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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
A62463	The soules solace in times of trouble with severall particular remedies against despaire, collected out of the Psalmes of Daivd, and some short meditations and ejaculations upon the attributes of God, the Lords Prayer, and the tenne commandments / by F. Thorne ...	Thorne, Francis, 17th cent.	1643 (1643)	Wing T1057A; ESTC R4857	78,097	150

foole this night shall they take away thy soule 4. Hab. 2.5 They cannot give content to the appetite of man much lesse able are they to satisfie the soule Lastly there must be a redde rationem villicationis tuae rich men must answer their receits thy must be called to account how they have used the talent given them In things transitorie and mutable keepe as neere as thou canst a just decorum and temper in thy soule miles Christi non divitiis tumet nec contrabitur paupertate sol non urit per diem neque luna per noctem Ambr. sup beat immaculat winde not up the pinnes of thy affections too high not let them downe too low In secundis nemo confidat in adversis nemo deficiat alterna sunt vices r●rum Sence in Thyeste lib. 30. nat quaest let not peace and prosperity make thee so merry as to forget thy God nor adversity so sorrowfull as to forget thy selfe in seeking power some have lost libertie in obteining power over others many have lost power over themselves prosperity oftentimes slaies adversity somtime saves the soule riches and pleasure cast Dives into hell misery and affliction exalted Lazarus into heaven If thou art in poverty or any other calamity looke as well upon such as want what thou injoyest as on those which have what thou wantest In prosperity flatter not thy selfe with any certaine perpetuitie riches have wings in adversity Psal 27.16 promise not thy selfe a sudden delivery for this is as dangerous to the soule as predigestion is to the body Esay 28.16 sanctus non prafestinabit i. e. ex impatientia infedilitate non ad res praesontes confugiet nec festinatione praepostera Deum antevertet Iuven. God will deliver his people from their troubles and calamities whatsoever in his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 though not in our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 let the waters of Mara be never so bitter God hath a tree to sweeten them Exod. 15.25 let the rivers of Iericho be never so unsavorie God hath a salt to season them let the sorrows of this life be never so sower God both can and will in his good time sweeten them When thou entrest into the way of christianity promise not thy selfe too much ease and securitie worldly honour and heavenly wisedome like the oake and the olive delight not to grow together and to seeke ease and tranquilitie in this world is to seeke Christ in Golgatha the living among the dead mandere qui panem jubet in sudore diurnum Non dabit aeternas absque labore dapes we must worke out our salvation with feare and trembling If Ionathan will surprise the garisons of the Philistines he must climbe up with hand and foot betweene two rocks if David will be sonne in law to King Saul 2 Sam. 14. hee must bring a hundred foreskins of the Philistines for a dowrie 1 Sam. 18. if Iacob wil have Rachel he must serve fourteene yeares if any man will be the Disciple of Christ hee must deny himselfe take up his crosse and follow him there must be no cyphers in Gods Arithmeticke no mures in his Grammer no dumbe shews on his Stage no loiterers in his Vineyard there is alwaies in Christianity a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a furthermore and the motto of Charles the fifth plus ultra our life must not bee like Nero his five first yeares full of peace and hope For we must worke out our salvation with feare and trembling Regard not the malicious oppositions of wicked men it was the case and condition of thy Saviour and therefore it may well be thine The disciple is not above his Master Secondly it is a signe that thou art of another world simile simili gaudet if ye were of the world saith Christ the world would love you Contraria se mutuo expellunt light and darknesse Christ and Beliall cannot agree together Non bene conveniunt nec in una sede morantur Sheep and Wolves cannot feed quietly together Lastly feare not the tyranny of men nor divells it is the advice of thy Saviour Be not afraid of him that can kill the body this is the worst they can doe nay they cannot doe this without divine permission Wild. 3.1 2 3 4. Quis ei de saeculo metus est cui in saeculo Deus tutor est non labefaciat mentem humana infestatio sed corroboret fidem divina protectio Cyp. de orat Dom. the Divell is chained up cannot reach thee the power and policy of his agents is limited and cannot hurt thee 1 Chron. 29 11 12 13. Balaam cannot curse the fire cannot burne the Lions cannot prey the Divells cannot enter into filthy swine without leave and permission Omne sub regno graviore regnum est Senec. Wicked instruments may happly being the nearer and soorner to thy Saviour but they shall never separate thee from him I am perswaded saith Saint Paul Rom. 8 38. that neither principalities nor powers c. All creatures both in heaven and earth are at the command of God Psal 97 9. the Stars shall fight against Sisera the Sun shall stand still in Gideon and the Moon in the valley of Ailon Iudg. 5.20 Iosh 10.13 if Ioshua fight against the Amorites 2 K ng 19. If Zenacherib come with an innumerable host against the people of Israel the Angels in heaven shall fight against them the red sea shall overwhelme Pharaoh and all his Host the sea and the fish in the sea fought against the superstitious Spaniard Anno 1588. enemie to God and his true Religion the winde and the water I say overcame that unvincible army prepared for our destruction the earth at the command of God opened her mouth and swallowed Corah Dathan and Abiram Numb 16 30. an army of frogs or lice sent from God is able to dismay Pharaoh and his host God is omnipotent and hath a liberty in the use of his creatures praeter naturam for of him and through him and for him are all things inferiour Magistrates have their authority from superiours God hath being primo quod primum est suo genere causa reliquorum all things are of him as maker or efficient cause all things are through him through his care providence power and goodnesse all things are maintained governed and ordered all things are for him for his use and service for the effecting of his good will and pleasure Rom. 11 35. and to him who is Lord over all God blessed for ever be glory and praise world without end Amen Amen To the inquisitive Reader Saepe sub agresti latitat sapientia veste INquire not what I am Gods gifts are free With able parts mean men adorn'd may be Sound braines may be within a rugged felt An honest heart within a leather belt Alwaies faire birds have not the sweetest noates Arts are not alwais deckt in velvet coates From highest trees