Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

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
A39840	The penitent prisoner his character, carriage upon his commitment, letany, proper prayers, serious meditations, sighs, occasional ejaculations, devotion going to execution, and at the place of execution. By a friend to the souls in prison.	Flower, Christopher, 1621 or 2-1699.	1675 (1675)	Wing F1384A; ESTC R215489	4,430	19

THE Penitent Prisoner HIS CHARACTER Carriage upon his Commitment LETANY Proper Prayers Serious Meditations SIGHS Occasional Ejaculations Devotion going to Execution and at the place of Execution By a Friend to the Souls in Prison LONDON Printed for John Williams at the Crown in Cross Keys Court in Little Brittain 1675. The Penitent Prisoner HIS Character HE is one who although he confess himself to have been seduc't by his Lusts and intic't by evil Company yet being under restraint according to the merit of his Crime he makes a Pulpit of his Prison to Preach to him Repentance a Sermon of his shackles to teach him his Service He turns his Gaole into a Shop to traffick for Heaven and into an Exchange of all Devotions that may gain him Salvation For being entred into Prison after he hath sometime look't about him and sees nothing but thick walls strong barrs a dark room and no way to escape he begins thus to word it For conviction he knows must go before Conversion Lord where am I What have I done How hath the iniquity of my hands and heels hamper'd me How have I drunk down iniquity like water drawn sin as with a Cart rope How like a wretch have I night and day tug'd at the Devils oare grinded at his Mill dig'd in his Mine run on his errands not only acted sin but contrived it sinned with a high hand and haughty heart Oh the bitter fruit of those things whereof I am now ashamed What gravel in my stomach do I find that stollen bread to be now which once went down so sweetly Into what a Labyrinth of misery hath the following of the motions of my vile Lusts led me How have I by my many and grievous sins dishonour'd my God sadded the Holy Angels sham'd my Christian profession damag'd my neighbour wounded my own conscience troubled my spirit and given large earnest for my everlasting ruine Methinks I hear it said in my eares as if spoken from the battlements of Heaven Let no man oppress or defraud his Brother for the Lord is the avenger of all such 1 Thes 4. 6. So Rom. 1. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men where then shall I appear being in so sad so miserable a Condition of whom may I seek for succour but of thee O Lord who for my sins art justly displeased yet O God most Holy O Lord most mighty O Holy and merciful Saviour deliver me not into the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of my heart shut not up thy merciful eares to my prayers but spare me Lord most Holy O God most mighty O Holy and merciful Saviour thou most worthy judge eternal suffer me not for any pains of death to fall from thee Look upon the wounds in thy hands and have mercy upon me the work of thy hands O give me a praying that thou maist afford me a pittying heart His Letany O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon me Keep and defend me from that roaring Lion that goes about seeking whom he may devour O God the Son Redeemer of the World have mercy upon me Save and deliver me from the wrath to come O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon me strengthen and comfort me in this my present calamitous condition O Holy Blessed and Glorious Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon me Remember not Lord the sins of my youth nor of my maturer growth but spare me Good Lord spare thy poor creature not worthy to be called thy Servant and be not angry with me for ever From sin from the crafts and assaults of the Devil and from thy wrath and from everlasting damnation Good Lord deliver me From mispending the few moments I have to live from hardness of heart and contempt of good counsel that shall be given me Good Lord deliver me In the time of this my present distress and Tribulation in the hour of my approaching death and in the day of Judgment Good Lord deliver me I a poor Prisoner and sorrowful sinner do beseech thee to hear me O Lord That it may please thee to give me thy Grace to condemn my self that I may not be condemn'd and to judge my self that I may not be judged That I may bring forth fruits worthy of Repentance That I may take a Holy revenge on my self judging my self not worthy of a mouthful of fresh aire or a morsel of meat who have abused thy good creatures as I have done That I may not give sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eye lids nor suffer the Temples of my head to take any rest until I have unfeignedly endeavoured to make my peace with thee That thou wouldst give me true Repentance which may appear by my making restitution as much as in me lyes to those whom I have wronged That thou wouldst forgive all my sins of what nature and quality soever and endow me with the grace of thy Holy spirit to make a sanctified use of this sad Dispensation of thy providence Son of God I beseech thee to hear me O thou Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the World have mercy upon me O thou Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the World Grant me thy peace Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me Our Father which art in Heaven c. O Lord deal not with me after my sins Neither reward me after my iniquities O God merciful Father who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist me in these my Prayers that I make unto thee in this my present trouble and adversity and grant that I whose conscience by sin is accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolv'd through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O God whose Nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive receive my humble petitions and though I be tyed and bound with the chains of my sins Fetters worse than those of Iron that are upon me Yet let the pittifulness of thy great mercy loose me for the honor of Jesus Christ his sake my Mediator and Advocate Amen His Sighs O that my head were waters and my eyes a Fountain of tears that I might lament day and night the sins that I have committed against so good and so great a God so often and so hainously as I have done Oh wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of death I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men O that as the Hart pants after the water Brooks so my soul might pant after thee O God! O that I could be ten thousand times more contrite and humble in heart than I am His Serious Meditation Is any Gaol like the Dungeon of Hell Are any Keepers like Fiends

Is there any burning like that fire Any biting like that Worm Any shame of face like to the confusion of face before men and Angels Can any loss on Earth equal the loss of Heaven Or Banishment from Friends a Banishment from God and his Holy Angels To dwell in utter darkness where there is no light amidst infinite torture where there is no ease and that to all eternity Lord this will be my portion without thy mercy O Lord have mercy upon me according to thy loving kindness according to the multitude of thy tender Compassions blot out all my transgressions Draw a red streak with the blood of my Redeemer over all the foul Characters of my sins Especially forgive here he mentions with utmost aggravation the sin or sins that most trouble his conscience One deep calls upon another the deep of my misery on the deep of thy mercy O Lord hear and consider O Lord and do it for my spirit waxeth faint His Occasional Ejaculations When arraign'd at the Barr he thus piously ejaculates O the time when we shall all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ Upon the sight of a fire or flame of a Candle he thus words it O who amongst us can dwell with devouring fire who amongst us can dwell with everlasting burnings Vpon the Iaylors Locking him in He thinks on the dismalness of being shut out of Heaven and into Hell Vpon hearing his leud Companions to Swear and Curse Wo is me that I am constrain'd to dwell in this Hell upon Earth and to have my Habitation among such vile persons Vpon the sight of that pittance of meat and drink allotted him Lord I am not worthy of the least crumb that falls from the table of thy bounty being so great a rebel as I have been to thee Vpon his being bound in the Cart. He thinks upon that evil Servant to whom it was said Bind him hand and foot and cast him into utter darkness When he hears the passing Bell go for him He thinks he hears the sound of the last Trump summoning him to arise and come to Judgment His Devotion as he is going to Execution O Saviour of the World save me who by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed me help me I beseech thee O God O let the sorrowful sighing of me a poor Prisoner come before thee and by the greatness of thy power preserve thou me who am going to die a shameful temporal death Lord preserve me from that death which is eternal O shew some token upon me for good that the Devil who watcheth for my soul may see it and be asham'd because thou Lord hast holpen and comforted me O thou that didst save the penitent Thief on the cross have mercy upon me a miserable malefactor O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Though my flesh and my heart fail yet be thou the strength of my heart and my portion for ever His Devotion at the Place of Execution Lord be not far from me now trouble is near at hand Now now Lord Jesus save from eternal death my poor sinful soul which thou didst purchase with thy blood O God make speed to save me O Lord make haste to help me Save me dear Jesus by thy merits and take my trembling departing soul to thy mercy Lord Jesus receive my Spirit The Prayer of one committed to Prison for destroying her Child O Almighty God Father of mercy and God of all Consolation have mercy upon me a grievous sinner who having not the fear of thee my God before my eyes have made away with my Child O blessed Saviour who when thou took'st upon thee to deliver man did'st not abhor the Virgins womb compassionate me who have cruelly destroy'd the fruit of my womb although for this I am afflicted on every side yet suffer me not to be distrest though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all though chastened yet not forsaken though cast down yet suffer me not utterly to perish Sprinkle me with Hysop dip't in the blood of that immaculate Lamb Christ Jesus and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow O let the blood of Jesus be heard above the cry of my crying sin spare me good Lord spare me a sorrowful sinner and be not angry with me for ever Amen The Prayer of one committed to Prison for Murther and under the Sentence of Condemnation ALmighty God the aid of all that need the helper of all that flee to thee for succour I the vilest of sinners and the worst of men for such have I made my self by my sins do here passionately beseech thee to have mercy upon me a bloody sinner O deliver me from blood-guiltiness O God thou God of my Salvation so shall my Tongue sing aloud of thy Righteousness The remembrance of this my sin is grievous unto me the burthen of it is intolerable Have mercy upon me O Lord have mercy upon me who repent with as lowly a Spirit as ever I sinned with a high hand Lord help my unrepentance And when Justice shall lay my blood upon my own head let the blood of Jesus Christ be on it too Into thy hands I now commend my soul into thy hands do thou then receive it O blessed Jesus be thou then a Jesus to me Amen FINIS