Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	2,525	5	10.8527	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67012	The duty of compassion to the souls of others in endeavouring their reformation being the subject of a sermon preached December the 28th 1696 at St. Mary-le-Bow before the Societies for Reformation of Manners in the city of London / published at their request by Josiah Woodward.	Woodward, Josiah, 1660-1712.	1697 (1697)	Wing W3515A; ESTC R26400	16,419	58

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salvation_n and_o conceive_v something_o of_o those_o innumerable_a exquisite_a and_o endless_a woe_n which_o be_v sum_v up_o in_o that_o one_o word_n damnation_n will_v be_v sensible_o move_v to_o pity_v such_o as_o he_o see_v pass_v on_o direct_o towards_o the_o pit_n of_o destruction_n he_o will_v beg_v his_o brother_n by_o all_o the_o entreaty_n he_o can_v use_v that_o he_o will_v not_o resist_v his_o own_o mercy_n nor_o destroy_v a_o soul_n for_o which_o christ_n die_v yea_o he_o will_v use_v a_o sort_n of_o violence_n with_o he_o if_o there_o be_v any_o in_o the_o persuasive_n rebuke_n and_o remonstrance_n of_o love_n to_o restrain_v he_o from_o self-destruction_n and_o to_o bar_v up_o his_o way_n to_o everlasting_a torment_n and_o this_o christian_a affection_n to_o our_o brother_n must_v not_o end_v here_o namely_o in_o a_o pious_a exhortation_n and_o admonition_n only_o but_o it_o be_v further_o require_v in_o the_o text_n ii_o that_o our_o love_n to_o man_n be_v exercise_v 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