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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	bless_v	lord_n	praise_v	4,649	5	10.4003	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15621	An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.	Wither, George, 1540-1605.	1585 (1585)	STC 25888; ESTC S101869	82,014	180

fingers to battell VVater SO often as we see y e waters of y e sea we are to praise the goodnesse of the Lord who gathered them together on a heape and to maruell and wonder at his power who hath set them boundes which they may not passe and doores and barres whereby they are kept within theire appointed limits and can not returne to couer the face of the earth As the raised waters with great raines fall sodainly with greate rage and perill of drowning to many so are the persecutions of the Church if God do not miraculously rescue it from them But though his people passe through y e waters he wil be with them throgh the flouds yet they shall not ouerthrowe them For God maketh for them awaye in the sea and a path in the mighty Waters As water refresheth the thirstye and as flouds do moysten the dry land and make it fruitful so God by his spirit reioyceth the people of his Church and powreth out aboundance of his blessinges vpon them As water runneth and falleth awaye so shall all handes be weakned and knees shal shrinck when God shall punish impietie and wickednesse As cleane water washeth and maketh cleane our bodyes so the spirite of God maketh our harts and soules cleane in the eyes and sight of God As the water of mighty floudes doe with great violence and rage flowe and can not be stopped so the wrath of the Lorde commeth vppon the wicked who peruert al lawes and all religion A cup of water should bring to minde that the least liberalitie that can be giuen for Gods cause shall not scape vnrewarded at the handes of God If he that is a thirst doth greedely and ioyfully receiue a cup of water to quench his thirst and to ease him for a little time how much more greedely should we receiue the water of life whereby the thirst of our soule shall be quenched eternally As waues of water are tossed and carried away by force of wind so he that prayeth without faith must needes be carryed of euerye forcible affection and therefore can not looke to obtayne his peticions Waxe AS waxe melteth with the heat of the fier so the hart of man fainteth with the greatnesse of troubles and tribulations And as waxe melteth at the heat of the fier so the wicked perishe at the presence of God For how can they abyde his presence when the great huge and mighty mountaynes doe melt thereat as waxe Webbe AS the Spiders webbe is now whole and straight waies broken almost for the least thing that may happen vnto it so the expectation of the wicked faileth deceiueth them And as of those webbes no man can make cloath to cloath him so they who bend their wittes to conceiue mischiefe and whose whole labour is to bring foorth iniquity shall not reape profit by their deuises and paines Weapons ONe Nation stirred vp against an other to execute the vengeance of God are the weapons of Gods wrath Welles AS welles dry in the bottome deceiue them which seeke for water in them So they which looke to learne a truth at the handes of false Prophets are deceiued of their expectation VVeather MEn easely waxe cunning to fore-see what Weather will shortly happen by the standing of the wind by the gathering of the clowds and by other tokens which as it did condemne the slouth of them which liued in the time of Christe because they were not carefull not diligent to marke the tokens whereby they shoulde haue knowne the comming of Christ So also it will condemne vs if we marke not neither obserue the tokens of the Seconde comming of Christ. Wheat WHeat except it be sowed in the grounde and there dye and not spring againe and so multiply so the knowledge of those benefits which we haue by Christe after his death encreased grewe and multiplied throughout the whole world Wicked WHen we see wicked men whose whole delight is in wickednesse and all whose studyes are vanitie and abhomination then we may well conclude that these men haue sayde in their hartes that there is no God Widow WHen we see a Widow in extreame griefe for the losse of her husband and of her children because she is now destitute of all helpe comfort then let vs remember that such griefe and affliction God will bring vpon all those which when they flourishe and are in prosperitie are proud and vnmercifull The continuall weeping of a Widow forsaken of all her friendes representeth to vs the wofull estate of a Citie destroyed and desolate VVife HE that findeth a good Wife findeth a good thinge and receiueth fauour of the Lorde Houses and ritches descende from parentes to their children by inheritance but a wise and prudent Wife is the gratious gift of the Lord. VVildernesse WHen men are driuen to hide them selues in wild desart places where all things are wanting y t should serue for y e necessary sustenance of man Then are they to comfort them selues with the power and goodnesse of God who hath taught vs by good experience that he can and will extraordinarilye prouide for his by giuing foode from heauen water out of the hard rockes by making their apparrell neither to weare nor teare by making rauens to feed them by giuing extraordinary strength to endure with out meat a great time Winde AS wind sodenly passeth away with a blast so also sodenly passeth the life of man As they which haue nothing to feed on but the wind do famishe and pine away and so perishe so they which are fed with fayre promises and set their hope and confidence in the defence of men are deceiued and left destitute in their most need The winde bloweth in what quarter of Heauen it listeth and where it beginneth blowing where it endeth no man can tell neither can any man deuise meanes to stop the course of it euen with the like libertye and with the like open apparaunce worketh the spirit of God where and in whom he will and no power nor abilitie of man is able to resist and withstand it Wine AS new Wine will burst the vesselles which it is put in except they haue a vent So a man desirous to heare him self can by no means hold his tongue Wine is a mocker and stronge drincke is raging and whosoeuer is deceiued therewith is not wise Looke not vppon Wine when it is red and when it sheweth his colour in the cup and goeth downe pleasantlie in the ende thereof it will bite like a Serpent and hurt like a Cocatrice When we see men make no conscience how they get but think al wel inough so they bestow some part vpon God and good vses we are to remember the threatning of the Prophet against them that drincke the wine of

or store-howses men keepe all manner thinges to serue their purposes so God keepeth in store weapōs of his wrath to reuenge him self vpon the wicked for the iniury and violence done to his Church Treasure that by some occasion hath bene long and closely hid It is a rare matter to find it which sheweth how few there be that vnderstand and know of the ritches of the kingdome of God And as the man that findeth the treasure can not iustly enioy the same except at his great charge he first straine him selfe to purchase the soile So heauenly riches cannot bee had but of them which if neede so require can be content to forgoe all their worldly wealth for it As great and ritch treasure is many times hid in an homely earthen vessell So it pleaseth God to put the precious knowledge of him selfe and his truth into pore weake and fraile men Vapour AS vapours appeare for a little while and afterward vanisheth quite out of sight So the life of man is quickly vanished and gone Vessell A vessell howe profitable soeuer it hath beene to the owner and how necessary for his turn yet when it is broken it is throwne awaye and regarded no longer which is a plaine image and an expresse forme of a man forsaken of those whose friend he hath beene so long as he was able to stand them in steede As in a great howse there be many vesselles of sundry sortes to diuers vses not only of gold and siluer but also of wood and earth some for honour some for dishonour so in the outward society of the Church there bee men of all sortes appointed for diuers endes wherefore we are diligently to looke about vs that we may bee vesselles apt and meete for the Lorde being prepared for euery good worke A vessell the weaker it is the more it is to be fauored and spared if we will haue it continue so a woman because of her infirmityes is much to be borne withall Vine AS a vine when the fences thereof are broken lieth open to the waste and is spoyled of euery beast of the feelde so the people and church of God when for their sinnes God seemeth for a time to withdraw his protection and defence is subiect to the iniuries violence of all sorts of the wicked A vine planted which neither for choise of good groūd neither for any other thing which the hand of the husbandman might do to it can iustly complaine of any want and yet deceiueth the husbandmans expectation and maketh him to loose both paine and cost expresse the vnkindnesse of people oft times who woulde be couuted for the people of God and whome God hath diligently called to the knowledge of himselfe by the preaching of the worde and yet proceede in impiety and vngodlines Of the shredings of the vine commeth no profit neither can they serue for any other vse but for y e fire so those whom God cutteth casteth of from his church can serue for none other end but for the hell fire A Vine representeth to vs Christe the braunches representeth Christians As branches can not bring foorth fruite except they abide in the Vine so Christians cannot bring foorth fruits of righteousnesse except they abide in Christ. The husbandman or dresser of the Vine representeth to vs God the father For as the vine-dresser cutteth of euerye braunche that bringeth not foorth fruite and letteth it wither and maketh a fire of it so God doth cut of fruitlesse Christians and throwe them into hel fire And as the vine-dresser doth purge the fruitfull braunches that they may bring foorth more fruite so God by diuers meanes doth purify and clense his children that they may be the more fruitfull Virgin CHriste by the parable of the fiue wise and of the fiue foolish Virgins teacheth vs how profitable and good it is for vs if we watch and bee prepared against his comming againe in glory And again how dangerous it is if we be a sleepe and vnprepared at his comming Viniger VIniger is as bad and hurtfull to the Teeth as smoake is to the eyes and yet more hurtfull then eyther of both is a slouthfull seruant to him y t sendeth or setteth him about any busines Viper AS Vipers broode destroyeth them that breede them So generally the children of them that murthered the prophetes and shewed cruelty to the saints of God fulfill the measure of their fathers and are vnmercifully bent against al those that seeke their life and saluation Wages WHen men receiue the wages which they earne then let them take heede least they earne at Gods hand by sinning for the wages of sinne is death Way AS oft as wee walke in the high wayes and common pathes we shoulde call to God to direct vs in his ways and to guid vs in his paths for the way of the wicked is as daungerous to walk in as an exceeding slipperye way to them that walk in the dark Yet it is very broade and well beaten meruailous many tread it though it lead to destruction As oft as we walke to a place whether leadeth no more wayes but one we shold remember that Christ is the onely way to heauen and that no man can come to the Father but by him VVall. A Wall when it beginneth to bowe or is shaken will shortly fall euen so ruinous is the seate of the wicked howsoeuer it seemeth to be A whited or painted Wall the brauery whereof serueth for no profite but for a meere shewe seteth foorth the profite that commeth to the common wealth by those iudges which sitting in place of Iustice doe wrong to men contrary to the lawes VVaights TO buy by an heauier waight to sell by a lighter is abhominable in the eyes and sight of God VVaste AS soile that hath lyen long waste by good husbandrye is rid and often broughte to flowrish with corne or grasse so the Churche of God after long persecution Is by the power and goodnesse of God brought againe to a flourishing estate Warre CIuill dessension and warre is commonly by Gods iust iudgement sent into those landes for their sinnes which he wil afterward destroy and bring to desolation in short time The roote and welspring of all contentions warres grow from our corrupt lusts and affections that fight and striue in our members Upon stubborn trāsgressors of Gods law God will sende a sword to auenge the quarell of his couenaunt And when they flye into their City he will send pestilence among them and they shall bee deliuered into the hande of their enimy In warre peace is to be offered and to bee perfourmed to them which peaceably yeelde themselues and are content to become Tributaries If we be of great skill in warlike affayres we are to blesse God who teacheth our handes to fight and our