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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	holy_a	lord_n	18,241	5	3.9091	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82084	A declaration from Oxford, of Anne Green a young woman that was lately, and unjustly hanged in the Castle-yard; but since recovered, her neck set strait, and her eyes fixed orderly and firmly in her head again: with her speech touching four angels that appeared to her when she was dead; and their strange expressions, apparations, and passages that happened thereupon, the like never heard of before: being a more full and perfect relation of the great handiwork of God, to the said Anne Green, servant to Sir Tho. Read, who being got with child, and delivered of it in a house of office, dead born, received an unjust sentence to be hanged, and after half an hour, was cut down, and carried to the colledge of physitians, where all the learned doctors and chyrurgions met to anatomize her; but ... she began to stir; ... and after 14. hours, she came to her self, ... Whereunto is annexed another strange wonder from Ashburn in Darbishire, shewing how a young woman dying in child-bed, was buried, and delivered of a young son in the grave		1651 (1651)	Wing D585A; ESTC R226660	4,964	9

Musket and having hung half an hour she was cut down being quite dead and put into the Chyrurgions Chest who had beg'd her for an Anatomy and carried to Mr. Clarks house an Apothecary where the Physitions met to try their skill and having prefixed a time for the reading a Lecture over her being usual upon the anatom●zing of either man or woman When they were all met her body was taken out of the Coffin and laid upon a large Table where in the presence of them all she began to breath which was no small terror nor admiration to all that were then present whereupon a large dispute arose about her and one amongst the rest Dr. Petty by name went to her took her by the hand and laid his ear to her Temples and perceiving life declared that there was a great hand of God in the business and imediatly let her bloud in three places After which he caused a warm bed to be prepared for her and a woman to lie with her and applyed several Oyls unto her using many other circumstances of art until she recovered which was within 14. hours And even in the last minute of the 14. hour she opened her eyes uttering these words Behold Gods Providence and his wonder of wonders which indeed is a deliverance so remarkable since the ceassing of Miracles that it cannot be parallel'd in all Ages for the space of 300 years And withall it may remain upon record for a president to all Magistrates and Courts of Judicature to take a special care in denounsing of sentence without a due and legal process according to the known Laws of the Land by an impartial and uncorrupted Jury either of men or women c. This poor Creature is now well recovered and in perfect health since which time being asked what apparisions she saw during her Trance she replyed That being as it were in a Garden of Paradice there appeared to her 4. little boyes with wings being four Angels saying Woe unto them that decree unrighteous Decrees and take away the right from the Judges that the innocent may be their prey Upon which words they vanished c. And being further asked whether she felt any pain at the place of execution she replyed That she never felt when her Irons was knockt of nor how she was brought out of prison but remembred the time of her being upon the Ladder and what she spake to the People further alleaging that she saw her chief enemy dead before her which is observable that within some hours after Sir Tho. Read died Since her recovery she hath uttered many worthy expressions glorifying of God and magnifying his great name for these his wonderful mercies bestowed upon her and withall morning noon and night doth not cease from acknowledging his divine goodness and deliverance vouchsafed to her calling upon his great name in these words O most gracious and merciful Father who art the Lord of health and si●kness of life and of death who killest and makest alive who bringest down to the grave and raiseth up again who art the only preserver of all those that trust in thee I thy poor and unworthy Servant having now felt the grievousness due unto sin and the greatness of thy mercy in forgiving sinners and perceiving with what a fatherly compassion thou hast heard my prayers and restored me to my health and strength again do here upon the bended knees of my heart return with the thankful Leaper to acknowledge thee alone to be the God of my health and salvation and to give thee the praise and glory of my strength and deliverance out of my late grievous malady and for thus turning my mourning into mirth my sickness into health and my death into life My sins deserved punishment and thou hast corrupted me but hast not given me over unto death I lifted up mine eyes unto thee O Lord and thou didst comfort me and when I found no help in my self nor in any other Creature saying I am deprived of the residue of my years then didst thou restore me to health again and gavest life unto me I found thee O Lord ready to save me And now Lord I confess that I c●n n●ver yield unto thee such a measure of thanks as thou hast deserved at my hands And seeing that I can never be able to repay thy goodness with acceptable works Oh that I could with Mary Magdalen testifie the love and thank fulness of my heart with abounding tears Oh what shall I be able to render unto thee O Lord for all these benefits which thou hast bestowed upon my soul O Lord I do hare offer up my self unto thee beseeching thee still to assist me with thy holy spirit that the remainder of my life may wholly be spent in setting forth thy praise and glory O Lord forgive me my former follies and unthankfulness that I was not more careful to love thee according to thy goodness nor to serve thee according to thy will nor to obey thee according to thy benefits O Lord with my new health renew in me a right spirit which may free me from the slavery of sin and establish my heart in the service of grace Work in me a greater de●●station of all my sin● and increase my faith in Jesus Christ who is the Authour of my health and salvation Let thy good spirit lead me in the way that I should walk and reach me to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly righteously and godly in this world that others by my example may think better of thy truth And therefore O Lord I do here from the very bottom of my heart acknowledge to be due unto thee O Father which sitteth upon the Throne and to the Lamb thy Son who sitteth at thy right hand and to the holy spirit all praise honour glory and power from this time forth and for evermore Amen Another strange passage worthy of observation lately happened at Ashborn in Darbishire where a woma● being in sore travel after many hours died in Child-ded and having lain dead for some certain time according to usual custom her Corpes was buried and within an hour after a Country Virgin passing by the Grave over the Church-yard she heard a young Child cry who going to the place and laying her ear close to the ground perceived that her Neighbour was there delivered whereupon she imediately ran to the Clark and acquainted him therewith the Clark hastned to the Minister and both came together to the forecited place where taking off the moulds and opening ehe Coffin they found that the woman was delivered of a Sonne but both dead which did not a little cause great admiration and to the end that a further examination might be made concerning the business other Ne●ghbours were called to testifie the truth and certainty of this great work of God where at present I shall desist from further insisting thereupon by reason that there is preparing for the Press a full and infallible Narrative touching the same with a subscription of divers Knights and Gentlemens hands thereunto FINIS