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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	love_n	love_v	neighbour_n	2,121	5	9.0617	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13104	A perfect pathway to felicitie conteining godly meditations and praiers, fit for all times, and necessarie to be practized of all good Christians.	Stubbes, Phillip.	1592 (1592)	STC 23398; ESTC S1141	32,816	248

sundry degrées states of men in this life amongst them all hast appointed me to bee a seruant giue mee grace I beseech thee to serue in my vocation faithfullie and to obey willinglie in all things not repugnant to thy blessed will not with ete seruice as studying to please men but with all sinceritie and singlenesse of heart as séeking to glorifie thée being thorowlie perswaded that in seruing them I serue thée and of thee shall receiue my reward Giue me grace to demeanour my selfe faithfullis iustlie and truelie towards all men in all things and not to inrich my selfe by picking stealing imbezaling purloyning or conueying anie thing from anie man by any sinister practise whatsoeuer but so to behaue my self towards all men as there may be no fault found in me that thy name maybe glorified my saluation in Christ Iesus sealed vp vnto me Graunt this O Lord for thy mercies sake Amen A praier to obtaine the grace and fauour of God I Confesse and acknowledge O Lord my God that albeit a man doe around with all transitorie pleasures and vaine delights that this world can afford yet if hee want thy grace and fauour all is vain vanitie and vexation of minde he remaineth neuerthelesse the bondslaue and vassall of Sathan yea all his pleasure is but a swéet poyson and all his riches nothing but beggerie it selfe Powre downe therfore most merciful father thy heauenly grace into our hearts and extend thy gracious fauour and loue towardes vs that we may bee thorowlie perswaded by the suggestion of thy holie spirite of the singuler good will and fatherlie care which thou hast ouer vs. Make vs O Lord to loue thée aboue all things and our brethren for thy sake Banish far● from vs all hatred rancour and malice and ingraffe in our heartes godlie feare and reuerence to thy holie name Kéepe vs from all carnall securitie and worldlie delights and chaine vs vnto thée by the linkes of thy loue Finallie graunt that wee abandoning the world with all deceytfull pleasures and vaine detectations of ●lesh and blood maie in thy good time come to those euerlasting ioies which thou hast promised to them that loue thée thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A praier to God for a quiet conscience THe wicked and vngodly O lord are like vnto a tempestuous raging and to ming sea which is neuer calme neuer silent nor neuer at rest but continuallie boiling and foming wheras on the contrarie side such good Lord as loue thée beléeue in thée obediently walke before thee haue all ioie all peace and all tranquillitie of conscience which is the greatest iewell and the incomparablest treasure in the world Giue me therefore holie father a ioyfull mind a quiet and merrie conscience with a full and resolute perswasion of the accomplishment and performance of all thy gracious promises made vnto me in Christ Iesus in thy good time Graunt good Lord that I may so behaue my selfe in this peruerse and crooked world that I maie haue the testimonie of a good conscience in al my actions that I being frée from the accusations of Sathan my ancient and deadlie enimie from the vaine allurements of the world from the filthie incitations of the flesh and from the heauie curse and malediction of the law may be made thy elected childe in Christ Iesus and may final lie inherite euerlasting life thorow the merits and death of thy sonne who died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification to whom be all glorie praise and thankesgiuing for euer A praier for a true and liuely faith FOr as much most mercifull father as whithout faith nothing can please thée séeme it neuer so holie good commendable or beaufull to the eie of the world I beséech thée to breath instill into my heart soule mind by the inspiration of thy blessed spirite this most excellent gift of faith working by charitie O Lord giue me no weake wauering cold or faint faith such as the very deuils themselues haue who beléeue tremble as thy blessed Apostle berreth record but giue vnto me a true perfect liuelie and iustifying faith such a faith O Lord as may beléeue thée to bee the onelie true God and him whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ with the holiespirit our comforter and teacher yea such a faith as maie bring forth good works in full measure to the glorie of thy most blessed name to whome be rendered all praise and thankes for euer Amen A praier for loue and charitie HOlie father we are taught by thy blessed word that loue and charitie from a pure heart a good conscience faith vnfained are the cognizances and badges whereby thy children are discerned and knowen from the prophane people of the world I beséech thée therfore holie and blessed father giue me this Christian badge of loue and charitie that I may loue thée my Lord God with all my heart soule and mind my neighbour as my selfe and all thy creatures for thy sake that at the great audite when all flesh shall appeare before thy tribunall seate I maie be knowen discerned by this thy cognizance and badge from the wicked and reprobate and being numbred amongst thy saints and holie ones maie be receyued into the kingdom of heauen there to rest with thée for euer through Iesus Christ our onelie Sauiour and redéemer A praier against pride and for humilitie WE are ta●ght by thy blessed worde most holie Father that euerie good gift and euerie perfect gift commeth from thée the father of light and that we haue nothing which we haue not receyued remoue farre from me therefore good lord all pride arrogancie and hautinesse of minde and ingraffe in my heart true humilitie that I may not onlie acknowledge thée to be the authour of all good thinges yea goodnesse it selfe but also may rest thankfull vnto thée for them may so vse them as may be to the glorie of thy grèat magnificent name and the profite of my brethren Withdraw from me all loue of this world and giue mee grace that I may reioise in nothing but in thée alone knowing that all things in this life are nothing but vanitie and vexation of minde and that to loue and beleeue in thée is the onelie true life and felicitie of soule bodie To thée therefore with thy deare sonne Iesus Christ and the holie spirite be all prayse and thankesgiuing for euer Amen A praier for a good name THou hast commaunded good Lord in thy sacred word that those that professe thy name should be holie as thou art holie and should so frame their liues as the very enimies of thy truth may haue no sust cause to speake euil of them giue me grace therfore oh blessed father so to order my life after the rule of thy word as I may giue no man iust occasion to speake euill of me Graunt that whereas it hath pleased thée in mercie to bestow vpon me the name

so manie and great things to no other end but that I should destribute them to the poore and needie Oh Lord giue mee a willing heart and readie minde to doe good according to that abilitie that thou in mercie hast bestowed vppon me And as I acknowledge them to be thy gifts so giue me grace good Lord that I neuer mispend them in gl●tonie drunkennesse riot or exce●e neither yet in prsde or anis other vncleannesse vanitie or follie knowing that thou wilt one day requier a straite account of me both howe I haue gotte my goods how I haue kept them and howe I haue spent and layd them forth And as thou hast made mee rich in temporall bl●ssings and things of this life so make me much more rich in spirituall gifts and graces that in the end I being founde a faithfull and 〈◊〉 Steward of thy goodes may receiue the crowne of immortall glorie in the kingdome of heauen thorow the merits of Iesus Chr●st to whom be all honor and glorie foreuer A praier for those that bee poore and needie GRacious father who hast apoin ted in thy vnsearchable wisedome sundrie states and conditions of men and has● commaunded euerie one to bee contented with his state and calling where in thou hast placed him without all rep●ning murmuring or grudging against thée for the same I a poore worme before thée and one whom thou hast placed in the lowest degrée and meanest state amongest men most intirelie beséech thy fatherly goodnesse to giue me grace to be heartilie well contented with thy good will and pleasure being assured that thou knowest what is best for me and workest all thinges for thy owne glorie and our good Make me therefore good father willinglie to submit my will to thy blessed will to depend vpon thy prouidence and to cast all my care vpon thee who hast promised to be carefull for mee And albeit I bee poore and néedie yet kéepe me farre from all infidelitie and incredulitie from all mistrust and distrust and from all dispaire of thy help whatsoeuer Finallie grant O Lord that I walking in thy holie feare and doing those things which please thee may at the last receiue the reward of euerlasting glorie thorow Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier for the increase and preseruation of the fruits of the earth AS thou hast appointed man how long he hath to liue vpon the face of the earth most mercifull father so hast thou ordained him meanes to preserue and continue this his life withall as séemeth best to thy godlie wisedome and to that end hast appoinnted the earth to bring forth all maner of fruites of infinite varietie for his reliefe and sustenance Blesse therefore I beséech thée the fruits of the earth vniuersallie and of me particularlie whose ground for the multitude of my sinnes thou hast made barren Enter not into iudgment with me O Lord neither punish me according to my deserts but in mercie looke vpon me and so multiplie my store as thou diddest the Oyle of the woman of Sareptha thy seruant And if it please thée good Father to multiplie and increase the fruits of the earth generally and of mee particularlie grant seasonable and temperate weather also for the gathering and reaping of them that we hauing plentie of all things may be rich and plentifull in all good works and with ioifull hearts may laud and praise thy souereigne maiestie all the daies of our liues thorow Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A praier against couetousnes and auarice OH lord my God most blessed and holie Father who hast commanded euerie man to labor and trauaile in his vocation for the maintenance of his estate hast promised therto thy blessing blesse I beséeth thée all my labours actions enterprises affaires which I shall take in hande in thy holie name at anie time hereafter for the necessarie maintenance of my poore estate so as I hauing alwaies sufficient maie be frée from all couetousnes ambition and filthie auarice being alwaies perswaded that godlinesse is great riches if a man bee content with that that he hath for we brought nothing into this world neither shall we carie anie thing out Grant good Lord that I hauing sufficient foode and raiment for my bodie with al other necessaries néedfull for this my life may be heartilie well content therewith not desiring or coueting more Withdrawe my heart O Lord from the loue of this vaine world and of all things in the worlde Make mee to loue and desire ●hée and nothing but thée knowing that he that loueth anie thing beside thée loueth thee so much the lesse To thee therefore oh Father with thy Sonne and the holy Ghost be all glorie and prayse for euer Amen A praier to be said before the reading studying or hearing of Gods word FOr that thy word O Lord as Dauid thy seruant witnesseth is a light vnto our paths and a lanterne vnto our feet and for that all humaine wisdom is nothing but foolishnessé before thee and altogether vnable to pearce into the bowels and secrets of thy reuealed will without the illumination of thy holie spirite Instill therefore O Lord into my heart and soule the spirite of wisedome knowledge and vnderstanding that I may be able to vnderstand the ●isteries of thy law Kéepe me farre from all sects schismes heresies and errours contrarie to thy worde and so roote thy truth in my heart that it may neuer be remoued but alwies remaine firme and stedfast in thée And in the reading hearing studying conferring reasoning disputing or talking of thy word giue me most glorious father not onelie the spirite of holie wisdom to vnderstand it aright but also grace to humble my selfe vnto thée in all holie obedience reuerence humilitie and feare that I obeying thee in thy worde and liuing thereafter may come to those euerlasting ioies which thou hast prepared for them that loue thée thorowe Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier against swearing SEing that thy holie name oh most gracious God and louing father is both so honourable maiesti●all as the same is neuer to bee either remembred or once spoken of without great reuerence feare and dread at the glorious naming wherof the verie deuils themselues doquake tremble as thy holie Apostle Iames recordeth And seeing thou hast commanded vs that wee should not sweare at all but that all our communication should be yea yea nay nay and in as much as thy holie reuerence hast promised that thou wilt not holde him guiltlesse that take● 〈◊〉 name invain I bes● th●e therefore good father so to direct me by thy spirite that I may neuer thinke nor speake of thée but with al holy reuerence feare and dread And in all my communications speeches good Lorde keepe me I pr●y thée from all maner of swearing forswearing blaspheming and prophaning of thy sacred name And for that thou hast giuen vnto mankind onelie tho vse of the tongue aboue other creatures to this end no doubt that