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duty_n	day_n	good_a	lord_n	2,726	5	3.8026	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01680	Our trust against trouble very expedient for the time, composed for our better consolation and consideration of these crosses of warre, lately attempted, and still intended against vs : with diuers speciall prayers and meditations, very requisite to be remembred of vs, before, in and after the time of our trouble / by Charles Gybbon.	Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604.	1589 (1589)	STC 11818; ESTC S2684	9,841	35

❧ Our trust against trouble Very expedient for the time composed for our better consolation and consideration of these crosses of warre lately attempted and still intended against vs. With diuers speciall prayers and Meditations very requisite to be remembred of vs before in and after the time of our trouble By Charles Gybbon 2. Esdras 16 15. ¶ Beholde famine plague trouble and anguishe are sent as scourges for amendement Séene and allowed At London Printed by Iohn Charlewood dwelling in Barbican at the signe of the halfe Eagle and the Key and are there to be solde 1589. To the right worshipfull Sir Iohn Heigham Knight long life and happy daies THe proofe of your worships good-will hath made me presume to present these my paines vnder your fauourable protection not doubting but as your worship is zealous in Religion conformable in liuing and a supporter of godly enterprises so you will become a Patron to any good proceedings Thus beeing lothe to trouble your patience with any prolixius or tedious discourse not omitting my humble duetie I commit your worship to the tuition of the Almightie Your worships to commaund Charles Gibbon ❧ To the courteous and Christian Reader IF euery Christian well considereth the course of his life he shall finde it nothing els but a continuall warre for the Spirite hath three carnall enemies which daily incounter with it the flesh world deuill what more filthy then the fruites of the flesh Rom. 8.13 If ye liue after the flesh yee shall die what more wretched then the worke of the world 1. Ioh. 5 19 The whole worlde lyeth in wickednesse what more detestable then the deedes of the deuill 1. Pet 5 8 As a roring Lyon hee goeth about seeking whom he may deuoure Now if we will expell these enemies we must vse these remedies Rom. 8 13 If wee mortifie the deedes of the bodie we shall liue 1 Ioh. 5.5 If we beleeue that Iesus is the sonne of God we shal ouercome this world Iam. 4.7 If we resist the deuil he wil flie frō vs. And no doubt these externall troubles 〈◊〉 war wherewith we were lately visi● were sent of God for our good to ●●tifie vs in this spiritual fight For he ●●ing the aduersaries readye to pre●le did by the same scourge put vs 〈◊〉 mind of his indignation because we ●●ginne to faint in so good a fight We ●●ue liued a long time in peace the ●ord be praised for it and still prolong 〈◊〉 but wee haue abused this blessing Psal 30.6 ●d saide in our prosperitie as Dauid ●d we shoulde not be mooued Our ●ts haue lulled vs a sleepe in security ●e fleshe hath followed all sensualitie ●e worlde hath bewitched vs with ●eere vanitie and the deuill hath nus●d vs in iniquitie Insomuch that it ●as high time for the Lorde to touche 〈◊〉 with these troubles least we had pe●hed in our sinnes and although hee ●th begunne very mildlie in hope of ●r conuersion we may be assured hee ●ll proceede to punishe vs more ex●●eamelie if there be no reformation Therfore now let vs learne to amend our liues for feare of a further affliction Let vs heare the word of God with more dilligence and followe it in our life with more obedience and though we liue in the flesh 2. Cor 10 3. let vs not warre after the flesh Though wee are in the world 1. Cor. 7.31 let vs vse it as though we vsed it not Ephe. 4.27 Though the deuill dailie followe vs let vs not giue place to him Thus by resisting euill wee shall grow in grace and so by the meanes of our amendment we shall pacifie the vvrath of God and consequentlie appease the furie of our foes which GOD graunt Amen Yours in the Lord Charles Gibbon of Bury S. Edmond ¶ A prayer for the good protection of our gracious Queene and Realme ETernall good and gracious God stretch forth thy sauing hand Let not our sins prouoke thy wrath but looke vpon this land In thee we doo repose our trust as one that neuer faile Subuert both farre and fawning foes they neuer may preuaile Alas what are we of our selues and want thee on our side But euen as chaffe against the wind not able to abide Extend therefore thy heauenly helpe and though there be but ten They shall affright ten thousand foes if thou doo say Amen Haue mercy on vs all O Lord For Christ our Sauiours sake Accept our prayers in good part and present pittie take Remember our good soueraigne Prince thine owne annointed deere Expell her foes increase her freends no hurt may happen heere Giue to her subiects faithfull harts to loue her as they ought In any wise not to rebell or thinke a wicked thought Not once to suffer or consent to harme her anie way As we by duetie all are bound because she is our stay ✿ An other godly Prayer verie good and necessarie to be vsed in these troublesome dayes O Eternall euerliuing Lord although we thy wretches by reason of our manifold sinnes and offences are vnworthy to cry or call vpon thee for comfort in these thy crosses of tribulations come vppon vs yet seeing O Lord thou hast willed vs in our trouble to call vppon thee Psal 50.15 and thou wylt heare vs and in the burden of our sins to come vnto thee and thou wilt ease vs Math. 11.28 wee presume to prostrate our humble prayers before the throne of thy maiestie beseeching thee of thy rich mercy in Christ to forgyue our sinnes by thy daily renuing spirite to amend our liues and by thy fauourable protection to defende vs in these our troubles that wee may not bee made a pray vnto the lust of our enemies wherby we may be made a reproch among those prophane people and thereby they may triumphe against thee in our ouerthrow and say Where is now their God Confound and scatter O Lord these our enemies in their impious enterprises and proceedings Gen 11 8 as thou diddest those presumptuous people at Babell Infolde them in the folly of theyr filthy deuises as thou diddest to Ahithophell 2. Sa. 17.23 Infeeble theyr force and smite them with thy Angell as thou didst the power of Saneherib In theyr terrible and desperat attempts 2. Re. 19.35 let them bee drowned as was Pharaoh Intrap ouertake them in their treasons Exo. 14.16 as thou diddest Absalom Turne them if any be to bee conuerted as thou diddest Manasses 2. Sam. 15 7 otherwise let them feele their due punishment as did Corah and the rest of his conspiratours Num. 16.31 So we thy people and shéepe of thy pasture shall prayse thee for euer and from generation to generation wee will sette foorth thy prayse Heare vs O mercifull Father for Iesus Christes sake our onely Mediator and aduocate Amen A Shielde for a Souldiour Selected out of the Scriptures contayning very necessarye Meditations and prayers to be