Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	church_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	15,184	5	9.5685	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64270	A disswasive from contention being a sermon preached and designed for the last itineration of the King's preachers in the county Palatine of Lancaster / by Zachary Taylor ...	Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705.	1683 (1683)	Wing T596; ESTC R81	21,461	36

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own_o casuist_n resolve_v comm._n errans_fw-la conscientia_fw-la liganda_fw-la rather_o than_o ligat_fw-la lightfoot'_v ser._n to_o comm._n that_o such_o a_o conscience_n be_v so_o far_o from_o bind_v that_o it_o ought_v itself_o the_o rather_o to_o be_v bind_v if_o the_o latter_a woe_n be_v to_o they_o by_o who_o the_o scandal_n come_v mat._n 18.7_o for_o this_o be_v that_o very_a case_n to_o which_o that_o woe_n be_v threaten_v the_o scandal_n there_o be_v not_o a_o aversion_n or_o dislike_v of_o something_o that_o we_o see_v be_v practise_v but_o the_o be_v ensnare_v thereby_o cons_n consul_n ames_n de_fw-fr cons_n into_o a_o occasion_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o misery_n of_o our_o dissent_v brethren_n if_o they_o conform_v they_o act_n against_o a_o opine_a conscience_n and_o they_o conclude_v that_o sinful_a if_o they_o refuse_v they_o become_v disobedient_a in_o not_o submit_v to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o man_n for_o the_o lord_n sake_n 1_o pet._n 2.13_o

unto_o the_o very_a modes_n of_o worship_n can_v sure_o misconstrue_v so_o legible_a a_o text_n they_o that_o resist_v shall_v receive_v to_o themselves_o damnation_n rom._n 13.2_o it_o be_v also_o against_o signal_n favour_n and_o personal_a obligation_n and_o ingratitude_n be_v a_o inhuman_a sin_n the_o very_a savage_n be_v oblige_v by_o kindness_n and_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o forest_n too_o generous_a to_o be_v undmindful_a of_o beneficence_n seneca_n seneca_n ingratum_fw-la si_fw-la dixeris_fw-la omne_fw-la dixeris_fw-la declar._n shaftsbury_n lord_n chanc._n essex_n ld._n lieut._n of_o irel._n russel_n of_o the_o pri._n coun._n a_o hundred_o old_a cap._n declar._n yet_o many_o of_o these_o be_v man_n that_o owe_v their_o life_n and_o fortune_n to_o his_o majesty_n clemency_n and_o what_o a_o barbarous_a requital_n this_o so_o siren_n charm_n the_o ear_n that_o lend_v they_o audience_n so_o viper_n eat_v the_o womb_n that_o give_v they_o be_v but_o the_o party_n will_v say_v and_o 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