Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	dead_a	open_v	5,113	5	8.1423	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69044	A sermon necessarie for these times shewing the nature of conscience, with the corruptions thereof, and the repairs or means to inform it with right knowledge, and stirre it up to upright practise, and how to get and keep a good conscience. To which is adjoyned a necessarie, brief, and pithy treatise af [sic] the ceremonies of the Church of England. By Anthony Cade Batch. of Divinitie.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1639 (1639)	STC 4330; ESTC S107399	57,371	130

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thy_o mercy_n o_o lord_n blot_v out_o my_o transgression_n and_o as_o s._n peter_n counsel_v act_v 3.19_o repent_v you_o and_o be_v convert_v that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n which_o prick_v you_o act_v 2.37_o and_o out_o of_o all_o other_o god_n record_v stand_v as_o memorial_n against_o you_o thus_o do_v 62._o do_v luk._n 22.61_o 62._o s._n peter_n when_o christ_n look_v back_o upon_o he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o sin_n he_o go_v out_o and_o weep_v bitter_o &_o delevit_fw-la quod_fw-la deflevit_fw-la he_o weep_v and_o wipe_v out_o his_o sin_n thus_o 51._o thus_o psal_n 6.6_o and_o 51._o david_n wash_v his_o bed_n and_o make_v it_o swim_v and_o the_o woman-sinner_n luk._n 7.38_o thereby_o procure_v that_o bless_a absolution_n thy_o sin_n be_v forgive_v thou_o thy_o faith_n have_v save_v thou_o go_v in_o peace_n vers_fw-la 48_o 50._o and_o

26.39_o 42_o 44._o pray_v three_o several_a time_n say_v the_o same_o word_n and_o saint_n mark_n have_v the_o like_a mark_v 14.39_o beside_o the_o lord_n prayer_n which_o our_o saviour_n himself_o prescribe_v to_o his_o apostle_n luke_n 11.2_o when_o you_o pray_v say_v our_o father_n etc._n etc._n which_o prayer_n they_o use_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o our_o lord_n supper_n as_o saint_n hierom_n witness_v lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la and_o gregor_n lib._n 7._o epist_n 63._o and_o it_o be_v use_v general_o in_o all_o liturgy_n or_o public_a prayer_n as_o be_v manifest_a by_o s._n augustine_n epist_n 59_o by_o saint_n hierom_n and_o gregory_n in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v and_o saint_n ambrose_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr sacr._n cap._n 4._o and_o saint_n cyrill_n catech._n 5._o mist_n if_o any_o object_n that_o prayer_n shall_v be_v vary_v according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o occasion_n let_v he_o consider_v that_o these_o former_o mention_v be_v so_o &_o so_o be_v 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way_n to_o do_v mischief_n to_o the_o church_n and_o final_o he_o say_v this_o book_n be_v profitable_a of_o itself_o and_o the_o read_n thereof_o will_v do_v good_a to_o many_o and_o at_o this_o time_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v offer_v unto_o we_o from_o heaven_n proëm_n before_o his_o translation_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n in_o script_n anglican_n bucer_n fol._n 373_o 375._o sprint_v 124_o 125._o chap._n iii_o our_o ceremony_n be_v not_o to_o be_v condemn_v but_o commend_v for_o their_o significancy_n ceremony_n shall_v be_v significative_a of_o moral_a virtue_n so_o they_o be_v not_o count_v operative_a as_o sacrament_n ordain_v by_o god_n of_o spiritual_a grace_n confer_v by_o they_o as_o bishop_n morton_z well_o distinguish_v defence_n cap._n 3._o sect_n 4._o many_o of_o the_o romish_a ceremony_n be_v not_o only_o significative_a but_o think_v also_o to_o be_v operative_a as_o exorcism_n holywater_n cross_n spital_n exsufflation_n etc._n etc._n to_o drive_v away_o the_o 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