Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	1,540	5	10.6759	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67166	Folly detected or, Some animadversions on a b[ook] called, A brief discourse [con-]cerning singing in the pub[lic] worship of God; put forth by one Mr. Isaac Marlow 1690, and an appendix printed 1691 Wherein the weakness of his arguments against singing God's praises, the dangerousness of his assertions, and his unaccountable confidence is laid open; and singing of Psalms, &c. in God's worship proved a Gospel-ordinance. By Joseph Wright.	Wright, Joseph.; T. W. Appendix: or, A brief answer to Mr. Marlow's notion of the essence of singing.	1691 (1691)	Wing W3704; ESTC R221057	43,280	88

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shall_v be_v in_o the_o creature_n with_o reference_n to_o god_n law_n and_o so_o st._n john_n define_v it_o 1_o john_n 3.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n sin_n be_v the_o transgression_n of_o or_o the_o want_n of_o due_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n hence_o the_o learned_a turrettine_n define_v it_o thus_o say_v he_o hinc_fw-la sequitur_fw-la rationem_fw-la formalem_fw-la peccati_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o privatione_fw-la consistere_fw-la quae_fw-la notat_fw-la carentiam_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la seu_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la secundùm_fw-la prescriptum_fw-la legis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la creaturae_fw-la rationali_fw-la sive_fw-la ea_fw-la naturae_fw-la sit_fw-la seu_fw-la qualitatum_fw-la sive_fw-la actionum_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o p._n 651._o and_o other_o thus_o it_o be_v a_o inclination_n action_n or_o omission_n oppose_v the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o want_v that_o due_a legal_a rectitude_n it_o ought_v to_o have_v §_o 2._o but_o 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notion_n lead_v to_o i_o hope_v the_o lord_n will_v make_v he_o sensible_a of_o it_o and_o give_v he_o repentance_n §_o 4._o or_o second_o by_o the_o essence_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o spirit_n he_o mean_v it_o be_v in_o the_o soul_n or_o spirit_n as_o its_o subject_a and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v in_o part_n true_a though_o the_o word_n essence_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n must_v not_o be_v allow_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o proper_a subject_n of_o sin_n yet_o not_o exclusive_a of_o the_o body_n for_o the_o whole_a man_n which_o consist_v of_o body_n and_o soul_n be_v the_o subject_a of_o sin_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o spirit_n as_o its_o subject_a tho_o it_o be_v true_a in_o part_n yet_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o his_o purpose_n for_o here_o be_v no_o description_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n wherein_o it_o consist_v which_o be_v the_o very_a thing_n he_o pretend_v to_o declare_v but_o only_o a_o relation_n of_o what_o subject_n it_o be_v 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