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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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93269	The true Christians path way to heaven Wherein is shewed, the great afflictions which God imposeth upon His children in this life, and the assurance of their delivery out of the same. Being very profitable and comfortable for all those who are in any crosses or afflictions. Thereunto is added a prayer for morning and evening, and graces before and after meat. Dedicated to all those that desire to arrive at Mount Sion, the harbour of peace and joy. By William Simons.	Simons, William, fl. 1665.	1665 (1665)	Wing S3805B; ESTC R231571	10,852	29

them afflictions do over-cloud it crosses do dim it troubles do shadow it there is an interposition of the earth between the sight and it But this is most certainly true all the best is behind the sweetest is to come their happinesse doth not appear in this life it is hidden with God in Christ When Christ appears then shall they also appear with him in Glory It doth not yet appear what they shall be but when he cometh they shall be made like unto him their names are already taken and entred in the Book of life and one day they shall be crowned one day it shall be said to them Come ye blessed of my Father receive the Kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the World One day they shall enjoy his presence where is fulness of joy and at whose right hand there are pleasures for evermore well then let all God's secret ones rejoyce and be merry however in this world they be troden underfoot and walk like shadowes and counted the very racts and abjects of the world yet the time wil come when their happinesse and felicity shall be such as never could enter into the heart of man for it shall be endlesse unspeakable and inconceivable and therefore there is no cause why Gods Children should be too much cast down in their afflictions for though they be not free from all afflictions yet they are free from hurtfull afflictions for there is no rod no crosse nor no chastisement but all in the end hath a blessed and happy issue for this is most certain and true there is no crosse nor affliction which God imposeth upon his Children in this life but if they endure it quietly and trust in his mercy firmly and tarry his good leasure obediently it all cometh to a comfortable and blessed end and therefore God's Children may rejoyce in the midst of their afflictions and patiently kiss his holy rod seeing it is his good pleasere I am willing withall seeing he will have it so I am well content as old Eli said 1 Sam. 3.18 It is the Lord let him do with me what he will and as David said in a certain case 2 Sam 15.26 Behold here I am do with me as seemeth best in thine own eyes And again David said in Psal 39.9 Behold I was dumb and opened not my mouth for thou Lord hast done it Behold here the patience of God's Children and their humble submission to his most holy Will they know all shall end well and therefore they are glad of it To conclude this point Gods children are happy in what state soever they are in happy in trouble happy out of trouble blessed in sicknesse blessed in health blessed at home and blessed abroad and every where blessed The next is a use of reproof First of all it reproves those that when any crosse or affliction befalls them they fall to cursing and swearing and therefore I beseech you consider how is it possible that any cursing or cursed person should be a Member of that blessed Head Christ Jesus who hath expresly forbid us to curse As in Mat. 5. Luk. 6. Rom. 10. where he saith Bless them that curse you pray for them that despitfully use you It is said of all them that accustom themselves to cursing Psal 109.17 They delighted in cursing therefore it shall happen to them They loved not blessing and therefore it shall be far from them It is said Ecclesiasticus 23.13 The plague shall never depart from the house of the swearer And therefore if ever ye desire to be partakers of the Kingdom of Heaven give your selves to blessing and prayer a and then ye shall have that blessed welcom Mat. 25.34 Come ye blessed of my Father receive the Kingdom It serves to reprove all those who being in afflictions do make great protestations they will become new creatures And yet so soon as their affliction is over they become as hard hearted and miserable as before Like as the 9. Lepers who being cleansed returned to their old Byas again And as St. Peter saith The dog that vomited is returned to his vomit again The sow that was washed is wallowed in the mire again Therefore let all such know these are but whips and lashes wherewith God doth whip and lain wicked and ungodly men And therefore in conclusion let all those to whom any crosses or afflictions do befall for Gods sake for their own sake and for their souls sake Labour to make their calling and election sure 2 Pet. 1.10 and then they shall never fall And that we may all so do I commend you to GOD and to the word of his Grace who is able to build you up further and to give you an everlasting inheritance among them that are sanctified Now the GOD of mercy and the Father of all consolation prosper and sanctifie you and that which I have written unto you To Him be all praise honour and glory now and for evermore Amen YOu that have read or heard this Book either old or young I pray That seriously you would in it look and learn this heavenly way Delay no time for to be sure now in these latter dayes The Devil lurketh up and down in many by-path wyaes For like an Angel now of light transform'd he doth appear And many in this Land are led by him too much I fear Lord give us strength for to resist his power and force so strong That in this heavenly path we may most safely walk along In all these changes of these times and trouble eke to 〈◊〉 There 's no protests 〈…〉 O Lord is 〈…〉 An Exhortation to Prayer Job 33.25 HE shall pray unto the Lord and he will be favourable unto him he shall see his face with joy and he will render unto him his righteousnesse Isa 65.24 Before they ask I will answer saith the Lord and while they pray I will hear Jer. 10.25 A curse is threatned upon that family that doth not pray unto the Lord. Then let us not pray coldly with our lips and our hearts far from God But pour out our prayers with attentive mind and a carefull heart Morning Prayer O LDRD prepare our unprepared hearts for the performance of this Duty of Prayer Gide us the help of thy Holy Spirit Without which we can do nothing O LORD our GOD and headenly Father in Iesus Christ we thy poor and unworthy 〈◊〉 here humble our selves before thy 〈…〉 Majesty to offer up our Morning 〈…〉 Prayer and thanksgiving for all thy mercies and savours bestowed upon us acknowledging and confessing that we are miserable and sinfull wretches conceided and born in sin brought forth in iniquity And so have continued all our life time breaking and transgressing of thy holy Commandements in thought word and deed So that in us there is no whole part from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head all is polinted with iniquity sinne and I hil And therefore we have forfeited thy fabour