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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	ark_n	rod_n	30	3	8.8673	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53902	The raptures of a flaming spirit Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c.	Pearson, Nicolas, fl. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1010A; ESTC R217486	58,578	311

therefore we find it absolutely necessary to return to our Fathers House where there is Bread enough and to spare there being infinite Treasures and Mansions at thy right hand With thee is that River of Pleasure in which our Souls may bathe with infinite delight even for ever and ever Take us into Favour and receive us with a Fatherly Affection When we cry unto the Lord with our voice let him hear us out of his holy Hill Doubtless thou art our Father thou art the Potter we are the Clay it is thou that hast made us and not we our selves We are thy people and sheep of thy pasture Where is thy Zeal and the sounding of thy Bowels and of thy Mercies are they restrained Abraham is ignorant of us and Israel acknowledgeth us not We cannot have confidence in Saint or Angel but thou art our God in thy Word is our hope therefore we lift up our eyes to the Hills from whence cometh our hope Our help cometh from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth Cause thy Providences and thy Promises to meet together and kiss each other in opening to us that knock in being found of them that seek thee Lord separate us from the common condition of incapacity and indisposition Disband and loosen our Affections from all Terrene Beauties Convince us how good it is to draw nigh unto thee We erre in our hearts because we do not know thy ways We esteem not our God as we ought because of the ignorance that is in us Lighten our eyes lest that we sleep the sleep of death Purge our minds enough from the earthy dregs of Sense and Passion Bring thy Ark into our Hearts that Dagon may fall down Cause Aaron's rod to swallow up the Egyptians Rods. That the Stone cut out with hands may pound Nebuchadnezzar's Image to dust Cloath us with the Sun and we shall tread the Moon under our Feet That the Priviledges we may enjoy by our Lord Christ our most blessed Redeemer and Saviour may melt all our other Enjoyments into Nullities and implanr in us a disestimation of all the Endearments that we use to feed upon here below We have lost thee by Pride we hope to find thee in Humility we have lost our God in Luxury we hope to find thee in Abstinence we have lost thee by Oppression we will seek thee in Restitution Enlarge our Understandings that the Diamond of Grace may hinder the Loadstone of the World from drawing our hearts after it That we may be gain'd upon so much by Heavenly Things that Earthy Things may have no power on us That the Lustre of the Pearl of Price may make the Worlds glory to disappear Open our Eyes that we may see the Banner of the Gospel that we may become Voluntiers and run to Christ's Standard That we may account all things but loss and dross and dung in comparison of the Excellency of Jesus Christ our Lord. Wean us from the World that we may look towards our Maker and have respect to the Holy One of Israel Cloath us with a holy Indifferency and Neutrality in having or wanting Earthy Things That we may have a steady composure and an uninterrupted serenity of mind thro an unshaken submission to acquiescence in and conformity to the will of God in all Occurrences even in the greatest Storms to say Amen to God's Amen Instruct us and teach us what we should do and guide us with thine Eye Be thou as the Dew unto us that we may grow as the Lilly and cast forth our Roots as Lebanon that our Branches may spread and our Beauty as the Olive Tree and our smell as Lebanon that we may say with Ephraim What have we to do any more with Idols And that our Fruit may be found from thee Make us all Obedience by an infallible Resignation without Exception Reservation or Limitation That thy Will may be our Rule thy Spirit our Guide thy Precepts the Rule of our Practices and thy Decrees our Delight Our own Strength is never so untrusty as when it is most trusted therefore stay our steps in thy paths that our feet slide not Fill our Resolutions with the hope of Glory that we may press forward towards the high price of our Calling with facility and alacrity Set open the Gates of thy Treasures and Favours to us Draw us with the Favours of thy good Oyntments for it is therefore the Virgins love thee That we may be always in conjunction with God That we may every day learn a Vertue and damn a Vice Hide not thy Face from us lest we be found amongst them that go down into the Pit In regard that Christ our Lord is gone to prepare a place for us that we may prepare our selves for that place In regard that Jesus was crucified for our Sins sake help us to mortifie our Sins for Jesus's sake Bestow some tastes of thy Divine Love upon us the Earnest of the Spirit Then shall we be convinced that all the miseries of this life are not worthy to be compared with that glory that shall afterwards be revealed Inrich our Souls with all the Moveables of Heaven Bestow upon us the Spirit of Obedience and Fidelity too bey all the adored Commands of our Amiable Redeemer that we may answer all the inspiring Calls of Piety Give unto us all those degrees of Grace and Sanctity those Efficacious Movements towards the Kingdom of Glory that we may arrive at the unspeakable Consolation of thy Eternal Vision which is Essential Happiness of such Excellency and Super-eminent Perfection containing all Wisdom all Learning all Knowledge all Beauty all Fulness and Satisfaction and all other Causes of Love Joy and Contentation wherein our Souls may rest for ever and ever Let our Vertues and Graces be acquainted with no other Season but a Spring and let nothing skreen us from those Beams that should ripen all our good Desires into Enjoyments Father of Mercies do good unto all Mankind Oh the Bondage the Burden the Guilt that the World hath contracted The World lieth in Wickedness Vice hath invaded the Common-wealth of Man The Giants of Sin are grown to full stature Oh how Iniquity hath advanced her self in the hearts of Men. The height of Iniquity is come to the top the Fruit thereof is ripe and ready to drop upon us Sin is rampant The World goeth awry to damnation The paths of Sion do weep and wail for want of passengers What is become of Charity Truth Sincerity Humility and Piety Oh they are flown to Heaven from whence they came and have left the dangerous Successors Falshood Cruelty Pride Hypocrisie and Prophaneness Religion is in its last Period decaying by little and little entring the Cold Chillness of Dying Age. Not one in Forty thousand in whose hand a Spear or Shield is found Even all are imbarked in the Bold Adventure for Hell Pride Oppression and Prophaneness ride in Prosperous Triumphs without Controul and cover the face of the