Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	anger_n	lord_n	slow_a	2,036	5	9.7827	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13988	The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.; Whole book of psalms. 1562	Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.	1562 (1562)	STC 2430; ESTC S1798	175,161	470

praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name

another we doo not only make request O Lord for ourselues and them that thou hast alreadie called to the true vnderstanding of thy heauenly wil but for all people and Nations of the world who as they knowe by thy wonderfull workes that thou art god ouer al So they may be instructed by thy holy spirite to beleue in thee theyr only Sauior and redemer But for as much as they cānot beleue except they heare nor can not heare but by preachyng and none can preache excepte they be sent therfor O Lorde raise vp faithfull destributers of thy misteries who setting apartal worldly respectes may bothe in their life and doctryne only seeke thy glorye Contrarylye confound Sathan Antichriste with all hierlinges whom thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sēce that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiet thy littell flocke And because O Lorde we be fallen into the latter dayes daungerous tymes wherin ignoraunce hathe gotten the vpper hande and Sathan by his ministeres seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospel we besech the to maintaine thy cause against those rauening wolues and strengthen all thy seruauntes whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion either to encrease theyr tirannye or to discourage thy childrē nether yet let our sinnes and wickednes be a hinderance to thy mercies but with spede O Lorde consider these great miseries For thy people Israel many times by theyr sinnes prouoked thine anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgemente yet though their sinnes wer neuer so greuous if they once returned from their iniquitie thou receiuedst them to mercye We therfore moste wretched synners be wayle our manifolde sinnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wickennes and vngodly behauior towards thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humblie beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercyes vpon vs and receyue vs agayne to thy fauour Graunt vs deare father these oure requests and all other thinges necessary for vs thy whole churche according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our Lorde In whose name we beseche thee as he hath taught vs saying Oure father c. A prayer to be sayde before meales ALl thinges depende vpon thy prouidence O Lord to receiue at thy handes due sustenāce in time conuenienie Thou geuest to them they gather it thou openest thy hand and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father whiche art the fountaine ful treasure of all good nes we besech thee to shew thy mercyees vpon vs thy children and sanctifye these giftes whiche we receiue of thy merciful liberalitie graunt vs grace to vse them soberlye and purely according to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we may acknowledge thee to be the author and geuer of all good things and aboue all that we may remember continually to seke the spiritual fode of thy word wherwith our soules may be norished euerlastingly throughe oure sauior Christe who is the true breade of lyfe whiche came downe from heauen of whom whoso euer eateth shall lyue for euer and reigne with him in glory worlde without ende So be it ☞ A thankes geuing after meales LEt all nations magnifye the Lorde let all people reioyce in praysing extollyng his great mercyes For his fatherly kindnes is plentyfully shewed forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise indureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde god for the manifold benefites whiche we continually receaue at thy bountifull hande not only for that it hath pleased thee to fede vs in this present life geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies facioned vs a new into an assured hope of a farre better lyfe the whiche thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Ghospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer oure affections to bee so intangled or roted in these earthly and corruptible thinges but that we maye alwayes haue oure mindes directed to thee on high continually watching for the comming of oure Lorde and Saiuour Chryste what tyme he shall appeare for oure full redemption To whom with thee and the holye Ghoste be all honor and glory for euer and euer So be it A nother thankes geuing before meate ETernall and euer liuing God Father of oure Lord Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankinde haste appointed to his sustenance not only the frutes of thearth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of thearth and fishes of the sea and hast commaūded thy benefites to be receyued as from thy hāds with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctified by thy word and by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderatly to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies beyng refreshed the soules may be more hable to procede in all good works to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Sobeit Oure Father whiche art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things doo loke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hand and fillest with thy blessinge euery liuing creature good Lorde bles vs and all thy giftes which we receyue of thy large liberalitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Sobeit Our father c. Another thanks geuing after meat GLorye prayse and honor be vnto thee moste merciful omnipotent Father who of thyne infinite goodnes hast created man to thyne owne image similitude who also hast fed dayly fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast norished these oure mortall bodies with corporall foode so thou woldest replenish our soules with the perfet knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whom be prayse glorye and honor for euer Sobeit ☞ God saue the Church vniuersall our Quene and Realme God comforte all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lord for christ thy sōnes sake be mercifull to the cōmon wealths where thy Gospell is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate according to thy good pleasure all nations with the bryghtnes of thy word So beit Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed and presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer Sobeit The God of all power who hathe called frō death that great pastor of the shepe our Lorde Iesus comfort and defend the flock whiche he hathe redemed by the bloud of the eternall Testamente increase the number of true Preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate and lightē the hartes of the ignorant relieue the paynes of suche as be afflicted but especially of those that suffer for the testimony of thy truth and finally cōfoūd Sathan by