Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	bear_v	holy_a	spirit_n	1,483	5	5.3614	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41631	An essay of the true happines of man in two books / by Samuel Gott ...	Gott, Samuel, 1613-1671.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1354; ESTC R6768	89,685	312

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the_o war_n between_o the_o turk_n and_o persian_n so_o do_v the_o popish_a and_o protestant_n doctrine_n among_o christian_n and_o the_o lutheran_n and_o calvinisticall_a arminian_n and_o antiarminian_n among_o protestant_n the_o most_o strange_a and_o prodigious_a villainy_n which_o be_v ever_o act_v among_o man_n have_v be_v common_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o err_a conscience_n such_o be_v agamemnon_n sacrifice_a his_o daughter_n whereof_o lucretius_n do_v so_o much_o complain_v orestes_n his_o kill_v of_o his_o mother_n be_v persuade_v to_o it_o as_o euripides_n relate_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n the_o vesper_n massacre_n powderplot_n of_o false_a and_o furious_a zelots_n the_o most_o impious_a parricide_n rebellion_n and_o treason_n of_o anabaptisticall_a spirit_n have_v be_v the_o dictate_v of_o their_o fanatike_a conscience_n a_o evil_a conscience_n be_v the_o great_a tyrant_n a_o man_n own_o evil_a spirit_n or_o the_o devil_n within_o he_o possess_v and_o engage_v the_o 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