Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	mind_n	soul_n	1,535	5	4.8520	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66053	Of the principles and duties of natural religion two books / by the Right Reverend Father in God, John, late Lord Bishop of Chester ; to which is added, A sermon preached at his funerals, by William Lloyd ...	Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.; Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. Sermon preached at the funeral of John, late Lord Bishop of Chester.; Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.	1675 (1675)	Wing W2204; Wing L2705_PARTIAL; ESTC R20334	178,528	530

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quantùm_fw-la 105._o nocent_a that_o such_o man_n must_v have_v fear_n proportionable_a to_o their_o guilt_n and_o a_o little_a after_o that_o paenas_fw-la quisquis_fw-la expect_v at_o quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la meruit_fw-la expect_v at_o those_o man_n do_v real_o suffer_v punishment_n who_o live_v under_o the_o expectation_n of_o it_o and_o whoever_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o deserve_v it_o must_v needs_o expect_v it_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o express_v the_o torment_n which_o those_o man_n undergo_v quos_fw-la diri_fw-la conscia_fw-la facti_fw-la mens_fw-la habet_fw-la attonitos_fw-la &_o surdo_fw-la verbere_fw-la caedit_fw-la occultum_fw-la quatiente_fw-la animo_fw-la tortore_fw-la flagellum_fw-la mens_fw-la sibi_fw-la conscia_fw-la facti_fw-la praemetuens_fw-la adhibet_fw-la stimulos_fw-la terretque_fw-la flagellis_fw-la it_o be_v the_o unsupportableness_n of_o this_o that_o many_o time_n do_v cause_n man_n in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o their_o soul_n to_o choose_v strangle_v and_o death_n rather_o than_o life_n the_o heathen_n do_v set_v forth_o such_o a_o man_n condition_n by_o the_o fiction_n of_o fury_n continual_o haunt_v and_o scourge_v he_o but_o zophar_n do_v better_a describe_v it_o where_o he_o say_v terror_n be_v 26._o upon_o he_o all_o darkness_n be_v hide_v in_o his_o secret_a place_n a_o fire_n not_o blow_v shall_v consume_v he_o though_o some_o man_n be_v so_o harden_v against_o the_o sense_n of_o guilt_n as_o to_o go_v on_o in_o their_o sinful_a course_n without_o feel_v any_o of_o this_o remorse_n for_o they_o yet_o be_v their_o peace_n so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o privilege_n that_o it_o do_v render_v their_o condition_n more_o desperate_a because_o it_o suppose_v they_o to_o have_v a_o reprobate_a mind_n and_o such_o a_o stupidity_n upon_o 2._o their_o conscience_n as_o make_v they_o past_a feeling_n be_v sear_v as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o hot_a iron_n which_o though_o it_o may_v preserve_v they_o from_o those_o present_a lash_n which_o other_o be_v torment_v with_o yet_o do_v it_o argue_v their_o condition_n to_o be_v more_o remediless_a and_o desperate_a all_o the_o difference_n be_v the_o one_o be_v sick_a of_o a_o calenture_n or_o burn_a fever_n the_o other_o of_o a_o lethargy_n or_o apoplexy_n the_o former_a more_o painful_a for_o the_o present_a but_o both_o of_o they_o very_o dangerous_a only_o the_o latter_a less_o capable_a of_o remedy_n than_o the_o former_a chap._n viii_o how_o religion_n conduce_v to_o our_o happiness_n in_o the_o next_o world_n as_o religion_n be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o our_o present_a happiness_n in_o this_o world_n whether_o external_n internal_a so_o likewise_o be_v it_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o happiness_n which_o we_o expect_v in_o our_o future_a state_n which_o must_v depend_v upon_o such_o course_n as_o can_v give_v we_o the_o most_o rational_a assurance_n of_o blessedness_n and_o glory_n hereafter_o i_o shall_v speak_v but_o brief_o to_o this_o subject_n because_o it_o be_v scarce_o 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world_n not_o to_o