Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	flesh_n	life_n	spirit_n	9,701	5	5.4408	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76312	The grounds and foundation of natural religion, discover'd, in the principal branches of it in opposition to the prevailing notions of the modern scepticks and latitudinarians. With an introduction concerning the necessity of revealed religion. By Tho. Beconsall, B.D. and fellow of Brasenose Colledge, in Oxford.	Becconsall, Thomas, d. 1709.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1657aA; ESTC R223530	119,538	326

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action_n if_o this_o be_v admit_v there_o be_v no_o necessity_n for_o discard_n the_o divine_a oeconomy_n or_o institution_n of_o natural_a conscience_n unless_o we_o must_v deny_v or_o reject_v every_o divine_a ordinance_n because_o it_o be_v not_o establish_v above_o the_o possibility_n of_o violence_n or_o distortion_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o mind_n or_o understanding_n may_v be_v warp_a or_o mould_v to_o the_o reception_n of_o very_a absurd_a opinion_n and_o notion_n there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o concur_v cause_n that_o conspire_v to_o the_o implant_n such_o habit_n there_o be_v vicious_a appetite_n and_o propension_n that_o carry_v a_o fatal_a bias_n over_o all_o our_o motion_n or_o action_n there_o be_v example_n and_o the_o fashion_n of_o a_o age_n which_o once_o fall_v in_o with_o native_a vicious_a propension_n will_v turn_v the_o scale_n against_o the_o clear_a argument_n and_o conviction_n so_o as_o to_o enforce_v a_o practice_n contrary_a to_o 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conscience_n can_v err_v but_o be_v always_o correct_v and_o regular_a and_o on_o this_o account_v it_o be_v pronounce_v habitus_n naturalis_fw-la &_o innatus_fw-la but_o i_o can_v discover_v no_o just_a foundation_n for_o this_o assertion_n especial_o since_o scripture_n as_o well_o as_o experience_n seem_v to_o warrant_v the_o contrary_a for_o st._n paul_n dictate_v no_o less_o when_o he_o describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o heathen_a world_n have_v the_o understanding_n darken_v be_v alienate_v from_o the_o life_n of_o god_n through_o the_o ignorance_n that_o be_v in_o they_o because_o of_o the_o blindness_n of_o their_o heart_n who_o be_v past_a feeling_n have_v give_v '_o emselves_fw-mi over_o to_o work_v all_o uncleanness_n with_o greediness_n but_o now_o after_o all_o this_o though_o the_o original_a law_n of_o conscience_n may_v be_v thus_o shameful_o subsert_v and_o a_o false_a conscience_n frequent_o erect_v in_o the_o room_n of_o that_o which_o god_n have_v institute_v yet_o 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