Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	covenant_n	jesus_n	mediator_n	2,510	5	10.2708	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62960	An exhortation unto reformation amplified, by a discourse concerning the parts and progress of that work, according to the word of God, delivered in a sermon preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusets colony, at Boston in New-England, May 27, 1674, being the day of election there / by Samvel Torrey ...	Torrey, Samuel, 1632-1707.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.	1674 (1674)	Wing T1916; ESTC R13732	47,259	54

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god_n yea_o how_o do_v they_o profane_v poliute_v neglect_n reject_v contemn_v god_n holy_a covenant_n as_o profane_a esau_n do_v gen._n 25.32_o what_o profit_n shall_v this_o birthright_n do_v i_o thus_o esau_n despise_v his_o birthright_n know_v then_o all_o you_o who_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o covenant_n that_o it_o be_v by_o your_o take_n hold_v upon_o the_o covenant_n that_o the_o covenant_n be_v establish_v and_o confirm_v unto_o you_o as_o your_o covenant_n and_o your_o interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n assert_v for_o whatever_o your_o visible_a right_n and_o interest_n unto_o and_o in_o the_o covenant_n may_v be_v and_o whatever_o your_o confidence_n may_v be_v yet_o if_o you_o do_v pollute_v profane_a neglect_n reject_v despise_v contemn_v god_n covenant_n and_o not_o lay_v hold_n upon_o it_o god_n will_v certain_o take_v away_o his_o covenant_n from_o you_o god_n covenant_n will_v certain_o fail_v unto_o such_o a_o generation_n and_o then_o these_o church_n will_v fall_v 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the_o worship_n of_o god_n which_o be_v most_o proper_o church-reformation_n and_o here_o our_o main_a work_n be_v to_o recover_v ourselves_o from_o that_o decay_n which_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o respect_v the_o internal_a spiritual_a power_n and_o purity_n of_o worship_n 1._o we_o must_v labour_v to_o recover_v our_o first_o love_n to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n both_o moral_a and_o institute_v worship_n all_o duty_n of_o worship_n and_o all_o way_n mean_n ordinance_n of_o worship_n it_o be_v a_o very_a high_a esteem_n of_o and_o dear_a love_n unto_o and_o delight_n in_o the_o worship_n and_o ordinance_n of_o god_n whereby_o our_o father_n be_v first_o allure_v and_o move_v to_o follow_v god_n into_o this_o wilderness_n o_o the_o first_o love_n of_o new-englands_n first_o espousal_n the_o kindness_n of_o her_o youth_n when_o she_o first_o follow_v god_n into_o this_o land_n mere_o and_o only_o out_o of_o love_n unto_o and_o delight_n in_o his_o worship_n and_o ordinance_n god_n 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