Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	endure_v	lord_n	psalm_n	3,889	5	9.1870	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02734	The christian life and death, of Mistris Katherin Brettergh late wife of Master William Brettergh, of Bretterghoult, in the countie of Lancaster gentleman. With the manner of a bitter conflict shee had with Satan, and blessed conquest by Christ, before her death, to the great glory of God, and comfort of all beholders.	Harrison, William, d. 1625.	1634 (1634)	STC 12865; ESTC S117327	20,842	26

praised I will sing to the Lord I will sing to the praise of the God of Israel come come saith she and helpe me O helpe me to praise the Lord. And with that shee began to sing the third Psalme and continued to the end of the Psalme as perfectly and with as sweet a voyce as euer she had before in her health and concluded with the 49. verse of the 106. Psalme The Lord the God of Israel be blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise ye the Lord therefore And after this she said O praise the Lord for he hath filled mee with ioy and gladnesse of heart and brought me from the gates of hell and of death repeating that of the 16. Psalme My line is fallen vnto me in a pleasant place yea I haue a faire heritage for the Lord is the portion of mine inheritance The place where I now am is sweet and pleasant oh how pleasant is the sweet perfume of the place where I lye It is sweeter than A●rons composed perfume of principall spices how comfortable is the sweetnesse I feele it is like that odour that proceeds from the golden censer that delights my soule The taste is precious doe you not feele it Oh so sweet it is yea sweeter than my●●h the hony or the hony combe Let me therefore sing againe and againe vnto my Lord and my God Then she did sing the 19. Psalme beginning at the 7. verse How per●ect is the Law of God c. and so on to the end of the same And after that spirituall reioycing in singing of Psalmes shee then prayed vnto God faithfully and praysed the Lord againe ioyfully And being still full of these and such like heauenly consolations she did sing againe most hartily vnto the praise of God the 136. Psalme Praise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy indureth for euer c. In which Psalme for his mercy endureth for euer is 26. times repeated A Christian friend comming in at the same time which was about six of the clocke in the euening maruelling to see her exceeding ioyes and heauenly harmonie wherein she continued with such words and phrases that were so spirituall prayed for the continuance of the same vnto the end whereupon she then burst out relating further of her ioyes saying Oh the ioyes the ioyes the ioyes that I feele in my soule oh they be wonderfull they be wonderfull they be wonderfull And after that shee prayed for increase of faith and that God would strenghthen her against tentations with continuall crauing of remission of sinnes euer meditating of heauenly matters as by her sudden and often breaking out into heauenly speeches and phraises did appeare for the same euening shee lying still and silent for a while One prayed her to remember the Lord Jesus and that shee would in her heart pray for constancy in her ioyfull course whereupon shee answered with a delightsome and cheerefull countenance and comfortable voyce Oh said shee so I doe for the Lord is my light and my salvation whom then shall I feare Though an host pitch against me yet my heart shall not be afraid for the Lord hath said I will not leaue thee nor forsake thee Indeed I should verily haue fainted but that I beleeved to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the liuing And now my heart is ready my heart is ready and prepared yea it panteth after thee O God as the Hart braieth after the riuers of water so panteth my soule after thee O God my soule thirsteth for God euen for the liuing God When Lord when shall I come and appeare before thy presence c. Saying then further Lord sith it hath pleased thee to prepare my heart whether to life or death thy will be done dispose of me to thine owne glory I am thine Lord worke thy blessed pleasure and good will vpon me And after this shee fell into a short slumber and awaking said as the Spouse said vnto Christ in the Canticles Oh come kisse me with the kisses of thy mouth for thy loue is better than wine Oh how sweet the kisses of my Sauiour be Then one said vnto her alluding to that place of S. Iohn Reuel 3. 8. and praying that the Lord would annoint her with the eye-salue of his grace that shee might see and behold his glory To whom she answered Mine eyes are opened mine eyes are opened though for a while thy were closed vp and shut yet now I thanke my God mine eyes are opened and I doe feele and see the euerliuing mercies of my Christ saying then further as it is in the 27. Psalme Thou saidst seeke my face my heart answered to thee O Lord I will seeke thy face O hide not therefore thy face from me nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure thou hast beene my succour leaue me not nor for sake me O God of my saluation And being wi●led to commit her soule into the hands of Christ she said O Lord Iesus thou hast redeemed me pleade thou my cause for into thy hands alone doe I commit my spirit O thou God of truth And then feeling more ioy to abound one praising God with her for his great mercies shewed toward her shee further said I giue thee thanks O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding and hast opened them vnto me thy poore handmaid which am but dust and ashes O how mercifull and merueilous gratious art thou vnto me yea Lord I feele thy mercy and I am assured of thy loue and so certaine am I thereof as thou art the God of truth euen so sure doe I know my selfe to bee thine O Lord my God and this my soule knoweth right well and this my soule knoweth right well which speech of her assurance she often repeated Presently after this sitting vp in her chaire she sung the fourth Psalme and then being laid downe againe in her bed shee confidently sp●ke these words I am sure that my redeemer liueth and that I shall see him at the last day whom I shall see and mine eye shall behold and though after my skin wormes destroy this body yet shall I see God in my flesh with these Eyes and none other Then came into see her toward euening Master William Harrison the Preacher praysing God for her continuance in that her ioyfull and most happy course and perswading her to an holy perseuerance in the same shee thanked him and desired him to reioyce in Christ with her and to praise God for his mercies to her and said O Master Harrison my soule hath been compassed about with terrors of death feare within and feare without the sorrowes of hell were vpon me knots and knorres were vpon my soule which twice or thrice she repeated and a roaring wildernesse of woe was within