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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	beseech_v	good_a	please_v	23,628	5	8.8360	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11368	An admirable method to loue, serue and honour the B. Virgin Mary With diuers practicable exercises thereof. Al inriched with choice examples. Written in Italian by the R. F. Alexis de Salo, Capuchin. And Englished by R.F.	Salo, Alessio Segala de.; R. F., fl. 1639.	1639 (1639)	STC 21628; ESTC S100011	150,784	636

Theophylact you are a powerful protectrix of man for O immaculat Virgin who euer plac't his hope in you and was confounded or who amongst men hath implor'd your clemencie and been abandoned Free then from doubt and assured of the truth let vs haue recourse in our necessities to this most powerful and pittiful Lady and make our selues worthy of those high fauours and prerogatiues shee so boūtiously rewards her faithful seruants Withal shee is as wee haue sayd the Treasuresse and dispensatrix of al the guifts of God shee is the neck sayd S. Hierom by which our Sauiour who is the head infuses into his body the Church al that spiritual sense and motion by 't is animated and sustained shee is the body of the tree by which the roote imparts life vnto the boughs producing flowers leaues fruit and al that in the tree excels either for ornamēt or vse Shee is the Concaue of the fountaine which first receaues plenty of its liuing waters of grace and after distributs them to seueral pipes according to their seueral capacities Wherefore S. Bonauenture most maturely sayes it is wonderful what a collection there is in the Virgin of al the pleintines of grace how from thence it is deriued to others as from its proper source so aboundantly as S. Bernard affirmes al the Citizens of heauen al the men in the world al the souies in Purgatory nay euen in Hel itselfe do homage to her as to their soueraigne Lady bowing their knees before her in submissiue beseeming reuerence So there is no profession nor estate but is subordinate to her especially Religious the glory and richest ornament of the Church which is euer sheltered vnder the protection of her wings whose founders haue in particular māner stil been deuout vnto her by which meanes they haue obtained for them and their spiritual children particular fauours stil Who is not astonish't at the admirable loue of that great Patriark Saint Dominick to the B. Virgin from whom next to God his Order acknowledges a dependency and to haue receaued al its lustre and conseruation For what remarkable graces and fauours hath he not receaued by her intercession Of this loue vnto her seruice although there were no other proofe yet that of the inuention of the Rosary were sufficient For how manie thousand sorts may we imagine hath this holy Saint led by this excellent deuotion to the honour and seruice of the Queen of heauen how many Princes and Monarkes of the world how many Queens and Ladyes of worth honour how many of al sorts and professions euen whole people and whole worlds as witnes the new World Antipodes to ours neither can we passe in silence the surpassing affection S. Francis bare to her which was so great as he would often in amorous passion compose verses to her praise and either sing them himselfe or cause them to be sunge by his Religious From whence it came that he stil obtaine'd whatsoeuer fauour he demanded of Alm God for himselfe in particular or his Order in general by the intercession of this beloued Virgin One amongst the rest for its raritie I cannot but recount and it is one of the greatest and most stupēdious miracles of the world by which such an infinity of soules haue been deliuered and dayly are from the very torments and paines of Hel it selfe And this is that great and admirable Indulgence granted at the request of S. Francis by our Sauiour Christ in the presence of the B. Virgin and innumerable blessed spirits to the Church of Assisium commonly cal'd Our Lady of Portiuncula which by reason al Christendome is so much taken with the deuotion as also it being ful of rare mysterie and worthy of general notice we wil breifly make you the narration of S. Francis once feruently praying for the saluation of soules an Angel appeared to him and summon'd him to the Church where it said our B. Sauiour and his mother with a world of Angels were expecting him At this he ran thither where being arriued he saw our B. Sauiour seated on the high Altar in a maiestike seate accompanied by his Mother and incircled by multituds of Angels When falling prostrat at his feete he was soone excitated by this comfortable voice of his most gratious Lord Know Francis thy praiers are arriued vnto mine eares and for that I know the affection and solicitud of you and your Order for the saluation of soules demand of me what grace you please for their avayle and I wil grant it you S. Francis at first al trembling at sight of such a maiestie by the sweetnes of these words secur'd at last waighing the importance of them thus answered O Lord not but that I am conscious of my great vnworthines to obtayne any grace from you much-lesse so great an one but that you are pleased to add this to the number of my innumerable obligations besides I accept your gratious offer and humbly beseech of you for the good of euery Christian that al who visit this Church hauing first duely confest and communicat may obtaine a plenary pardō and Indulgence of al their sins And you O glorious Virgin and gracious aduocatrix of euery Christian I beseech you ioyne your powerful intercession with my Petition for it when in concurrency with it conuerting her selfe towards her B. Sonne she sayd My deerest sonne whom I once had the honour to beare in this wombe of mine grant I beseech you this his petition to your faithful seruants since the saluation of soules then which there is nothing you more esteeme is so much concern'd in it Grant it to my Temple heer to your honour and the edification of your holie Church When his diuine Maiestie casting a gratious eye towards S. Francis there prostrat before his throne saye vnto him Francis though what thou demand'st be much yet thy desire merits much more in being so conforme to mine wherefore I grant thee the Indulgence thou desirest with this condition that thou haue recourse vnto my soueraigne Vicar who hath the free dispose to bind and loose al heer on earth and of him demand from mee the grant of it So the vision vanished when early the next day S. Francis tooke his iourney towards Perugia where Pope Honorius then resided with the Court of Rome and there humbly kissing his feete he declared how al had past and the occasion of his comming there At hearing of which the Pope granted him a Plenary Indulgence in manner afore sayd for one day in the yeare though as yet what day in the yeare was vndetermined it hauing neither been presixed by his diuine Maiestie nor his Holines vntil al last vpon this occasion S. Francis returned to his Conuent was once at mid-night in deepe contemplation in his Cel when the Angel of darknes transform'd in shape and voice appeared to him like an Angel of light and said Poore Francis why are you such a Tirant to your selfe why