Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	evil_a	good_a	note_n	1,054	5	9.3782	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03698	The shield of the righteous: or, The Ninety first Psalme, expounded, with the addition of doctrines and vses Verie necessarie and comfortable in these dayes of heauinesse, wherein the pestilence rageth so sore in London, and other parts of this kingdome. By Robert Horn, minister of Gods Word.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1625 (1625)	STC 13825; ESTC S104237	130,560	160

pestilence_n be_v here_o call_v a_o snare_n or_o net_n as_o give_v no_o warning_n more_o than_o the_o net_n do_v when_o it_o be_v sudden_o cast_v over_o the_o bird_n which_o it_o take_v the_o doctrine_n that_o arise_v from_o hence_o be_v this_o as_o christian_n ought_v in_o all_o their_o life_n to_o prepare_v for_o death_n so_o special_o then_o when_o god_n send_v so_o short_a warning_n to_o prepare_v for_o it_o in_o his_o snare_n of_o pestilence_n or_o some_o other_o peremptory_a visitation_n hezekiah_n be_v at_o all_o time_n to_o expect_v death_n in_o a_o well_o order_v soul_n but_o then_o special_o he_o be_v to_o put_v and_o keep_v good_a order_n in_o it_o when_o he_o be_v sick_a unto_o death_n or_o so_o as_o he_o must_v die_v and_o not_o live_v esay_n 38.1_o and_o if_o we_o must_v remember_v our_o creator_n before_o the_o evil_a day_n come_v eccles_n 12.1_o much_o more_o must_v we_o so_o do_v when_o it_o be_v come_v this_o evil_a day_n be_v the_o uncomfortable_a day_n and_o hour_n 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