Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	nature_n	sin_n	6,475	5	4.8369	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27428	The folly and unreasonableness of atheism demonstrated from the advantage and pleasure of a religious life, the faculties of humane souls, the structure of animate bodies, & the origin and frame of the world : in eight sermons preached at the lecture founded by ... Robert BOyle, Esquire, in the first year MDCXCII / by Richard Bentley ...	Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.	1699 (1699)	Wing B1931; ESTC R21357	132,610	286

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thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n why_o all_o the_o world_n say_v he_o be_v agree_v about_o these_o commandment_n and_o in_o every_o country_n under_o heaven_n there_o be_v law_n and_o penalty_n make_v to_o enforce_v all_o the_o ten_o except_v only_o the_o sabbath_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o strange_a go_n we_o can_v answer_v he_o another_o way_n but_o he_o may_v make_v our_o infidel_n ashamed_a to_o complain_v of_o those_o ordinance_n as_o hard_a imposition_n which_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o nation_n have_v think_v to_o be_v reasonable_a which_o not_o only_o the_o philosopher_n of_o greece_n and_o italy_n and_o the_o ancient_a world_n but_o the_o banian_o of_o mogul_n the_o talapoin_n of_o siam_n the_o mandarin_n of_o china_n the_o moralist_n of_o peru_n and_o mexico_n all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o mankind_n have_v declare_v to_o be_v necessary_a duty_n nay_o if_o the_o atheist_n will_v but_o live_v up_o to_o the_o ethic_n of_o epicurus_n himself_o they_o will_v make_v few_o or_o no_o proselyte_n from_o the_o christian_a religion_n for_o none_o revolt_v from_o the_o faith_n for_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v think_v peculiar_a to_o christianity_n not_o because_o they_o must_v love_v and_o pray_v for_o their_o enemy_n but_o because_o they_o must_v not_o poison_v or_o stab_v 44._o they_o not_o because_o they_o must_v not_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o but_o because_o they_o be_v much_o more_o restrain_v 28._o from_o commit_v the_o act._n if_o wanton_a glance_n and_o lascivious_a thought_n have_v be_v permit_v by_o the_o gospel_n and_o only_o the_o gross_a act_n forbid_v they_o will_v have_v apostatise_v nevertheless_o this_o we_o may_v conjecture_v from_o what_o plato_n and_o other_o have_v steph._n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v common_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d immoderate_a affection_n and_o lust_n that_o in_o the_o very_a time_n of_o paganism_n induce_v man_n to_o be_v atheist_n it_o seem_v their_o impure_a and_o brutal_a sensuality_n be_v too_o much_o confine_v by_o the_o religion_n of_o those_o country_n where_o even_o venus_n and_o bacchus_n have_v their_o temple_n let_v not_o therefore_o voluptuous_a atheist_n lay_v all_o the_o fault_n of_o their_o sin_n upon_o the_o infirmity_n of_o humane_a nature_n nor_o plead_v that_o flesh_n and_o blood_n can_v resist_v those_o temptation_n which_o have_v all_o their_o force_n and_o prevalence_n from_o long_a custom_n and_o inveterated_a habit._n what_o enticement_n what_o pleasure_n be_v there_o in_o common_a profane_a swear_v yet_o neither_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n nor_o of_o the_o law_n will_v persuade_v man_n to_o leave_v it_o it_o be_v prevail_a example_n that_o have_v now_o make_v it_o fashionable_a but_o it_o have_v not_o always_o be_v so_o nor_o will_v be_v hereafter_o so_o other_o epidemical_a vice_n they_o be_v rife_a and_o predominant_a only_o for_o a_o season_n and_o must_v not_o be_v ascribe_v to_o humane_a nature_n in_o the_o lump_n in_o some_o country_n intemperance_n be_v a_o necessary_a part_n of_o conversation_n in_o other_o sobriety_n be_v a_o virtue_n universal_a without_o any_o respect_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o religion_n nor_o can_v they_o say_v that_o this_o be_v only_o the_o difference_n of_o climate_n that_o incline_v one_o nation_n to_o concupiscence_n and_o sensual_a pleasure_n another_o to_o blood-thirstiness_a and_o desire_n of_o revenge_n it_o will_v discover_v great_a ignorance_n in_o history_n not_o to_o know_v that_o in_o all_o climate_n a_o whole_a people_n have_v be_v overrun_v with_o some_o recent_o invent_v or_o new_o import_v kind_a of_o vice_n which_o their_o grandfather_n never_o know_v in_o the_o late_a account_n of_o the_o country_n of_o guiana_n we_o be_v tell_v that_o the_o eat_n of_o humane_a flesh_n be_v the_o belove_a pleasure_n of_o those_o savage_n two_o nation_n of_o they_o by_o mutual_a devour_a be_v reduce_v to_o two_o handful_n of_o man_n when_o the_o gospel_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v preach_v to_o they_o they_o receive_v it_o with_o gladness_n of_o heart_n they_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o forgo_v plurality_n of_o wife_n though_o that_o be_v the_o main_a impediment_n to_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o east_n indies_n but_o the_o great_a stumbling-block_n with_o these_o american_n and_o the_o only_a rock_n of_o offence_n be_v the_o forbid_v they_o to_o eat_v their_o enemy_n that_o irresistible_a temptation_n make_v they_o quick_o to_o revolt_v and_o relapse_n into_o their_o infidelity_n what_o must_v we_o impute_v this_o to_o to_o the_o temperature_n of_o the_o air_n to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soil_n to_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n be_v these_o barbarian_n of_o man-eating_a constitution_n that_o they_o so_o hanker_v after_o this_o inhuman_a diet_n which_o we_o can_v imagine_v without_o horror_n be_v not_o the_o same_o thing_n practise_v in_o other_o part_n of_o that_o continent_n be_v it_o not_o so_o in_o europe_n of_o old_a and_o be_v it_o not_o now_o so_o in_o africa_n if_o a_o eleven_o commandment_n have_v be_v give_v thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v humane_a flesh_n will_v not_o these_o cannibal_n have_v esteem_v it_o more_o difficult_a than_o all_o the_o ten_o and_o will_v not_o they_o have_v real_o have_v as_o much_o reason_n as_o our_o atheist_n to_o plead_v the_o power_n of_o the_o temptation_n and_o the_o propensity_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n how_o impudent_a then_o be_v the_o atheist_n that_o traduce_v the_o easy_a and_o gracious_a condition_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o unreasonable_a and_o tyrannical_a imposition_n be_v not_o god_n way_n equal_a o_o you_o child_n of_o destruction_n and_o be_v not_o your_o way_n unequal_a ii_o second_o and_o last_o for_o the_o good_a influence_n of_o religion_n upon_o community_n and_o government_n habemus_fw-la confitentes_fw-la reos_fw-la it_o be_v so_o apparent_a and_o unquestionable_a that_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o objection_n