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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	love_n	patience_n	temperance_n	1,797	5	11.2015	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09645	Paraphrase vpon the seaven pen[i]tentiall psalmes of [t]he kingly prophet tra[n]slated out of Italian by I.H.; Sette Salmi della penitentia di David. English. 1635	Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.; Hawkins, John, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 19910.5; ESTC S4824	70,947	262

hee liueth vvho hath it alv vaies in his mouth Alas yet vvhat shall I say of my state I shall dye the death I shall make my passage to Hell and goeing thither it being not allovved but othervvise decreed that any there being loue thee for that thou vvilt not be beloued of such hovv shall I publish and praise thy infinite goodnes to them there abiding vvhich vvho so should attempt to define or circumscribe he should seeme to prescribe an end to infinity How shall I being lost voice forth thy mercie vvhich through thy goodnes dost please not onelie to helpe ease but to aduance to preferre vvith great dignitie him vvho hath been refractorie yea a hundred yeares for the contrition of one moment offered vp And how can I Lord deliuer vnto the world as a perpetuall memoriall the benefits conferred by thee if so I goe from thee banished exiled vtterly forsaken Cōserue my life ô Lord that I may publish thy benefits whereof my being is a part vvhich thou hast giuē me according to thy similitude thy likenes thy heating of my prayers long and quiet life the loue of my neighbours patience in aduersitie temperance and moderation in prosperitie modestie in daughters vertue and courage in sonnes peace and concord encrease of goodnes renowne of charitable vvorkes and hope of Paradise What haue been my endeauours my greate labours to deplore my state to vveepe on it bitterlie this my body which I carry about vvith me well knoweth vvhich not withstanding a thousād promises it hath made me to be continent to containe it selfe within the limitts of thy law to all purposes hath not yea in any one been ansvverable to it's word This earne●…ly by me sued vnto deliuered vnto me vvith greate asseuerations that in the midst of the spring it vvould leaue the soft feathers of it's nice couch to confesse by feruent prayers it's foule offēces but no sooner had it put forth the foote out of bed but it retired it selfe to it's warme place so was it giuen ouer to slothe neither by allurements of the benefits vvhich hence vvould redound frō thee nor for the threats of the iniuries w ch by so slugging id did to thee cou●…d I att all thence moue it nay rather it remained in such drowsines as if neither death nor Hell had any relation to it It came to dinner and supper I forbad it wine and meate it cast such a looke on me as doth a sick man on him vvho taketh from him that vvhich though vvith preiudice of his health infinitelie pleaseth him Strange harsh seemed it vnto it to be dispoiled of it's golden and purple garment alas to be cloathed in rude rough cloath I not giuing attention to the reprehension that by disrobing my selfe my royall dignity hath checkt me vvith vvhich for that it obserued it selfe to be adored by men emblodned it selfe in competencie vvith that of thy eternall Maiestie haue taught it to valiew at nought it's delights and these very eyes which were wōt to looke cheerfullic so made liuely by laughter so soon●… as they apprehended their objects of delight haue relinquished that their liuely spirit yea now ouerflow with teares in this obscure place for hauing donne if not so much as they ovve so much at leastvvise as they can My pallace is this tombe this hollow darke place the place of my rest is this earth My meate the anguish of Compunction drinking my teares I vvill extinguish my appetit's greedines the hard earth shall mortifie the tendernes of my bones and if euer I shall lay downe these my limbes on my bed I will so vvash it vvith the raine from myne eyes that being such in it 's luke warme moisture it may not giue time to sleepe to destroy and poison me by rest hence my dreames vvill not ensnare me enueigle me vnder their deluding maskes but such like visions vvhereby I might be shevven revvard in thy propitious and serene aspect vvhich they deserue according to thy stating it vvho call themselues in into themselues to ouercome themselues Lord not for feare of thy fury wherewith thou chastisest and inflectest punishments but of thine anger wherewith thou correctest admonishest mine eyes euen through weeping haue lost their sight as the day it 's light by night's obscuritie my eyelids are so so●…e as if I vvere buried in a ●…er my heart seemeth to rēd in sund r and my sou'e to be torne meane space I whilst I take notice of my miseries breath forth sighes some p●…slages I haue in deepe quelling thoughts hereon thate mine enim es still perseuer against me those of my al●…ke yeares remaine bad euen as ●…hey we●…e they open their hearts to me I am reallie a●… hamed of my wh●…te haires that they haue seduced me and vvithdravvn me from thee euen as the good are enticed from goodnes by the vvicked and novv hauing found out new snares against my repentance euermore assemble themselues make it their discourse in vvhat manner I am to finish my dayes taking me yet to be in hold of lasciuiousnes as are they I am really troubled at their whisperings vvhich they buzzein in mine eares One of them presenteth to mine eyes the rare image of her vvhose comelie graces and beautie on me haue heaped more then many sinnes another tell●…th me of her harmonious speech hovv sweete it vvas vvhich novv so bitterly re●…oundeth in mine eares a third sheweth me the Trophees and spoiles vvhich my armies necessarly will inuest me with one promiseth my heade a double Diadē another my right hād a new scepter there is not vvāting who will incircle and adorne my neck with a chaine of infinitevaliew likewise who placeth before me a golden throne most magnificēt pallaces sumptuous pauements and other Kingly pōpes in such manner each one of then vse all art all subtilties to entrap me to besott me vvith vaine glorie I that make a fence impenetrable by their hookes and eschew the baites of their guiles their fraudes by the flouds of teares gushing from mine eyes stopping mine eares to these Sirens of the world hope to suppresse them to confound thē in the greatest height and furie of their assaults and I likewise hope to be free from their netts vvhich vvith much craft and most vvily ambushes they haue pitched yet not by mine owne guifte mine owne skill but through the grace and care that thy bounty hath of him vvho by the scourges of penitency hath brokē his sinnes wilfulnes and obstinacies vvhich I hold in my hands by meanes of these to disincumber my selfe of the deceipts of mine aduersaries And forasmuch as I am become gray-haired continuing in sinne that I mav recouer my monethes and yeares spent in vaine I vvill doe like a Traveller vvho obseruing that hee went out of his way in the euening recouereth his vvay the next day at noone by the solicitude of one houre And vvhile I touche my faults vvith

pleasing accepted of gratefull to God is a spirit a soule contribulated a troubled and afflicted heart not vnlike to a beast brought to be sacrificed vvhich is killed on the Altar vvhich bleateth belovveth and kicketh strugleth in his fall vvhich is vvrought by the sharpe violent instrument of knife and fire suffering in the same manner as vvill thy most blessed Sonne and hence is it that the lamentions the heauy teares of an heart contribulated much greiued ruminating seriouslie on it's offences in meane while praising our good Lord demandeth craueth his grace is accepted by him in place in lievv of a beast victimed offered vp in sacrifice The simple pure cleane sincere and sanctlie minde is alwaies readie through it's loue to suffer martyrdom death and that sacrifice vvhich God vvilleth such a readines of a sincere minde and purelie taken fullie enamored vvith true repentance not farther ouervvhelmed in vvickednes is that host that sacrifice vvhich doth reconcile man vvith God from a contrite and an humble heart God will neuer looke of or despiset but vvill not reguard oxen sheepe and lambes offered vnto him vvithout zeale and vvithout the teares and sorrovv of the heart And assure as anie thing can be true foretold infalliblie it vvill come to passe that the Messias to come shall say vvith a loud voice shall giue notice to the vniuerse to all the vvorld Bulls and beasts I haue at times receiued as sacrifices to me offered but the hearts and minds their pure and sincere meanings not alvvaies then my Lord since that I sacrifice my heart and my minde enritch me vvith thy mercie Through thy infinite goodnes be bountifull gratious and mercifull to Sion vvhich such name haue I giuen to the contemplation and speculation of them vvho though their desire of trueth will obtaine will arriue to the knovvledg of thy Sonne Alas my Lord let it be so I humblie craue at thy mercifull hands that the walls of Hierusalem may be built vvhich I conceiue as a shevv of peace and vnion which ought to be with human kind in human kinde to the praising honoring and adoring thee onelie Stay not delaie not to performe this thy benignitie heretofore within thy selfe resolued of fullie decreed and send thy Sonne by vvhom on vvhom this our new Church must be instructed taught built and grounded and in such manner building raising the vvalls of Hierusalem there vvill be built raised in their soules the excellencie the vertue of thy sapience thy wisedome which will improue them so much enl●…ghtē them will so build and frame in themselues that such vnderstāding which giueth the perceiuance the cleare light and euen the verie vision of eternall peace vvithout vvhich their soules would perish together with their bodyes aswell through the generall ingratitude as also by reason of the sinne of the first father vvhose faults would haue proued Hell damnation to all human kinde vvere it that with thee thy bounteous decree mercifull benignitie had not otherwise stated a supplie a redresse to this inexpressably wofull misery through the hands of that thy selfe-same clemencie and of thy proper bountie who art more inclinable to shevv benignity to Sion then that of the raising of the walls of Hierusalem which I craue not vvho am all teares all penicencie and all scourge of repentance to confirme and assure my selfe in the grace of my Lord and God who when he shall haue sent his Sonne to the vvorld vvill verifie vvith his trueth my wordes When so thy sonne shall descend into the world thou vvilt accept the sacrifice of iustice for it vvill be iustly expedient and it shal be offered vp vnto thee in memorie of his passion and of his death I say that thou vvilt accept holocausts sacrifices laid on the Altar and oblations guifts by which meanes God is acknowledged rendring him glorie apparantlie most euidentlie not without the singular and inexpressible ioy of heares comfort vvhich oftentimes made all cheerefull doth visiblie appeare in the sight of it's sacrifice Lord then vvorthilie calues shal be laid on thine Altar for that they vvho then shall sacrifice to thee may become illuminated by thy trueth hence thou shalt receiue from them not onelie victimes beasts killed for sacrifice oblations and holocausts but likewise the sacrifice of a sincere heart the entire loue of a pure soule and the holocaust that the light yea fire of charitie and true zeale of faith together with the other perfect and holie vertues vvill offer vp to thee and all those externall demonstrations those outward workes wil be receiued frō thy goodnes in signe of those inte●…nall and true ones of the minde and heart These wil be the sacrifices and presents wherevvith thou shalt be honored vvhere with thy Majest●…e shal be glorified and appeased here I end for that thy sprit doth not dictate or prompt me with more which hitherto hath caused me to speake The end of the fourth Psalme THE FIFTH PROLOGVE AFTER that the Prophet had earnesily importuned yea e●…en conjured the great mercy of God to take compassion of him to haue ●…ercy on his trespasses hee was yet on his knees moued not place and fearing that he ●…ght yet againe see the image of his sinne whi●…h gaue signe of punishment euen poin●…ed at the place thereof Hell hee durst not ●…ift vp his head his countena●…ce to heauen ●…hich hee contemplated more with hidden ●…hen hee did vvith open eyes and standing without any motion h●…e recited recorded with his heart to God his lips mouing not ●…t all the forevvritten fore deliuered Psalme and who liuing had seen him and obserued his posture in that venerable gesture vvould not onely haue beheld a sinner truely penitent but he might likewise haue learned how one ought sincerely to repent being burthened vvith sinne and for that it seemed to him that he was vnworthy of pardon in such sort his thoughts on his trespasses did greeueously oppresse him that hee bewailed piteously groned sighed and sobbed deeply Imagin the inexpressible greife for no otherwise was it then as if hee had heard a c●…rtaine voice deliuer vnto him that God almighty had ranged him among the reprobate that hee had altogether abandoned him and had vtterly forsaken him in so much as that hee was for all eternity depriued of his grace and vvhilst thus hee vvas astonished confounded yea meruailously abstracted from himselfe hee measured with the arme of his phātasy of his deepe thoughts the largenes the extent of the body of his trespasses his diligent inquisition finding them immesurable insomuch as hee could not by any meanes giue accounte of the immensity thereof at once hee shooke and trembled all ouer and in that shaking and trembling hee seemed to be a si●…kman now being taken with quiuering shakings and the rigorous pangs of death and much fearing that his scattered and weake prayers through want of words and manner of their deliuery had no audience from God preparing his sorrovvfull and