item: #1 of 69
          id: A00737
      author: Finch, Mr.
       title: Finch his alphabet, or, A godly direction, fit to be perused of each true Christian
        date: 1635.0
       words: 1698
      flesch: 74
     summary: HAue mercy Lord on me I doe thee pray , And eke conduct me in thy holy way : And let thy precepts alwayes be to mee , As sweet as euer hony from the Bee. IN thee , O Lord , I onely put my trust , For thou , O Christ , art onely true and iust : There is no other God I know but thee , In whom I onely trust saued to be . BEtimes in morning when thou do'st awake , Vnto the Lord see thou thy Prayers make : And after that then goe to thy Vocation , This is a way that leadeth to saluation .
    keywords: english; lord; tcp; text; thou
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        item: #2 of 69
          id: A00926
      author: Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
       title: The affections of a pious soule, unto our Saviour-Christ Expressed in a mixt treatise of verse and prose. By Richard Flecknoe.
        date: 1640.0
       words: 6303
      flesch: 64
     summary: Or if shee fainted , or lost heart cry out with that great Champion of the Apostles , Quis nos seperabit à charitate Christi , &c. What is it can seperate us from the charitie of Christ ? And this from no selfe-presumption neither ( shee well knowing how of her selfe she could do nothing ) Non quasi ex nobis aliquid , &c. But from the confidence , or rather assurance , she had in him who assisted her , Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat , &c.
    keywords: death; god; griefe; life; love; man; saviour; selfe; shee; soule; text; thee; whilst
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        item: #3 of 69
          id: A01648
      author: Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.
       title: Gerards prayers; or, a daylie practice of pietie: divided into foure parts. 1 of Confession of sinnes. 2 of Thanksgiving, for benefits. 3 of Petitions for our selues 4 of Supplicatio[n]s for our neighbours. Written (originally) in the Latine tongue, by Iohn Gerard; Doctor in Divinitie, and Superintendent of Heldeburg. Translated and revised by Ralph Winterton, Fellow of Kinges Colledge in Cambridge. Wherevnto is added a morning and euening prayer, for a familie
        date: 1638.0
       words: 21138
      flesch: 75
     summary: Throgh him , & for him , thy Sonne , haue mercie on mee , O thou most highest : and set not in the light of thy countenance that hidden corruption that cleaveth to my nature ; but looke vpon thy beloved Sonne , my Mediatour , and let his most holie and immaculate conception succour my miserie ▪ Amen . PRAYER II. Quicken mee , guide mee , and saue mee , thou which art my Life , my Way , and my Salvation , for ever and ever , Amen .
    keywords: bee; christ; doe; god; good; grace; hast; haue; heart; holie; light; loue; lyfe; mee; mercie; prayer; selfe; sinnes; sonne; soule; spirit; thee; thou; thy; vnto; vnto mee; vpon; wee; word; ● ●
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        item: #4 of 69
          id: A02864
      author: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.
       title: The sanctuarie of a troubled soule written by I.H.
        date: 1601.0
       words: 16025
      flesch: 64
     summary: O my God , if thou bee absent from mee , where shall I seeeke thee ? if in all places thou art present , wherefore doe I not see thee ? O infinite goodnesse , passing all humane both search and sight , thou both fillest and includest all thinges ; thou art in euerie place present without either seate or motion ; giue mee grace for thy loue and desires sake I beeseech thee , to cast off the blinde burthen of fleshlye affections ; subdue my reason , regenerate my will , and purifie my nature ; lead my desire that I may seeke thee ; lighten my vnderstandinge that I may see thee : for I can neither seeke thee without thou direct mee , nor see thee except thou reueale thy selfe . Thinke not on thy hate against a sinner , but think on thy loue towardes thy creature : remember not thy iustice where by thou punishest , but remember thy mercy wherby thou sauest : forget mee as I was disobediēt , prouoking thee to wrath , & regard me as I am distressed , crying to thee for helpe .
    keywords: art; bee; death; diddest; doe; feare; god; hath; haue; item; life; lorde; loue; mee; mercie; o lord; owne; selfe; sinnes; soe; soule; thee; thou; thy; vnto; vpon; wee; whome
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        item: #5 of 69
          id: A03030
      author: Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.
       title: Meditations miscellaneous, holy and humane
        date: 1637.0
       words: 13674
      flesch: 42
     summary: If God have made thee handsome , let not that make thee proud ; beauty is an ornament , doe not thou make it a snare ; why should'st thou have cause to wish that thou had'st beene ill favour'd : show nothing naked of thy selfe to others but thy face , and that only that thou mayest be knowne , not seene ; be curteous to all , but no● familiar ; stay not to heare thy handsomenesse prais'd ; much lesse to praise it ; think no time so ill spent about thy selfe , as in dressing ; nor no money , as in fashions , yet in neither be ridiculous , allow for both ; acknowledge no beauty in thy selfe , but of the mind , nor strive for none ; if God have made thee beautifull in others eyes , let it be thy care to make thy selfe so in his ; beauty without grace , is the greatest deformity . Do not practise Religion in shew only , yet shew it in thy practise ; think no sinne little ; nor no good which thou doest great , it is from the acceptance of God that it is good at all ; hope for , but not challeng a reward of thy wel doing , yet not for it selfe , but for what Christ hath done ; measure thy selfe not by what others are , but by what thou oughtest to be ; remember thy sinnes with griefe , and thy goodnesse , the one , for that thou hast beene so bad , the other , that thou canst be no better ; and though thou canst not attaine to perfection on earth , yet aime at it .
    keywords: art; bee; doe; doth; god; good; life; man; owne; selfe; sin; thee; thine; things; thou; thou art; thy
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        item: #6 of 69
          id: A06445
      author: Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
       title: A paradise of prayers containing the purity of deuotion and meditation / gathered out of all the spirituall exercises of Levves of Granado ; and Englished for the benefit of the Christian reader.
        date: 1614.0
       words: 63274
      flesch: 68
     summary: How many orders of Preachers & Confessors hast thou appointed , that by their words and counsels might incite me & helpe me ( O Lord ) walking in thy way ? How often hast thou folowed me by thy words , inuiting me by thy benefits , and chastising me with thy scourges , stopping vp all the waies after the manner of a hunter , that I might no way fly or escape from thee ? What shal I thē at this time render vnto thee ( O Lord ) for all those things which thou hast bestowed vpon me ? Because thou hast created mee , I owe ●…hee all that which I am : for thou ●…dest all things . O sweete Iesus , in remission of my sinnes I offer vnto thee thy immeasurable charitie , wherewith thou being God of infinite maiesty , wert moued not to refuse for my sake to be incarnate : to be made man : and to be conuersant in this world thirty three yeares in many tribulations , persecutions , paines , vexations , & labours , 〈◊〉 offer vnto thee that thy deadly affliction , y● bloody sweate and that agony which afflicted and pierced thy hear●… when praying in the garden , & pr●…ating thy selfe on the ground , thou besoughtest the Father : I offer vp vnto thee that a●●●nt charitie , whereby thou desiredst to suffer for vs , when as of thine owne accord thou offeredst thy selfe into the hands of thine 〈◊〉 , as a wel pleasing sacrifice to thy Father for our sins .
    keywords: alwaies; bee; benefits; body; day; death; didst; doe; earth; end; euer; father; giue; giue mee; god; good; grace; grant; hast; hath; haue; heart; heauen; holy; iesus; life; light; lord god; lord iesus; loue; man; mee; mee thy; mercy; o lord; o thou; praise; selfe; sinnes; sins; soule; spirit; thee; thee o; thee thanks; thine; things; thou; thou art; thou bee; thou didst; thou lord; thou wert; thy; time; vnto; vnto mee; vnto thee; vpon; wee; world; y ●; ● ●
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        item: #7 of 69
          id: A07624
      author: Monipennie, John.
       title: A Christian almanacke Needefull and true for all countryes, persons and times. Faithfully calculated by the course of holy Scripture, not onely for this present yeere 1613, but also for many yeeres to come. Written by J. M.
        date: 1612.0
       words: 10515
      flesch: 75
     summary: And let Princes remember , that the power which they haue , is giuen them of the Lord , and the strength from the highest , least they being Officers of Gods empire be neg●●gent in kéeping y● law of righteousnes , but if they delight in much people , let thē loue the light of wisedome , which is Gods word , for by it they shall gouerne the people , and the nations shal be subdued vnto them , whosoeuer he be then that loueth not to resist the ordinance of God , let him submit himselfe to the authority of his prince , and let him not bite his lippe at it . wherefore we ought to be wary and circumspect , how wee spend our time , for God will require an account of vs for the same , and therefore let vs redeeme it with an high estimate , let vs looke into our ●aies , weekes , moneths , &c. and earnestly ●epent , least the Lord surprise vs on the ●uddaine , and so call vs to the barre of ●is iudgment , & let vs make this vse of ●his christian Almanacke , that we may ●etter our selues thereby to our eter●all comfort and consolation through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen .
    keywords: christ; euery; father; god; good; hath; haue; iohn; lord; loue; man; saith; thou; time; vnto; word; yeare
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        item: #8 of 69
          id: A08025
      author: Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
       title: Iacob's ladder consisting of fifteene degrees or ascents to the knowledge of God by the consideration of his creatures and attributes.
        date: 1638.0
       words: 70123
      flesch: 73
     summary: But though the multitude of things created be admirable , and argues the manifold perfection of one GOD ; yet much more admirable is the variety of things , which is seene in this multiplication , and doth more easily bring us to the knowledge of GOD. But GOD in whom are all things thou shalt enjoy for ever : for GOD shall be all in all : He will be life , meate , apparell , house , honour , riches , delights , and all things .
    keywords: againe; angels; apostle; body; christ; cor; creator; creatures; doe; doth; earth; end; father; fire; god; god himselfe; gods; good; hath; heart; heaven; holy; infinite; knowledge; life; light; lord; lord god; love; man; mat; men; mercy; place; power; saith; shall; soule; spirit; sun; thee; things; thou; thy; time; water; wisedome; workes; world; ● ●
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        item: #9 of 69
          id: A12821
      author: Stafford, Anthony.
       title: Staffords Niobe: or His age of teares A treatise no lesse profitable, and comfortable, then the times damnable. Wherein deaths visard is pulled off, and her face discouered not to be so fearefull as the vulgar makes it: and withall it is shewed that death is only bad to the bad, good to the good.
        date: 1611.0
       words: 22141
      flesch: 73
     summary: O stupidity of man ! to come at the becke of a woman , stoop at her frownes , hold his 〈◊〉 ●rom ●ence 〈◊〉 those 〈…〉 For the first , they ( finding through their daily discourse with men , that their words are esteemed Oracles , nay , articles of faith ) do challenge to themselues such a freedome of speach , as to vtter that without shame , which the standers-by are both ashamed & abashed to hea● . The tongue alone of man is able to worke mans condemnation , without any notorious action .
    keywords: age; bee; bodie; body; christ; death; doe; earth; eyes; giue; god; good; hath; haue; heart; heauen; hee; himselfe; king; life; lord; man; mee; men; minde; nature; neuer; non; onelie; owne; saith; selfe; shee; soule; text; thee; things; thinke; thou; thy; time; vertue; vnto; vpon; way; wee; woman; words; world; ● ●
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        item: #10 of 69
          id: A16680
      author: Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.
       title: A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.
        date: 1638.0
       words: 51471
      flesch: 77
     summary: Seeing thou hast all things from mee , exp●ct●● all things of mee , how can●● thou expect the one , and despaire of the other ? If thou wilt therefore ascend after me , and reigne in heaven with mee , thou must follow mee by the way of the * Crosse , by which I have entred into my glory .
    keywords: bee; body; christ; crosse; day; death; delight; desire; doe; earth; end; eyes; father; feare; flesh; god; good; hast; hath; heart; heaven; himselfe; holy; house; life; like; long; lord; love; maist; man; mee; mind; owne; passion; peace; pleasures; selfe; shee; sin; sinnes; soule; sweet; thee; thine; things; thou; thou maist; thy; time; way; wee; world; ● ●
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        item: #11 of 69
          id: A16740
      author: Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
       title: Diuine considerations of the soule concerning the excellencie of God, and the vilenesse of man. Verie necessarie and profitable for euerie true Christian seriously looke into. By N.B. G.
        date: 1608.0
       words: 20265
      flesch: 42
     summary: But let those that feele these great effects of grace in the goodnes of the liuing God , say with the holy Prophet , Psalme 136. verse 1. be thankfull to the Lord , and speake good of his name , for his mercie endureth for euer : but since so infinite is his goodnes in all things and to al things , and specially to man aboue all things , let me onely wish al men for their own good , to acknowledge all goodnes onely to bee in the Lord , the onely Author and substance thereof ; & whatsoeuer is good in heauen or earth , is onely a free guifte of his grace , that must onely work to his glory ; the election of man to be an effect of loue in the grace of his goodnes , and not to dreame of merite , but to giue glory vnto mercie , for the benefit of such a blessing , as being freely giuen to man , through our Lord Iesus Christ by his merite , is onely confirmed to the eternitie of his glory : and thus much touching the goodnes of God. Againe , through the loue of God was man made the wisest creature , to know the varieties of natures , to giue names vnto creatures , to note the courses of the heauens , to till the earth , and make his pathes through the seas , to deuide the times , to distinguish of doubts , to search into knowledge , and to know the giuer and glory thereof : Againe , through the loue of God , man was made commaunder of all creatures vnder the Sunne , Lord of all the earth , foreseer of after-times , messenger of the worde of God , student of Diuine misteries , cheife seruant to the Lord of Lords , freinde to the King of Kings , and coheire in the heauenly kingdome , through the loue of God ; hee was made a seruante , but as a friend , a brother and a coheire : now hee that thinks on these pointes of loue , is worthy of no loue if he cannot say in his heart there was neuer such loue : hee loued man in himselfe , when there was none to perswade him to loue him but himselfe ; he loued man as himselfe , that he wold haue him one with himselfe ; yea he loued man more if more could be then himself , that for man to death would giue himselfe : hee made man louingly , he blest man louingly , hee came to man louingly , and dyed for man most louingly : in the beginning hee shewed his loue without beginning , and in the end will shew his loue without ending , he made him better then his creatures , for hee made him Lord ouer them : hee made them better then his Angells , for hee made them to serue him alittle lower then himselfe .
    keywords: consideration; creatures; doth; earth; giue; glory; god; good; goodnes; grace; hath; haue; heauen; hee; himselfe; loue; man; mercie; nature; power; sinne; thou; thy; vnto; wee; wisdome; worlde
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        item: #12 of 69
          id: A16797
      author: Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
       title: The soules heavenly exercise set downe in diuerse godly meditations, both prose and verse, by Nicholas Breton gent
        date: 1601.0
       words: 11740
      flesch: 53
     summary: O Glorious God of all power and pittie , to whose onely mercie belongeth the title of eternal Maiesty , who by the wisdome of thine owne will hast framed all things to thy seruice , and workest in them all to the glorie of thine only worthinesse , O deare GOD , that art the true substance of comfort , to the humble soules of thy beloued , and seest the sorrowes of thy humble seruautes , when thou withdrawest thy hande of thy mercie ; in the glorious goodnesse of thy grace , I beseech thee , thinke on the number of thy afflicted creatures , amonge whome , most needefull , though most vnworthie thy mercie , let this poore wretched , wounded , and afflicted soule of mine begge one beame of thy blessed pittie , to reuiue this dolefull , and halfe deade heart of my almost despairing spirite ; oh strengthen my faith in thy holie worde , washe mee cleane from my sinnes , and make mee to feele the ioye of thy mercie : let thy worde bee a Lanthorne to my feete , and a lighte vnto my pathes , and teach mee the way that I shall walke in , for I betake my selfe wholly vnto thee : let mee say with thy seruant Dauid , O thar my waies were made so direct , that I might not offend my God. Who for thy loue , would gladly die : Come liue with mee , and be my loue .
    keywords: comfort; god; goodnesse; grace; hast; haue; holy; lord; loue; mee; mercie; mercy; sinne; soule; sweete; thee; thou; thy; vnto; vpon
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        item: #13 of 69
          id: A23696
      author: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
       title: The art of patience and balm of Gilead under all afflictions an appendix to The art of contentment / by the author of The whole duty of man.
        date: 1694.0
       words: 55278
      flesch: 72
     summary: Take heed , lest whilst thou art too querulous , thou prove unthankful ; and whilst thy Humbleness disparages thee , thou make God a Loser . Is not thine heart perplexed with the Thoughts of thy Spiritual wants ? Dost thou not truly desire , that God would Renew a right Spirit within thee ? Be cheerful : This is the Operation of God's Spirit : As well may a Man breath without Life , as thou couldst be thus affected without Repentance .
    keywords: age; body; christ; comfort; day; death; dost; dost thou; earth; evil; eyes; faith; fear; glory; god; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; holy; jesus; life; lord; lord god; love; man; men; mercy; patience; power; psal; saviour; self; sin; sleep; son; soul; spirit; thee; thine; things; thou; thou art; thou canst; thy; time; world
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        item: #14 of 69
          id: A23773
      author: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
       title: The whole duty of divine meditation described in all its various parts and branches : with meditations on several places of scripture / by the author of The whole duty of man.
        date: 1694.0
       words: 32440
      flesch: 66
     summary: Shew Obedience to thy Superiours , give Counsel and Aid to thy Equals , and Defend and Instruct thy Inferiours : Subdue thy Body to thy Mind , and thy Mind to the Will of God : Heartily bewail thy past Evils , and set not thy Affections on Temporal Enjoyments , but fix them on that which is Eternal : Mourn for Sins , upon remembrance of them ; and often remember Death , that thou may'st cease from Sin : Let the Justice of the Almighty keep thee in Fear , and his Mercy preserve thee from Despair . INFORM me now , thou that art so indulgent to the World , and hunts for Paradise in a Park of Sins ; thou that makest Terrestrial things thy Treasure , and foldest up the Riches of thy Hopes in the Bosom of Old Time , or the Compass of a Span ; when those lucid and swift Guides of Life , thine Eyes , shall wax dim with Age , or tired with Pain ; when every Member shall become Sorrow's Object , and those Parts which were so employ'd in the Operation of Sin , shall become Instruments of Despair ; when that delectable Frame , that magnificent Darling Edifice , thy Body , shall , by its shivering Qualms , and trembling Convulsions , consternate its disconsolate Owner ; how will the Fulgurations of a Future Justice , and the Terrours of thy Ultimate End , confound thee ! V. CAN those transitory Enjoyments that allured away thy Immortal Part , restore it in convenient time ?
    keywords: affections; almighty; christ; day; death; divine; duty; faith; glory; god; good; great; hath; heart; heaven; holy; life; lord; love; man; meditation; page; self; sin; sins; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; world
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        item: #15 of 69
          id: A23804
      author: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
       title: The whole duty of prayer containing devotions for every day in the week, and for several occasions, ordinary and extraordinary / by the author of The whole duty of man ...
        date: 1692.0
       words: 31796
      flesch: 55
     summary: THis is the day which the Lord hath made , let me rejoyce and be glad therein , it is a day of rest and sweetness unto my Soul , and a day of Ease from Labour● unto my Body ; as thou , O God , didst rest this day from the Works of thy Creation , so grant that I may cease this day from all Sin , and by an earnest Repentance implore thy Pardon ; thaw this frozen Heart of mine , that this day it may melt at thy presence ; and say unto my Soul those comfortable Words which thou wert pleased once to say to Zacheus , This day is Salvation come to thy House , O Lord , I am utterly unworthy in my self to stand at the Door of thy Sanctuary , much less to appear in thy presence , and be made partaker of thy Heavenly Gifts , for thou , O Lord art a God of pure Eyes , and canst not behold Iniquity ; and I am thy sinful Creature , not only wilfully opposite unto thee , but even Enmity it self against thee . LORD hear my Prayers , and let my Praises be acceptable in thy sight , for unto thee , O Lord , upon the Altar of my Heart do I offer up all possible Praise and Thanksgiving , for all thy Blessings both Spiritual and Temporal , which thou hast in a great measure bestowed upon me ; but above all , for Jesus Christ the Fountain of them all , by whom I have Redemption through his Blood , and Access through his Life .
    keywords: body; christ; day; death; glory; god; good; grace; grant; hast; heart; holy; jesus; life; lord god; mercy; o lord; praise; prayer; sins; soul; spirit; thee; thou; thou o; thy; time
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        item: #16 of 69
          id: A25409
      author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
       title: The private devotions of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrewes. Late Bishop of Winchester.
        date: 1647.0
       words: 17173
      flesch: 88
     summary: O Lord be near at hand to save me , ô God make hast to help me , Ps. 90. 17. IT is good for me to adhere to God , to place the hope of my salvation in thee ô Lord , ô Christ our God .
    keywords: christ; church; day; father; glory; god; good; hast; holy; hope; life; light; lord; mee; o lord; praise; prayer; psal; soule; thee; thou; thy; wee; world
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        item: #17 of 69
          id: A25835
      author: Armstrong, John, 1634 or 5-1698.
       title: The souls worth and danger, or A discourse exciting and directing to the due care of its eternal salvation upon the words of our blessed saviour
        date: 1677.0
       words: 17869
      flesch: 70
     summary: Least we be awakened with that terrible voice of God , saying , as unto him ; Thou fool this night thy Soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided ? 4. The losing of the Soul implyes the losing of Christ , and Heaven , and the blessed Vision of God for ever .
    keywords: body; care; christ; god; good; hath; life; lord; man; self; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; world; worth
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        item: #18 of 69
          id: A26948
      author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
       title: Mr. Richard Baxter's last legacy in select admonitions and directions to all sober dissenters.
        date: 1697.0
       words: 29621
      flesch: 70
     summary: Could I have believed him , that would have told me five years ago , that when the Scorners of Godliness were subdued , and the bitter Persecuters of Church were destroyed , that such should succeed them who suffered with us , and were our intimate Friends , which we took sweet councel , and went up together to the House of God , should draw their Swords against each other , and seek each others blood so fiercely ? To this I say , that Schism is a Sin antecedent to all Humane Constitutions , as being directly forbid in the Holy Gospel , and consequently will continue to be sinful , tho' all the Kings and Rulers of the Earth should indulge , and tolerate them ; for the Laws of Men cannot make void the Law of God , nor alter the nature of things , and justifie or make that to be good which the only Lawgiver of Christians hath condemned as unlawful ; and as it is said of Poligamy among the Jews , that the Law of Moses connived at it , for the hardness of their hearts , so it is for the hardness and uncharitableness of Mens Spirits , that Rulers are constrained for a time to tolerate and bear with many things that are Offensive and Prejudicial to the prosperity of their Government .
    keywords: answ; baxter; christ; church; churches; communion; duty; god; hath; holy; judgment; liturgy; men; ministers; pastors; peace; people; prayer; publick; sin; things; use; worship
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        item: #19 of 69
          id: A27153
      author: Beadle, John, d. 1667.
       title: The journal or diary of a thankful Christian presented in some meditations upon Numb. 33:2 / by J.B., Master of Arts, and Minister of the Gospel at Barnstone in Essex.
        date: 1656.0
       words: 56783
      flesch: 80
     summary: Aug. in P●● . This one thing amongst other is record● in the sacred Journall of the Israelites sometimes they had plenty , and sometim● they wanted bread and water ; sometim● they had peace , and sometimes their enemi● made war against them ; sometimes th● enjoyed health , and sometimes the plagu brake out amongst them : And thus it ha● been in all the generations and ages 〈◊〉 the world .
    keywords: aegypt; book; children; christ; comfort; david; day; dayes; death; diary; father; gen; glory; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; house; israel; jesus; journall; king; know; land; life; little; live; lord; love; man; means; men; mercies; mercy; owne; peace; people; praise; promise; psal; saith; set; sin; son; soul; thee; things; things god; thou; thy; time; way; works; world; yea; ● ●
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        item: #20 of 69
          id: A27456
      author: Berkeley, George Berkeley, Earl of, 1628-1698.
       title: Historical applications and occasional meditations upon several subjects written by a person of honour.
        date: None
       words: 11197
      flesch: 60
     summary: The Reason is very obvious : We place too much trust in secondarie Causes , and in the son of man , whose breath is in his nostrils ; but in the beginning of every enterprise neglect to implore the Divine assistance , and wholly to rely upon his Wisdome , with an humble and dutifull acquiescence in his will , whether he shall please to blast our purposes , or to prosper the action , God knowing what is better for us then we do for our selves : If so , we are sure our Designs and endeavours will be successfull , or we shall have as much reason to be satisfied as if they were , being free from all repining , murmuring thoughts , because we submit to his Providence who is the sole disposer of all persons , actions and times , which is the happy priviledge as well as duty of a Christian. III. Thus with Art and cunning we may deceive birds , beasts , and men , nay our selves ; but we cannot deceive God. Let us therefore so behave our selves in our words , gestures ; thoughts , actions , as considering we are alwaies in God's presence , to whom we must be accountable at our Death and at the day of Judgment ; and therefore let us not dare to commit sin , unlesse we can conceal our actions from his all-seeing Eye .
    keywords: actions; day; doe; friends; god; good; hath; life; lord; man; men; selves; text; things; time; world
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        item: #21 of 69
          id: A27480
      author: Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696.
       title: Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments
        date: 1689.0
       words: 25319
      flesch: 82
     summary: My flesh trembleth for f●ar of thee : and I am afraid of thy judgments , O Lord. Lord soften , bruise ▪ change and reform my soul according to thy own will according to thy own image , and after the likeness and innocence of Adam , when thou first breathest into him life and reason ; yea according to the same t●mper and purity , I most humbly beseech thee , wherein by thy grace I once ascended from the laver of Regeneration .
    keywords: almighty; amen; body; christ; day; earth; eternal; father; glory; god; good; grace; heaven; holy; jesus; life; lord; lord god; lord jesus; mercy; o lord; psal; saviour; soul; thee; thou; thy; world
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        item: #22 of 69
          id: A30213
      author: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
       title: The water of life, or, A discourse shewing the richness and glory of the grace and spirit of the gospel, as set forth in Scripture by this term, The water of life by John Bunyan.
        date: 1688.0
       words: 21464
      flesch: 86
     summary: 1. And he shewed me a pure River of Water of Life , clear as Crystal , proceeding out of the Throne of God , and of the Lamb. He shews him also the Head , or Well-Spring from whence this River of water of Life proceeds , and that is , The Throne of God , and of the Lamb.
    keywords: christ; glory; god; good; grace; lamb; life; man; men; river; soul; spirit; things; thou; throne; thy; water; world
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        item: #23 of 69
          id: A33775
      author: Colet, John, 1467?-1519.
       title: Daily devotions, or, The Christians morning and evening sacrifice digested into prayers and meditations, for every day in the week, and other occasions : with some short directions for a godly life / by John Colet ...
        date: 1684.0
       words: 59586
      flesch: 58
     summary: Now therefore I bow the knees of my heart , beseeching thee for Grace : I have sinned , O Lord , I have sinned , and I acknowledge my wickedness , desiring thee by Prayer to forgive me : O Lord forgive me , & destroy me not with mine iniquities , neither do thou always remember mine evils to punish them , but save me that am unworthy , according to thy great mercies : And I most humbly beseech thee , O Lord , not to suffer my soul to perish , which Thou hast bought so dearly with thy most precious Blood , & make me poor in Spirit and low of Heart , submitting me wholly into thy hands : so as my desire and my delight may be always to thy will and pleasure , which is always good and godly : and grant my poor soul rest in thee ; for thou hast said , They shall never be confounded that put their trust in thee : which trust , good Lord , grant me never to forsake for any vain trust , temptation or tribulation that may happen to vex my soul ; but grant me thy holy Spirit to comfort and defend me from all things that should procure thy displeasure : Suffer me not , O Lord , to despair , or to think that thou dealest unjustly with me ; but say , Shall I receive Prosperity at the LORD's hands , and not be con●ent with adversity ? and always to think upon this , Happy are they whom thou ●ost punish ; for though thou makest a wound , Thou also givest a plaster ; though Thou smitest , thy hand maketh whole again : Mine iniquities are great , be thou merciful unto my wickedness ; O deliver me from thine anger , and press me not further than I shall be able to bear ; but now 〈◊〉 acknowledge that whatsoever trouble thou hast sent me , or wilt lay upon me , is either for the punishment of mine iniquities , or for the tryal of my Constancy ; I may with repentant David , find remission of my sins ; and with patient Job , release of mine adversity , and obtain such favour in thy sight , that I may so pass this life , that I may afterwards live with thee in thy eternal Glory : grant this O● most loving Father , for thy dear Son's sake Jesus Christ ; to whom with the holy Ghost , be all Honour and Glory , for ever and ever .
    keywords: beseech; body; christ; death; father; glory; god; good; grace; hast; heart; holy; jesus; life; lord god; lord jesus; love; mercy; o lord; prayer; self; sin; sins; son; soul; spirit; thee; thee o; thine; things; thou; thou lord; thy
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        item: #24 of 69
          id: A35812
      author: Hatton, Christopher Hatton, Baron, 1605-1670.
       title: Devotions for the helpe and assistance of all Christian people in all occasions and necessities.
        date: 1644.0
       words: 12905
      flesch: 58
     summary: If thou hadst dealt with me according as I had deserved , and might justly have expected , I had been now , now at this instant seal'd up to an eternity of torments , hopelessely miserable , fearing the revelation of thy day with an insupportable amazement : and now under the sweet influences of thy mercies , J am praying to thee , confessing my sinnes , with shame , indeed at my basenesse and ingratitude , but with a full hope and confidence in thy mercy . ALmighty God , who hast commanded us to pray unto thee without ceasing , and hast added many glorious promises for our incouragement , let thy holy Spirit teach me how to pray ; give me just apprehensions of my wants , zeale of thy glory , great resentment of thy mercies , love of all spirituall imployments that are pleasing unto thee ; and do thou helpe mine infirmites , that the Devill may not abuse my fancy with illusions , nor distract my minde with cares , nor alienate my thoughts with impertinencies , but give me a present minde , great devotion , a heart fixed upon thy divine beauties , and an actuall intention and perseverance in my prayers , that I may glorifie thy Name , do unto thee true and laudable service , and obtain reliefe for all my necessities .
    keywords: art; death; god; hast; holy; iesu; life; lord; mercifull; mercy; o lord; sinnes; soule; thee; thou; thy; world
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        item: #25 of 69
          id: A35845
      author: Dewsbury, William, 1621-1688.
       title: To all the faithfull and suffering members in all holes, prisons, and goals for the Word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ, with the rest of the faithful where-ever scatter'd upon the face of the earth
        date: 1684.0
       words: 2013
      flesch: 55
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A35845) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101479)
    keywords: eebo; god; lord; tcp; text
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        item: #26 of 69
          id: A36933
      author: Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662.
       title: Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration.
        date: 1683.0
       words: 21871
      flesch: 71
     summary: 4. That this Duty of external Reverence doth not then necessarily oblige , when the Soul being suddenly and inwardly moved to lift it self up by Prayer , the outward man is as it were surprized in some other posture : as walking , standing , sitting , or lying down ; in which case , God will rather look to the inward Motions and Raptures of the Mind , than to the outward Form and Composure of the Body . That Set Forms of Prayer are altogether necessary in Publick , cannot be denied , and needs not now be represented : They are abundantly useful even for private Christians also ; since it is not every one that can pray extempore in his Closet , and he that can , may notwithstanding be defective enough in the matter or manner of his Petitions : For though God principally respects the Heart and Affections of his Servants , and the Spirit helps our Infirmities with sighs and groans , yet we ought even in private to have an awful orderly regard of the Great God , to whom we address our selves ; and the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray , as with ardent Affections ; so with reverend humble minds , and not with disorderly , confused or unprepared approaches , and a rude confidence , without just ground or foundation : This is not to help or diminish our infirmities , but to augment them more .
    keywords: amen; body; day; father; god; grace; hast; hath; heart; holy; life; lord; prayer; reverence; self; sins; soul; spirit; thee; thou; time
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        item: #27 of 69
          id: A39680
      author: Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.
       title: Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture wherein believers are assisted in preparing their hearts, and exciting their affections and graces, when they draw nigh to God in that most awful and solemn ordinance of the Lords Supper / by Jo. Flavel ...
        date: 1679.0
       words: 42966
      flesch: 78
     summary: Look hither hard heart , Behold the Lamb of God. Consider , believe and apply what is here sensibly represented , and thy heart is hard indeed if it relent not upon such a view of Christ. That the blessing of God , and the breathings of his good Spirit , may accompany these poor labours to tby soul , is the hearts desire of Thy Servant in Christ , JOHN FLAVEL .
    keywords: blood; christ; death; doth; duties; faith; flesh; god; grace; hath; heart; heaven; jesus; jesus christ; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; sin; son; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; unbelief; work; world
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        item: #28 of 69
          id: A40662
      author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
       title: Good thoughts in bad times consisting of personall meditations, Scripture observations, historicall applications, mixt contemplations / by Thomas Fuller.
        date: 1645.0
       words: 15609
      flesch: 83
     summary: Lord , THe Apostle saith to the * Corinthians , God will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able . Lord , AT the first * Passeover , God kept touch with the Hebrews very Punctually : At the end of the four hundred and thirty yeers , in the self same day it came to passe , that all the Hosts of the Lord went out of the Land of Egypt .
    keywords: day; english; fear; god; gods; good; goodnesse; hath; heart; lord; man; men; self; sinnes; sonne; soul; text; thee; thou; thy; time; way; yea
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        item: #29 of 69
          id: A40668
      author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
       title: Good thoughts in worse times consisting of personall meditations, Scripture observations, meditations on the times, meditations on all kind of prayers, occasionall meditations / by Tho. Fuller ...
        date: 1647.0
       words: 19588
      flesch: 79
     summary: THere goes a Tradition of Ovid , that fa●ous Poet ( receiving ●ome countenance from ●is owne co session * ) ●hat when his Father was ●bout to beate him , for ●ollowing the plea●ant , ●ut profitles●e study of ●etrie , he u● correct●on promiss'd his Father , ●ever more to make a ●erse , and made a Verse , ●n his very Promise . The Publican standing , Iob * ●ting , Hezeki●h , lying on his bed , * Eli●h with his face between his l●ggs .
    keywords: bed; bee; christ; day; death; doe; father; god; gods; good; hath; having; heart; heaven; hee; himselfe; like; lord; man; meditations; mee; men; non; owne; prayers; roman; scripture; selfe; set; sinne; soule; text; thou; thy; time; use; word; yea; yeares
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        item: #30 of 69
          id: A40678
      author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
       title: Mixt contemplations in better times by Thomas Fuller ...
        date: 1660.0
       words: 21682
      flesch: 76
     summary: 5. That God saw , that the imaginations of the thoughts of man was only evil continually . So that in sending a generall Deluge over all , God was clearly just , and men justly miserable .
    keywords: age; cause; church; condition; day; doth; england; english; god; gods; good; hath; hope; house; king; lord; man; men; nation; non; peace; people; persons; present; read; self; text; things; time; truth; word; work; yea; years
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        item: #31 of 69
          id: A42565
      author: Geddes, William, 1600?-1694.
       title: The saints recreation, third part, upon the estate of grace containing and methodicially [sic] delineating a Christians progress, priviledges, comforts and duties, beginning at conversion : describing also the Blessed Redeemer Jesus, both absolutely and comparatively : and all these in spiritual hymns and songs, suted to grave sweet and melodious tunes, together with a plain paraphrase upon the margent, confirming all by Scriptures, explaining difficulties and methodizing the songs / compiled by Mr. William Geddes ...
        date: 1683.0
       words: 24236
      flesch: 86
     summary: I call this Treatise , The third Part , as relating to two other Parts , anterior to this , both in order of time and nature , to witt upon the Estate of Innocency , and the Estate of Sin and Corruption , &c. which I have also ready for the Press , but have , for several reasons begun with this Treatise , till I see how the work may get acceptance ; and as I find it pleasing . Then I 'll begin to banish sin &c. SECTION IV. C 1. THe Captain a of Salvation stout ; Of thousands ten b the Chief .
    keywords: christ; cor; day; doth; god; good; grace; great; heb; isa; joh; life; light; like; lord; man; mat; mercy; psal; rev; rom; sin; soul; spiritual; thee; things; thou; thy; way; yee
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        item: #32 of 69
          id: A44311
      author: Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
       title: Some necessary and important considerations (to be consider'd of by all sorts of people) taken out of (that late worthy and renowned judge) Sir Matthew Hale's writings, and therein his own experience of the inward and invisible guidance of the spirit of God.
        date: 1697.0
       words: 4707
      flesch: 62
     summary: It makes Him value the Love of GOD , and Peace of Conscience , above all the Wealth , and Honour in the World , and to be very vigilant to keep it inviolably : — He performs all his Duties to GOD in Sincerity and Integrity ; and whilst he Lives on Earth , yet his Conversation , his Hopes , his Treasure , is in Heaven ; and he intirely endeavours to Walk sutably to such a Hope : This Man hath the Life of Religion in him , and that Life Acts in him , and will conform his Soul to the Image of his SAVIOUR , and to Walk along with HIM to all Eternity . The Direction of Conscience , when It is well us'd , is seldom without the Immediat Direction of the very Spirit of GOD , but if the Guidance of that Spirit be Neglected , it will not Return to thy Assistance when thou Pleasest .
    keywords: conscience; creatures; god; man; spirit; text; thee; thou
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        item: #33 of 69
          id: A44516
      author: Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.
       title: The exercise of prayer: or, A help to devotion Being a supplement to the happy ascetick, or best exercise. Containing prayers and devotions, suitable to the respective exercises with additional prayers for several occasions. By Anth. Horneck D.D.
        date: 1685.0
       words: 22067
      flesch: 80
     summary: Why shouldest thou prohibit it ? why shouldest thou warn , entreat , and beseech me not to do it , but that thou who knowest all things , knowest it to be prejudicial to my Soul. Lord do thou appear very amiable to my Soul , that this sight may constrain me to learn of thee .
    keywords: art; christ; day; exercise; glory; god; good; hast; heart; jesus; love; o lord; prayer; self; soul; thee; things; thou; thy; world
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        item: #34 of 69
          id: A45033
      author: Hall, John, d. 1707.
       title: Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.
        date: 1676.0
       words: 35245
      flesch: 54
     summary: MOst mighty and most merciful Lord God , by whose goodness I was created , by whose Justice I am punished , and by whose mercy I am saved ; I cast my self down before thee , and lift up my hands unto thee at this present as my Evening-sacrifice , but alas my conscience accuseth me , the secret cogitations of my heart reprove me , my fear checketh me , the infinite number of my sins oppress me , yea , my miscarriages this day witness against me , and exceedingly condemn me ; O Lord what am I , that thou shouldest yet favour me and shew thy self so loving and bountiful a Father unto me ? why should'st thou so nourish me , who am so unworthy a wretch , with thy mercy and loving-kindness ? Our hearts imagine wicked things ; our mouths utter them , and our hands put them in practise ; Thy Mercys are every day renewed unto us , and our sins are every day multiplyed against thee ; in the day of health , and prosperity , we forget thee , and we never think upon thee , in the day of sickness , and adversity ; Thy benefits heaped upon us , do not allure us to obey thee ; neither do thy Judgments inflicted upon others , make us afraid to offend thee ; what couldst thou have done , O Lord , more for us ? or , what could we have done more against thee ?
    keywords: body; christ; day; death; father; glory; god; good; grace; grant; hast; hath; heart; holy; jesus; life; lord god; mercy; night; o lord; praise; prayer; rest; shall; sins; son; soul; spirit; thee; thine; thou; thy; time; world
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        item: #35 of 69
          id: A45113
      author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
       title: The balm of Gilead, or, Comforts for the distressed, both morall and divine most fit for these woful times / by Jos. Hall.
        date: 1650.0
       words: 52186
      flesch: 72
     summary: Is it , Thou shalt be punished ? or i● it not rather , Thou hast sinned ? And were it put to thy choice , whether thou hadst rather enjoy the favour of God , with the extremest smart , or be in his displeasure with ease ; whether wouldst thou pitch upon ? Or if liberty were tendred unto thee , that thou mightst freely sin without the danger of punishment ; whether doth not thy heart rise at the condition , as ready to flee in the face of the offerer ? Besides fear and horrour , dost thou not finde an inward kinde of indignation at thy miscarriage , and such an hatred of thy sin , that were it to be done again , if it were possible to be hid from God , and men ; and if there were not an hell to avenge it , thou wouldst abho● to commit it ?
    keywords: age; bee; body; canst; christ; comfort; day; death; dost thou; eyes; faith; fear; glory; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; holy; know; life; lord; man; men; saviour; sect; self; sin; sleep; son; soul; spirit; thee; thine; things; thou; thou art; thou canst; thy; time; whiles; world; ● ●
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        item: #36 of 69
          id: A45148
      author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
       title: The breathings of the devout soul
        date: 1648.0
       words: 10456
      flesch: 66
     summary: Lord , it is from thee that I purposed well ; it is from my own sinfull weakness that I failed in my performances ; If any good come me , the will and the deed must be both thine ; The very preparations of the heart are from thee ; and if I have devised my way , it must be thou that directest my steps : O God , do thou ripen and perfect all the good motions that thou puttest into my soul ; and make my health but such as my sickness promised . Practice is that which thou , O God , chiefly requirest and respectest ; who hast said , If ye know these things , blessed are ye if you do them ; Knowledg puffeth up , but love edifieth : O Lord do thou enlighten mine eyes with the knowledg of thy will ; but above all , do thou rectifie my affections , guide my feet into the wayes of thy commandements ; apply my heart to fulfill thy statutes alway ; and Prosper thou the work of my hands upon me , O prosper thou my handiwork .
    keywords: art; god; good; heart; lord; o lord; self; soul; thee; thine; thou; thy; world
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        item: #37 of 69
          id: A45226
      author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
       title: The devovt soul, or, Rules of heavenly devotion : also, The free prisoner, or, The comfort of restraint by Jos. H. B.N.
        date: 1650.0
       words: 21963
      flesch: 61
     summary: Upon the apprehension of our need of a Saviour and so happy a supply therof presented unto us , must needs follow a renewed act of true thankfulnes of heart to our good God , that hath both given us his dear Son to work our redemption , & his blessed Sacrament to seal up unto us our redemption thus wrought and purchased ; And with souls thus thankfully elevated unto God , we aproach with all reverence , to that heavenly Table , where God is both the Feast-master and the Feast . Withall , I must add that the devout soul stands not alwaies in need of such outward monitors , but findes within it selfe , sufficient incitements to raise up it self to a continuall minding of God ; and makes use of them accordingly ; and , if at any time , being taken up with importunate occasions of the world , it finds God missing but an hour , it chides it selfe for such neglect , and sets it self to recover him with so much more eager affection : as the faithfull spouse in the Canticles , when she finds him whom her soul loved , withdrawn from her for a season , puts her self into a speedy search after him , and gives not over till shee have attained his presence .
    keywords: bee; body; christ; death; devotion; devout; doe; god; gods; good; hath; heart; heaven; holy; life; lord; love; man; mercy; sect; self; selves; soul; spirit; thee; thou; thoughts; thy; wee; world
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        item: #38 of 69
          id: A45315
      author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
       title: Select thoughts, or, Choice helps for a pious spirit a century of divine breathings for a ravished soule, beholding the excellencies of her Lord Jesus / by J. Hall ...
        date: 1654.0
       words: 47772
      flesch: 63
     summary: God who is simply one , infinitely perfect , absolutely compleat in himself , enjoys himself fully , from all eternity , without any relation to the creature : but knowing our wants , and weaknesses , he hath ordained a society for our well-being ; and therefore even in mans innocency , could say , It is not good for man to be alone : There is no creature in the world , wherein we may not see enough to wonder at ; for there is no worm of the earth , no spire of grass , no leaf , no twig , wherein we may not see the footsteps of a Deity : The best visible Creature is man ; now , what man is he that can make but an hair , or a straw , much less any sensitive creature ; so as no less then an infinite power is seen in every object that presents it self to our eyes ; if therefore we look onely upon the outsides of these bodily substances , and do not see God in every thing , we are no better then brutish ; making use meerly of our sence without the least improvement of our faith , or our reason :
    keywords: christ; death; doth; earth; eyes; faith; father; glory; god; good; hath; heart; heaven; holy; infinite; life; lord; lord god; love; man; men; nature; o lord; power; said; saviour; self; selves; sin; soul; spirit; spiritual; thee; thine; things; thou; thy; time; way; whiles; world; yea
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        item: #39 of 69
          id: A45322
      author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
       title: Susurrium cum Deo soliloqvies, or, Holy self-conferences of the devout soul upon sundry choice occasions with humble addresses to the throne of grace : together with The souls farwell to earth and approaches to heaven / by Jos. Hall.
        date: 1651.0
       words: 41678
      flesch: 64
     summary: Thou that art the eternall Sonne of God , wouldst condescend so low , as to be man ; that wee who are wormes and no men might bee advanced to bee the Sonnes of God ; thou wouldst bee a servant , that wee might reigne ; thou wouldst expose thy self to the shame and disgrace of thy vile Creatures here , that thou mightst raise us up to the height of heavenly honour with thee our God , and thy holy Angels ; thou wouldst dye for a while , that we might live eternally . O God , whiles I have eyes , let me never but see thee in all things , let me never but enjoy thee ; Let me see thee here as thou maiest be seen , by the eye of faith , till I may see , as I am seen , hereafter , in glory :
    keywords: bee; canst; doe; earth; glory; god; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; heavenly; himselfe; holy; infinite; joy; know; lesse; life; light; lord; love; man; mee; men; o lord; owne; power; saviour; selfe; set; soliloq; soule; spirituall; thee; thine; things; thou; thoughts; thy; time; true; way; wee; whiles; world; yea
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        item: #40 of 69
          id: A45408
      author: Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
       title: The daily practice of devotion, or, The hours of prayer fitted to the main uses of a Christian life also lamentations and prayers for the peaceful re-settlement of this church and state / by the late pious and reverend H.H., D.D.
        date: 1684.0
       words: 24918
      flesch: 81
     summary: And , Lord , be pleased so to guide the hearts of all who shall be intrusted with that great concernment of setling this Nation , that they may weigh all their deliberations in the balance of the Sanctuary , that conscience , not interest , may be the ruling principle , and that they may render to Cesar the things that are Cesars , and to God the things that are Gods ; that they may become healers of our breaches and happy repairers of the sad ruines both in Church and State ; and grant , O Lord , that as those sins which made them are become National , so the repentance may be National also , and that evidenced by the proper fruits of it , by zeal of restoring of the rights both of thee and thine Anointed . Lord , let me know mine end , and the number of my days , that I may be certified how long I have to live .
    keywords: day; father; glory; god; good; hast; hath; holy; lord; lord god; mercy; o lord; prayer; psal; self; sins; thee; thine; thou; thy; world
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        item: #41 of 69
          id: A45572
      author: Hardy, Samuel, 1636-1691.
       title: A guide to heaven from the Word, or, Good counsell how to close savingly with Christ with some short but serious questions to ask our hearts every morning and evening, whether we walk closely with him : and especially, rules for the strict and due observation of the Lords day.
        date: 1664.0
       words: 9658
      flesch: 85
     summary: Say , By sin I have shut Heaven gate , and hardned Gods heart against me : I have laid my self open to all the wrath of God , all the curses inn the Bible , and all the torments of Hell : and if I could bring all the cries of my self , and all my friends , the strength of the Angels , the riches of all the world , it would be as nothing to make up this woful breach : Christ alone can do it . 12. 5. Am I a child of God , an heir of Glory ? or a slave to sin , and a child of Satan ?
    keywords: christ; day; god; gods; good; grace; heart; heaven; love; psal; sin; soul; word; work
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        item: #42 of 69
          id: A45776
      author: Irish, David.
       title: Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased Containing I. Advice concerning physick, and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies, and how to take them. II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which, amongst other things, is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with the sense of sin, and likewise how they differ among themselves. III. A miscellany of pious discourses, concerning the attributes of God; with ejaculations and prayers, according to scripture rule. Likewise an account of many things which have happen'd since the creation. To which are added several predictions of what may happen to the end of the world. The whole being enrich'd with physical, pious, moral & historical observations, delightful to read, & necessary to know. By D. Irish, practitioner in physick and surgery, now dwelling at Stoke, near Guilford in Surry, where he is ready to serve any person, to the utmost of his skill.
        date: 1700.0
       words: 43422
      flesch: 45
     summary: They spare not their Parents , nor ●●eir best Friends , but are often most of all invete●●te against them , and 't is no wonder , since they bid ●●fiance to self-Preservation ( the oldest Principle of ●ature ) that they often attempt to lay violent hands ●●on themselves , therefore great care ought to be ●●st he come upon us unawares and find us sleeping , ●●r neglecting our Duty , for which we may be cast ●nto ●nquenchable fire as unprofitable Servants , and ●o be for ever shut out of Gods favour and presence ; ●or if on Earth we do not frequent his Divine pre●ence , by assembling our selves together for the re●erent performing the Duty of Prayer , he so oft has commanded us to observe , 't is in vain to flatter ou● s●lves with the expectation of being admitted i●to his Presence hereafter ; Therefore , l●t us here make our Salvation su●e , that we may of his Goodness gai● admi●tanc●●ereafter into his glorious Presen●e , which is only to be obtain'd through Chris● o●● Lord , our only Saviour and R●deemer , by o●ten asse●●●●ng ●ur selves togethe●●o give Thanks , and offer ●erv●nt Prayers to the Lord in Christ's Name ▪ this I ●a● , will be the only way to obtain our desire which God grant we may all Enjoy , and Live and R●ig●●or ever with him , to give Praise and Glo●y to his Holy Nam● , for his gracious Goodness in Redeeming us to himself ▪ O! how happy will our stat●●hen be , we shall only be employed to Sing Praise and Glory , and Honour , world without End ; ther● we shall possess the fullness of Joys , and never fading Pleasure● , resting for ever from our Labours ▪ an● singing with Sain●s and Angels new Praises to hi● Holy Name : 'T was the charming hopes of thes● Cont●ntm●●ts which m●de t●e Apostles so o●● conclude ▪ With a Come Lord Iesus , C●me quickly .
    keywords: account; body; christ; con ●; cure; day; diseases; divine; earth; end; glory; god; good; hath; health; heaven; holy; know; knowledge; life; lord; m ●; man; medicines; melancholy; men; nature; new; people; physician; physick; place; power; prayer; spirit; th ●; thee; things; tho ●; thou; thy; time; works; world; years; ▪ ●; ● d; ● e; ● f; ● h; ● hat; ● l; ● n; ● nd; ● o; ● r; ● s; ● t; ● y; ● ▪; ● ●
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        item: #43 of 69
          id: A47291
      author: Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.
       title: A companion for the penitent, and for persons troubled in mind consisting of an office for the penitent, to carry on their reconciliation with God, and a tryal or judgment of the soul, for discovering the safety of their spiritual estate, and an office for persons troubled in mind, to settle them in peace and comfort / by John Kettlewell ...
        date: 1694.0
       words: 25606
      flesch: 79
     summary: 1. A Confession of Sins p. 19 2. A profession of Godly sorrow for sins , and of Resolutions of new obedience p. 26 3. A Profession of the Fruits of Repentance , and the conditions of Forgiveness p. 29 4. A Prayer for Pardon of sins p. 33 Two Collects out of the Office of Commination p. 36 5. Where Sin is the Disease , the great Gospel way of Cure , is true Repentance .
    keywords: christ; father; god; grace; heart; holy; jesus; lord; merciful; mercy; peace; psal; repentance; self; sins; spirit; thee; thou; thy
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        item: #44 of 69
          id: A47293
      author: Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.
       title: Death made comfortable, or, The way to dye well consisting of directions for an holy and an happy death : together with an office for the sick and for certain kinds of bodily illness, and for dying persons, and proper prayers upon the death of friends / by John Kettlewell ...
        date: 1695.0
       words: 61061
      flesch: 84
     summary: But if in this change thou dost shew Displeasure against me for my Sins , Lord teach me , that it is my Part humbly to submit my self to thee , and not to be angry or impatient under thy Correction of me , but to † accept my Loss with quietness as the punishment of mine iniquities . Lord , enable them to consider my weakness , and to Pity and bear with it ; and enable me to watch against it , and not to fall any more into it , Amen . And let him think it is now his work and Task , to shew an example , of Humility , Patience , Quiet Resignation to the Hand that smites him , and of comfortable Hope and trust in God , and a thankful Sense of all his past and present mercies , to all visitants .
    keywords: amen; art; blessed; care; christ; comfort; death; father; friends; god; good; hast; jesus; life; lord; mercy; patience; prayers; self; sickness; sorrows; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thro; thy; time; trust
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        item: #45 of 69
          id: A48737
      author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.
       title: Solomons gate, or, An entrance into the church being a familiar explanation of the grounds of religion conteined in the fowr [sic] heads of catechism, viz. the Lords prayer, the Apostles creed, the Ten commandments, the sacraments / fitted to vulgar understanding by A.L.
        date: 1662.0
       words: 82545
      flesch: 63
     summary: Thou shalt not follow the example of blind Pagans , and entertain a multitude of gods , nor pay that devotion to any of the creatures which is due to the creator alone ; nor set up in thy heart any thing in opposition to me , or give thy self up to the obedience of any lust , nor hearken to the suggestions of Satan , nor be rul'd by the vanity of this wicked world , nor turn Atheist and live without God in the world ; but shalt acknowledge me the only one God in three Persons , and shalt learn to know me , the Infinite , Thou Inferiour whoever thou art , that art under another's power , or condition , shalt give thy superiour the due respect of his place , shalt have honourable thoughts of him , shalt highly esteem him , and revear him as an Angel of God ; in thy speeches & addresses to him demean thy self with humility and meekness , and all civil demonstrations of respect , according to the customs of thy people , giving him the preeminence in every thing , bearing with and hiding his infirmities ; Thou shalt not slight his person , nor think or speak meanly of him ; Thou shalt be subject to him , and yield a ready and chearful obedience to him as to the Lord , in all things , that are just and lawful , and bear with his humors and his harshness , remembring that though he be man of like passions with thy self , yet he is in God's stead , and if he at any time swerve from his rule in commanding , yet do not thou decline thy duty in obeying ; but when he bids thee do any thing , contrary to my will , carry thy self with submission , & resolve to suffer for a good conscience rather then to resist , where thou canst not with a good conscience obey , Thou shalt hearken to his admonitions , and submit to his corrections , and shalt endeavour by all fair means to give him content ; Thou shalt not withdraw or grudge thy obedience , much less shalt thou take upon thee , to call him to account ; nor yet shalt thou basely serve him in lewd offices , and wicked designs , so as to be an instrument of his cruelty or his lust , and to flatter him in an evil way , Thou shalt pray for him , and assist him in all his just undertakings , and shalt return him all the good thou canst , for that good which thou receiv'st of him , from the influence of his Authority , or example ; Thou Superiour , shalt observe the rules of Iustice by giving every one their due , thou shalt look faithfully to thy charge , rule with diligence , lay out thy talents to the best advantage o● God's glory , and the benefit of thy Brethren ; Thou shalt be tender of the concerns of all thy Inferiors , and oblige them with courtesie and kindness , and study how thou mayst be most useful to community ; Thou shalt not be proud of thy gifts , lift thy self above thy brethren , and scorn those below thee ;
    keywords: blood; body; bread; children; christ; church; come; day; death; doe; doth; duty; earth; evil; faith; father; fear; flesh; glory; god; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; holy; kingdom; law; life; lord; lord thy; love; man; men; nature; place; power; prayer; psal; reason; right; self; selves; set; sin; sins; son; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; thy god; time; use; way; word; work; worship
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        item: #46 of 69
          id: A49713
      author: Laud, William, 1573-1645.
       title: Officium quotidianum: or, A manual of private devotions By the most reverend father in God Dr. William Laud late Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
        date: 1663.0
       words: 16095
      flesch: 83
     summary: Lord give me grace , that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest , and that I may abide under thy shadow , O thou Almighty ; for thou art my hope , and my strong hold , in thee will I trust , through Jesus Christ our Lord , Amen . Psal. 91. 1. O God , thou which declarest thy Almighty power , most chiefly , by shewing mercy and pity , Give unto me abundantly thy grace , that I running to thy promises , may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure , through Jesus Christ our Lord , Amen . Lord keep me from treacherous hands , and preserve me , that though they purpose , yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings ; Even for Jesus Christ his sake , Amen . Psal. 140. 2. O God , from whom all holy desires , all just Counsells , and all good works do proceed , give unto me and all thy servants , that peace which the world cannot give , that both our hearts may be set to obey thy Commandements : and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies , may passe our time in rest and quietnesse ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour , Amen .
    keywords: almighty; beseech; christ; day; dom; domine; father; fol; god; good; grace; grant; hast; heart; holy; hora; jesus christ; life; lord god; mercy; mihi; o lord; post; pro; psal; sake; saviour; sins; soul; thee; things; thou; thy; time
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        item: #47 of 69
          id: A49717
      author: Laud, William, 1573-1645.
       title: A summarie of devotions compiled and used by Dr William Laud, sometime Ld Arch-bishop of Canterbvry now published according to the copy written with his own hand and reserved in the archives of St. John Baptist's Colledge Library in Oxon.
        date: 1667.0
       words: 36572
      flesch: 84
     summary: Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee , O Lord ; O pluck my feet out of the net . But I will call upon thee , O Lord , and thou wilt save me .
    keywords: almighty; amen; bless; body; christum; church; comfort; day; death; deus; domine; dominum; enemies; father; fear; glory; god; good; grace; grant; hand; hast; hath; heart; help; holy; honour; hope; iesus christ; jesum; life; lord god; lord iesus; man; merciful; mercy; mihi; non; nostrum; o lord; peace; people; post; praise; pro; psal; qui; sake; saviour; sed; self; servant; serve; sins; son; soul; strength; thanks; thee; thine; things; thou; thou lord; thy; tibi; time; trouble; truth; tuum; vel; way; wilt
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        item: #48 of 69
          id: A49921
      author: Lee, Francis, 1661-1719.
       title: The labouring persons remembrancer, or, A practical discource of the labour of the body with suitable devotions.
        date: 1690.0
       words: 11822
      flesch: 62
     summary: Dost thou think it hard to tast of the same Cup , to bear a little of the Chastisement with thy Saviour , who has submitted to so very much for thee ? God was graciously pleas'd to chuse Labour and Travel for this Chastisement , without satisfying which , thou must never expect to obtain thy Pardon . Since therefore , whoever thou art , that God has commanded thee to work , do thou learn hereby continually , and on every occasion chearfully to submit thy self to the Orders of his Divine Majesty , and resolutely obey all his Precepts ; as being assured that this was the main End for which he was pleas'd to impose so seemingly an hard Command .
    keywords: art; christ; god; good; heart; labour; lord; man; self; sin; soul; thee; thou; thy
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        item: #49 of 69
          id: A51405
      author: Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
       title: The Countess of Morton's daily exercise: or, A book of prayers, and rules how to spend the time in the service and pleasure of Almighty God.
        date: 1679.0
       words: 9205
      flesch: 76
     summary: When you are risen , Retire your self , and humbly kneeling , adore God , and say , O Holy Lord God Almighty , before whom all knees do bend , and to whom all Creatures in Heaven and Earth do bow and obey ; behold , here I prostrate myself before thee , adoring the divine Excellency of thy sovereign and infinite Majesty , with all the powers of my Soul , submitting my self with all lowliness and reverence to the greatness of thy Dominion and Power , and desiring nothing more than faithfully to serve thee all the days of my life ; for Thou art only holy , thou only art the Lord : and glory be to thee , O Lord , most High. And , Lord , be pleased so to guide the hearts of all who shall be intrusted with that great Concernment of setling this Nation , that they may weigh all their deliberations in the Balance of the Sanctuary , that Conscience , not Interest , may be the ruling principle , and that they may render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's , and to God the things that are God's ; that they may become healers of our breaches , and happy Repairers of the sad Ruines both in Church and State : And grant , O Lord , that as those sins which made them are become National , so the repentance may be National also , and that evidenc'd by the proper fruits of it , by zeal of restoring the rights both of thee and thine Anointed .
    keywords: blessed; christ; god; holy; lord; mercy; o lord; prayers; self; sins; thee; thou; thy
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        item: #50 of 69
          id: A52431
      author: Norris, John, 1657-1711.
       title: Reason and religion, or, The grounds and measures of devotion, consider'd from the nature of God, and the nature of man in several contemplations : with exercises of devotion applied to every contemplation / by John Norris ...
        date: 1689.0
       words: 44163
      flesch: 69
     summary: And for our selves , tho' God has not given us any Idea of our own Souls , yet the powers and operations , the condition , circumstances , and accidents of our Nature , are things that may fall within the Sphere of Human consideration . Secondly , I consider , That as 't is highly decorous and reasonable in general , that God should call things by such names as express their natures ; so there is here a particular reason why he should express his own Essence in this his name .
    keywords: beings; cause; contemplation; devotion; essences; god; good; goodness; idea; knowledge; light; love; man; mind; motion; nature; object; perfection; power; reason; self; thee; things; thou; truth; way; world
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        item: #51 of 69
          id: A55005
      author: Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647.
       title: Memorials of godliness & Christianity in three parts : with a brief account of the authors life / by Herbert Palmer.
        date: 1670.0
       words: 16776
      flesch: 72
     summary: 1. THe glorious and dreadfull Majesty of God , with whom at all times we have to do , who is a consuming fire , and therefore his service and obedience to him is not to be slighted , but to be performed with watchfulness , reverence and godly fear . 9. As the mainest Rule of wisdom , in the ordering of time this day , to the best advantage , bethink thy self over-night , or in the morning early ( or both ) what the present frame and temper of thy mind is , and what thou wantest , that thou maiest study for a remedy to supply , and watch what God will speak to thee in his Word , or by his Minister about it , that day .
    keywords: christ; day; desire; god; gods; good; grace; heart; life; men; religion; self; sin; soul; thee; thing; thou; thy; time
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        item: #52 of 69
          id: A56828
      author: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
       title: Judgement & mercy for afflicted soules, or, Meditations, soliloquies, and prayers by Fra. Quarles.
        date: 1646.0
       words: 27996
      flesch: 70
     summary: I blush O Lord to confesse the basenesse of my life , and am utterly asham'd of mine owne foolishnesse : I have placed my affections upon the nasty Rubbish of this world , and have slighted the inestimable Pearle of my salvation ; I have wallow'd in the mire of my inordinate desires , and refused to bee washt in the streames of thy compassion ; I have put my confidence into the faithfulnesse of my servant , and have doubted the providence of thee my gratious Father ; I have served unrighteous Mammon with greedinesse , and have preferred drosse and dung before the Pearly gates of New Jerusalem ; Thou hast promised to bee all in all to those that feare thee , and not to faile the soule that trusts in thee ; but I refused thy gratious offer , and put my confidence in the vanity of the Creature : But gratious God to whom Repentance never comes unseasonable , that find ' ●t an ●are when sinnes finde a tongue , regard the con●rition of a bleeding heart , and withdraw not thy mercy from a pensive soule . 2002-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-06 John Latta Sampled and proofread 2002-06 John Latta Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-07 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Pictor adumbravit Vultum ●uem cernimus a●t hic Non valet egregias 〈◊〉 mentis Opes Has si seire cupis , sua consu●c Carmina ●n ●●lis Dotes percipies pectoris eximias What heere wee see is but a Graven face Onely the shaddow of that brittle case Wherin were treasur'd up those Gemms , which he Hath left behind him to Posteritie .
    keywords: bee; blood; conscience; day; doe; evill; feare; glory; god; good; hand; hath; heart; heaven; honour; judgement; life; lord; love; man; mans; meditation; mee; mee o; mercy; o god; o lord; owne; pleasure; prayer; selfe; sinne; soule; spirit; thee; thou; thy; time; tongue; truth; wee; world; ● ●
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        item: #53 of 69
          id: A56943
      author: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
       title: Boanarges and Barnabas, or, Judgment and mercy for afflicted soules containing of [brace] meditations, soliloquies, and prayers / by Francis Quarles.
        date: 1646.0
       words: 27990
      flesch: 71
     summary: Like a Flie , thou stingest his sores and feed'st on his corruptions ; Iesus came eating and drinking , and was judg'd a glutton ; Iohn came fasting , and was challeng●d with a devill ; Iudge not my soule , lest thou be judged ; maligne not thy brother , lest God laugh at thy destruction : Wouldst thou escape the punishment ? judge thy selfe : Wouldst thou avoid the sin ? humble thy selfe . Seek God whilst thou canst not see him , for when thou seest him , thou canst not find him ; seek him by hope , and thou shalt finde him by faith : In the day of grace hee is invisible , but neare ; in the day of judgement he is visible , but far off .
    keywords: bee; blood; conscience; day; doe; glory; god; good; hand; hath; heart; heaven; honour; judgement; lie; life; lord; love; man; mans; meditation; mee; mercy; o god; o lord; owne; pleasure; prayer; selfe; sin; soule; spirit; thee; thou; thou o; thy; time; tongue; truth; world
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        item: #54 of 69
          id: A58334
      author: Reeve, John, 1608-1658.
       title: Spiritual hymns upon Solomons song: or, Love in the right channel Wherein that divine part of scripture is paraphras'd, and the dark places expounded; and may be vocally sung in the ordinary tunes of the singing Psalms. By John Reeve.
        date: 1684.0
       words: 31124
      flesch: 91
     summary: O love my Soul , and love me more , Altho I know no reason why : Let me experience where that great Magnetick power of Love doth lye . And why not yield the heart ? when as The God of Saints , the best of Gods , And his Love is the best of Loves , And their Loves are the best , by odds ?
    keywords: beloved; blood; christ; day; eyes; face; fair; fire; fruit; god; grace; great; hand; hath; head; heart; hymn; jesus; king; lord; love; man; praise; saints; self; sin; soul; thee; thine; thou; thy; world
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        item: #55 of 69
          id: A59239
      author: Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.
       title: Of devotion By J. S.
        date: 1678.0
       words: 25370
      flesch: 54
     summary: Hence , 't is very easy to remark , that in this Treatise , I meddle not with the Efficaciousness of Prayer for others , nor with other stranger Effects of it , ( nay , somtimes , even miraculous Ones ) which , by means of a firm Faith , and Relyance on God , are brought to pass . Nor , lastly , do I Treat of Prayer ( or Devotion ) as they depend on God ' s Grace , or the secret Workings of the Holy-Ghost , ( as I hint also in the Treatise it self , p. 60. ) ; which I from my Heart acknowledge to give us Ability to begin , continue , and consummate both Prayer , and every good Act that is Supernatural :
    keywords: action; devotion; disposition; faith; god; good; heaven; intention; kind; love; manner; means; nature; prayer; reason; self; soul; things; understanding; virtue; way; world
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        item: #56 of 69
          id: A60630
      author: Smith, William.
       title: The faithful witness, or, A hand of love reached forth, that the blind may be guided, and the scattered gathered also, mans sinne and rebellion declared and the long-suffering of the Lord shewed: with a true call unto all people to meet the Lord by speedy repentance ..., also the state of professors plainly manifested ..., with a warning unto all the tender hearted amongst them to arise, and receive the hand of love ... : also, truth defended and cleared from the lyes and slanders declared by Ionathan Iohnson of Lincoln, a Baptist in profession / from one who bears no evil will to any man, but wisheth well to all men, and am known to many by the name of William Smith.
        date: 1659.0
       words: 17110
      flesch: 17
     summary: And this is the testimony of the Faithful Witness , which from the Fathers Love is made manifest in the conscience of every man , that you might believe in it , and know the saving-strength of it , working redemption for you , and putting an end to sin , and overturning the powers of darkness , and bringing in everlasting righteousness ; and this is the Hand of Love reached forth unto you all , to lead you out of the House of Bondag● , into the glorious liberty of the ●ons of God ; where your understandings will be opened to know the Scriptures , and the power of God ; for as you give obedience to the reachings of the Spirit , so will the things of God be made known unto you , and no man can know the things of God by any e●her way , either by Art , Study , Learning , or any industry of the natural part , but as the spirit of God makes them known in the children of obedience , who give up themselves to the teachings of it , and by it are guided to know the Scriptures fulfilled in themselves ; & this vvil bring you to a right understanding of the Scriptures , as you receive the same spirit of Faith , and walks in it , as they received and walked in , by whom the Scriptures were declared ; for he that was then light , life and power unto all that did believe in him , and gave them an understanding to know the things that were true ; he is the same now , and changeth not ; but wicked men have changed his glory into shame , and mindes earthly things ; yet is his light , life , and power the same unto all that believe , and comes to have the spirit of their minds renewed by him , and so the Scripture is truly owned and witnessed , being fulfilled in all that walk after the Spirit , and have the spirit of their mindes renewed by it , as they had who hath declared it in Words , which are written : and so the same Spirit guiding , brings into unity with the same Words , which was given forth from its own movings in the hearts of those who by it was constrained to declare them ; and thus the children of obedience owns the Scriptures , and hath unity with them in the same : Spirit that gave them forth , & knows them fulfilled in themselves , walking after the same Spirit . All that knows the Word of God , & the teachings thereof do see thee to be in that state as they were , who were without Christ ; & the Apostle doth not say that Christ was not within them , but that they were without Christ , & without God , in the world , & therfore he calls them to awake & arise from the dead , 〈…〉 Christ might give them light , which was not a light without ●nem , for that they had whilst they were dead , but to the light within them , did he mind them , which when they had received , they were made light in the Lord , & knew him to be the Author of their Faith , which he wrought in their ●ea●●s by the Word of his power , which is the Word of Faith preached , & stands in the divine authority of God , that so it is the true doctrin which the Word of God teacheth , without any contradiction , that they who are without faith are without Christ ; & yet who are without faith are to look unto Christ within them , & obey him there , that he may work faith in their hearts , which those who are at enmity with him , doth not come to know , & so abides without him in the unbelief , & in the world , having no comunion with his life , & though such be without him , yet he is within them a faithful witness to reprove them in their own conscience , for their transgression & disobedience ; but the Book unto thee is sealed & thou art unlearn'd & thy heart hardened , that thou wilt not beleeve truth , though from the living Word of God it be declared .
    keywords: christ; doth; forth; god; hath; life; light; lord; love; scriptures; spirit; thou; thy; truth
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        item: #57 of 69
          id: A61672
      author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
       title: Verus Christianus, or, Directions for private devotions and retirements dedicated to ... Gilbert Ld. Arch Bishop of Canterbury ... by David Stokes.
        date: 1668.0
       words: 67491
      flesch: 82
     summary: 3. 14. and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , partakers of the Holy Gh●…st , Hebr. 64 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , partakers of the Divine Nature . Whereupon Jacob called his Bethel a place of dread : and the Jewes stiled theirs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Palace , or place of Majesty , where they conceived God sitting between the Cherubim as upon a throne of state , and the Christians called theirs ( in the same sense ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : whence we had our Kirk , and Church .
    keywords: actions; body; care; chap; christ; christian; church; course; david; day; dayes; death; desire; divine; domine; doth; earth; end; est; evil; eye; eyes; fit; glory; god; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; holines; holy; hope; house; keeping; life; lord; love; man; meditations; men; mercy; mind; morning; night; non; peace; praise; prayer; pro; psal; qui; rest; saith; saviour; self; selves; service; set; sin; soul; spirit; thee; thing; thou; thoughts; thy; time; use; way; words; world
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        item: #58 of 69
          id: A63668
      author: Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662. Guide for the penitent: or, A modell drawn up for the help of a devout soul wounded with sin.
       title: A choice manual containing what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week. Also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church. Composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons, by Jeremy Taylor, D.D.
        date: 1677.0
       words: 37884
      flesch: 75
     summary: He reconciled us to God by his Death led us to God , drew us to himself , redeemed us from all iniquity , purchased us for his Father , and for ever made us his servants and redeemed ones , that we being dead unto sin , might live unto God. 8. In your dressing , let there be ejaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing : as at washing your hands and face , pray God to cleanse your Soul from sin ; in putting on your cloaths , pray him to cloth your Soul with the righteousness of your Saviour and so in all the rest .
    keywords: acts; blessed; christ; church; day; death; father; glory; god; good; hath; heaven; holy; jesus; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; prayers; religion; repent; self; sin; sins; soul; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; world
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        item: #59 of 69
          id: A63950
      author: Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
       title: The golden grove, or, A manuall of daily prayers and letanies, fitted to the dayes of the week containing a short summary of what is to be believed, practised, desired : also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church, composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons / by the author of The great exemplar.
        date: 1655.0
       words: 30275
      flesch: 76
     summary: For ever deliver us from that evil , ●…nd for ever deliver us from the power of ●…he evil one , the great enemy of Man●…inde , and never let our portion be in ●…hat region of Darkness , in that ever●…asting burning which thou hast prepared ●…or the Devil and his Angels for ever . Have mercy upon us , &c. Give the spirit of Government and ho●…iness to all Christian Kings , Princes and Governours : grant that their people may obey them , and they may obey thee , and ●…ive in honesty and peace , justice and holy Religion , being Nursing Fathers to the Church Advocates for the oppressed , Pa●…rons for the widows , and a Sanctuary for the miserable and the fatherless , that they may reign with thee for ever in the Kingdome of the Lord Jesus .
    keywords: acts; ans; christ; church; cor; day; death; evil; faith; father; glory; god; good; hath; heaven; holy; jesus; life; lord; love; man; men; mercy; prayers; quest; religion; self; servants; sin; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; world
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        item: #60 of 69
          id: A64261
      author: Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.
       title: Testimony for the Lord God, and his work in the Earth
        date: 1660.0
       words: 1382
      flesch: 64
     summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64261 of text R17749 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T585). So all having time , prize it , and bow to the Lord God , and know this day of your Visitation ; for , the Lord in his Glory is Arisen , and his Eye beholds , and with his own pure Light is trying the children of men ; And now , even now shall the mouth of Iniquity be stopped , and the Righteous shall rejoyce and be glad upon their Beds , as the Scripture hath said ; Yea , the high praises of God is already heard in their mouths , and the Sword of the Spirit , which is the Word of God , is felt going forth Conquering and to Conquer ; And the Mountains are moved , and the lesser Hills are afraid , and the hearts of the Hypocrites do melt for fear at the presence of the Lord , at the appearance of our God , the true God , the everlasting Father , who is exalting his own Name , and setting up the Kingdom of his dear Son , and shaking terribly the earth ; glory , glory to him forever & for ever , for he is good , and his mercy endureth for ever , and of his faithfulness there is no end .
    keywords: glory; god; lord; text
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        item: #61 of 69
          id: A64529
      author: Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name.
       title: The Christians pattern, or A divine treatise of the imitation of Christ. Written originally in Latin, by Thomas of Kempis, above 200. years since. Faithfully Englished. And printed in a large character for the benefit of the aged
        date: 1695.0
       words: 63053
      flesch: 77
     summary: Of the sayings and doings of others judg nothing rashly : neither do thou entangle thy self with things not commited unto thee : and doing thus , thou shalt be little or seldom troubled . When it is morning , think thou mayest die before night , and when evening comes , dare not to promise thy self the next morning .
    keywords: chap; christ; comfort; desire; doth; glory; god; good; grace; hast; hath; heart; holy; jesus; let; life; lord; lord god; love; man; men; mind; peace; self; soul; thee; things; thou; thou art; thou canst; thy; world
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        item: #62 of 69
          id: A64745
      author: Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.
       title: The Mount of Olives: or, Solitary devotions. By Henry Vaughan silurist. With an excellent discourse of the blessed state of man in glory, written by the most reverend and holy Father Anselm Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, and now done into English.
        date: 1652.0
       words: 31841
      flesch: 67
     summary: At these prescribed times ( if thou wilt have thy Prayers to ascend up before God ) thou must with-draw from all outward occupations to prepare for the inward and divine . I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies , and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant , all my life long unto this very day ; much lesse am I worthy thou shouldst come now under my roof but seeing it is thy institution and free mercy that will have it so , be jealous , O God , of the place of thine honour , cause me to remember whose Temple I am , and suffer not my last state to be worse then the first .
    keywords: art; blessed; blood; body; christ; darknesse; day; dayes; death; didst; earth; eyes; glory; god; good; hath; heart; heaven; holy; iesus; life; light; lord; love; man; men; mercy; o lord; prayer; self; sins; soul; spirit; state; sun; thee; thine; things; thou; thou art; thy; time; way; wilt; world
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        item: #63 of 69
          id: A65292
      author: Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
       title: A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
        date: 1663.0
       words: 44881
      flesch: 86
     summary: Ans Im. † 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 est decre●um Dei ▪ a aeterno sanctum , ex mera ipsius non s●ruta●da sed adoranda vol●●tate . This dejection in the Godly , ariseth from a double Spring ; either because their inward comforts are darkned , or their outward comforts are disturbed : To cure both which troubles , I have put forth this ensuing Piece , hoping by the blessing of God , it will buoy up their disponding hearts , and make them look with a more pleasant as●ect ; I would prescribe them to take now & then a little of this Cordial .
    keywords: affliction; angels; body; calling; chap; child; christ; christian; death; doth; father; fear; fruit; glory; god; god doth; godly; gods; good; grace; hath; head; heart; heaven; holy; life; light; lord; love; man; men; mercy; people; prayer; psal; saints; saith; self; set; sin; sins; soul; spirit; sun; temptation; thee; things; thou; thy; wicked; work; world; ● ●
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        item: #64 of 69
          id: A66403
      author: Williams, John, 1582-1650.
       title: A manual, or, Three small and plain treatises viz. 1. Of prayer, or active, 2. Of principles, or positive, 3. Resolutions, or oppositive [brace] divinity / translated and collected out of the ancient writers, for the private use of a most noble lady, to preserve her from the danger of popery, by the Most Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Arch-Bishop of York.
        date: 1672.0
       words: 15947
      flesch: 81
     summary: For This union of the members of the Catholick Church is inward , not outward , and therefore discerned only by God himself : We never sundred our selves from the People , or Church of Rome , but from the Faction , or Court of Rome ; not from the sincere doctrin of that Church , but from the corruptions and innovations foisted into that Church . Hence it cometh to pass , that although the Greek , Armenian , Ethiopian , and Syrian , and ( for the most part ) the Protestant doth censure charitably of those Laicks , who living rather in than of the Church of Rome , hold the grounds of the doctrin of Salvation , without any notorious mixtures , with the late superstitions , and impieties crept into the same ; yet doth the a Papist , b Russeist , c Anabaptist , d Familist , and e Puritan hold no Church a Church of God , but his own conventicle , and all to be damn'd , that are not of his society , and combination .
    keywords: christ; church; faith; god; good; holy; lord; men; pap; prayer; prot; salvation; scriptures; sins; thee; thy; word
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        item: #65 of 69
          id: A70397
      author: Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.
       title: A companion for the persecuted, or, An office for those who suffer for righteousness containing particular prayers and devotions, for particular graces, and for their private or publick wants and occasions.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 28328
      flesch: 79
     summary: They stoned Stephen , and he kneeled down , and cryed with a loud voice , Lord ! lay not this sin to their charge , Act. 7. 59. 60. Being reviled , we bless ; being persecuted , we suffer it ; being defamed , we intreat or intercede for our defamers , 1 Cor. Grant not the desires of the wicked , O Lord , further not his wicked device , lest they exalt themselves , Ps. 140. 8. Put them in fear , O Lord , that they may know themselves to be but men , Ps. 9. 20.
    keywords: cause; christ; father; god; good; jesus; lord; prayers; righteousness; sake; thee; thine; things; thou; thy; time; ways
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        item: #66 of 69
          id: A70863
      author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
       title: Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.
        date: 1641.0
       words: 3996
      flesch: 74
     summary: God is a * Tower in the Tower . 2 CORINTHIANS 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11. Blessed be God , even the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ , the Father of mercies , and the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulation , that wee may bee able to comfort them which are in any troubles by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God .
    keywords: bee; christ; english; god; hee; imprisonment; lord; prynne; psal; qui; sufferings; text; things; tower; william
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        item: #67 of 69
          id: A75019
      author: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
       title: Private devotions for several occasions, ordinary and extraordinary
        date: 1660.0
       words: 23114
      flesch: 70
     summary: I will lay me down in peace , and take my rest , for it is thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safety . O thou who hast as my high Priest , sacrificed for me , interceed for me also , and plead thy meritorious sufferings on my behalf , and suffer not , O my Redeemer , the price of thy blood to be utterly lost : And grant , O Lord , that as the sins I have to be forgiven are many , so I may love much .
    keywords: beseech; christ; god; grace; grant; heart; holy; jesus; life; lord god; mercie; o lord; o thou; self; sins; soul; spirit; thee; thine; things; thou; thy
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        item: #68 of 69
          id: A76058
      author: R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.
       title: A companion for prayer, or, Directions for improvement in grace and practical Godliness in time of extraordinary danger by Richard Alleine, author of Vinditiae Pietatis.
        date: 1680.0
       words: 7244
      flesch: 73
     summary: A Supplement to the Morning-●xercise at Cripplegate , or several ●ore Cases of Conscience practical●●● resolved by sundry Ministers , 〈◊〉 4to . Dost thou ●ear and fly from temptation , and ●o what thou canst to keep thy self out of harms way ? and when th● fallest into temptation , when th●● art actually tempted to Pride 〈◊〉 Covetousness , when thou art pr●voked to passion or impatience , ho●● goes it with thee then ? how stan●est thou in the day of temptation●● How is it with thee in regard 〈◊〉 thy wonted evils in thy conver●●tion ?
    keywords: god; good; grace; heart; lord; prayer; self; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; ● ●
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        item: #69 of 69
          id: A93419
      author: Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16.
       title: The safe vvay to glory, in several exercises of general use. / By William Smyth M. Ar. R. of Cotton in Suff.
        date: 1656.0
       words: 37385
      flesch: 73
     summary: If by thy laws ; Lord , I acknowledg there is no one precept of Christ that I have not transgressed , having sinned against all the Commandments that concern my living godly to God , justly to men , and soberly to my self [ here account by the rules of life in the preceding larger Catechisme . ] If I measure my sins by the exercises of all the faculties and parts of my soul and body , I confesse O Lord , that all of them , in their several offices , have been made instruments of unrighteousnesse [ here account the miscarriage of every faculty , sense , and member ] For all which , O Lord , I have deserved thou shouldest blot me out of the book of life , and deliver me up to a state of death and reprobation . First , ( we know , and can prove ) that no profession in it self , containes doctrines of more universal submission to all the commands of Christ , nor principles more obliging to unity , peace , or purity , to greater reverence , or more solemn worship of God , to faithfuller subjection to authority , or purer charity to man ; then the received doctrines of the Church of England .
    keywords: ans; christ; christian; church; cor; day; god; gospel; grace; hast; hath; holy; life; lord; mat; men; mercy; o lord; present; profession; quest; rom; saviour; self; sins; soul; spirit; thee; thou; thy; world
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