Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	absolute_a	conditional_a	promise_n	2,374	5	8.1905	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39697	Vindiciæ legis & fœderis: or, A reply to Mr. Philip Cary's Solemn call Wherein he pretends to answer all the arguments of Mr. Allen, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Sydenham, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Roberts, and Dr. Burthogge, for the right of believers infants to baptism, by proving the law at Sinai, and the covenant of circumcision with Abraham, were the very same with Adam's covenant of works, and that because the gospel-covenant is absolute. By John Flavel minister of the gospel in Dartmouth	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing F1205A; ESTC R218689	64,584	175

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12._o 2_o 3._o gen._n 17._o 2_o 3._o thank_v you_o sir_n for_o make_v they_o so_o for_o by_o cut_v off_o the_o first_o verse_n where_o the_o duty_n require_v on_o abraham_n part_n be_v contain_v you_o make_v they_o what_o god_n never_o intend_v they_o to_o be_v and_o the_o same_o foul_a play_n ●…s_v in_o deut._n 30._o where_o you_o separate_v the_o plain_a condition_n contain_v in_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o from_o the_o promise_n vers_fw-la 6._o or_o if_o the_o condition_n vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o be_v not_o plain_a enough_o ●…ut_o you_o will_v make_v it_o part_n of_o the_o pro●…ise_n i_o hope_v that_o after_o in_o vers_n 10._o be_v too_o ●…lain_a to_o be_v deny_v as_o to_o the_o other_o text_n more_o anon_o mean_a time_n see_v how_o ●…ou_v destroy_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o cove●…ant_n object_n but_o say_v you_o pag._n 233._o

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