Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	call_v	old_a	testament_n	5,146	5	8.1863	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60881	A discourse concerning generosity	Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716.	1693 (1693)	Wing S4640; ESTC R221638	48,520	157

upon_o these_o principle_n and_o conduct_v they_o right_o be_v helpful_a to_o advance_v man_n in_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n if_o the_o character_n herein_o ascribe_v to_o generosity_n be_v consonant_n to_o the_o pure_a principle_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o to_o the_o clear_a and_o undoubted_a notion_n which_o wise_a man_n have_v all_o along_o have_v of_o thing_n then_o the_o main_a of_o what_o i_o have_v before_o offer_v will_v not_o i_o conceive_v be_v shake_v by_o a_o side-wind_n objection_n it_o be_v not_o nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a or_o indeed_o possible_a that_o man_n in_o all_o country_n or_o age_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v follow_v just_o the_o same_o mode_n of_o conception_n or_o expression_n or_o the_o same_o method_n of_o discourse_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n a_o great_a latitude_n that_o may_v be_v fair_o take_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o discourse_v about_o the_o particular_a virtue_n and_o of_o refer_v they_o to_o certain_a general_a principle_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n according_o we_o find_v that_o the_o holy_a writer_n themselves_o do_v fall_v into_o that_o variety_n in_o this_o case_n which_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n so_o easy_o admit_v they_o often_o vary_v from_o one_o another_o in_o their_o expression_n and_o in_o their_o method_n of_o discourse_n and_o exhortation_n upon_o much_o the_o same_o subject_n they_o give_v we_o diverse_o the_o description_n or_o character_n of_o particular_a virtue_n sometime_o in_o such_o manner_n as_o seem_v agreeable_a to_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o they_o and_o at_o other_o time_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o be_v most_o suit_v to_o the_o present_a argument_n or_o purpose_n of_o the_o writer_n or_o to_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o which_o they_o be_v for_o that_o time_n refer_v let_v we_o for_o the_o present_a only_o take_v notice_n how_o many_o several_a way_n virtue_n in_o general_n or_o religion_n or_o holiness_n or_o goodness_n call_v it_o by_o what_o suchlike_a name_n you_o will_v be_v 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