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Which did so apparently revive and quicken the decayed come and other fruits, as was wonderfull to see, and made the Indeans astonished to behold; and afterwards the Lord sent them shuch seasonable showers, with enterchange of faire warme weather, as, through his blessing, caused a fruitfull and liberall harvest, to their no small comforte and rejoycing.

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May your Thanksgiving bring "no small comforte and rejoycing."

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But God, for his awin glorie, for the comforte of his servand, and for manifestatioun of thare beastly tyranny, had otherwiese decreed; for he so strenthened his faythfull witnes, that nether the luif of lyif, nor yitt the fear of that cruell death, could move him a joit to swarve from the trewth ones professed.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

And whan [thou] hast ony spirytuell consolacyon or comforte/thynke [that] they that ben in helle shall euer lacke that.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

The comforte of louers made and compyled by Steuen Hawes somtyme grome of the honourable chambre of our late souerayne lorde kynge Henry [the] seuenth (whose soule god pardon).

The cõforte of louers The Comfort of Lovers Stephen Hawes

This thaire tyranny notwithstanding, the knowledge of God did wonderouslie increase within this realme, partlie by reading, partlie by brotherlye conferance, which in those dangerouse dayis was used to the comforte of many; butt cheaflie by merchantis and marinaris, who, frequenting other cuntreis, heard the trew doctrin affirmed, and the vanitie of the Papisticall religioun openlye rebucked: Amongis whome war

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

And moost in especyall gyuynge vs thy blessyd body & blood for destruccion of our synnes encreace of vertue & grace/and synguler comforte to all that ben on lyue and deed.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Troie stiffe did stande, my comforte Hector was, Priamus ioye, of Troie all the [m] life, the strength, and power, his death

A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde Richard Rainolde

Now for a conclusyon/ymagyne in thy mynde two cytees/one full of trouble & mysery whiche is helle/an other full of Ioye and comforte whiche is paradyse.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

[Sidenote: A sentence comfortable to al princes.] naunce of God, is lefte and giuen to princes: A singuler sen - tence, to comforte all good Princes in their gouernemente, not to feare the poisoned hartes of men, or the traiterous har - tes of pestiferous men.

A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde Richard Rainolde