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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	resurrection_n	4,046	5	8.5298	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22823	Godly meditations made in the forme of prayers by S. Augustine; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1570 (1570)	STC 933; ESTC S119229	32,187	250

workes holy in mercies aboundant plentifull towarde offenders most patient toward the penitent and those that be sorye for their sinnes most gentle and louing alwayes the same euerlasting and continually continuing immortall incommutable impossible to be changed or altered whome neither the amplitude or largenes of places doth make bigger nor the shortnesse or litlenesse of places lesser nor any places or corners cā cōtem or pres together neither doth thy wil or entent vary or alter nor familiaritie or acquaintance corrupt thee nor sorowfull thinges trouble or amaze the nor glad thinges make thee pleasant or frolike as a man woulde say from thee cā forgetfulnes take norbing nor mindefulnes or remembrāce geue any thing neyther are thinges passed vnto vs passed also vnto thee nor thinges which to vs are come come toward thee for neyther beginning doth geue any beginning to thee nor time any encrease nor yet chaunce geueth thee any ende but before all worldes and in worldes by worlds into euerlasting thou doest liue and thou hast continuall prayse perpetuall glory most high power and singuler honour euerlasting kingdome and rule and imperie without ende thorow the infinite and vnweery and immortall world of worldes ¶ After what sort God the father vouchsafed to helpe mankinde of the incarnation of the word which is Christ and of the geuing of thanks HItherto O almighty God the beholder and sercher of mine hart haue I acknowledged the almightifulnes of thy maiestie and the maiestie of thine almightifulnes But now like as with hart I beleue which is counted righteousnes vnto me so with mouth do I coufes before thee which is to my saluation after what sorte and manner thou diddest vouchsafe in the ende of the worlde to succour ayd mankinde Thou indeede onely O God the father art not redy at any time or in any place to be sente But of thy Sonne the Apostle writeth when that the time was fulfilled God sent his Sonne In that he sayth he sent hee doth sufficiently declare that he being sente came into this world when as he being borne a very and perfect man of blessed Mary a pure virgin did appeare and shew himselfe in the flesh But what is that which he that is the chiefe of the euangelistes doth say He was in the worlde and the worlde was made by him Thether truly was he sent by his humanitie where he alway is and alway hath bene by his diuinitie The which sending or embassage I beleeue with all my hart confesse with my mouth to be the consent worke of al the whole Trinitie Oh holy and good Father how didst thou loue vs How great fauour didst thou beare toward vs most mercifull creator which hast not spared thine owne sonne but for vs wretched sinners hast deliuered him He was obediente vnto thee vntill death yea death vpon a crosse taking the obligation or handwriting of our sins which was his flesh and fastning it vnto the cros he crucified sinne and led death He alone is amongst the dead fre from death hauing power to lay downe his soule for vs and to take it againe for vs Therfore was he both a vanquisher and a sacrifice and therefore was he an ouercommer because he was a sacrifice for vs He was both the priest and sacrifice vnto thee and therefore was he a Priest because hee was a sacrifice Notw tout a cause haue I great hope in him for asmuch as thou wilt make whole all my diseases for his sake that sitteth on thy right hand and doth continually make intercession for vs for my diseases O Lord are great and many oh they are many in number and great for the prince of this worlde as I very well knowe and confesse hath many thinges in me But I besech thee deliuer me thorow our redemer which sitteth on thy right hand in whome the said prince of this world could finde none euill that was his of his owne commiting By him do thou iustifie me whome his selfe did not sinne neyther was there any deceit or guile found in his mouth By him which is our head in whome there is not one spot of euill deliuer me which am one of his mēbers though I be but a litle member and feeble and weake Deliuer me I beseech thee from my sinnes offences faultes and ignorances Fulfill mee with thy holy vertues and make me to shine in good manners make me I beseech thee for thy holy names sake to continue in holy workes vntill the ende according to thy will and pleasure ¶ Of the trust which a soule ought to haue in our Lord Jesu and in his passion I Might dispaire verely because of my manifold sinnes and negligences without number if it were not that thy word O God was made flesh and dwelt amongst vs But I can not now dispayre because that seeing when we were enemies we were reconciled by the death of thy sonne how much more are we now reconciled saued by him for all the hope and the certitude surenes of all my trust is in his precious bloud which was shed for vs for our saluation In him do I take hartening trusting in him I haue a desire to com vnto the. not hauing mine owne righteousnes but that whiche I haue throughe thy sonne our Lorde Jesu Christ for the whiche O most mercifull God and most gentle louer of mankinde we geue thee thankes which through Jesus Christ thy sonne our Lord when we were not didst mightely make vs and when we were lost through our sinnes most marueilously didst deliuer and recouer vs againe To thy goodnes I say do I geue thankes and manifold prayses do I shew forth vnto thee with all my hart mind which through the vnspeakable loue wherwith thou hast vouchsafed of thy maruuylous goodnes to loue vs wretches and vnworthy to be loued diddest sende that same thiue onely begotten sonne from thy bosome vnto our common weale to saue vs sinners which were at that time the children of perdition and damnation I render vnto thee thanks for his holy incarnation and natiuitie and for his blessed mother vpon whom he did vouchsafe to take fleshe for vs and for our saluation to the entent that like as he is very God of God so he might be very man of man I geue thee thankes for his passion and crosse for his death and resurrection for his ascension into heauen and his seate of his maiesty on thy right hād For he the forty day after his resurrection asceuding vp aboue al the heauens his disciples seing it sitting on thy right hande did poure out his holy spirite aboundantly according to his promise vpon them whom he had chosen to be his children I geue thee thanckes for that most sacred sheding foorth of his precious bloud wherwith we are redemed and also for the most holy and quickning sacrifice of his body and bloud which daily in thy churche wee feede of and

persecute him and catch hym because there is no man that wyll deliuer hym But thou Lorde how longe Turne agayne deliuer my soule saue me for thy mercies sake Haue mercy vpon thy sonne whom thou hast brought forth wyth no small sorrow and payne and be not so ententife vnto myne euilnes that thou forget thyne owne goodnes what father is there but he will deliuer his sonne yea and what father is there that will not correct hys sonne and chasten hym but with the rod of pitie Therefore O father and Lord although I be a sinner yet can I not chuse but be thy sonne because thou hast made me and made me againe whē I was marde with sinne Repayre and amēde me now O Lord but fyrst of all I being mended chastised wyth thy scourge deliuer me to thy sonne Can a mother forget the childe she bare of her wombe and surelye although shee sometymes be sorowful yet thou O father hast promised not to forgette vs Beholde I crye and thou doost not heare me I am vexed with sorrow and thou comfortest me not What shall I say or what shall I do most wretched caitife that I am I beyng desolate of so great comfort and cast out from the sight of thyne eyes Wo be vnto me frō how great goodnes into how great a mischiefe am I fallen whether purposed I to goe and whether am I come where am I and where am I not whom did I study to attayne vnto and what euils haue I obteined I sought for good thinges and beholde I haue found trouble and care Behold now I am in the state of death Jesus is not with me And surely it were better for me to haue nothing at al yea no being at all thē to be without Jesu It is better not to liue thē to liue without life And thou O Lord Jesu where be thine old mercies wilt thou be angry towardes me for euer Be pacified I beseche thee and haue mercy vpon me turne not thy face away from me which to the entent thou mightest redeeme me didst not turne away thy face from them that rebuked thee and spitted vpō thee I confesse and acknowledge that I haue sinned and my conscience deserueth damnation and the penaunce that I am able to do is not sufficient to make amendes for mine iniquities But sure and certayne I am that thy mercy excedeth all offences that a man can do Oh do not I besech thee most pitifull Lord write my haynous sinnes agaynst me that thou shouldest enter into iudgemēt with thy seruaunt But according to the multitude of thy mercies crosse blot out mine iniquities woe be vnto me wretch that I am when the day of iudgement commeth the bokes of cōsciences shall be layd wide open whē it shal be sayd of me Lo loke vpō this felow and his workes what shall I do then O Lord my God when the heauens shall reuele shew forth myne iniquitie and the earth shall arise vp restifie myne iniquitie against me Beholde I shall be able to geue neuer one worde to aunswer but to stande in thy presence trembling quaking vtterly confounded and holding downe my head for shame Alas wretch that I am what shall I say I cry vnto thee O Lord my god Why am I consumed fretted with holding my peace But if I shoulde speake my griefe would not cease And if I holde my peace I shall be most bitterly vexed within me Mourn O my soule and lament as a widowe for her first husband that she had in her young age Houle wretch and crye out with weping because thy spouse Christ hath forsaken thee O God almighty let not thine anger fall vpon me because that if thou lay so much to my charge as is due for my sins it is so much that I can not receaue it Surely my power is not able for to suffer or beare it Haue mercy vpon me least I dispaire but in dispairing I will take hart to me and be somewhat comforted For although I haue committed so much that thou mayst cōdemne me worthely yet thou hast not lost that wherwyth thou wast wont to saue sinners neyther doost thou reioyce at the destruction and losse of thē that die yea to the entent the dead men might line thou thy selfe didst die and thy death did kill the death of sinnes And if they were reuiued agayne did liue by thy death I beseche thee let not me die now that thou linest Sende downe thy hand and power from hye and deliuer me out of the handes of myne enemyes that they reioyce not ouer me and say let vs deuour hym who euer O good Jesu needed to mistrust of thy mercy which when wee were thine enemies diddest redems vs with thy bloud and reconciled vs vnto god Beholde I being hid vnder the shadowe of thy mercy do come vnto the throne of thine glory requiring and I do runne crying and knocking vntil thou take pitie vpon me For if thou diddest call vs to pardon and forgeuenes before wee laboured for pardon how soone shall we obtayne forgeuenes when we aske it Do not remember O most bountifull Jesu thy iustice toward a sinner but thinke vpon thy liberalitie and gentlenes towarde thy creature Do not remember thine anger towarde the giltie but remember thy pitie mercy toward a wretch Forget me in that I proudly did prouoke and moue thee to wrath and looke vpon a wretch that calleth vpon thee For what is Jesus but a sauiour Therefore good Jesu for thine own sake arise and helpe me and say vnto my soule I am thy health thy safegarde I presume mutch and am very bolde of thy goodnes O Lorde because thou doest teach vs to aske to seeke and to knocke wherfore I being admonished by thy word do aske seeke and knocke And thou O Lord that commaundest vs to aske make me able to receiue thou that geuest counsel to seek graūt that I may finde thou that teachest vs to knock open to mee when I knocke and confirme me which am vnstable and wanering restore mee that am lost rayse me vp that am dead and vouch safe to direct and gouern in thy fauour all my senses my thoughtes and doings that from hencefoorth I may serue thee I may liue toward thee and that I may commit my selfe vnto thee I know O my Lord that through this that thou hast made me I owe and am in debt vnto thee euē mine owne selfe and because thou hast redeemed me and wast made man for my sake for this I say I owe vnto thee more then my self Lo I haue no more neyther can I geue that which I haue vnto thee without thee But do thou take me and drawe me vnto thee that I may be thine in following and louing thee like as I am thine in condition creation which liuest and raignest world without ende Amen FINIS IMPRINTED at London by Iohn Daye dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martyne Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per decennium †