Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	sin_n	wage_n	7,907	5	11.1189	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62378	An exposition vvith notes on the whole fourth chapter to the the Romanes wherein the grand question of justification by faith alone, without works, is controverted, stated, cleared, and fully resolved ... / by William Sclater, Doctor in Divinity, sometimes minister of Gods word at Pitminster, in Summerset ; now published by his son, William Sclater, Batchelar in Divinity, minister at Collompton in Devon.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S918; ESTC R37207	141,740	211

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nolens_fw-la advertere_fw-la quantum_fw-la delinquerem_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi texit_fw-la peccata_fw-la deus_fw-la noluit_fw-la advertere_fw-la si_fw-la noluit_fw-la advertere_fw-la noluit_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la si_fw-la noluit_fw-la animadvertere_fw-la noluit_fw-la punire_fw-la noluit_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la maluit_fw-la ignoscere_fw-la tecta_fw-la peccata_fw-la quare_fw-la dixit_fw-la 31._o with_fw-mi august_n ad_fw-la psal_n 31._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la viderentur_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la erat_fw-la dei_fw-la videre_fw-la peccata_fw-la nisi_fw-la punire_fw-la peccata_fw-la ut_fw-la noveris_fw-la quià_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la videre_fw-la peccata_fw-la quod_fw-la punire_fw-la peccata_fw-la quid_fw-la ei_fw-la dicitur_fw-la averte_fw-fr faciem_fw-la tuam_fw-la a_o peccatis_fw-la meis_fw-la psal_n 51._o etc._n etc._n see_v we_o now_o what_o it_o be_v not_o to_o have_v sin_n impute_v the_o same_o i_o think_v that_o stephen_n pray_v for_o act._n 7.60_o that_o they_o be_v 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not_o what_o it_o may_v lay_v hold_v on_o for_o reconciliation_n remission_n of_o sin_n and_o justification_n but_o only_o in_o the_o gospel_n that_o be_v the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n there_o be_v christ_n the_o mediator_n propound_v there_o remission_n of_o sin_n promise_v for_o the_o three_o branch_n that_o its_o a_o particular_a assent_n particular_a i_o mean_v not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o subject_a but_o of_o the_o object_n example_n prove_v gal._n 2.20_o christ_n love_v i_n give_v himself_o for_o i_o the_o general_n of_o the_o gospel_n thus_o particularise_v be_v that_o which_o faith_n justify_v as_o it_o be_v justify_v respect_n by_o this_o faith_n paul_n live_v second_o in_o point_n of_o believe_v there_o can_v else_o be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o faith_n of_o reprobate_n and_o that_o of_o the_o elect_n betwixt_o faith_n of_o devil_n and_o of_o justify_v man_n for_o it_o be_v a_o idle_a tenant_n of_o they_o that_o they_o make_v charity_n the_o form_n of_o faith_n a_o

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not_o safe_a always_o to_o reason_n from_o order_n of_o narration_n except_o by_o other_o circumstance_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o narration_n be_v to_o the_o order_n of_o time_n a_o second_o collection_n of_o some_o interpreter_n hence_o be_v this_o that_o the_o grace_n of_o justification_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o sacrament_n because_o it_o may_v be_v have_v without_o they_o and_o that_o be_v it_o as_o they_o think_v the_o lord_n will_v teach_v we_o by_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n circumcision_n and_o justification_n that_o look_n as_o the_o lord_n furnish_v the_o earth_n with_o herb_n and_o fruit_n before_o he_o make_v star_n by_o their_o heat_n or_o influence_n to_o give_v they_o vigour_n or_o rain_n to_o yield_v they_o moisture_n will_v teach_v we_o that_o they_o be_v but_o arbitrary_a jnstrument_n which_o he_o use_v ad_fw-la placitum_fw-la so_o the_o the_o lord_n give_v abraham_n testimony_n of_o righteousness_n before_o his_o circumcision_n will_v thereby_o teach_v we_o 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obignorantiam_fw-la excusetur_fw-la a_o praevaricatione_fw-la praecepti_fw-la that_o they_o affirm_v and_o if_o any_o demand_n what_o time_n it_o come_v to_o this_o height_n of_o necessity_n they_o answer_v baptismus_fw-la christicaepit_fw-la esse_fw-la necessarius_fw-la necessitate_v medii_fw-la &_o praecepti_fw-la a_o die_n pentecostes_fw-la as_o touch_v what_o we_o be_v to_o hold_v in_o this_o question_n i_o have_v rather_o utter_v in_o bernard_n term_n then_o in_o my_o own_o consider_v what_o adversary_n we_o be_v be_v to_o deal_v with_o he_o therefore_o thus_o deliver_v his_o judgement_n 77._o bernard_n epist_n 77._o that_o whosoever_o in_o man_n of_o year_n if_o any_o man_n since_o the_o publish_n of_o that_o remedy_n for_o sin_n refuse_v to_o be_v baptise_a he_o add_v to_o the_o general_a contagion_n of_o nature_n the_o crime_n of_o pride_n and_o so_o carry_v with_o he_o a_o double_a cause_n of_o just_a damnation_n if_o he_o so_o die_v yet_o if_o before_o death_n he_o repent_v and_o have_v a_o will_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v baptise_a and_o can_v be_v prevent_v by_o death_n so_o be_v it_o he_o want_v not_o fides_fw-la recta_fw-la spes_fw-la pia_fw-la charitas_fw-la sincera_fw-la propitius_fw-la sit_fw-la mihi_fw-la deus_fw-la quia_fw-la huic_fw-la imperator_fw-la ambrose_n de_fw-fr obitu_fw-la valentiniani_n imperator_fw-la ob_fw-la solam_fw-la quavam_fw-la si_fw-la defuerit_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la desperare_fw-la possum_fw-la omnino_fw-la salutem_fw-la nec_fw-la vacuam_fw-la credere_fw-la fidem_fw-la nec_fw-la confundere_fw-la spem_fw-la nec_fw-la excidere_fw-la charitatem_fw-la tantum_fw-la si_fw-la aquam_fw-la non_fw-la contempus_fw-la sed_fw-la sola_fw-la prohibeat_fw-la impossibilitas_fw-la his_o reason_n be_v first_o from_o authority_n of_o ambrose_n and_o augustin_n ambrose_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o salvation_n of_o valentinian_n for_o his_o faith_n only_o though_o he_o die_v unbaptise_v because_o he_o have_v a_o purpose_n 22._o s._n augustin_n 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suffer_v for_o christ_n but_o faith_n also_o and_o conversion_n of_o the_o heart_n do_v supply_v the_o stead_n of_o baptism_n when_o not_o contempt_n of_o religion_n but_o point_n of_o necessity_n exclude_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n 2._o his_o next_o reason_n be_v collect_v out_o of_o mark._n 16.16_o our_o saviour_n in_o likelihood_n when_o he_o say_v he_o that_o believe_v and_o his_o baptize_v shall_v be_v save_v even_o for_o this_o so_o cautelous_o do_v not_o repeat_v he_o that_o be_v not_o baptize_v but_o only_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v intimate_v no_o doubt_n solam_fw-la interdum_fw-la sufficere_fw-la fidem_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sufficere_fw-la nihil_fw-la 3._o his_o three_o reason_n that_o which_o give_v martyrdom_n its_o value_n and_o cause_v it_o to_o supply_v the_o stead_n of_o baptism_n shall_v it_o be_v think_v so_o weak_a that_o what_o it_o give_v to_o another_o thing_n it_o can_v alone_o by_o itself_o obtain_v 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non_fw-la aliunde_fw-la martyrium_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la fidei_fw-la merito_fw-la illam_fw-la obtinuerit_fw-la praerogativam_fw-la ut_fw-la fingulariter_fw-la vice_fw-la baptismi_fw-la secure_a suscipiatur_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la ipsa_fw-la aeque_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la martyrio_fw-la apud_fw-la eum_fw-la tantundem_fw-la possit_fw-la cùm_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la martyrii_fw-la probamento_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la innotescit_fw-la 5._o

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