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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	forgive_v	lord_n	trespass_n	3,485	5	11.3824	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15028	A handfull of holesome (though homelie) hearbs gathered out of the goodlie garden of Gods most holie word; for the common benefit and comfortable exercise of all such as are deuoutlie disposed. Collected and dedicated to all religious ladies, gentlewomen, and others; by Anne Wheathill, Gentlewoman.	Wheathill, Anne.	1584 (1584)	STC 25329; ESTC S106304	62,126	302

all prosperitie and thine anger of all aduersitie For thy care is so much ouer thine that thou wilt cause their verie enimies to preserue them It lieth in thy mightie power to gouerne the hearts of all thou O God preferrest and preseruest them which are zealous of thy glorie and haue a care and loue towards their brethren as for them that forget thée in prosperitie who art the giuer of all good things they procure to themselues vtter perdition For thou dost cast them behind thy backe but thy louing countenance dooth comfort the troubled that patientlie wait on thée constantlie putting their trust in thy mercie In this world is continuall trouble and disquietnes in heauen is perpetuall rest Yet manie there be who loue this world that could content themselues for lacke of faith that are loth to loose things certein for things vncertaine But thy faithfull know throgh faith that when in this world the daie passeth awaie then commeth the night darknes but in heauen all is there but one daie eternall a life euerlasting which endureth for euer which the soule of the righteous shall enioie through thy mercies O GOD bicause in this world they walked before thée of which number make me one for his sake that died for me to whom with the Father and the holie Ghost be giuen all honour and praise world without end Amen 11. A praier wherein the bountifulnes of God is confessed and praised O God eternall the giuer of all felicitie whose loue is like the euening and morning raine vpon the earth whose mercies cannot be numbered whose wisdome and diuine prouidence is such that it reacheth from one end of the earth vnto an other most mightilie and louinglie dooest thou order all things Thy bountifulnesse Lord to all mankind is so manfest that no reasonable creature can saie but that he hath tasted thereof for what good thing hath man that he hath not receiued of thee Thou art good to all men but speciallie to those that haue an vpright conscience and straight heart a mind not bowing downe to carnall and temporall things but aspiring vnto heauenlie and eternall things for it is not enough O God almightie to praise thée with mouth except our whole hart agrée therevnto framing our life vnto the same for whosoeuer dooth otherwise than thou hast commanded dooth pollute thy name Wherefore giue vs grace to feare thée and to obeie thy holie word Giue vs also a mind to praise thée for thy benefits past that thereby our minds may be strengthened against all perils When I haue grace O Lord to take thée for my defense trust I shall perceiue thy protection to be a most sure safegard vnto me For though I haue not altogither hither to known thy Maiestie as I ought to doo yet I most humblie thanke thée Lord that I went not from thée but did cleaue fast to thée by faith Though I had almost slipped and fallen from thée yet I did not forsake thée And thou full mercifullie knowing my good will towards thée didst hold me vp by my right hand as thou didst Peter when he was in iopardie of drowning thy goodnesse brought me to the knowledge of mine infirmitie thy grace called me from mine error into the right waie thou sauest me as thou didst Lot and his house thou didst lead me with thy counsel preseruing my weakenesse in this present life Wherefore my trust is that thou wilt not take thy spirit from me but wilt receiue me into glorie for thy fauor hath béen my guide Thy grace dooth direct me in all my dooings by which I am that I am and thy grace held me still through faith Wherefore my trust is that thou wilt not leaue me but bring me to thine euerlasting rest What wretched foole therefore was I to desire of thée temporall fraile and deceitfull prosperitie and pleasure knowing by faith that thou hast prepared for me and for all faithfull that loue thée such rewards as neither eie hath séene eare hath heard nor hart can imagine What is ther then that is ordained for me Euen thou thy selfe Lord and the fruition of thy perfect Godhead wherein is included all the ioie that may be deuised a treasure that is immortall it indureth pleasant for euer Shall I then be so mad to desire of thée most mercifull God worldlie honor pleasure ease or riches more than is requisite for this present life Should I desire of thée that louest me those gifts wherewith thou rewardest thine enimies The most wicked vpon the earth haue these trifles of thy great goodnes and liberalitie but there is nothing vpon the earth that I desire saue onelie thée The swéetnes of thy goodnes hath made all euill to cease in me for thou Lord art becom the strength of my hart thou art my portion for euer thou art my reward thine owne selfe wherwith my hart is sufficed For thou art the verie life it selfe in whom whosoeuer beléeueth shall liue euerlastinglie and shall not come into damnation Wherefore it is good for me to hold me fast by thée to draw néere vnto thée by faith from whence good works doo spring towards my neighbour and then to put my hope and trust wholie in thée as in a sure and vnmooueable altar from whence no blast of winds of temptation shall driue me Through hope I trust to be deliuered from a corruptible bodie into thy heauenlie glorie and this by patience I now abide and looke for Wherefore whilest I liue I will not cease to declare and set foorth all thy noble works which thou hast wrought to thine honor and praise and to the profit of them that shall professe the same Christs religion while the world indureth As for me I haue none other refuge but thée in whom my conscience dooth rest for thou O God hast humbled me by affliction that I should crie vnto thée and receiue the fruit of thy promise which grant O father sonne and holie ghost to me and all thy church to aspire vnto Amen 12. A praier for grace and repentance O Lord God we are ashamed dare not lift vp our eies vnto thée our God for our wickednesse is gone ouer our head and our trespasses are waxen so great that they reach vp vnto the heauens Since the time of our fathers we haue sinned trespassed against thée euen vnto this daie and now our God what shall we saie Continuallie doo we forsake thy commandements and harden our harts in misbeléefe but thou O God open our eies to behold thée with a stedfast faith the eares of our harts to heare thy words and to vnderstand them that we may know thée the onlie true God and Iesus Christ whome thou hast sent for whose sake heare vs O déere Father and send thy holie Ghost to confirme this faith in vs euermore To whom with thée O Father thy son our onlie sauiour be all honor and glorie power and dominion now and for euer Amen

for euer comfort thy small flocke to the confusion of thine enimies and make vs able through thy grace to kéepe thy lawes which are pure euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried and purified seuen times in the fire Thou art néere Lord vnto all that in this life call vpon thée faithfullie and thou kéepest them from all dangers for in the midst of this world we are in manie temptations and vices and in the companie of the proud and wicked people and in manie tribulations We sée the vanities of this world readie to mooue vs we suffer persecution yet thou kéepest vs from desperation and thy grace preserueth vs that they come not néere vs. Their entisements we estéeme not bicause we hope in thy mightie power who art our defense in trouble Thy sonne Christ is the strong rocke in the which all birds that build doo rest out of ieopardie to him all sinners maie slie for succour and comfort being holden by him they may be eased This rocke the diuell cannot vndermine nor scale no water of tribulation can drowne those that build on this rocke Pharao king of Aegypt with a great host pursued the children of Israel but he could not hurt them thou Lord wast their defense and diddest destroie all their aduersaries Euen so art thou our defense our hope and our comfort Thou wilt compasse vs about with ioifull deliuerance The house of our bodies is enuironed with enimies but thy prouidence will defend vs out of all dangers Thou wilt informe vs and shewe vs the waie wherin we shall go This life is a pilgrimage and a iorneie for vs to trauell in Thou art the end of our waie O God Thou art the marke that we shoote at when we come to our iornies end in thée Lord we hope to haue rest Thou giuest knowledge and instruction by faith that if we passe well through this world we shall haue ioie euerlastinglie to the which bring vs all thou Lord that diedst for vs all Amen 16. A praier that we may be heard of God THy hand is not shortened O Lord that it cannot help neither is thine eare stopped that it will not heare but our misdoings haue separated vs from thée our God and our sinnes haue caused thy face to be hidden from vs. Our hands are defiled with vnrighteousnesse our lippes speake leasings our toongs doo set out wickednesse No man regardeth righteousnes and none iudgeth truelie euerie one hopeth in vaine things and imagineth deceit conceiueth wearines bringeth foorth euill For our offenses are manie before thée and our sinnes doo testifie against vs and we acknowledge that we haue doone amisse transgressing and dissembling against thée Lord and fallen awaie from our God vsing presumptuous imaginations Neuerthelesse thou art our God and euerlasting father our nourisher and defender which wouldest not the death of a sinner but mercifullie receiuest all those that with repentant harts come vnto thée And now we set our eies and face towards thée lifting vp our hearts vnto thy mercie seat who hast promised to vnlode vs whensoeuer we come vnto thée Heare vs therefore and forgiue vs all our offenses which we haue committed from the time of our birth vntill this present houre O blesse vs and the works also of our hands that we may liue and praise thée world without end through Iesus Christ our Lord and sauiour Amen 17. A praier against the enimies of the church THe sure ships O Lord fléete in the sea vnder their sailes and passe through the stormie tempests without drowning so doo thine elect O God almightie passe through the fearefull perils of all their enimies in this world by the meanes of thy ship the church and the true faith thereof of which ship our Sauiour Christ is the sterneman the guide and the sure anchor to be cast in all necessities who so trusteth in him shal be brought to the faire hauen of perfect beatitude Who so kéepeth him within the boords of his faithfull ship néedeth not to feare the dreadfull dragon that sturdie strong Leuiathan to whose power no power on earth may be compared for he is so mad that he feareth nothing he is king ouer all the children of pride This is that Lucifer that fell downe from heauen he is the serpent that deceiued in paradise and brought death to all mankind Neuerthelesse when thy faithfull people are penitent for their offenses resist his temptations and followe thy lawes putting their whole trust in thée and thy blessed sonne then doo they mock and deceiue him as Christ did with his humanitie which when he thought to deuoure by tempting the Iewes to put Iesus to death he was tripped in his owne turne and taken into bondage by the vertue of Christs diuinitie And whensoeuer we that be his faithfull be caught as this our enimie thinketh in his danger we turne to our head Iesus Christ for refuge and by his helpe doo vanquish him Great good Lord is thy mercie and goodnes that suffereth not thy faithfull to be tempted aboue their strength but in the midst of their temptation makest a waie for them to escape out The enimie hath no power of himselfe but as thou sufferest him he with all other creatures hang vpon thy will commandements all wait on thée that thou maist giue them meate in due season when thou giuest it them they gather it Thy works Lord are mercie and forgiuenes thou art our iustice whereby thou makest vs iust which before were most wicked sinners thou makest vs thine humble creatures to tremble for feare of thy mightie power and iustice our pride thereby is abated We account the good déedes which we haue doone to be of thy gifts and goodnesse nothing presuming of our owne fraile power for we knowe that thy holie spirit resteth vpon those that haue a lowly troubled spirit and dooe stand in awe of thy word The proud and stifnecked people dooest thou touch with scorpions and punishments then they come to the knowledge of thy Maiestie then will they saie as Nabucadonosor said after his punishment Honour and praise be vnto thée O God of heauen whose power endureth alwais and thy kingdome from one generation to another Then shall they be driuen to praise thy mightie Maiestie as thou art worthie Cruell Saule was touched of thy hand and became Paule a welbeloued apostle through the helpe of thy grace and laboured more aboundantlie than all other of thine apostles such is the power of thy gratious influence This thy noble grace send me most mercifull God whereby I shall haue a louing desire to honour thée to praise thée my God and sauiour so long as I haue anie being I will not cease to confesse my sinnes to thée and to lament mine iniquities then shall my words be plesant and acceptable to thée And as I ioie wholie in thée that art my creator and in thy sonne which is my redéemer so shalt thou also delight in me that am