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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	cloud_n	night_n	pillar_n	4,723	5	10.5941	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12610	Supplications of saints A booke of prayers: diuided into three parts.1. Daniels deuotion. 2. Paul, and his company. 3. David alone. prayers for seuerall dayes. seueral occasions. seuerall parties. Wherein are three most excellent prayers made by the late famous Queene Elizabeth.	Sorocold, Thomas, 1561-1617.	1612 (1612)	STC 22932; ESTC S103008	63,457	409

thy honour and glory for Iesus Christs sake our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen Another in time of Warre The Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that feare him and deliuereth them O LORD GOD of Hosts that hast heretofore sundry times miraculously defended vs wee beseech thee shew thy selfe in this needfull time blesse and preserue vs who haue reposed our trust onely in thee Blesse our Armies abroad which are ioyned together for the defence of thy truth and the safety of our country sanctifie vs likewise at home to please thee that whatsoeuer they or wee doe it may prosper Be present and president at all their consultations and giue thou the casting voice in all determinations Suggest heroicall motions into the heart of their Leaders banish all heart-burnings and diuisions and assist them with the spirit of vnitie and concord that they may striue all one good way Marke them wiser then their enemies yea giue them more experience then the aged better intelligence and more sound aduertisements then their foes Lord annoint their shields blesse their swords hallow and consecrate all their weapons and engines of warre with happy successe to doe thy will Blesse the season of the yeare vnto them and sweeten the close ayre in their multitudes that neither Sunne nor Moone annoy them nor alteration of dyer or place disable them from their seruice Command the winds and Sea to fauour them and let the Land speake peace vnto them O Lord disappoint the counsels and power of thine enemies and make a ioyfull peace for thy seruants through Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen ❧ A Prayer for Comfort to sicke persons Come and let vs returne vnto the Lord for hee hath torne and hee will heale vs hee hath smitten and hee will binde vs vp O Most GRACIOVS God and louing father which giuest health to make vs the better to acknowledge thee and thy liberalitie sometimes sendest sicknesse to recall vs thereby when we haue sinned against thee wee humbly beseech thee for this and all thy seruants thus afflicted not to enter into a seuere iudgement with him for his life past but in remembrance of thine owne mercie to forgiue him his sinnes and vpon the satisfaction of thy sonne to acquit him of thy iudgement O Lord grant him a true zeale and affections agreeable to thy will that he may rightly receiue the gracious offers of thy great mercy Qualifie all the troubles which either the grieuousnesse of his sinne remembred or the bitternes of his pangs susteined the subtiltie of Sathan or the feare of death may bring vpon him and lay no more vpon him ô Lord then he shall be able to beare Speake comfortably vnto him as thou hast done vnto all those that haue sought for their bodily health at thy hands Dispose and mooue his heart to receiue this fatherly correction and gracious visitation with the patience of Iob the faith of Abraham the courage of Peter and true submission to thy blessed will either for life or death and though that his outward senses the tongue and voice be not so quicke as they haue been to praise thee and pray vnto thee yet Lord we beseech thee stirre vp his heart in flame and inspire his minde to performe all such things as thou requirest and may be profitable for the soule in this combate Apply ô Lord the holy and wholesome medicines of thy Sonnes Passion death and Resurrection vnto the soule of this poore creature against the extremitie of feare faintnesse doubt and desperation Take away the extreamitie of his paine mitigate his sorrowes make his bed wipe all teares from his eyes and ease his carefull conscience Comfort him at the houre of his departure open vnto him the gates of mercie open thine armes to receiue him into thy fauour that hee may goe to the graue in peace being vpholden by thee in the assurance of a free pardon for all his sinnes and the hope of a ioyfull Resurrection In the meane time ô Lord settle his spirits that they doe not wander or flie out into any vnruly motions Continue his remembrance that hee may not forget thee but dayly and hourely haue thee in mind which art the anchor of his safety Keepe his tongue from all vaine and idle talke his heart from all feares and protect him safe vnder thy wings Be mercifull vnto vs who as feeling members of one body adore thy holy Name and implore thy diuine helpe for this thy seruant and let this example teach vs more humilitie feare reuerence towards thee now and euer Heare our prayers ô Lord for Iesus Christ sake Amen ¶ Another for comfort to the Sicke The Prayer of Faith shall saue the Sicke and the Lord shall raise him vp and if he haue committed sinnes they shall be forgiuen him OH LORD God which both in SICKNES and health hast appointed vs to pray one for another promising a blessing in greatest extreamities we poore sinners present our selues before thy Maiestie in the behalfe of this thy poore seruant that lyeth visited vnder thy hand Good Lord we beseech thee seale in his heart by thy holy spirit the forgiuenesse of all his sinnes Let the sweet feeling and taste of a liuely Faith distaste all the filthy corruptions that are in him that his body and soule may be presented pure and vndefiled vnto thee in the blood of thy Sonne LORD lay not to his charge what hee hath said or done amisse throughout all the whole course of his life but reale him vp in hope speake comfortable vnto his soule and lead him by thy Spirit vnto the treasures of thy mercy Take from him the feare and sorrow of death raise the siedge of his spirituall enemies that are round about him and giue him strength against all the assaults of the deuill that he may haue a perfect victory Let the knowledge of thee which hee hath learned since thou didst call him stand him now in stead and relieue his faith that hee may haue true repentance and yeelde vnto thee due obedience harty thanks for whatsoeuer thou shalt doe O Lord giue vnto him a taste of thy glory and those ioyes which thou hast prepared for him that in the comfort thereof hee may fight a good fight keeping the faith when the time of his departure shal come willingly forsake this present euill world and liue with thee for euer Graunt this O Lord for IESVS CHRISTS sake our onely Lord and Sauiour Amen A Prayer before a Man vndertake a Iourney by Sea or land So they tooke their iourney and the Lord went before them by day in a piller of clowd to leade them the way by night in a piller of fire to them light both by day and night O Lord God thou Keeper of Israel who preseruest our going out and our comming in into thy handes I commit my selfe and all that I haue whether I be at home or abroad

In the Name of him that was wearied in his iourney and sate downe vpon the Wel euen Christ Iesus I beseech thee to direct my paths in this my iourney as thou didst Iacob in his Voyage too and from Haran Ionas at Sea and in the Whales belly and the children of Israel when they passed ouer Iordan Graunt mee health giue me strength and courage and also refresh mee when I am weary keepe me from the hands of spoylers the sleights and deceits of theeues and robbers from sauage beasts and euil workers Graunt that wheresoeuer I come I may alwaies find godly men which may honestly entertaine curteously entreat mee Keepe mee from lewde company that I cast not in my lotte with them to be partaker of their wickednes but let me alwayes haue thy feare before mine eyes to auoid all wandring pathes knowing that whersoeuer I walk thou spiest out al my waies Shew mee ô Lord in the day time thy comfortable Pillar of Cloud and in the night thy Pillar of fire that both day and night I may escape the hands of all mine enemies and they likewise may be afraid to attempt any thing against me when they shall see thy wonderfull protection of mee Yet Lord if thou hast so appointed that before I returne I must goe to my long home and dye in this voyage I beseech thee that vpon whatsoeuer this vessell of my body be split or wheresoeuer this Tabernacle fall yet my soule may be safe and arriue at the euerlasting land of Promise the common Home of the Elect. Make me partaker of all good prayers and giue me grace likewise to remember that duetie for all my brethren Furnish me with necessaries while I shall be abroad giue mee bread to eate and clothes to put on and when I shall haue finished my businesse LORD bring mee home againe if it be thy will and shew me this fauour that I may find my friends and fauourers wife children and Family in perfect health at my returne for Iesus Christs sake Amen A Prayer in time of present danger or any other affliction in bodie or minde What shall we receiue good at the hand of God and shall wee not receiue euill O Eternall GOD which shuttest and no man openeth and openest no man shutteth my humble request vnto thee is for my selfe and all such as suffer any crosse or affliction in body or mind that it would please thee to open such speedy way and meanes as they may be eased and deliuered from the same O Lord in this affliction which doth so grieuously pierce my soule I beseech thee giue mee grace to acknowledge it thy Fatherly correction for my sinne that I may learne to be more carefull of my dutie to thee I thanke thee that thou hast laid no more vpon me nor punished me to my confusion I beseech thee grant mee a more patient minde and stay thy hand in due time that I may recouer my strength with comfort in thee All is thine and thou art all to thee therefore doe I flie for succour because there is no succour but vnder thy wings The sorrowes of hell doe compasse me round about the feare of death is before mine eyes helpe ô helpe mee saue me oh saue me for thine owne sake for thy SONNES sake for thy glories sake for I am the workemanship of thy hands Keepe my senses vnder standing and iudgement and saue mee from euery conceite that tendeth to feare furie or distrust in thy mercie O Lord aduise and teach mee wisedome and moderation in my griefe yea with thy power ouer-rule mee that it be not my ouerthrow Of thy mercy LORD comfort the appalled consciences of all those that grieue vnder the burthen of their sinnes fearing the heauinesse of thy wrath for the same Haue mercie vpon all those whose tender affections are too neerely touched with the losse of their companions children or friends let them not take any thing to heart otherwise then may stand with discretion reason and Christian moderation Giue thy comforts and consolations vnto all those that by any meanes suffer trouble or torments for the profession of thy Gospel of the seruice of their Prince And if it please thee to detaine some vnder a longer Crosse for thy greater glory of their further tryall yet Lord let them not be tempted aboue their strength but arme them with further patience and hope in thee that so they may perseuere vnto the end O Lord weaken the power of Sathan the tiranny of his ministers which eyther by inward tentations or outward violence haue bred the woe of thy seruants and ridde thy seruants from all their troubles that they may sing ioyfull praises vnto thee through Iesus Christ Amen See the Prayer of one afflicted in Conscience In Part. ● A Prayer in time of plague or other extraordinary sicknesse The Lord killeth and maketh aliue bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp O Lord our GOD in whose Name standeth 〈◊〉 help and who amongst other euils hast promised vs to deliuer thy people from the snare of the hunter from the noysome pestilence we beseech thee take this thy plague away from vs and as the stench of our sinnes hath ascended vp into thy nosthrils to prouoke thy wrath against vs in it so let our humble supplications vpon our knees come before thee to procure our happy release from it Lord call back thine angel cause him to sheath the sword againe Wee are thy children and the worke of thy hands wee are sorry for our sinnes which are the cause of all this and wee purpose amendment wee are but Men dust and Ashes wee are not able to beare long therefore Lord haue mercy vpon vs and that soone God Lord accept our sorrowes and send vs comfort and suffer vs not to perish after so miserable a sort We thanke thee ô Lord that thou hast not left vs altogether comfortles nor cast vs off without hope but hast somewhat with drawne thy hand and spared many hundreds of vs in comparison of those whom thou slewest a little before and wee reioyce at this abatement yet wee stand in awe wee presume vpon this thy fauour but with feare and trembling wee trust it shall be euery day better yet we are carefull to winne it by pleasing thee Wherefore ô Lord wee beseech thee blesse vs and all those that depend vpon vs set thy sauing marke vpon our houses as thou diddest for the Israelites in Egypt giue order to the destroyer that hee hurt vs not Put thy strength to our medicines guard our regard which wee haue of our selues let thy good blessing make the preseruatiues of the Physitians ourshifting places for more security profitable vnto vs. Giue vs grace ô Lord that we trust not too much in outward meanes but onely in thy mercie and blessing vpon them Keepe vs in our downe lying and vp-rising and protect vs walking in our vocations Haue pittie