Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	let_v	lord_n	scatter_v	1,870	5	10.3518	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04962	The soules lamentations, and loue to God Preces & lachrymae. Dumps and teares of repentance.	B. L., fl. 1614.	1614 (1614)	STC 15104; ESTC S100180	29,046	153

and looke vpon mee through thy sonne Iesus Christ and please thy selfe with me Grant that I béeing continually couered with his obedience as with a cloake may be euer acceptable in thy sight accompanie me the whole race of my mortall life with his and thy most sacred and wise grace that so it may appeare to the ioye of my sorrowfull heart and peace of my conscience as also to the sight and perfect knowledge of men that thou art mercifull vnto mee of a truth that thou hast lifted me vp that in thy wrath thou didst punish me but in thy mercy hast compassion on me because I haue hoped in thy holy name and haue waited for thy saluation And as for me my God performe the worke of comfort which thou hast begunne in mee and encrease the ioy of my spirit from day to day and bring me forth into the light a mirrour of thy mercies a spectacle of thine vnspeakable and rich compassions through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Sauiour Amen ¶ The Sinners deniall of himselfe and lowlie petition to bee accepted of God and receiued into his conduct O Almightie God Father of mercies and God of all consolations I haue now séene and had experience in déed and truth that in me that is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thing For the very fountaine is corrupted euen my heart within me the fountaine of all my actions I find it indéed full of filthinesse in it selfe full of rebellion against thée hating thy most excellent Maiestie and euen wishing that thou werest no God at all that it might the more francklie and fréely set on fire the whole course of nature in me and so draw me body and soule into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone Fier that neuer goeth out I doe heere therfore fréely acknowledge and confesse that my destruction is sought mightily maynly by my selfe but my Saluation is of thée I doe vnfainedly repent me of my wicked heart and as héeretofore I haue in vprightnes truth dedicated and deuoted the same vnto thy heauenly protection as thou knowest so now in like manner I wholy resigne my selfe into thy hands beséeching thée to take this vngodly heart and frame it anew to make it pliable and fit for thy selfe I know thou hast no néed of my seruice for thou canst command the stones and they will arise and prayse thée But yet seeing I wholy deny my selfe and betake my life to the good gouernmēt of thy Sonne Iesus Christ my blessed Sauiour I beséech thée oh Lord I beseech thée accept the soule of thy servant Let me now sée and experience the power of Christ against Satan I haue experienced mine owne power which is weaknesse not able to encounter with the strong man The life that héereafter I shall liue let me liue it wholy oh mercifull Father by the faith in the death of Iesus Christ and let Christ liue in me by his gracious and sanctifying spirit that from henceforth I may vnfainedly detest and abhorre my former wickednes and may be renewed as a garment and receiue the Kingdome of Christ in my conscience as a Child euen so Father of heauen so be it For thou hast magnified thy mercies in me and so magnifie them for euer Thou hast disappointed Satan of my soule and so disappoint him still of a truth I perceiue that thou art faithfull and true in thy promises and louest thy Children with an euerlasting loue Glory and honour and great worship and all power might and Maiestie be ascribed vnto thée For thou art worthy oh GOD most high Amen ¶ In the instant and vrgent assault of Temptation a very earnest prayer LOrd why abhorrest thou thy seruant why hidest thou thy face frō me Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place thou possessor of heauen and earth thou maker of all things thou louer of men thou sauer of soules heare and giue eare and let my prayer enter into thy presence The tempter is ready my heart is weake my soule is wicked I shall cōspire against thee with Satā I shal enter a league with death and hell I am fettered in the chaines of eternall damnation Oh Lord God Almighty strong and mercifull heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place Behold mine owne desires are confederate against me and mine inward affections conspire together to ouerthrow mee Now euen now am I ready to be taken away now my sinful body vexeth my simple soule now my simple soule enthralleth her selfe to my sinfull body Now heare and helpe oh God of heauen my Sauiour sayd it I surely find it The spirit is willing but the flesh is weake Satan is strong hee is very strong he hath strengthened mee against my selfe Oh strength of Israel strength of thy Chosen strength of thy Children strengthen me for my selfe as Satan hath strengthened me against my selfe If thou my God my rocke my refuge will saue who can destroy If thou wilt deliuer who shall imprison If thou wilt but say the word let the iust captiuitie goe frée giue mee the soule oh Satan that I haue loued for euer that I haue elected before the world that my sonne hath redéemed with his precious bloud what Satan What sinne What death What hell What hatred what curse what law what guilty conscience what despaire what damnation can hold it backe Thou art Almighty thou art All-sufficient mighty against all that resist thy might and therfore all these sufficient for all that band themselues against thy sufficiency and therefore for these For these O Lord God most mercifull and louing Father whether they be in mee or about mee thou art Almighty thou art all-sufficient Wicked sinne a guiltie conscience a despairing soule these are within me O God dispossesse them Lawe and curse hatred and hell death and diuell and damnation it selfe these are about me Oh Lord disperse them Arise Lord and let thine enemies be scattered let these that hate thée flée before thée Oh deliuerer of the captiues helper of the afflicted relieuer of the oppressed comforter of the grieued my temptation is at hand my temptation is at hand I fall I fall Lord lift me vp Lord lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon me Where art thou my God Oh my soule what doest thou where art thou my God My soule whither wilt thou what haue I done vnto thee why doest thou betray me But where art thou my God Oh heare me now I call O helpe me now I cry vnto thée The assault is grieuous the violence is villanous the danger is desperate oh wretched creature that I am Who shall deliuer me from this body of death Oh I am weake hearted I am soule sicke I am faint spirited I finde no meanes of resistance Now I fall now I yéeld now I am tempted now I am taken now I consent now I runne headlong vpon mine owne damnation Oh my breast is pinched my heart is pained my soule afflicted my infirmitie surprized

of mind with no lesse griefe and sorrow of a perplexed heart most submisly deuoutly and feruently beséecheth thy supereminent far most excéeding excellent Highnes to send out thy most mighty and powerfull spirit to ayd and assist mee in these assaults Oh let thine Angels pitch their tents round about me to discomfite all those that haue euill will at my soule Of thy goodnesse beate them backe that annoy me I am sore troubled and hindered in that course of godlines wherein I would walke Oh let me runne the way of thy Commandements and set my heart at liberty My soule hath a desire and a longing to be pertaker of thy strength I know none so weak yet none so desirous to bee strong in thée Oh my God set me not against thée as a marke my building is of the clay my foundation is in the dust How can I choose if thou deliuer me into the hand of tempters but fall away presently Arise O God of my Saluation and let mine enemies be put to flight let me not be ouerthrowne because I haue hoped in thy holy name Let no temptatiō ouercharge me because my trust is onely in thy mighty hand and out-stretched arme Were it that I rested in my selfe at all or that I did not wholy renoūce mine owne strength which is very féeblenesse it selfe I should not dare to call vpon thée but sith I am wholy discouraged and cast downe in my selfe and indéed I labour with temptations and am heauy laden with many sinnes I presume in all possible obiection and prostration of my soule and body from a broken and a contrite spirit which thou neuer vsest to despise to entreat thy fauour and fatherly protection that according to his most gracious promise I may be refreshed and eased by thy blessed Son my onely hope and Sauiour I doe very well know and in all dutifull thankfulnes vpon mine owne experience I acknowledge that the holy spirit the comforter proceeding from you both is of All-sufficient and inuincible force and wisedome to withstand and confound all those that come against my soule Be they neuer so many Legions of vncleane and wicked spirits yet one only comfortable Influence and Inspiration of that your mighty and victorious spirit of Grace is fully able to mortifie and kill all the venemous contagions and infections wherewith they haue empoysoned my séely soule Wherfore O Father of eternall mercies who lookest vpon the abiect and forlorne offenders with a louing and compassionate aspect who art woont to be entreated of broken hearted wretches I beseech thée I beséech thée with distilling teares I humbly heartily and earnestly beseech thee hide not thy face withdraw not thy helping hand from me but in tender consideration of my excéeding griefe and distraction of mind for my sinnes past mine apparant frailnes and admirarable weaknesse to resist assaults and temptations to come be present with me thou guide and gouernour of my life to smite the enemie at his approach Enter into me O spirit of power and rule within mee mightily Kéepe the Sconse the Fortresse the Bulwarke the Castle of my heart vnite and knit my will and thoughts vnto thée and enable me with a garrison of heauenly graces that I may not onely defend my selfe but plague them that hate and hurt my soule For I am thy seruant and so wil be for euer All other fréedome is but bondage and slauery thy onely seruice is perfect fréedome and therefore vnto that doe I betake my selfe Receiue me O Lord and cast me not away I will fight in thy field and dwell in thy house all the daies of my life because to feare thée and loue thée and liue after thy will is my whole delight and perfect ioy And glory be vnto thée O God most high euen all glory honour and praise now and for euermore Amen ¶ A petition for a feeling Conscience I Am now determined and fully resolued Lord God eternall most gracious and mercifull Father to giue an euerlasting farewell to all mine impious and presumptuous designes Haue mercy vpon me haue mercy vpon me ayd and assist me with thy constant Spirit There is no beginning there is no ending there is no procéeding in a godly course without thy speciall helpe Satan by the world and originall corruption is able to ouerthrow the strongest soule But the strength of one of thine Angels is farre beyond all power of Satan How much more the powerfull inspiration of the spirit of grace Now Lord I am perswaded by the same that I am fully reconciled vnto thée that my many and mighty sinnes are vtterly defaced and rased out of the Booke of the memoriall of thy most iust iudgements Wherfore in assured confidence of thy manifold mercies and full assuranre of thy louing fauor in all humility and lowlines of heart I submit my selfe to thy most mighty Maiesty beséeching the same to look vpon my misery whereinto I haue plunged my selfe by my follie and put the most holy spirit of Comfort Christian courage and Constancy vpon me And let it rule within me to the ouerthrowing of the kingdome of Sinne and Satan in my Heart and Conscience in my Life and Conuersation continually It is well knowne vnto thée and I doe acknowledge that such and so great are and haue béene mine enormities from time to time that they are able to breake the stoutest heart the remembrance