Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	lord_n	pity_n	2,183	5	9.5016	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12573	The booke of the holy societye commonly called of tvvelve conteyning the lytanies, and prayers, vvich are to be sayd by those vvho are of that Societye. To obtaine of God the grace to dye well. Lately translated out of the French language for the benefit of English Catholikes by N.N. a Catholic gentleman.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622, attributed name.; Anderton, Lawrence, attributed name.; N. N., catholic gentleman.	1626 (1626)	STC 22889; ESTC S101962	17,410	150

demand it of god in her name As it doth appeare in the acts of her noble martyrdome vvhich you shall sind in the lines of Saynts vvitten by the reuerend father Rybadeneyra vvith a notable example of one vvho falling dovv●● from the topp of a house that vvas on fire and being buried or rather ouervvhelmed vvith the ruynes of the house and flaming brands vvas in due time succored by the sayd Saynt vvhoe appeared vnto him and promised him that he should not dye before he had receiued the Sacraments and for that end thee had obtayned of god a respit for him till the ne●t day vvhich s●e fell out and he made a most happy end because for a great space of tyme he had be●● deuou● to the foresayd Saynt A PRAYER TO IESVS CHRIST CRVCIFIED O Lord Iesus Christ my most mercifull sauiour I beseech thee by that great bitternes which thou didst suffer on the crosse for me wretched sinner especially at that houre when thy most sanctified soule did depart from thy blessed bodye that it would please thee to haue pitty on my soule and to vse mercye thereto when it shall depart out of this life and that thou wouldest by the merits of thy most precious bloud take it with thee into aeternall life Amen ADVERTISEMENT Caesarius a religious man doth report that a great seruant of god being accoustomed to say the forsayd prayer as often as he passed by the holy Crucifix did merit after his death to goe out of this vvorld directly into paradise vvithout suffring the paynes of purgatory AN ACT OF CONTRITION WITH ALL THE PARTS THEREOF IN FORME OF A PRAYER MY lord Iesus Christ true god true mā for asmuch as thou art accomplished with all perfection and because I doe acknowledg thee for my souueraigne bilsse I do loue thee with all my hart and aboue all things I am infinitly sory that I haue soe vngratefully offended thee Wherefore I doe first of all resolue neuer to offend thee more Secondly to flye from all the occasions of sinne Thirdly to make a sincere confessiō and to performe such pennance as shall be enioyned to mee and for a more full worthy satisfactiō I doe offer vnto thee thy owne merits with those of the blessed virgin thy mother and of all those whom thou hast elected ioyning therewith both my body and foule my temptations sorrowes and afflictions and my whole life Beseeching thee alsoe that thou wouldst pardonne and giue me thy grace wherby I may amend my life and that I may continue therein euē till my death Amen A PRAYER TO OVR BLESSED LADY TO COMMEND OVR SELVES TO HER SPECIALL PROTECTION AND SAFEGARD O Domina mea sancta Maria ego infaelix peccator me in tuam benedictam fidem ac singularem custodiam in sinum misericordiae tuae hodiè quotidiè in hora exitus mei animam meā corpus meum tibi cōmendo omnem spem meam consolationem meam omnes angustias miserias meas vitam finem vitae meae tibi comitto te hodie matrē apud Deum aduocatā meā prae omnibus eligo pręopto tu quę pijssima es mater misericordiae noli me propter nimia peccata mea reijcere sed pertuam sanctissimam intercessionem per tua gloriosa merita omnia mea dirigantur disponantur opera secundum tuam tuique filij voluntatem Amen AN OTHER PRAYER TO IMPLORE THE AYDE OF OVR BLESSED LADY IN TIME OF TRIBVLATION AND IN HORROR OF DEATH O Most chast and mercifull virgin and mother holy Mary stretch forth I beseech thee the hand of thy help and succor to me a miserable and wretched sinner in all those trauayles and necessityes which may happen vnto me at any time or place but principally in this tribulation and affliction which doth oppresse me at this present soe that I may not onely beare it patiently and for the loue of god but alsoe with courage and cheerefully and that by his grace and speciall assistance I may gayne force and constancy in all my other crosses and aduersityes which may fall vpon me aswell from the hand of my god as of mē O mother of mercy and aduocate of sinners be pleased alsoe to be my gratious defendresse at that time when my soule shall part from my body for at that time more thē any other shall I haue neede of thy succor and ayde For alas if I consider the weight of my sinnes and the number of offēces which I haue committed and doe daily committ in the presence of the diuine goodnes I feare to be confounded ouercome by the deuill whoe will neuer cease to present thē before my eyes indeuoring to deceiue me by his false illusions I therfore most hūbly beseech thee the true distributor of gods holy graces that thou wouldest obtayne of my lord thy deare and onely sonne true god and true man that as he hath vouchsafed to come and take humayne flesh in thy chast wōbe not by any humayne but Diuine power that so he might saue mankind from eternall damnation soe likewise it would please him to giue me the force and vnderstanding at that last houre truely to repēt myself of my sinnes and to haue nothing in my thoughts but him alone Which I aske by thy intercession not for my self alone but alsoe for all those whoe are of this holy societye whereof thou art the principall ladye mistresse soe that by thy merits intercessiō wee may all soe well serue thy most sweete sonne in our life that acknowledging him at our death by recieuing al the sacramēts and his holye grace wee may merit one daye in heauen to enioy and possesse without end the cleare vision of the blessed Amen AN OTHER PRAYER TO OVR LADYE O Most mercifull virgin Marye most worthy mother of god assured refuge of sinners conforter of the afflicted I vnworthy sinner haue recourse to thee with great confidence beseeching thee for that great ioye which thou didst feele in thy hart when thou didst see thy onely deare sonne rise from death to life that it would please thee to comfort my soule and more expressely I beseech the for a speciall grace by the bowells of thy infinite pittye that in the last passage of my life whē I shall appeare trembling defore the awefull tribunall of thy deare beloued sonne my sauiour Iesus Christ to giue a strict accompt of my whole life that thou wouldest vouchsafe to assist and prorect me to the end that by thy fauorable intercession most gracious mother I may escape that terrible sentence of eternall death be found or made worthy to enioy with thee that life which neuer shall haue end Amen PROTESTATIONS FOR THOSE WHOE ARE SICK AND DESIRE TO DYE IN THE GRACE OF GOD. I. N. miferable sinner doe protest heere in the presence of the holy Trinity the Father Sōne and Holy ghost of Iesus Christ crucified for my sinnes of the