Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	father_n	lord_n	redeemer_n	2,002	5	9.8210	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09387	Deaths knell: or, The sicke mans passing-bell summoning all sicke consciences to pr[e]pare themselues for the comming of the grea[t] day of doome, lest mercies gate be shut against them: fit for all those that desire to arriue at the heauenly Ierusalem. Whereunto are added prayers fit for housholders. The ninth edition. Written by W. Perkins.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1628 (1628)	STC 19684; ESTC S119984	9,405	26

prophaned and turned into a Den of Deuils His Paradise displanted and made a Wildernesse of Serpents His Spouse deflowred and become an Adultresse to his Enemies Durst we commit such outrage against our earthly Princes Would not the terrour of the Law and popular shame curbe vs from it and shall not the glorious Maiestie of Iehouah and the vnrebated kéennesse of his flaming double-edged Sword deterre vs from offering the like to his dearest Spouse Will he that keepes Register of euery singuler haire suffer himselfe to be wronged and ouer-passe it vnpunished Remember that it is a thing full of horrour to fall into the hands of God who is able to crush the proudest spirit and to make his face his Foot-stoole O wrastle not against the cares and cryes of thine owne Conscience but so keepe and conserue it as that at the last it may gladly goe with thee and be ioyfully prepared before the Throne of God to answer for thee There was a man had three friends two whereof hee loued entirely the third hee made no great reckoning of This man being conuented before the King vpon the accusation of some committed crime solemnly came vnto his best friend and intreated him to goe with him but hee would not yet went hee with him some part of his way Bethinking himselfe better he returned to his second friend and desired him to goe with him but he made him this flat answer that by reasō of his more important affaires he could not go with him yet gaue him a token of his remembrance Being driuen to this hard exigent hee trudged to his third friend of whom hee made slight account and hee at the first word went with him to the King and there stucke to him in all his dangers So fares it with a man being sent for by death comes to his Wife Children or Friends and intreats them to go along with him but they slip their necks 〈◊〉 of the C●l●ar and will not onely beare hi● company to his graue then he perswades 〈◊〉 goods and gold to goe along with him but 〈◊〉 cannot and so turnes him off with a 〈◊〉 simple sheete lapt about him then when all these shrinke backe and faile him at the last point his bosome-friend his Conscience will not forsake him but goe along and make an answer for him Labour then to keepe a good Conscience for in the vtmost of extremities That will neuer faile thee There was a countrey where the Commons vsed to elect their King and againe to banish him at their pleasure into a far Countrey almost naked But one more prouident than the rest so soone as he was chosen King he dayly sent before-hand some prouision into that far Countrey so that when the people banished him from them hee was hauing made a prouident preparation of wealth before most royally there entertained So must euery cantelous Christian prouide vpon Earth as he may be ioyfully receiued into Heauen Prayers for priuate Households at all times O Lord prepare our hearts to pray O Most mighty and eternall God who art the Creator Guider Gouernour and Preseruer of all things both in Heauen and Earth vouchsafe we humbly beseech thee to looke downe with the eye of pittie and compassion vpon vs miserable and wretched sinners who at this time are prostrate heere before thee to offer vp this our Sacrifice of Prayer and Thanks-giuing vnto thee And although we be vnworthy by reason of our manifold transgressions to present our selues before thee yet we humbly beseech thee for thy Sonne Christ Iesus our blessed Lord and Sauiours sake to accept of vs and to grant these our prayers and petitions which we doe make vnto thee O mercifull Lord and louing Father remember the infirmities of thy fraile seruants ●ssisting our weake soules with thy grace ●hat in all things we may loue honour and o●ey thy heauenly will and Maiesty waking ●nd walking in the paths of righteousnesse to ●he scope of perfect Holinesse contemning this witching world with all her foolish illusions for the true glorifying of thy Name through Christ Iesus our Lord Amen Another Prayer O Mercifull Lord and louing Father that of the incomprehensible riches of thy mercy toward the disobedient and lost children of Adam who seruing Satan after the blinde and vnbridled lusts of the vile flesh were carried away through sinne and ignorance to damnation hast reconciled vs to thy fauour through grace and adoption in Christ Iesus the righteous by faith and holy conuersation in whom we are deliuered from eternall death and destruction Haue mercy vpon vs yea Lord haue mercy vpon vs and for loue of thy sweet Sonne our Redeemer defend vs against the power of the Destroyer and with thy mighty hand lift vs vp out of the puddle and deathfull corruptions of this abominable world purifying our hearts with thy grace that wee being wholly inclined to thy heauenly desires may grow perfect in holinesse and abounding in the good works which thou hast prepared for thy Saints to walke in for the glorifying of thy Name we may grow an acceptable Temple for thy continuall dwelling in vs O Lord to the vnspeakable peace and comfort and to the euerlasting blisse and saluation of our soules through Christ our Sauiour Amen LOrd let not the darknesse of ignorance comprehend vs. Leade vs by the continuall light of thy grace to worke r●ghteousnesse Let vs not sleepe in sinne O God Quicken our weake soules against earthly sluggishnesse Giue vs the heauenly rest of thy vnspeakable peace O Lord And nourish vs with thy grace to saluation Lord comfort the needy the sicke the prisoned the tormented the distressed and helplesse with the presence of thy grace and haue mercy vpon them and vs. Pittifully heare our complaints O deare Father and grant our requests for thy sweet Sonnes sake our Sauiour FINIS