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	speak_v	4,191	5	5.3230	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05342	A sermon preached before his Maiesty at Windsore, the 19. of Iuly. 1625. By Henrie Leslie, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary	Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.	1625 (1625)	STC 15494; ESTC S108502	20,921	41

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pharaoni_fw-la ut_fw-la cor_fw-la eius_fw-la induraretur_fw-la the_o last_o consideration_n i_o will_v use_v to_o justify_v god_n be_v that_o all_o judiciary_n obduration_n be_v also_o voluntary_a so_o that_o no_o man_n be_v harden_v against_o his_o will_n but_o they_o willing_o draw_v upon_o themselves_o the_o infliction_n of_o this_o judgement_n and_o free_o rush_v into_o this_o pit_n of_o hardness_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o as_o god_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v pharaoh_n his_o heart_n so_o pharaoh_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v his_o own_o heart_n and_o sometime_o it_o be_v simple_o say_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v harden_v namely_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o satan_n deus_fw-la induravit_fw-la per_fw-la justum_fw-la judicium_fw-la 23._o august_n de_fw-fr libre_fw-la arb._n c._n 23._o pharaoh_n per_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la the_o same_o hardness_n be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n as_o the_o judge_n to_o satan_n as_o the_o hangman_n to_o man_n himself_o as_o the_o party_n guilty_a so_o 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