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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	common_a	depend_v	great_a	50	3	2.0874	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00400	An exercise for a Christian familie; contayning a short sum of certayne poyntes of Christian religion, with certaine godly prayers, psalmes, & thanksgiuings, both before and after meales. Very necessary to be vsed in euery Christian familie. / By R.M..	R. M.	1585 (1585)	STC 17145.7; ESTC S94072	37,971	246

chaunge but haste established thine appoynted counsels which shall not bee changed for euer thou O God haste made among vs this diuersitie of estates and degrees according as euerye cōmon wealth requyreth keepe vs all we beseech thee that we may walke obedientlye in our calling and followe the steppes that thou haste set before vs euen from the highest to the lowest let vs accomplishe that duety vnto which thou hast appointed vs and with a faithfull remembrance of thy promise made of old to our father ABRAHAM that thou art his exceeding great rewarde we maye likewyse depend on thy prouidence and seeke not any shameful waies to get our liuing wandringe from the righteousnesse of our vocation into the manifold errors of sinne and iniquity looke vppon vs O Lord and inrich vs with thy grace make vs obedient to our inferiours meeke towardes our enemies faithfull to our friendes true iust towardes all men that we may dwell stedfastly rooted in the hope of thine elect vntill thou shalt make an end of all our labors looke vpon oure moste Excellent Queene and her honorable Counsell and as thou haste called them to the highest roome so giue vnto thē the greatest measures of grace that they faithfully dispence the talents committed vnto them lead them with the good King DAVID into thy sanctuary that they may see thy louing kindnes which is better thē life and saye with the Prophet All flesh is grasse and the glory of man is as the flower of the field and so consecrate them selues to doe thy will offer vp their bodies to be holy liuely reasonable sacrifices vnto thee that they maye be Nurses and nurs-fathers vnto the Church looke also wee beseech thee vpon thy ministers whome thou haste appoynted to the preaching of thy Gospell make thē O God faithful dispensers of thy misteries without respect of persons to doe the worke vnto the which thou haste appointed them that they maye conuert Sinners and haue their glorye perfect in the day of christ and knitte vs togeather in peace and loue that wee maye bee full of cōpassion one towards an other to reioyce with them that reioyce and mourne with them that mourne especiallye to instruct one an other in the wayes of righteousnesse that by our mutuall helpe wee maye the better withstande our enemye and dwell safe in hope of thine electe till oure dayes shall be full and wee shall walke the wayes of all the world which time we beseech thee bring vs happelye vnto euen for thy Sons sake wee beseeche thee to whome with thee and the holye Ghoste three persons and one God be all honour and glory now and for euermore Amen Amen A PRAYER FOR the Queene O Gratious Lorde most mercifull Father wee acknowledge thee the Lord of lords and the King of Kings creating at the beginning ruling al things euermore in heauen in earth according to thy wonderfull wisdom and power and our selues to be thy poore seruauntes the worke of thy hands the sheepe of thy pasture subiected to thy high maiesty and depending vpon thy fatherly prouidence for al thinges Neuertheles seeing thou in thy wisedome annoyntest kings and Queenes appoynting them to rule ouer thy people to sitte as Lieuetenauntes in thy seat to minister iustice and moste of all as Fathers and Nurses to maintaine and cherishe thy Church commanding vs not onely to obey and honour them but moreouer to praie for them as watching ouer vs for our good wee therefore beseeche thee for thy gret names sake and for IESVS CHRISTS sake to shew thy mercy to all Kinges and Princes that mayntaine thy glorious gospell but especiallye we praye thee to blesse our gratious Queene in all spirituall blessinges in Christe Iesus and in all tēporal blessings according to thy good pleasure that in the great measures of thy effectual loue shee may more and more find great increases of verttue and wisdom and strength in Christ Iesus to the faithful happye discharge of her duty that her holines ioy and zeal of thy house may be multiplied and enerlasting And seeing it hath pleased thee of thy singular mercy to giue her this especiall honour first to suffer for thy glorious truth and afterwarde miraculousli deliuering her out of the hands of all Her ennemyes and to set vp a crowne vpon her heade and to make her the instrumente to aduaunce thy glory and gospell for which shee suffered and to bring it out of darknesse into light out of persecution into this great and long peace as we giue thee most harty thankes for this singular benefit so we besech thee to make her vs euermore thāk full for it in thy good pleasure still to preserue her for the continuāce of these blessinges towardes vs with all increase frō time to time to thy glory the benefit of thy Church and her infinite peace in Christ Iesus the Prince of peace And furthermore we pray thee for her the estate that such as be enemies of the Gospell and her enemies also for the defence therof may not despise the peace offered them to repentaunce but that they maye account thy long suffering and her peaceable vnblouddy gouernement an occasion of saluation to their soules and vnfayned loue to the truth their merciful souerain Otherwise if they still remaine disobedient to the truth disobedient to her hihgnesse and dangerous to the state then O God of our saluation as thou hast discouered them so discouer them still as thou hast preuented them so preuent them still and let their eies waxe weary with looking their harts faint with waiting for the comminge of that which yet commeth not neither let it come O Lorde wee beseeche thee but a blessed and a longe raigne to her and peace to SION for euermore Also deare Father so blesse so loue so in thy spirite sanctify and keepe her that shee maye in the spirite of counsel and fortitude so rule that other Sister also namelye this her common wealth that they maye flourishe togeather and growe vp togeather as Palme trees in beautie and in strength giuing ayde and helpe one to an other that in the Church the glorye of God maye appeare as the sunne in his brightnesse and that the land may flow with milke hony and true peace abound therin as in the tryumphant raigne of DEBORA These graces O lord are great and we miserable sinners vnworthy of the leaste of them therfore looke not to vs but to thy selfe not to oure iniquityes but to thy great mercies accepting the death and passion of thy sonne as a full ransome for all our offences throwing thē into the bottome of the sea making his crosse and resurrection effectuall in vs to all obedience and godlinesse as becommeth thy saints that to all other thy good blessings towards our gratious soueraign this may be added that she gouerneth blessedlye ouer a blessed people a people blassed of the Lorde and