Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	witness_n	world_n	worthy_a	24	3	5.9332	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71105	Generation-work, or, A brief and seasonable word offered to the view and consideration of the saints and people of God in this generation, relating to the work of the present age, or generation we live in wherein is shewed, I. What generation-work is, and how it differs from other works, II. That saints in the several generations they have lived in, have had the proper and peculiar works of their generations, III. That it is a thing of very great concernment for a saint to attend to and be industrious in, the work of his generation, IV. Wherein doth the work of the present generation lye, V. How each one in particular may find out that part or parcel of it, that is properly his work in his generation, VI. How generation-work may be so carried on, as that God may be served in the generation / by John Tillinghast ...	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing T1175; Wing T1177; Wing T1178; ESTC R17254	317,518	510

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but_o a_o death_n partly_o civil_a partly_o spiritual_a p._n 24_o 25_o here_o be_v show_v wherein_o the_o blackness_n of_o this_o day_n will_v lie_v sect_n 8._o the_o place_n in_o which_o the_o witness_n lie_v dead_a 1_o not_o the_o whole_a papal_a kingdom_n but_o only_o one_o of_o the_o ten_o horn_n p._n 25_o 2_o particular_o to_o be_v germany_n p._n 26_o 27_o 28_o yet_o christ_n witness_n in_o other_o place_n must_v expect_v a_o cloud_n in_o some_o measure_n upon_o they_o and_o god_n work_n within_o this_o day_n ibid._n sect_n 9_o how_o thing_n shall_v be_v agitate_a in_o the_o world_n in_o the_o time_n the_o witness_n lie_v dead_a 1_o they_o of_o the_o people_n kindred_n nation_n and_o tongue_n shall_v see_v their_o dead_a body_n and_o not_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v put_v into_o grave_n here_o be_v show_v 1_o what_o this_o put_v their_o dead_a body_n into_o grave_n note_n p._n 29_o 2_o who_o be_v mean_v by_o those_o of_o the_o people_n and_o kindred_n and_o nation_n and_o tongue_n ib._n 2_o the_o dweller_n on_o earth_n shall_v rejoice_v make_v merry_a here_o be_v show_v also_o who_o these_o be_v p._n 31_o 3_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n within_o this_o time_n a_o general_a peace_n betwixt_o those_o nation_n which_o be_v the_o horn_n of_o the_o beast_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o this_o peace_n shall_v not_o be_v whole_o effect_v till_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o time_n p._n 34_o sect_n 10._o the_o witness_n rise_v after_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a the_o thing_n set_v they_o upon_o their_o foot_n be_v a_o spirit_n of_o boldness_n courage_n and_o noble_a resolution_n put_v into_o they_o by_o god_n quest_n whether_o

the_o first_o vial_n be_v the_o popish_a earth_n the_o effect_n a_o infectious_a sore_n according_o the_o witness_n be_v say_v to_o smite_v the_o earth_n and_o that_o with_o plague_n or_o infectious_a sore_n as_o often_o as_o they_o will_n 2_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o second_o vial_n be_v the_o popish_a sea_n i.e._n the_o romish_a ecclesiastical_a or_o church-state_n the_o effect_n of_o it_o a_o discovery_n of_o the_o same_o to_o be_v corrupt_a and_o mortal_a according_o the_o witness_n have_v a_o power_n to_o shut_v heaven_n that_o it_o rain_v not_o that_o be_v they_o shall_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o antichristian_a heaven_n or_o church-state_n so_o much_o boast_a of_o as_o be_v the_o only_a church_n be_v a_o dry_a barren_a heaven_n afford_v no_o rain_n to_o give_v life_n or_o nourishment_n to_o those_o that_o live_v under_o it_o 3_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o three_o vial_n be_v the_o river_n and_o fountain_n of_o water_n the_o effect_n they_o become_v blood_n according_o 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etc._n etc._n and_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n hereof_o but_o only_o the_o victory_n obtain_v now_o in_o the_o conclude_a time_n of_o her_o kingdom_n over_o the_o witness_n as_o we_o have_v already_o note_v i_o therefore_o conclude_v the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o witness_n must_v fall_v in_o this_o interval_n if_o in_o this_o interval_n then_o must_v it_o be_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o three_o vial_n for_o upon_o the_o pour_v out_o of_o the_o four_o they_o rise_v yea_o the_o four_o vial_n be_v to_o fall_v upon_o germany_n as_o in_o open_v the_o vial_n i_o have_v show_v and_o germany_n be_v as_o shall_v appear_v the_o place_n in_o which_o the_o witness_n lie_v dead_a it_o can_v be_v think_v that_o the_o death_n of_o the_o witness_n shall_v or_o can_v come_v under_o the_o four_o vial_n for_o how_o improper_a yea_o absurd_a will_v it_o be_v to_o say_v christ_n witness_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o beast_n lie_v dead_a in_o germany_n even_o whilst_o christ_n by_o his_o people_n be_v pour_v out_o a_o vial_n of_o wrath_n upon_o it_o it_o must_v therefore_o of_o necessity_n be_v see_v we_o be_v to_o place_v their_o kill_v betwiut_o the_o war_n of_o the_o lamb_n with_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o rome_n ruin_n that_o we_o shall_v place_v it_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o vial._n obj._n but_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o the_o vial_n be_v all_o to_o come_v under_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n for_o upon_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n it_o be_v say_v thy_o wrath_n be_v come_v rev._n 11.18_o and_o what_o wrath_n shall_v this_o be_v but_o the_o vial_n of_o wrath_n if_o so_o then_o must_v the_o kill_n of_o the_o witness_n which_o appertain_v to_o the_o woe_n of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n be_v past_a and_o over_o and_o that_o before_o any_o one_o of_o the_o vial_n be_v pour_v forth_o ans_fw-fr 1._o for_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o objection_n it_o can_v be_v that_o all_o the_o v●als_n shall_v come_v under_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n 1_o 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