Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n
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Of religious melancholy a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall March the 6th, 1691/2 / by the Right Reverend Father in God John, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
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Moore, John, 1646-1714.
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divine_a assistance_n nothing_o will_v often_o carry_v your_o thought_n to_o heaven_n than_o your_o present_a disconsolation_n and_o trouble_v who_o length_n and_o acuteness_n will_v also_o make_v heaven_n itself_o taste_v the_o sweet_a when_o soever_o god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n shall_v bring_v you_o thither_o 6._o let_v not_o these_o afflict_a thought_n discourage_v you_o from_o the_o exercise_n of_o your_o devotion_n nor_o tempt_v you_o to_o omit_v or_o negligent_o discharge_v any_o one_o christian_a office_n or_o duty_n go_v still_o on_o in_o the_o way_n of_o religion_n and_o do_v the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n notwithstanding_o these_o performance_n to_o yourselves_o may_v seem_v flat_a and_o heavy_a and_o such_o as_o will_v neither_o be_v grateful_a to_o he_o nor_o procure_v good_a to_o your_o soul_n ib._n let_v your_o prayer_n ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n continual_o although_o at_o present_a you_o find_v no_o answer_n or_o return_v to_o your_o petition_n be_v any_o among_o you_o afflict_v say_v st._n james_n let_v he_o pray_v prayer_n be_v the_o natural_a and_o the_o only_a safe_a refuge_n for_o the_o afflict_a it_o be_v a_o sure_a stay_n to_o the_o heart_n when_o nothing_o else_o in_o the_o world_n can_v support_v it_o nay_o the_o listnesness_n to_o prayer_n so_o grievous_a to_o weak_a christian_n will_v be_v remove_v by_o nothing_o so_o soon_o and_o so_o effectual_o as_o by_o prayer_n itself_o for_o prayer_n refine_v the_o thought_n purify_v the_o heart_n and_o exalt_v the_o soul_n above_o its_o natural_a pitch_n so_o that_o he_o who_o do_v enter_v upon_o his_o prayer_n with_o some_o coldness_n shall_v often_o receive_v wonderful_a joy_n in_o his_o mind_n before_o he_o come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o they_o nothing_o will_v make_v the_o soul_n partake_v so_o much_o of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o so_o close_o unite_v it_o to_o god_n as_o devont_v prayer_n but_o further_a at_o these_o disconsolate_a season_n especial_o let_v the_o matter_n of_o your_o prayer_n be_v such_o as_o do_v imply_v your_o repose_v a_o extraordinary_a confidence_n and_o trust_n in_o god_n although_o he_o seem_v now_o to_o hide_v his_o face_n from_o you_o for_o it_o will_v be_v a_o thing_n most_o acceptable_a to_o he_o and_o a_o strong_a proof_n of_o your_o integrity_n that_o you_o cease_v not_o to_o do_v your_o duty_n even_o when_o you_o find_v little_a pleasure_n in_o it_o and_o still_o continue_v to_o cast_v yourself_o and_o cause_n whole_o upon_o he_o when_o he_o do_v appear_v to_o be_v afar_o off_o and_o to_o have_v no_o regard_n to_o your_o cry_n and_o your_o tear_n and_o here_o it_o may_v be_v fit_a to_o give_v you_o a_o caution_n against_o long_a prayer_n for_o your_o head_n under_o this_o disturbance_n will_v bear_v nothing_o which_o require_v length_n of_o attention_n let_v your_o prayer_n therefore_o be_v frequent_a rather_o than_o long_o such_o as_o may_v cause_v delight_n and_o not_o prove_v tedious_a there_o be_v no_o time_n or_o place_n or_o employment_n do_v so_o engage_v you_o but_o you_o may_v have_v leisure_n now_o and_o then_o to_o send_v up_o your_o desire_n to_o heaven_n and_o if_o they_o be_v sincere_a and_o fervent_a they_o will_v prevail_v with_o god_n how_o short_a soever_o they_o be_v for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o multitude_n of_o yourword_n but_o the_o honestdisposition_n of_o your_o heart_n which_o will_v incline_v he_o to_o hear_v you_o and_o this_o advice_n be_v therefore_o to_o be_v insist_v upon_o because_o melanch_v oly_a christian_n have_v be_v observe_v to_o suffer_v by_o the_o length_n of_o their_o prayer_n and_o their_o fast_n moreover_o do_v not_o forsake_v the_o table_n of_o the_o lord_n notwithstanding_o there_o also_o you_o meet_v no_o comfort_n and_o shall_v be_v altogether_o unable_a to_o move_v and_o effect_v your_o heart_n with_o holy_a reflection_n upon_o the_o most_o cruel_a and_o shameful_a death_n of_o your_o bless_a saviour_n for_o that_o heavenly_a bread_n will_v refresh_v your_o soul_n and_o increase_v your_o grace_n and_o replenish_v your_o heart_n with_o joy_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o god_n shall_v find_v you_o qualify_v for_o so_o great_a mercy_n what_o evil_a thought_n then_o soever_o be_v inject_v into_o your_o mind_n so_o long_o as_o you_o persist_v in_o a_o godly_a course_n of_o life_n there_o can_v be_v no_o colour_n of_o doubt_n but_o god_n will_v love_v you_o and_o approve_v your_o service_n for_o he_o nowhere_o have_v say_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v condemn_v for_o their_o ungovernable_a thought_n over_o which_o they_o have_v no_o dominion_n but_o he_o have_v promise_v that_o all_o those_o who_o be_v not_o weary_a in_o well-doing_n shall_v in_o due_a season_n reap_v everlasting_a life_n now_o shall_v these_o perplex_v thought_n last_o as_o long_o as_o you_o live_v which_o be_v the_o hard_a thing_n you_o can_v suppose_v in_o this_o case_n yet_o that_o as_o i_o say_v before_o will_v be_v no_o more_o a_o argument_n of_o god_n anger_n than_o a_o fevor_n or_o a_o fire_n or_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o friend_n or_o any_o other_o affliction_n nor_o of_o the_o unsoundness_n and_o hypoorisie_n of_o your_o mind_n who_o in_o this_o matter_n be_v only_o the_o sufferer_n for_o as_o you_o do_v not_o invite_v they_o so_o they_o continue_v with_o you_o much_o against_o your_o consent_n let_v not_o therefore_o your_o present_a trial_n and_o humiliation_n make_v you_o despair_n of_o find_v favour_n with_o a_o god_n of_o boundless_a mercy_n and_o most_o tender_a compassion_n persevere_v in_o your_o duty_n and_o confide_v in_o his_o infinite_a goodness_n and_o at_o length_n the_o cloud_n which_o now_o darken_v your_o mind_n shall_v all_o vanish_v and_o be_v succeed_v by_o steady_a and_o pure_a light_n your_o fear_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o full_a assurance_n of_o unconceivable_a happiness_n and_o all_o the_o disorder_n tumult_n and_o confusion_n in_o your_o soul_n shall_v be_v change_v iuto_fw-la eternal_n peace_n and_o undisturbed_a and_o endless_a joy_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o conclude_v all_o in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o psalmist_n who_o have_v be_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n from_o his_o youth_n and_o yet_o ever_o receive_v supply_n from_o the_o lord_n answerable_a to_o his_o distress_n you_o that_o fear_v the_o lord_n praise_v he_o for_o he_o have_v not_o despise_v nor_o abhor_v the_o affliction_n of_o the_o afflict_a neither_o have_v he_o hide_v his_o face_n from_o he_o but_o when_o he_o cry_v unto_o he_o he_o hear_v wait_v on_o the_o lord_n be_v of_o good_a courage_n and_o he_o shall_v strengthen_v thy_o heart_n i_o will_v be_v glad_a and_o rejoice_v in_o thy_o mercy_n for_o thou_o have_v consider_v my_o trouble_n thou_o have_v know_v my_o soul_n in_o adversity_n i_o will_v sing_v unto_o the_o lord_n because_o he_o have_v deal_v bountiful_o with_o i_o yea_o i_o will_v hope_v continual_o and_o yet_o praise_v he_o more_o and_o more_o o_o how_o great_a be_v thy_o goodness_n which_o thou_o have_v lay_v up_o for_o they_o that_o fear_v thou_o o_o love_v the_o lord_n all_o you_o his_o saint_n for_o the_o lord_n preserve_v the_o faithful_a they_o that_o know_v thy_o name_n will_v put_v their_o trust_n in_o thou_o for_o thou_o have_v not_o forsake_v they_o who_o seek_v thou_o finis_fw-la mark_v 16._o 16._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 10._o 10._o vide_fw-la st._n basil_n de_fw-fr moderandis_fw-la animi_fw-la cogitationibus_fw-la tom._n 2._o p._n 674._o 674._o dum_fw-la enim_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la mala_fw-la in_o initiis_fw-la est_fw-la facile_fw-la potest_fw-la abjiti_fw-la à _fw-la cord_n nam_fw-la si_fw-la frequent_a iteretur_fw-la &_o diu_fw-la permantat_fw-la adducit_fw-la animum_fw-la ad_fw-la consensum_fw-la &_o post_fw-la consensum_fw-la intra_fw-la cer_fw-la suum_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la peccati_fw-la tendat_fw-la effectum_fw-la hieronym_n in_o cantic_a cantic_a hom._n 4._o p._n 117._o 117._o reprime_fw-la porro_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la superbiae_fw-la priusquam_fw-la te_fw-la superbia_fw-la deprimat_fw-la destrue_v cogitationem_fw-la arrogantiae_fw-la antiquam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la te_fw-la subvertat_fw-la effringe_v atque_fw-la exclude_v concupiscentiam_fw-la pri_fw-la usquam_fw-la te_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la â—â—idat_fw-la ac_fw-la conterat_fw-la ephraem_n sylli_n op._n p._n 404._o 404._o eâ—o_fw-la mitis_fw-la &_o placidus_fw-la &_o benevolentiae_fw-la plenus_fw-la &_o gratiae_fw-la sine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la sermo_fw-la ducatur_fw-la contumeliâ_fw-la absit_fw-la pertinax_fw-la in_o familiari_fw-la sermone_fw-la contentio_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la enim_fw-la magis_fw-la excitare_fw-la inane_n quam_fw-la utilitates_fw-la aliquid_fw-la efferre_fw-la solet_fw-la disciptatio_fw-la sine_fw-la irâ_fw-la suavitas_fw-la sine_fw-la amaritudine_fw-la sit_fw-la monitio_fw-la sine_fw-la asperitate_fw-la hortatio_fw-la sine_fw-la offension_n s._n ambr._n tom._n 4._o col._n 16._o 16._o nolite_fw-la litigare_fw-la cum_fw-la perversis_fw-la â—ogitationibus_fw-la vel_fw-la perversa_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la vobis_fw-la insistae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliqua_fw-la utiii_fw-la cogitation_n &_o voluntate_fw-la mentem_fw-la vestram_fw-la donec_fw-la evanescant_fw-la fortiter_fw-la occupate_v neque_fw-la doâ—â—atis_fw-la neque_fw-la contristemini_fw-la de_fw-la illarum_fw-la insestatione_n quamdiu_fw-la illas_fw-la sicut_fw-la dixi_fw-la contemnendo_fw-la superatis_fw-la &_o nullum_fw-la eye_v assâ—nsum_fw-la praebetâ—s_fw-la ne_o occasione_n tâ—istitiae_fw-la iterum_fw-la râ—deant_n ad_fw-la memoriam_fw-la &_o svam_fw-la importunitatâ—m_fw-la resuscitent_a s._n anselm_n ep._n 133._o p._n 414._o 414._o cum_fw-la autem_fw-la vultis_fw-la orare_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la bonam_fw-la meditationem_fw-la intendere_fw-la si_fw-la vobis_fw-la tunc_fw-la importunae_fw-la sunt_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la quas_fw-la non_fw-la debetis_fw-la suscipere_fw-la nunquam_fw-la propter_fw-la illarum_fw-la importunitatem_fw-la â—onuâ—_n quod_fw-la incepistis_fw-la velitis_fw-la demittere_fw-la s._n anselm_n ib._n
so_o that_o conquest_n which_o will_v have_v cost_v you_o but_o small_a pain_n may_v become_v doubtful_a where_o you_o be_v to_o contend_v with_o thought_n who_o long_a stand_n have_v confirm_v and_o almost_o root_v they_o in_o your_o nature_n thus_o frequent_a review_n take_v of_o your_o thought_n will_v produce_v both_o power_n and_o skill_n to_o manage_v they_o wise_o and_o may_v in_o good_a measure_n prevent_v or_o cure_v the_o trouble_v complain_v of_o by_o these_o melancholy_a person_n 2._o 16._o endeavour_v to_o keep_v all_o your_o passion_n within_o due_a bound_n since_o storm_n of_o passion_n confound_v the_o soul_n and_o make_v way_n for_o evil_a thought_n and_o whatever_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o passion_n it_o be_v apt_a before_o it_o go_v off_o to_o run_v they_o into_o those_o frightful_a reflection_n which_o they_o so_o much_o dread_n and_o after_o the_o weakness_n and_o indisposition_n which_o a_o strong_a passion_n leave_v behind_o it_o they_o will_v be_v 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either_o delight_n orgrieve_v he_o than_o upon_o those_o which_o he_o judge_n be_v to_o be_v despise_v i_o know_v this_o will_v be_v no_o good_a advice_n do_v these_o thought_n lie_v within_o our_o power_n and_o be_v the_o product_n of_o our_o choice_n as_o all_o sin_n be_v for_o then_o the_o soon_o and_o the_o more_o vigorous_o we_o resist_v they_o so_o much_o the_o better_a it_o will_v be_v for_o we_o for_o at_o first_o sin_n be_v weak_a and_o have_v little_a interest_n in_o we_o and_o conscience_n be_v tender_a and_o be_v make_v extreme_a uneasy_a by_o any_o compliance_n with_o it_o so_o that_o if_o we_o do_v brave_o oppose_v it_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o siege_n the_o victory_n will_v be_v most_o certain_a but_o when_o in_o length_n of_o time_n sin_n have_v get_v both_o strength_n and_o confidence_n our_o very_a nature_n must_v undergo_v a_o great_a change_n before_o it_o can_v be_v subdue_v but_o now_o have_v prove_v that_o these_o bad_a thought_n do_v result_v more_o from_o 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