Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	sin_n	sin_v	4,026	5	8.9589	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03336	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the third of March, 1610. By Theophilus Higgons. In testimony of his heartie reunion with the Church of England, and humble submission thereunto. Published by command	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1611 (1611)	STC 13456; ESTC S104096	44,137	62

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nothing_o so_o much_o as_o in_o save_v the_o afflict_a thy_o fortune_n have_v nothing_o great_a then_o that_o thou_o have_v power_n thy_o nature_n nothing_o better_o then_o that_o thou_o have_v will_n to_o show_v mercy_n and_o to_o save_v other_o so_o i_o may_v say_v of_o all_o god_n propriety_n none_o be_v more_o admirable_a and_o gracious_a than_o his_o mercy_n it_o be_v not_o his_o power_n it_o be_v not_o his_o knowledge_n it_o be_v not_o his_o wisdom_n but_o it_o be_v his_o mercy_n wherein_o we_o chief_o rejoice_v i_o shall_v despair_v if_o there_o be_v not_o mercy_n in_o he_o since_o there_o be_v so_o much_o iniquity_n in_o i_o but_o because_o of_o sinner_n he_o shall_v be_v call_v merciful_a 2._o esdr_n 8.31_o thus_o his_o mercy_n have_v a_o advantage_n by_o our_o sin_n to_o declare_v and_o to_o express_v itself_o for_o though_o in_o he_o there_o be_v a_o habit_n if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v of_o mercy_n always_o yet_o the_o act_n of_o mercy_n require_v sin_n precedent_n in_o we_o 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nay_o more_o into_o the_o very_a name_n of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o for_o he_o be_v a_o jew_n who_o be_v one_o within_o rom._n 2.28_o and_o we_o be_v the_o circumcision_n which_o worship_n god_n in_o the_o spirit_n philip._n 3.3_o for_o it_o be_v true_a my_o brethren_n that_o god_n delight_v not_o in_o outward_a thing_n without_o a_o inward_a affection_n not_o in_o ceremony_n not_o in_o sacrament_n not_o in_o sacrifice_n not_o in_o his_o own_o people_n nay_o more_o christ_n acknowledge_v not_o the_o bless_a virgin_n to_o be_v his_o mother_n if_o she_o hear_v not_o his_o word_n and_o keep_v it_o luke_n 8.21_o whereby_o he_o do_v not_o reprove_v she_o but_o instruct_v other_o in_o this_o behalf_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o succession_n from_o worthy_a person_n it_o be_v not_o birth_n from_o religious_a father_n it_o be_v not_o the_o splendour_n and_o dignity_n of_o a_o particular_a place_n upon_o which_o we_o may_v secure_o rest_v yet_o these_o these_o be_v thing_n and_o principal_a thing_n too_o wherein_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v so_o confident_o repose_v and_o as_o the_o literal_a babylon_n esay_n 47.8_o so_o she_o the_o mystical_a babylon_n apocal._n 18.7_o glori_v in_o this_o manner_n and_o say_v i_o sit_v be_v queen_n and_o be_o no_o widow_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o mourning_n howbeit_o her_o destruction_n be_v ordain_v of_o old_a the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n be_v past_a the_o writ_n of_o execution_n be_v go_v forth_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v hate_v the_o whore_n the_o sometime_o mother_n church_n now_o become_v a_o whore_n and_o make_v her_o desolate_a and_o naked_a and_o shall_v burn_v she_o with_o fire_n apoc._n 17.16_o i_o come_v now_o from_o the_o object_n we_o unto_o the_o quality_n thereof_o dead_a in_o sin_n there_o be_v a_o spiritual_a death_n of_o the_o soul_n a_o temporal_a of_o the_o body_n a_o eternal_a of_o both_o i_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o two_o latter_a they_o be_v death_n for_o sin_n not_o in_o sin_n of_o which_o alone_o my_o text_n do_v here_o peculiar_o entreat_v this_o spiritual_a death_n therefore_o of_o the_o soul_n in_o sin_n be_v sometime_o in_o thought_n only_o when_o we_o yield_v not_o consent_v thereunto_o for_o there_o be_v first_o suggestion_n either_o external_o from_o satan_n or_o internal_o from_o our_o concupiscence_n than_o delectation_n and_o final_o consent_v which_o proper_o bring_v sin_n unto_o her_o birth_n otherwise_o s._n bernard_n ask_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o regenerate_a man_n a_o fort_n iam_fw-la non_fw-la ago_o illa_fw-la sed_fw-la patior_fw-la si_fw-mi utique_fw-la non_fw-la consentio_fw-la mea_fw-la dixerim_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la facere_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la sustineo_fw-la i_o be_o rather_o a_o patient_a than_o a_o agent_n in_o my_o sin_n etc._n etc._n sometime_o this_o spiritual_a death_n be_v in_o action_n to_o wit_n transient_a action_n for_o there_o be_v a_o immanent_a action_n before_o for_o a_o sin_n may_v be_v actual_a 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15.13_o it_o be_v true_a no_o man_n have_v great_a but_o thou_o my_o lord_n have_v great_a for_o thou_o lay_v down_o thy_o life_n for_o thy_o enemy_n therefore_o say_v s._n paul_n god_n set_v out_o his_o love_n towards_o we_o see_v that_o while_o we_o be_v yet_o sinner_n christ_n die_v for_o us._n rom._n 5.8_o while_o we_o be_v yet_o sinner_n dead_a in_o sin_n and_o have_v no_o mean_n to_o relieve_v ourselves_o for_o if_o in_o our_o restitution_n unto_o life_n we_o have_v prevent_v god_n in_o desire_n or_o cooperate_v with_o he_o in_o act_n his_o love_n have_v not_o be_v so_o set_v forth_o as_o now_o it_o be_v but_o the_o truth_n be_v we_o be_v passive_a not_o active_a in_o this_o excellent_a work_n and_o so_o passive_a that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o we_o to_o concur_v with_o god_n it_o be_v not_o a_o slumber_n and_o so_o we_o be_v awake_v it_o be_v not_o a_o wound_n and_o so_o we_o be_v heal_v but_o it_o be_v death_n and_o so_o we_o be_v raise_v up_o again_o not_o by_o any_o virtue_n within_o we_o but_o by_o a_o external_a power_n for_o what_o motion_n or_o activity_n be_v there_o in_o a_o dead_a body_n to_o raise_v up_o itself_o none_o therefore_o as_o in_o his_o creation_n a_o dam_n be_v make_v a_o live_a soul_n when_o god_n breathe_v the_o breath_n of_o life_n into_o he_o gen._n 2.7_o so_o in_o his_o renovation_n for_o he_o be_v a_o old_a adam_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v a_o new_a god_n inspire_v grace_n into_o he_o and_o adam_n be_v quicken_v again_o from_o the_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n whereby_o as_o we_o learn_v how_o much_o we_o owe_v unto_o god_n &_o how_o little_a unto_o ourselves_o in_o this_o work_n of_o our_o restitution_n unto_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n so_o we_o