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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	body_n	lord_n	soul_n	2,562	5	4.9092	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08275	A good companion for a Christian directing him in the way to God, being meditiations and prayers for euery day in the weeke; and graces before and after meate.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1632 (1632)	STC 18609; ESTC S119834	97,176	420

graces of thy Spirit that appearing in thine Image thou mayst know mee and acknowledge me for thine owne-Lord heare my prayers and let my praises be acceptable in thine eyes For vnto thee O Lord vpon the altar of mine heart doe I offer vp all possible praise and thanksgiuing for all thy blessings both spirituall and temporall heauenly and earthly in great abundance cōfer●ed vpon mee and aboue all for Iesus Christ the fountaine of them all by whom I haue redemption through his bloud and accesse through his life I thanke thee likewise for the sweet influence of thy gracious well guiding holy Spirit for the manifestation of thy selfe and sacred will by thy word read and preached for the confirmation and strengthening of my faith by those sacred signes and pledges of thy loue which thou exhibitest and giuest to mee and vnto euery beleeuing soule in the Sacraments I thanke thee for my life liberty food and rayment health wealth peace and plenty which thou in much mercy hast afforded vnto me from time to time for keeping mee now and euer from sudden death and sundry dangers whereinto I might haue fallen by reason of my manifold sinnes And I beseech thee to continue this thy prouidence ouer me and mine and thy whole church as thou hast hitherto beene a S●nne to comfort me so bee thou now a shield to protect me keepe me in soule and body goods and good name vouchsafe mee this night peace vnto my soule rest and quietnesse to my body that therein being refreshed I may bee cheared vp in my minde and made the more prompt and ready to doe thee laudable seruice the day following and all the dayes of my life and that for Christ Iesus sake the Sonne of thy loue Amen Tuesday A Morning Prayer MOst gracious God and mercifull Father thou that art glorious in power and holinesse I thy poore and miserable creature being but dust and ashes doe here humbly present my selfe soule and body before the throne of thy maiesty confessing and acknowledging from the bottome of my heart that I am a most vile sinner conceiued in sinne and borne in iniquity and am by nature backward vnto that which is good and prone vnto all manner of euill By meanes of this origina●l corruption drawne from the loynes of my first parents mine vnderstanding is full of all blindnesse and darkenesse my memory of forgetfulnesse my will of perversnesse mine affections of disorderlinesse my heart of hardnesse yea there is within mee a distemperature of all parts so that from the crowne of the head vnto the soule of the foote there is no soundnesse within mee wash me throughly from mine iniquity and cleanse mee from my sinnes enrich my barren heart with the sanctifying graces of thy spirit that growing in knowledge fructifying in faith loue charity and abounding with all other holy vertues and heauenly qualities I may be washed iustified and sanctified in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the Spirit of my God and haue the witnes and euidence within my selfe that there remaineth no condemnation to me being in Christ Iesus walking not after the flesh but after the Spirit Lord I confesse I am vtterly lost and haue no hope of saluation left vnto me having walked after the vanity of my mind and liued in al lust lewdnes riot reuelling vncleannes sinfulnes so that if thou shouldest be extreame to marke what is done amisse O Lord who may abide it Enter not therefore into Iudgement with 〈◊〉 seruant for in thy sight shall no flesh liuing bee iustistified Though my sinnes haue magnified themselues in infinite length breadth depth and height yet let thy mercy which passeth all vnderstanding farre exceed them And howsoeuer by reason of my sinnes I haue iustly deserued to be not only depriued of thy blessings but for euer deserted forsaken yet for his sake in whom thou art well pleased cast me not away from thy presence of grace here or glory hereafter but by the one lead me to the other by holinesse bring me to happinesse Behold O Lord how I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy hand-maid O grant mee grace that I may liue with thee for euer Thou hast redeemed me oh let me not fall into captiuity and bondage vnto sin and Satan because I weare thy cognizance liuery but so confirme and strengthen me that both in life and death I may continue thine that I may neuer draw back vnto perdition or forsake thee the euer-liuing God or renounce my Christ who hath the words of eternall life yea who is the Way the Truth and the Life but that both in prosperity and aduersity abiding by thee I may liue in thy feare dye in thy fauour rest in thy peace rise in thy power and raigne with thee in thy glory Amen Tuesday An Euening Prayer O Lord God euerlasting and full of pitty I am a sinner yet thy seruant not hauing transgressed through wickednes but much weaknesse and infirmity spare me therefore good Lord according to thy usuall dealing with those which in prayer haue had recourse vnto thee and according to thine old vnchangeable nature of thy kindnesse and long suffering Thou mightest haue taken me away in my sinnes but thou hast giuen me space of amendment and grace to returne vnto thee to seeke thee whilst thou maist be found and call vpon thee whilst thou art neare O Lord be not farre from me but draw neere vnto my soule make haste to deliuer me and helpe me Nay Lord thou art euer with and neuer failest those who seeke after thee and call vpon thee with words of deuotion and contrition to such thou art a present helpe in trouble their shield and buckler their rocke and strong hold their castle and fortresse the horne also of their saluation Instantly doe I knocke at the gate of thy mercy Lord open vnto me and receiue me to thy protection this night as thou hast safe-garded and guided me this day past so keepe me now and euer because I trust in thee Lord preserue mee in health wealth and godlinesse if it be thy gracious pleasure vo●chsafe mee peace of conscience and ioy in the holy Ghost guide me here by thy counsell and after that receiue me to glory And now seeing thou hast brought the night vpon mee wherein thou hast ordained man to take his rest keepe me O Lord as the apple of thine eye saue and defend mee from all annoyances fond dreames strong fantasies and delusions Cause thine Angels to pitch their tents round about mee and keepe watch ouer my soule and body that I may not if it bee possible sinne in either word or deede but may persist and goe forward in mine innocency and integrity vntill the appearing of my Lord and Sauiour vnto iudgement Good Lord deliuer mee from suddaine death feares and affrightments casualties by fire water or tempestuous weather disturbance by theeues or any other danger whatsoeuer Let my lying downe

thou art that trustest too much to thy riches and thinke not thy selfe the better man because thou carriest a heauier burden of wealth than thy neighbor doth an honest poor man who hath that simple title only Why rich men are called good men BVt thou that art rich indeed hast the reputation of a Good man Why a good man because thou art a rich man and a man will take thy band for a hundred pounds before thy neighbours for a hundred pence Why because thou art a good man no but of great estate and that is thy goodnes thy neighbour an honest poore man and that is his greatnes and goodnes whose word to his power may be as good as thy band A good man will doe good with his goodnesse BVt if thou be so good a man doe good with thy goodnesse which is thy riches while thou art aliue and leaue not thy goodnesse behind thee and to carry none with thee for if thy goodnesse consist in riches only thou must leaue it and it thee and will such a good man thinke to enter into the Kingdome of Heauen hardly A rich man be he neuer so wicked hath the title of a good man IT is a strange attribute giuen to euery rich man O he is a good man if he haue wealth in abundance let him be Vsurer Extortioner Briber Iew or Atheist he is a good man euery man will lend vpon his band and trust him vpon his word though he be neuer so very an infidell And indeed it is but in shew for the most part that one man doth trust another doth any man trust another in these dayes because he is an honest man some worthy rich and honorable men I acknowledge doe good to honest men thinking them honest men and true members of Christ. But that man that hath a purse to repay and to lend to him againe that hath lent him is the worlds good man And thus goes the current of worldly good men And these are the men that as they haue the glory of the world so they seeke againe to glorifye the world by their glorious posterities for whose aduancement and to purchase vnto themselues the reputation of being very but worldly wise men in outstripping others in getting let the meanes be right or wrong applying all their wits studies and endeuours to become rich in the superlatiue degree to make their names their houses their heires great and greater then the greatest of their neighbors forgetting themselues what they were what they are and what they shal be without repentance and setting their houses soules and bodies in godly order before they dye miserable in the highest degree Pride and couetousnesse rootes of many vices THou art famous for thy wealth and glorious in thy great possessions but be neither the more proud nor the more couetous two rancke rootes whence doe spring all the vices that disorder both the houses of thy soule and body Looke rather a little backe to the place from whence thou camest and consider what thou broughtest into the world with thee Broughtest thou either siluer or gold lands or goods In what garments camest thou into the world Considerations fit for all men IF thou hadst brought any of these things into the world with thee and couldest carry them againe out of the world with thee thou mightest indeed then in some sort repute them thine yet but in a sort for as thy body is subiect to death to corruption and rottenesse so are thy lands and goods thy siluer thy gold and goodliest garments subiect to the like consumption But remember thou camest out of the place of darkenes clothed in bloud which was also thy food wherewith thou wert sustained in life before thou camest into the light Thou haddest no other garment though thou be since washed and outwardly purified and become neate and clad with costly attire whereof thou needest not boast nor wax proud be thy raiments neuer so rich in cost or colour they are but the fragments of the raggs of Adams figge leaues to couer thy nakednesse as he did And if thou consider wel thine owne nakednesse thou maist rather be ashamed than to be proud of thine apparell be whatsoeuer thou art man or woman For if it were not a shame to haue thy nakednesse seene there needed no such costly attire to couer it and yet such is the boldnesse of some impudent women that they are not ashamed to lay out their nakednesse in an vnseemely manner as if they should say as they doe in silence heere is ware to be sold come and buy for your lust or borrow for your loue Men and women be they now neuer so proud and vaineglorious of their dainty feature and beauty they came but out of a den of darkenesse and to a place of darkenesse they must returne and haue no certainty how long they shall liue heere be they neuer so lusty and strong neuer so faire and amiable And yet doe not only not seeke to set their bodies and soules in order but disorder them euery day Few come to their inheritance vnder twenty one yeares IT was many yeares after thou camest into the world before thou didst enioy thy freedome neere a third part of the time of mans life limited by Dauid which few attaine vnto And therfore thou knowest not how soone thou shalt be taken from thy possessions thy goods and dearest worldly delights whilst thou hast time therfore set thy selfe thy soule and thy body lands and goods which are meant by thy house in order knowing that thou must dye and knowest not when where nor how We must remember that we must dye and come to iudgement LOoke before thee to the place whither thou goest and forget it not let not thy glory greatnes cause thee to forget that thou shalt dye and come to iudgment And although thou camest into the world with the breath of life thou shalt returne without it yet not actiuely for thou shalt become as a meere lumpe of earth without power or vigor in thy selfe to moue but be moued at the pleasure of others And here must thou cast off thy glorious garments not as the Eagle casts his bill or the Serpent his skin to be reuested with them but in stead of them thou must be content and be beholden to thy friends to afford thee a silly sheet to put thy naked carkasse in Men must fors●ke all when death comes THen must thou leaue behind thee thy louing wife thy dearest children and best friends thy rich possessions thy gold and siluer and what thou esteemedst most precious And then a little length and bredth of land which may be cast vp by inches wil serue thee in stead of many honors manors forrests parkes c. which could hardly be numbred by acres will serue thee for thy fairest chamber And insteed of thy siluer gold wherwith thou couldst neuer be satisfied thou shalt haue earth thy mouth belly full and in