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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	lord_n	name_n	praise_v	7,031	5	9.3495	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47286	Speculum gratitudinis; or, David's thankfulness unto God for all His benefits Expressed in a sermon on the 29th of May, 1664. being Whitsunday, and the day of the happy birth and return of our Gracious King, Charles the Second. By John Kerswel, B.D. and rector of Goddington in Oxford-shire.	Kerswell, John.	1665 (1665)	Wing K353A; ESTC R217555	10,730	31

easie than true it being a Gift which both accompanies a Blessing and is One. And this society of Blessings our Understanding may observe even in those things which are without understanding The Doves at every grain they pick look upward as giving Thanks the Jewel which is illustrated by the Sun-beams coloureth the beams and the Earth which receiveth moisture from the Sky repays it back again in vapours and exhalations and each good Tree returns Thanks as it were for its goodness by its fruitfulness yea the very Rocks and Stones which receive a sound from the Air before it be fully given return it by an Eccho No marvel then if holy David shew himself so sollicitous and inquisitive about some Boon or Gift to present his Lord withal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith Saint Basil He is in a million of scrupulous Expostulations and Quaeries within himself about that matter But after all search and inquest made he finds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All too little and below the worth of such a Benefactor Quid retribuam What shall I render He saith not here Quid tribuam simply What shall I give But Quid retribuam What shall I give back Acknowledging that all which he possessed he first received from God Domini est terra plenitudo ejus The earth is the Lord's Psal 24. and the fulness thereof and so are the cattel upon a thousand hills We are but Usu-fructuaries and Tenants at Will if perhaps for a while we enjoy the possession of things howbeit the propriety is none of ours So that none of us all can give deproprio retribuere render up onely and give back we may Which again Royal David most emphatically and amply acknowledged in his Eucharistical Solemnity and Stupendious Preparations for the building of the Temple saying Thine O Lord is Greatness and Power and Glory and Victory and Praise for all that is in Heaven and Earth is thine Thine is the Kingdom O Lord and thou excellest as Head over all 1 Chron. 29.11 12 13 14 16. Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious Name But who am I and what are my People that we should be able to offer willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and of thine own hand have we given thee O Lord our God all this abundance that we have prepared to build thee an House for thine holy Name is of thine own hand and all is thine Where our Royal Prophet seems almost as much taken up in preparing Materials for the Temple of the Lord as in pouring out Blessings and accumulating Praises unto the Lord of the Temple I have read that an Eccho was held by Pythagoras in such sacred and reverent Estimation that he even adored it as some admirable and divine thing especially if there were any wind up and stirring at the production thereof An Eccho now we know is but the multiplication or reflection of some sound or other occasioned through the Refraction of the Air in some hollow opposite place as the Philosopher describes it or as the Wise man calls it Wisd 17.19 The rebounding Eccho of the hollow Mountains Which Philosophical conceit or rather Poetical Fiction is by Franciscus Georgius thus drawn into a Moral Seeing that saith he Man was made at the Word of God's command and proceeded from him as some sacred Blast or heavenly Breath for inspiravit in faciem ejus fecit animam viventem he breathed on him and so made him a living Soul tunc redit vox flante vento quando gratia reflectitur in Deum quantum potest then saith he our Voice Eccho-like returns in a gentle Blast and sweet Rebound when we sacrifice unto the Lord with the voice of Thanksgiving and our tongues resould with his Praises Ps 107. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men That invited and excited by Royal David's example they would sacrifice unto him the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and shew forth all his Praise that they would not so far degenerate as to suffer themselvs to be out-gone in point of Gratitude by the dumb Creatures for even the Ox knoweth his Owner and the Ass his Master's Crib Esay 1.3 and the Storks both feed and carry the old ones that brought them forth Many Stories tell us likewise of grateful Lions kind Eagles and trusty Dogs qui etiam mori pro dominis that are ready to dy for and with their Masters as Saint Ambrose hath observed But come we now to Men and oh what Ingratitude and Unkindness we presently meet with there Joash remembred not the kindness of Jehoiada 2 Chron. 24. Gen. 23. Luk. 17.15 The chief Butler quickly forgat Joseph and of ten Lepers that were cleansed there returned but one to offer his Thanks Hereupon the Lord was so highly incensed against degenerate and ingrateful Israel that he summoned heaven and earth to testifie against them Esay 1.2 Hear O ye Heavens and hearken O earth saith he I have nourished and brought up Children but they have rebelled against me And again They forgat God their Saviour which had done so great things for them in Egypt they remembred not his hand Psal 78. Hos 13.6 for when they were filled their heart was exalted As the Mule having suck'd to the full presently flingeth at the Dam so Jesurun waxed fat and kicked Den. 32.15 he forsook the Lord that made him and lightly esteemed the Rock of his Salvation How beit 't is otherwise with our Royal Prophet here who never baulks the fountain of living Waters for Cisterns broken Cisterns which hold no water rightly making his onely Lord and Maker the sole entire Object of his Obedience and Gratitude still singing a Quid retribuam Domino What shall I render unto the Lord my second part now in order to be considered Quid habes quod non accepisti 1 Cor. 4.7 What hast thou which thou hast not received and if thou hast received it Why boastest thou as if thou hadst not received it John 3.27 Jam. 1.17 No man can receive any thing except it be given him from above Every good and perfect Gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of Lights Origo fontium fluminum omnium Mare Virtutum Dominus saith holy Bernard As all Waters come from the Sea So all Graces and Blessings flow from God and are derived unto us from that boundless Ocean of all good Si quis callet ingenio si quis nitet eloquio si quis moribus placet inde est saith the same Father Art thou rarely furnished with the rich treasures of Learning and Knowledg or grac'd with volubility of Speech and Elocution Art thou powerful in attracting the Eys and Affections of Men by thy graceful Deportment and winning Behaviour 'T is all from him He all-sufficient and lacking nothing powreth down on us