Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	harden_v	hardness_n	pharaoh_n	2,882	5	10.8987	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01935	Certaine sermons preached upon severall occasions viz. The vvay to prosper. The vvay to be content. The vvay to vvell-doing. A summer sermon. A vvinter sermon. Vnknowne kindnesse. The poore mans hope. By Iohn Gore Rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to prosper.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to be content.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to well-doing.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Summer sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Winter sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Unknowne kindnesse.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Poore mans hope.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Oracle of God.	1636 (1636)	STC 12071; ESTC S120526	199,234	334

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a_o squalid_a foul_a and_o filthy_a place_n so_o the_o word_n signify_v 2_o pet._n 1._o 19_o a_o man_n shall_v have_v much_o ado_n to_o keep_v himself_o unspotted_a where_o so_o much_o filth_n and_o corruption_n be_v david_n find_v this_o and_o desire_v of_o god_n psal_n 69_o 15._o eripe_fw-la i_o de_fw-fr ●uto_fw-mi lord_n deliver_v i_o out_o of_o the_o mire_n that_o i_o sink_v not_o a_o wicked_a man_n think_v the_o broad_a way_n to_o be_v the_o best_a way_n but_o a_o man_n who_o heart_n have_v be_v thaw_v know_v it_o to_o be_v full_a of_o mire_n and_o slough_n and_o it_o be_v god_n mercy_n if_o they_o do_v not_o sink_v irrecoverable_o 5._o while_o the_o frost_n hold_v the_o plough_n be_v lock_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n no_o seed_n can_v be_v sow_v all_o husbandry_n be_v intermit_v till_o god_n send_v a_o thaw_n and_o then_o their_o work_n go_v forward_o so_o while_o man_n be_v freeze_v in_o sin_n god_n blow_n can_v make_v no_o work_n the_o seed_n of_o his_o word_n can_v take_v no_o 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repentance_n may_v gush_v forth_o in_o abundance_n or_o as_o the_o word_n of_o my_o text_n be_v desire_v god_n to_o blow_v upon_o thy_o soul_n with_o the_o vital_a blast_n of_o his_o holy_a spirit_n that_o these_o water_n may_v flow_v to_o wa_o ●_o and_o cleanse_v and_o carry_v away_o the_o mud_n and_o dregs_n and_o filth_n of_o all_o thy_o sin_n i_o have_v do_v with_o my_o text._n god_n of_o his_o mercy_n give_v a_o blessing_n to_o it_o for_o jesus_n sake_n our_o lord_n and_o only_a saviour_n amen_n fjnjs_fw-la unknown_a kindness_n a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o the_o cathedral_n church_n of_o st._n paul_n in_o london_n anno_fw-la dom_fw-la 1635._o by_o john_n gore_n rector_n of_o wenden-lofts_a in_o essex_n print_a at_o london_n by_o t._n cotes_n for_o thomas_n alchorne_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o greene-dragon_n 1635._o perlegi_fw-la hanc_fw-la concionem_fw-la cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la unknown_a kindness_n in_o quâ_fw-la nihil_fw-la reperio_fw-la sanae_fw-la fidei_fw-la aut_fw-la bonis_fw-la moribus_fw-la contrarium_fw-la tho._n week_n r._n p._n epo_fw-la lond._n cap._n dome_v exit_fw-la aedibus_fw-la fulhami_fw-la maij_fw-la 24._o 1635._o to_o the_o right_n worshipful_a m._n doctor_n duck_n chancellor_n for_o the_o diocese_n of_o london_n right_n worship_n i_o remember_v that_o david_n psal_n 23._o 4._o take_v as_o much_o comfort_n in_o the_o rod_n wherewith_o he_o be_v smite_v as_o in_o the_o staff_n whereby_o he_o be_v uphold_v and_o i_o consider_v that_o your_o jurisdiction_n over_o i_o be_v as_o well_o corrective_a for_o what_o be_v amiss_o as_o directive_n in_o what_o be_v aright_o take_v i_o beseech_v you_o this_o tender_a from_o my_o hand_n as_o a_o testimony_n from_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o be_o you_o in_o both_o and_o do_v as_o kind_o accept_v of_o the_o one_o as_o i_o embrace_v the_o other_o thus_o nudus_fw-la ad_fw-la ignotum_fw-la i_o prostrate_v myself_o and_o pray_v both_o 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