Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	vouchsafe_v	2,838	5	10.6553	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52160	A new and true mercurius: or, Mercurius metricus A true relation in meeter (on the behalf of scepter and miter) comprising sundry of the most sad and bad transactions, occurrences and passages in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the space of twelve years last past. For the true information and reformation of the people. Or, sober sadness, and plain-dealing, in a few plain, sober, and sad country rhimes, concerning these sad and heavy times, conducing to a real, personal and national reformation in three sinful lands. To which is added the authours twelve years extream melancholy, with the vvoful effects thereof in him, and the best remedy which he used for the removal of them all. Also a joyful and thankful commemoration of His Majesties happy return to his three kingdoms. By William Mascal above forty years ago Fellow-Commoner of Clarehal in Cambridge, now a poor deacon according to the canonical ordination of the late most famous orthodoxal Church of England.	Mascall, William.	1661 (1661)	Wing M903C; ESTC R216688	16,008	31

in se est mors animae sed desperare est in infernum descendere Ghostly dead It casts a man into the lowest hell Amongst the infernal spirits there do dwell Then heal thou me soul Doctor yet at length And in my weakness perfect thou thy strength If it may please thee after nine years space Send cheerfulness but chiefly saving grace True faith by which all Satans fiery darts Are quenched quite Christ dwelling in our hearts Lord humble me for sin by godly grief Then send the comforter with true relief To turn my sadness into holy mirth And make me praise thee whil'st I live on earth In my great frailty shew thy saving power And save me from my sins my Saviour Amen Aug. 28. 1654. Non est mortale quod opto IT is no mortal thing I crave But grace and goodness I would have A sinners suit opprest with melancholly Beseeching God to make him truely holy But one day well in four and twenty hours Sadness distracts my soul in all her powers Which doth unman me for the time and fit My spirits deads and makes me silent fit Not fit to speak or to be spoken to Which sad case may both body and soul undoe If God in mercy do not it prevent Give me space and grace too to repent For which I le pray and never give him rest Til he vouchsafe to grant me my request A Prayer for true Repentance New Obedience and perseverance GIve me O God what wilt thou give Give me repentance true For all my sins which thee do grieve Do thou them all (c) Mich. 7.19 subdue O Lord my God shew forth thy might Make me a Saint with speed Sincere and upright in thy sight In thought in word in deed And let me not fall back again To any sinful crime But make me constant to remain For all my future time This grace Lord grant thou unto me For thy dear son his sake And let me (d) Psal 119.80 sound and faithful be Till thou to heaven me take August 24. 1645. Maschals Maschil IN a few plain verses instructing himself how by Gods help he may be corde ore opere realty thankful for his undeserved and unexpected wonderful deliverance from along continued almost twelve years most tedious and irksome disease of melancholy causing ext eam heaviness dulness and deadness of his spirits even unto a very (e) Cura leves loquuntur ingentesstupent stupifying of them as a learned Physitian Doctor Phypard told me when he felt my pulse in the extremitie of one of my fits Thanks-living is the best Thanksgiving SInce thou O God hast set my mind in tune On the eleventh day of this present June Distracted much by melancholly sadness And turned hast that sad disease to gladness Which me oppressed had almost twelve years As by the date of (f) Iuly 25. 1645. forty five appears Upon which day it pleas'd God (g) Percutit parcit cum libet ipse Deus to begin To visit me with that sad scourge of sin My soul praise returns not my tongne alone But heart and hand likewise conjoynd in one Consort shall hencefort magnifie thy name By striving so to live without all blame That I may render thee true thanks and praise So long as thou shalt here prolong my days That I may (h) 1 Cor. 9 24. Instadio curram ment bra●● subiiciam run (i) For non progredi èst regredi on in a godly race Assist me Lord with thine enabling grace God grant that I may so run as St. Paul did to obtaine and in veritie and sincerity say with him by the grace of God I am what I am June 13. 1657. A joyful and thankeful commemoration of the greatest mercy and blessing that by the most gratious and miraculous providence of God was ever bestowed on three distressed Nations Vpon the twenty eight day of June 1660. the day of publique thanksgiving for his Majesties happy return to his three Kingdoms HAd it not been for God and General Monck Our Church and State had in confusion sunck Sith God hath now restor'd them both again By causing Charls the second King to reign To him be * Laus tibi magne De●● Psal 115.1 praise not to us sinners then Who to his Churches Prayers hath said Amen Let us rejoyce and give him all the (k) Gratiarum actio not 〈◊〉 d●ctio which is 〈◊〉 gratiar●m fictio thanks By living (l) ● have lately observed two ●hristen name to be given to two persons the practise of them indeed extends to all true Christians Live well Chapman and Praise-god Barbone let them and all of us strive to live well and so truely to praise God not barbone-like who disliketh Kings and Bishops and would make them all as bare as bare bones or his marvellous undeserved blessings and mercyes lately vouchsafed to three sinful Kingdoms in the Restauration of his most gracious and therefore most excellent Majesty to them all which the God of all grace graunt us all grace to do through the merits and mercyes of Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour and Redeemer Amen Amen well and shunning wicked prancks Gloria summa Dei Gloria summa Deo All the Glory be to the all Glorious God FINIS