Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	holy_a	praise_v	2,203	5	9.2962	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16741	A diuine poeme diuided into two partes: the rauisht soule, and the blessed vveeper. Compiled by Nicholas Breton, Gentle-man.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1601 (1601)	STC 3648; ESTC S104780	13,485	48

A Diuine Poeme diuided into two Partes The Rauisht Soule and the Blessed VVeeper Compiled by Nicholas Breton Gentle-man Imprínted at London for Iohn Browne and Iohn D●●ne 1601. ❧ TO THE RI●HT Honourable discreete and vertuous Lady the Nourisher of the Learned and fauourer of the Godly my singuler good Lady the Lady Mary Countesse of Penbrooke Nich Breton wisheth all the good that the heauens will the world can giue to the pleasure of the Highest and her worthy heartes desire RIght Honorable matter of most worth to most worthy mindes is most worthily presented What matter in worth may compare with diuine meditation What minde more worthy honour then the heauenly enclined and whose minde more truly worthy of that blessed Title then your Ladiships I would there were many but I know too fewe Being th●n in that excellent sense truly your selfe whom for more worth then I will speake of the wise admire the learned followe the vertuous loue and the honest serue vouchsafe me leaue among those poore people that being throwen from the world looke only towards heauen heauenly graces to lay before your eyes a diuine humour of a rauisht soule which being aboue it selfe caried into the heauenly meditations of the mercies of the Almightie by the blessing of his Holy Spirit hath brought forth such fruits of his praise as I hope wil be pleasing to your good fauour To the honour of whose commaundement auowing the duty of my hearts seruice in al humble thāk●●lnesse for your bountifull vndeserued goodnesse praying for your eternall happinesse I take my leaue Your Ladiships in all humblenesse Nicholas Breton To the Reader YOV that with a zealous loue of Religion with an indifferent regard of Learning and without disdaine of Poetry will vouchsafe to bestow a little time in the perusing of this little volume of verses it may be you wil not repent you of your Labour nor thinke much of your cost but when you haue once read it ouer perhaps beginne it againe and ende it without wearinesse If you note it well you may finde matter of comforte and nothing to the contrarie God truely glorified in his manifould blessinges and man greatly blessed that being endued with his Graces by faithe taketh hould of his mercies the Athists confounded in their follies and the vertuous blessed in their election This if you finde not blame either your selfe or me but if you note what I write much good doe you in the Reading and God encrease you in his blessing And so in the best nature of loue leauing you to the ioy of the best life I end Your frend Nicholas Breton In Auctorem TWo hopefull Twinnes ●oynt issues of one braine A ●auisht Soule and longing Spirit sends Into your bosomes high and heauenly traine That are wits k●nsemen and the Muses friends Embrace them loue them and with iudgements view Eye them Beleeue me Re●der thou shalt finde Their limmes well measur'd and proportions t●u● No part dissenting from their perfect kinde Onely the fashion sits not on their clothes To make them sightly to fantasticke eyes Pallas not Venus did the worke dispose Cutting their garments from Angellickè skies Plaine is their habite yet Diuine and sweete Fit for the wise but for the wisest meete H. T. Gent. The rauisht Soule Gloria in excelsis Deo SIng my soule to God thy Lord All in glories highest keye Laie the Aungells quier aboorde In their highest holy daie Craue their helps to tune thy heart Vnto praises highest parte Tell the world no wo●ld can tell What the hand of heauen deserueth In whose onely Mercies dwell All that heauen and earth preserueth Deaths confounding Sinnes forgiuing Faiths relieuing Comforts liuing Grace and glory life and loue Be the su●me of all thy dittie Where a sinners teare● may proue Comforts ●oy in merci●s pitty Euery note in lou● alluding Endlesse glory in concluding Prayse of prayses where thou dwelles● Tell me if the world may know thee In what sense thou most ●xcellest When thy wonder worth doeth shew thee In that state of honours story Where thou gain'st thy highest glorie ●●s not earth nor earthly wonder Can discerne thy dearest honour All her praises are put vnder When thy glory lookes vpon her No● in heauen thy glorie dwelleth Where thy wonder most excelleth Yet in heauen was neuer liuing Virgin Saint nor Angels spirit VVhere thy Grace may haue the giuing Of thine honours highest Merite T is their glories admiration That deserues thy commendation Since then by all consequences In the notes of Glories nature And the Graces influences T is no earth nor heauenly creature In my God alone on high Is this onely mysterie And since in his Maiestie All and onely euer dwelleth That most glorious Deity That all prayses praise excelleth Say although thy soule attend him It can neuer comprehend him If thou speak'st of power all powers To his power are in subiection If thou speak'st of time all houres Run their course by his direction If of wisedome all is vanitie But in his Diuine humanitie If of trueth it is his triall If of loue it is his treasure If of life it is his diall If of grace it is his pleasure If of goodnesse t is his storie If of mercy t is his glorie If of iustice Iudgement sheweth His proceeding is impartiall If of valour all hell knoweth Who is heauens high Marshall If of bountie t is his blessing If of place t is his possessing If of pat●ence his perfection If of comfort t is his fauour If of vertue his affection If of sweete it is his ●auour If of triumph t is his merite If perfection t is his spirit If aboue all these thou singest Rauisht in thy reasons glory Tell the world what ere thou bringest Admirations wonders story To such height my Sauiour raiseth As aboue all praises prayseth Let all kings and princes then In submission fall before him Virgins Angels holy men Both in heauen and earth adore him In his onely mercie seeing All and onely all your being Babes and children shew his Glory In your silly soules preseruing Men and Women note this storie Of the life of loues deseruing Heauen and earth be euer reading Of this essence of exceeding Sunne and Moone and euery creature In that shining starrie skie All confesse your brightnesse feature In the hand of mercies eye And for all your blessed powers Shew it Gods and none of yours And when all the world together Ioyne with Angels harmonie Let my soule come singing thither With that blessed company God in mercies power victorious Be aboue all Glory glorious Amen Sacred Muse that onely sittest In the Spirits of the Blessed And the faithfull onely fittest With their thoughts to heauen addressed Helpe my humble soule to sing To my Glorious heau'nly King All abandon earths coniecture Thinke not on so meane an instance Make thine honours Architecture But on Graces glorious substance There in comforts confirmation Build thy heauenly habitation