Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	holy_a	pray_v	stephen_n	2,337	5	12.9874	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10687	The countrie mans comfort. Or Religious recreations fitte for all well disposed persons. Which was printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected, amended, and enlarged by the same author. I.R.	Rhodes, John, minister of Enborne.	1637 (1637)	STC 20961; ESTC S103457	26,382	92

Two most excellent songs or Ditties made by Queene Elizabeth as it is credibly reported and as it is very likely by some words in it in the yeare 1588 When the Spaniard came to possesse this land and is in manner of a prayer to God DEliver me O Lord my God from all my foes that be And eke defend all Christian soules that put their trust in thee Preserve us now and evermore from all the wicked traine Who long and thirst for Christians bloud and neuer will refraine Mine enemies O Lord be strong and thou the same dost know And that without offence in me they seeke mine ouerthrow My hope and helpe in all distresse hath euer beene in thee And thou O Lord of thy goodnesse didst still deliuer me Come now and end this strife likewise the cause is wholly thine Wherfore to thee my selfe and suite I wholly doe resigne The other song of Queene Elizabeth made in manner of a thankes giuing to God for her and our deliverance from the inuincible Nauie of the Spaniard as he termed it which thanks and praise was performed at Saint Pauls crosse in London LOoke and bow downe thine eare O Lord from thy bright spheare behold and see Thy handmaid and thy handy worke among thy Priests offring to thee Ecco's resounding vp the skies my selfe and scepter sacrifice My soule ascend his holy place ascribe him strength and sing him prayse For hee restraineth Princes spirits and hath wrought wonders in our dayes He made the windes and waters rise and did destroy mine enemies This Iacobs head this Israels God the fiery piller and the cloud Which kept the Saints from Pharoahs rod and drencht the honour of the proud He hath preserued now in loue the soule of me his turtle doue A Carroll for Christmas day To the tune of Rogeero VVE come to sing of Christ our King According to the time Therefore prepare and giue good eare Let hearts and all incline Divinitie our cheife Story which speakes of mans Saluation Shewes that the Lord by his pure word made all good by creation Mankind did beare Gods Image faire the creatures all were blest Then sathans evill made him a divell and he gave man small rest But tempted him by Eva's sinne till Paradice was gone Thus they and we were left you see in fearefull state each one Then God above in tender love to men that was but dead Said that indeed the womans seed should breake the Serpents head To Abraham to Isaack then to Iacob and the Iewes A covenant sure aye to endure God made of this good newes Before their eyes in Sacrifice our Saviour was displayd In figure types and other rites on Altar he was laid To Priests to Kings were shew'd these things to Prophets and the rest Who did assure that Virgin pure should beare this heavenly guest Realmes now in peace all warres did cease Iohn Baptist came to preach And he likewise did some baptize that heard when he did teach The time full come God sent his Sonne in shape of sinfull flesh Thus God and man one Christ became our soules for to refresh Angels did bring newes of this thing to Shepheards in the night To whom they said be not afraid at this so heavenly sight But goe your way and make no stay Christ is at Bethelem Behold him there borne poore and bare for sinne of mortall men Then gloriously from heaven hie the Angels they did sing Praise to Gods name peace without blame on earth to men living Shepheards did goe and found it so as Angels had foretold Christ meekly lay swadled in hay within the stable cold This child he is our soules chiefe blisse our tree of life and all Our Abell slaine our Isaack plaine our Ioseph left in thrall Our paschall lambe that hether came for his deere Spouse to die Our Manna sweet our Rocke so deepe our Arke of Sanctuarie Our mercy Seate our altar great ou Lampe and lauor faire Our priest our King and euery thing that we might not despaire What thankes and praise in all our daies ought we and ours to giue Vnto Gods name that wrought the same Long time ere man did liue This is the day of our great ioye if we will ioy therein And not assigne this blessed time to vanitie and sinne But euermore in vertues store to spend our daies aright Which God grant vs through Christ Iesus to doe with all our might Another Carroll for Christmas day made as if it were spoken by Christ to Adam and his posteritie REmember O thou man O thou man O thou man Remember O thou man thy time mis-spent Remember O thou man how thou camst to me than And I did what I can therefore repent Remember Adams fall O thou man O thou man Remember Adams fall from heaven to hell Remember Adams fall how we were condemn'd all To hell perpetuall there for to dwell Remember Gods goodnes O thou man O thou man Remember Gods goodnes and promise made Remember Gods goodnes his son should come doubt lesse Our faults for to redresse bee not afraide The Angels all did sing O thou man O thou man The Angels all did sing on the Shepheards hill The Angels all did sing praise to our heauenly king And peace to man living with a good will The Shepheards amazed was O thou man O thou man The Shepheards amazed was to heare Angels sing The Shepheards amazed was how that should come to passe That Christ our Mesias should be our King To Bethelem do they goe O thou man O thou man To Bethelem doe they goe these Shepheards three To Bethelem doe they goe to see if that were so That Christ were borne or no to set us free As the Angels before did say O thou man O thou man As the Angels before did say it came to passe As the angels before did say they foūd the babe wher it lay In manger wrapped in hay so poore it was Give thanks to God alway O thou man O thou man Give thankes to God alway with hearts most jolly Give thanks to God alway for this most joyfull day Let all men sing and say Holy Holy Holy A Carroll for S. Stephens day The holding of the same O Lord our God poure downe thy grace and holy Spirit from heauen That we may celebrate aright Christs birth as did Saint Stephen The Dittie it selfe When Iesus Christ ascended was into the heavens hie His twelve Apostles spent much time in praying earnestly And when the holy Ghost was sent they preached bold by skill The word of God in every place according to his will The number of the Church increas'd and grew exceedingly So that the Apostles lacked helpe in that their ministrie Wherefore they chose seuen worthy men of good report and fame That tooke the almes vp for the poore the blind the halt and lame Saint Stephen that worthy Martyr he was one of them they chose A man full of the holy Ghost against whom there