Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	day_n	lord_n	week_n	2,733	5	10.2407	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44516	The exercise of prayer: or, A help to devotion Being a supplement to the happy ascetick, or best exercise. Containing prayers and devotions, suitable to the respective exercises with additional prayers for several occasions. By Anth. Horneck D.D.	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1685 (1685)	Wing H2825; ESTC R213484	41,978	254

that persecute me O shew me thy Salvation My sensual Desires plead for tenderness and because they would not be displeased they suggest Motives and Reasons why I should spare my self They regard not what becomes of my Soul hereafter and so they can but enjoy present rest they think not of the Torments that will follow But my Soul sees how the Scene will change when God shall come to Judgment O my God I am in danger let me spare no cost no pains to be free from it Where gentler means will not free me from the Corruptions which do so easily beset me O let me not be afraid of using more violent remedies O that I were but more concerned about the Life to come O that I had more lively aprehensions of it O that I had that view of the Terrours of the Lord that my Soul might be convinced of the necessity of taking the Kingdom of Heaven by violence I am sensible of the hurt my Lusts and Passions have done me Fill my Soul O God with a holy rage against them that I may drive them out by force when softer Perswasions will do no good Had not I better endure some inconvenience here than be forced at last to make Tears my meat day and night to all Eternity O perswade me to lose all rather than the Joys set before me Shall I see thy Saints who had the clearest apprehensions of thy Will run and sweat and toil for a future Bliss and shall I imagine that laziness will procure that Kingdom O Lord leave me not Bid me rise and strive to apprehend that for which I am also apprehended of Christ Jesus I fight under the Banner of the best of Princes O let me so run that I may obtain and hear the voice of the Bridegroom Enter into thy Masters Joy This will recompence all If I arrive to this I shall be no loser by thy Service I have followed the World too long and have got nothing but vanity and vexation of Spirit It promised me much but my Soul is empty still If once I ascend into that City where all tears shall be wiped away where I shall not need the light of the Sun and Moon and Stars where God himself is the everlasting Light Whatever Troubles whatever Miseries I went through here they will all be forgotten they will all be swallowed up they will all be lost in that vast Ocean of Light and Glory O make me weary of this Wilderness I have wandred too long in this desert Heaven is my home Let that engross my Desires my Hopes my Expectations my Joy my Love my Affections I am a stranger upon Earth let me live like a stranger here Draw me draw me thou everlasting Magnet that I may cling to thee and neither Death nor Life neither Prosperity nor Adversity neither the Smiles nor the Frowns of the World may separate me from that Love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen Additional Prayers FOR Every Day of the WEEK Suited to the Exercise of Meditating Exercise Ordinary 3. A Prayer for Sunday-Morning relating to the Meditation on Sunday Exercise 3. O God! thou most sweet thou most lovely Object How little do those glorified Saints that enjoy thee in the other world regard our little pleasures and satisfactions here O that my Soul were with those Spirits of men made perfect I see nothing in this valley of Tears that 's worth desiring or breathing after The Beatitude to come is that I long for What are the glories of this World to that glory which e'erlong shall be revealed in us The magnificence of Triumphs the pomp of Princes the curiosity of Palaces the beauty of the Sun the brightness of the Moon the glistering of the Stars the variety of Flowers the fragrancy of Herbs what are all these to the Joys Glories at thy right hand for evermore One day in thy Courts above is sweeter than a thousand here There I shall behold the perfection of thy Essence the infinity of thy Nature the immensity of thy Grandeur the eternity of thy Duration the greatness of thy Majesty the stability of thy Throne the vast extent of thy Wisdom the abyss of thy Judgements the sweetness of thy Bounty the tenderness of thy Mercy the severity of thy Justice the latitude of thy Power the charms of thy Beauty and the lustre of thy Glory O what a ravishing sight will this be And shall I be afraid of encountring with Enemies that would keep me from seeing these wonderful objects These Enemies are already conquered The Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath already weakn'd their strength and power which makes my Victory more easie Therefore I will not despair O thou who hast promised that when the poor and needy want water thou the God of Israel wilt hear them Hear me from thy holy Heaven and encourage my Soul to force her way through all difficulties Give me lively apprehensions of that state For want of those lively apprehensions I work not I move not I press not forward I act not like a person in good earnest my endeavours are dull and my attempts feeble O write that bliss upon my mind engrave it on my Soul Let the beams of it warm my Spirit that no labour for Heaven may seem hard no Commandment grievous no exercise troublesome no industry tedious no pains too great no journey too long that I may not murmur that I may not complain of difficulties that I may not be weary that I may not faint in my mind It is not onely a glorious Garment not onely a magnificent House not onely a stately Palace that 's promised me but Glory it self and Magnificence it self and Splendor it self What if I must curb my Passions and break through my sinful Inclinations What if I must withdraw mine affections from the Creature and mortifie my Body What if I must submit my will to thy will and pardon the greatest injuries What if I must get habits of vertue give Law to my Tongue prescribe limits to my Thoughts put a restraint upon my foolish Desires in order to this Glory is not the promised Recompence encouragement enough O my God! thou art my Shield and exceeding great reward and shall I be afraid to serve thee Shall I tremble at the work thou settest me will not thy Wages be infinitely beyond my Labour How short will be my Task and how long my Rest How few will be the days I am to work in and how durable my Repose Shall I think Heaven too dear at the price thou hold'st it at O undeceive me pull down the vain conceits I have harboured shine powerfully upon my Soul that I may be insatiable in my desires after it and long to see thee who art Light it self and in thy Light may see light through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for Sunday-Evening O Most happy most blessed and most glorious God! How can I reflect on the rest of this