Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	faith_n	heart_n	purify_v	3,102	5	11.3066	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14100	The garlande of godly flowers bewtifully adorned as most freshly they flourish in the gardeins of right faithfull Christian writers. Yéeldyng foorth a very comfortable sauour to the afflicted soule, wherby hée is salfly [sic] transported vnto the mercifull throne of the most glorious God. Carefully collected, and diligently digested into ordre, by Tho. Twyne, Gentleman. 1574.	Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1574 (1574)	STC 24408; ESTC S118788	34,454	128

to goe a whoorynge with straunge thinges whilst wee seeke after thee as for thee thou art within vs if wée wilbée within thee wee neede not to searche thée far of for thou art with vs in our fayth vntill sutche time as wée deserue that thou maist bee with vs in personall apparance which graunt that I may beeholde For wée know as sayeth the holly Apostle that Christe through faythe dothe dwell within our hartes For why Christe is within our Faith the faith within our minde the minde within our hart the hart within our breast but clense thou them all most gratious God that my bodie may bée made a méete temple for thee to dwell in Thou hast fasshioned mee after thyne owne image conforme mee therefore my God most likely vnto thy similitude in all vertue and hollinesse in desier of peace in contemplation of veritie in loue of charitie let mée euermore retayne thee in memorie carie thée in my conscience holde thee in my harte and honour thee as present Heare mee O God in thy goodnesse turne not thy mercifull eare from my sorowfull crie O let the vncleanesse of my soule bee purified the darckenesse of my minde lightned the warmenesse of my harte heatened the coldenesse of my conscience warmed and the sleepinesse of my bodie wakened and I my self by all meanes prepared that I may bée thy seruant to doo thy heauenly pleasure as I am alreadie the woorke of thy cunninge fingers Amen A ¶ A man that beareth hatred against another how dare hee desier forgiuenesse of God forgiue then thy neighbour the hurt that hee hath doone thee and so shall thy sinnes bee forgiuen thee also when thou praiest ¶ The .xiiij. Flower ADuaunce thyself O Lorde in thine eternall power and draw thée néere to deliuer mee from the snares of the Deuill that haue intrapped mée and throwne mée almost vnto the grownd I haue bin plunged a longe time in the sea of sensualitie and I perceaue my deliuerāce cometh only from thée wherfore deliuer mée O Lorde of my saluation Thy power is aboue all powers thou hast made althynges subiect vnto thée for through thée Death hath no stinge nor Hell hath victorie eternall thankes bée vnto God who in our good Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe hath giuen vnto vs a noble cōquest euer our enemies for which while I liue I wil giue most woorthy prayse as it best béeseemeth Henceforward looke thou carefully vnto the course of my life and holde fast my harte alwayes in thy feare that I bée not founde vnwoorthy of thy moste bountifull benefittes encrease in mée a care to continue in thy commaundements erecte a feruent faith and assured hope of thy promises and mercie within the tendre intrayles of my breast Sprinckle my hart with a dreadge of thy compassion and precepts mingled togither that I may not wander aside nor fall into the gulf of thy wrath but thy fauour may sustayne mee and thy loue may lift mee vp bryngyng my féete into thy roomthe of rest where I may not choose but fulfill thy godly heastes O how happie were I if I might neuer héereafter in thought woorde nor déede commit the thynge that should displease thy maiestie that life is the longyng of my soule and th' effect of my desier my hart mutch wisheth to sée that blessed time and my ioyes then should bée sutch as no toongue can tell Truely to know thée with the Sunne and the holly ghost is the true perfection of eternall life th' end of blissefulnesse the summe of all delightes no eye hath séene no eare hath heard nor hath it pearced into the deapth of any mans vnderstandyng to valew the inestéemable charitie delectation and pleasures of the same felicitie when wée shall béehold the maiestie of God face to face Verely moste glorious kinge I haue reposed this hope in my bosom and my harte daunceth within my breast for ioy therof and I doo assure my selfe through faith in thée that these eyes wherewith I reade these lines shall sée that glorie and this fleash wherwith I am cloked in corruption and meashed in mortalitie shal bee a membre of that immortall kyngdome This worlde is farst with wickednesse and there are manie staies that stoppe a man from righteousnesses blindyng him that hée may not see and hampryng him that hée may not stirre to doo the thyng that is acceptable vnto God sequestring his minde from all thoughtes studies and labours that may incite him vnto thée But my trust is in thée O God that thou wilt not suffer mée to fall into any outragious offēce that may demerite thy hot indignation O turne away mine eyes least I beeholde vanitie and guide my handes that I tutche no vniust thyng lift vp my mynde vnto contemplation of heauenly sightes and pull mée from terrestriall cogitations that are but transitorie I haue prayed for one thynge and I request the same moste hartely that thou wouldest preserue my youthe from flatterers and mine olde age from slaunderers for the one sorte of them would deuoure mée béefore I am ripe and the other would burie mée béefore I am dead and I haue alwayes hated them bothe vtterly Powre downe vpon mée O my louyng God the blessed dew of thy diuine and incomparable wisdome whiche is alwayes resident aboute thy heauenly seat that I may know my selfe throughly and honour thée woorthely consideryng the frame of mine owne infirmitie and that there is no goodnesse but it descendeth from thee that arte aboue When through the peruerse and froward inclination of my nature I fall into any wicked and vngodly imaginations leaue mée not good Lorde vnto them acquite mée from the disordinate lustes of the body let no desier of vncleanesse take holde vpon mee and giue mée not ouer vnto an vnshamefast impious and obstinate minde Set a sure bridle vpon my mouth that I speake no proude thynges agaynst thée suffer not my toongue to bée acquaincted with swearyng and let not the namyng of God bée continually in my lippes for in it are manie falles but mercifully giue thou mée aduisement what I shal speake ere euer I open my mouth Call not the woordes that I haue vaynely spoken vnto accoumpt impute them not vnto mée for sinne giue mée vnderstandynge to keepe prudent silence and when I speake let it either bée for temporall necessitie either to edefie others or els to beare righteous testimonie of the trueth let the veritie of my assertion consist in yea yea or nay nay Lorde héere stande I vile wretch béefore the throne of thy drad presence hopyng that I shalbée heard not in the fayntnesse of my faith but in the power of thy promises O weigh my weakenesse and graunt my desier as thou knowest moste méete for mée then can I want no wealth and my conscience shalbée replenished with all spirituall consolation Amen C ¶ Cast not thine eyes aside from the poore that thou giue him no occasion to speake euill of thee For if hee complayne in

euer shall endure aduaunce mee to thy kyngdome that neuer shall ende and thy glorie shall still liue in mée for I shall neuer die Amen N. ¶ No thought may escape God neither may any woord bee hid from him hee hath garnished the high excellent woorkes of his wisdom and hee is from euerlasting to euerlastyng ¶ The .x. Flower NEwnesse of life and singlenesse of hart and an vndefiled waye are the very offringes of soote incense vnto thée O thou moste righteous God and thou acceptest the sorowful sute of a martyred minde in what time soeuer hee powreth foorthe his playnt vnto thee so harken vnto mée I béeséeche thee for heauinesse hath builded his bower within my breast I come vnto thée béetimes in the mornyng and late in the night and at high noone and when I go to rest and when I rise agayne when I am alone and when I am in companie whether I bée in thy holly church or in my secret chamber and all is for thy mercie O Lorde for thou haste no respecte of the person time or place Multiplie in mée the giftes of thy grace and conuert thy foes through my force make my bodie an instrument of all goodnesse whiche shall come to passe if thou clense the vncleanesse of my soule scoure the vnséemely spottes of my stayned conscience examine my thoughtes and innouate a newe degrée of desiers within my harte Lorde graunt I beseeche thée that whether I bee in wealth or woe in health or in sickenesse whether I eat or drinke sleepe or wake trauayle or take my rest or what euer I doo I may doo it in thée and for thée and by thée and nothing without thée for my defier is alwaies if it bée possible to bée with thee neuer to bee from thee Plant fast thy pleasure in the bottome of my breast for thy will O God is the worker of my wealthe and my wil is the weauer of my wothy law is the leader vnto light and my law is the loser of my life thy heastes are the healpers vnto health and my heastes are the heapers vp of my heauinesse thy precepts are the porte of peace and my preceptes are the passedge to perdition This worlde where I am Lorde may well bée termed the vale of wickednesse for héere is nothyng els but pride malice partialitie trouble enuie vexation strife carefulnesse ambition couetousnesse briberie extorcion vsurie idle othes and abhominable periuirie whoredome hipocrisie and all vnclenlinesse bitter contention for the trueth of thy woorde and no man careth to follow it O Lorde that it might please thee to quenche the thirst of this worldly vanitie that biteth so sharpe within the breast of mortall men that they might see what it is that they seeke for learne to looke after that which thei lose that by due conference of the twayne they may beeholde their follie and hartely repent them while they haue respite The gayne of thy grace O thou greate God shall euermore bée the brightnesse of my bewtie for I will request nothyng but thy mercie and put my confidence in no creature but in thee only if I haue that then am I happie and if I bee with thee I am blessed and I wil singe foorth thy prayses in the congregation of thy faithfull people Lorde thou knowest how litle the righteousnesse is whiche I haue and yet that whiche I haue is altogether to bee reputed thine for it is euident that I can alonely doo no good deede but not so mutche as name GOD were it not through the holly ghoste and vnlesse thou giue the power whiche sayest that without thee wee can doo nothynge Open my mouthe that withall my soule I may make humble supplications vnto thee and confesse my selfe vnto thy maiestie saying thou hast wrought all our good woorkes in vs and therefore in respect of them wee may sing with thy princely prophet Dauid not vnto vs Lorde not vnto vs but vnto thy name giue the glorie So farre as in mée lieth I wil endeuour that thy most woorthie fame shall streatche vnto the endes of the worlde vnto Turkes and infidels that haue no knowledge of thee or such as liue in misbeeleef of thy truth and I beeséech thee to arme the preachers of thy woord with boldnes and vnderstanding that they may fayle for no feare to tell the truth nor bée corrupt with ignorance nor heresie Thou art most woorthie O lorde God to bée loued and honoured f●r thy great goodnes and vnsearcheable wisedome and all other perfections without number or end that art verie perfection it self and all that euer wée can yéeld vnto thée in faithe or feare or loue is too too litle and very nothing in respect of that which thou hast deserued If thou shouldest lay vnto our charge the gréeuous default of innocencie and righteousnesse whiche is required to bee in vs by thy commaundementes O Lorde how coulde wee endure the sharpenesse of thy iudgement for wée were assured to perish eternally but lende mée the shield of thy mercy to defend mée against the stroake of thy iust wrath Reueale vnto mine eyes the bewty and coomlinesse of vertues and the fowlenesse and deformitie of vices that I may fall in loue with the one and mislikyng with the other taking a speciall reguarde whiche I shoulde harbour in my hart submittyng my self vnto thy heauenly disposition as I may bée made meetest to serue thée I will laude thée O Lorde my strength with my lippes and I will magnifie thy might with my mouth I wil loue thy lawes as my life and walke in thy will as my way I wil singe foorth thi saluation in my song and muse on thy mercies in my minde I will hange vp thy hope in my harte and bury thy bountie in my bosome Amen N. ¶ Now I see that they which feare God haue the right spirite for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them and the eies of the Lorde are on them that loue him ¶ The .xj. Flower NEuer let mée doo the thynge O Lorde that is displeasant in thy sight but make thou my steppes right vnto thée and cléere my pathes in thy presence that there bée no iniquitie founde in my harte nor guile in my mouth nor vnrighteousnesse in my handes nor any thynge about mée that maye prouoke offence agaynst thee that thou shouldest turn from mée and forsake mée It is thy wisdome that is vnto mee more precious then golde and I desier it aboue althynges bee they neuer so fayer I am inflamed with the loue of it lende it vnto mée my deere God for it is that whiche teacheth thy will and sheweth what is most acceptable vnto thy sight and it leadeth the way vnto the true worshippynge of thee O my God I haue gone astray I haue doone amisse I haue committed wickednesse I am sinfull cal mée home and pardon my misdooynges plucke mee away from my haynous offences heale my soule that is oppressed with harmes