did not misse ordinarily twice a day to heare the word publikely no not when he was a Courtier yea he hath ridden 4. miles to the publike worship of God when he could not enioy it neerer After he had heard he vsually withdew himselfe from company before dinner if hee were so fitted for circumstāces that he might for the space of halfe an hower meditate vpon what he had heard or for some other priuate meditations After the afternoones publike exercise two of his seruants hauing written his memory being such as it exceeded often times all their writings he repeated with his seruants before supper both the Sermons and writ them down in his night-booke after all this he prayed with them wherein he had a great gift And that which helped him the better to keep the Sabboth hee was constantly accustomed vppon Saturday at night besides his account for the day to call himselfe to a strict account how he had spent the whole weeke that according as he found his estate hee might better fit himselfe to sanctifie the Sabboth following In the morning he repeated to his seruants as hee was making ready those seruants which hee had heard the Sabboth before Note this not out of time though somewhat out of place that a most inward familiar of his hath fin● the deliuery of this acquainted me with that vpon the Saturday he tooke a view of all the weeke so vpon the moneth Saturday hee tooke a view of al the former moneth to se how he had bettered as one weeke more then another so on moneth more then another how he had added got more grace and strength of pietie In the hearing of the word he was one of the most attentiue and reuerend hearers that euer I obserued or mine eies haue seene that haue seene many thousands for he well knew that he was before God and that he heard not the words of man but God and aswell did he acknowledge that it is but the errour of great men to thinke they haue a priuiledge to be lesse reuerent and regardfull in hearing then the meanest in the congregation yea he knew that Kings Scepters are as much inferiour to Christs Scepter as he that beares it is inferiour to Kings therefore when he came to heare he willingly laid downe his honour at Christ his feete For the Sacrament he receiued it constantly if by any conuenience he could euery first Sunday of the month to fit himselfe to feast at Christs table he fasted the Saturday before besides many other times when hee humbled himselfe spending the day in praier with meditation and examination of himselfe and his estate how it was with him since his last receiuing neuer comming out of his studie vnlesse very importunate occasions pressed him till towards supper time nor medling with any busines that day On the Sunday morning besides his ordinary preparations he read the 1. to the Corinth 11. where the institution of the Supper is set downe And for the space of an hower hee read with his seruants that should communicate with him a little treatise that is in print teaching men how to bee prepared for worthy receiuing Thus carefull was this worthy to be fitly prepared for his Sauiours supper that he might be a worthy receiuer * Note that he was so free from ostentation in all these that he admitted no man either to pray with him or to repeat the Sermons with him but his seruants his one friend he