Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	evil_a	good_a	tree_n	6,434	5	10.3457	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16834	A sermon, preached at Paules Crosse on the Monday in Whitson weeke Anno Domini. 1571 Entreating on this sentence Sic deus dilexit mundum, vt daret vnigenitum filium suum, vt omnis qui credit in eu[m] non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. So God loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that al that beleue on him shoulde not perysh, but haue eternall life. Iohn. 3. Preached and augmented by Iohn Bridges.	Bridges, John, d. 1618.	1571 (1571)	STC 3736; ESTC S109682	109,364	184

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iudico_fw-la homo_fw-la enim_fw-la videt_fw-la 16._o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la parent_n dominus_fw-la auten_fw-mi intuetur_fw-la cor_fw-la neither_o do_v i_o judge_v say_v god_n after_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n for_o man_n see_v those_o thing_n that_o appear_v but_o the_o lord_n behold_v the_o heart_n he_o look_v on_o the_o faith_n hide_v within_o domine_fw-la oculi_fw-la tui_fw-la fidem_fw-la respiciunt_fw-la say_v 5._o jeremy_n oh_o lord_n thy_o eye_n look_v upon_o the_o faith_n cord_n creditur_fw-la ad_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la say_v s._n paul_n with_o 11._o the_o heart_n we_o believe_v to_o righteousness_n fides_fw-la est_fw-la argumentum_fw-la non_fw-la apparentium_fw-la faith_n be_v a_o argument_n of_o thing_n that_o appear_v not_o but_o work_n

must_v appear_v sic_fw-la luceat_fw-la lux_fw-la vestra_fw-la let_v your_o light_n so_o 5._o shine_v before_o man_n that_o they_o may_v see_v your_o good_a work_n and_o therefore_o work_v of_o s._n james_n be_v call_v 5._o fructus_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n fructus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la the_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o tree_n juice_n &_o sap_n but_o the_o juice_n and_o sap_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o tree_n fruit_n the_o fruit_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o tree_n live_v but_o the_o sap_n and_o juice_n be_v cause_n of_o the_o tree_n life_n the_o tree_n have_v not_o fruit_n before_o it_o have_v sap_n and_o juice_n nor_o yet_o have_v fruit_n in_o receive_v sap_n and_o juice_n but_o after_o it_o have_v receive_v sap_n and_o juice_n then_o in_o due_a time_n it_o bring_v forth_o his_o fruit_n and_o very_o well_o herein_o do_v the_o scripture_n in_o diverse_a place_n liken_v a_o 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a_o inch_n and_o be_v always_o attendant_a on_o the_o bid_n and_o beck_n of_o faith_n to_o do_v whatsoever_o she_o command_v they_o but_o the_o mistress_n be_v one_o and_o the_o maiden_n be_v a_o other_o only_o we_o deny_v that_o the_o handmaiden_n intermeddle_v in_o this_o high_a matter_n of_o justification_n which_o be_v alone_o between_o god_n and_o we_o &_o faith_n she_o only_o on_o our_o part_n make_v up_o the_o spousal_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o we_o desponsabo_fw-la te_fw-la mihi_fw-la fide_fw-la i_o 2._o will_v say_v christ_n espouse_v thou_o to_o i_o by_o faith_n faith_n shall_v join_v our_o hand_n together_o a_o saucy_a jill_n be_v that_o handmaiden_n that_o will_v intrude_v herself_o in_o to_o her_o mistress_n privilege_n this_o then_o belong_v to_o faith_n alone_o to_o receive_v this_o benefit_n at_o god_n hand_n and_o to_o nothing_o but_o only_a faith_n for_o she_o alone_o can_v full_o do_v it_o why_o then_o say_v the_o papist_n what_o shall_v let_v but_o that_o the_o 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