Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	let_v	pray_v	sick_a	2,056	5	9.3427	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16529	A treatise ful of consolation for all that are afflicted in minde, or bodie, or otherwise Which armeth vs against impatiencie vnder any crosse. By Nicolas Bovvnde Doctor of Divinitie.	Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613.	1608 (1608)	STC 3441; ESTC S114772	58,110	182

made to thinke that wee should offend God in praier But wee must then striue earnestly against this infirmitie of ours and so pray to God that we might pray and as the Disciples said vnto Christ Luk. 11.1 Lord teach vs to pray so let vs desire the Lord to giue vs his good spirit of prayer which if we will doe no doubt wee shall find his promise to be true that then The spirit of God in vs shall Rom. 8.26 make request for vs. For as our Sauiour Christ comforteth his Disciples in an other case Math. 10 1â— seeing that they should bee brought before the Gouernours and Kings for his sake But when they deliuer you vp take no thought how or what you shall speake for it shal be giuen you in that houre what you shall say for it is not you that speake but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you Euen so wee shall finde by experience that when we are most vnfit to pray if we will not yeeld to this infirmitie and slothfulnesse but striue against it there shall be a secret inward working in vs whereby we shall bee stirred vp to doe something and there shall be a labour of the heart and an endeauour of the minde aspiring vnto that which we may seeme not to attaine vnto and there shall be many sighings though few words many great desires though fewe voices yea there shall bee that which wee cannot greatly coÌ„ceiue of our selues and euery thing shall be vnspeakable according to the saying of the Apostle That when we know not what to pray as we ought the spirit of God shall make request for vs with sighes which cannot be expressed For no doubt these men that we spake of before Hezekiah and Dauid euen at those times when they could not tell what and how to pray of theÌ„selues yet the Spirit of God helping their infirmities they did pray in some good acceptable manner and there were at the least vnspeakeable sighs and groanes stirred vp in them for it is said of Hezekiah 2. king 20.3 that he then turned his face to the wall and praied to the Lord and afterwards it is said The Lord did heare his prayer And Dauid when as in his owne feeling he did but roare and sigh and mourne as he saith Psal 38.6 I goe mourning all the day I roare for the griefe of mine heart yet then hee made his desires knowne vnto the Lord in prayer and poured them our very plentifully before him And when hee did but mourne and make a noise he desireth the Lord to hearken vnto him and 55.2 and to answer him and when he saith that his groanings were like the Pellicans and the sparrows the shrike owles yet to shew that in them there was a worke of Gods spirit which made them acceptable to God hee beginneth the Psalme thus O Lord and 102.1 heare my praier let my crie come vnto thee incline thine eares vnto me when I call make hast to heare me And to shew that his example in thus praying was for the instruction and comfort of the Church it is thus intituled A praier of the afflicted when he shal be in distresse powre out his meditation before the Lord Shewing not onely that the afflicted in their distresse doe thus pray but that the Lord heareth them therein and graunteth their desire And thus is it saide of the whole Church of God in Egypt at what time Exod. 1.14 as they were greatly oppressed so that they grewe wearie of their liues by sore labour in clay and in bricke and in all worke in the fielde with all manner of bondage which was laid vpon them most cruelly so there was great ignorance and much weakenesse among them and therefore not knowing well many of them how to pray to God Chap. 2.23 They sighed to God for the bondage and cried and their crie for the bondage came vnto God and he heard their moane and looked vpon them and had respect vnto them and hee said vnto Moses 3.7 I haue surely seene the trouble of my people and haue heard their crie for I know their sorrowes therfore I am come down to deliuer them This is then a most notable comfort in all afflictions that wee beleeuing in Christ and made thereby partakers of his holy spirit it shall so helpe vs in all our infirmities that when we cannot tell what or how to pray as we ought it shall teach vs so to doe it as wee may haue hope and comfort of beeing heard For this is that which Paul addeth in the next verse Rom. 8.27 That hee that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit for he maketh request for the Saints according to the will of God Where by knowing he doth not onely meane that he vnderstandeth it as hee doth all other things but he accepteth and alloweth of it and doth most willingly graunt such requests as though they were made in farre better liking to our selues so is the word taken in the first Psalme where the Prophet saith The Lord knoweth the way of the Psal 1.6 righteous that is hee doth make account of them approoue and allowe of them regard and prosper them For as wee haue seene euen now hee heard the crie of the Israelites when they did but sigh make their moane and did deliuer them from their cruell bondage he did heare king Hezekiah chattering in his praier like a Crane and raised him vp from death and added fifteen yeares more vnto his life 2. Ki. 20.11 and to confirme him therein hee brought againe the shadow tenne degrees backe by the degrees whereby it had gone downe in the diall of Ahaz And hee heard Dauid when he roared for the extremitie of his paine and forgaue the punishment of his sinne that is forgaue him his sinne and remooued the punishment thereof And wee may remember our selues if we haue marked any thing how the Lord hath heard vs many times in our greatest need when we haue howled and cried rather then made any setled and well ordered prayer yea when we haue rather moaned then spoken rather sighed then vttered a word For the Lord in this case regardeth not so much the multitude of wordes as he looketh to the meaning of his spirit and granteth that though they speake neuer a word For euen as a father or mother hauing a young infant sicke of some sore disease though the childe cannot speake and call for this and that yet they are readie to helpe it and if it be elder and can speake yet being full of paine it cannot call for things as it ought neuerthelesse if they can by any signes guesse at the meaning of it they will accept as much of it as though the childe had spoken very distinctly and vsed many words Euen so the Lord who is infinitely filled with the bowels of compassion towards vs in Christ

farre aboue any father or mother insomuch as the Lord saith Can a woman forget her childe Esa 49.15 and not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe though they should forget yet will not I forget thee though hee delighteth to heare vs pray to him as Christ himselfe witnesseth to his Church saying My doue shew me thy sight let me heare thy voice Cant. 2.14 for thy voice is sweete and thy sight comely yet when by the extremities of our miseries wee are so oppressed or distracted that wee cannot in any orderly manner pray vnto him as we ought yet he alloweth of the sighes sobs that we offer vp vnto him and granteth not so much our wordes which sometimes none or very fewe as the meaning of his spirit which is large and plentifull in vs. And hereupon it commeth to passe that the Lord in his iust mercie imputeth not vnto his seruants the manifold rebellions of their flesh or great complaints in their praier as hee did not vnto Iob nor to Dauid who were full of them as wee haue seene before because he hath respect vnto the meaning of his spirit in theÌ„ As the mother is not so much grieued or offended with the murmurings impatiencie and froward outcries of her poore sicke childe as she by the least token guesseth at the meaning of him and taketh that in good part and giueth to him accordingly What shall we say to these things Is it true indeede that the Lord will vouchsafe to looke vpon the low degree of his seruants and haue respect vnto poore sinnefull creatures who when they are fallen into the bottom of their iust deserued miserie and euen then can not pray vnto him one word aright and when they begin to speake vnto him euen then their tongue cleaueth to the roofe of their mouth that he will yet heare their sighs and their cries yea vndoubtedly he that of his great mercie will beare with such great weaknesse in men Matt. 12.20 that he will not breake a bruised reede nor quench the smoking flaxe he will of the like mercie heare not onely the well ordered prayers of his Church but euen the very cryings roarings of his seruants though they be like the Pellicans and the owles yea their mournings though they be like to the doues yea when they say nothing neither indeed can their very sobs and sighs which come froÌ„ the abundance of a troubled spirit and can not be expressed for he alloweth of the meaning of his Spirit which worketh these things in them and if they could thereby they are willing to performe better seruice vnto him and are sorie that they can not doe it What can be more comfortable vnto vs then this Therefore in all our necessities let vs goe vnto the Lord in Christ with great boldnesse and come vnto the throne of grace and though we can not vtter many wordes yet let vs speake vnto him for surely the acceptation of our praiers consisteth not in the multitude or well placing of our words but in the request and desire of our hearts and therefore if we can pray but two or three words say with the poore Publican Lord Luk. 18 1â— be merciful vnto me a sinner or with the Apostles Lord increase our faith 17.5 or with the man in the Gospel Lord I beleeue Lord help mine vnbeleef Mar. 9.24 or with the blind man Matt. 9.29 O son of Dauid haue mercy vpon me or with the theefe vpon the crosse Luk. 23 4â— Lord remember me in thy kingdome c. this short prayer proceeding from the Spirit of God in vs and offered vp in the mediation of Christ Iesus and in the vertue of his prayers shall be as well receiued of him when we can doe no better as if we had spent an whole houre in prayer Yea if we do but lift vp our minds vnto God and pray in our spirite though we vtter not one word as that godly woman Hannah the mother of Samuel did 2. Sam. 1.10 who beeing troubled in her minde praied vnto the Lord and wept sore but how did shee pray shee spake in her heart her lips did mooue onely but her voice was not heard The Lord will heare vs as he did her and giue her according to her desire as shee afterward confessed to Heli the Priest I praied for this child and the Lord hath giuen me my desire which I asked of him And so did Nehemiah pray vnto God for he waiting vpon the King of Babylon as hee sate at table and beeing sad in his presence more then he had wont to be the King demanded of him the cause he told him then hauing leaue of the King to ask what he would for the accomplishing of his desire it is saide that hee praied to the God of heauen that is Nehe. 2.4 he lifted vp his mind vnto God and desired him to blesse him in that enterprise of his and so he did So we if either we can not pray in words or waite opportunity of time and place and doe but sigh vnto him after an vnspeakeable manner the Lord will not refuse that because it proceedeth from his Spirit And as this may be no small comfort vnto vs in our affliction so the Apostle Paul in the next verse following doth for our further comfort shew what is the ende of all the afflictions of the children of God namely their benefit and good wheÌ„ he saith Rom. 8 2â— Also we know that al things worke together for the best to them that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose In which words he ministreth this soueraigne medicine against the contagion poison of all affliction telling vs that they come to the beleeuers not for their hurt but for their singular good especially seeing they befall them not by fortune or chance but by the speciall prouidence of God and that for the same ende who as he hath chosen them from euerlasting so in the same counsell of his he ordained that they should in their crosses bee like vnto his sonne Vers 29. For those whom hee knew before hee also predestinate to be made like to the image of his son that he might bee the first borne of many brethren and therefore hee calleth them in time iustifieth them by faith and by the crosse bringeth them to eternall glorie as he did his owne naturall sonne as it is said in the next words 30. Moreouer whom he predestinated them also he called whome he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them also he glorified Whereupon he boldly concludeth that no affliction shall be able to hurt them seeing that the Lord is with them in the same meaning thereby to doe them good for he speaketh after a most confident maner What shall we then say to these things 31. If God be on our side who can be against vs as if he had

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