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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	chester_n	earl_n	wales_n	3,056	5	10.3513	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08277	The imitation of Dauid his godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls, troubles and afflictions being a king whose example of faith, patience, hope, obedience and deliueries, thankfulnesse and prayer, is left euen for princes, potentates, and all true Christians to imitate. Collected by way of meditations and prayers out of the 27. Psalme. By I.N.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1624 (1624)	STC 18610; ESTC S113324	90,720	456

THE IMITATION of DAVID His godly and constant resolution in bearing all his trialls troubles and afflictions being a King Whose example of faith patience hope obedience and deliueries thankfulnesse and prayer is left euen for Princes Potentates and all true Christians to imitate Collected by way of Meditations and Prayers out of the 27. Psalme By I N. LONDON Printed by Iohn Haviland for Richard Whittakers and George Latham 1624. TO THE HIGH and most noble CHARLES Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and of Yorke and Earle of Chester bee here in this life truest honour highest happinesse and most perfect peace and after this life eternall glory in the Heauens I Know not how to excuse mee most gracious Prince in that I haue presumed to attempt a matter of so high and diuine a subiect considering what I am and to aduenture it to your Highnesse knowing who you are but that my heart was willing ouercame a weake vnderstanding which first it may please your Highnesse of your princely clemency to accept namely the will and to pardon the deed for I may truly protest that I intended herein nothing lesse than to be thought desirous to seeme so impudent as to giue your Highnesse the least or to thinke that you needed any other aduice or counsell in this behalfe than that which you haue so plentifully receiued from him that gaue strength vnto Dauid and wisdome vnto Salomon his son together with the sweet fructifying seed which hath beene so diuinely sowne in your Princely breasts by the wisdome of our second Salomon your most pious and most truly religious Father Humbly beseeching your Highnes to conceiue no other intention in me than an vnwillingnesse to let slip the Interim of my sequestred imploiments in your Highnesse seruice much against my will without some exercise inwardly comfortable though outwardly little profitable yet if any thing vsefull though but to the vulgar it may pray your Princely fauour being done your Highnesse seruice depending beseeching the length of daies to lengthen your daies to his glory your honor and comfort of such as feare God Your Highnesse most humble seruant Iohn Norden TO THE MOST Illustrious Religious and most royally borne Princesse E ETernall happinesse Hearts true content L Long life in peace and plenty permanent I Internall and externall be her graces S Such as to which Heauens Angels daigne imbraces A Amids her fo●s Iehouah be her shield B By Sea and Land in trenches and in field E Engrau'd b'Elizaes Image in her brest T That Queens that farre in fame surmounts the best H Here then shall highest honour crowne her crest Q Quiuers of Dauids arrowes may she haue V Vpon her head Heauens helmet her to saue EE Earth Aire and Seas all Elements and Winde N Nourish her happinesse the Heau'ns her minde E Estraited neuer let her foes her finde O Order her actions all Iehouah right F Fix in her heart the Target of thy might B Breake thou the rankes and Armies of her foes O O draw thy sword fight for her where she goes H Hem her about with Angels of thy might E Embrace her loue her soone restore her right M Make great thy name in marching on her side I Inthrall her foes and snare them in their pride A Assist her still and still be thou her guide As heartily wisheth her Highnesse faithfully deuoted Io. Norden The Table A Motiue to the Reader touching Meditation and Praier Of Meditation Of Prayer A Premeditation touching the argument of the 27. Psalme pag. 1. Meditation the first The Lord is my light and my saluation whom shall I feare the Lord is the streng●h of my life of whom shall I be afraid 11 A Prayer that God will be our light and our saluation in all our troubles and dangers 30 Meditation the second When the wicked euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eat vp my flesh they stumbled and fell If an host pitched against me my heart should not be afraid though warre be raised against me I will trust in thee 35 A Prayer to God that hee will defend vs from our enemies 56 Meditation the third O●e thing haue I desired of the Lord ●hat I will ●●q●ire euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the daies of my li●e to behold the beauty of the Lord and to visit his Temple 64 A 〈◊〉 for spirituall knowledge and increase of our holy desires to visit the Temple of God to heare his Word to pray vnto him and to praise him 92 Meditation the fourth In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his Tabernacle in the secret place of his Pauilion shall he hide mee and set me vpon a rocke 99 A Prayer in whatsoeuer trouble 128 Meditation the fifth That he will now lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies round about me therefore will I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy I will sing and praise the Lord. 136 A Prayer with thanksgiuing to God for defence from enemies in that they haue not preuailed against vs. 156 Meditation the sixth Hearken vnto my voice O Lord when I cry haue mercy vpon me and heare me 164 A Prayer that God will haue mercy vpon vs and heare vs. 182 Meditation the seuenth When thou saidst seeke ye my face mine heart answered vnto thee O Lord I will seeke thy face 189 A Prayer that God will neuer hide his face from vs. 197 Meditation the eighth Hide not thy face from mee nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure thou hast beene my succour leaue me not nor forsake me O God of my saluation 206 A Prayer that God will bee alwaies neere vnto vs in our afflictions and not to hide his face and fauour from vs. 225 Meditation the ninth Though my father and my mother forsake mee thou Lord wilt take me vp 232 A Prayer that God will shew himselfe our Father in all our troubles and afflictions when all other helpe faileth 245 Meditation the tenth Teach me thy way O Lord and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 254 A Prayer that God will be pleased to direct vs in his waies and leade vs vprightly because of our enemies 275 Meditation the eleuenth Giue mee not ouer to the lust of mine enemies for there are false witnesses risen vp against me and such as speake cruelly 282 A Prayer that God will preserue vs from our enemies that they preuaile not against vs and to preuent vs of false witnesses 297 Meditation the twelfth I should haue fainted except I had beleeued to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the liuing 305 A Prayer that God will not forsake vs in our troubles and that our faith faile vs not 320 Medita●ion the thirteenth Hope in the Lord be strong and hee shall comfort thine heart and trust in the Lord 328 A Prayer for strength patience and hope in troubles 352 A Prayer for forgiuenesse of sinnes reformation of life