Selected quad for the lemma: body_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	nature_n	soul_n	unite_v	6,882	5	9.6339	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29101	The excellency of the Christian revelation, as it promiseth assistance, and compleat salvation to sinners a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, November the 6th, 1699, being the eighth, for this year, of the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by Samuel Bradford ...	Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731.	1699 (1699)	Wing B4111; ESTC R19744	15,243	31

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the_o heathen_a be_v before_o the_o publish_n of_o christianity_n i_o have_v observe_v in_o a_o former_a lecture_n 23._o lect._n ij_o p._n 23._o man_n be_v almost_o universal_o and_o total_o fall_v from_o the_o divine_a and_o sink_v into_o the_o animal_n life_n estrange_v from_o god_n and_o enslave_v by_o the_o devil_n and_o their_o own_o lust_n but_o when_o the_o gospel_n be_v publish_v it_o awaken_v their_o mind_n cause_v they_o to_o look_v forward_o towards_o another_o life_n and_o to_o consider_v the_o consequence_n of_o their_o present_a behaviour_n there_o be_v indeed_o in_o this_o degenerate_a state_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n abundance_n of_o man_n profess_v themselves_o christian_n who_o be_v yet_o as_o unreform_v as_o the_o worst_a of_o infidel_n but_o then_o it_o be_v because_o they_o do_v not_o hearty_o believe_v or_o at_o least_o do_v not_o at_o all_o consider_v the_o principle_n of_o christianity_n but_o as_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o where_o christianity_n be_v profess_v there_o be_v far_o great_a number_n of_o all_o rank_n of_o man_n who_o be_v persuade_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n and_o virtue_n than_o there_o be_v in_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n so_o it_o be_v as_o evident_a that_o this_o be_v in_o great_a measure_n owe_v to_o the_o principle_n which_o i_o be_o now_o speak_v of_o it_o be_v the_o belief_n of_o a_o future_a life_n which_o keep_v bad_a man_n in_o the_o christian_a world_n from_o be_v much_o worse_a than_o they_o be_v it_o be_v that_o which_o first_o awaken_v and_o excite_v most_o of_o those_o who_o be_v reclaim_v from_o a_o evil_a course_n and_o it_o be_v that_o which_o those_o who_o be_v become_v christian_n in_o good_a earnest_n hearty_a lover_n of_o piety_n and_o virtue_n be_v force_v often_o to_o have_v recourse_n to_o serious_o represent_v to_o their_o own_o mind_n those_o future_a recompense_n which_o the_o gospel_n assure_v they_o of_o in_o order_n to_o the_o strengthen_v their_o good_a resolution_n and_o the_o fortify_v themselves_o against_o the_o many_o temptation_n they_o meet_v with_o in_o this_o evil_a world_n by_o all_o which_o we_o may_v perceive_v the_o great_a usefulness_n and_o even_o necessity_n of_o these_o motive_n which_o the_o gospel_n have_v offer_v to_o our_o consideration_n but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o for_o ii_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v make_v far_a provision_n against_o the_o indisposition_n and_o inability_n of_o man_n by_o promise_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n for_o the_o enable_v we_o to_o do_v what_o of_o ourselves_o we_o can_v every_o create_v and_o finite_a spirit_n must_v be_v suppose_v necessary_o and_o constant_o to_o depend_v upon_o that_o spirit_n which_o be_v uncreated_a and_o infinite_a ever_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o influence_n from_o he_o a_o state_n of_o innocency_n and_o integrity_n can_v exempt_v a_o creature_n from_o such_o dependence_n this_o 28._o lect._n ij_o p._n 27_o 28._o as_o i_o have_v former_o observe_v result_v from_o the_o nature_n and_o condition_n of_o a_o creature_n to_o be_v of_o itself_o mutable_a and_o fallible_a insomuch_o that_o it_o can_v by_o no_o other_o mean_n preserve_v its_o integrity_n than_o by_o adhere_v to_o its_o maker_n and_o derive_v influence_n from_o he_o much_o more_o then_o upon_o the_o degeneracy_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n some_o special_a influence_n from_o god_n must_v be_v necessary_a in_o order_n to_o its_o recovery_n it_o be_v as_o i_o have_v take_v notice_n ibid._n ibid._n from_o neglect_v to_o adhere_v to_o god_n and_o depend_v upon_o he_o that_o our_o first_o parent_n apostatise_v whereby_o they_o and_o their_o offspring_n become_v not_o mutable_a and_o fallible_a that_o they_o be_v before_o but_o as_o experience_n too_o plain_o prove_v very_o much_o disorder_v and_o weaken_a in_o all_o their_o faculty_n have_v contract_v a_o indisposition_n to_o that_o which_o be_v