Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	commit_v	great_a	sin_n	5,813	5	5.3912	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40047	Essays suppos'd to be written by Monsieur Fouquet being reflections upon such maxims of Solomon as are most proper to guide us to the felicity of both the present and the future life / translated out of French.	Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.; Gage, E.	1694 (1694)	Wing F1650; ESTC R36469	80,413	228

say to you on my part the Prophet David has included whatsoever can be or ought to be said on this Subject in these few words That there is in Man great Sin and in GOD great Mercy Great Sins are such as are committed contrary to the most holy Laws of Nature and which spring in the Heart in Ingrateful Man after Baptism during the heighth of the Favours and Benefits of his Redemption They are such as are renewed after Pardons received and Promises made of Repentance such as are multiplied by continual Relapses as are fortified by Impunity are hardned by Chastisements and such as scandalousloy encrease under the weight of Sickness Misfortune and Malediction mocking at the Authority and Threats of Justice In fine great Sins are such as put a Man alive into the Beginning Flames of Hell when sharp Sorrows and a despairing Remorse seize on the Heart of a Sinner and that to get some Ease he falls into that desperate Frenzy of imagining he is got out of the Reach of God Almighty's Hand which makes him stand at defiance with Heaven and abandon himself to all the wicked Effects of Atheism and Brutality Opprimamus Justum nec Parcamus viduae Impleamus nos Vino Nullum sit praetum quod non pertranseat luxuria nostra Great Mercy is that which beholds this Spectacle with an Eye of Compassion and efficaciously undertakes to afford a Remedy To effect this it assembles what is most strong and attractive in the Conquering Grace of the Holy Ghost Quast antelucanum illumino of which it frames a Light like to the Morning Aurora By the means of such a Light spread over the Face of the most stupified Sinners this Divine Mercy gets into their Eyes without Violence or Trouble and breaking the Fetters of their Dead Sleep awakens and illuminates them makes them in an instant see the Beauties of Virtue and calls and draws them to it then this Mercy it self entring into them with its divine Attractives and becoming Mistris of their Hearts engages them by an irrevocable resolution to the performance of Acts of Penance and Sanctity Corruscasti splenduisti Rupisti Surditatem meam S. 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O Great and Adorable Mercy which sets no Limits to the extent of its Benefits which has not seen in Six thousand Years the Crime committed on the face of the Earth that it was not ready to pardon if the Sinner were ready to repent and accuse himself of it which does not see any such in Hell amongst all the Blasphemies and execrable Impieties of that place that it would not now be ready to forgive if the Devils and the Damned would stoop from their Pride to ask that Grace and draw from their Hearts an Act of Humility and Contrition How many are the Sins O Christian Soul that your Life numbers since you were first a Sinner and how many have the Favours of God been since that time Has there a day passed in which this loving Father of his prodigal Children has not been watching fo ryou and looking about to offer you his Hand that He might draw you out of the Pit you were fallen into from the Gates of Death and Hell and out of the Bonds of the Devil In a word There is great Sin and foul Ingratitude in Man and in GOD great and high Mercy Consider then if you think good what you have to do in this Case and which of the two Resolutions you ought to take whether to flee as you purposed so far from God that you might be out of the call of his Voice running where Despair and Blindness will lead you or whether you will turn home to that Mercy which stretches out its Arms to you and calls you to your Salvation Consider I say and chuse Chuse Alas said St. Peter Ad quem ibimus verba vitae aeternae habes Grace and Life O Divine Saviour are between your Lips ready to be poured forth on miserable Man my Heart longs for both I am a Sinner Death and Sin are in me and stop my Breath there remains for me but a moments space of Life and then follow Pains to Eternity Whither shall I go to seek for Remedy Whither can I unless I go to you Verba vitae aeternae habes Examine well these few words and try to hear what is said to you thereupon from above for my part I have nothing more to say than what you have newly heard you have great Sins upon you and you stand in need of great Mercy go up to Mount Calvary there is no other place where it may be found or where you ought to seek it True it is that you are there accused of having shed the Blood of your Saviour and of having been the Executioner that has crucified him There you are shewn on the top of a Tree the most enormous Crime that ever was committed and it is laid to your charge but be not frighted only be sure as soon as you appear before the Crucifix to let the Truth issue from your Heart and out of your Mouth confess that you are the Guilty One against whom both Heaven and Earth call out for Vengeance Iniquitatem meam Ego Cognosco you will strait find there will come Mercy out of the Heart of God to meet and embrace you and He will join his Grace on your Lips to the Confession of your Faults and the Truth of your Sorrow Misericordia veritas obviaverunt sibi Speak out then own your Crime and say with David Peccatum meum Contra me est semper True it is O Lord that my great Sin which contains all the infinite multitude of my Offences is present with you on the Cross but then your great Mercy is with you there too it is by that Standard you will measure the designs of your Heart towards me and it is with it you will consult to learn what Answer you shall return to my Tears Miserer mei secundum magnam Misericordiam tuam I implore not the Mercy of Angels or Saints or of a God all Glorious in Heaven my Need reaches to the want of the Greatest and Supreme Mercy and that is not to be had but from a God upon the Cross whom I have put to death He is the Only One that must renew my Life Unite those innumerable Pardons and Favours which you have granted to all Sinners since the beginning of the World O unite them all at present into one for me alone Secundum multitudinem Miserationum tuarum In me you behold all the Sinners that ever were therefore I must seek in you for all that Goodness and all that Love that has converted them all even to this day O my divine Saviour glorifie your Omnipotence and shew what a God can do for so lost a Creature and how his Grace can raise a quite dejected Heart Entertain these kind of Thoughts in your Mind as much as you are able and by the number of your Acts of