Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	father_n	sin_n	sinner_n	3,110	5	7.5131	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00808	A diamonde most precious, worthy to be marked instructing all maysters and seruauntes, how they ought to leade their lyues, in that uocation which is fruitfull, and necessary, as well for the maysters, as also for the seruants, agreeable vnto the holy Scriptures. Reade me ouer, and then iudge, if I be not well, then grudge: thinke well of him that mee made, for Gods worde shall neuer fade.	Fit John, John.	1577 (1577)	STC 10929; ESTC S117750	53,823	110

had pleased thee to make vs rycher men of great authoritye knowing certaynly that if it were more expedient for thy glory and our saluation to haue eyther higher or lower of degre or greater ryches in this world then we haue as we thank thy goodnesse for that which we haue that both thou mightest by thyne owne omnipotent power and also by thy great goodnesse wouldest haue made vs great rich men lyke as thou haste in olde tyme aduaunced manye as of lowe degree as we are to great ryches and honour in the worlde therefore consydering it is neyther for promotion of thy honour nor for our profyte to be greater and richer thē we be we beseech thee make vs well contente from our hart with that degree and substance which we haue and to contynue in this laboryous state wherin we now are neither grudging agaynst thee for this our pouertye nor enuying the ryches and honour of other men knowing that the welth of rich men is profitable to vs and to all poore men and the prosperity of great men as our quietnes sauegard Moreouer O Lord we knowledge that it is thy diuyne maiesty that some should be set in high authoritye to rule other and some to be rycher then other for if al mē were in a lyke authority and riches ech man would dispyse his neighboures and the pride of men woulde be so intollerable that they woulde neuer suffer no good order to be in the worlde and on the other syde if all men were a lyke pore the mysery in the world would be so great that no man should be able to helpe another so that these diuers offices among men and this diuersitye of riches honours and pouerty which thou hast ordayned O Lord in this world is incomparable better for vs then any order that we can in our brayne deuyse to haue in earth therfore if any man be not content with his degree in this world hee must needes thinke himselfe to be a wicked man because he is sturdy and a stryuer agaynste thy ordynances and because we perceyue O Lord that many in the world are not content with their estates but seeke the honour and ryches of this world some be rebellyous and obstinate some Murtherers bribers theeues and other vniust men we mekely beseech thy diuyne maiesty to amend al such and to saue vs that we neuer consente to their wickednesse nor agree with them in their euil doings but euermore that wee maye haue thy grace to liue contēt with that which thou hast seute and will send vs by truth and honestye and iust meanes that wee running the race of this shorte lyfe in the way of thy commaundementes maye fynally through thy grace obtayne the lyfe euerlastyng in Heauen aboue Amen ¶ A Prayer for them that be at the poynt of Death O Most louing Sauyor gentle redemer which camest into the world to cal synners vnto repentance and to seke vp that was lost thou seest in what case thys our brother lyeth here vysyted with thy mercifull hand all weake feeble sick and ready to yeelde vp his soule into thy holy hands O loke vpon him most gentle Sauiour with thy mercifull eye yea pittie him and be fauourable vnto him he is thy workemāship despyse not the worke therefore of thyne handes thou sufferedst thy blessed body thy precious bloud to be shead for his sins and all ours and to bring him vnto the glory of thy heauēly Father let it not therefore come to passe that thou shouldest suffer so great paynes for him in vaine he was baptysed in thy name and gaue himselfe wholy to be thy seruaunt forsaking the Deuill the world and the flesh count him therefore before thy heauenly father and his blessed Aungels to be thy seruaunte his synnes we counte are great for who is able to say my hart is clean and I am free from my synne but thy mercies O Lord are much greater and thou camest not to call the righteous but the sinners vnto repentaunce to them that are diseased and ouerladen with the burden of sinne thou doest promise thou arte that God which wyllest not the death of a synner but rather that he should tourne and lyue thou arte that Sauyour which wyshest al men to be saued and to come to the knowledge of thy truth wythdraw not therefore thy mercyfull hande from hym because of his sinnes but rather lay vpon him thy sauing health that thou mayest shew thy selfe towardes him to be a Sauyour what greater prayse can be to a Phisition then to heale the sicke neither cā there be a greater glory to thee being a Sauyour of synners Saue him therfore O Lord for thy names sake Agayne let the law be no corisye to his conscience but rather giue him grace in this extreame Agonye and conflict of death to be fully perswaded that thou by thy death haste taken awaye all his sinnes and fulfylled the law for him and by this meanes deliuered him from the cares of the law and payde his raunsome that he thus being fully perswaded may haue a quyet harte a free conscience and a gladde will to forsake this worlde and to goe vnto his Lorde god Moreouer thou hast conquered him that had rule of death euen Sathan suffer him not therfore to excersyse his tyranny vpon this our sicke Brother nor to disquyet hys conscience with the terrours of his sinnes and paynes of Hell let not Sathan nor his infernall Armye tempt him further then he is able to beare but euermore giue him grace euen vnto his last breath valyauntlye to fyghte agaynst the Deuill with strong fayth in thy precious bloud that he may fight a good fight and fynish his course with ioy vnto the glory of thy holy name and the health of his soule O Lord so worke in him by thy holye spirite that he with all his hart may be content and despyse all worldlye thinges and to set his mynde wholye vppon heauenlye thinges hoping with a strong and vndoubted fayth Agayne let it not greeue him O sweete Sauyour to be loosened from this vyle and wretched carcase which is nowe so full of sorrow trouble anguishe sicknesse and paine but let him haue a bent readye wyll through thy goodnesse to put it of yea and that with thys fayth that he at the last daye shall receyue it againe in a much better state then it is now or euer was from the day of his byrth euen a body vncorruptible immortall and like to thy glorious body Let his whole hart and minde be set onely vppon thee let the remembraunce of the ioyes of heauen be so feruent in his breast that he may both paciently thankfully take his death and euer wyshe to be with thee in glory and when the time commeth that he shall giue ouer to Nature and depart from this miserable world vouchsafe we most humbly beseech thee O Lorde Iesu to take hys soule into thy handes and place it among

and laboreth gladly with her handes she is lyke a Marchauntes shippe that bringeth her victuals from farre Happye is that man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the number of his yeares shall be double An honest woman maketh her husband a ioyfull man A good name is more worth then a pretious oyntment and the daye of death is better then the daye of Byrth Puer You haue recyted fruitefull sentences vnto me as well of the good as the euill yet I am desyrous if you can to knowe of you what other punishments are only concerning whoredome Ciuis There were slayn in one day of the Iewes twenty foure thousand for the whoredome that they committed Zaleucus a Heathen and a Pagon being a ruler in the cittie of Locres which is in Greece or Calabre ordayned a law for adulterie that who so shoulde be taken in aduoultery should haue both his eyes pluckt out it fortuned that his sonne was the fyrst transgressor thereof and the Citizens pardoned him yet his father woulde not haue the Lawe so broken but for the performance therof had one of his own eyes pluckt out and one of his sonnes Among the Parthians no faulte was more grieuously punished then Adultery in so much that the offenders somtime perished by hanging sometime by sworde sometyme by fyre sometyme by drowning The law of the Tartarians was that Adulterers shoulde bee slayne out of hand The prodigall sonne consumed the Talente which his father did giue him by whoredome and was brought to beggerye The Metyleans strangled all such as were taken in aduoultery without mercy showne The Thracians law was that who so was taken in whoredome should be stripped naked and be bound to a post and so with Arrowes pierced and stryken to death Puer All these are sore and bitter punishmentes for Adulterers God bee praised the laws of this realm ar not so streight for that only offence Ciuis No the old auncient custom vsage of Lōdon is that al those which do commit whoredome shal ride in a cart about the citty which is to the offēders great ignomy and shame Quintus Antiotius did put awaye his wife because she openly in the streat talked with an harlot and common woman Publius Menius most greeuously punished his seruant for kissing his daughter and charged her that she should not onely bring her bodye to her husband free from all vncleannesse but also from kisses Gaius Emperour at Rome after Peters deth reigned iij. yere x. mōths which was as Policronicon in his chronicles declareth vicious in liuing for he abused ij of his own Sisters and by one of them he begat a Daughter which child he set betwene the knes of Iupiter in the temple and sayd that Iupiter had gotten the same chyld wherfore he commaunded thorow the country that al mē should worship her as a Goddesse this Emperour also made an Image lyke himselfe and sent it to one Patrony presidēt at Ierusalem vnder the Romayns comanding him that he should compell the Iewes to do worship therto for these inormities Gaius was slayne at Rome in his own Pallace Puer I haue sene some that hath sene a moat in their brothers eye hath had a great beame in his own you talk wisly I mark it wel the flesh is fraile wicked Adam was tempted by Eue so cānot a woman in like maner tempt you you are flesh blood as another māis necessity hath no law the prouerb sayth You are very earnest with me it is for my learning I pray God that both of vs might folow your documēt but the cōtrary is sene of some of those that seme to be great professours of religion their deedes are contrary yet they will teach and shew others their dueties and pluck a thorne out of another mans foote and put it in their owne Ciuis Euery one that sayeth Lord Lord shall not enter into the Kingdome of heauen but hee that doeth the will of my father sayeth Christe So if they professe Iesus Christ and doe not after his preceptes they are as euill as Iudas God roote them out of my selfe I must confesse to be a sinner and one that am ashamed to shew my selfe before the glorye of God my sins are so manifolde yet will I say and excuse my selfe concerning whoredome as faythfull Iobe sayde If my harte hath-lusted after my neighboures wyfe or if I haue layde wayght at hys dore O then let my wife be another mans harlot and let other lye with her for this is a wickednesse and sin that is worthy to be punished As for whoredome and all vncleannesse let it not be named among you Puer Why then haue you made so much to doe with me about it and haue named it to me so often Ciuis To giue you gentle admonition thereof Puer I thanke you for it this talk I assure you it pleseth me wondrous well and is to me as sweete as honey I haue gone a great way to day and am wearye and because I knowe not the way to London and am mynded to goe thyther and now hauing your company maketh me the ioyfuller if it please you because that I am drye I will giue you in this towne a Cake and a pot of Ale or Beere Ciuis God haue mercye my friend for thy gentle proffer I will giue it thee and be as glad of thy company for a man trauayling by the way alone it is vncomfortable wherefore I was glad I met with you Puer And so was I. Ciuis Here is the Ale-house Hoe are you within I pray you giue vs a Cake and a pot of Ale for my friend and mee here at the dore Ancilla I pray you friends come in you shall haue the best Ale in all this towne Puer She speaketh well I pray God she doeth as she sayeth loe here she bringeth it Ancilla Here is that you called for if you would haue come in you might haue had a cloth for you but you take paynes here at the dore Ciuis God be praised for this being here it sufficeth vs as wel and better for now we are standing we are stil ready to go Puer You say troth well Ancilla here is Money for it I pray you syr be content for at thys tyme I will paye for it and you shall paye for the next Ciuis Content with that and I thanke you hartilye and let vs goe Puer Farewell Ancilla we thank you it was very good Ale. Ancilla It was of my Dames owne brewing God bee with you both and be your good speede Puer I thanke thee Ciuis This suffyceth me better then if a man shoulde haue gone to the Tauerne and sit there tipling for one thing you must take heede you are a yong man peraduenture when you come to London you shall be acquaynted with some of your Countreymen who will aduertise you to go to the