Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	dead_a	open_v	work_n	4,690	5	6.6411	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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read_v serious_o in_o their_o conscience_n whether_o they_o serve_v god_n or_o mammon_n or_o god_n for_o mammon_n whether_o they_o betray_v not_o the_o trust_n commit_v to_o they_o make_v the_o visitour_n look_v through_o false_a glass_n ibid._n d._n boy_n ibid._n or_o spectacle_n to_o see_v omnia_fw-la bene_fw-la in_o billis_fw-la when_o there_o be_v rather_o omnia_fw-la malè_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la and_o their_o feel_n be_v better_a than_o their_o see_v and_o so_o no_o good_a reformation_n follow_v because_o no_o good_a information_n go_v before_o i_o can_v go_v no_o further_o but_o only_o advise_v man_n to_o look_v to_o their_o conscience_n lest_o they_o become_v partial_a cause_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o any_o evil_n in_o the_o church_n and_o thereby_o derive_v much_o of_o the_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n upon_o themselves_o whereas_o by_o conscionable_a execution_n of_o their_o office_n and_o trust_n they_o may_v procure_v much_o good_a to_o the_o church_n settle_v true_a peace_n in_o their_o conscience_n and_o derive_v upon_o themselves_o many_o blessing_n from_o god_n with_o love_n and_o praise_n from_o man_n but_o i_o must_v hasten_v to_o the_o three_o part_n of_o my_o text_n and_o hasten_v through_o it_o iii_o part_n their_o thought_n accuse_v or_o excuse_v their_o discursive_a thought_n by_o compare_v these_o two_o book_n together_o the_o one_o contain_v facta_fw-la the_o other_o regulam_fw-la factorum_fw-la the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o chronicle_n of_o our_o life_n either_o accuse_v and_o condemn_v for_o their_o disagreement_n or_o excuse_v and_o acquit_v for_o their_o agreement_n the_o first_o book_n make_v the_o proposition_n or_o major_n of_o a_o practical_a syllogism_n thus_o thou_o must_v do_v the_o second_o book_n make_v the_o assumption_n or_o minor_n thus_o thou_o have_v do_v the_o conscience_n with_o the_o discourse_a thought_n out_o of_o those_o premise_n draw_v the_o conclusion_n ergò_fw-la thou_o have_v do_v evil_a or_o