Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	faith_n	law_n	moral_a	1,475	5	9.2774	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65709	Aonoz tez kisteōz, or, An endeavour to evince the certainty of Christian faith in generall and of the resurrection of Christ in particular / by Daniel Whitbie, chaplain to the Right Reverend Father in God, Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum ...	Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726.	1671 (1671)	Wing W1731; ESTC R37213	166,618	458

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heaven_n whence_o it_o be_v well_o infer_v by_o 5._o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la euseb_n praep_v l._n 15._o c._n 5._o atticus_n that_o his_o opinion_n be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o as_o to_o the_o interest_n of_o vice_n and_o virtue_n with_o that_o of_o epicurus_n this_o great_a concern_n be_v by_o the_o 7_o platonist_n and_o 8_o pythagorean_n that_o i_o add_v not_o the_o 9_o whole_a heathen_a world_n commit_v to_o inferior_a demon_n this_o be_v their_o profess_a tenet_n 16._o august_n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 9_o c._n 16._o quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la deus_fw-la miscetur_fw-la homini_fw-la by_o which_o denial_n of_o god_n immediate_a power_n engage_v to_o create_v preserve_v and_o govern_v we_o they_o 10_o robe_v we_o of_o our_o chief_a motive_n to_o adore_v and_o imitate_v he_o who_o think_v we_o thus_o unworthy_a of_o his_o care_n some_o 11_o doubt_v of_o the_o thing_n other_o allow_v a_o general_a but_o 12_o deny_v a_o special_a providence_n and_o hence_o take_v liberty_n to_o sin_n at_o pleasure_n the_o 13_o stoic_n most_o do_v restrain_v the_o act_n of_o this_o providence_n unto_o the_o great_a concern_v of_o earth_n and_o hold_v it_o unconcern_v for_o lesser_a matter_n scarce_o any_o of_o the_o heathen_n can_v afford_v a_o satisfy_a answer_n to_o that_o grand_a objection_n which_o be_v make_v against_o it_o from_o those_o adversity_n which_o happen_v to_o the_o best_a and_o those_o prosperity_n which_o do_v attend_v the_o vile_a person_n §_o 8._o 2ly_n they_o be_v as_o much_o mistake_v in_o their_o conception_n of_o his_o attribute_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o deity_n renounce_v the_o only_a true_a god_n they_o know_v not_o where_o to_o stint_v the_o number_n of_o their_o deity_n some_o hold_v they_o 14_o thirty_o thousand_o other_o conceive_v they_o to_o be_v numberless_a and_o yet_o they_o stand_v oblige_v to_o worship_v all_o the_o rabble_n of_o they_o that_o none_o may_v be_v offend_v because_o slight_v by_o they_o for_o as_o 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