Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	conscience_n	sin_n	sin_v	3,107	5	9.6506	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10879	The stoope gallant. Or a treatise of humilitie composed by the reuerend father F. Alfonso Rodriguez of the Societie of Iesus. Translated into English; Ejercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas. Part 2. Treatise 3. English	Rodríguez, Alfonso, 1526-1616.; Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655.	1631 (1631)	STC 21146; ESTC S107104	158,342	402

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a_o man_n not_o to_o be_v then_o to_o have_v sin_v and_o so_o say_v christ_n our_o lord_n of_o judas_n who_o mean_v to_o sell_v he_o bonum_fw-la erat_fw-la ei_fw-la si_fw-la natus_fw-la non_fw-la fuisset_fw-la homoille_fw-la it_o have_v be_v better_a for_o he_o that_o he_o have_v not_o be_v bear_v there_o be_v not_o a_o place_n so_o low_a so_o distant_a and_o so_o despise_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n among_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o either_o be_v or_o be_v not_o as_o thath_fw-mi man_n who_z be_v in_o mortal_a sin_n disinherit_v of_o heaven_n the_o enemy_n of_o god_n and_o sentence_v for_o all_o eternity_n to_o hell_n fire_n and_o though_o now_o through_o the_o goodness_n of_o our_o lord_n your_o conscience_n be_v not_o charge_v with_o any_o mortal_a sin_n yet_o as_o for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o nothing_o you_o call_v to_o mind_v that_o time_n wherein_o we_o have_v no_o be_v so_o for_o the_o know_v of_o our_o baseness_n and_o misery_n we_o be_v now_o to_o call_v that_o 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to_o do_v by_o the_o wiseman_n beatus_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la semper_fw-la est_fw-la pavidus_fw-la de_fw-fr propitiato_fw-la peccato_fw-la noli_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la metu_fw-la bless_a be_v that_o man_n who_o always_o fear_v and_o be_v not_o with_o out_o fear_v even_o concern_v those_o sin_n for_o which_o you_o have_v do_v penance_n this_o consideration_n of_o our_o sin_n be_v a_o very_a efficatious_a mean_n to_o make_v we_o put_v little_a value_n upon_o ourselves_o &_o to_o be_v ever_o humble_a &_o to_o live_v as_o it_o be_v even_o under_o ground_n for_o there_o be_v much_o to_o be_v get_v &_o dig_v up_o from_o thence_o if_o beside_o we_o will_v stay_v and_o consider_v the_o defect_n and_o wound_n which_o original_a sin_n have_v cause_v in_o we_o how_o copious_a will_v that_o matter_n be_v which_o we_o may_v find_v therein_o for_o our_o humiliation_n how_o be_v our_o nature_n pervert_v and_o corrupt_v by_o sin_n for_o as_o a_o stone_n be_v incline_v by_o the_o natural_a 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rapitur_fw-la ostendis_fw-la potentiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la that_o a_o man_n be_v with_o much_o reason_n compare_v to_o the_o leaf_n of_o a_o tree_n for_o as_o a_o lease_n be_v turn_v and_o toss_v with_o every_o wind_n so_o be_v man_n by_o the_o wind_n both_o of_o his_o passion_n and_o temptation_n sometime_o he_o be_v trouble_v with_o anger_n sometime_o he_o be_v dissolve_v with_o vain_a mirth_n some_o time_n he_o be_v transport_v by_o the_o appetite_n of_o avarice_n some_o time_n of_o ambition_n and_o some_o time_n of_o lust_n some_o time_n he_o be_v hoist_v up_o by_o pride_n and_o some_o time_n cast_v down_o by_o inordinate_a fear_n and_o so_o say_v the_o prophett_n esay_n cecidimus_fw-la quasi_fw-la folium_fw-la universi_fw-la &_o iniquitates_fw-la nostrae_fw-la quasi_fw-la ventus_fw-la abstulerunt_fw-la nos_fw-la as_o the_o leaf_n of_o tree_n be_v shake_v and_o carry_v away_o by_o the_o wind_n so_o be_v we_o assaultet_fw-la and_o subdue_v by_o temptation_n we_o have_v no_o hability_n 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else_o where_o and_o so_o there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n to_o enlarge_v ourselves_o now_o herein_o how_o we_o be_v to_o exercise_v ourselves_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o what_o we_o be_v that_o so_o we_o may_v not_o be_v deject_a or_o dismay_v chapter_n viii_o our_o misery_n be_v so_o great_a &_o we_o have_v so_o much_o reason_n to_o humble_v ourselves_o and_o we_o have_v so_o hourly_o experience_n thereof_o that_o we_o seem_v to_o stand_v in_o more_o need_n of_o be_v animate_v and_o encourage_v to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o be_v not_o deject_a and_o dismay_v consider_v ourselves_o to_o be_v so_o full_a of_o imperfection_n and_o fault_n then_o to_o be_v exhort_v to_o the_o consideration_n thereof_o and_o this_o be_v so_o very_o true_a that_o holy_a writer_n &_o instructour_n of_o man_n in_o the_o way_n of_o spirit_n teach_v we_o that_o we_o must_v dig_v and_o sound_v into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o misery_n and_o frailty_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o in_o we_o stop_v not_o there_o 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