Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	body_n	natural_a	sow_v	2,624	5	11.4108	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69364	Certaine select prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1574 (1574)	STC 924; ESTC S100328	71,249	294

hart imagined The souereine good is to be sought WHy raungest thou then through so many thynges O silie mā séekyng the goodes of thy soule and of thy body Loue the one good thyng wherein are all good things and it is inough Be desirous of the single good thyng which is all goodnesse it sufficeth For what is it that thou louest O my fleshe what desirest thou O my soule whatsoeuer thou louest it is there whatsoeuer thou desirest it is there If thou haue a mynde to beawtie there the rightuous shine as the sunne If thou like of swiftnes strēgth or libertie of body where against nothyng may resiste there they shal be lyke the aungels of god For the body is sowen a naturall body but it shall rise a spirituall body that is to witte spirituall in power but not in substaunce If thou desire a long or healthy life there shal be healthfull euerlastyngnesse and euerlastyng healthfulnesse For the rightuous shall liue for euer and the welfare of the rightuous cōmeth of the lord If suffisance They shal be suffised when the glorie of the Lord appeares If dronkennesse They shal be made drūken with the foyzon of Gods house If melodie There the angels shall sing vnto God without end If any maner of pleasure so it be not vncleane The Lorde will let them drinke their fill of the streame of his pleasures If wisedome The very wisedome of God shall shewe him selfe to them If frendshyp They shall loue God more thē them selues and one an other as themselues and God shall loue them more then they loue them selues For they loue him them selues and one an other by him and he loueth him selfe and them by him selfe If concord They shall all of them delight but in one thyng for there shal be but one will among them and that shal be the will of God their souereine If power They shal be maisters of their wils like as God is of his For like as God can do what he listeth by him selfe so shall they be able to doe what they list by him For like as they wil not list any other thing then he listeth so will he list whatsoeuer they list and so consequently whatsoeuer he listeth must néedes come to passe If honor riches God will make his good and faithfull ●eruaūtes rulers of much goodes yea they shal be the children of God and Gods and they shal be the heyres of God and coheyres with Christ Or if thou desire assured safetie they shal be as sure that that good state shall neuer fayle them as they are sure that they would neuer forgoe it by their owne willes and that God their louer will not take it away from hys louers agaynst theyr willes and that there is not any thing mightier then God to separate God and thē a sunder Now then what and how great ioy is there whereas is such so great goodnesse ¶ Of the mutuall loue betwéene the Saintes in heauens O Hart of man O poore hart O hart vnacquainted with miserie and wretchednesse or rather ouerwhelmed with miseries how glad wouldest thou be if thou haddest aboundance of all these thinges Aske thy furthest cōpasse of thyne inward conceyt if it were able to receiue the ioy of this so great happinesse Certeinely if any other man whom thou louedst as thy selfe should haue the same happie state thy ioye would be double bycause thou wouldest be as glad for him as for thy selfe But if two or thrée or a nōber mo should haue the same thyng thou wouldst be as glad for euery one of them as for thy selfe if thou didst loue thē as thy selfe What ioy then shall there be in that perfect loue of the innumerable blessed aungels and men when none shall loue any other lesse then him selfe for euery of them shal be as glad for others as for him selfe Now if the hart of man be scarce able to conceiue the ioye of any one so great a benefite how shall it be capable of so many and so great ioyes And doubtlesse seyng that accordyng as euery man loueth another so much doth he reioyse of his welldoing therfore like as in that blessed happinesse euery man shal without cōparison loue God more then him selfe all others set all together so also shal he without estimation reioyse more of Gods happie state then of his owne of all other folkes with him Moreouer if they loue God with all their hart with all their mynde and with all their soule and yet all their hart all their mynde and all their soule suffice not to loue hym as he is worthy Out of all doubt they shall also reioyse with all theyr hart with all their mynde and with all their soule and yet their whole hart their whole mynde and their whole soule shall not suffice to reioyse to the full ¶ Of the full ioy of the eternall lyfe MY God and my Lord my hope and hartes ioy tell my soule whether this be the ioy whereof thou sayest vnto vs by thy sonne Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be full for I haue founde a certeine ioy that is full and more then full For when the hart is full the mynde full the soule full and the whole mā full of that ioy yet shall there remaine an ouerplus of ioy with out measure All that ioy then shall not enter whole into the inioyers of it but the inioyers shal enter whole into the ioy of their lord Lord tell thy seruaunt tell me inwardly in my hart whether this be the ioye whereinto those seruaūtes of thyne shall enter whiche must enter into the ioy of their maister Truly the ioye that thyne elect shall inioy was neuer séene of mans eye nor heard of mans eare nor conceiued of mās hart Therefore Lord I haue not yet sayd or imagined howe much thy chosen shall reioyce Vndoubtedly they shall so much reioyce as they dee loue thée and they shall so much loue thée as they know thee And how much shall they loue thée Verely no eye hath séene eare heard nor hart cōceiued in his life how much they shall know thée and loue thée in that life I beséeche thée my God let me know thée loue thee that I may haue ioy of thée And although I cannot do it to the full in this life yet let me profite from day to day vntill it may come to the full Let the knowledge of thee grow in me here that it may become full there Let the loue of thée increase in me here that it may be full there so as my ioy may be great in hope here and full in deede there O soothfast God I pray thée let me receiue the thyng that thou promisest that my ioye may be full In the meane tyme let my mynde be thinkyng vpon it let my toung be talkyng of it let my hart long for it let my mouth be speakyng of it let my soule hunger after it let my