Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	grace_n	lord_n	sin_n	12,820	5	4.6101	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20515	A dyurnall: for deuoute soules to ordre them selfe therafter.		1532 (1532)	STC 6928; ESTC S109630	6,787	22

¶ A dyurnall for deuoute soules to ordre them selfe therafter Ihesus Maria. THe great cause as I do thynke why we profyte lytell in the way of perfeccion is that we do not with al our studye and dylygēce / folowe by perseueraunt exercyse in our dayly conuersacy on / the good instruccyons and counceylles that be daylye gyuen vs of oure lorde god The whiche for the gracyous desyre that he hath of our saluacyon ceaseth not to admonysshe and teche vs / howe we shuld ensue and optayne our soules helth and his perpetuall fauoure not onely by secret inspyracy on / but also by outwarde techynges and en samples that oft tymes we rede se And this defaulte in ve ryseth partly of our nelygence / that we gyue no great force of our owne profyte partly of our frayle and oblyuyous memory / that soon forgetteth what is taught vs but yf by often rehersynge it be depesy wryten and grauen in oure stony hertes ¶ Agaynst the fyrste the onely remedy is a good wyll / the which with the helpe of grace daylye desyrynge by contynuall prayers to amende shall at the last opteyne that it perseuerantly desyreth Agaynst the seconde defaulte the remedy is often tymes to rede or here those thynges the which wolde alwaye be had in mynde wherfore I haue accordynge to your deuout request / noted breuely ī this lytel papyre thre exercyses the which I haue many tymes coūceylled you to vse at thre tymes of the daye specyally / that is to say in the mornynge when ye ryseat your meate / and when ye go to reste ¶ In the mornynge AS soon as ye be ful wakynge marke well what thyng cōmeth fyrst to your mynde And yf ye haue ben wakynge at any tyme of the nyght past / what remēbraūce ye haue had of god And yf ye fynde that any thynge hath occupyed your hert then the rule of perfeccyon requyreth / the whiche is that our herte be at altymes vnyd and knytte vnto god / eyther by actuall loue and contemplacyon of his goodnes with de we thankes gyuynge for his benefytes / or elles by contynuall prayer confessyon of our owne euylles ¶ Then anone with great heuynes complayne of your selfe knowlegyng that this īperfeccyon is founde in you for want of dylygent ghostly exercyse in the tyme past And with a feruent desyre to amende from thensforth begyn anone with humble prostracyō both of spyryte and also of body yf ye be alone to prayse the gloryous trynyte sayeng thus ¶ O beata et benedicta gloriosa trinitas tibi laus et gloria et gratiarū actio ab omni creatura tua perinfinita secula seculorum Amen Thus in sentence O blyssed and gloryous trynyte / laude / glory and thankes be to the of all thy creatures / worlde without any ende Amen ¶ And when ye say this prayer speke it not onely with your tongue / but of all your hole herte moste affectuously desyre that the prayse / glory and thanke of all goodnes that is or shall be wrought by you or any other creature be retourned all onely to hym the which is the begyn̄yng / the myddes the ende of al thyng that is worthy any prayse And acustome to reherse this many tymes on the day / so oft as ye fele any ghostly / or elles corporall / delectacyon of god / or of his creatures / that is to saye when soeuer ye be touched with inwarde deuocyon or good thought when ye cōsydre the graces of sayntꝭ / when ye be delyted with the be wty of any creature / when your meate drynke do content your appetyte / and so of al other thynges that pleaseth you Alwaye syngeth youre herte and many tymes speke with your mouthe O beata triuitas vts̄ But specyally se that ye in no wyse omytte this when ye be moued to vayngsory And I thynke the contynuall exercyse of youre h●rte in this one lesson / shall moch promote encrease the grace loue of god in you ¶ But now retournyng to the mornynges exercyse when ye do on your clothes / se that your mynde be occupyed ī the prayse of god thankynge hym that he hath so plentuously puyded for you al necessaryes / many other moch better then ye / beyng ī nede / and pray hym to moue your herte the hertes of other to releue his poore people And this ye shall dylygently remembre both at your fedynge and when ye go to your rest at nyght FYrste when that ye be clothed before that ye departe out of your chambre saye this shorte prayer folowynge before some ymage of our lorde Ihesu cryste / fyrste thankynge hym for your creacyon and redēpcyon sayenge ¶ Gratias tibi ago domine Ihesu criste qui me creastiredemisti et preordinasti ad hoc qd sum tu scis quid de me facere vis / fac de me secūdum voluntatem tuam cum misericordia Amen Lorde Ihesu cryste that hast created me / hedemed me / and prcordynat me to be that I am thou knowest what thou wylt do with me / therfore make of me what soeuer thy wyll is after thy mercy Amen ¶ And when ye say this knowlege in your herte that ye are wel content with the estate and callynge that ye be in desyrynge intyerly with all youre herte to be obedyent to the ordynaunce of god what soeuer it pleaseth hym to make of you ¶ Secunderly confesse that al your lyfe past hath ben full of synne and moche vnkyndnes to warde your lorde god / promysynge vnfeyningly that ye wyl without any further delaye / with the helpe of his grace this same daye begyn a newe lyfe / humbly askynge mercye and remyssyon / sayenge ¶ Dn̄e Ihesu criste ego cognosco me grauiter peccasse / et libenter vo lo me emendare per gratiam tuam miserere mei propter amaram passionem tuam Amen O lorde Ihesu cryste I knowe that I haue greuously synned / and gladly I wyll amende me by thy grace haue mercy on me for thy bytter passyon ¶ And when ye saye thus / haue before your eyes some of your greatest offences that moste may moue you to shame of your self and to contrycyon ¶ Thyrdlye vtterly dysprayrynge of your selfe thynkyng that ye are not in any wyse able or suffycyēt to ordre youre owne lyfe to gyde your selfe in the waye of vertue cōmyt you fully to the prouydēce of god say ¶ Domine Ihesu criste qui solus es sapientia patris / tu scis que michi peccatori expediunt prout tibi placet / et sicut ī oculis tue maiestatis videtur de me / ita fiat cum misericordia Amen O lorde Ihesu cryste that onely arte the wysdom of the father / thou knowest what thyngꝭ are to me expedyent / as it pleaseth the as it is seen in the eyes of thy maiestie of me / so be it with mercye Amen ¶ And when ye say