Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	author_n	great_a	read_v	1,593	5	5.6329	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00643	The souls looking-glasse lively representing its estate before God: with a treatise of conscience; wherein the definitions and distinctions thereof are unfolded, and severall cases resolved: by that reverend and faithfull minister of the Word, William Fenner, B.D. sometimes fellow of Pembroke-hall in Cambridge, and late parson of Rochford in Essex.	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.; Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.	1640 (1640)	STC 10779; ESTC S101939	116,565	318

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deed_n but_o it_o be_v a_o preacher_n also_o to_o tell_v we_o our_o duty_n both_o towards_o ●od_n and_o towards_o man_n yea_o it_o be_v a_o powerful_a preacher_n it_o exhort_v urith_o provoke_v yea_o the_o most_o power●ll_a preacher_n that_o can_v be_v it_o will_v cause_n ●e_v stout_a and_o stubborn_a heart_n un●r_n heaven_n to_o quake_v now_o and_o then_o it_o ●ill_v never_o let_v we_o alone_o till_o it_o have_v ●ought_v we_o either_o to_o god_n or_o to_o the_o de●_n conscience_n be_v join_v in_o commission_n with_o god_n own_o spirit_n to_o be_v a_o instructor_n unto_o we_o in_o the_o way_n we_o shall_v walk_v so_o that_o the_o spirit_n and_o it_o be_v resist_v or_o obey_v together_o grieve_a or_o delight_v together_o we_o can_v sin_v against_o conscience_n but_o we_o sin_v also_o against_o god_n spirit_n we_o can_v check_v our_o own_o conscience_n but_o we_o check_v and_o quench_v the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n the_o office_n of_o conscience_n to_o ourselves_o be_v 9.1_o rom._n 9.1_o to_o bear_v witness_n my_o conscience_n bear_v i_o witness_v say_v paul_n conscience_n be_v always_o ready_a to_o do_v this_o office_n if_o it_o shall_v at_o any_o time_n be_v invite_v unto_o it_o for_o conscience_n look_v sometime_o for_o invite_v sometime_o it_o will_v not_o bear_v witness_n unless_o we_o invite_v it_o and_o call_v upon_o it_o so_o to_o do_v but_o there_o will_v come_v a_o time_n when_o it_o will_v do_v it_o and_o must_v do_v it_o and_o shall_v do_v it_o namely_o at_o death_n or_o at_o judgement_n than_o it_o will_v bear_v witness_n whether_o man_n invite_v it_o or_o no._n now_o it_o may_v be_v suppress_v and_o silence_v and_o keep_v under_o from_o witness_v but_o than_o it_o must_v bear_v witness_n and_o shall_v either_o excuse_v or_o accuse_v acquit_v or_o condemn_v when_o god_n shall_v judge_v the_o secret_n of_o man_n heart_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v the_o property_n that_o be_v give_v unto_o conscience_n in_o the_o discharge_n of_o its_o office_n be_v four_o conscience_n four_o property_n of_o conscience_n 1._o it_o be_v supreme_a 2._o it_o be_v impartial_a 3._o it_o be_v faithful_a 4._o it_o be_v privy_a 1._o it_o be_v supreme_a it_o have_v high_a authority_n it_o be_v the_o most_o uncontrollable_a and_o able_a witness_n that_o can_v be_v the_o great_a weighty_a witness_n in_o the_o world_n better_a than_o ten_o thousand_o witness_n though_o all_o the_o world_n do_v condemn_v we_o yet_o if_o our_o own_o conscience_n do_v not_o we_o need_v not_o fear_v and_o so_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o conscience_n do_v condemn_v we_o it_o will_v be_v small_a comfort_n though_o all_o the_o world_n flatter_v and_o commend_v and_o excuse_v we_o it_o be_v a_o supreme_a witness_n though_o