Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	according_a	hear_v	will_n	2,497	5	6.2604	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66465	Poetical piety, or, Poetry made pious by rendering into its method observations arising from various divine subjects, useful for these prophane and enormous times : to which is added, a brief alphabetical expositor, explaining the most intricate words made use of in this book, to the conception of a mean reader, and may serve as a remembrancer to the imperfect memory / by William Williams ...	Williams, William, of Cardigan.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2785; ESTC R8078	64,141	220

most too blame Then shun we pride because a shamefull evil That hath its derivation from the Devil So base a thing is pride wise men it know T' have brought the proud to want from want to wo. A Spiritual Hymn to the praise of God who is Omnipotent Omniscient and Omnipresent Lord frame my tongue To sing a Song O Could I sing To Sions King A Song that would him please No doubt but he Would pity me And my griev'd heart soon ease Teach Lord my King My tongue to sing To God alone Besides him none I 'le make my moan that he May mercy take For his Sons sake On such a wretch as me I would thee praise My God alwayes I am defil'd Sin me beguil'd So wretched is my case Since Adams fall That I and all Gods Image did deface May I begin Lord to hate Sin God did Create Man in a state Of blessedness at first In Edens land Plac'd him to stand Where he became accurst O Lord do thee From sin me free In Paradice Did Satan tice Man to transgress Gods Laws Forbidden fruit There like a Brute Accepts his sin 's the cause Lord from the Devil Sprang all evil Man did rebell Deserved Hell But God to help mans need Procur'd a Friend Should man defend Of Adams womans seed Gods love descends Christ makes amends O! here is news Let none refuse The message that is sent Mans Saviour's found May praise redound To God Omnipotent God from above Shew'd men his love Messiah blest Gave man kind rest By restless agonies Man to restore Gods wrath Christ bore And on a Cross he dies Christ on the Cross Repair'd our loss Joy to all men Abounded when Their Saviour Christ was born The Angels prais'd Their God that rais'd A King whose Crown was thorn An Angels voice Made th' Earth rejoyce Glory above And on Earth love This Song did Angels sing With one accord Unto the Lord And Christ their new born King Glad tidings came With Christ his name Christ dy'd for those That were his foes This was exceeding love Which far excells All paralells Men in compassion move For 's foes Christ dy'd None so beside God him commends That loves his friends And with his friends his foes Though such as he may chance to be Not many are of those Man will deny For 's Friend to die Man for some end Affects his friend This I have seen most plain His love is set In hopes to get Some benefit or gain Save God above Few have true love Love is a cheat Or meer deceat As now a dayes 't is us'd This but in part 's lodg'd in the hear Which makes it thus confus'd Love oft-times skips From heart to lips Gods seeing eye 's ubiquity And his omiscience can know by his might And present sight The Inward thoughts of man God mans intent Knows and how bent Thrice blessed then Be God of men O Praised be his name For evermore Let 's him adore That sees and knows our frame Amen say I Eternally Divine Ejaculations or Pious breathings O Lord prepare my Soul to seek Thy self and make my Spirit meek O Thou preserver of mankind May through thy grace my heart Will Conscience Spirit Soul and mind From what 's impure depart Lord cleanse my heart and make it thine Then without doubt thou wilt be mine O rectifie each faculty That to my Soul pertains And every member bodily Redress from sinful stains O shew some token Lord on me That I am wash'd from sin by the. That in thy sight as Innocent And sinless I appear Possessing mercy to prevent The Judgement drawing near My Soul being freed from sin I say Will make me joy at Judgement day Because that then all works of men To Triall shall be brought As acted how and where and when Both good and bad they wrought All works I did Dooms-day shall try Lord pardon my iniquity There to receive their recompence And stipend of reward According as with Reverence To God they had regard If my good works out-poise my bad O this will make my conscience glad They that obediently did serve The Lord in Heaven shall dwell That disobediently did swerve From God shall go to Hell If that my evil works out-weigh My good I am undone for aye The significations of the word World in Scripture A formed world deform'd reform'd again I find a truth Scriptural proofs maintain Form'd first of God deform'd through Satan next Reform'd through Christ this tenet proves the text Form'd free from blame deform'd through shame sin Reform'd from faults as if they 'd never bin On the words Exploration Deploration Imploration Explore Deplore Implore these words contain Three certain grounds which proves the Christians gain First Exploration to search out his crimes Next deploration these bewail betimes Then Imploration to invoke or call On God for absolution from them all On the words Easeless Endless and Remediless Easeless and Endless and Remediless Are Hells amazing Torments to possess Easeless because no respite of the grief Endless in that no period for relief Remediless ' cause sinners would not turn From sin for which they chose for aye to burn On Faith Hope and Charity Faith Hope and Charity three Virtues are So transcendental none with these compare Faith flies to Heaven by Caelestial wings Hope waits till Faith from thence some comfort brings But Charity both Faith and Hope excels Man's Heav'n on Earth is love wherein God dwels On God the King and the Church God and the King to rule the Church agree Though th' King bear rule God rules the King she First God inclines the King to rectifie The Church-deformers with Conformity The Church enjoyes her union by this thing From that Communion of God and the King On the Personality of God to wit Father Son and Holy Ghost The Father Son and Holy Ghost all three To make man in Gods Image did agree The Father did command the Son Create The Holy Ghost this Image animate Thus man was made next Angels in degree By God that 's Three in One and One in Three Though God afflicts man for evil yet Gods afflictions to man are not evil The evils of chastisements truly are No evils nor with Evil things compare For from the chiefest good even God they flow Lead to the chiefest good this God to know And in the chiefest good likewise are found Even Jesus Christ abundantly t' abound Sometimes God will not hear nor regard the Prayers of his own Servants The Lord will not bow down his sacred Ear Nor will the Prayers of his own Servants hear When they ask either things in nature bad Not good for them nor by them to be had Or things right good for some malignant ends Such gifts as these bestow God ne're intends The Scriptures say according to his will Soshould we pray if God our prayers fulfill On Matthew 6.33 But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and