Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	faith_n	heart_n	sprinkle_v	2,758	5	11.3113	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94870	Lutherus redivivus, or, The Protestant doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness imputed to believers, explained and vindicated. Part II by John Troughton, Minister of the Gospel, sometimes Fellow of S. John's Coll. in Oxon ... [quotation, Augustine. Epist. 105].	Troughton, John, 1637?-1681.	1678 (1678)	Wing T2314A; ESTC R42350	139,053	283

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be_v express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v sometime_o render_v disobedient_a hence_o it_o be_v in_o fer_v that_o the_o only_a unbelief_n be_v disobedience_n and_o the_o only_a faith_n be_v obedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n nor_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o join_v faith_n and_o obedience_n in_o the_o justify_v a_o sinner_n in_o the_o usual_a acception_n of_o faith_n for_o to_o trust_v in_o mere_a mercy_n for_o reconciliation_n and_o life_n and_o to_o obey_v precept_n that_o we_o may_v have_v life_n be_v thing_n toto_fw-la genere_fw-la opposite_a utter_o inconsistent_a nor_o can_v there_o be_v a_o trust_n in_o the_o promise_n of_o life_n in_o their_o opinion_n till_o a_o man_n have_v obey_v in_o some_o measure_n because_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v to_o obedience_n so_o trust_v in_o the_o promise_n must_v follow_v the_o condition_n not_o be_v a_o part_n of_o it_o and_o thus_o much_o for_o these_o argument_n to_o all_o which_o i_o oppose_v this_o one_o justification_n 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