Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	divine_a	governor_n	great_a	31	3	2.1691	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55308	Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either practically exemplified in Jesus Christ, set forth in the Gospel, or may be reasonably deduced from thence / by Edward Polhill ..., Esq.	Polhill, Edward, 1622-1694?	1678 (1678)	Wing P2757; ESTC R4756	269,279	440

in_o the_o flesh_n in_o which_o as_o we_o have_v see_v the_o attribute_n of_o god_n do_v eminent_o appear_v providence_n be_v more_o than_o previdence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o nude_v prescience_n it_o be_v as_o a_o learned_a man_n speak_v praecognitio_fw-la cum_fw-la curâ_fw-la a_o precognition_n with_o care_n it_o be_v the_o divine_a reason_n of_o the_o supreme_a lord_n which_o dispose_v of_o all_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o act_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o do_v in_o eternity_n pre-ordain_a and_o in_o time_n direct_v every_o thing_n to_o the_o great_a end_n of_o all_o his_o own_o glory_n the_o scripture_n do_v very_o full_o set_v forth_o this_o of_o he_o and_o through_o he_o and_o to_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n rom._n 11.36_o of_o he_o as_o the_o author_n through_o he_o as_o the_o conservator_n and_o director_n and_o to_o he_o as_o the_o ultimate_a end_n be_v all_o thing_n he_o give_v life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n act_n 17.25_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o 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in_o heaven_n who_o teach_v heart_n say_v st._n austin_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o proposal_n of_o object_n but_o a_o infusion_n of_o principle_n to_o assimilate_v the_o heart_n thereunto_o the_o gospel_n do_v not_o come_v in_o word_n only_o but_o in_o power_n and_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 1_o thes_n 1.5_o a_o divine_a power_n open_v the_o heart_n unlock_v every_o faculty_n dissolve_v the_o stone_n which_o be_v in_o it_o imprint_n the_o holy_a law_n there_o and_o frame_n and_o new-mould_n it_o into_o the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o thus_o there_o come_v forth_o a_o church_n of_o believer_n or_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v a_o church_n of_o the_o first-born_a which_o be_v write_v in_o heaven_n heb._n 12.23_o and_o all_o this_o be_v from_o the_o providence_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n hence_o saint_n paul_n say_v that_o they_o be_v call_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n and_o grace_n 2_o tim._n 1.9_o saint_n james_n say_v that_o they_o be_v beget_v of_o his_o own_o will_n james_n 1.18_o saint_n john_n say_v that_o they_o be_v bear_v not_o of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n john_n 1.13_o all_o be_v from_o the_o foe_n the_o goodwill_n and_o pleasure_n of_o god_n this_o providence_n which_o watch_v over_o the_o church_n though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a signal_n one_o and_o next_o to_o that_o over_o christ_n himself_o have_v not_o want_v adversary_n socinus_n say_v that_o christ_n the_o head_n be_v predestinate_v but_o believer_n the_o member_n be_v not_o 14._o caput_fw-la quidem_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la debuit_fw-la membra_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la incerta_fw-la esse_fw-la possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la debent_fw-la praelect_v theol._n cap._n 14._o corvinus_n say_v that_o notwithstanding_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v possible_a that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o church_n or_o believer_n grevinchovius_n assert_n that_o redemption_n may_v be_v impetrate_v for_o all_o and_o apply_v to_o none_o because_o of_o their_o incredulity_n this_o opinion_n to_o i_o be_v a_o very_a impious_a one_o the_o learned_a junius_n observe_v upon_o that_o of_o socinus_n mol._n fieri_fw-la potuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la hominum_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la crederet_fw-la ac_fw-la nulla_fw-la esset_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cor._n contr_n mol._n that_o it_o be_v a_o portentous_a and_o monstrous_a thing_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o head_n without_o a_o body_n ames_n omnibus_fw-la potuit_fw-la esse_fw-la impetrata_fw-la redemptio_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la nullis_fw-la applicari_fw-la propter_fw-la incredulitatem_fw-la grevinch_n contr_n ames_n and_o the_o professor_n of_o leyden_n 289._o leyden_n censur_n fol._n 289._o call_v that_o of_o corvinus_n dogma_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o opprobrious_a and_o blasphemous_a opinion_n the_o impiety_n of_o it_o appear_v in_o the_o foul_a consequence_n which_o flow_v from_o thence_o 1._o it_o put_v