Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	harden_v	heart_n	pharaoh_n	2,001	5	11.6391	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52486	Divine eloquence, or, An essay upon the tropes and figures contained in the Holy Scriptures and reduced under the proper titles & rhetorick also several texts of Scripture which fall in with the figures are briefly interpreted, especially those which seem to favour the papist or the Socinian.	Norwood, Cornelius.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1344; ESTC R30070	55,272	145

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spare_v not_o the_o natural_a branch_n that_o be_v the_o jew_n themselves_o take_v heed_n lest_o he_o also_o spare_v not_o the●_n for_o if_o by_o your_o disobedience_n you_o now_o incur_v god_n displeasure_n you_o can_v in_o reason_n but_o expect_v to_o suffer_v the_o same_o unhappy_a fare_n with_o the_o jewish_a nation_n st._n paul_n discourse_v of_o the_o resurrection_n resolve_v a_o difficult_a question_n concern_v the_o mode_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o resurrection_n and_o what_o sort_n of_o body_n shall_v be_v raise_v up_o from_o the_o grave_n but_o some_o will_v say_v how_o be_v the_o dead_a raise_v up_o and_o with_o what_o body_n do_v they_o come_v 1_o cor._n 15._o 35_o 36._o thou_o soul_n our_o saviour_n stifle_v their_o objection_n by_o offer_v another_o so_o very_o difficult_a that_o they_o be_v unwilling_a to_o answer_v it_o matth._n 21._o 24_o 25._o i_o will_v also_o ask_v you_o one_o question_n which_o if_o you_o tell_v i_o i_o likewise_o will_v tell_v you_o by_o what_o 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their_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a their_o disobedience_n and_o sinful_a life_n be_v the_o reason_n why_o god_n withdraw_v the_o influence_n of_o his_o holy_a spirit_n from_o they_o and_o so_o our_o sin_n chase_v away_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o render_v its_o operation_n ineffectual_a to_o our_o conversion_n and_o so_o the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n be_v harden_v epitrope_n epitrope_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concedo_fw-la by_o this_o figure_n we_o often_o grant_v a_o thing_n not_o unwilling_o to_o obtain_v another_o and_o show_v more_o effectual_o the_o inconveniency_n of_o such_o a_o practice_n or_o principle_n romans_z 2._o 17._o behold_v thou_o be_v call_v a_o jew_n and_o rest_v in_o the_o law_n and_o make_v thy_o boast_n of_o god_n and_o be_v confident_a that_o thou_o thyself_o be_v a_o guide_n to_o the_o blind_a thou_o therefore_o that_o teach_v another_o teach_v thou_o not_o thyself_o as_o if_o he_o say_v i_o grant_v thou_o be_v a_o 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the_o king_n say_v to_o micaiah_n shall_v we_o go_v against_o ramoth_n gilead_v to_o battle_n or_o shall_v we_o forbear_v and_o he_o answer_v he_o go_v and_o prosper_v where_o the_o prophet_n seem_v to_o encourage_v they_o to_o the_o battle_n though_o he_o easy_o foresee_v the_o dangerous_a consequence_n of_o the_o war_n 1_o cor._n 14_o 38._o but_o if_o any_o man_n be_v ignorant_a let_v he_o be_v ignorant_a still_o that_o be_v if_o after_o such_o a_o plain_a and_o positive_a proof_n of_o my_o ministry_n he_o will_v nevertheless_o resolve_v to_o continue_v ignorant_a of_o it_o let_v it_o be_v at_o his_o own_o peril_n where_o the_o concession_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o discouragement_n to_o his_o want_n of_o understanding_n and_o reflection_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o high_a importance_n see_v amos_n 4._o 4_o 5._o where_o the_o prophet_n in_o a_o way_n of_o derision_n seem_v to_o approve_v of_o their_o idolatrous_a practive_n prov._n 6._o 10._o yet_o a_o little_a sleep_n a_o 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