Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	call_v	let_v	lord_n	4,494	5	3.9188	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02537	The great impostor laid open in a sermon at Grayes Inne, Febr. 2.1623. By Ios. Hall D.D.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1623 (1623)	STC 12665; ESTC S116594	14,333	76

hand_n all_o their_o life_n long_o soothe_v they_o in_o all_o their_o course_n promise_v they_o success_n in_o all_o their_o way_n secure_v they_o from_o fear_n of_o evil_n assure_v they_o of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o possession_n of_o heaven_n as_o some_o fond_a bigot_n will_v brag_v of_o his_o bull_n or_o medal_n or_o agnus_n dei_fw-la or_o as_o those_o priest_n that_o gerson_n &c_n tax_n who_o make_v the_o people_n believe_v that_o the_o mass_n be_v good_a for_o the_o eyesight_n for_o the_o maw_n for_o bodily_a health_n and_o preservation_n till_o they_o come_v to_o their_o deathbed_n but_o then_o when_o they_o come_v to_o call_v forth_o the_o comfort_n they_o must_v trust_v to_o they_o find_v they_o like_v to_o some_o unfaithful_a captain_n that_o have_v all_o the_o while_n in_o garrison_n fill_v his_o purse_n with_o dead_a pay_v and_o make_v up_o the_o number_n of_o his_o company_n with_o borrow_a man_n and_o in_o time_n of_o ease_n show_v fair_a but_o when_o he_o be_v call_v forth_o by_o a_o sudden_a alarm_n bewray_v his_o shame_n and_o weakness_n and_o fail_v his_o general_n when_o he_o have_v most_o need_n of_o he_o right_o thus_o do_v the_o perfidious_a heart_n of_o many_o after_o all_o the_o glorious_a brag_n of_o their_o security_n on_o the_o bed_n of_o their_o last_o reckon_n find_v nothing_o but_o a_o cold_a despair_n and_o a_o woeful_a horror_n of_o conscience_n and_o therefore_o too_o just_o may_v their_o heart_n say_v to_o they_o as_o the_o heart_n of_o apollodorus_n the_o tyrant_n seem_v to_o say_v unto_o he_o who_o dream_v one_o night_n that_o he_o be_v flay_v by_o the_o scythian_n and_o boil_a in_o a_o cauldron_n and_o that_o his_o heart_n speak_v to_o he_o out_o of_o the_o kettle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v i_o that_o have_v draw_v thou_o to_o all_o this_o certain_o never_o man_n be_v or_o shall_v be_v fry_a in_o hell_n but_o cry_v out_o of_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o accuse_v that_o deceitful_a piece_n as_o guilty_a of_o all_o his_o torment_n for_o let_v satan_n be_v never_o so_o malicious_a and_o the_o world_n never_o so_o parasitical_a yet_o if_o his_o own_o heart_n have_v be_v true_a to_o he_o none_o of_o these_o can_v have_v hurt_v he_o let_v the_o rest_n of_o our_o enemy_n do_v their_o worst_a only_o from_o the_o evil_a of_o our_o own_o heart_n good_a lord_n deliver_v us._n it_o be_v now_o time_n for_o our_o thought_n to_o dwell_v a_o little_a upon_o the_o meditation_n and_o deploration_n of_o our_o own_o danger_n and_o misery_n who_o be_v every_o way_n so_o environ_v with_o subtlety_n if_o we_o look_v at_o satan_n his_o old_a title_n be_v that_o old_a serpent_n who_o must_v needs_o therefore_o now_o by_o so_o long_a time_n and_o experience_n be_v both_o more_o old_a and_o more_o serpent_n if_o we_o look_v at_o sin_n it_o be_v as_o crafty_a as_o he_o lest_o any_o of_o you_o be_v harden_v through_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o sin_n if_o at_o our_o own_o heart_n we_o hear_v that_o which_o we_o may_v feel_v that_o the_o heart_n be_v deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n oh_o wretched_a man_n that_o we_o be_v how_o be_v we_o beset_v with_o impostor_n on_o all_o hand_n if_o it_o be_v more_o seasonable_a for_o we_o to_o bewail_v our_o estate_n than_o to_o seek_v the_o redress_n of_o it_o but_o since_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o worth_a our_o labour_n to_o know_v how_o deep_o the_o pit_n be_v into_o which_o we_o be_v fall_v as_o how_o to_o come_v out_o of_o it_o hear_v rather_o i_o beseech_v you_o for_o a_o conclusion_n how_o we_o may_v avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o deceit_n of_o our_o false_a heart_n even_o just_a so_o as_o we_o will_v prevent_v the_o nimble_a feat_n of_o some_o cheat_a juggler_n search_v he_o watch_v he_o trust_v he_o not_o look_v well_o into_o his_o hand_n pocket_n boxes_z sleeve_n yea_o under_o his_o very_a tongue_n itself_o there_o be_v no_o fraud_n so_o secret_a but_o may_v be_v descry_v be_v our_o heart_n as_o crafty_a as_o the_o devil_n himself_o they_o may_v be_v find_v out_o 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a say_v saint_n paul_n of_o satan_n device_n much_o more_o than_o may_v we_o know_v our_o own_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n as_o solomon_n speak_v of_o king_n like_v unto_o deep_a water_n they_o have_v a_o bottom_n and_o may_v be_v fathom_v be_v they_o as_o dark_a as_o hell_n itself_o and_o never_o so_o full_a of_o wind_n and_o blind_a way_n and_o obscure_a turn_n do_v but_o take_v the_o lantern_n of_o god_n law_n in_o your_o hand_n and_o you_o shall_v easy_o find_v all_o the_o false_a and_o foul_a corner_n of_o they_o as_o david_n say_v of_o the_o sun_n nothing_o be_v hide_v from_o the_o light_n thereof_o prove_v yourselves_o say_v the_o apostle_n it_o be_v hard_a if_o falsehood_n be_v so_o constant_a to_o itself_o that_o by_o many_o question_n it_o be_v not_o trip_v where_o this_o duty_n be_v slacken_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o the_o heart_n be_v overrun_v with_o spiritual_a fraud_n often_o privy_a search_n scar_v away_o vagrant_a and_o disorderly_a person_n where_o no_o inquiry_n be_v make_v be_v a_o fit_a harbour_n for_o they_o if_o you_o will_v not_o have_v your_o heart_n therefore_o become_v the_o lawless_a ordinary_n of_o unclean_a spirit_n search_v they_o oft_o leave_v not_o a_o straw_n unshake_a to_o find_v out_o these_o labanish_a teraphim_n that_o be_v steal_v and_o hide_v within_o we_o and_o when_o we_o have_v search_v our_o best_a if_o we_o fear_v there_o be_v yet_o some_o unknown_a evil_n lurk_v within_o we_o as_o the_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n pray_v against_o secret_a sin_n let_v we_o call_v he_o in_o that_o can_v be_v deceive_v and_o say_v to_o god_n with_o the_o psalmist_n search_v thou_o i_o o_o lord_n and_o try_v i_o oh_o let_v we_o yield_v ourselves_o over_o to_o be_v ransack_v by_o that_o all-seeing_a eye_n and_o effectual_a hand_n of_o the_o almighty_a all_o our_o daub_v and_o cog_a and_o pack_v and_o shuffle_n lie_v open_a before_o he_o and_o he_o only_o can_v make_v the_o heart_n ashamed_a of_o itself_o and_o when_o our_o heart_n be_v once_o strip_v naked_a &_o careful_o search_v let_v our_o eye_n be_v ever_o fix_o bend_v upon_o their_o conveyance_n and_o inclination_n if_o we_o search_v and_o watch_v not_o we_o may_v be_v safe_a for_o the_o present_a long_o we_o can_v for_o our_o eye_n be_v no_o soon_o off_o than_o the_o heart_n be_v busy_a in_o some_o practice_n of_o falsehood_n it_o be_v well_o if_o it_o forbear_v while_o we_o look_v on_o for_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o and_o many_o a_o heart_n be_v like_o some_o bold_a and_o cunning_a thief_n that_o look_v a_o man_n in_o the_o face_n and_o cut_v his_o purse_n but_o sure_o if_o there_o be_v any_o guardian_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v the_o eye_n the_o wise_a man_n eye_n say_v solomon_n be_v in_o his_o head_n doubtless_o on_o purpose_n to_o look_v into_o his_o heart_n my_o son_n above_o all_o keep_n keep_v thy_o heart_n say_v he_o if_o we_o do_v not_o dog_n our_o heart_n then_o in_o all_o our_o way_n but_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o lose_v the_o sight_n of_o they_o they_o run_v wild_a and_o we_o shall_v not_o recover_v they_o till_o after_o many_o slippery_a trick_n on_o their_o part_n and_o much_o repentance_n on_o we_o alas_o how_o little_a be_v this_o regard_v in_o the_o world_n wherein_o the_o most_o take_v no_o keep_v of_o their_o soul_n but_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o run_v after_o the_o way_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n without_o observation_n without_o controlment_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o these_o man_n but_o that_o they_o will_v fain_o be_v deceive_v and_o perish_v for_o after_o this_o loose_a licentiousness_n without_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n they_o never_o set_v eye_n more_o upon_o their_o heart_n till_o they_o see_v they_o either_o fearful_o intoyl_v in_o the_o present_a judgement_n of_o god_n or_o fast_o chain_v in_o the_o pit_n of_o hell_n in_o the_o torment_n of_o final_a condemnation_n three_o if_o our_o search_n and_o watch_n shall_v fail_v we_o we_o be_v sure_a our_o distrust_n can_v it_o be_v not_o possible_a our_o heart_n shall_v deceive_v we_o if_o we_o trust_v it_o not_o we_o carry_v a_o remedy_n within_o we_o of_o other_o fraud_n and_o why_o not_o of_o our_o own_o the_o italian_n not_o unwise_o pray_v god_n in_o their_o know_a proverb_n to_o deliver_v they_o from_o who_o they_o trust_v for_o we_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o those_o we_o rely_v upon_o but_o nothing_o can_v lose_v that_o which_o it_o have_v not_o distrust_v therefore_o can_v never_o be_v disappoint_v if_o our_o heart_n then_o shall_v

and_o repine_v and_o struggle_v like_a frantic_v against_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o maker_n thus_o to_o sum_n up_o all_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v whole_o set_v upon_o cozenage_n the_o understanding_n over-knowing_a mis-knowing_a dissemble_a the_o will_n pretend_v and_o incline_v contrary_o the_o affection_n mock_v we_o in_o the_o object_n measure_n manner_n and_o in_o all_o of_o they_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v deceitful_a you_o have_v see_v the_o face_n of_o this_o cheater_n look_v now_o at_o his_o hand_n and_o now_o you_o see_v who_o this_o deceiver_n be_v see_v also_o the_o sleight_n of_o his_o deceit_n and_o therein_o the_o fashion_n the_o subject_n the_o sequel_n of_o it_o from_o whence_o we_o will_v descend_v to_o our_o demeanour_n towards_o so_o dangerous_a a_o impostor_n the_o fashion_n of_o his_o deceit_n be_v the_o same_o with_o our_o ordinary_a juggler_n either_o cunning_a conveyance_n or_o false_a semblance_n cunning_a conveyance_n whether_o into_o we_o in_o we_o from_o us._n the_o heart_n admit_v sin_n as_o paradise_n do_v the_o serpent_n there_o it_o be_v but_o by_o what_o chink_n or_o cranny_n it_o enter_v we_o know_v not_o so_o as_o we_o may_v say_v of_o sin_n as_o the_o master_n of_o the_o feast_n in_o the_o gospel_n say_v to_o his_o slovenly_a guest_n quomodo_fw-la intrasti_fw-la how_o come_v thou_o in_o hither_o corruption_n do_v not_o eat_v into_o the_o heart_n as_o our_o first_o parent_n do_v into_o the_o apple_n so_o as_o the_o print_n of_o their_o tooth_n may_v be_v see_v but_o as_o the_o worm_n eat_v into_o the_o core_n insensible_o neither_o be_v there_o less_o closeness_n when_o it_o be_v enter_v i_o will_v it_o be_v as_o untrue_a a_o word_n as_o it_o be_v a_o harsh_a one_o that_o many_o a_o professedly-christian_a heart_n lodge_v a_o devil_n in_o the_o blind_a room_n of_o it_o and_o either_o know_v it_o not_o or_o will_v not_o be_v acknow_v of_o it_o every_o one_o that_o harbour_v a_o willing_a sin_n in_o his_o breast_n do_v so_o the_o malicious_a man_n have_v a_o furious_a devil_n the_o wanton_a a_o unclean_a devil_n a_o beelphegor_n or_o a_o tammuz_n the_o proud_a man_n a_o lucifer_n the_o covetous_a a_o mammon_n certain_o these_o foul_a spirit_n be_v not_o more_o true_o in_o hell_n than_o in_o a_o wicked_a heart_n there_o they_o be_v but_o so_o close_o that_o i_o know_v not_o if_o the_o heart_n itself_o know_v it_o it_o be_v verify_v of_o this_o citadel_n of_o the_o heart_n which_o be_v say_v of_o that_o vast_a ninive_n that_o the_o enemy_n have_v take_v some_o part_n of_o it_o long_o ere_o the_o other_o know_v it_o what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o most_o common_a and_o yet_o most_o dangerous_a guest_n that_o lodge_v in_o this_o inn_n of_o the_o heart_n infidelity_n call_v at_o the_o door_n and_o ask_v if_o such_o a_o one_o host_n not_o there_o they_o within_z make_v strange_a of_o it_o deny_v it_o forswear_v it_o call_v the_o officer_n make_v privy_a search_n you_o shall_v hardly_o find_v he_o like_o some_o jesuite_n in_o a_o popish_a dame_n chamber_n he_o be_v so_o close_o contrive_v into_o false_a floor_n and_o double_a wall_n that_o his_o presence_n be_v not_o more_o easy_o know_v than_o hardly_o convince_a confess_v how_o easy_a be_v it_o to_o say_v that_o if_o infidelity_n do_v not_o lurk_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n they_o dare_v not_o do_v as_o they_o do_v they_o can_v not_o but_o do_v what_o they_o do_v not_o dare_v they_o sin_n if_o they_o be_v persuade_v of_o a_o hell_n dare_v they_o buy_v a_o minute_n of_o pleasure_n with_o everlasting_a torment_n can_v they_o so_o slight_a heaven_n if_o they_o believe_v it_o can_v they_o be_v so_o loath_a to_o possess_v it_o can_v they_o think_v much_o of_o a_o little_a painful_a goodness_n to_o purchase_v a_o eternity_n of_o happiness_n no_o no_o man_n father_n and_o brethren_n if_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o infidel_n while_o the_o face_n be_v christian_a this_o can_v not_o be_v neither_o do_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n more_o cunning_o convey_v sin_n into_o and_o in_o itself_o than_o from_o it_o the_o sin_n that_o you_o see_v even_o now_o open_o in_o the_o hand_n be_v so_o swift_o pass_v under_o the_o board_n that_o it_o be_v now_o vanish_v look_v for_o it_o in_o his_o forehead_n there_o it_o be_v not_o look_v for_o it_o under_o his_o tongue_n there_o be_v none_o look_v for_o it_o in_o his_o conscience_n you_o find_v nothing_o and_o all_o this_o by_o the_o legier-de-maine_a of_o the_o heart_n thus_o achan_n have_v hide_v his_o wedge_n and_o now_o he_o dare_v stand_v out_o to_o a_o lot_n thus_o salomon_n harlot_n have_v wipe_v her_o mouth_n and_o it_o be_v not_o she_o thus_o saul_n will_v lie-out_a his_o sacrilege_n until_o the_o very_a beast_n out-bleat_a and_o out-bellow_a he_o thus_o the_o swearer_n swear_v and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v swear_v that_o he_o swear_v not_o thus_o the_o unclean_a fornicator_n bribe_v off_o his_o sin_n and_o his_o shame_n and_o now_o make_v challenge_n to_o the_o world_n of_o his_o honesty_n it_o can_v be_v speak_v how_o peevish_o witty_a the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v this_o way_n neither_o doubt_v i_o but_o this_o wiliness_n be_v some_o of_o the_o poison_n that_o the_o subtle_a serpent_n infect_v we_o with_o in_o that_o fatal_a morsel_n they_o be_v three_o cunning_a shift_n which_o the_o scripture_n record_v of_o three_o woman_n as_o that_o sex_n have_v be_v ever_o note_v for_o more_o sudden_a pregnancy_n of_o wit_n rachel_n rahab_n and_o the_o good_a wife_n of_o bahurim_n the_o first_o hide_v the_o teraphim_n with_o a_o modest_a seat_n the_o second_o the_o spic_n with_o flaxe-stalke_n and_o the_o three_o david_n scout_n with_o corn_n spread_v over_o the_o well_o but_o these_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o device_n that_o nature_n have_v wont_a to_o use_v for_o the_o cloak_v of_o sin_n god_n make_v man_n upright_o say_v solomon_n but_o he_o seek_v many_o invention_n be_v adam_n challenge_v for_o sin_n behold_v all_o on_o the_o sudden_a it_o be_v pass_v from_o his_o hand_n to_o god_n the_o woman_n that_o thou_o give_v i_o be_v saul_n challenge_v for_o a_o covetous_a and_o disobedient_a remissness_n the_o sin_n be_v straight_o pass_v from_o the_o field_n to_o the_o altar_n i_o save_v the_o fat_a for_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n so_o the_o one_o begin_v his_o sin_n in_o god_n and_o the_o other_o end_v it_o in_o he_o be_v david_n bewitch_v with_o lust_n to_o abuse_v the_o wife_n the_o husband_n must_v be_v send_v home_o drink_v to_o hide_v it_o or_o if_o not_o that_o to_o his_o long_a home_n in_o a_o pretend_a favour_n of_o his_o valour_n be_v a_o gripe_a usurer_n dispose_v to_o put_v his_o money_n together_o to_o breed_v a_o monster_n he_o have_v a_o thousand_o quirk_n to_o cozen_v both_o law_n and_o conscience_n be_v a_o simoniacal_a patron_n dispose_v to_o make_v a_o good_a match_n of_o his_o people_n soul_n it_o shall_v be_v no_o bargain_n but_o a_o gift_n he_o have_v a_o live_a to_o give_v but_o a_o horse_n to_o sell_v and_o sure_o i_o think_v in_o this_o wise_a age_n of_o the_o world_n usurer_n and_o simonist_n strive_v who_o shall_v find_v the_o witty_a way_n to_o hell_n what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o secret_a fraud_n in_o contract_n booty_n in_o match_n subornation_n of_o instrument_n hire_v of_o oath_n see_v of_o officer_n equivocation_n of_o answer_n and_o ten_o thousand_o other_o trick_n that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n have_v devise_v for_o the_o conveyance_n of_o sin_n in_o all_o which_o it_o too_o well_o approve_v itself_o incomparable_o deceitful_a the_o false_a semblance_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v yet_o worse_o for_o the_o former_a be_v mostwhat_a for_o the_o smother_n of_o evil_n this_o be_v for_o the_o justify_n of_o evil_a or_o the_o disgrace_n of_o good_a in_o these_o two_o do_v this_o act_n of_o falsehood_n chief_o consist_v in_o make_v evil_a good_a or_o good_a evil_n for_o the_o first_o the_o natural_a man_n know_v well_o how_o filthy_a all_o his_o brood_n be_v and_o therefore_o will_v not_o let_v they_o come_v forth_o but_o disguise_v with_o the_o colour_n and_o dress_n of_o good_a so_o as_o now_o every_o one_o of_o nature_n bird_n be_v a_o swan_n pride_n be_v handsomeness_n desperate_a fury_n valour_n lavishness_n be_v noble_a munificence_n drunkenness_n civility_n flattery_n compliment_n murderous_a revenge_n justice_n the_o courtesan_n be_v bona_fw-la foemina_fw-la the_o sorcerer_n a_o wise_a man_n the_o oppressor_n a_o good_a husband_n absolom_n will_v go_v pay_v his_o vow_n herod_n will_v worship_v the_o babe_n for_o the_o second_o such_o be_v the_o envy_n of_o nature_n that_o where_o she_o see_v a_o better_a face_n than_o her_o own_o she_o be_v ready_a to_o scratch_v it_o or_o cast_v