Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	great_a	lord_n	5,746	5	3.6147	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45924	The institutions of the Congregation of the Oratory, at St. Maries in Vallicella, within the city of Rome. Founded by St. Philip Nerius	Congregation of the Oratory. Santa Maria in Vallicella (Church : Rome, Italy)	1687 (1687)	Wing I233A; ESTC R215995	48,632	109

the sick become well again he is displeased that he hath erred in his prophecy 73. A Confessor is to be chosen with serious deliberation for it is a great advantage to have a good guide in so difficult a way but having chosen one he is not easily to be changed but to be believed and conferred-with about our occurrences because God will never permit that a Confessor should err in a thing that might be a hinderance to the soul of a Penitent 74. To profit by reading the lives of Saints or other Spiritual books we must not read them with curiosity or in hast but by little and little and when any feels himself touched or that some devotion ariseth in him he must go no further but shut the book and there stop and hearken to the Spirit and when it fails return to his Reading 75. To pray well the soul must first bring it self into a most profound humility and know it self unworthy to stand before so great a Majesty and to shew to God its necessities and its weakness and being humbled cast it self on God that he may teach it to pray 76. When any man remains listless and all-discontented or feels his sensual appetite troublesom and frequent he must not lose courage because when God will bestow any virtue he permits a temptation of the contrary vice that by fighting and resisting a man may make himself capable of that virtue against which he was assaulted 77. It is not fitting to leave off doing any good work because one feels some rising of vain-glory because as often as Vain-glory is not the Mistris but a companion of the work it takes not away the worth of the work tho perfection is in this that it be a servant 78. Whosoever desires to live in a strict way of Religion let him first learn to subdue his will in some things wherein he finds greatest opposition because thus with more facility he shall persevere 79. When any one of his own accord would fast use discipline wear sack-cloth or the like and his Confessor doth not like it the Confessor ought not to be violently urged to give any such licence 80. Let a man stay in his own house i. e. within himself and not become a Syndick or Judge of the actions and lives of others if he desires not to make rash judgments nor to murmur at nor to despise his neighbour 81. A young Convert is not to seek to convert others but to be careful to confirm himself and to make himself strong against temptations and to be humble and not to think he hath done any great matter but rather to esteem himself to have done nothing that he fall not into pride 82. Scrupulous persons are in all things whatsoever to depend upon their spiritual Father and not trust their own judgment otherwise they will never be able to deliver themselves they may well find a truce but not a peace 83. A man who serves God must remain resigned to feel the gusts of the things of God and to want them to entertain chearfulness and sadness 84. It is a thing very dangerous to spiritual persons to desire to see visions and many who have followed after such a spirit have fallen into great ruine 85. To cure any one who hath fallen into some sin after a vertuous life led for a long time there is no greater means to reduce him to his first condition than to make him do some eminent mortification that is to make him discover his fault to some others of a singular good life with whom he hath some intimacy in whom he may confide because by such humility God will raise him up to his former estate again 86. All men are much concerned in the quiet of their own conscience therefore if any would make some particular vow the Holy Man thought it good for the most part that it should be made conditional as thus If I can If I remember or in some such manner 87. In every thing and for every thing we ought to throw our selves into the hands of our Lord for if God will have us to do nothing more than we do yet he will make us good in that which we do 88. A Religious man who is in an Order fallen away from its ancient discipline and findeth in himself great gifts of the spirit ought not to leave his own Order to enter into another but to abide therein for God will make use of him towards the reforming of his Order by his good Example 89. We must not be swift in advising our brother concerning his defects and wants but first we are to consider our selves afterwards others and to do it with much prudence 90. Every man ought so live to holily every day and to frame all his actions in such a manner as if that should be his last day 91. If thou lovest all men with true love thou canst never bear hatred to any man neither for words spoken against thee nor for dis-curtesies received for in a heart where there is not love to our neighbour whomever there God is not 92. Who perceives some discontentedness in himself ought not to be troubled at it for it will quickly pass over but in the mean-while to overcome such an ill passion he must say his prayers or sing some spiritual Hymn of praise 93. We must be ready to obey the will of our Superiors and to do rather the will of another than our own 94. Whosoever desires that Christ should give him the first place in heaven let him be well pleased to stand always in the last place here on earth and when any one perceives himself despised let him thank God for it hoping that honor is reserved for him in heaven 95. Let all things be taken in good part and judge not other mens actions but learn to have compassion on our neighbours defects thinking with our selves that if God did not hold his hand upon our head we should do worse and he who hath any good parts let him not be proud but give thanks to God from whom cometh every good 96. We must seek Christ where he is not i. e. in Crosses and Tribulations where now our Redeemer who is crowned with glory is not to be found and when any falls into Tribulations he must not complain because they are sent from God our most loving Father and most merciful Lord to procure us the greater crown in heaven 97. Every day for some short time read some spiritual book and be careful to retain in memory some particular point which may be profitable to your soul 98. When there is occasion to buy any thing none ought to be moved with affection to it but with the need or want of it and the holy Man used on such occasions to say I buy not affections 99. At the time of receiving the Holy Communion we should beg a remedy against that vice we find our selves most inclined to 100. When any one visits the