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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	bring_v	good_a	seed_n	3,918	5	8.1371	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69364	Certaine select prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1574 (1574)	STC 924; ESTC S100328	71,249	294

the darkenesse and the light betwene the image of death and life betwene vanitie and truth betwene this wauing life of myne and that endlesse life of thine ¶ Of the snares of concupiscence SVch are the shadowes of the darknesse wherewith I am couered in the dungeon of this darke prisō wherin I lye grouelyng till the day may dawne and the shadowes vanishe and light appeare in the firmament of thy power Let the voyce of the Lord in his strength let the voyce of the Lord in his mightfull power say let there be light let darkenesse be chased away and let the dry ground appeare and let the earth bring forth gréene herbes such as beare the séede and good frute of the righteousnesse of thy kingdome O Lord my father God the life wherby all thinges liue where without all things are as good as dead leaue me not in my naughtie thoughtes and giue me not vp to the loftinesse of myne owne eyes Take away my lustes from me and giue me not ouer to an froward and fātasticall minde but hold thou my hart to thée that it may alwayes thinke vpō thée Inlighten myne eyes that they may looke at thée not be lifted vp before thée which art the euerlastyng glorie but that they may haue a lowly meaning not medlyng with maruels that are aboue them and which are at thy right hand Let thyne eyliddes goe before my steppes for thyne eyliddes peruse the sonnes of men Asswage my lust with thy swéetnesse whiche thou hast layd vp for them that feare thée that I may lust after thée with endlesse lōgyng so as mine inward fast may not be allured and deceiued by vayne things to take bitter for swéete and swéete for bitter darknesse for light and light for darknesse but that I may be deliuered frō the middes of so many trappes as are set by the enemie in the way of mens hauntes to catch the soules of sinners where the whole world is full whiche thing the Apostle saw and passed it not ouer with silence but sayd what soeuer is in the world is either the lust of the flesh or the lust of the eyes or the pride of life Lo my Lord God the whole world is full of the snares of lust whiche they haue layd for my féete and who can escape these snares Doutlesse euen he from whom thou takest away his loftie lookes so as the lust of his eyes catch not hold of him and from whō thou takest away the lust of the flesh that the lust of his flesh attache him not and from whom thou takest away his froward fantasticall minde that the pryde of life do not craftely beguile hym O how happie is he to whom thou doest so for he shall scape vnpunished Now my redemer I beséech thée by thy selfe helpe me that I fall not in the sight of mine aduersaries nor be caught in the snares whiche they haue layd for my féete to bryng my soule to the ground But plucke me out thou strength of my welfare least thine enemyes which hate thée may laugh at me Vp Lord my God my strong champion breake the aray of myne enemies and let them that hate thée flée away before thée Like as waxe melteth awaye at the heate of the fire so let the sinners perish at thy presence but let me be hidden in the couert of thy face and reioyce with thy children as inioying my fill of all thy benefites And thou O Lord God the father of the fatherlesse and thou mother of the motherlesse heare the shréekyng of thy children and stretch out thy wynges that we may flée vnder them from the sight of our enemie For thou art the tower of Israels strength which neither sléepest nor slumberest in keping Israell bycause the enemie that assaulteth Israell doth neither sléepe nor slumber ¶ Of mans miserie and Gods benefites O Light which no other light cā sée O brightnesse which no other brightnesse beholdeth O light whiche darkneth all other lightes O brightnes which blindeth all outward sight O light of whom cōmeth all light O sight of whom commeth all sight O brightnesse in comparison wherof all other brightnesse is but dimnesse all other light is but darknesse O light vnto whom all darknesse is light and all dimnesse bright O souerein light which no blindnesse can ouer shadow whiche no mist can dim which no let can forclose whiche no shadow can kéepe of O light whiche inlightenest all things whole together at once and euer swalow me vp into the depth of thy brightnes that I may sée thée throughly in thy selfe my selfe in thée all thinges vnder thée Forsake me not least the shadowes of mine ignoraūce increase and my misdéedes growe out of nomber For without thée all thynges are darkenesse vnto me and all thinges are euill bycause nothyng is good without thée the true onely and souerein goodnesse This I know and this I confesse O Lord my God that wheresoeuer I am without thée it is ill with me for want of thée not onely without me but also within me for all aboundaunce besides thée my God is nothyng els but starke beggerie But I shall thē haue my fill when thou appearest in thy glorie And thou O Lord my blissed life make me to confesse my wretchednes vnto thée whiche I am falne into by slippyng from the vnitie of thy goodnesse the souerein and onely good thing since which tyme the manifoldnesse of tēporall things hath caried me awaye through my fleshly senses and scattered me from one into many thinges by reason whereof plentie is become painfull to me and pouertie plentifull while I raughted after this and that and was satisfied with nothing bycause that in my selfe I found not thée the vnchaungeable singular and vndeuided good whiche had I once atteyned I should no more wāt which had I once gottē I should no more be gréeued which had I once possessed my whole lōgyng were satisfied Alas how miserie commeth vpō miserie when my miserable soule is fled from thée with whom it hath aboūdaunce and ioy and foloweth the world with whō it hath euermore scarcitie and sorow The world calls me to vndo me thou O Lord callest me to reuiue me and such is my wicked wretchednesse that I rather folow hym that vndoeth me then hym that reuiueth me This is vtterly mine infirmitie O Ghostly Phisician heale it that I may giue prayse vnto thée the health of my soule with all my whole hart for all thy benefites wherewith thou féedest me from my youth vnto myne olde age and euen till my last gasp I beseech thée by thy selfe forsake me not Thou madest me when I was not thou redéemest me when I was forlorne yea when I was both forlorne dead thou camest downe to me and tookest mortalitie vpō thée Thou beyng my kyng camest downe to thy seruaunt To redéeme thy seruaunt thou gauest thy selfe To the intēt that I might liue thou tookest vpō