Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	abundance_n	mouth_n	speak_v	5,245	5	4.7625	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27259	Psychomachia, or, The soules conflict with the sins of vain glory, coldnesse in professing Christ, envie, photinianism (of the last resurrection), ingratitude, unpreparednes to meet the Lord, revenge, forgetfulness of God : pourtrayed in eight severall sermons, six whereof were delivered at St. Maries, and Christ-Church in Oxford, and two at Sherburn in Glocestershire / Henry Beesley ...	Beesley, Henry, 1605-1675.	1656 (1656)	Wing B1691; ESTC R13325	163,090	260

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in_o hoc_fw-la ingressu_fw-la fidei_fw-la si_fw-la proficerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n a●gustin_n in_o locum_fw-la minut._n felix_n that_o they_o will_v not_o allow_v they_o a_o save_a faith_n or_o if_o because_o of_o st._n augustine_n authority_n they_o afford_v they_o a_o beginning_n of_o faith_n they_o accuse_v they_o of_o stifle_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n like_o cruel_a parent_n that_o fear_v shame_n or_o the_o like_a inconvenience_n paricidium_fw-la faciunt_fw-la antequam_fw-la pariunt_fw-la murder_n their_o issue_n before_o the_o delivery_n as_o no_o less_o cruel_o do_v these_o with_o their_o faith_n in_o who_o heart_n have_v be_v lively_o reside_v as_o it_o seem_v only_o picture_v in_o their_o brain_n it_o can_v not_o but_o yield_v some_o sign_n of_o life_n at_o least_o breathe_v our_o into_o expression_n for_o our_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o mouth_n speak_v as_o speak_v the_o mouth_n of_o truth_n itself_o which_o natural_a correspondency_n nature_n seem_v to_o have_v intend_v in_o that_o elegant_a structure_n 12.34_o mat._n 12.34_o by_o which_o the_o tongue_n of_o all_o visible_a part_n be_v root_v near_o unto_o the_o heart_n 11._o charron_n de_fw-mi sag_v lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o as_o if_o thence_o receive_v the_o juice_n of_o knowledge_n it_o shall_v spring_v forth_o in_o the_o fruit_n of_o utterance_n which_o the_o symbolical_a priest_n of_o isis_n employ_v in_o their_o doctrinal_a emblem_n present_v each_o votary_n with_o a_o branch_n of_o the_o persian_a tree_n who_o leaf_n and_o fruit_n be_v say_v to_o resemble_v the_o heart_n &_o tongue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr plut_z in_o isi_n de_fw-fr as_o plutarch_n give_v the_o moral_a of_o it_o for_o man_n can_v be_v more_o divine_o employ_v then_o in_o speech_n concern_v god_n but_o the_o royal_a prophet_n more_o clear_o evince_v it_o by_o his_o practic_a enthimem_n 39.3_o psal_n 116.10_o psal_n 39.3_o i_o believe_v therefore_o have_v i_o speak_v conclude_v it_o necessary_a 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although_o it_o have_v cost_v they_o the_o punishment_n of_o john_n baptist_n 38.6_o jer._n 38.6_o to_o be_v cast_v into_o prison_n but_o no_o reason_n for_o any_o here_o to_o complain_v that_o their_o mouth_n be_v stop_v in_o this_o kind_n 58.1_o isai_n 58.1_o they_o may_v cry_v aloud_o and_o spare_v not_o lift_v up_o their_o voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n they_o be_v like_v best_a most_o cry_v up_o that_o cry_v down_o sin_n that_o show_v the_o people_n their_o transgression_n 7.13_o amos_n 7.13_o even_o in_o the_o king_n chapel_n and_o in_o the_o king_n court_n the_o mean_a prophet_n may_v reprove_v 26.25_o act_n 26.25_o and_o not_o fear_v to_o be_v reprove_v for_o it_o so_o he_o speak_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n and_o soberness_n and_o herein_o the_o lord_n be_v gracious_a unto_o we_o that_o though_o he_o have_v give_v we_o the_o bread_n of_o adversity_n 30.20_o isaiah_n 30.20_o and_o the_o water_n of_o affliction_n yet_o he_o have_v suffer_v this_o vox_fw-la clamantis_fw-la to_o be_v hear_v among_o we_o only_a under_o favour_n it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o some_o which_o be_v able_a to_o cry_v in_o this_o kind_n for_o their_o worth_n and_o part_n do_v not_o stop_v their_o own_o mouth_n now_o in_o this_o time_n of_o great_a need_n when_o the_o church_n and_o government_n be_v so_o cry_v down_o by_o the_o son_n of_o thunder_n we_o hear_v in_o the_o prophet_n a_o woe_n denounce_v against_o idol-shepherd_n that_o be_v 135.16_o zachar._n 12.17_o ps_n 135.16_o such_o as_o have_v mouth_n and_o speak_v not_o i_o shall_v say_v but_o this_o that_o heed_n will_v be_v take_v ne_fw-la silentium_fw-la clamet_fw-la that_o this_o silence_n be_v not_o a_o cry_a sin_n this_o for_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o messenger_n come_v we_o next_o to_o the_o place_n where_o he_o cry_v in_o deserto_fw-la in_o the_o wilderness_n second_o part._n this_o be_v the_o school_n wherein_o john_n be_v breed_v until_o his_o show_v unto_o israel_n and_o this_o be_v the_o diocese_n wherein_o he_o 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scripture_n must_v be_v fulfil_v the_o prophet_n thereby_o the_o term_n of_o a_o wilderness_n impli_v the_o desolate_a estate_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o bondage_n of_o babylon_n calvin_n allegorice_n isaias_n desertum_fw-la vocat_fw-la miseram_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vastitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la dominum_fw-la viam_fw-la reperturum_fw-la per_fw-la invia_fw-la calvin_n but_o assure_v they_o withal_o that_o though_o there_o appear_v no_o more_o escape_n than_o in_o a_o wilderness_n where_o the_o way_n be_v obstruct_v with_o thorn_n and_o brake_n and_o other_o encumbrance_n yet_o god_n will_v make_v his_o way_n through_o all_o for_o their_o deliverance_n the_o like_a do_v john_n the_o baptist_n here_o though_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n seem_v barren_a and_o unfruitful_a yet_o by_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n it_o shall_v flourish_v 35.1_o isai_n 35.1_o and_o blossom_n as_o the_o rose_n though_o nothing_o but_o beast_n now_o seem_v to_o range_v in_o it_o 3.7_o mat._n 3.7_o gen_fw-la mina_fw-la viperarum_fw-la as_o he_o term_v they_o a_o race_n of_o viper_n yet_o by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n those_o viper_n shall_v be_v change_v into_o child_n of_o abraham_n 2._o this_o preach_v in_o a_o wilderness_n represent_v the_o liberty_n and_o universality_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o law_n then_o the_o church_n be_v hortus_fw-la conclusus_fw-la 4.12_o cant._n 4.12_o as_o solomon_n picture_n it_o a_o garden_n enclose_v a_o spring_n shut_v up_o a_o fountain_n seal_v luther_n legis_fw-la doctrina_fw-la in_o angulum_fw-la illum_fw-la jud._n populi_fw-la conclusa_fw-la evangelium_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la johanne_n cepit_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la in_o vasto_fw-la deserto_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la doctrina_fw-la liberrima_fw-la in_o publica_fw-la tàm_fw-la communis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quàm_fw-la hoc_fw-la coeli_fw-la lumen_fw-la luther_n so_o guard_v with_o a_o cherubin_n and_o flame_a sword_n that_o no_o gentile_a can_v 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