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	part_n	soul_n	2,761	5	5.3627	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26270	The government of the passions according to the rules of reason and religion viz, love, hatred, desire, eschewing, hope, despair, fear, anger, delight, sorrow, &c.	Ayloffe, W. (William)	1700 (1700)	Wing A4290; ESTC R23106	50,268	134

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empire_n they_o have_v make_v use_n of_o term_n somewhat_o more_o eloquent_a than_o true_a sorrow_n be_v so_o reasonable_a a_o passion_n that_o there_o be_v some_o juncture_n wherein_o it_o be_v impiety_n not_o to_o be_v afflict_v and_o we_o must_v not_o only_o bewail_v our_o own_o sin_n but_o our_o neighbour_n misery_n we_o stand_v indebt_v to_o this_o passion_n for_o our_o innocence_n because_o our_o conversion_n to_o grace_n be_v perfect_v in_o our_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n and_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n satisfy_v with_o the_o sincerity_n of_o our_o tear_n in_o other_o circumstance_n she_o work_v not_o so_o miraculous_o if_o our_o affliction_n comfort_v the_o live_n they_o do_v not_o raise_v the_o dead_a and_o if_o they_o assure_v the_o wretched_a of_o our_o affection_n they_o deliver_v they_o not_o from_o the_o anguish_n of_o their_o torment_n but_o the_o sadness_n of_o repentance_n be_v of_o another_o nature_n those_o grievous_a sigh_n which_o oppress_v sin_n save_o the_o sinner_n 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keep_v it_o from_o a_o entrance_n yet_o before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n this_o passion_n have_v more_o credit_n than_o all_o the_o other_o unite_v in_o one_o she_o can_v boast_v that_o she_o work_v the_o strange_a metamorphosis_n in_o grace_n of_o make_v saint_n of_o sinner_n and_o of_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n darkness_n and_o perdition_n she_o make_v child_n of_o light_n brother_n with_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o heir_n of_o everlasting_a felicity_n and_o of_o a_o crown_n and_o kingdom_n which_o can_v know_v no_o end_n the_o conclusion_n from_o all_o these_o discourse_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_v that_o there_o be_v no_o passion_n in_o our_o soul_n which_o may_v not_o be_v advantageous_o manage_v by_o reason_n as_o well_o as_o grace_n for_o to_o sum_n up_o all_o what_o have_v be_v say_v in_o the_o whole_a work_n love_n may_v be_v change_v into_o a_o holy_a amity_n and_o hatred_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o just_a indignation_n desire_n moderate_v be_v so_o many_o good_a assistant_n to_o acquire_v virtue_n eschew_v be_v the_o proper_a security_n of_o chastity_n hope_n animate_v we_o to_o brave_a and_o generous_a undertake_n and_o our_o despair_n turn_v we_o from_o rash_a one_o fear_n be_v serviceable_a to_o prudence_n and_o boldness_n to_o valour_n as_o brutish_a as_o anger_n seem_v she_o side_n with_o justice_n joy_n be_v a_o innocent_a antepast_n of_o felicity_n grief_n a_o short_a pain_n that_o free_v we_o from_o eternal_a torment_n so_o that_o our_o salvation_n depend_v only_o upon_o the_o good_a use_n of_o our_o passion_n and_o virtue_n itself_o only_o subsi_v by_o the_o good_a employment_n of_o the_o motion_n of_o our_o soul_n finis_fw-la index_n part_n i._o of_o the_o number_n of_o our_o passion_n 14_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o passion_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocence_n 17_o if_o there_o be_v any_o passion_n in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o wherein_o they_o differ_v from_o we_o 19_o of_o the_o disorderliness_n of_o man_n pass_n 22_o 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