Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	pray_v	prayer_n	13,124	5	6.7659	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15713	The christians mourning garment	Worship, William.	1603 (1603)	STC 25987; ESTC S113276	27,165	63

with it Giue vs therfore such a competencie sufficiencie of these outward blessings as thou in thy heauenly wisdō séest most néedful for vs. Grant these things good father to vs here present to al thine absent praying thée in speciall fauour to remember our frinds kinsfolks in the flesh al our good neighbours welwillers al those for whō we are bound to pray by nature by deserts or any duty whatsoeuer for Iesus Christes sake our only mediator to whom with thée and the holy Ghost be giuen al praise glory both now and for euermore Amen An Euening prayer to be vsed in priuate families O Eternall God and our most louing deare Father we thy vnworthy children doe here fall downe at the foote of thy great maiesty acknowledging from our harts that we are altogeather vnworthy to come néere thée or to look towards thée because thou art a God of infinite glory and we are most vile and abhominable sinners such as were conceiued and borne in sinne and corruption fuch as haue inherited our fathers corruptions and also haue actually transgressed all thy holy statutes and lawes both in thoughts wordes and déedes before we knew thée and since secretly and openly with our selues and with others our particular sinnes are moe then can be numbred for who knoweth how often times he offendeth But this we must néedes confesse against our selues that our hartes are full of pride couetousnesse and the loue of this world full of wrath anger and impatiencie full of lying dissembling and deceiuing full of vanity hardnesse and prophanenesse full of infidelity distrust and selfe-loue full of lust vncleanenesse and al abhominable desires yea our harts are the very sinks of sinne and dunghils of all filthynesse And besides all this we doe omitte the good things we should doe for there are in vs great wantes of faith of loue of zeale of patience of contentment and of euery good grace so as thou hast iust cause to procéede to sentence of iudgement against vs as most damnable transgressors of all thy holy commaundements yea such as are sunke in our rebellions and haue many times and often committed high treason against thy maiestie and therefore thou maiest iustly cast vs all downe into hell fire there to be tormented with Sathan and his angelles for euer And we haue nothing to except against thy maiesty for so doing sith therein thou shouldest deale with vs but according to equity and our iust deserts Wherefore deare Father we doe appeale from thy iustice to thy mercie most humbly intreating thée to haue mercie vpon vs and fréely to forgiue vs all our sinnes past whatsoeuer both new and olde secret and open knowne and vnknowne and that for Iesus Christes sake our onely Mediator And we pray thée touch our harts with true griefe and vnfained repentance for them that they may be a matter of continuall sorrow and hart smart vnto vs so as nothing may gréeue vs more than this that we haue offended thée being our speciall friend and father Giue vs therefore deare Father euery day more and more sight and féeling of our sinnes with true humiliation vnder the same Giue vs also that true and liuely faith whereby we may laie sure hold on thy Sonne Christ and all his merites applying the same to our owne soules so as we may stand fully perswaded that whatsoeuer hee hath done vppon the crosse he hath done for vs particularly as well as for others Giue vs faith good father constantly to beléeue all the swéete promises of the Gospell touching remission of sinne and eternall life made in thy sonne Christ O Lord increase our faith that we may altogether rest vpon thy promises which are all yea Amen Yea that we may settle our selues and all that we haue wholy vpon them both our soules bodies goods name wiues children and our whole estate knowing that all things depend vpon thy promises power and prouidence and that thy word doth support and beare vp the whole order of nature Moreouer we intreat thée O Lord to strengthen vs from aboue to walke in euery good waye and to bring foorth the fruits of true faith in all our particular actions studying to please thée in all things to be fruitfull in all good works that we may shew foorth vnto all men by our good conuersation whose children we are and that we may adorne and beautifie our most holy profession by walking in a Christian course and in all the sound fruits and practise of godlinesse and true religion To this end we pray thée sanctifie our harts by thy spirite yet more and more sanctifie our soules and bodies and all our corrupt naturall faculties as reason vnderstanding will and affections so as they may be fitted for thy worship and seruice taking a delight and pleasure therein Stir vs vp so vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and all other good meanes whereby we may profit in grace goodnes from day to day Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes that we may daily die to sin liue to righteousnesse Draw vs yet nearer vnto thée help vs against our manifold wants Amend our great imperfections renue vs inwardly more and more repaire the ruines of our harts aide vs against the remnants of sinne Enlarge our hearts to run the way of thy commandements Direct all our steps in thy worde let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer vs. Assist vs against our speciall infirmities and master sinnes that we may get the victorie ouer them all to thy glory the great peace comfort of our owne consciences Strengthen vs good father by thy grace holy spirit against the common corruptions of the world as pride whoredome couetousnes contempt of thy Gospell swearing lying dissembling deceiuing O dear father let vs not be ouercome of these filthy vices nor any other sinfull pleasures fond delights wherewith thousands are carried headlong to destruction Arme our soules against all the temptations of this worlde the flesh and the diuell that we may ouercome them all through thy helpe and kéepe on the right way to life that we may liue in thy feare and die in thy fauour that our last dayes may be our best dayes and that we may end in great peace of conscience Grant these things good Father and all other néedfull graces for our soules or bodies or any of thine throughout the whole world for Iesus Christs sake In whose name we further call vpon thée as he hath taught vs in his Gospel saying Our Father which art in Heauen c. A prayer to be vsed at any time by one alone priuately OLord my God heauenly Father I thy most vnworthy childe do here in thy sight fréely confesse that I am a most sinful creature damnable transgressor of all thy holy laws commaundements that as I was borne bred in sin stained in the wombe so haue I continually brought sorth the

priuate families O Lord our God and heauenly Father wee thy vnworthie children doe here come into thy most holy and heauenly presence to giue thée praise glory for al thy great mercies and manifold blessings towards vs especially for that thou hast preserued vs this night past from all the dangers and feares thereof hast giuen vs quiet rest to our bodies and brought vs now safely to the beginning of this day and doest now a fresh renew all thy mercies vpon vs as the Eagle reneweth her bill giuing vs all things aboundantly to enioy as food raiment health peace libertie and fréedome frō many miseries diseases casualties and calamities which wée are subiect vnto in this life euery minute of an houre and not only so but also for vouchsafing vnto vs many good things not onely for necessitie but euen for delight also But aboue all deare father we praise thy name for the blessings of a better life specially for thy most holy word and sacraments and all the good wée enioy thereby for the continuance of the Gospell amongst vs for the death of thy sonne all that happinesse which we haue thereby Also because thou hast chosen vs to life before we were and that of thy méere goodnesse vndeserued fauour towards vs and hast called vs in thine appointed time iustified by thy grace sanctified vs by thy spirit adopted vs to be thine owne children heires apparant to the great crowne O Lord open our eyes euery day more more to sée and consider of thy great and maruailous loue to vs in all these things that by the due consideration therof our harts may be drawne yet nearer vnto thée euen more to loue thée feare thée and obey thée that as thou art enlarged toward vs in mercie so we may be enlarged towards thée in thanksgiuing and as thou dost abound towards vs in goodnesse so we may abound towards thée in obedience and loue And sith deare father thou art neuer wearie of doing vs good not withstanding all our vnworthinesse naughtinesse therefore let the consideration of thy great mercy and fatherly kindnesse towardes vs euen as it were force our hearts compell vs to come into thy most glorious presence with new songs of thanksgiuing in our mouths Wée pray thée O most mercifull God to forgiue vs all our vnthankfulnesse vnkindnesse prophanes and great abusing of all thy mercies and specially our abuse and contempt of thy Gospell togither with all other the sins of our life which we confes are inumerable mo then can be reckoned vp both in omission of good things and commission of euill We most humbly intreate thée to set them al ouer to that reckoning which thy son Christ hath made vp for them vpon his crosse and neuer to lay any of them to our charge but fréely forget all and forgiue all Naile downe all our sinnes and iniquities to the Crosse of Christ burie them in his death bath them in his bloude hide them in his wounds let them neuer rise vp in iudgement against vs. Set vs frée of the miseries that are vpon vs for sin kéepe back the iudgements to come both of soule bodie goods good name Be reconciled vnto vs in thy deare sonne concerning all matters past not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our olde and abhominable iniquities but accept vs as righteous in him imputing his righteousnesse to vs and our sinnes to him Let his righteousnes satisfie thy iustice for all our vnrighteousnes his obedience for our disobedience his perfection for our imperfectiō Moreouer we humbly beséech thy good maiestie to giue vs the true sight and féeling of our manifold sinnes that we may not be blinded in them through delight or hardned in them through custome as the reprobates are but that we may be euen weary of them and much grieued for them labouring striuing by all possible meanes to get out of them Good Father touch our harts with true repentance for all sinne Let vs not take any delight or pleasure in any sinne but howsoeuer we fal through frailtie as we fall often yet let vs neuer fall finally let vs neuer lie downe in sinne nor continue in sinne but let vs get vpon our féete agayne and turne to thée with all our hearts and séeke thée whilst thou mayest be founde and whilst thou dost offer grace and mercie vnto vs. O Lord encrease in vs that true and liuely fayth whereby we may lay sure hold on thy sonne Christ and rest vpon his merites altogether Giue vs fayth assuredly to beléeue all the great and pretious promises made in the Gospell and strengthen vs from aboue to walke and abound in all the true and sound fruites of fayt● 〈◊〉 vs walke not after the flesh but after the spirite Let vs féele the power of thy sonnes death killing sinne in our mortall bodies and the power of his resurrection raysing vs vp to newnesse of life Let vs growe daylie in the sanctification of the spirite and the mortification of the flesh Let vs liue holily iustly and soberly in this present euill world shewing foorth the vertues of thée in all our particular actions that we may adorne our most holy prafession shine as lights in the midst of a crootied froward generation amongst whom we liue being gainefull to all by our liues conuersations offensiue to none To this end we pray thée fill vs with thy spirite and al spirituall graces as loue wisedome patience contentment méekenes humility temperancy chastity kindenes and affability stir vs vp to vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and al other good meanes whereby we may grow and abound in all heauenly vertues Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes from day to day make vs such as thou wouldest haue vs to bée and such as wée desire to bée working in vs both will and déede purpose and power For thou O Lorde art all in all thou wilt haue mercie vppon whom thou wilt haue mercy and whom thou wilt thou hardnest Haue mercie vppon vs therefore deare Father and neuer leaue vs to our selues nor to our owne wils lusts desires but assist vs with thy good spirite that wée may continue to the end in a righteous course that so at length we may be receiued into glory be pertakers of that immortall crowne which thou hast laid vp for all that loue thée and truely call vpon thée Further we intreat thée O heauenly father to giue vs all things necessary for this life as foode raimcut health peace liberty such fréedome from those many fold miseries which we lie open vnto euery day as thou séest méete Blesse vnto vs all the meanes which thou hast put into our hands for the sustenance of this fraile life Blesse our stock and store corne cattle trades occupations all the workes of our handes for thy blessing onely maketh rich and it bringeth no sorrows