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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	thanksgiving_n	3,189	5	10.9292	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11418	The complaint or dialogue, betvvixt the soule and the bodie of a damned man Each laying the fault vpon the other. Supposed to be written by S. Bernard from a nightly vision of his, and now published out of an ancient manuscript copie. By William Crashaw.; Noctis sub silentio tempore brumali. English and Latin.	Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153, attributed name.; Fulbert, Saint, Bishop of Chartres, ca. 960-1028, attributed name.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626. Manuale Catholicorum. aut	1622 (1622)	STC 1909.3; ESTC S105114	31,120	195

which thou diddest vouchsafe to redeeme me miserable man and to purchase heauen for mee euen with the price of thy precious bloud I beseech thee therefore by the most blessed and bitter passion which thou sustainedst on the Crosse for mee especially in that houre when thy blessed soule did leaue thy body that thou wouldest haue mercy on my poore soule at the time of my departure Then let him lift vp his heart with ioy and thankesgiuing and say Lord thou hast broken my bonds therfore I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise After if his weakenesse grow so that he lose the vse of his speech let some of the by-standers say these Prayers following ouer him or more if he l●ue so long MErcifull God and Father we beseech thee for the multitude of thy mercies looke fauourably vpon this thy seruant our deare brother who with true and hearty confession seekes pardon for all his sinnes at the hand of thy mercies O Lord heare vs for him and wee beseech thee for him most holy Father to renue in his heart whatsoeuer is corrupted by the frailty of his flesh and restore that grace which the wily and malicious enemie the Diuell hath stolne out of his soule O Lord recall him to the vnity of thy Church ingraft him into the body of thy Sonne O Lord take pittie of the sighes and sobs of his soule and grones of his heart O Lord look vpon his teares gather them into thy bottle and be good to him who hath no hope com●ort nor confidence but in ●hy mercy seale vp the assu●ance of his recōciliation with ●hee O most holy father we humbly commend the soule of this thy seruant and our brother into the hands of thy vnmeasurable mercies humbly beseeching thee according to the greatnesse of that loue in which the blessed soule of thy Sonne did commend it selfe into thy hands that for the worthinesse of that infinit loue of thine in which thou diddest receiue that holy soule vnto thy selfe thou wouldest vouchsafe in this our brothers last houre to receiue his poore soule also and make it partaker of the same loue And thou most sweete Sauiour and most merciful Lord Iesus thou that dying on the Crosse wast so pressed with anguish and torments for vs as made thee sound out that pitiful voyce vnto thy Father My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee we beseech thee estrange not thy selfe and turne not away thy face from thy seruant our brother now in the houre of his soules affliction when his strength faileth and his spirits are so spent that he cannot cal vpon thee heare vs ô Lord heare vs for him and for that thy glorious victory in which thou diddest triumph on the Crosse and for thy precious passion and bitter death think of him the thoughts of mercy and not of iustice shed thy mercies in his soule and speak comfortably to his conscience deliuer his soule out of all spirituall diseases saue him from the torments due vnto his deseruings and bring him for thine owne merits sake to eternall rest O Lord Iesus Christ which didst redeeme vs with thy precious blood write with thine owne blood in the soule and ingraue thy wounds in the heart of this thy seruant that in them hee may see and reade thy dolefull sufferings and thy sweete loue thy sufferings that they may be effectuall to ransome him from those sorrowes and torments which he hath merited by his sin thy loue that it may vnite his heart to thee in indiuisible and inseperable bonds so as he may neuer bee separated from thee nor thy Saints for euer and euer And Lord Iesus Christ we beseech thee make his soule partaker of all the merits of thy most sacred incarnation passion resurrection and ascension make him partaker of the vertue of thy most blessed Sacraments and all thy holy mysteries make him partaker of all the prayers and good deeds done in thy whole Church make him partaker of all thy blessings graces and comforts of all thy elect and grant that with them all hee may liue in thy presence for euermore O Lord which powredst out thy prayers for vs on the Mount Oliuer and sweatst water and blood wee beseech thee let that precious bloud of thine which thou diddest so aboundantly powre out for our saluation let it be presented and offered to thy Father to stand against the multitude of the sinnes of this thy seruant our brother Lord be with him at his last houre and then deliuer him from the anguish and torments which for his sinnes hee may iustly feare Graciously receiue his soule in the houre of his departure open the gate of heauen vnto him and giue him a portion with thy Saints in glory for thy owne most glorious merit O Lord Iesus Christ who with God the Father and the holy Ghost liuest and raignest one God for euermore Amen And when the sicke mans strength begins to faile and the soule is ready to depart then let the soule be commended to God by one of the by standers on this manner The commendation of the Soule to be said at a mans death I Here commend thee to Almighty God most deare Brother and I doe commit thee to him whose creature thou art goe forth therefore O Christian soule get thee gone out of this filthy world goe forth in the name of the Almighty Father who created thee In the name of Iesus Christ who dyed for thee In the name of the holy Ghost who hath beene powred out vpon thee And when thou happy soule art deliuered out of the prison of the body the glorious Quire of heauenly Angels meete thee and the company of all holy Saints entertaine thee the louing countenance and cheerefull grace of Iesus Christ shine vpon thee a mercifull Iudge be he vnto thee that thou maist haue sentence to sit for euer amongst his Saints on his right hand thy dwelling bee in peace and thy habitation in the heauenly Ierusalem for euermore farre be it from thee euer to feele or know how horrible the darkenesse how terrible the flame and how intolerable the torments of hell are Sathan and all his hellish guard bee they confounded at thy presence and if he dare set vpon thee victory triumph be on thy side shame and trembling fall vpon him from the presence of Gods Angels be he banished into the blacke mists and confused Chaos of eternall darkenesse But let the Lord arise and let his enemies bee scattered as the smoake vanisheth so let them flye away But let the iust be exalted and reioyce in the presence of the Lord let the infernall legions not dare to touch thee nor presume to hinder thee and hee who disdained not to dye for thee be hee thy Sauiour and deliuerer from all spirituall vexation Be the gates of Paradise open vnto thee and thy Christ giue thee thy place and mansion in the same And he that is the true Pastor and great Shepherd of the

inserted 1. FEare God for not to feare him is to feare euery thing 2. Loue thy brother for if thou loue not him whom thou hast seene how shalt thou loue him whom thou hast not seene 3. Bee charitable to the poore which is to relieue Christ in his members and be not greatly curious so thou knowest them no notorious ill liuers for if Lot had beene so in the entertainment of his strangers he had not receiued Angels in stead of men and withall because it is better to giue many counterfeits then that one truly needy should depart vnreliued 4. Sweare not but what thou truly knowest as to manifest a doubtfull truth and that vpon vrgent occasion for by an oath may God be greatly honoured or dishonored Honoured as when we shall bring him to testifie a truth which is himselfe the God of truth dishonor whē we bring him to witnesse a falshood which whosoeuer doth the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse And to auoid this make conscience of thy word and it shall be to thee as a oath for it is the man that giues credit to the oath more then the oath to the man 5 Perswade thy selfe rather then thy friend to keepe thy counsell and whatsoeuer discord shall arise betwixt thee and him as thou tenderest the reputation of an honest heart neuer let malice in hatred make thee to reueale that which loue friendship before boūd thee to conceale 6 Hate no man no not thy enemy lest God loue him for to hate where he loues is a fearefull opposition 7 Whatsoeuer is deare vnto thy body forbeare it being any way preiudiciall to thy soule 8 Desire in any thing rather to bee in substance without shew then in shew without substance 9 Desire to liue godly though poorely in this world for hee that vngodlily dies rich shall haue many mourners to his graue but few comforters at his iudgement 10 Thinke of God with wonder speake to God with reuerence serue him in loue obey him in feare and doe nothing but as in his presence and sight thou shalt liue the life of the godly go the way of the blessed liue in his feare and die in his fauour In laudem operis Authoris VVHat attribute's worth thy deseruing paine Deare friend since thy endeuour blesseth vs Whose serious houres spent onely to reclaime The stubborne st●ffe neckt and idolatrous For what their fathers gathered with much care For holy penitentiall legacies Children peruert the deads will and prepare Hardnesse of heart for their Apostasies Goe boldly forwards though they iudge like Dan Our people with the gall of bitternesse Yet vnto them be a Samaritan Powre oyle into their wounds with cheerefulnesse And blest be thy endeuour and each thought Till to the promist Land thy spirit be brought W. Lort A conclusion to the Author and his Booke TRadition and antiquity the ground Whereon that erring Church doth so relie Breakes out to light from darknesse to confound The nouell doctrine of their heresie Which plainaby these most sensible degrees Doth point the wayes it hath digrest to fall Where each obseruing iudgement plainly sees From good to bad from bad to worst of all It is arriu'd so that it can aspire Obscure deface suppresse doe what it may To blind this truth to no step any higher By any policy it can essay These holy Hymnes stuft with religious zeale And meditations of most pious vse Able their whole to wound our wounded heale Free from impiety or least abuse Blot out all merit in our selues we haue And onely solely doe on Christ rely Offer not prayers for those are in the graue Nor vnto Saints that heare not doe not crie Then in a word since God hath these preseru'd From the Inquisitors most cruell rage Though in their worth they else might haue deseru'● To passe among the good things of this age Yet are in this respect of more regard Since God would haue them to these times appeare So many hauing perisht and be heard With more true zeale that God hath kept so deare By all which I conclude from thine owne heart Thou wicked seruant that might know would no● He hath discharg d himselfe in all and part That would haue cur'd your Babel but he could 〈◊〉 B. L. FINIS