Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	apostle_n	speak_v	word_n	1,386	5	3.9429	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46809	The blind guide, or, The doting doctor composed by way of reply to a late tediously trifling pamphlet, entituled, The youngling elder, &c., written by John Goodwin ... : this reply indifferently serving for the future direction of the seducer himself, and also of those his mis-led followers, who with him are turned enemies to the word and grace of God : to the authority of which word, and the efficacie of which grace are in this following treatise, succinctly, yet satisfactorily vindicated from the deplorably weak and erroneous cavills of the said John Goodwin in his late pamphlet / by William Jenkyn ...	Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685.	1648 (1648)	Wing J645; ESTC R32367	109,133	166

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man_n sin_n pardonable_a but_o man_n by_o his_o impenitency_n make_v it_o not_o to_o be_v pardon_v page_n 230._o do_v not_o the_o very_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o serpent_n show_v that_o it_o be_v god_n will_v they_o shall_v look_v on_o it_o and_o look_v be_v cure_v so_o god_n cause_v christ_n to_o be_v lift_v up_o by_o preach_v of_o the_o go_v pell_o before_o thou_o shewe●_n that_o he_o will_v thou_o shall_v believe_v and_o believe_v have_v everlasting_a life_n page_n 231._o god_n never_o fail_v any_o that_o continue_v to_o wait_v on_o he_o at_o length_n he_o satisfy_v their_o longing_n page_n 289._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v hard_o to_o the_o carnal_a careless_a man_n yet_o as_o salmon_n say_v of_o knowledge_n prov._n 146._o faith_n be_v easy_a to_o he_o that_o will_v believe_v not_o that_o it_o be_v simple_o in_o man_n power_n but_o that_o god_n spirit_n so_o open_v his_o understanding_n etc._n etc._n page_n 290._o if_o we_o repair_v to_o the_o author_n who_o give_v faith_n and_o to_o the_o spring_n whence_o it_o flow_v if_o we_o right_o use_v the_o right_a mean_n of_o attain_v it_o and_o wait_v at_o the_o door_n of_o wisdom_n till_o he_o open_v unto_o we_o undoubted_o we_o shall_v find_v faith_n and_o not_o miss_v of_o it_o the_o diu._n auth._n of_o the_o scripture_n pag_n 26._o natural_a man_n may_v do_v such_o thing_n as_o whereunto_o god_n have_v by_o way_n of_o promise_n annex_v grace_n and_o acceptation_n page_n 169._o to_o suppose_v that_o they_o to_o who_o god_n make_v rich_a and_o sweet_a application_n of_o himself_o be_v whole_o destitute_a of_o all_o power_n to_o do_v what_o he_o require_v of_o they_o in_o this_o case_n to_o save_v they_o from_o destruction_n and_o to_o confer_v the_o great_a thing_n promise_v upon_o they_o as_o viz._n to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v to_o represent_v the_o glorious_a god_n in_o his_o great_a expression_n of_o mercy_n and_o grace_n and_o love_n unto_o the_o world_n rather_o as_o laugh_v the_o world_n to_o 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