Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	comfort_v	time_n	zion_n	11	3	8.6520	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63937	A compleat history of the most remarkable providences both of judgment and mercy, which have hapned in this present age extracted from the best writers, the author's own observations, and the numerous relations sent him from divers parts of the three kingdoms : to which is added, whatever is curious in the works of nature and art / the whole digested into one volume, under proper heads, being a work set on foot thirty years ago, by the Reverend Mr. Pool, author of the Synopsis criticorum ; and since undertaken and finish'd, by William Turner...	Turner, William, 1653-1701.	1697 (1697)	Wing T3345; ESTC R38921	1,324,643	657

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shall_v deliver_v into_o their_o hand_n take_v heed_n of_o they_o and_o cleave_v fast_o to_o christ_n for_o they_o will_v leave_v no_o corner_n of_o his_o conscience_n unsearched_a but_o will_v attempt_v by_o all_o guileful_a and_o subtle_a mean_n to_o corrupt_v he_o and_o to_o cause_v he_o to_o fall_v from_o god_n and_o his_o truth_n the_o night_n after_o he_o have_v subscribe_v he_o be_v great_o trouble_v and_o through_o affliction_n of_o conscience_n can_v not_o sleep_v neither_o can_v his_o mind_n be_v ease_v till_o he_o have_v procure_v his_o subscription_n and_o tear_v out_o his_o name_n be_v condemn_v to_o be_v burn_v he_o thus_o say_v my_o mind_n and_o conscience_n i_o praise_v god_n be_v now_o quiet_a in_o christ_n and_o i_o by_o his_o grace_n be_o very_o willing_a and_o content_a to_o give_v over_o my_o body_n to_o the_o death_n for_o a_o testimony_n of_o his_o truth_n and_o pure_a religion_n against_o antichrist_n and_o all_o his_o false_a religion_n and_o doctrine_n ibid._n p._n 28._o 7._o in_o suffolk_n among_o other_o there_o be_v one_o peter_n moon_n and_o his_o wife_n who_o be_v charge_v for_o not_o come_v to_o church_n and_o for_o neglect_v other_o popish_a ceremony_n moon_n be_v first_o examine_v whether_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o the_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n whether_o the_o queen_n be_v not_o the_o right_a inheritrix_n of_o the_o crown_n whether_o christ_n body_n be_v not_o real_o present_v in_o the_o sacrament_n &_o c_o and_o be_v of_o a_o timorous_a disposition_n he_o so_o answer_v as_o his_o adversary_n be_v satisfy_v his_o wife_n also_o by_o his_o example_n be_v draw_v into_o the_o same_o dissimulation_n and_o so_o they_o be_v dismiss_v but_o when_o they_o come_v home_o and_o begin_v to_o bethink_v themselves_o what_o they_o have_v do_v they_o fall_v into_o such_o trouble_n and_o horror_n of_o conscience_n that_o they_o be_v ready_a whole_o to_o despair_n and_o moon_n see_v a_o sword_n hang_v in_o his_o parlour_n be_v tempt_v to_o 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out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o which_o be_v apprehend_v he_o be_v carry_v before_o bishop_n bonner_n who_o by_o his_o subtle_a persuasion_n and_o flattery_n so_o prevail_v with_o this_o poor_a man_n that_o he_o draw_v he_o to_o recant_v his_o former_a profession_n and_o so_o dismiss_v he_o but_o this_o base_a cowardice_n of_o his_o bring_v he_o into_o such_o bondage_n and_o terror_n of_o conscience_n and_o so_o cast_v he_o down_o that_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o be_v exceed_o gracious_a unto_o he_o he_o have_v perish_v for_o ever_o but_o the_o lord_n look_v upon_o he_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o mercy_n after_o he_o have_v chasten_v raise_v he_o up_o again_o give_v he_o not_o only_o hearty_a and_o unfeigned_a repentance_n of_o his_o backslide_n but_o also_o a_o constant_a boldness_n to_o profess_v his_o name_n and_o gospel_n even_o unto_o death_n ibid._n 10._o in_o the_o city_n of_o bristol_n there_o be_v one_o richard_n sharp_a a_o weaver_n who_o be_v apprehend_v for_o religion_n be_v carry_v before_o doctor_n dalby_n the_o chancellor_n who_o after_o he_o have_v examine_v he_o about_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n so_o wrought_v upon_o he_o by_o persuasion_n that_o he_o draw_v from_o he_o a_o promise_n to_o make_v a_o public_a recantation_n and_o the_o time_n and_o place_n be_v appoint_v for_o it_o but_o after_o this_o promise_n sharp_o feel_v such_o a_o hell_n in_o his_o conscience_n that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o follow_v any_o business_n and_o he_o decay_v in_o his_o bodily_a health_n and_o whole_o lose_v his_o colour_n whereupon_o on_o a_o sabbath_n go_v to_o his_o parish-church_n he_o press_v to_o the_o quire-door_n and_o with_o a_o loud_a voice_n say_v neighbour_n bear_v i_o record_v that_o yonder_o idol_n point_v to_o the_o altar_n be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o abominable_a idol_n that_o ever_o be_v and_o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o ever_o i_o deny_v my_o lord_n god_n for_o this_o he_o be_v carry_v to_o prison_n and_o seal_v the_o truth_n with_o his_o blood_n ibid._n p._n 29._o 11._o when_o i_o of_o prague_n come_v to_o the_o council_n at_o constance_n they_o send_v he_o to_o a_o town_n where_o they_o tie_v he_o fast_o to_o a_o great_a block_n and_o set_v his_o leg_n in_o the_o stock_n his_o hand_n also_o be_v make_v fast_o unto_o they_o the_o block_n be_v so_o high_a that_o he_o can_v not_o possible_o sit_v thereon_o but_o his_o head_n must_v hang_v downward_o where_o also_o they_o allow_v he_o nothing_o but_o bread_n and_o water_n but_o within_o eleven_o day_n hang_v thus_o by_o the_o heel_n he_o fall_v very_o sick_a yet_o thus_o they_o keep_v he_o in_o prison_n almost_o twelve_o month_n and_o then_o send_v to_o he_o require_v he_o to_o recant_v and_o to_o subscribe_v that_o john_n huss_n be_v just_o put_v to_o death_n which_o he_o do_v partly_o out_o of_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o hope_v to_o escape_v their_o hand_n yet_o they_o send_v to_o examine_v he_o again_o but_o he_o refuse_v to_o answer_n except_o he_o be_v bring_v in_o public_a before_o the_o council_n and_o they_o presume_v that_o he_o will_v open_o confirm_v his_o former_a recantation_n send_v for_o he_o may_v 25._o 1416._o subborn_v false_a witness_n to_o accuse_v he_o but_o he_o so_o learned_o clear_v himself_o and_o refute_v his_o adversary_n that_o they_o be_v astonish_v at_o his_o oration_n which_o he_o conclude_v with_o this_o that_o all_o such_o article_n which_o wickliff_n and_o huss_n have_v write_v against_o the_o enormity_n pomp_n and_o disorder_n of_o the_o prelate_n he_o will_v firm_o hold_v and_o defend_v even_o unto_o death_n and_o that_o all_o the_o sin_n he_o have_v commit_v do_v not_o so_o much_o gnaw_v and_o trouble_v his_o conscience_n as_o do_v that_o most_o pestiferous_a act_n of_o he_o in_o recant_v what_o he_o have_v just_o speak_v and_o to_o the_o consent_n to_o the_o wicked_a condemnation_n of_o huss_n and_o that_o he_o repent_v with_o his_o whole_a heart_n that_o ever_o he_o do_v it_o for_o this_o he_o be_v condemn_v and_o burn_v ibid._n p._n 30._o 12._o some_o of_o the_o friend_n of_o galcacius_fw-la garacciolus_n marquis_n of_o vico_fw-la have_v promise_v to_o accompany_v he_o in_o his_o voluntary_a exile_n but_o afterward_o look_v back_o and_o turn_v again_o to_o their_o vomit_n they_o be_v apprehend_v and_o cast_v into_o the_o inquisition_n be_v they_o be_v force_v public_o to_o recant_v and_o to_o abjure_v their_o religion_n and_o so_o they_o become_v the_o subject_a of_o misery_n and_o infamy_n and_o be_v equal_o odious_a to_o both_o party_n ibid._n p._n 30._o 13._o tho._n bilney_n a._n c._n 1531._o of_o cambridge_n professor_n of_o both_o law_n convert_v thomas_n arthur_n and_o mr._n hugh_n latimer_n but_o after_o recant_v his_o principle_n for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o