Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	sleep_v	sow_v	tare_n	1,022	5	12.2153	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31858	Sermons preached upon several occasions by Benjamin Calamy ...; Sermons. Selections	Calamy, Benjamin, 1642-1686.	1687 (1687)	Wing C221; ESTC R22984	185,393	504

they_o if_o he_o be_v not_o please_v with_o if_o he_o do_v not_o entertain_v such_o thought_n upon_o some_o other_o account_n there_o be_v no_o more_o religion_n or_o virtue_n in_o fix_v his_o mind_n upon_o god_n than_o there_o be_v in_o think_v of_o the_o sun_n or_o moon_n or_o star_n or_o any_o proposition_n in_o the_o mathematics_n or_o any_o other_o innocent_a thing_n or_o notion_n for_o thus_o a_o atheist_n may_v consider_v much_o god_n nature_n and_o attribute_n and_o providence_n only_o to_o pick_v a_o quarrel_n with_o he_o or_o find_v out_o something_o to_o object_n against_o they_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o best_a man_n may_v and_o sometime_o must_v think_v of_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v sinful_a how_o else_o shall_v they_o ever_o repent_v of_o they_o beg_v god_n pardon_n for_o or_o resolve_v against_o they_o there_o be_v no_o read_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o any_o other_o history_n wherein_o the_o evil_a action_n and_o speech_n of_o wicked_a man_n be_v record_v there_o be_v no_o live_v or_o converse_v in_o the_o world_n where_o so_o much_o evil_n be_v every_o day_n commit_v without_o think_v of_o that_o which_o be_v sinful_a but_o then_o in_o good_a man_n the_o thought_n of_o any_o such_o thing_n be_v always_o with_o grief_n and_o detestation_n they_o think_v of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v most_o hateful_a and_o pernicious_a to_o they_o as_o man_n think_v of_o a_o plague_n or_o mischance_n shiver_v at_o the_o very_a name_n of_o it_o and_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o preserve_v they_o from_o it_o thus_o our_o thought_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v or_o count_v evil_n only_o from_o the_o object_n of_o they_o nor_o yet_o far_a by_o evil_a thought_n do_v i_o understand_v any_o sudden_a thought_n start_v up_o in_o our_o mind_n before_o we_o be_v aware_a which_o will_v not_o i_o believe_v be_v impute_v to_o we_o as_o sin_n though_o if_o consent_v to_o they_o be_v undoubted_o evil_a for_o nothing_o will_v be_v reckon_v to_o we_o as_o a_o sin_n or_o punish_v as_o such_o but_o what_o be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o voluntary_a and_o may_v have_v be_v help_v or_o avoid_v now_o such_o first_o motion_n of_o sin_n as_o we_o common_o call_v they_o which_o come_v upon_o we_o nobis_fw-la non_fw-la scientibus_fw-la nec_fw-la volentibus_fw-la without_o our_o knowledge_n and_o against_o our_o will_n be_v only_o the_o exercise_n of_o our_o virtue_n when_o present_o check_v and_o contradict_v but_o when_o consent_v to_o and_o delight_v in_o they_o then_o bring_v forth_o sin_n and_o sin_n when_o it_o be_v finish_v bring_v forth_o death_n but_o to_o be_v more_o particular_a i_o shall_v first_o of_o all_o show_v you_o when_o our_o thought_n may_v be_v count_v voluntary_a and_o we_o be_v true_o and_o just_o answerable_a for_o they_o second_o propound_v to_o you_o some_o of_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o evil_a thought_n three_o lay_v down_o some_o practical_a rule_n for_o the_o due_a government_n of_o our_o thought_n i._o i_o shall_v show_v when_o we_o be_v just_o answerable_a for_o our_o thought_n or_o when_o they_o may_v be_v reckon_v voluntary_a and_o here_o i_o shall_v only_o give_v these_o three_o instance_n 1._o when_o evil_a thought_n be_v plain_o occasion_v by_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v voluntary_a in_o we_o than_o they_o be_v to_o be_v account_v voluntary_a and_o sinful_a what_o our_o thought_n shall_v be_v depend_v very_o much_o upon_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o outward_a object_n that_o we_o converse_v most_o with_o in_o the_o world_n and_o they_o will_v be_v often_o on_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o delight_v most_o in_o and_o accustom_v ourselves_o most_o unto_o so_o far_o forth_o therefore_o as_o our_o company_n discourse_n employment_n entertainment_n book_n recreation_n wine_n nay_o i_o may_v add_v diet_n too_o do_v contribute_v to_o the_o stir_v up_o in_o our_o mind_n wanton_a and_o lustful_a covetous_a or_o ambitious_a angry_a or_o revengeful_a thought_n so_o far_o be_v such_o thought_n 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