Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	spirit_n	testimony_n	witness_v	1,787	5	10.0023	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19506	Three heavenly treatises, concerning Christ [brace] 1. His genealogie, 2. His baptisme, 3. His combat with Sathan : together vvith deuout meditations, for Christian consolation and instruction / by Mr. William Cowper ...	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1612 (1612)	STC 5936; ESTC S1075	105,109	365

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punish_v they_o a_o evil_a conscience_n there_o be_v many_o evil_n flow_v from_o a_o evil_a conscience_n this_o be_v one_o it_o bind_v up_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o it_o dare_v not_o cry_v for_o mercy_n 3._o for_o it_o be_v say_v s._n peter_n a_o good_a conscience_n that_o make_v request_n to_o god_n even_o among_o man_n amity_n make_v liberty_n and_o man_n dare_v not_o speak_v to_o his_o brother_n offend_v before_o reconciliation_n with_o that_o boldness_n than_o shall_v he_o that_o stand_v a_o rebel_n to_o god_n make_v supplication_n to_o he_o if_o we_o ask_v not_o how_o shall_v it_o be_v give_v we_o if_o we_o repent_v not_o how_o shall_v we_o ask_v let_v we_o therefore_o by_o daily_a repentance_n purge_v our_o heart_n from_o a_o evil_a conscience_n that_o so_o in_o our_o need_n we_o may_v find_v access_n to_o god_n as_o the_o defect_n of_o a_o ruinous_a house_n that_o be_v not_o water-tight_a be_v not_o know_v in_o fair_a weather_n but_o in_o foul_a so_o a_o evil_a 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