Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	work_n	worthy_a	year_n	16	3	4.0588	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45396	Hagieā theoū krisis Iudgment worthy of God, or, An assertion of the existence and duration of hell torments, in two occasional letters, written several years since / by ... Henry Hammond ; to which is added an accordance of St. Paul with St. James, in the great point of faith and works by the same author.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1665 (1665)	Wing H515; ESTC R15162	47,364	178

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show_v and_o therefore_o though_o everlasting_a fire_n shall_v be_v grant_v to_o signify_v everlasting_a destruction_n as_o with_o any_o propriety_n it_o can_v fire_n be_v the_o instrument_n of_o destruction_n not_o destruction_n itself_o yet_o in_o that_o case_n everlasting_a destruction_n will_v reasonable_o signify_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a perdition_n do_v 2._o thes_n 1.9_o and_o of_o that_o we_o have_v already_o give_v account_n that_o it_o signify_v notorious_a judgement_n here_o conclude_v in_o the_o flame_n of_o hell_n and_o that_o it_o no_o way_n signify_v or_o infer_v annihilation_n but_o the_o contrary_a to_o the_o joy_n of_o a_o blissful_a life_n i._n e._n the_o pain_n of_o hell_n for_o the_o render_v this_o phrase_n more_o applicable_a to_o the_o desire_a notion_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o compare_v it_o with_o another_o like_a phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mar._n 9.43_o 44_o 45._o as_o that_o be_v render_v that_o shall_v not_o nor_o never_o shall_v be_v quench_v of_o which_o it_o be_v suggest_v that_o it_o necessary_o signify_v no_o more_o then_o that_o that_o fire_n shall_v not_o go_v out_o till_o the_o matter_n or_o fuel_n of_o it_o be_v consume_v or_o destroy_v and_o thus_o it_o be_v use_v isaiah_n 66.24_o and_o that_o this_o appear_v to_o be_v the_o importance_n of_o our_o saviour_n meaning_n from_o other_o place_n mat._n 3.12_o luk._n 3.17_o where_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o chaff_n and_o tare_n which_o admit_v no_o everlasting_a duration_n in_o the_o fire_n but_o be_v very_o capable_a of_o utter_a destruction_n to_o all_o this_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o affinity_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o one_o shall_v regulate_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o other_o when_o they_o be_v apply_v to_o divers_a matter_n one_o to_o the_o burn_a of_o chaff_n other_o to_o the_o punish_v of_o wicked_a man_n or_o if_o there_o be_v it_o may_v as_o reasonable_o hold_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v interpret_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o order_n to_o that_o the_o chaff_n and_o tare_n interpret_v of_o wicked_a man_n which_o be_v know_v to_o be_v figurative_o express_v by_o they_o as_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v regulate_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o wicked_a man_n think_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n to_o be_v consume_v by_o the_o fire_n as_o the_o chaff_n and_o tare_n be_v 2_o that_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o it_o necessary_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o that_o the_o fire_n shall_v not_o go_v out_o till_o the_o fuel_n of_o it_o be_v destroy_v yet_o 1._o it_o as_o fair_o follow_v than_o it_o may_v when_o the_o context_n require_v very_o convenient_o signify_v more_o and_o that_o 2ly_a there_o will_v be_v no_o ground_n of_o doubt_n whither_o when_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o those_o who_o be_v affirm_v to_o be_v torment_v in_o a_o lake_n of_o fire_n day_n and_o night_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o i._n e._n to_o wicked_a man_n it_o shall_v not_o signify_v this_o more_o viz._n eternal_a burn_v 3._o for_o the_o place_n of_o isaiah_n i_o shall_v appeal_v to_o ancient_a interpreter_n not_o only_o whither_o it_o may_v but_o whither_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v eternal_a fire_n or_o that_o which_o be_v not_o extinguish_v for_o ever_o procopius_n i_o suppose_v have_v on_o this_o pprophecy_n as_o great_a a_o reputation_n among_o learned_a man_n as_o any_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o his_o sense_n that_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o prophecy_n speak_v of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n shall_v pass_v into_o the_o most_o eminent_a heavenly_a city_n the_o mansion_n set_v apart_o for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n where_o they_o shall_v be_v for_o ever_o serve_v god_n place_v under_o the_o great_a high_a priest_n and_o they_o shall_v all_o see_v the_o 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