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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	1,875	5	11.3215	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04906	The triall of truth wherein are discouered three greate enemies vnto mankinde, as pride, priuate grudge, and priuate gaine, ...	Knight, Edward.	1580 (1580)	STC 15047; ESTC S106835	64,206	178

Ezechiel it is written thus If a man nowe heare the noyse of the Trumpet and will not be warned and the Stewarde come and take him away his bloude shall bee vpon his owne head for hee heard the sounde of the Trumpet and woulde not take heede therefore his bloud be vppon him But if he will receiue warning he shal saue his lyfe Moreouer if the watchman see the sworde come and shew it not with the Trumpet so that the people is not warned if the sworde come then and take any man from amōg them the same shall bee taken away in his owne sinne but his bloud will I require at the watch mans hande So is it required at the handes of all good Gouernors in this age that the order of plantyng may be obserued in suche fourme that euery tree may be so orderly planted and ingraffed that there may be no confused growyng For it is written that suche as are not ingraffed in Christ shall be pulled vp by the rootes wherefore it behooueth that euery good Tree may be framed to be comfortable and defencible to the other his neighbour and stander by beyng all of one Orchard the higher to the lower and the lower not to be slacke in vpright growyng to the end to doe their office duetie and good will vnto the higher For so is it required by the worde of God and no politike wisedome rightly may deny the same as that when any stormy weather should happen to blowe vp that then suche as before would haue beene iudged Okes shoulde not shew them selues as tottering reeds subiecting them selues to bee ouerrunne with euery sickle and sythe But that rather against the time that god shal please by his prouidence to call vs vnto him more nearer by any Crosse of tribulation that wee the people of this age may rather goe forwarde to meete with God in all reuerence and valiantly to fight vnder his banner Then that we should goe backeward with faintyng heartes and seeke to hide our selues from his presence which no man may escape for that his glorious presence is euery where both on high vpon the Mountaies and beneth in the vallies How much more ought we miserable creatures to bee vigilant and that by continuall prayer and watching thereby to mooue his Godhead not to be greeued nor displeased for our disobedience in transgressing of his Commaundements And that it may please him in his mercie to accept of our contrition in our returning euery one forsaking his frowarde and vngodly wayes And that with such repentaunce and mortification as sinne may be abandoned and haue no place any longer to dwell in our mortall bodyes And not to seeme too haue more care of thinges temporall then of things eternall For so nowe is it required at our hands in good earnest thereby to stop the mouthes of all enemies as that other nations beholding the perfect fourme of our returning may haue iust cause so to say of England Lo these are the people whome God hath chosen vnto him selfe and that the troubles of our neyghbours may sounde a continuall watche worde in our eares to amendment of our former euil liuing or els wee may assure our selues that wee doe but hasten the lyke measure of Gods displeasure towardes vs which I pray God graunt to keepe farre from Englande And in the manner of our returnyng let vs take and sette before our tyes this holesome doctryne of Saint Paule to Timothie in his fyrst Epistle I exhort therfore that aboue all things Prayers supplications intercessions and giuyng of thanks be had for all men For Kynges and all that are in authoritie that wee may lyue a quyet and a peaceable lyfe with all godlinesse and honestie For that is good and expedient in the sight of GOD our Sauiour which will haue all men to bee saued and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth For there is one God and one Mediatour betwixt God and man Euen the man Christ Iesus which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men That it should bee testified at this tyme I tell the trueth in Christ and lye not Beyng the teachers of the Gentiles with fayth and veritie I will therefore that the men pray euery where liftyng vp pure handes without wrath or doubting Likewyse also the women that they aray them selues in comely apparel with shamefastnesse and discreete behauiour not with broydered heare eyther gold or pearles or costly aray but as becommeth women that professe godlines thorow good works Let the women learne in silence with all subiection in such wise as all suche as pray may obtaine the benefit of prayer which ought to be framed in all zealous maner and with such a dutifull obedience as we doe owe vnto God in making our prayers and supplications As we haue sundrye ensamples set owne vnto vs by the word of God First howe Christ him selfe when he prayed vnto God the Father that if it were his will the bitter cup of his passion might passe away from him not for that Christ was afrayd of death but that hee woulde leaue vnto all his Disciples the true fourme of prayer desiryng nothing but that which is good and to edifie with all and alwayes to commyt our willes vnto his will not that our will be done but that his will be done and fulfilled with such obedience as Christ when he prayed lifted vp his eyes vnto heauen And also Moyses Aaron when they prayed for the people of Israel it appeareth that they did it with their hāds holdē vp and their eyes lookyng vp vnto heauen as a true testimony that their hearts were therevnto framed and setled But when Moyses ceassed from lifting vp of his handes and eyes those people were ouerthrowen And howe much prayer of good men hath alwayes preuailed The ensamples are not fewe As when Moyses prayed for Pharao the plagues seased Abraham liftyng vp his eyes sawe the place where God had appointed him to offer vp his Sonne Isaac Abraham for the Sodomytes Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the wildernesse Samuel and Dauid for the destruction and Solomon for them that came into the Temple and Elias for them that receiued raine and for the dead that he myght lyue and Ezechias for the people in the tyme of Senacharib And all those receiued the fruit of their prayers And in this our age no doubt of it by the good prayers of godly men powred out before the Lorde God for the beholdyng of the people of Englande in suche an acceptable a tyme as God hath bene mooued in his mercyes to protect his flocke hitherto in a miraculous wyse with nowe full twentie yeares past of returnyng which large tyme no doubt of it hath pleased God in his mercy to vouchsafe to assigne vnto vs the people of England the rather for the good affectiō which he hath and doth beare vnto our so gratious and soueraigne Queene vnder whom by Gods