Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	adam_n	covenant_n	fall_n	2,656	5	9.6090	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74671	The bar, against free admission to the Lords Supper, fixed. Or, An answer to Mr. Humphrey his Rejoynder, or, reply. By Roger Drake minister of Peters Cheap, London.	R. D. (Roger Drake), 1608-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2128; Thomason E1593_1; ESTC R208860	271,720	506

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seal_v to_o a_o blank_a as_o to_o many_o receiver_n 2._o the_o objection_n stand_v good_a because_o divers_a minister_n who_o admit_v all_o pell-mell_o and_o among_o they_o mr._n h._n profess_o seal_v to_o personal_a visible_a blank_n where_o christ_n have_v give_v they_o no_o such_o commission_n mr._n h._n ib._n a_o scrupulous_a christian_a may_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n as_o a_o sign_n though_o haply_o he_o can_v receive_v it_o as_o a_o seal_n ans_fw-fr this_o scrupulous_a christian_a be_v evangelical_o worthy_a or_o not_o if_o the_o former_a he_o both_o may_v and_o must_v receive_v it_o as_o a_o sign_n and_o as_o a_o seal_n yet_o withal_o he_o must_v endeavour_v to_o get_v his_o doubt_n resolve_v if_o the_o latter_a then_o be_v present_a he_o may_v learn_v by_o the_o sacrament_n as_o a_o sign_n though_o he_o do_v not_o receive_v it_o as_o a_o seal_n mr._n h._n p._n 180._o here_o be_v mr._n drake_n great_a error_n to_o confound_v the_o outward_a and_o inward_a covenant_n the_o 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distinguish_v between_o a_o proof_n and_o illustration_n etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr 1._o who_o see_v not_o how_o impertinent_a mr._n humphrey_n be_v in_o charge_v but_o not_o prove_v i_o to_o be_v impertinent_a let_v my_o text_n speak_v for_o itself_o against_o this_o charge_n see_v my_o bar_n page_n 68_o 2_o lie_n i_o have_v think_v that_o illustration_n à_fw-la paribus_fw-la &_o similibns_fw-la if_o pat_o and_o pertinent_a have_v be_v argumentative_a 3_o lie_n in_o this_o very_a particular_a mr._n humphrey_n intend_v not_o only_o a_o illustration_n but_o a_o argument_n else_o what_o mean_v those_o word_n page_n 20._o of_o his_o vindication_n to_o give_v weight_n to_o this_o discourse_v on_o his_o three_o reason_n remember_v three_o passage_n of_o our_o saviour_n now_o the_o last_o of_o those_o three_o be_v the_o instance_n of_o the_o adulterous_a woman_n john_n 8._o mr._n humphrey_n can_v be_v ignorant_a that_o illustration_n as_o such_o afford_v only_o light_a but_o as_o 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if_o sacramental_a trial_n be_v once_o prove_v a_o precept_n of_o christ_n i_o will_v yield_v to_o mr._n drake_n in_o every_o particular_a ans_fw-fr the_o profession_n be_v very_o ingenious_a and_o give_v some_o hope_n that_o ere_o long_o mr._n humphrey_n will_v be_v more_o favourable_a to_o suspension_n then_o at_o present_a he_o seem_v to_o be_v sect._n ix_o proceed_v we_o next_o to_o the_o matter_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o we_o about_o mr._n humphrey_n his_o four_o argument_n draw_v as_o he_o say_v from_o the_o vanity_n formality_n and_o impossibility_n of_o select_v people_n to_o this_o ordinance_n mr._n humphrey_n page_n 101._o what_o dr._n drake_n have_v to_o say_v against_o this_o argument_n be_v barren_a you_o must_v suppose_v my_o ground_n be_v barren_a because_o it_o will_v not_o bear_v mr._n humphrey_n his_o corn_n in_o general_a he_o say_v 1._o in_o the_o rule_n of_o admission_n they_o go_v not_o by_o the_o truth_n of_o grace_n it_o be_v well_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o 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