Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	heart_n	pure_a	unfeigned_a	1,824	5	10.8138	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15369	The debt book: or, A treatise vpon Romans 13. ver. 8 Wherein is handled: the ciuill debt of money or goods, and vnder it the mixt debt, as occasion is offered. Also, the sacred debt of loue. By Henry Wilkinson, Bachelor in Diuinity, and pastor of Wadesdon in Buckinghamshire.	Wilkinson, Henry, 1566-1647.	1625 (1625)	STC 25646; ESTC S114431	56,271	156

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first_o the_o care_n which_o god_n have_v have_v always_o for_o the_o poor_a he_o do_v not_o only_o plead_v their_o cause_n deut_n 15._o 10_o 11._o and_o open_v thy_o hand_n liberal_o to_o thy_o brother_n to_o thy_o poor_a to_o thy_o needy_a for_o even_o for_o this_o cause_n the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v bless_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o work_n and_o in_o every_o thing_n that_o thou_o put_v thy_o hand_n unto_o but_o he_o allot_v a_o portion_n of_o the_o three_o year_n tithe_n not_o only_o to_o the_o levite_n who_o never_o be_v exclude_v but_o to_o the_o stranger_n the_o fatherless_a and_o the_o widow_n deut._n 26._o 12._o as_o hierome_n have_v observe_v upon_o ezech_n 45._o and_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o poor_a man_n tithe_n