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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	hear_v	lord_n	pray_v	6,088	5	6.6801	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13670	A full deuoute and gostely treatyse of the imytacyon and folowynge the blessed lyfe of our moste mercyfull Sauyour cryste compyled in Laten by the right worshypful Doctor Mayster Iohn Gerson: and translate into Englisshe the yere of owre lorde M.d.ii. by maister william Atkynson Doctor of diuinite: at ye speciall request [and] co[m]maundeme[n]t of the full excellent Pryncesse Margarete moder to our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the. vii. and Countesse of Rychemount and Derby.; Imitatio Christi. English.	Atkinson, William, d. 1509.; Gersen, Giovanni, Abbot of Vercelli, 14th cent., attributed name.; Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name.	1517 (1517)	STC 23957; ESTC S107339	132,115	238

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That soule rydeth full pleasauntly whome the grace of oure lorde supportethe and bereth vp What meruayle is yf that soule be nat ouer charged with trybulacyon that is supported of hym that is omnypotente and ys conueyed by hys infynyte wysdome we be gladde to haue consolacion and supportacion in all our lyfe and labours and sory to be without them or to forsake our owne ê“pre appetyte and pleasure The holy martyr seynt Laurens was so feruent in the loue of our lorde that he gladly forsoke nat alonly the worlde his speciall beloued frende and preste Sixtus but also his mortall lyfe by passion moste terryble and ferefull he ouer came the loue of man by the loue of his maker he made coÌ„mutacion of transetory consolacion lyfe for euerlastiÌ„ge solacyous life Here we may lerne to coÌ„fourme our will to the wyl pleasure of god whan he of his grace taketh to his mercy any of our frendes be they neuer so dere specyal to vs. For lyke as we come to the worlde by hys will coÌ„mandement so we must deê‘te fro this mortall lyfe teÌ„porall cohabitacioÌ„ It is no lytell ne shorte batayle a man to ouercome him selfe and to ordre all his affeccions to the pleasure of god The veray true louer of god studyê° desire of vertue is nat besy to acquyre wordly consolacion or sensuall pleasurs ne bodely delectacions but rather glad for the loue of god to exercise theyr selfe in harde and payntfull labours whan the spirituall deuyne consolacioÌ„ is grauÌ„ted to yâ— for a tyme repute that of his goodnes nat of thy deseruynge be nat therof ioyfull to moche ne pÌ„sume therof vaynly but be therof meke and circuÌ„specte timerous iÌ„ all thy actis for that houre shall passe teÌ„ptacion tribulacion shal come And whan they come take nat iÌ„moderate thought or sorow ne in no wise dispeyre nat but mekely pacieÌ„tly abide the deuine coÌ„solacion for he ys of power to graunt to the more habuÌ„dauÌ„ce coÌ„tynuauÌ„ce of spirituall consolacion swetnes than thou hadest before And merueyle nat of suche altercacion in thy mide for thou art nat the first that hath had experiens of these for the holy seyntes ê“phetes prÌ„iarkes and appostels haue had like altercacions of minde somtyme mery by deuyne consolacions somtymes ê“ued by withdrawiÌ„ge of coÌ„solacion belapped with tribulacion vexacion The ê“phete Dauid hauig yâ— coÌ„solacious â—sence of the deuyne grace sayde he shulde neuer be remoued therfro without ende anone whan he had experieÌ„ce of yâ— abseÌ„ce of this grace he saide to our lorde thou hast withdrawen thy delectable chere of thy presence I am made disolate troabled betwene those .ii. extremites of ioy trybulacion take we no defeÌ„ce but rather prai we with Dauid sayiÌ„ge I shalnat cesse to crye to yâ— formÌ„ey I shall mekeli pray to yâ— my lord god so finally he ê“curid â— frute effecte of his prayer as he testifieth sayinge Our lorde hath harde me hath mercy of me ys made my helper after saith Good lorde thou hast tourned my sorowe iÌ„to ioy thou hast belapped me with ioye If almyghty god hath in this wise delt with the great excellent seyntes we that be of smale reputacion may take therof confidence in god thoughe we haue somtime feruour of spirite somtyme lacke of deuocion spirituall coÌ„solacion for his spirite of holy coÌ„solacion cometh deê‘teth at his pleasure as yâ— holy man Iob sayth Thou graciously visetest him in the morowtyde and shortlye afterwarde thou ê“uydest hym by mater of pacieÌ„ce And therfore wher in shall I truste or in whome shall I haue coÌ„fidence but in the great mercy of god hope of the heuenly helpe If I myghte haue the assistence of good deuoute men the helpe of holy bokes and the roiall noble processe of scrypture also incited to deuocion by the meane of swete melodyous soÌ„ge all those thiÌ„ges may lytell auayle whan I am lafte to my frailte and pouerte without grace than there is no betâ— remedye but by pacience to remoue owre owne wil conforme vs to the wyll of god IohnÌ„ Gerson the auctour of this treatese sayth he neuer had knoweâ—ege of religious persone but he had at somtime subtraccion demynucion of gostly swetnes feruoure deuocion There was neuer religious soule so ilumined orso rauisshed in yâ— visioÌ„ of our lorde but it was ê“ued by teÌ„ptacioÌ„ other afore or afterward For ther be none worthy to haue yâ— hye deuine ê¯teÌ„placioÌ„ but if be they be exercised firste with some tribulacion for the loue god it is ê“uyded by the greate wysdome of god to the electe soules to haue temptacioÌ„s as a signe or token of coÌ„solacion to come For to those that be prouyded pacyently by tribulacions be ê“mysed of our lorde heuenly rewarde coÌ„solacoÌ„n as it appereth by the seÌ„tence of the holy gost shewed bi the mouthe of the holy euangeliste IohnÌ„ seyiÌ„ge who souer ouercometh tribulacioÌ„ by pacieÌ„ce vice sinne by resisteÌ„ce shal be fed with the frute of yâ— tree of lyfe yâ— is with the clere deuine vision vnspekable fruicion of yâ— blessed godhed also the deuine ê¯solacion is grauÌ„ted vnto man for to make hym more stroÌ„ge to suffre aduersite And anone folo with teÌ„ptacioÌ„ list that maÌ„ take any elacion of yâ— gostly ê¯solacioÌ„ The deuil slepith nat ne yâ— flesshely appetitis be nat yet morfied therfore pÌ„pare thyselfe to batell for thou hast ennemies on euery side he that neuer sesith to assaile yâ— Â¶ The .x. chaptre of yeldiÌ„ge thaÌ„kes to god for hys graces wHy secheste thou reste whan thou arte ordeined in thys lyfe to labour Applye thyselfe more to pacience than to consolacyon or pleasure to the crosse of penaunce rather than to temporall ioye pleasure There ys none so seculer or wordly but if they might haue coÌ„tinuaunce of spirituall coÌ„solacoÌ„n they wolde gladly accepte yt For the spyrytuall ioyes excede all other wordly coÌ„solacioos bodely pleasures All wordly bobely plesurs be transetori mixte with somdele of vnclenes But the spitritual plesurs desyres be pure honest ioyfull ê“cedynge of vertues grauÌ„ted of our lorde alonlye to pure and clene myndes But this tranquylyte of gostely coÌ„solacions is many tymes ouerflowen by the outragious teÌ„pestis of teÌ„ptacion The false lyberte of lyuynge greate coÌ„fidence in our owneselfe be two thinges moche coÌ„trary to heuenly visitacion consolacion Our lord shewith his goodnes to man grauntinge to hym yâ— grace of gostely consolacion But man sheweth his vnwise neclygence whan he withdraweth coÌ„digne thanke ne iÌ„puteth nat this grace only to oure lorde and therfore we be nat worthye to haue his mercyfull grace to abyde with vs. Grace is euer grauÌ„ted to the meke soules that euer be rede to yelde thaÌ„kes to god for his mercyfull benefaites and coÌ„trariwise grace is withdrawen fro the

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