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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	will_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	41	3	9.2710	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03415	Tvvo bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft.	Bancroft, Thomas, fl. 1633-1658.	1639 (1639)	STC 1354; ESTC S100668	41,519	86

hard waxe which fiery zeale Should soften ere they take the heavenly seale 186. Keepe within compasse Wild Esau rang'd the fields but Iacob still Kept home so Gods indeared Servants will Themselves in compasse of a Conscience hold But impious fooles are straglers from the Fold 187. Earth to earth In Peru lives the Foxe-like Cincia which Kind nature doth with a strang bagge enrich Under her belly plac'd to which in feare Her stragling young ones hast to hide them there Th' all feeding Earth the like maternall part Performes to us which when the fatall Dart Of death affrights and strikes us downe for sin Sets ope a grave and takes her off-spring in 188. The worme of Conscience Sinne like a Serpents egge in dunghill laid Of soule corruption to each heart convay'd And hatcht with hot desires of greedy sence Becomes a Worme and gnawes the Conscience 189. Of tongues Our tongues are not of bone but flesh to shew Our words should not be harsh but gently flow 190. Good preachers Gods favourites When Salomon the sacred Temple built God favour'd him nor knew he then the guilt Of what might vexe him sinfull vanity So those that Gods deare Church doe edifie Keeping sin under are in high regard With him that Crownes his workemen with reward 191. Gods feare with true fortitude Gods feare made Moses bold to goe To that sterne Tyrant Pharaoh Not trembling at his harsh replyes For when the Lord of earth and skyes Is lodg'd once in a faithfull brest What earth-quake dare his roome molest 192. Of zealous alacrity That God that did the Israelites command To eate with eager hast the Paschall Lambe Now wills when pious workes we take in hand That we with nimble zeale performe the same For he that Heaven incessantly doth move Admits no sluggish soules to rest above 193. Poore and rich The Shepheards quickly with their Saviour were But the three Kingly Sophies came from farre To shew than poore men are to God as neare As fortunes Sonnes that rich and potent are For pride which made both men and Angels erre Oft waites on wealth and leades to Lucifer 164. Of Prayers Prayers are lively sparkes that mounting flye From fire of zeale and penetrate the skie 195. A Crowne for constancy In Aarons vesture sumptuous to behold Betwixt small sounding bels of shining gold Pomegranates stood which native Crownes doe beare And in the utmost skirts these placed were To shew that good workes which pure bells expresse Shall in Heavens Court be Crown'd with happinesse When in a course of constancy they have Reacht the Lands-end of life the finall grave 196. The Divels temptation Sathans temptation seemes the steele That striking on our hearts of stone Makes lust to sparkle yet we feele Oft cooles our hott'st devotion 197. Avoid Sathan Good Abra'm drave the noughty fowles away That seaz'd upon his solemne sacrifice So the fould fiends temptations when we pray Should we expell from th' Heavenly exercise And plucke up for the Lords sake of the soile The thornes of care that grounds of goodnesse spoile 198. Of perseverance in piety Those yoaked Kine that drew the Arke unto Beth-shemesh though their Calves did bleat apace Did to their journies end directly goe So when Christs yoake upon our neckes we place Though our fond lusts importune us to stay Yet hold we on and keepe the heavenly way 199. To Fewlove a turbulent Church-man What Devils horne compells thee canst not Preach Of what thou nere wilt by example teach Good life and manners but thou needs must be Braying against the fruites of Sanctity As bounteous almes set prayers and the like Whereat thou dost with points of Doctrine strike This 's not to build up but edge tooles to throw 'Mongst ignorants and wound their weaknesse so 200. Of Hypocrisie Hypocrisie like Ieroboams wife Walkes in disguise and rather acts a life Vpon this trifling stage of vanity Than leads one that her manners may discry For though an outward forme they beare Plucke off her Maske and oh the Devill 's there 201. The choice of a wife When Adam soundly slept God Eve did make And when our fond desires are least awake The sound est course it is a wife to take For he that shootes love from a wanton eye Though on a faire match he may hit thereby Yet fouly erres from th' white of chastity 202. Of Confession Confession deales with sinnes as Ioshuah With the five Kings i' th Cave of Makeddah That from darke hollow hearts where vices raigne Brings them to judging light and sees them slaine 203. The blood of our Lord. Thy vitall blood sweete Saviour doth asswage Our feaverous sinnes though hot as Hell they rage Within our flesh In sultry Aegypt so Dire plagues decrease when Nile doth over-flow 204. Wisedome without measure As Moses Serpent did the rest devoure Gods wisedome fooles our knowledge foyles our power 205. On bad Patrons Some Patrons worse than those our Saviour scourg'd Out of the House of Prayer which he purg'd From sinne for those i' th' Temple onely sold But these will sell the Temples selfe for Gold 206. Portions for Gods Children The doores that to Gods Oracle did lead Of Olive were with Cherubs garnished Whose mysticke wood fat plenty did imply As the carv'd worke Celestiall dignity Both which their portions are whose hearts entire Ope at Gods knocke and shut out lewd desire 208. Heaven hardly entred Of new Ierusalem truths Scribe doth write That her twelve pearly gates stand opposite In Walls whose Bases are twelve jemmes entire To shew that men from all parts shall aspire To his faire City equalled by none Yet hardly make their way by Pearle and Stone 209. To a vaine Babbler Thy prayers are so tedious that they bee Long ere they reach to Heav'n too high for thee 210. Spirituall bondage When Zedechiah must to Babel goe They blinded him and heavy Chaines did throw Vpon him so when ignorance doth shut Mens eyes and indevotion fetters put On their affects how quickly are they gone To th'horrours of infernall Babylon 211. A happy Convert A yongster going to the Stewes did meet By chance a dead mans Coffin in the street Which courage-quelling sight a mortall blow Gave to his lust and tooke impression so That he returnes a Penitent and drawes His loose affects up to strict vertues Lawes O wholesome spectacle through which he sees Folly in grosse and sinnes deformities 212. To an Apostate That thy loose tongue is so prophanely bold To carpe at sacred truths I wonder not That heare how much thy zeale hath taken cold And sanctity the falling-sicknesse got 213. Celestiall comfort The fire that in few minutes should have turn'd Three Children into ashes onely burn'd Their bonds asunder but when once that flame That shall dissolve the Worlds unwildy frame Sinnes chaines shall loosen and dull flesh refine We shall as Eagles soare as Angels shine 214. On the ten Lepers in the Evangely Ten Lepers cleansed were one