Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	continual_a	die_v	great_a	38	3	2.1114	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87586	Parliament physick for a sin-sick nation. Or, An ordinance of Parliament explained, and applyed to these diseased times. Containing a catholicall medicine for all natures and nations, but especially, a generall receipt for all the sickly people in our English-hospitall, and Welch-spittle, compounded after the art of the apothecary, and according to Parliament prescription, as hereafter followeth. Wherein thou mayst see as in an urinal-glasse, the dangerous state of thy English mother, and the genius of the reforming physitians, in seeking her speedy cure, and lasting happinesse, unto all succeeding ages. / By Philo-Parl. Imprimatur, Ja: Cranford.	Joceline, Nathaniel.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1644 (1644)	Wing J757; Thomason E45_13; ESTC R21825	121,637	146

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true_a contrition_n and_o a_o live_n to_o righteousness_n est_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la vera_fw-la contritione_n morinur_v peccatis_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la e●igimus_fw-la nos●e_fw-la peccatis_fw-la sarc_n loc_fw-la come_v d●_n poenit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la corrigunt_fw-la just_a mart._n quaest_n a_o gent._n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la damnare_fw-la omma_fw-it ●a_o in_o quae_fw-la prius_fw-la confis●s_fw-la est_fw-la by_o faith_n mark_v 1.15_o in_o this_o definition_n of_o repentance_n be_v two_o part_n first_o a_o mortification_n of_o sin_n in_o our_o member_n col._n 3.5_o a_o crucify_a of_o the_o old_a man_n second_o a_o vivification_n to_o righteousness_n eph._n 4._o the_o same_o author_n say_v to_o repent_v be_v not_o only_o to_o depart_v from_o evil_a but_o also_o to_o damn_v all_o those_o thing_n wherein_o we_o have_v former_o trust_v as_o sin_n will_v send_v a_o impenitent_a sinner_n to_o hell_n so_o a_o penitent_a sinner_n send_v sin_n to_o hell_n yea_o his_o 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commit_v against_o a_o great_a god_n and_o the_o small_a wage_n that_o be_v due_a to_o the_o least_o sinner_n be_v death_n rom._n 6.23_o death_n temporal_a and_o death_n eternal_a though_o all_o sin_n be_v venial_a inregard_n of_o god_n yet_o no_o sin_n be_v venial_a in_o regard_n of_o its_o littleness_n last_o because_o every_o sin_n be_v a_o public_a enemy_n though_o commit_v in_o private_a as_o achan_n steal_v and_o hide_v the_o wedge_n of_o gold_n and_o babylonish_n garment_n josuah_n 7._o sin_n be_v a_o accurse_a thing_n deut._n 27.26_o every_o sin_n be_v a_o peace-breaker_n and_o incendiary_n of_o war_n yea_o the_o least_o sin_n be_v a_o great_a makebate_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n gen._n 6.5_o evil_a thought_n in_o man_n cause_v god_n to_o have_v evil_a thought_n to_o ward_n man_n sin_n in_o thought_n cause_v god_n to_o punish_v sin_n indeed_o as_o the_o least_o leak_n in_o a_o ship_n may_v drown_v all_o the_o passenger_n so_o the_o least_o sin_n may_v destroy_v man_n kind_a the_o eat_n of_o one_o apple_n do_v cause_v all_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o garden_n of_o paradise_n to_o rot_v the_o least_o sin_n and_o the_o young_a sinner_n do_v contribute_v towards_o the_o great_a stock_n of_o nationall_n sin_n as_o the_o sea_n consist_v of_o single_a and_o small_a drop_n of_o salt-water_n so_o do_v the_o sea_n of_o misery_n of_o single_a and_o small_a sin_n second_o it_o must_v be_v for_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o a_o afflict_a nation_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o a_o man_n to_o grieve_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o own_o iniquity_n lyran._n proximorum_fw-la damna_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la pri●_n ●●ntit_fw-fr fidelis_fw-la lyran._n but_o he_o must_v grieve_v likewise_o for_o the_o affliction_n of_o joseph_n amos_n 6.6_o we_o be_v to_o lay_v to_o heart_n our_o neighbour_n loss_n as_o if_o they_o be_v our_o own_o by_o joseph_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o people_n of_o god_n mere._n joseph_n ●d_a ●l_n ●egni_fw-la 〈…〉_o mere._n and_o by_o affliction_n the_o sickness_n

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