Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	holy_a	lord_n	spirit_n	8,095	5	5.0560	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73175	Sixe sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith at Clement Danes Church without Temple barre. VVith tvvo prayers of the same author hereunto annexed.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.; W. S.	1592 (1592)	STC 22775.3; ESTC S125528	82,174	185

of vs and our Maisters that thou seeing and beholding vs with thy fatherly eyes promising reward to them that faithfully and truly walke in their vocation and threatening euerlasting death and damnatiō to them that deceiptfully and wickedly do their works and labours We besech thee ô heauenly father to giue vs the strength of thy spirit that godly and gladly we may ouercome our labours and that the tediousnesse of this irksome labour which thou for our sins hast powred vpon al mankind may seeme to vs delectable and sweet Graunt ô deare Father that we may chearfully walke in our vocation and faithfully serue thee in this our seruice and gladly and ioyfully go foorth in our labors Fulfill now ô Lord these our requests for thy son our Sauiours sake in whose name we pray as he him selfe hath taught vs. Our Father c. Another Prayer ETernall God all mightie and most mercifull we thy vnworthie seruants prostrate before the throne of grace do yeeld our selues bodie and soule vnto thee for all thy benefits which thou from our birth hast heaped vpon vs as though we had alwayes done thy will although we occupied about vaine things neuer marked neuer loued neuer serued neuer thanked thee so heartily for them as we esteeme a mortall friend for the least curtesie Therefore we come with shame and sorow to confesse our sinnes not small but grieuous not few but infinite not past but present not secret but presumptuous against thy expresse word and will against our owne conscience knowledge and liking if any had done them but our selues O Lord if thou shouldst require but the least of thē at our hands Sathan would chalenge vs for his and we should neuer see thy face againe nor the heauens nor the earth nor all the goodnesse which thou hast prepared for man what shall we do then but appeale vnto thy mercie and humbly desire thy fatherly goodnesse to extend that compassion towards vs which thy beloued sonne our louing Sauiour hath purchased so mightily so mercifully so graciously so dearely for vs. We beleeue and know that one drop of his bloud is sufficient to heale our infirmities pardon our iniquities and supplie our necessities without thy grace our strēgth our guide our life we are able to do nothing but sinne as woful experience too long hath taught vs and the example of those which are voyd thereof whose life is nothing else but the seruice of the world the flesh the deuill therefore good Father as thou in especiall fauor hast appointed vs to serue thee like as thou hast ordained all other creatures to serue vs so may it please thee to send down thine heauenly spirit into this earthly mansion to illuminate our minds mollifie our hearts cleanse our affections subdue our reason regenerate our willes purifie our natures with thy spirit so shall not thy benefits nor thy chastisements nor thy word returne void but accōplish that for the which they were sent vntill we be renued into the image of thy sonne Good Lord we beseech thee to looke downe in the multitude of thy compassions vpon thy militant church this sinfull Realme thy gracious handmaid our dread Soueraigne her honorable Counsellers the ciuill magistrats the painfull ministers the two Vniuersities the people that sit in darknesse and all that beare thy crosse gather vs into one communion of thy truth giue vnto euery one a spirit vnto his calling that being mindfull of the account and that we are called Christians may firmely resolue speedily begin and continually perseuere in doing and searching thy most holy will Good Lord blesse sanctifie our meeting that no temptation hinder me in speaking or them in hearing but that thy word may be heard spoken as the word of God which is able to saue our soules in that day howsoeuer it pleaseth thee by weake foolish things to magnifie thy selfe there is no cause ô Lord most iust why thou shouldest heare sinners which art displeased with sin but for his sake which hath suffered for sin and sinned not in whose name we are bold to lift vp our hearts hands and voyces vnto thee saying as he hath taught vs O our Father c. FINIS