Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	jesus_n	sin_n	sinner_n	3,659	5	7.4408	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17444	An A.B.C. or holy alphabet conteyning some plaine lessons gathered out of the word, to the number of the letters in the English alphabet, to enter young beginners in the schoole of Christ.	E. C., fl. 1626.; Cancellar, James, attributed name.	1626 (1626)	STC 4264.5; ESTC S114411	39,537	142

perfect heart and a willing minde that thou mayest blesse him and his Throne for euer Blesse also our gracious Queene and giue her an vnderstanding heart to knowe the Truth and with Mary to chuse the better part that she may bee an helper also and furtherer of thy glory Blesse the rest of the Royall Familie the Counsell Ministery and Magistracy in this whole Land and all that haue place of command charge or gouerment ouer others in the Church or Common-wealth Particularly O Lord blesse we beseech thee all our Kindred and Friends and specially vs of this Family that we may liue in thy feare and bee blessed with all things necessary both for our soules and for our comfort in this present life And now as thou hast added this day vnto the dayes past of our life Lord adde our repentance wee beseech thee vnto the day and let vs rest in peace this night vnder the shaddow of thy winges that being refreshed by thy good blessing of sleepe which our beds cannot giue vs but thou O Lord who giuest thy beloued rest we may be inabled the better to serue thee in our callings the day following to thy glory for others good and our owne comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord in whose name we conclude our prayers as himselfe hath taught vs saying Our Father c. A priuate Prayer framed for the most part out of the precedent Scriptures and especially the 51. Psalme O Lord God mercifull and gracious that forgiuest iniquity and yet wilt by no meanes cleare the guilty I thine vnworthy and sinfull Seruant am bold to come before thee in confidence of thy mercy but with all humble and free acknowledgement that I am greeuously guilty and that by reason of the sinne both of my nature and life For I was shapen in iniquitie and in sinne did my Mother conceiue mee And this sinne wherein I was conceiued enough of it selfe to condemne me hath bene too to fruitfull in bringing foorth both sinnes of Omission and Commission in the whole course of my life whereby it hath come to passe that I haue neither denyed vngodlinesse and worldly lustes nor liued soberly righteously and godly in this present world I haue not knowne thee my God so much as I might nor serued thee so well as I ought but haue greatly failed euen in the most principall duties not Reading thy Word so diligently not hearing it so heedfully not receiuing the Sacrament so preparedly not keeping the Sabbath so conscionably not calling vpon thy Name so often and earnestly as I should haue done much lesse haue I regarded that extraordinary seruice of Fasting and humiliation though so many weightie occasions both publique and priuate haue called vpon mee for it And when I haue at any time performed these duties it hath not beene with so perfect an heart and so willing a minde as thou requirest but there hath bene much both heauinesse and hypocrisie in my best Deuotions I haue too to much distasted and shunned the narrow way not walking in my Calling so faithfully not vsing Recreation so moderately nor thy Creatures so soberly and inoffensiuely nor carrying my selfe towards my Neighbour for the good both of his soule and body and state so religiously Charitably and iustly as it had beene meet I should But besides this want of delighting in thy Law and holy duties I haue committed many grieuous sinnes against thy Maiestie following very fearefully especially in the time of You h and ignorance both the Company and the Counsels and the Courses of Wicked men and so instead of bringing forth the holy and pleasing fruites of the Spirit haue wrought and brought foorth the fi●thy and noysome workes of the Flesh Yea O Lord against thee against thee haue I sinned and besides Common euils an guilty as holy Dauid of bloud of some notorious and speciall prouocations Nor haue I beene thus sinnefull O Lord for want of instruction and meanes to be better for thou hast taught me wisdome and made known thy Word vnto me wherby I might haue bin cleansed and amended but it is because I haue wanted care haue not taken heede to my wayes according vnto thy Word nor laid vp that word of thine in my heart whereby I might haue beene kept from sinning against thee So that I can by no meanes iustifie my selfe nay O Lord I am so farre from that that say what thou wilt against mee in thy Word lay what thou wilt vpon me with thy Hand I doe freely confesse Thou shalt be iustified when thou speakest and cleare when thou iudgest Neuerthelesse O gracious Father since thou hast proclaimed thy selfe to be a God that pardonest iniquitie and transgression and sinne Let me finde grace I beseech thee in thy sight and pardon my iniquitie and my sinne I haue nothing to plead for my selfe but Haue mercy on me O God according to thy louing kindnesse according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions I cannot deny O Lord but I am a great Sinner but I know that the bloud of Iesus Christ cleanseth vs from all sinne Purge me therefore with that Hyssop and I shall be cleane wash me and I shall be whiter then the Snow So make me to heare the voyce of ioy and gladnesse that my heart afflicted with sinne may reioyce in thee It s true O Lord thou art a GOD that doest by no meanes cleare the guilty yet haue mercy on mee while by this meanes the guilt of sinne is remoued from me Nor doe thou onely Hide thy face from my sinne O Lord and blot out all my iniquitie but together with the guilt of sinne take away the filthinesse likewise Wash mee throughly from mine iniquitie and cleanse me from my sinne yea Create in me a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit within me Vouchsafe vnto mee the benefit of the new Couenant of grace working that grace in me that thou requirest of me Take away more and more the stony heart out of my flesh and giue me an heart of flesh that so I may remember my former euill wayes and my doings that were not good and loath my selfe in my owne sight for my iniquities and my abominations Together with this Repentance yea that I may haue this Repentance worke in mee that Faith whereby the House of Israel enquires after thee and whereby I a wretched Sinner finding my selfe heauy laden may so come vnto thee as to haue ease from thee And because none shall haue mercy but hee that forsaketh his sinne as well as confesses it Giue me so much grace as to forsake my wicked wayes yea and all my vnrighteous thoughts that so thou mayest haue mercy on me and abundantly pardon mee And because forsaking of sinne is not enough neither without returning vnto thee my Lord and my God make mee I beseech thee to goe in the pathes of thy Commandements and so put thy Spirit within me as to cause mee to walke

shall be my people and I will be their God c. And the effect which is the stipulation by God intended EZech 16.62 63. And I will establish my couenant with them c. All to assure vs that we may not doubt through vnbeliefe of Gods thoughts of peace his firme Rom. 4.20 Ier. 29.11 as free purpose of good towards vs hereby emboldening vs to importune and euen implead the Lord vpon his promise as Dauid sometime doth 2. Sa. 7.25.27 Ezek. 36.37 God expecteth his people should that so he may performe the same vnto them I. ACcording to the tenour of this couenant of grace and the other fore-named vse of the right knowledge of the Law is the lesson of sauing grace deliuered by St. Paul to aduise seruants and all of all sorts to doe their duties that they may adorne the Gospell and expect the glory of Christ their Sauiour TITVS 2. 11. For the grace of GOD that bringeth saluation hath appeared to all men 12. Teaching vs that denying vngodlinesse and worldly lusts we should liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world 13. Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the mighty God and our Sauiour Iesus Christ 14. Who gaue himselfe for vs that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquity and purge vnto himselfe a peculiar people zealous of good workes Answerable whereunto wee may take notice of those Euangelicall exhortations giuen by St Paul vpon the same ground and to the same purpose Rom. 12.1 2. I beseech you brethren by the mercifulnes of God c. And 2. Cor 7.1 Hauing therfore these promises dearely beloued c. And also that notable place by lighting vpon which St. Augustine confesseth himselfe to be fully conuerted to the faith Lib 8 confes cap. 12. Rom. 13 11.12 13. The night is past c. Therefore let vs walke as in the day not in gluttony and drunkennesse c. but putting on the Lord Jesus c. All which agreeing with the rule of the new creature Gal. 6.16 promise peace and mercie to as many as walke thereafter and proue themselues thereby to be the true Israel of God cleane-hearted Psal 73.1 Ioh. 1.47 and like Nathaniel free from guile K. FVrther for triall of our Christian state and standing in grace that wee may know whether wee walke after the flesh or as those that are in Christ Iesus after the spirit Rom. 8.1 obserue heedefully the workes of the flesh and fruites of the spirit expressed as contrary one to the other by S. Paul GAL. 5. 19 Now the workes of the flesh a That is of that whole mā not regenerate or of the fleshly part of the man regenerate Rom. 7.18 are manifest which are these adulterie fornication vncleanenesse wantonnesse 20 Idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulations wrath strife seditions heresies 21 Enuying murthers drunkennesse reuellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I haue also told you in times past that they which doe such things shall not inherit the Kingdome of God 22 But the fruit of the Spirit b That is of men made spiritual or of the spirituall part in the man regenerate by Gods spirit is loue ioy peace long suffering gentlenesse faith 23 Meekenesse temperance c That is no law to hurt them the curse which is the strēgth of the law being taken away by Christ Gal. 3.13 against such there is no law 24 And they that are Christs haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts A like opposition whereto wee may take notice of in other pregnant places for the same purpose As Col. 3.5 6 7. Mortifie therefore your earthly memb●rs c. 1. Iohn 2.15 16 17 Loue not the world neither the things of the world c. As also Iam. 3.15 In the difference put betweene earthly and heauenly wisedome by the properties and fruites All to learne vs true wisedome to labour to finde our selues taught of God Isai 54 13 1 Pet. 2.11 2 Cor. 5.14 Rom. 8.14 not caried by the world or our owne lusts but constrained by Christs loue and led by his free spirit in the way to life L. MOreouer as sure markes of our saluation and earnests in hand of our future and full happinesse let vs striue to climbe vp that Ladder of blessednesse consisting of those eight rounds commonly called the eight beatitudes deliuered by our Sauiour MATH 5. 3 Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of heauen 4 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted 5 Blessed are the meeke for they shall inherit the earth 6 Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousnesse for they shall bee filled 7 Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercy 8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousnes sake for theirs is the Kingdome of heauen Euidences of like nature on our part to make sure that our Election the foundation whereof on Gods part standeth firme and immoueable 2 Tim. 2 19. are those eight linkes of St. Peters Golden chaine to adorne themselues wherewith Christians are inuited 2. Pet. 1.5 6 7 8. Ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith and with vertue knowledge c. As also those peculiar qualities of euery rightfull dweller in Gods Tabernacle and holy hill by way of question moued to God and resolution adioyned deliuered by Dauid Psal 15.1 c. Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle c. The Selah or conclusion of assurance in the Prophet and Apostle being the same both to proue it attaineable and to establish the true beleeuers heart therein against all vncomfortable doubting of falling away from Grace for who so doth or if ye doe these things Psal 15.5 2. Pet. 1.10 ye shall neuer fall M. FInally to make vs yet the more carefull that we be not shut out of Gods Tabernacle let vs remember the straitnesse of the gate and way and how for want of earnest striuing many shall want desired entrance from that prying question made to Christ and that profitable resolution thereupon by him deliuered LVKE 13. 23 Then said one vnto him Lord are there fewe that shall be saued And hee said vnto them 24 Striue to enter in at the straite g●te for many I say vnto you will seeke to enter in and shall not be able A further explication and confirmation whereof see as in the Treatise published o● that * The strait Gate and narrow way to life Text so in the verses following 25 26 27. When the good man of the house is risen vp c. As likewise Math 7 21 22 23. Not euery one that saith vnto mee Lord Lord c. And in that also Math 5.20 Except your righteousnesse exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes c. All