Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	body_n	holy_a	4,543	5	5.1003	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16579	A godlye medytacyon composed by the faithfull ... I.B. latlye burnte in Smytfelde ...	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. Excitationes in animi Deum. aut; Pownall, Robert, 1520-1571. Most fruitful prayer for the dispersed church of Christ. aut	1559 (1559)	STC 3483; ESTC S109638	19,168	75

teach me thy pathes Consider how vainli the most part of men be occupied how thei do troble and comber thē selues dyuersly how thei meddle with many thinges therby much alienating thir mindes frō the knoledg and cogytacyon of that whyche they shoulde most esteme so becum a let and an offence to others As in goynge abrode you wyll se that your Apparel be semelye in the syght of menne so see how semelye you Appere in the sygt of god ☞ When you are goynge any Iorney Pray THy soure lyfe ys a pylgrymage frō the lord we came and to the lorde we make oure iorney howe be yt through thenyshe placys and paynefull yea perrilous waies whiche our cruell enemyes haue and doe prepare for vs nowe more thē stark blinde by reason of sinne O Christ whiche art a moste true lodes man and guide and therto most experte faithful and frēdly do thou put out thine hande open mine eyes make thy hyghe wais knowē vnto me which wai thou diddest first ēter into out of this corruptible life hast fēced the same for vs to immortalytye Thou art the waye lead vs vnto the father by thy selfe that all we mai be one with him as thou and he together be one Showe me the way that I should walke in for I lyfte vp my soule vnto thee Psal 144. ¶ Or Pray thus MErcyfull father thou art wont to send to thy seruāts mē of simple hartes thyn angells to be their kepers as it were guides as elder bretherne to watch vpō thi weake childrē so diddest thou to yoūg Tobias to Iacob to Abrahās seruāt to Iosua c. O good god thogh we be much vnlike vnto thē so many ar our sins yet for thyn owne goodnes sake sēd thin holi angels to pitch thir tentes about vs frō sathā his slaues to hyde and deffende to carry vs in there handes that we come not into furder daūger thē thou through out wilt deliuer vs for theyn owne sake His Angelles or ministers for them that be heirs of saluation sathan sleapeth not but seekethe alwayes to destroy vs. Hebr. i. Thynke somthing how we ar straūgers from our contrey from our home from our original I meane from god Agayne thinke vpō your madnes that doe lyngar loyter so gladly in this our Iorneye and pilgrimadge Also how folishe we ar to fantazye things whiche we cānot carry with vs and to contempe conscience which will always be acompanyon to vs to our ioye yf it be good but to our shame and sorrowe yf it be euyl and corrupt finally howe vnnaturall we ar that so lytle desyer to be at our home to be with our onely father master fellowes and frendes c. ¶ Whē you ar aboute to receaue your meat praye THis is a wonderful mistery of thy worke O maker and gouernor of the world that thou doest susteyne the lyues of mē beastes with this meates suerlye this power is neither in the bread nor foode but in thy wil worde by whiche worde all thinges doe lyeue and haue their beinges Again how great a thing is it that thou art able yearly to geue sustinaūce to so many creatures this is spoken of by thy prophet in thy prayses All things loke vp to the thou geuest thē meat in due ceason thou openest thyen hāde fillest with thy blessing euery liuing thing thes dowtles are wōderful workes of thyne almightines I therfore hertely pray the O most liberal lord faithful father that as thou by meate through thy word doest minister life to thes our bodies euē so by the same worde with thy grace doe thou quicken our soules that bothe in soule body we may pleas the til this our mortall carcas shall put on immortalitie we shall nede no more anye other foode but the onely whiche thē wilt be al in all taste se how good the lord is blesse the lord O my soul which tedeth and filleth thy mouthe with good thinges Thinke a litle howe greate gods power is that made vs. Also thinke how great his wisdome is to preserue vs. But moste of all thinke how many things ar geuē to our vse how wōderful it is to geue vs lyfe but moste of al to propagate to immortalytye the lyfe of the soule by his onely becke Laste of all thinke that god by his prouidence for thy body wold haue the to confirme thy fayth of gods prouidence for thy soule ¶ In the meale time pray O Moste liberall dystributor of thy gyftes which geuest vs all kinde of good thinges to vse thou beynge pure geuest pure thinges graunt to me thy grace that I myse vse not thes thy gracious giftes geuen to our vse and profites Let vs not loue them because thou doeste geue vs these things but rather let vs loue the bycause thou geuest them and for that they be necessary for vs for a ceason tyll we come vnto thee Graunt vs to be conuersaunte amōgst thy giftes soberly purely temperatlye holely because thou arte suche a one so shall not we turne that to the poyson of oure souls which thou haste geuen for the medicine of our bodies but vsing thy benefites thankfully we shall finde them profitable bothe to soule and body thinke that the meates drinkes set before you ar geuen to you to vse and not to abuse thinke they ar geuen to profit and not to hurte you Thinke that they are not geuen to you alone but vnto others also by you in eatinge and drinkinge thinke that you do but fede the wormes remember the poore prysoners sicke c. as though you were in their case thinke vpō the foode of your soule Christ body broken his bloud shed Desyer the meate that lasteth for euer Iohn̄ vi work for it Christ meate was to do his fathers will Iohn̄ the fowrthe ¶ After your meate pray thus BY corporal meates thou doest susteyne our corporal daylye life redy otherwise to perish the which surely is a great worke but yet this is much greater more profitable more holy that thy grace O Iesu Christ doeth kepe awaye frō vs the death of the soule for this life we ought much to thāke the because thou doest prolong it with thy good giftes we moste hartely prayse the howe be it this life is but the way to eternal life which we besech the for thy deaths sake that thou wilt geue vs so shal we not onely geue the as we cā thākes in time for tēporal things but also eternal thankes for eternal thinges O graunt to vs thes our desyers for thy mercies sake Amē Thinke now that god hath geuē the this his blessing of meat c. and therto tyme that thou mightest as repent so seke his glory the commodytie of thy brotherne therfore go ther aboutes but first pray for grace well to begyn agayne cōsider how thou hast byn partaker of other mens labors as of the husband mans the millers

your bed and to dispose your selfe to slepe so be not a fraide to dye but rather prepare your selfe to yt thinke that nowe you are nerer your ende by one days iorney then you wer in the morning ¶ When you feele slepe to be cōmynge praye O Lorde Iesus Christe my watchman and keper take me to thy care graunte that my body slepynge my mynde maye watche in the and be made mery by sum sight of that celestiall heauenlye life whearin thou arte the kyng prynce together with the father the holy ghoste Thy Angelles holye soules be moste hapie citesens O purify my soul kepe cleane my body that in both I may please the slepinge and wakinge for euer Amen ¶ A mooste frutfull Prayer for the dispersed Church of Christ very necessary to be vsed of the godly in these dayes of affliction compiled by R. P. O Moste omnipotent magnificēt and glorious god and father of al consolation we here assembled do not presume to present and prostrate our selfes before thy mercy seate in the respect of our owne worthines and rightousnes whych is all together poluted and defyled but in the merites rightousnes and worthines of thy onlye sonne Iesus Christe whome thou hast gyuen vnto vs as a moste pure and precious garment to couer oure polution and fylthynes wyth all to th end we myghte appere holye and Iustified in thy sighte throughe hym Wherefore in the obedience of thy commandementes and in the confidence of thy promyses contayned in thy holy worde that thow shalte accepte and graunte oure prayers presented vnto the in the fauoure of thy only sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Eyther for oure selfes or for the necessitie of thy saynctes and congregation We here congregated together do wyth one mouth and mynde most humblye beseche the not onlye to pardon and forgyue vs all oure synnes necligences Ignorances and iniquites whych we frō time to time incessantlye do commytte agaynste thy diuine maiestye in worde dede and thought such is the infirmitie of oure corrupted nature But also that it wolde please thee O benyng father to be fauorable and mercyfull vnto thy poore afflicted churche congregation dispersed throughe out the whole worlde whiche in these dayes of iniquitie are oppressed in iuried dispiced persecuted afflicted for the testimonye of thy worde and for the obediēce of thy lawes And namely O Lorde and father we humbly beseche the to extende thy mercye and fauourable countynance vpon all those that are imprisoned or condemned for the cause of thy Gospell whome thou hast chosen forthe and made worthi to glorify thy name That eyther it maye please the to gyue them suche constancye as thou hast gyuen to thy sainctes matters in tyme paste willinglye to shede theyr bloud for the testimonie of thy worde Or els mightlye deliuer them from the tyranny of theyr enimies as thou delyuerest the condemned Daniell from the Lions and the persecuted Peter oute prison to thexeaultation of thy glory and the reioysing of thy churche Further more moste beneficiall father we humbly beseche the to stretch forthe the myghty arme into the protection and defence of all those that are exiled for the testimonye of thy veryte that bycause they wolde not bende theyr backes and incline they re neckes vnder the youcke of Anthechrist and be poluted wyth the execrable Idolatries and blasphemus superstitions of the vngodly That it would please the not onlye to fede them in strange cōtreys but also to prepare a resting place for thē as thou haste done from tyme to tyme for thyne electe in all age is whereas they maye vnyte them selfes together in the syncere mynistration of thy holye worde and Sacramentes to theyr synguler edificatiō And in deu time restore them home agayne into their lād to celebrate thy prayses promote thy gospell edefye thy desolate congregation Consequently O lord thou that hast sayd that thou wilt not breke the brused reide nor quenche the smokynge flaxe Be mercyfull we beseche thee vnto all those that through feare and wecknes haue denied the by dissimulation and ypocresie That it may please the to strenghten theyr wecke knees thou that art the strenght of thē that standethe and lyfte vp theyr feible handes that theire lytell smoke maye increase into a great flame and their brused reid into a myghtye oke able to abyde al the bolstringe blastes stormye tempestes of aduersyte to th end that the vngodly do no longer triūphe ouer they re faight which as they thincke they haue vtterly quenched subdewed Stirre vp thy strenght in them O lorde and behold them with that merciful eye where with thou beheldes Peter that they risynge by repentaunce maye become the constant confessors of thy worde and the sanctified members of thy churche To the end that when as by thy prouidence thou purposeste to lay thy crosse vpon them they do no more seke vnlawful meanes to auoyde the same but most willingly to be contented with patience to take it vp follow the in what sort so euer it shall please the to laye the same vpō their shoulders Eyther by death imprisonment or exile And that it wil please thee not to tempte thē aboute their powers but gyue them grace vtterlye to dispayer of theyr owne strenght and wholye to depende vpon thy mercye On the other syde O lord god thou ryghtouse Iudge Lette not the vngodlye the enimies of thy truth continually triumphe ouer vs as they do at this daye Let not thyne heritage become a reproche comon lawghing stocke vnto the impudente and wycked Papistes who by all possyble meanes seke the vtter distruction of thy lytell stocke in shedynge the bloude of thy saynctes for the testimonye of thy worde sekynge by moste deuelysh and damnable practices to subuert thy truth Cōfound them O God and all theyr wicked counselles in the same pyt they haue digged for other let them be taken that it maye be vniuersally knowen that there is no counsel nor force that can preuayle agaynst the lorde our god Breke O lord the hornes of those blouddy bulles of basan Pull down those high moūtaynes that eleuate them selfes agaynst thee And rote vp the rotten race of the vngodly to th ēde that they being consumed in the fyre of thyne indignation thyne exyled Churche may in there own land find place of habitation O Lorde delyuer oure lande whiche thou haste geuen vs for a porciō to poscesse in this lyfe from the inuasion and subdewynge of strangers Truthe it is we cannot denye but that our synnes hathe iustlye deserued this greate plage now emynent and approchynge euē to be gyuē ouer into the hands and subiection of that proud and beastly nation that neither know the nor fere the and to serue them in a bodyly captyuyte that haue refused to serue the in a spirituall libertye Yet lorde for as much as we are assuredlye perswaded by thy holye worde that thyne anger dothe not laste for