Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	humane_a	law_n	obligation_n	1,134	5	9.8189	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71315	Several sermons upon the fifth of St. Matthew .... [vol. 2] being part of Christ's Sermon on the mount / by Anthony Horneck ... ; to which is added, the life of the author, by Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1698 (1698)	Wing H2852; ESTC R40468	254,482	530

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13._o 5._o and_o this_o must_v needs_o endear_v god_n to_o we_o and_o move_v he_o to_o have_v kind_a thought_n of_o we_o not_o that_o we_o deserve_v his_o love_n by_o such_o a_o act_n but_o so_o gracious_a and_o condescend_v he_o be_v that_o upon_o decession_n from_o our_o right_n for_o his_o honour_n and_o glory_n he_o be_v willing_a to_o look_v upon_o we_o with_o a_o very_a favourable_a aspect_n this_o be_v goodness_n that_o have_v some_o substance_n in_o it_o this_o look_n like_o imitation_n of_o his_o goodness_n who_o in_o his_o dispensation_n decedes_fw-la infinite_o from_o his_o own_o right_n for_o our_o good_a what_o be_v the_o give_v of_o his_o son_n but_o a_o miraculous_a decede_v from_o his_o own_o right_n of_o punish_v we_o according_a to_o our_o desert_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o mercy_n to_o poor_a sinner_n but_o god_n decedes_fw-la from_o his_o right_n even_o from_o the_o right_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o when_o he_o who_o part_n with_o his_o 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