Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	ghost_n	holy_a	sinner_n	7,089	5	9.1918	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53902	The raptures of a flaming spirit Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c.	Pearson, Nicolas, fl. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1010A; ESTC R217486	58,578	311

we rise in Thankful Praises It s great Condescension in thee to be content to be prais'd or beloved by such miserable Creatures of uncircumcised hearts and lips Eternity it self is little enough to praise thee Blessed be the Majesty of Heaven for our Creation and that we are Men and not Beasts Blessed be God for our Immortal Souls that are capable of Communion with thy own self for ever and ever Let our never-ceasing Praises wait upon thee for our Redemption the great Work which the Angels desire to look into Everlastingly praised be our God for the light of his Glory that shineth in the Face of Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of his Grace Our Praises wait upon thee for Free Grace that unlimited Treasury of the highest Love and Bounty Thy precious Love is from Eternity to Eternity That hath prevented the Lion from coming out of the Thicket and hath kept the Destroyer out of sight That hath stopp'd the Mouths of the Lyons of thy Judgments so as they have not torn in pieces when there was none to deliver us Our Praises wait upon our God for Free Grace that Blessed Root out of which springeth all the pleasant and precious Mysteries of the Gospel The most Beautiful Womb out of which Christ Jesus with all his Heavenly Treasures the unspeakable Priviledges Prerogatives Graces and Comforts that are to be had in him and by him do come forth The Blessed Cause that is sufficient to produce the Blessed Effects of the Salvation of our Souls thro Jesus Christ our Lord. The Blessed Fountain that continually sends forth Streams of Comfort to refresh the dejected disconsolate weary and heavy loaden ones The Bow thou hast set in the Clouds of Spiritual Sorrow to assure the Contrite Ones that thy Wrath shall not over-flow them Were it not for thy Grace what should we do when our Sins testifie against us but call for the Mountains to fall upon us and the Hills to cover us from the Presence of the Lord. Thy Grace hath kept many Thousands from following Judas into Despair When we know not what to do then we turn our Eyes towards thee and find there is yet hope for Israel It was Free Grace that our great Lord Christ lived and died to declare We adore the great Minister of Grace Jesus Christ our Lord the Ark that saveth us from perishing in the Floods of our Iniquities Who was given for us who was conceived and born for us who lived and died for us who rose again for us and who ever liveth and maketh Intercession for us Who trod the Wine-Press alone The Son of God became the Son of Man that the Sons of Men might become the Sons of God Who was made like unto all that all might be made like unto him Who sought us in sharp ways and bought us with a dear price Who came from Heaven to Earth that we may go from Earth to Heaven The Brightness of the Fathers Glory and the Express Image of Person paid the Price of our Redemption to discharge us Rebels who were in our Filthiness in our Blood Our Jesus leap'd into a Sea of Wrath to save us from perishing He waded thro a Sea of Sufferings to procure a Pardon for our Transgressions Who made himself Sin for us who knew no Sin that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him He suffer'd our Cross that we might wear his Crown He died our Death that we might live his Life Who endured our Hell that we might enjoy his Heaven He bore our Griefs and carry'd our Sorrows He was wounded for our Transgressions and bruised for our Iniquities The Chastisement● of our Peace was upon him and by his Stripes we may be healed We all like Sheep have gone astray but on him was laid the Iniquities of us all Adored be Christ Jesus who hath done what we ought to have done and suffered what we ought to have suffered This is the solid Basis of our Comfort The Lord of Life is the Way to escape Eternal Death Altho we have turn'd our Backs on Grace and with the Israelites loath'd the Manna and hath so little regarded what the Lord Christ hath done and suffer'd for us and that Blessed Treasure that he at so dear a rate bought for us and hath been daily offer'd unto us yet he pleadeth for us stoppeth Judgment and stayeth Divine Vengeance Altho the Earth was thought too good for him he thinketh not Heaven too good for us Our Praises wait upon the Majesty of Heaven for the continuance of the Gospel the Wisdom of God ordained before the World unto our Glory the Power of God unto Salvation unto every one that believe That mighty Efflux and Emanation of Life and Spirit freely issuing from an Omnipotent Source of Grace and Love That true God-like Vital Influence whereby Divinity derives it self into the Souls of Men inlivening and transforming them into its own likeness and strongly imprinting upon them a Copy of its own Beauty and Goodness Blessed be God that thy Precepts are yet our Heritage in the House of our Pilgrimage The Light without which the whole World would be but a dark Chaos Our Praises wait upon our God because we are within the sound of his Trumpets Because the Sun of the Gospel shineth upon the Lot of our Inheritance Our Praises wait upon thee because the Holy Spirit is still ready to bear witness to our Spirits the Truth of thy Holy Word which transcribeth thy Heart and Mind unto us Thy Judgments thou hast laid before us and the Way of Truth whereby we may be kept from the Paths of the Destroyer Our Praises wait upon thee our God for all the faithful Dispencers of thy Word and Sacraments It s great favour that thou hast not removed them into Corners and that their Tongues do not cleave to the roofs of their Mouths Jonah was sent from Samaria to Nineveh doubtless we have turn'd as deaf an Ear as ever did Samaria It s unspeakable Mercy that thou hast not commanded the Clouds that they rain no more rain upon us That thou hast not pronounced against us They that are filthy let them be filthy still and they that are unrighteous let them be unrighteous still Our Praises wait upon our God for all the great and precious Promises ratified by the Oath of God the Father sealed by the Blood of God the Son testified by God the Holy Ghost and deliver'd by the hand of Mercy Those Breathings of Divine Love The Breasts of the Gospel out of which we draw forth so much Consolation Those firm Foundations to build upon Great and precious Promises To the Chief of Sinners To them that have been prodigalizing all their days and spent all upon Lust To them that have all the day been standing idle in the Market-place even until the Eleventh hour Altho we have run so much upon the score that if thou shouldst arrest us all the Angels of Heaven could not

Musick of the World charm us asleep Keep Satan from cuting the Sinews of our Endeavours Suffer not the Darts of Temptation to pierce thro the Armour of our Resolution Suffer not our good Resolutions to be vanquished by the Impetuousness of our base sensual Affections Go thou along with us thro the Crowd of Opposition Keep us from being worried with the power of Sin Altho we cannot be kept altogether from falling keep us from falling altogether Keep us from being carried into any ways that shall dishonour the Gospel Hold us by the Right Hand thou art the Lord our God therefore encourage us and help us Direct us in this Maze of Life and in the Buffle of the World Let the Spirit of Truth guid us in all Truth Give us a Safe Conduct thro all Casualty hide our lives with Christ in God Keep us by thy Power thro Faith unto Salvation In large our Hearts that we may run in the Way of thy Commandments Suffer us not to truck our Faith for our Liberty Confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus In regard our Impatient and Immoderate Desires after Carnal Pleasures always return laden with an Intolerable Burthen of Grief and Sorrow and that Sin loseth what Repentance gains therefore Caution us Put thy Fear in our Hearts that we may not depart from thy Statutes Sins Gilded Pills are the Fore-runners of Bitter Potions therefore work in us a dislike of them Keep us from catching at the Bait of Pleasure lest we hang upon the Hook of perpetual Perdition Order our Steps and uphold us with thy Free Spirit Cause Faith and Fear to go hand in hand that Faith may keep us chearful and that Fear may keep us serious that Faith may keep us from sinking in Despair and that Fear may keep us from floating in Presumption Why should we despair God can help us Why should we presume God can cross us That a holy Alacrity may be temper'd with a gracious Humility Keep our Feet from falling that we may walk before thee in the Light of the Living Let us hear the Still Voice behind us when we turn to the Right hand or the Left The Lord is our Shepherd The Shepherd when he sees his Sheep straying out of their Bounds he calls out unto them Our Shepherd is the Living Lord who is acquainted with all our Ways and pondereth all our Goings When thou O Lord feest us Wandering out of our Gospel Rules lift up thy Voice either the voice of thy Word or the voice of thy Messengers or the Voice of our Consciences or the Voice of thy Spirit That we may return to the green pastures and to the still waters Give Light unto our Understandings Order in our Affections Pliableness in our Will that we may be exemplary in our Lives Deliver us not onely from the Sins of the Times but from the Times of Sin That we may be found always moving in the Orb of Obedience Make us so Honourable as to be born of thee so Wise as to know thee so Beautiful that we may bear thy Image so Rich as to be rich in Faith so Victorious as to overcome the World so happy as to enjoy thy self so blessed with peace as to have the peace of God which passeth all understanding then we shall be sure of true joy the joy of the Holy Ghost Work our Names in the Frame of thine own Glory Make us blessed in this Life happy in Death and glorious after Death Make out unto us that thy Mercy is ours to pardon us that thy Blood is ours to cleanse us thy Merits ours to justifie us thy Righteousness ours to cloath us thy Spirit ours to lead us thy Grace ours to inrich us and thy Glory ours to crown us Make us Masters of so much Consideration that we are swimming down the Stream of Time and it will not belong before we lanch into the Ocean of Eternity Teach us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom That we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour rest in thy peace arise by thy power and remain in thy glory for ever and ever This and whatsoever else we should ask for our selves or any other let it be granted unto us and to them upon the alone account of our great Lord and ever blessed Redeemer who was given for us who was made a Curse for us who inexpressibly suffer'd for us who satisfied Divine Justice for us who was made reconciliation for us who died and rose again for us Who prepared glory for us and ever maketh Intercession for us For him we give all praises in him we ever desire to be found rendering unto the most glorious Majesty of Heaven as we for ever will acknowledge most due all Honour Glory Power Might Reverence Fear and Obedience World without end Amen The Blessing with which the Author used to dismiss his Congregation THe Almighty Power of God the Father vanquish and overcome whatsoever may hinder you from him and give you strength to do his acceptable Will in all things The most Bright Wisdom of God the Son inlighten you and lead you to all things which may bring you forward to him The Vnspeakable and Super-abounding Love of God the Holy Ghost pierce thro all the Oppositions in you kindle and unite your love to him with a most ardent and pleasing turning all your Powers and Strength that you may follow his sweet Calling and most amorous drawing Whereunto the more than Most Glorious Trinity hath called you Namely From the Love of this Deceitful World to the Injoyment of God and his Riches and Unspeakable Blessedness so that by Grace you may be that which you are not nor can be by Nature To whom be all Honour Praise Obedience and Reverence Amen FINIS