Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	father_n	holy_a	son_n	6,458	5	6.0598	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15445	The delights of the saints A most comfortable treatise, of grace and peace, and many other excellent points. Whereby men may liue like saints on earth, and become true saints in heauen. First deliuered in a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the second day of December, being the second Sunday of the Parliament. And in other sermons within the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul, London. By Gryffith Williams, Doctor of Diuinity, and Parson of Lhan-Lhechyd. The contents are set downe after the epistle to the reader.	Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.	1622 (1622)	STC 25716; ESTC S102808	185,617	476

do_v vobis_fw-la my_o peace_n i_o give_v unto_o you_o and_o so_o in_o many_o passage_n of_o holy_a writ_n he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o sole_a procurer_n of_o our_o peace_n for_o the_o discipline_n of_o our_o peace_n be_v lay_v upon_o he_o say_v esayas_n and_o s._n paul_n say_v that_o we_o have_v peace_n with_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n and_o so_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n and_o the_o giver_n both_o of_o grace_n and_o peace_n and_o therefore_o this_o do_v sufficient_o prove_v the_o deity_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n quia_fw-la jehova_n that_fw-mi gratiam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la because_o none_o but_o god_n alone_o can_v give_v either_o grace_n or_o glory_n but_o jesus_n christ_n give_v both_o grace_n and_o glory_n and_o therefore_o christ_n must_v be_v the_o true_a jehova_n and_o so_o you_o see_v the_o apostle_n by_o both_o these_o clause_n of_o this_o one_o sentence_n and_o by_o both_o these_o title_n and_o both_o person_n of_o 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all_o blessing_n from_o god_n to_o man_n and_o therefore_o wheresoever_o the_o other_o two_o person_n be_v express_v this_o three_o personalso_fw-la mus_fw-la of_o necessity_n be_v include_v quia_fw-la opera_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sunt_fw-la indivisa_fw-la because_o the_o work_n of_o the_o trinity_n without_o or_o in_o respect_n of_o outward_a operation_n be_v indivisible_a and_o therefore_o we_o say_v we_o have_v grace_n and_o peace_n from_o the_o father_n tanquam_fw-la a_o fonte_fw-la as_o from_o the_o fountain_n from_o the_o son_n as_o from_o the_o procurer_n thereof_o and_o from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o from_o the_o convayer_n and_o worker_n of_o the_o same_o in_o our_o heart_n and_o so_o we_o see_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fidei_fw-la justin_n martyr_n in_o expos_n fidei_fw-la the_o unity_n be_v understand_v in_o the_o trinity_n and_o the_o trinity_n be_v acknowledge_v in_o the_o unity_n as_o justin_n martyr_n speak_v but_o against_o this_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o of_o these_o 2._o person_n the_o father_n only_o be_v call_v god_n the_o son_n be_v call_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n tertullian_n answer_v quia_fw-la nationes_fw-la a_o place_n tertul._n l._n contra_fw-la praxeam_n f._n 389._o why_o christ_n be_v call_v lord_n and_o not_o god_n in_o many_o place_n multitudine_fw-la idolorum_fw-la transirent_fw-la ad_fw-la unicum_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la differentia_fw-la constitueretur_fw-la inter_fw-la cultores_fw-la unius_fw-la &_o plurimae_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la quamuis_fw-la ex_fw-la conscientia_fw-la scimus_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la &_o patri_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la &_o spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la convenire_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la occasionem_fw-la effugiendam_fw-la deos_fw-la omnino_fw-la ne_fw-la dicimus_fw-la nec_fw-la dominos_fw-la sed_fw-la apostolus_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la apostolum_n sequentes_fw-la deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la appellamus_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la because_o the_o gentile_n from_o the_o multitude_n of_o idol_n which_o they_o serve_v shall_v be_v draw_v to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o only_a true_a god_n that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o difference_n set_v betwixt_o the_o worshipper_n of_o one_o god_n and_o the_o worshipper_n of_o infinite_a deity_n therefore_o although_o we_o certain_o know_v that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o the_o name_n of_o lord_n may_v be_v fit_o and_o most_o true_o attribute_v both_o to_o the_o father_n to_o the_o son_n and_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n yet_o to_o avoid_v all_o occasion_n that_o may_v breed_v any_o suspicion_n or_o imagination_n of_o many_o god_n we_o never_o say_v god_n nor_o lord_n but_o as_o the_o apostle_n so_o we_o with_o the_o apostle_n do_v call_v the_o father_n god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o theoph_n also_o do_v most_o excellent_o 966._o theoph._n in_o 1._o cor._n 8._o f._n 966._o resolve_v this_o question_n quum_fw-la audis_fw-la unus_fw-la 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jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la the_o apostle_n therefore_o

bear_v witness_v unto_o our_o spirit_n that_o we_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o have_v our_o sin_n pardon_v our_o disease_n cure_v and_o the_o image_n of_o god_n renew_v in_o we_o through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n and_o in_o this_o respect_n be_v god_n most_o proper_o call_v our_o father_n and_o we_o his_o child_n hereby_o than_o we_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n between_o this_o father_n and_o all_o other_o father_n of_o man_n whether_o it_o be_v 1._o in_o the_o state_n of_o nature_n 2._o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n for_o in_o both_o respect_n man_n be_v say_v to_o have_v diverse_a sort_n of_o father_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o our_o natural_a be_v i_o find_v four_o kind_n of_o father_n as_o 1._o god_n which_o make_v we_o and_o breathe_v in_o our_o nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n 2._o the_o earth_n element_n or_o matter_n respect_n that_o father_n be_v so_o call_v in_o diverse_a respect_n whereof_o we_o be_v make_v for_o i_o say_v to_o rottenness_n thou_o be_v 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for_o s._n augustine_n tell_v we_o 188._o aug._n in_o psal_n 49._o f._n 188._o that_o antiqui_fw-la iniqui_fw-la patres_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesentium_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la modo_fw-la sunt_fw-la iniqui_fw-la patres_fw-la sunt_fw-la iniquorum_fw-la posterorum_fw-la those_o wicked_a man_n that_o go_v before_o we_o be_v the_o father_n of_o those_o wicked_a man_n that_o be_v child_n who_o council_n or_o example_n we_o follow_v we_o make_v ourselves_o their_o child_n now_o and_o the_o wicked_a man_n that_o be_v now_o be_v the_o father_n of_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v wicked_a hereafter_o and_o so_o say_v he_o antiqui_fw-la iusti_fw-la patres_fw-la sunt_fw-la iustorum_fw-la qui_fw-la modo_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la modo_fw-la sunt_fw-la iusti_fw-la patres_fw-la sunt_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la futuri_fw-la erunt_fw-la the_o just_a man_n that_o go_v before_o we_o be_v the_o father_n of_o those_o just_a man_n that_o be_v now_o and_o those_o just_a man_n that_o be_v now_o be_v the_o father_n 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