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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	grace_n	ireland_n	lord_n	3,218	5	3.2488	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23653	The captive taken from the strong or a true relation of the gratious release of Mistrisse Deborah Huish (by the arm of the Almighty) from under the power of the Tempter, by whose firy conflicts she had been sorely vexed for about fourteen years / as it was faithfully written from her own mouth by William Allen ...	Allen, William, Adjutant-general of the army in Ireland.	1658 (1658)	Wing A1051; ESTC R32702	51,203	149

in an inexpressible horrour I likewise remember the cause of my going to lie at Mistriss Roe's was to get out of the room I lay in at my Brothers where I was sensible I had so sinned by wicked thoughts against God as aforesaid from whose presence also as well as from that room I would if I could have fled it was so dreadful to me But alas my fears were not at all abated but increased by going thither it being the house where the Church met and where was frequent speaking and praying At which I still thought the Lord would come out and witnesse against me making me an example of his justice in the sight of all his people whose often speaking to me and praying for me I did believe would aggravate my condemnation greatly And when any of them spake of the promises to me it was a great terrour to my soul to see them cast such Pearls before Swine to whom they did not belong by all which things spoken to me I was kept in a more certain looking for a fearful firy indignation from the Lord to destroy me and my heart was the more enraged with an inveterate hatred as I judged against God and his people by all the means used about me And after all these things coming to Waterford with my Brother Vernons Family and remaining there I had not the like terrour as before but was stupid and more sencelesse being as I judged given up to a seared conscience and heart yet many times sorely terrified with the like thoughts as aforesaid But was exceeding glad sometimes that I was forgotten in Prayer as I thought and then did believe it was revealed to them that prayed so that they knowing what I was prayed not for me for I had a great dread on my heart still about being prayed for judging it hastened my destruction and that I should by that means be made a fearful example of vengeance to shew to others what I was and thus it continued all the time I was at Waterford no words spoken to me or to the Lord for me doing me any good as I could perceive so that I still concluded God could not lie nor repent therefore I must be damned and that it was but in vain to attempt the contrary I also do remember when we came to Sea to come for England we were in a storm but I was in a sencelesse stupid condition little minding my danger all the time And after my Brother and Sister Vernon landed at Milford and the rest of our Family with my self and Brother Allen were come to Sea again to go for Minhead in a night and a day we had a very gracious passage given us bringing us safe into the Bay of Minhead And when there coming from the Ship-side being all in the Boat we had also an eminent deliverance the Boat being in great danger to be turn'd over by a Rope that was catched about the top of the Boats Mast just as we put off from the Ship which had it not been suddenly loos'd had pull'd the Boat over and buried us in the Sea I was yet under all these mercies with a senselesse frame of Spirit onely I had some few thoughts of the infinite power of God in upholding all things and believed I was preserved for the sake of them I came with in the Ship But coming into the Town of Minhead and finding a hand of visitation in that place I concluded that was for my sake and that I was now come into the mouth of destruction yet I was something grieved to see the prophanenesse of the place and house where we were which was as to sin worse then Ireland whence we came and then I thought of the terrible Judgements of God against sin and sinners that lived under such rich means of grace as they here in England did But leaving Minhead and coming towards my Fathers house in Devonshire I did not now doubt though I had spoken confidently before that the Lord would never let me see England nor my Friends at home but the Lord would bring us safe thither yet remember not any thankfull sense I had of the mercy received but was thinking most part of the way as I came home what a grief I should be to my Friends and relations again yet sometimes a little sense seemed to be on my heart of the mercies aforesaid as I remember and I did speak of them to some in the Family after I came home But soon after I was in a dead stupid posture as before perceiving no good to me either by speakings or prayer though used by some Friends then in the Family frequently nor could I nor durst I pray believing my Prayer was abominable and therefore when my Sister Vernons hour of Child-bearing drew near I could not seek God f r her but was unsensible of her danger approaching and after her delivery I was then in greater terror then before thinking then that God would bring swift destruction upon me as upon a Woman in travel and I should not escape Now as to the Lords manner of working on my heart of late It here followeth ON the tenth day of the eleventh Moneth 1657. hearing a Sermon upon Col. 3.3 (f) Col. 3.3 about persons in a natural estate being dead it was of an afrightning consideration to me to think that Death and Hell was their Portion and that Worms as in the discourse was mentioned should feed on such Even that Worm of conscience that should gnaw continually withal considering as was then hinted how loathsome a dead Creature is fit onely to be fed on by all other devourers which I saw also to be my state and saw my loathsomnesse in all my Actions as also that without Faith it is impossible to please God which was set home upon my heart and also that I was a subject of his wrath which did abide upon me so should do to Eternity Yet all this did not put me upon the use of any means to get out of my condition in which I still remain'd despairing of any way for my escape After this on the four and twentieth day of the eleventh Moneth I heard again from another subject (g) Psal 50.23 Psalm 50.23 about Gods salvations being shewed to those that order their conversations aright I had from this discourse many fears on my heart especially from that oft repeated Scripture (h) Psal 119.155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they keep not thy Law Which was very terrible to me and considering how abominable I was in God's sight by casting his Laws behind my back that Scripture was much on my heart (i) Psal 50.16 What hast thou to do to take my Words into thy mouth seeing thou hatest to be Reformed Which made me believe he would deal with me as is mentioned in vers 22. of that Psalm even tear me in pieces and none should deliver And because I had rejected him as I