Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	wound_n	wound_v	year_n	18	3	4.3239	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B25425	Troposchēmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. K; Tropologia. Book 4.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.; De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685. Tropologia. aut	1682 (1682)	Wing K101A; ESTC R7039	690,855	608

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will_v have_v come_v he_o will_v have_v watch_v wicked_a man_n naked_a ezek._n 16.8_o and_o cover_v thy_o nakedness_n etc._n etc._n verse_n 22._o thou_o have_v not_o remember_v the_o day_n of_o thy_o youth_n when_o thou_o be_v naked_a and_o bare_a etc._n etc._n rev._n 3.17_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o twofold_a nakedness_n viz._n a_o external_a and_o a_o internal_a nakedness_n the_o nakedness_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o body_n parallel_n i._o nakedness_n since_o the_o fall_n do_v not_o only_o import_v not_o have_v of_o clothes_n but_o the_o want_n of_o clothes_n as_o adam_n before_o he_o fall_v have_v no_o clothes_n so_o he_o need_v none_o his_o nakedness_n be_v a_o ornament_n to_o he_o but_o no_o soon_o have_v he_o sin_v but_o he_o see_v the_o want_n of_o a_o garment_n so_o all_o ungodly_a man_n be_v not_o only_o without_o spiritual_a clothes_n but_o they_o exceed_o need_v they_o as_o they_o have_v no_o righteousness_n to_o 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god_n nor_o resist_v sin_n and_o satan_n they_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o any_o society_n of_o spiritual_a man_n but_o be_v unspeakable_o miserable_a every_o way_n disparity_n naked_a man_n desire_v clothes_n they_o will_v beg_v hard_a for_o something_o to_o cover_v their_o nakedness_n but_o the_o wicked_a be_v unsensible_a of_o their_o nakedness_n and_o therefore_o seek_v not_o to_o be_v clothe_v nay_o like_o mad_a man_n refuse_v raiment_n we_o read_v luke_n 8.27_o of_o a_o man_n possess_v with_o a_o legion_n of_o devil_n and_o the_o text_n say_v he_o wear_v no_o clothes_n his_o madness_n be_v evidence_v by_o that_o he_o will_v suffer_v no_o clothes_n to_o be_v put_v upon_o he_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n man_n be_v spiritual_o possess_v with_o a_o legion_n of_o devil_n that_o refuse_v to_o put_v on_o the_o garment_n of_o faith_n and_o holiness_n to_o cover_v their_o nakedness_n these_o garment_n be_v hold_v forth_o every_o day_n to_o be_v sell_v without_o money_n and_o without_o price_n in_o 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divers_a property_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o fit_a resemblance_n between_o it_o and_o they_o etc._n etc._n parallel_n the_o viper_n be_v a_o most_o poisonous_a creature_n 28.5_o act._n 28.5_o when_o the_o barbarian_n see_v the_o viper_n stick_v on_o paul_n hand_n they_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o dead_a man_n their_o bite_a be_v account_v mortal_a so_o the_o wicked_a be_v a_o very_a destructive_a and_o murderous_a generation_n of_o man_n their_o bitter_a word_n and_o cruel_a slander_n be_v like_o deadly_a venom_n the_o poison_n of_o asp_n be_v under_o their_o tongue_n david_n complain_v of_o the_o ungodly_a upon_o this_o account_n who_o tongue_n say_v he_o be_v as_o a_o sharp_a sword_n sin_n be_v

wound_v in_o every_o faculty_n of_o his_o soul_n or_o rational_a part_n so_o likewise_o he_o be_v in_o his_o sensitive_a part_n his_o eye_n be_v full_a of_o adultery_n his_o lip_n be_v unclean_a ●3_n r●m_fw-la 3._o ●3_n his_o throat_n be_v like_o a_o open_a sepulchre_n the_o poison_n of_o asp_n be_v under_o his_o tongue_n his_o ear_n be_v deaf_a and_o dull_a of_o hear_v that_o which_o be_v good_a iv_o as_o some_o wound_v a_o man_n receive_v be_v very_o deep_a and_o reach_n to_o the_o heart_n so_o sin_n make_v a_o deep_a wound_n man_n be_v not_o only_o wound_v in_o every_o part_n but_o very_o deep_o wound_v 5._o je●_n 4.18_o gen._n 6_o 5._o this_o be_v thy_o wickedness_n because_o it_o be_v bitter_a because_o it_o reach_v to_o thy_o heart_n their_o heart_n devise_v wickedness_n etc._n etc._n every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o 4.14_o jer._n 4.14_o hence_o say_v god_n wash_v thy_o heart_n from_o wickedness_n etc._n etc._n v._o some_o wound_n be_v corrupt_a filthy_a and_o very_o loathsome_a the_o wound_n sin_n make_v in_o the_o soul_n 1.6_o isa_n 1.6_o be_v very_o filthy_a and_o abominable_a from_o the_o sole_a of_o the_o foot_n even_o to_o the_o head_n there_o be_v no_o soundness_n in_o it_o but_o wound_n and_o bruise_n and_o putrify_a sore_n they_o have_v not_o be_v bind_v up_o neither_o mollify_v with_o ointment_n my_o wound_n stink_v and_o be_v corrupt_a vi_o some_o wound_v smart_a and_o be_v very_o painful_a cause_v the_o patient_n to_o cry_v out_o in_o great_a anguish_n sin_n make_v such_o a_o wound_n in_o the_o soul_n that_o it_o cause_v such_o who_o have_v their_o spiritual_a feel_v to_o cry_v out_o the_o pain_n be_v so_o great_a that_o a_o christian_a can_v without_o divine_a help_n 9_o psal_n 38.8_o 9_o bear_v up_o under_o the_o smart_n and_o torture_v of_o it_o i_o have_v roar_v say_v the_o psalmist_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o disquietness_n of_o my_o heart_n lord_n all_o my_o desire_n be_v before_o thou_o and_o my_o groan_n be_v not_o hide_v from_o thou_o 6._o leu._n 13.2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o vii_o some_o sore_n or_o wound_n be_v infectious_a like_a plague-sore_n or_o the_o leprosy_n they_o infect_v the_o clothes_n and_o garment_n of_o the_o wound_a and_o disease_a person_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o the_o very_a house_n where_o he_o dwell_v and_o the_o people_n also_o that_o come_v near_o he_o or_o converse_v with_o he_o sin_n be_v of_o a_o infectious_a nature_n no_o plague_n more_o catch_v and_o infectious_a than_o the_o sore_a or_o plague_n of_o sin_n it_o defile_v all_o a_o man_n best_a action_n and_o make_v all_o our_o righteousness_n like_o filthy_a rag_n if_o you_o daily_o converse_v with_o or_o be_v frequent_o in_o the_o company_n of_o some_o wicked_a man_n it_o be_v a_o thousand_o to_o one_o if_o you_o be_v not_o the_o worse_a for_o it_o who_o can_v touch_v pitch_n and_o not_o be_v defile_v therewith_o we_o be_v command_v to_o keep_v ourselves_o unspotted_a from_o the_o 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sin_n if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v etc._n etc._n i_o do_v not_o say_v there_o be_v no_o help_n nor_o cure_n for_o these_o spiritual_a sore_n and_o wound_n yet_o i_o must_v say_v they_o be_v incurable_a as_o to_o man_n no_o man_n can_v find_v by_o all_o his_o skill_n and_o art_n any_o heal_a medicine_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n the_o lord_n say_v of_o judah_n and_o israel_n their_o wound_n be_v incurable_a they_o have_v bring_v themselves_o into_o such_o a_o condition_n that_o none_o can_v help_v they_o nor_o bring_v they_o out_o o_o israel_n thy_o destruction_n be_v of_o thyself_o but_o in_o i_o be_v thy_o help_n indeed_o some_o man_n be_v so_o desperate_o and_o dangerous_o wound_v that_o there_o be_v little_a hope_n of_o they_o they_o have_v all_o the_o sign_n of_o ruin_n and_o eternal_a death_n upon_o they_o imaginable_a quest_n it_o may_v be_v you_o will_v say_v when_o may_v the_o state_n of_o a_o person_n be_v say_v to_o be_v desperate_a and_o 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