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spirit_n	body_n	motion_n	soul_n	7,616	5	5.6016	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10047	A heartie prayer, in a needfull time of trouble. The sermon preached at Theobalds, before his Maiestie, and the lords of the Priuie Councell, an houre before the death of our late soueraigne King Iames. On Sunday, March 27. / By D. Price, deane of Hereford, then in attendance, and now chaplaine in ordinarie to his Maiestie.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1625 (1625)	STC 20293; ESTC S115208	20,513	40

hereof Nihilrecte nihil prudenter nihil prouidenter homines sine Deorum immortalium ope consilio honore auspicari Let it not bee vnseasonable that I presse this at this instant now your Royall Father lyeth vpon the Altar of his Death-bed for the sacrificing of his blessed Soule to his Redeemer The Lord helpe him in this Day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend him I will not say that trouble is hard at hand and yet Corona gemmarum is but Corona spinarum but a great and weighty Charge is ready to fall vpon your Princely shoulders a great doore is opening to your Highnesse and there bee many Aduersaries vpon whom are all the hearts and eyes I say not of these Kingdomes but of the Christian World set but vpon your Highnesse and as Mordecai spake who knoweth whether you are come to the Kingdome for such a time as this is to be the glory of the Christian Ester 4.14 and enuy of the Antichristian World for since the Sauiour of the World went downe into Egypt vt qui populus persecutor fuit populi primogeniti fieret custos filii Primogeniti neuer was any Prince so deliuered out of the hands of his Enemies that hee might serue the Lord without feare neuer any Prince brought back from the imminent eminent emergent Iawes of death as your Gracious Person O let it neuer bee vnsauory to remember that miraculous safety of your Highnesse returne wherein the right hand of the Lord had the preheminence Psal 116. the right hand of the Lord brought mighty things to passe O let it bee your Religious care that euer your Soule may bee satisfied with the blessings of good things by prayer that your Sacred Person may bee as euer hitherto you haue beene a blessed Patterne of this holy practice for such as your Highnesse shall appeare to bee by example and proucation such will your Seruants bee by imitation For as all in Alexanders time did affect Chiualry because hee was a Souldier and Poetry in Augustus time because hee loued Poets and Musicke in Nero's time because hee was a Musitian and Fencing in Commodus time because hee delighted in Fencers so all were forward in Christianity in Constantines time because hee loued Christians of whom as the powerfull examples of other ages in Hercules fortitude Guevar Epist Marcus Aurelius his wisedome Antonius Pius his care of the Common-wealth Aristotle his learning Cato his Seuerity Scipio his Continency and Laelius his Amity were Presidents to all succeeding Ages so was Constantine of deuout Piety who the better to instruct his People in Deuotion by his owne example ordained that his Image which we know Princes doe vse to coyne vpon their money should bee stamp'd with the resemblance of him praying And to say no more herein Euseb de vita Constan C. 15. Cyp. de coena Dom. I close this with Cyprian Quoties in conspectu Domini video aliquem suspirantem toties Spiritum sanctū non dubito inspirantem As often as I see any one in Gods fight sighing out prayers so often I doubt not God is present breathing his Spirit vpon such a holy suppliant Diuinity buildeth vpon this Christianity doth require it necessity doth enforce it and no faithfull man maketh doubt of it and hee that shall bee frequent in it shall be sure to finde fauour of the Almightie O did they consider this that dote vpon Courtly fauour the Courts diety Ambitions Darling vpon fauour that flower vapour meteor palea festuca vmbra pluma spuma that shadow that dust that mote that feather that froth vpon fauour that ebbeth as the Sea passeth as a winde and droppeth downe as the leaues in the fall they would learne Dauids lesson to seeke fauour and familiarity with God for that shall bring a man peace at the last Psal 37.37 would make this their dayly suit as Dauid a King being Master of Requests for himselfe here doth I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee and so I haue done with the second step I beseech thee 3. the manner how hee prayeth Deuotion delayed or lingred is soone quenched but when heated and hastened when the passions are liuely and strong when an earnest Zealous impetuous Petition is offered to God not drawn from the lips or lungs but from the inwards of a contrite confident Soule it neuer wanteth successe for not only the Body but the Soule hath a mouth and language and as the heart giueth aspiration to the arteries so doth the conscience to the affections and as we breathe in the ayre so grace is breathed into vs from Heauen the motions of Gods Spirit are the lungs knowledge and deuotion are as the lips faith as the tongue zeale as a string that passeth from the heart vnto the tongue Prayer is the language of Canaan the holy Tongue for shee was bred in the holy Land and the elegance of this Tongue is the eloquence of importunity Chrys Quam grata apud Deum importunitas how gracious and gratefull is importunity in the eares of God Non importunus neque impudens Aug. de verb. Apost saith S. Austin it is not a sawcy or a shamelesse part in thee to aske any thing of God with great importunity hee bids thee aske and seeke and knock and knocke not only til he heare but till hee answer and open and grant thy request Dauid hath a double supplication it is like the former and the latter raine the ingemination noteth an vnremoueable and constant affection to the suit hee desireth mans impatience in prayer can neuer offend Gods patience the Musicke of Angels doth not more delight the Lord then the redoubled obsecrations of his Seruants wherby he doth suspend their desires in expectation extend them by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their earnest importunity Note only the Parables of a friend called vp at mid-night the most vnseasonable and deadest time wherein any would bee loth to be troubled the doores shut the children asleep the sable mantle of the silent night couering all the World yet vpon importunity the friend riseth at midnight answereth openeth granteth Luk. 11. the request tendreth and giueth because of the importunity so also that Parable of the vniust Iudge that cared neither for God nor man yet because of the constant continuall Solicitation of the poore woman he heard her and granted her suit wee cannot hold a meaner opinion of God then of a common vulgar Friend which were too base to conceiue or a more vnrighteous iudgement of him then of the most vnrighteous Iudge then which Aqu. Cat. Aug. what can bee thought more blasphemous they both were woone non amicitia non iustitia compulsi sed taedio Famous is the importunity of the poore woman of Canaan miserere fili Dauid 1. She cryeth and calleth and followeth our Sauiour vouchsafeth not an answer not a word not a looke yet shee surceaseth not but calleth