Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	holy_a	lord_n	1,489	5	3.6721	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45554	A loud call to great mourning in a sermon preached on the 30th of January 1661, being the anniversary fast for the execrable murther of our Late Soveraign Lord King Charles the First, of Glorious Memory, before the Honourable Knights, citizens, & burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament, in the parish-church of Saint Margarets Westminster / by Nath. Hardy ...	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1662 (1662)	Wing H730; ESTC R9601	30,912	58

we_o mourn_v yea_o mourn_v and_o weep_v that_o notwithstanding_o our_o sin_n bring_v such_o dreadful_a judgement_n upon_o our_o king_n and_o kingdom_n our_o person_n and_o family_n those_o judgement_n have_v not_o wrought_v any_o reformation_n in_o our_o life_n so_o that_o though_o we_o have_v be_v humble_v we_o be_v not_o humble_a and_o have_v be_v sore_o smite_v we_o have_v refuse_v to_o receive_v instruction_n nay_o once_o more_o let_v we_o mourn_v yea_o be_v afflict_v and_o mourn_v and_o weep_v be_v it_o possible_a a_o sea_n of_o tear_n to_o consider_v that_o notwithstanding_o god_n have_v please_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o judgement_n to_o remember_v mercy_n and_o command_v a_o unexpected_a and_o bless_a change_n for_o we_o so_o that_o instead_o of_o usurp_a tyrant_n we_o enjoy_v our_o native_a rightful_a king_n instead_o of_o that_o black_a so_o the_o martyr_n just_o call_v it_o we_o have_v a_o white_a parliament_n that_o instead_o of_o no_o lord_n new_a lord_n by_o no_o just_a 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be_v offensive_a unto_o god_n 5._o last_o this_o mourning_n for_o christ_n pierce_n be_v not_o to_o be_v confine_v to_o jerusalem_n since_o all_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o jew_n be_v guilty_a of_o it_o the_o jew_n be_v the_o instrumental_a cause_n by_o who_o instigation_n but_o all_o man_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n for_o who_o transgression_n he_o be_v pierce_v 6._o and_o therefore_o say_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n the_o lord_n have_v lay_v on_o he_o the_o iniquity_n of_o we_o all_o it_o be_v the_o hypocrisy_n of_o our_o heart_n that_o mock_v he_o the_o bribery_n of_o our_o hand_n which_o buffet_v he_o the_o oath_n of_o our_o mouth_n that_o spit_v in_o his_o face_n we_o betray_v he_o with_o our_o wanton_a kiss_n we_o whip_v he_o with_o the_o cord_n of_o our_o oppression_n and_o give_v he_o gall_n and_o vinegar_n to_o taste_v by_o our_o intemperance_n our_o pride_n in_o hair_n apparel_n ornament_n plait_v a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o strip_v he_o of_o his_o 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language_n bless_a jesus_n my_o sin_n pierce_v thy_o side_n and_o hand_n and_o foot_n shall_v they_o not_o my_o heart_n they_o bruise_v thy_o body_n shall_v they_o not_o my_o soul_n they_o fetch_v blood_n from_o thou_o shall_v they_o not_o tear_n from_o i_o they_o make_v thou_o heavy_a to_o the_o death_n shall_v they_o not_o make_v i_o penitent_a to_o life_n the_o heaven_n be_v hang_v in_o black_a at_o thy_o passion_n and_o shall_v not_o i_o be_v clothe_v in_o mourning_n the_o rock_n rent_n and_o cleave_v asunder_o at_o thy_o suffering_n and_o shall_v my_o heart_n be_v more_o stony_a and_o obdurate_a than_o the_o rock_n oh_o my_o brethren_n let_v we_o both_o due_o meditate_v on_o our_o redeemer_n suffering_n and_o our_o sin_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o suffering_n and_o that_o so_o long_o till_o our_o heart_n be_v not_o only_o bruise_v but_o break_v our_o head_n not_o only_o become_v dew_n but_o water_n and_o our_o eye_n not_o as_o a_o bucket_n but_o a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n 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