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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	friendship_n	love_n	1,017	5	5.1675	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14380	A prospectiue glasse to looke into heauen, or The cœlestiall Canaan described Together with the soules sacred soliloquie, and most ardent desire to be inuested into the same. Sung in a most heauenly hymne, to the great comfort of all good Christians, by the Muses most vnworthy, Iohn Vicars.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1618 (1618)	STC 24698; ESTC S111547	48,107	79

A PROSPECTIVE GLASSE TO LOOKE INTO HEAVEN OR The Coelestiall CANAAN described Together with the SOVLES sacred Soliloquie and most ardent desire to be inuested into the same Sung in a most heauenly Hymne to the great comfort of all good CHRISTIANS by the MVSES most vnworthy IOHN VICARS REVEL 21. 1. And I saw a new Heauen and a new Earth 1. COR. 13. 12. Here wee see as through a Glasse LONDON Printed by W. Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard in Fleet-street 1618. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL SOCIETIE OF THE GOVERNOVRS OF Christs Hospitall I. V. Dedicateth all his poore endeuours and wisheth the Kingdome of Grace heere and the Kingdome of Glorie hereafter YOur Worships fauours from my Birth still found Haue me in all my best Endeuours bound And since I Owe more then I Know to Pay I rest your Worships to my Dying-day Your Worships in All alwayes to be commanded IOHN VICARS To the Right Worshipfull Sir IOHN LEMAN Knight President of Christs Hospitall and Alderman of LONDON I.V. wisheth all earthly Prosperitie and the Reall fruition of this Ideall description REligions Rules and Natures Bonds bind All To keepe account and true memoriall Of fauours past or present lest with shame Ingratitude should Cracke their Credits fame Since then Right worshipful these Bonds All bind This Dutie needs to Mee must be assign'd Who from your VVorships vndeseruedly Haue found much fauour and great courtesie Whose sweete Effects haue my good so effected As Blacke Obliuion may not make neglected And since your VVorship worthily is made The President chiefe Pillar Prop and Aide Of Gouernment in that blest Hospitall Of Christs poore members Orphans poore and small I therefore ioy thus to Congratulate Your Worships hap their Helpe so fortunate As also that I may expresse in part Some sincere Fruites of my most gratefull Heart By Dedication of this my poore Mite To your good Worship due to you by right Which hoping you Right Worshipfull will take With kind acceptance Heau'ns great King you make A blest Partaker of that Maiestie Which my weake Pen can here but Typisie To your Worship in his Power and Prayers duely and d●tifully Deuoted IOHN VICARS To the Godly Reader SInce for the most part all men take delight Of nouelties to heare to write to tell Of treasures and of pleasures which excell Which best may please their itching eares and sight And for that cause haue many Captaines stout By Sea and Land to finde out and discouer The admirable workes of Heauens Arch-mouer Trauail'd the Globes-circumference about Yea many wise Cosmographers haue spent Much time and trauaile cost and care to write The Nature Manners Riches and Delight Of famous Kingdomes in Earths Continent But I the most vnworthie of the most Haue vnderta'ne by Heauens all-blest direction To contemplate th' vnspeakeable perfection Of New Ierusalems most sacred Coast In which Suruey lest I with Icarus Should soare too-high or lest with Vzzah I Should touch Gods Arke into Heauens-Secrets pry Or question what God doth inhibit vs Prophetick-Iohn I heere haue made my Guide And by his Plat-forme drawne this Map of mine And heereto Barnards Napiers help Diuine And Brightmans bright assistance haue applide Wherein good Christian Reader thou may'st finde Things admirable glorious sweet and rare Treasures and pleasures matchlesse past compare Such as transcend the reach of humane minde And such indeed as though I had the skill And Tongue of wisest men and Angels bright Yet were I most vnable to Indite The true perfection of this Sion-hill Wherefore as old Historians testifie A wise Geometrician once t' haue found The foote of Hercules cut in the ground Of high Olympus-hill apparently Did by the length of 's foote delineate The whole Proportion of Alcides great So though the Fabrique of Heau'ns supreme Seate In its perfection none can demonstrate Yet by some things exprest in sacred writ And circumstances suting to the same Wee may thereof in minde coniecture frame Although alas wee come farre short of it No mans Imagination can conceiue No Vnderstanding comprehend the same No Tongue can tell the maiesty and same But those as Christ sayth which doe it receiue And therefore Hee Hid-Manna doth it call Hidden because vnsearchable vnknowne Manna because more sweet than Hony-combe Manna delightfull meate Angelicall O then auaunt thou fond Poetick fiction Of Greekes suppos'd but false Elysean fields Which they doe dreame such soueraigne solace yeelds Which they to get haue suffered much affliction Why boast th' Aegyptians of their high-topt Spheares Cloud-kissing pinacled Pyramides Assuerus his pompous Palaces Of these and more than these what now appeares What talke wee of East Indian Marchandize What of West-Indies Mines of massie Gold What of the richest Iewels to behold What of most precious Pearles of rarest price Here 's worke of wonder worthie admiration Heere is a Structure which out-lasts Times date Heere is a Country rare faire fortunate Heere 's to be view'd the Land of sure-Saluation Wouldst thou be Rich ô here 's true Wealth indeed Wouldst thou Liue-euer here 's Eternity Wouldst thou Liue-merry here 's Festiuity And perfect Ioy which doth Earths ioy exceed Heere in this Heauenly Canaan thou mayst finde Riuers which flow with Milke and Heny sweet Heere as Companions Angels shall thee greet Here 's ioy to fill Soule Body Hart and Minde Since then the Subiect whereof now I treate So Holy is kind Reader me excuse That I prophane Poeticke Phrase refuse In this discourse of Heauens supernall Seate For t is not Fame nor hope of worldly wealth That I desire The Golden Age is past But that I wish Thine as mine owne Soules-Health For which I pray and shall while breath doth last For Loue I onely looke for Loue againe This if repayd repayes my greatest paine Thine in Christ Iesus IOHN VICARS To the Authour in praise of his Prospectiue Glasse THy Verse containes pure language in true measure Thy View descries the Best blest Syon-hill Thy vow discouereth thy religious Will Thy Drift is to disclose to all this treasure Thy Verse thy View thy Vow thy Drift declare Thy Wit thy Skill thy Will thy Zeale all rare Thine in the truth of a friends affection I.H. of Cambridge M. in Arts and Preacher of Gods Word A louing LOOKING GLASSE sent to his friend M. IOHN VICARS in returne for his Heauenly PROSPECTIVE GLASSE MY lookes can shew me Heauen through Thine My loue can shew thee but his Hart through Mine Loue lookes Heauen and my Hart best part of friends Thy Glasse Grace Friendship and thy Zeale commends NATHANIEL CHAMBER of Grayes-Inne Gent. ¶ A Prospectiue Glasse to looke into Heauen Or The coelestiall CANAAN described TH ' Armi-potent All-seeing All-Creater Th' All-mightie Artizan of Earths Theater Hauing inclosd in his vn-clasped Booke Whē Heauen Earth their first foundation tooke And therein registred this firme Conclusion An Vniuersall end and All-Confusion Of