Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justification_n	justify_v	meritorious_a	2,124	5	11.4575	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86564	Thyra aneogmene. The open door for mans approach to God. Or, a vindication of the record of God concerning the extent of the death of Christ in its object. In answer to a treatise of Master Iohn Owen, of Cogshall in Essex, about that subject. / By John Horn, a servant of God in the Gospel of his son, and preacher thereof at Lyn in Norffolk.	Horn, John, 1614-1676.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2809; Thomason E610_1; ESTC R206332	332,309	352

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〈◊〉_d be_v merciful_a to_o i_o whence_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d merciful_a and_o of_o which_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o mercy_n seat_n though_o we_o translate_v it_o propitiation_n rom._n 3.25_o but_o indeed_o be_v the_o propitiatory_a in_o hebrew_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o signify_v to_o cover_v whence_o he_o argue_v that_o to_o be_v a_o propitiation_n be_v to_o cover_v sin_n appease_v wrath_n and_o reconcile_v god_n so_o as_o to_o make_v the_o sinner_n be_v pardon_v and_o receive_v to_o mercy_n for_o his_o sake_n so_o that_o the_o law_n shall_v never_o be_v produce_v or_o bring_v forth_o to_o his_o condemnation_n whence_o he_o ask_v be_v the_o sin_n of_o every_o one_o expiate_v be_v god_n reconcile_v to_o every_o one_o be_v every_o sinner_n pardon_v shall_v none_o have_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n charge_v on_o he_o why_o then_o be_v not_o every_o one_o 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be_v seven_o or_o eight_o time_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n it_o can_v except_v in_o one_o and_o that_o in_o re_fw-mi necessariâ_fw-la be_v make_v appear_v that_o it_o comprise_v all_o and_o every_o man_n to_o which_o we_o say_v that_o we_o affirm_v not_o that_o it_o so_o signify_v here_o because_o it_o be_v evident_o a_o distinct_a party_n from_o believer_n but_o we_o say_v it_o signify_v all_o beside_o they_o and_o they_o and_o the_o whole_a world_n beside_o be_v all_o and_o every_o man_n and_o i_o desire_v he_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o word_n whole_a world_n when_o distinguish_v from_o believer_n do_v not_o signify_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o with_o they_o make_v all_o and_o every_o man_n he_o instance_n 1_o rev._n 3.10_o where_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o not_o so_o pertinent_a and_o yet_o his_o note_n there_o be_v not_o right_a for_o he_o say_v there_o it_o can_v signify_v all_o and_o every_o man_n because_o whereas_o its_o say_a a_o hour_n of_o temptation_n shall_v come_v upon_o all_o the_o world_n it_o be_v say_v some_o shall_v be_v preserve_v from_o it_o but_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o not_o from_o and_o a_o man_n may_v be_v preserve_v out_o of_o that_o that_o come_v upon_o he_o as_o the_o preserve_v the_o israelite_n out_o from_o egypt_n do_v not_o argue_v but_o that_o they_o be_v in_o it_o first_o the_o hour_n of_o temptation_n come_v upon_o all_o that_o dwell_v upon_o the_o earth_n but_o all_o be_v not_o preserve_v in_o that_o and_o out_o from_o that_o hour_n of_o temptation_n from_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o it_o however_o the_o word_n whole_a earth_n there_o may_v signify_v all_o but_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v preserve_v and_o with_o they_o all_o and_o every_o one_o and_o that_o be_v enough_o to_o our_o purpose_n 2._o col._n 1.6_o be_v impertinent_a as_o i_o show_v before_o and_o his_o observation_n that_o it_o signify_v only_a believer_n be_v very_o vain_a the_o apostle_n say_v not_o it_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o all_o to_o who_o it_o come_v that_o be_v evident_o false_a if_o he_o mean_v it_o of_o fruit_n to_o life_n but_o in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n it_o do_v the_o same_o impertinency_n be_v in_o that_o of_o rom._n 1.8_o it_o speak_v of_o place_n not_o of_o person_n too_o in_o all_o the_o world_n not_o by_o all_o the_o world_n the_o like_a or_o worse_o be_v in_o that_o of_o luke_n 2.1_o where_o neither_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v nor_o the_o speech_n the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o of_o a_o proud_a emperor_n that_o be_v the_o tenor_n of_o his_o decree_n not_o