Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	see_v	sin_n	soul_n	4,470	5	5.1054	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19037	The parable of the vncleane spirit pithily opened, and plainly applied; wherein is shewed Sathans possession, his dispossession, and repossession. A worke needfull for these secure times, in which the most neglect the meanes oftheir salvation. Preached, and now published, by Edmund Cobbes minister of the Word of God.	Cobbes, Edmund, b. 1592 or 3.	1633 (1633)	STC 5454; ESTC S116664	66,367	214

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of_o ourselves_o in_o our_o profit_n plea_n 〈…〉_o s_o and_o delight_n a_o little_a cry_v of_o god_n mercy_n will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n 〈◊〉_d there_o must_v be_v a_o aggravation_n of_o 〈…〉_o e_o by_o circumstance_n sin_n must_v be_v amplify_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o mean_n that_o we_o have_v to_o resist_v it_o if_o we_o have_v have_v grace_n to_o use_v they_o aright_o therefore_o when_o we_o have_v fail_v in_o use_v our_o spiritual_a weapon_n than_o we_o must_v condemn_v ourselves_o and_o take_v a_o holy_a revenge_n upon_o our_o nature_n which_o do_v in●ice_v we_o to_o such_o and_o such_o sin_n we_o 1●_n luk_n 1●_n must_v do_v as_o mary_n magdalen_n do_v she_o have_v abuse_v her_o eye_n to_o wantonness_n and_o her_o hair_n to_o pride_n therefore_o upon_o her_o repentance_n she_o take_v revenge_n of_o herself_o she_o make_v her_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n to_o wash_v her_o saviour_n foot_n and_o her_o hair_n a_o towel_n to_o wipe_v they_o so_o must_v we_o if_o we_o have_v 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