Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	life_n	live_v	soul_n	13,623	5	5.6183	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14100	The garlande of godly flowers bewtifully adorned as most freshly they flourish in the gardeins of right faithfull Christian writers. Yéeldyng foorth a very comfortable sauour to the afflicted soule, wherby hée is salfly [sic] transported vnto the mercifull throne of the most glorious God. Carefully collected, and diligently digested into ordre, by Tho. Twyne, Gentleman. 1574.	Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1574 (1574)	STC 24408; ESTC S118788	34,454	128

not dispayer and a feruent loue vnto thee but yet that I may not presume giue mee vnderstandynge to amende myne owne vnrighteousnesse with discretion and admonish my neighbours of their faultes without dissimulation and that by my woordes and example they may take a paterne of doctrine and liuinge Establish mée in a right trade of wel pleasing thee that my life may bée conformable vnto thy woorthie will reueale vnto th' eies of my soule by inspiration of the holly spirite some sight or taste of thy heauenly ioyes that I may bée caried with delight to accomplish that whiche is pleasant vnto thée and profitable for myne owne selfe A droppe of thy grace shalbée the sea of my saluation a sparcle of thy loue shalbée the flame of my fayth a mote of thy mercie shalbée the heape of my health a sande of thy sight shalbée the banke of my bewtie a grayne of thy goodnesse shalbée the weight of my woorthinesse one fauour of thy celestiall face shalbée the fulnesse of mine eternall felicitie O Lorde God and holly Father cast downe thine eyes from thy sacred sainctuarie and from thy heauenly habitation and béeholde the most acceptable sacrafice whiche our high bishop Iesus Christe thy déere sunne our Lorde offreth vp vnto thy maiestie for our manifolde sinnes and bée mercifull vnto the multitude of our misdéedes Béeholde the precious blood of our most swéete Sauiour crieth yet vnto thée from the altar of the Crosse hee hangeth yet there and still is hée dying vnto thée who séest althynge in present that bée past béefore whose eyes the effectes of all times doone do euer abide as now in dooing consider him O mercifull God and for his sake take pitie vpon vs. I must néedes loue thée O my most déere redéemer Iesus Christe with all my hart with all my soule and with all my power that diddest vouchsaulf to die for my sinnes my soule cleaueth fast vnto thee for thou art hir strength and fortitude graunt vnto mee that I may ensue thy worthy steppes and bée partaker of thy heauenly kingdome accordyng as I haue shewen my sighinges vnto thée and put my whole trust in thée that art the porcion of mine inheritance Amen N ¶ Naked as wee came foorth of our moothers wombe euen so goe wee hence agayne and carie nothyng away with vs of all our labour Consider this woonderfull woorke of God and how that no man can make the thynge streight which hee maketh crooked ¶ The .xvij. Flower NO creature vnder heauen may bryng mée comfort but thou O Lorde of eternall glorie that art the healpe of mans health and surgeon of his soule thou strikest and healest thou bringest a man nigh vnto death and anon restoreth him to life again to th' intent hée may know his owne weakenesse and imbecillitie cleaue the more firmely vnto thy strength and vertue As for man hée is nothynge els but a shew of simple séede and a slip of slender strength and a bubble of boylyng brothe and a branche of fadynge flowers and an handfull of goodly grasse that to day flourisheth in the fielde and to morow is flunge into the fier a frame of moste frayle fleash in whom is no perpetuitie nor endurance Lorde let mée euermore beare this portrature in my minde of mine owne infirmitie considerynge still what I am remembryng alwayes what I would bée then shall I léese likyng of my selfe and longe after the loue of thee for I am the image of thy substance although the looking backe from thy lawes hath soyled mée sore with sinne As I am ful of imperfection of my selfe so supply thou my wantes in thee for when I haue indeuoured al I may my righteousnesse is thine and thou crownest mée with endlesse honour for that which procéedeth only from thee and is so litle agreeable vnto my corrupt nature that it is rather quight alas repugnant My sinnes O Lorde lie foorth in plentie béefore my face I can turne no way but they ouertake mée I woulde faine intreate thee to pardon them and I dare not draw néere thee for dread of them consider my necessitie most mightie God and deliuer mée and graunt most graciously vnto thy sinfull seruant the participation of thy most glorious maiestie What though my sinnes bée as the sandes of the sea and my wickednesse surmount the leaues of the woodde and my transgressions striue in numbre with the flowers of the sprynge yet take thou no reguarde O Lorde vnto the frowardnesse of my hart but like as thou hast many times shewed mercie so now bee pitifull and forgiue mée I haue hungred my souereigne Lorde and God to feede vpon thee that art the breade of life not with the iawes of my fleash but with the mouth of my faith vntil it mai please thée to féede mée at full with the entire contemplation of thy substance whiche I shall sée face to face and also bée séene in thy celestiall glorie when I am discharged of this farthel of frailtie this hope is the harbour of my delight and the assured lookynge for it is the cheifest flower of my Garlande Most gracious gouerner giue mée to drinke of that water wherof who so drinketh shall thirst the more as after the swéetenesse of heauenly thynges whose taste is vnspeakable pleasant and giue mée also to drinke of that water the drinkers whereof shall thirst nomore for euer for it floweth foorth from thée the fountain of immortalitie Truely Lorde there is no cause why I should longe to abide in this life if I were of sutch perfection as was thy Apostle Paule I should perceaue the wickednesse of this worlde and the glorie of thy kyngedome and wishe ernestly as hée did to bée dissolued from this body and to bée with Christe where as hée reigneth in eternitie O Lorde thou knowest my hartie desier is alwaies to serue thee graūt vnto mée of thy gracious goodnesse that I may liue in thy law and run in thy rule and walke in thy way and die in thy faith and that I may bée cléerely deliuered of the bondage of sinne and bee wholy out of dreade of death and dampnation Execute these thinges vpon mee O my moste louynge God and as it shall seeme best vnto thy pleasure most sittyng for my soule abridge the dayes of this Pilgrimage and commence the terme of my true life call mée from this Clay and clothe mée in the wéede of euerlastynge wealth where thou art resident with thy saynctes in eternall glorie Lorde if it so bée that the destruction day of all fleash bée at hande as it is hartely hoped then haue wee great cause to yéelde thée most humble thankes for shortning the time of our trouble and takyng away the occasions of offendyng that thine elect may possesse the longer frute of their ioyes and yéelde vp the summes of a shorter accoumpt O God what a ioyfull day shall that same bée when wée shall béeholde with our eyes those thynges whiche wée haue often

teache mée I béeséeche thée how I may séeke thee aright and where I may finde thee readely if thou bée absent where I may haue thée present if I cannot se thée for darkenesse of my vnderstandyng brynge mée into the inaccessible light where I may alwayes beholde thee Lorde what shall thy seruant doo whiche languisheth for the loue of thée and pineth for payne that hée is so longe frō thy presence hée would gladly finde thée and hée woteth not the place of thy abode hée would willyngly seeke thee and hée knoweth not thy face yet art thou my Lorde and my God and I the worke of thy worthy handes O mightie God thou haste made mée and preserued mée and thou diddest create mée that I should béeholde thee and yet haue I not fulfilled that for whiche I was ordeyned O how miserable is the state and condition of mankinde if hée lose that through his owne wilfulnesse for whiche hée was made let mée neuer Lorde sée that day but shew mee the light of thy glorie Make mée recompt O Lorde through thee the miserie of mine owne transgressions and with woonderfull affection to desier redresse at thy deitie how all the children of Adam should haue fead on the bread of Angels at pleasure which now they doo want and now they breake the bread of sorow wheron they feede at full with all bitternesse Forget not thy poore creature O most merciful God that is buried vp in mountaynes of miserie and swallowed vp in the sea of sorow turne thy face vnto mée whiche was turned away from mée and heare mée whom thou wouldest not beeholde lighten my dimmed eies and shew mee thy cheerefull countenance Restore thy selfe vnto mée that it may goe well with mée in thée with whom it goeth so ill without thee repayer my decayed partes take pitie vpon my afflictions and traueiles helpe mine endeuours for I can doo nothyng without thee sweeten my bitter potion with thy celestiall suger suffer mée not to die in despayrynge but to haue life in hopyng In hart and contemplation Lord I draw néere vnto thee a carefull castaway pining with pouertie vnto thee the Lorde of light waltrynge in wealth a miserable wretche to a mercifull God an hungrie soule to the fountayne of foode Lorde I haue sought thée hungrynge let mée not leaue thee fastyng nor departe from thee fayntyng Teache mée the way sweet God wherein I may walke to seeke thee and shew thy selfe vnto mee I beeseeche thee that faine woulde finde thee for I cannot seeke thee vnlesse thou instruct mee nor I cannot finde thee vnlesse thou discrie thy self let mee seeke thee in desieryng and desier thee in seeking let mée finde thée in louyng and loue thee in findyng As I am thine Image so make mee remembre my selfe to thynke on thee with loue loue thee with desier desier thee with feare feare thee with faith seeke thee with wisdome finde thee with truth and singlenesse of hart and abide with thee in thyne eternall glorie whiche thou hast prepared for them that serue thee Amen B ¶ Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse and curse not reioyce with them that reioyce and weepe with them that weepe beeing of like affection one vnto another not high minded but matching your selues to the lower sorte ¶ The .xiij. Flower BLessed are they as thou hast taught vs O my sweete sauiour Iesus Christe which diligently doo heare thy most worthy woord and kéepe the same yea thrise blessed are they that spende their time in the searche of thy right sacred will expressing it in their life and conuersation for thy holly spirite shall neuer bée absent from them I woulde to God it might please thee so to addresse my waies that I might in no wise wander awrie and that thou wouldest take away all stumblinge blockes from my feete that I might not fall and preuent all daungers that I might not miscarie but that thy pathes were made so plaine that I might neuer commit offence against thee O Lorde so it irketh mee that euer I went astray it greeueth mee to the hart insomutch that I can receaue no comfort when I thinke on thy heauie wrath and due indignation wherwith thou doest prosecute the sinnes of the vngodlie eeuen vnto the third and fouerth generation of sutch as haue not fulfilled thi commaundementes But bée thou good Lord vnto mee a most speciall comforter that although I bée alreadie laid verie low yet I may not bée vtterly brought to ruine turne the bitter scourge of thy welwoorthie vengeance least I perish in the sharpe execution of thy deserued punishment and so that bée lost which thou didest make and buie full déere Thy propertie it is moste blessed God to saue and not to spil thou diddest create and not consume thy woorkes are wondrous and they séemed al good vnto thée when thou diddest make nothynge of spight nor spight at nothyng that thou diddest make whereby increaseth my comfort that I shall not bée left quight destitute and forsaken It is affliction enough for mée that I haue forsaken thy waies and not looked after the Lorde of my life let confession of the fault bee sufficient punishment for an offender that transgresseth not of set purpose but onely through the imperfection of frayle nature and want of thy most gracious goodnesse I haue broken thy statutes like a proude rebell I haue contemned thy preceptes like a naughtie seruant I haue violated thy will like a disobedient childe I haue wandred from thy folde like a lost shéepe I haue disobeyed the good pleasure of my most sweete and louyng God like a most wicked and wretched creature Deale not with mée O Lorde accordynge vnto my desertes but thy kindenesse not hauyng respect vnto seuere iustice but tendre mercies that I may liue lenger to amend my misdeedes and other by mine example may endeuour to doo the like and so thy most noble name may be magnified bothe in them and mée with right woorthy commendation Let not that bée layed vnto my charge I hartly béeséeche thée wherin vnwittyng vnwillyng or vnaduisedly I haue prouoked thy anger but forget the follies of my forepassed yéeres when I was yonge and rash by course of kinde when sinne is accoumpted but a play and but very smale reguarde is hadde vnto thy wayes Purifie mée from my secret sinnes wherof there is none priuie but thou alonely that sittest on high and searchest the priuities of eche mans hart béelow in the earthe to iudge euery one in his owne deuise and repaye them accordyng vnto their inuentions béewraying their filthinesse vnto the worlde that erst lay secret in couert O Lorde for thy names sake let no custome of sinnyng take holde vppon mee nor let mée neuer take pleasure in dooynge wickednesse for the one were harde to bée eschewed with out speciall helpe and the other is a manifest signe of want of grace but bée thou alwayes my succour O thou the God of my strength and fortitude Suffre vs not