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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	eat_v	fruit_n	serpent_n	1,943	5	9.6634	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70839	A Looking-glass for children being a narrative of God's gracious dealings with some little children / recollected by Henry Jessey in his life time ; together with sundry seasonable lessons and instructions to youth, calling them early to remember their creator, written by Abr. Chear ...	H. P.; Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.; Cheare, Abraham, d. 1668.	1673 (1673)	Wing P30; ESTC R11296	42,161	98

stratagems bewrayes the wiles Wherewith the Fowler silly Larks beguiles He warns of dangers needful counsel drops Forestalls surprisal hints coelestials props Both heaven and earth his lot must needs commend Who hath such a seal'd though concealed Friend Friend do not cease thy outcry to prefer Slack not thy witness from thy mount of Mirrh Although the Rock of ages thee immure Where Bread's ascertain'd and where water's sure Though out of dread and gunshot thou abide Thy Talent in a napkin do not hide From Mount-Communion Gospel-depths disclose If not in Meeter yet in Nervous Prose For If to birds incag'd thy strains be rare The●'l more be priz'd by birds in th' open air Direct thy musick to the shady Wood Where for a covert and to pick their food The sometime numerous flock dispersed lie Expos'd to sinkings and design'd to die Let pitty move you yea let grace incline Your yearning Bowels by a power divine Sing heaps of Wheat Birds of the Golden-feather Will fly like clouds then flock like Doves together Ne'r fear the Vulturs that are now abroad Your Covert-work and wages are of God I le not detain you but conclude and end Your no-way tired though retired Friend A Coppy of Verses Composed and sent me from London by a Child of 12 years o Age. OH what is man that God should mindful be Of such a Brute of such a Beast as he Admire the goodness of the Lord of lords That he such mercy unto man affords Man that 's but durt or clay or some such thing Oh! then admire the goodness of our King When first the Lord created man then he Did give him grace to live eternally Then he did fill him with his holy Spirit And gave him power eternal joy to merit Thus man by his own power and strength doth stand The subtil Serpent comes with a strong hand To try mans power and to shake his faith Thus to the woman he begins and saith Come silly woman hath God said that ye Are not to eat of the forbidden Tree The woman answering to the Serpent said We are to eat of all that God hath made But from the tree that in the midst doth stand We are commanded to refrain our hand The subtil Serpent gat the day at last And made poor Eve and Adam be laid fast In mire and dirt and filth of sinful sin Which made poor Adam Gods great curse to win For when the woman saw the tree was good And that 't would make one wise also for food She takes the fruit of the forbidden tree And gave some to her husband and when he Had taken of the fruit he condescended To eat likewise so to the Serpent bended Now God perceiving man had quite lost all This great perfection had before his fall And that there was no way for him to stand He thinks how he might put an helping hand Though feeble man 's thus fallen and quite lost God calls his Son and therein spares no cost Who sure is able all their sins to bear Yea though their sins were twice as many more Come my dear Son come wilt thou undertake To bear those Sinners sins do for my sake Come my dear Son redeem lost man for me I have no way to save him but by thee If thou wilt be a surety for mankind I 'le covenant with thee dear Son and bind My self to give thee strength and glorious power For to go through the torments of that hour In which thou Justice art to Satisfie I say againe to thee I will stand by Our Lord and Saviour willing for man's sake To dye for him he did his office ●ake And so well did perform his charge that he Poor man from chaines of darkness did set free By offering up himself a Sacrifice He paid the debt that did for sin arise Go that the highest heavens doth now ascend To God the Father and from thence doth send His holy Spirit to lead in the way And guide us lest we erre and go astray A●l praise be given unto the Lord of lords 〈…〉 his Grace much help to us affords And 〈◊〉 us all our dayes express the same 〈◊〉 honour of his great and glorious Name An Answer being desired This fragment being but a part of what was intended ●●nd Friend When first I purpos'd freely to rehearse The courteous welcome of your rare ripe verse With what delight your promptness we descry With what thanks-givings we God's teachings eye How wit 's d●xterity ascends its place 〈◊〉 how it prostrates to enthroned grace On this design there need not be impr●'st Our rural requisites to do their best Our empty Genius would attempt the wing Our home-spun dialect its store would bring Wit if its wit assistance would afford And wanton mirth turn-out its frothy hoord But all their work were fitter for the plough Than wreath a Garland for your hopeful brow For look as hazy morning-mists give way When glistering Phoebus doth his beams display Or as with gentlest touch the fearful snail Contracts his cornets and slow silvering tail So slunk and shrunk for shame such vain essayes By sound rebukes from your grave gracious layes Since then no concord can be but a clash 'Twixt the best substance and this filthy trash No streams nor frames can square with the design But aid and arguments throughout divine What great necessity upon us lies For that anointing to prefer our cryes That 's promis'd and prepared to direct Through paths of Myst'ries secrets to detect Things hid from ages from the voice to hide Of fleshly glory to abase the pride While Babes and sucklings weak base empty things Into the knowledge of these depths he brings Oh then what purity should such direct As lively leadings in such paths expect What chast conceptions yea what frames refin'd Should still accommodate the waiting mind And then how thankful should they trembling stand Who need such leadings from this Holy Hand Joy watch with Jealousie most safely keeps Their feet who walk through such misterious deeps Sweet Soul for you is prayd in early dayes What Israel's singer upon high did raise Their mirth and musick who bare conquering palms Prompted to sing the Lamb's and Moses Psalms Which none but Zions Virgins can acquire Tun'd to the sacred Evangeli●k lyre May your dear Soul the power and vertue find Of that great Compact which your song doth mind How neer how pure the blood of sprinkling makes What glorious priviledge the Saint partakes What helps to holiness it brings to hand On what firm Basis all his comforts stand What grounds for constant triumph it affords What sweet ingagements still to be the Lords What blessed prospects through these clouds it gives To Zions joy that its redeemer lives And that he hasts to pluck from Satan's jaws And give reviving to his blessed cause A Friend his Offer towards the preserving The remembrance of that faithful servant of Christ John e Edwards junior who died in the Prison of