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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	great_a	lord_n	sin_n	7,119	5	4.4316	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19556	The vvorkes of mercy, both corporall, and spirituall	Crane, Ralph.	1621 (1621)	STC 5986; ESTC S109020	8,592	60

peace And by our Patience we our Soules possesse Our Patience hauing a possession then Who should lodge there but Iniuries of men That place to Euils properly belongs The house of Patience is the Inne of wrongs The holy Prophets are before vs plac'd As precedents of Patience but most grac'd By Christ and his Endurings witnesse Scornes Spight Blasphemies Reproches Buffets Thorns Last his most pretious Suffring that excels And has rais'd Patience ' boue all Vertues else And for the Thornie-Crowne prickt it with Stars Shining through Corporall or Spirituall Wars Who would not beare wrongs since i' th' end they proue All Iewels set about their Crowne aboue Without the next impossible he should liue He that beares wrongs will graciously forgiue MERCIES SIXT VVORKE SPIRITVALL To Forgiue all men THe Visitation of the sicke the sixt Of Corporall Workes is with this Mercy fixt For on the Bed of Sicknesse harshest men Will both forgiue and aske forgiuenesse then That time the most reuengefull Spleene will melt In teares and not in bloud his Reuenge felt The motiue then to draw this good Worke on vs Is to thinke still that Sicknesse were vpon vs And as the Worldling when hee 's sure to die Will then giue all no man more liberally For reason of his Bountie this we giue him Because he can nor keepe nor carry with him So he that 's most reuengefull most malitious Will shew himselfe in that kinde then least vitious When Visitation like a frostie Night Bindes vp the Riuers of his Bloud and Spight If he be good and a right Christian He will forgiue as Charitie ties man If he be neu'r so vilde hee 'll forgiue then In that he has no power to iniure men Howeuer by this blest example liue Because our Christ forgaue let vs forgiue For his sake honour it and in this respect It being the speciall marke of Gods Elect The next will sweetly fall into thy way For he that pardons will be apt to pray MERCIES SEVENTH WORK SPIRITVALL To pray for others euen our enemies THe burying of the dead not disagrees With this Worke Praying for our Enemies For as Obliuion's said to be a Graue And Ills forgotten their true buriall haue So when we pray for foes we there comprise The funerall of all our Iniuries Neuer in life to be remembred more But like things buried seal'd and couer'd ore This praying-loue which makes vp Charitie best And both faire Mercy in this Tract exprest Is like a Toombe-stone here vpon Deaths Inne And couers the great multitude of Sin Blessed Saint Steuen thus with loud voice cride And buried his foes wrongs before he dide Lord lay not to their charge this sin though deep And when he had thus spoke is said to sleepe To shew the meeknesse of his death and that Wrongs were no sooner pardon'd but forgot It is a Mercy that Christ lights vs to Forgiue them for they know not what they doe Your enemies loue do well to thē that spight you Blesse thē that curse pray for thē that smite you Mongst Mercies works this shines the speciall Iem Both to bring wrongs to th' Graue and pray for them As Christian Charitie vses this remorse Prayers are oft said ouer an ill mans coarse To the worlds iudgement which this worke implies We ought to pray eu'n for our Enemies Who loues these Works both wayes in number seuen Will shine 'mongst men and be a Starre in heauen FINIS * Marchant-Taylors * Cl of the Couns