Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	forgive_v	sin_n	sinner_n	4,554	5	8.1858	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10602	[The remedy against the troubles of temptations]	Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name. aut	1508 (1508)	STC 20875.5; ESTC S100006	27,131	53

vengeaunce and to be our shelde and strength and so lette vs humbly with a meke herte take hym And yf ye fele ony dredes by ymagynacyon or temptacyon or for wordes that ye haue herde or redde in bookes by the whiche ye doubte of saluacyon than thynke on the wordes that cryste hymselfe taught to a man that doubted sayenge and askynge of our lorde who sholde be saued for he thoughte it was to harde to hymselfe for to esche we all the poyntes that ledde man to pardycyon And our lorde badde hym for to saye Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatorem celi et terre Et in iesum christū filium cius Byleue sayd our lorde Ihesu that god the fader is almyghty and that no thynge to hym is impossyble but that he may forgyue all synnes and redresse all wronges and brynge the soules to his blysse and thynke ferthermore that his myght and power may do all that his wysdome can and his goodnes wyl and therfore truste fully that by his goodnes he wyll saue you and brynge you to euerlastynge Ioye whan he seeth best tyme for he hath bought you full dere with his precyous blode and paynefull deth And I dare sauely saye that there is none so synfull a caytyf whiche is crystened or wolde be crystened this daye on the erthe all thoughe he were in the syght of god dampnable and in the syght of all creatures also ye and yet were Iuged to be dampned by all scrypture and he wolde for sake his synne and be contryte and aske god forgyuenes he sholde haue mercy and forgyuenes of hym yf it were so that he stode in that case or had a good mynde to stonde so in the tyme of deth he sholde be saued the myght mercy of god is so grete that it surmounteth all his lawes Iugementes and scryptures And so our lorde Ihesus sheweth vs by an example in the gospell of a woman that was founde in aduoutry and by Moyses lawe whiche was ordeyned by god y t she sholde be stoned to the deth But the myght and the wysdome of that blessyd lorde god was soo gretely shewed to the pharyzens whiche accused her that they so largely perceyued theyr synnes that they myght not for shame deme her but stale awaye out of the temple And our lorde Ihesu wolde not deme her but of his gracyous mercy forgaue her all her synnes And therfore be a man or woman neuer soo synfull and that they fele neuer soo many bodely and ghostly synnes alwaye rysynge and sterynge within them they sholde neuer the rather dyspayre of the mercy of god ne be dyscomforted For there as moche synne is there is shewed moche mercy and grace and the goodnes of god is knowen by the forgyuenes of the synne whan a body turneth hym there from and is very contryte but god forbede as I sayd before that ony creature be the more recheles or bolde to synne wylfully for in so moche the mercy of god is so large we ought to be the more besy and dylygent to loue and prayse hym Almyghty god werketh lyke a leche for a leche suffreth somtyme the deed flesshe to growe on hym that he hath in cure but afterwarde he taketh away the same and maketh the quycke flesshe to growe and soo he heleth the pacyent Ryght soo dooth our lorde Ihesu cryste maker of heuen and erth suffreth somtyme a man or a woman to fall in deedly synne but afterwarde of his grete mercy and pyte he putteth to his hande of grace for they that were deedly wounded thorough synne he heleth them and wassheth away theyr synnes with the water of his well of mercy maketh in them quycke vertues to growe wherby he gyueth to theym euerlastynge lyfe Our lorde god is also lyke a gardyner for a gardyner suffreth somtyme wycked wedes to growe in his gardyn and whan the erth thorugh moysture of rayne wexeth tender he taketh pulleth awaye the wedes bothe rote rynde So in lyke wyse dooth our lorde Ihesu cryst he suffreth somtyme in his gardyn whiche is mannes soule wycked dedes of synne to growe but whan the herte of man wexeth tender by mekenes and moysture of contrycyon he than taketh away all the synnes bothe rote and rynde and planteth and setteth in his gardyn herbes and fruytes of good vertues and watreth them with the dewe of his blessyd goodnes wherby the soule of man shall come to euerlastynge Ioye and reste Now than sythen our lorde god is so good so pyteous and soo mercyfull to synners that wylfully offendeth hym by cōmyttynge of horryble synnes moche more he is mercyfull and hath pyte and compassyon of a soule that thorughe trouble and temptacyons falleth to synne for almyghty god suffreth often tymes the soule of man for to be tempted and vexed in withstandynge temptacyons wherof it deserueth the more meryte And therfore be ye not doubtefull nor heuy for it shall neuertourne you to peryll ne daunger but to grete proufyte For therby ye shall wynne the crowne of glorye and the palme of vyctorye whiche shall be gyuen to you for withstandynge of suche temptacyons to the fende it shall tourne to shame and confusyon and though it semeth to you somtyme that ye fele dyscorde bytwene god and you be not therfore recreaunt ne dyscomforted For almyghty god sayth by his prophete I saye A lytell whyle I haue forsaken and hydde my face from the but I shall call the to me agayne by my mafolde mercyes whiche euer shall endure ¶ The fyfte chapytre ANd therfore grutche not agaynst the wyll of god ne meruayle not of these temptacyons for the more that a man or a woman be tempted in this maner or in ony other agaynst theyr wyll and they withstande it that is to saye not wyllyngly consentynge therto but mekely suffreth the same the more they shall encreace in vertues to the proufyte of theyr soules in the syght of god thoughe it be hydde from them for perauenture whan ye be sharpely tempted ye thynke ye be to dull and neglygent in ghoostly excercyse thorughe wyckednes of your spyryte that is sore trauayled and vexed wherby ye thynke that ye haue a wyll consented to suche temptacyons as ye be tempted with but it is not so for ye shall vnderstonde that euery man and woman hath two wylles a good wyll and an euyll the euyll wyll cometh of sensualyte the whiche is euer inclynynge downwarde to synne and the good wyll cometh of grace whiche alwaye styreth the soule vp warde to all goodnes and therfore whan reason cometh to you ye haue alwaye a good wyll to do well as myscontent with all euyl thoughtes sterynges that ye fele and putteth your wyll onely to the wyll of god though ye thrugh suche wycked thoughtes sterynges by vyolence and sharpnes be enclyned to sensualyte yet ye do it not ne consent therto but it is the sensualyte that dooth it in you and your good

nor wyll be tourned but wylfully departeth hym from the goodnes of god and in his wretchednes abydeth wylfully with full consent of wyll he that doth thus synneth in the holy ghoost whiche may not be forgyuen here nor elles where for he wyll not trust in the goodnes of the holy ghoost nor aske forgyuenes of his synnes And therfore he that wyll noo mercy aske noo mercy shall haue for his synnes be infynyte without repentaunce But thoughe a man or a woman haue or fele all these vycyous sterynges and as many moo as ony herte can thynke ayenst theyr owne free wyll and whan reason cometh to them they be sory therof flee alwaye hastely to the mercy of god it is to them but a preuynge or a clensynge of theyr synnes though they be neuer soo ofte in the nyght and the daye now vp now downe as wrestelers be thoughe ye haue ony tyme fall in ony synne ghoostly or flesshely layne therin wylfully by delyberacyon and full content of herte ye than ought to be sory and aske god forgyuenes with as grete contrycyon as god wyll gyue you grace and than thynke fully the goodnes of the holy ghoost surmounteth all synnes that euer was done or euer shall be done though a man had synned in them all as well in dede as thought he beynge truly contryte confessed mekynge hymselfe lowly to almyghty god and to his sacramentes of holy chyrche doubte ye not he so askynge mercy shall haue full forgyuenes of all his synnes for the mercy of god is so grete that it passeth all his werkes And therfore thoughe ye somtyme here by spekynge or elles of wrytynge or redynge in bokes sharpe wordes and harde sentences yet comforte your selfe and thynke well that all suche harde wordes be sayd and wryten to chastyse the synners and to withdrawe them from euyll and also to pourge and pure goddes specyall louers as the metall is in the fyre afore rehersed and in them god wyll make his hous And wete it well many wordes that seme full harde be ment full tenderly whan they be well vnderstonde and though some wordes be ment ryght hardely as the playne texte sheweth yet sholde ye not take them to you warde but comforte your selfe and thynke that all those harde sentences shall be fulfylled in Iewes and sarasyns for the crysten people that wyll be contryte trust in goddes mercy or haue a wyl so for to do they shal escape all perylles so y t they shall not perysshe but be saued where as the Iewes sarasyns in theyr perylles shal vtterly perysshe to pardycyon for they haue not the strength of Baptym ne the precyous oyntement of crystes passyon that sholde gyue to theyr soules lyf and helth Of this they haue example a grete fygure in holy wryte that where as Moyses ledde the chyldren of Israell ouer the reed see whiche were goddes people Moyses wente before them and smote the water with his rodde and therwith the water parted the chyldren of Israell wente ouer in suertye And they of egypte that folowed perysshed were drowned By Moyses I vnderstonde our lorde Ihesu cryste and by the yerde or rodde that departed y e water I vnderstonde his holy passyon and by the chyldren of Israell that were not perysshed all crysten people for ryght so our lorde Ihesu cryst came from his faders bosome to the see of trybulacyons temptacyons to be our guyde leder he gooth before vs with his precyous passyon smyteth awaye the perylles of our troublous temptacyons so that we shall not perysshe but it shall brynge vs to suertye of euerlastynge lyf and therfore gyue we to hym thankynges louynges infynyte praysynges as the chyldren of Israell dyde for thoughe a crysten man were neuer soo synfull thynkynge hymselfe y t he stode in the sentences of the hardest wordes that be wryten yet sholde he trust faythfully in the mercy of god for and he wyll forsake his synnes tourne hym to good and vertuous lyf he shall haue grace and forgyuenes and the harde sharpe wordes of dampnacyon sholde tourne hym to mercy and saluacyon For thus sayth our lord god in holy wryte by his prophete Ieremye though I make grete thretes I shall repent me of my wordes yf my people wyll repent them of theyr synnes O beholde the grete goodnes of our lorde and how pyte alwaye constrayneth hym to mercy worshyp and thankes be euer to his goodnes he is so benygne and mercyfull to them that be repentaunt that he frely wyll chaunge his sentences from sharpe vengeaunce to forgyuenes of the paynes that they be worthy to suffre gyue them alygeaunce or lyghter payne to suffre He sayth also by the prophete I saye I shall forgyue the synnes of euery man that with very true contrycyon wyll drawe hym to good and vertuous lyfe And this grete mercy shewed our lorde openly vpon the Cyte of Niniue and also by kynge Ezechie therfore lette noo man dyspayre but alwaye trust fully to goddes mercy that so well can redresse our myscheues and tourne all our woo to we le and our sorowe to Ioye O thou gloryous myghtyfull god that thus meruayllously werketh in thy creatures it is to se that thy mercy is large and brode whiche maketh the to chaunge thy sentence that before was bothe thy wyll and worde blessyd be thou good lorde in all thy vertues for thou canst may and wyll tourne and chaunge all our infyrmytees to our moost proufyte yf we wyll not flee from the but tourne to thy goodnes and aske mercy But for all this thy grete goodnes god forbede that ony man sholde be the more bolder to synne or wylfully and wyttyngly by delyberacyon sholde presume to falle to synne vpon trust of thy mercy And therfore our lorde is so mercyfull I surely trust that euery true courteys soule wyl be the more lothe to offende his goodnes and as for you that be tempted ayenst your wyll and wyll not for all the worlde dysplease god wylfully but that ye be thus begyled and encombred by the fende with many paynefull thoughtes be ye not afrayde of the fende nor of his ferefull assawtes for he is full sore dyscomforted whan that he seeth a man or a woman whiche he soo tempteth is not aferde of hym Somtyme the fende cometh and tempteth a soule fyersly lyke a dragon and somtyme he assaylleth hym lyke a rampynge lyon but and yf a creature strengthynge hymselfe saddely in the passyon of almyghty god and arme hym with that holy passyon a thousande suche fendes how someuer that they come shall haue noo more power ouer hym thenne hath as many flyes or gnattes And therfore strength you all in god and be not abasshed Soo to strength and arme you in hym though ye be synfull for he sayth hymselfe in the gospell he came for synners And in an other place of the gospell he saythe that he came for mercy and not for noo