Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	catholic_a	church_n	faith_n	4,551	5	5.8936	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17892	The alphabet of prayers very fruitefull to be exercised and vsed of euerye Christian man. Newly collected and set forth, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1564. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Cancellar, James,	1565 (1565)	STC 4558; ESTC S109602	28,466	96

he loueth thee the lesse thou regardest him the more thou needest him the lesse thou thinkest on him so that by thy great vnkindnesse God is compelled to say vnto thee as hee sayd to the Israelites I am ouerweried with bearing and long suffring of thy wycked and sinfull liuing If thou therefore doe desire to be free from the horrible plagues and threatnings of GOD thou must lyke a true Niniuete wyth a broken and penitent heart call on God wyth continuall Prayer crauing of him hys mercy grace and assistaunce which if thou aske wyth a sure Fayth he wyll graunt it thee And therefore when thou doest praye thou muste after the minde of the Apostle aske with a stedfast faith not wauering nor doubtfull and thy request shall be graunted thee He therefore that asketh as he ought receiueth and hee seeketh well that seeketh wyth continuall desire and he knocketh well which dothe prouoke Gods goodnesse to heare him as did the Woman of Cananie vnto whome Christe sayde after hir peticion made O Woman great is thy Fayth be it vnto thee euen as thou hast desired Thus gentle Reader if thou loue thy health if thou long to be acceptable to God if thou desire to be sure from the grennes of the Diuell from the stormes of thys Worlde from the way of thine ennimies if thou couet to be happye at the laste let no daye passe thee but that thou once at the leaste doe present thy selfe to GOD by Prayer And falling downe before hym wyth an humble affecte of deuout minde not from the extremitie of the lippes onely but oute of the inwardenesse of the heart cry with the Prophet O Lorde the offences of my Youthe and mine ignoraunce remember thou not but after thy mercye and goodnesse O Lorde remember thou me And thus the holye spirite that prayeth for thee and eke thine owne necessitie shall euery houre put thee in minde what thou shalt praye for and what you shall desire of God Who therefore that will persist and continue in Prayer shall not onely bee vnto God dailye more and more gratefull and acceptable but shall also dailye proceede further and further from vertue to vertue and shall be made lyke vnto the heauenly and Angelicall mindes which daily behold the presence of God And because all the felicitie of the soule standeth in the cleere beholding of the fruition of God and for that our felicity shall be euerlasting wyth him let vs reioyce and saye with the Prophet Thou shalt O Lorde fyll vs full of gladnesse wyth thee whiche is no more but that our felicitie is fulfilled in the seyng and beholding of God and our nature in Christ sitting in heauen on the right hande of his Father so that our rewarde is that we may beholde God and Iesus Christ hys sonne whome he hath sent to the which rewarde he bring vs that sitteth there and prayeth for vs Amen Certayne Sentences set forth after the order of the Alphabete very necessary to meditate in minde Aske vvith a sure Fayth Be feruent in Prayer Confesse thy Sinnes Doe vvell to all men Enuie no man Forgiue them that hate thee Giue almes to the Pore Hurt not thy Enimye In aduersitie be pacient Keepe the Commaundements Loue Vertue and hate Vice Mourne vvith them that mourne Neuer be ashamed of vvell doing Obey God and thy Prince Put the feare of God before thee Quicken thy selfe vvith Gods promises Remember the ende ere thou begin Succour the pore and needye To all men be Indifferent Vse often and hearty Prayer When you begin to praye thinke vpon the remission of Sinnes promised in Christe Iesu and let not thys sweete Sentence spoken of oure Sauioure be left oute of your remembraunce which is I saye vnto you whatsoeuer you aske the Father in my name he will giue it you A Prayer for the Morning ALmightye and moste mercifull God I heartily thanke thee for the sleepe and quiet rest which vnder thy protection I haue receiued this night and for that it hath pleased thee safely to bring mee to the beginning of thys daye I wretched Sinner most humbly beseeche thee to defende cherishe comforte and gouerne mee and all my counsayles studies and labours in suche wyse that I may spende and bestowe thys daye according to thy moste holy wyll wythout the hurting of my neighbour and that I may euermore by thy gouernance doe that is thy will and pleasure hate wrong and loue iustice Also I beseech thee most mercifull GOD strength and keepe me in the Fayth of the Catholike Church and kindle in mee the loue and lyghte of thy holy spirite that I may walke in the truthe of thy Worde Graunt thys mercifull God for thy deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake Amen ¶ The fyrst Psalme wherein the penitent requireth of God to walke in hys Commaundements BLessed are all those that are vndefiled in the wayes of the Lorde and blessed are they that keepe his Testimonies and seeke him wyth their whole heart Cause mee thy Creature and handy-worke therefore O Lorde diligentlye to keepe thy Commaundementes and so direct my wayes that I may keepe thy Statutes Doe so vnto thy seruaunt O Lorde that I may liue and keepe thy moste holy Worde Euer wyth my lyppes wyll I be telling of the iudgementes of thy mouth that I maye haue delight in the waye of thy Testimonies as in all manner of ryches For so shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy Commaundementes Giue mee vnderstanding I beseeche thee O Lorde and I shall keepe thy law yea I shal keepe it with my whole heart Heare my voice O Lorde according to thy louing kindenesse and quicken thou mee according as thou art wont O Lorde stablishe thy Worde in thy Seruaunt that I may feare thee and open thou mine eyes that I maye see the wonderous things of thy lawe Glorye be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall bee Worlde wythoute ende Amen R D REwarde mee not O Lorde according to my deseruing for if thou do then must I needes perish Wherfore to thee I come moste mercifull Father not trusting in mine owne righteousnesse but in thy great mercy and promises made in Christe Iesu thy Sonne For whose sake O Heauenly Father I humbly beseeche thee to pardon and forgiue mee all mine offences Amen O God my Refuge and my strength which art the authour of all Godlinesse be readie to heare the deuout Prayers of thy seruant that those thinges which I aske fayhfully I maye obtayne effectually thorowe Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen BEholde not good Lord that which is amisse in mee for if thou doe I shall no more be worthye to be called thy Sonne yet of thy great goodnesse O Lorde poure downe of the crommes that fall from thy Childrens table that I may be the least among them Amen ASsist mee thy Seruaunt O Lord agaynst this