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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	kindness_n	lord_n	temperance_n	1,456	5	11.4306	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72514	The practice of thankefulnesse; or Davids choyse directions how to prayse God In an exposition and application vpon the whole sixtie sixe Psalme. With a short treatise vpon the thirtie one, and thirtie two verses of the one hundred and seuenth psalme.	[Larke, Nicholas]	1622 (1622)	STC 15254.5; ESTC S124556	47,121	107

THE PRACTICE OF Thankefulnesse OR DAVIDS choyse directions how to prayse GOD. In an Exposition and Application vpon the whole sixtie sixe PSALME With a short Treatise vpon the thirtie one and thirtie two Verses of the one hundred and seuenth PSALME 1. THESS 5.18 In all things giue thankes for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus towards you LONDON Printed by G. P. for Roger Iackson and are to be sold at his Shop neere to the Conduit in Fleet-street 1622. TO THE NOBLE VERTVOVS AND CHRISTIAN LADIE THE RIGHT HOnourable Countesse of Lincolne Lady-Mother to the Illustrious and truely Religious Earle of Lincolne MOst worthy Ladie apparent it is that the Father of mercie hath inriched you with that 1. Pet. 1.7 which is more precious then the best tried gold with that Faith 2. Pet. 1.5 which is attended on with the lustre of Vertue the grace of Knowledge the gouernment of Temperance the ornament of a meeke and quiet Spirit the support of Patience the splendour of Humilitie the gaine of Godlinesse the bond of Brotherly kindnesse and the glorie of Loue. And albeit the most righteous Lord hath darkened your comfort in the weakest yet hath hee most brightly lighted it with a manifold shine in the greatest Here there shineth remembrance of the Creator in youth in youth learning to know Time and Reason discretion to answer the enemies in the gate wisedome to preferre and chuse that whose price is farre aboue the Rubies satisfaction to your Honor and hope of wished glorie to your most Noble house and generous race O the lines are falne to your Honour in most pleasant places so that you are able to say to the profane wonderers and to all your Peeres Maruell not that I am zealous of reading hearing and meditation maruell not that I loue not this world nor the euils thereof the lusts of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life maruell not that I studie to haue my conuersation in heauen or that I call so often for the exercises of Prayer Preaching and Thankesgiuing for God hath done so great things for my soule as I can neuer be thankefull enough O most Christian Countesse two things I haue often thought vpon the one how I might satisfie the continuall request of diuers Christian friends by some fruits of my vnpolished labours the other how I might testifie to the world my most respectiue dutie to your Honour now at length for the satisfaction of the one and testification of the other I haue presumed to tender that which alwayes hitherto I trembled to offer because of my weaknes fearing the carping of some Momus for bringing no nouelty amidst so much variety or some Moses should blame me for bringing any more amidst so much sacietie Yet considering that since the time of Reformation is come the Temple of the Lord is in more places then Ierusalem and of such spacious capacity as though knowledge abound therein as the Sea yet there is place still emptie to receiue it And now the Builders are not so many and the fit stuffe is not so much but that there is a renewed charge that towards the Lords Worke euerie one bring what hee can that as hee hath receiued the gift hee should minister the same to other as good Stewards of the manifold graces and gifts of God Therefore some little of that spirituall blessing which his holy Spirit hath communicate to mee his vnworthy instrument in meditation according to the necessitie laid vpon mee I haue vttered and ministred to others in preaching and here doe present as to all my fellow-members and Christian friends euery where but first and chiefly to your most Honourable and vertuous selfe in writing The subiect and ground of my labour is the sixtie sixe Psalme a Psalme of Diuine praise made by the sweet Psalmist of Israel vpon the deliuerance of Gods people out of many sore calamities and of himselfe out of the bloudie hands of his persecuting enemies I wish it to all because all haue more then much need to bee awaked to this dutie of praising God in this time of securitie but I dedicate it onely to your Honour as to the prime moouer of this my present indeuour For when I had neither a purpose to any such Treatise nor thought of this most worthy Psalme then did your Honour whose affections are euer set on heauenly things name this Song and Psalme vnto mee commend it to my meditation request mee to intreat of it helpe my labours with your prayers and ioyfully heard what the Lord spake by mee out of it Therefore I beseech your Honour take this my Dedication as a true token of my most gratefull affection to your most Noble selfe another Marie in chusing the better part as a testimony of my longing to adde something to the cure of the lamentable neglect of holy duties and as a witnesse of my desire to further this seruice to Gods praise and glorie Euen so bee it euen so bee it Amen Your Honours euer to command in the Lord N. LARKE AN EXPOSITION OF the sixtie sixe PSALME by Doctrine and Exhortation IN this holy Psalme consider The Title First the Title Secondly the Psalme it selfe the Title commits it To the chiefe Musician or the Master of the harmony or Him that excelleth and intitles it A Song A Psalme as being one of that kind which the Church in Dauids time vsed to sing with Instruments voyces It serueth well to prepare attentiō and intention to the matter of the Psalme For it may plainly teach vs First That it is worthy of chiefe skill and consent in singing the same Secondly That it is a Song full of Excellencie and to bee vsed so as our Diuine praises may be made more pleasing sweet and excellent by it Thirdly That it is to bee sung with a double Musicke and melodie to God Ephes 5.19 euen with the glorie of the Tongue Col. 3.16 and the grace of the Heart loe how the Title is a preparatiue to the vnderstanding affecting and vsing of this speciall Psalme In which there is The Psalme First A generall Secondly A particular setting foorth of the praise of God by diligent perusing whereof wee shall learne much worthy and necessarie knowledge knowledge how to make Gods praise glorious to comfort our selues in his greatnesse to reioyce in his noble Workes to sucke sweetnesse out of our afflictions and to relate without either affectation or ostentation to God glorie and to others edification the Lords admirable goodnesse vnto euerie one of vs and to awake vs vnto all these thus this Psalme beginneth Make a ioyfull noise vnto God Vers 1. all yee lands In giuing God thankes it is our dutie to haue great reioycing they that doe it without reioycing yea euen in him doe it not so rightly as is fitting to his Maiestie Therefore in doing this dutie reioyce greatly be not ashamed to let thy reioycing