Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	act_n	king_n	subject_n	5,530	5	6.7649	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57599	Loyalty and peace, or, Two seasonable discourses from I Sam. 24, 5 viz., David's heart smote him because he cut off Saul's skirt : the first of conscience and its smitings, the second of the prodigious impiety of murthering King Charles I, intended to promote sincere devotion and humiliation upon each anniversary fast for the Late King's death / by Samuel Rolls.	Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678.	1678 (1678)	Wing R1880; ESTC R25524	110,484	255

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thousand_o witness_n that_o which_o make_v it_o more_o dreadful_a be_v in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n a_o man_n become_v a_o thousand_o witness_n against_o himself_o yea_o a_o man_n become_v that_o judge_n that_o pass_v the_o sentence_n of_o eternal_a death_n on_o himself_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v act_v 13.46_o yea_o viz._n jew_n have_v put_v away_o the_o gospel_n from_o you_o and_o judge_v yourselves_o unworthy_a of_o everlasting_a life_n be_v there_o ever_o a_o francis_n spiro_n in_o our_o day_n as_o it_o be_v like_o some_o such_o there_o be_v he_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o all_o that_o i_o have_v say_v of_o the_o terror_n of_o a_o smite_v conscience_n be_v but_o one_o half_a of_o what_o be_v true_a yea_o but_o a_o flea-biting_a to_o what_o he_o himself_o have_v feel_v that_o eye_n have_v never_o see_v ear_n hear_v or_o it_o ever_o enter_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n to_o conceive_v how_o terrible_a the_o smiting_n of_o conscience_n sometime_o be_v and_o that_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o deus_n &_o eternitas_fw-la non_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la hyperbolen_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la that_o god_n and_o eternity_n can_v admit_v of_o no_o hyperbole_n or_o can_v be_v out-languaged_n the_o same_o may_v be_v true_o say_v of_o a_o conscience_n set_v upon_o smite_v i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o head_n with_o those_o word_n of_o solomon_n the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n will_v sustain_v his_o infirmity_n but_o a_o wound_a spirit_n who_o can_v bear_v prov._n 18.14_o nine_o come_v we_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o nine_o and_o last_o query_n propound_v to_o be_v speak_v to_o viz._n quare_fw-la why_o it_o be_v that_o conscience_n do_v smite_v man_n when_o they_o do_v or_o have_v sin_v against_o god_n i_o answer_v of_o that_o there_o be_v principal_o two_o reason_n to_o be_v give_v first_o of_o all_o because_o god_n have_v give_v conscience_n a_o command_n and_o commission_n so_o to_o do_v say_v to_o conscience_n as_o to_o his_o prophet_n of_o old_a lift_v up_o thy_o voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n tell_v the_o people_n their_o transgression_n conscience_n be_v god_n attorney-general_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o god_n advocate_n to_o plead_v for_o god_n against_o man_n to_o exhibit_v god_n indictment_n against_o man_n as_o the_o matter_n do_v or_o shall_v require_v conscience_n be_v also_o god_n executioner_n god_n lictor_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o and_o therefore_o must_v smite_v when_o god_n bid_v it_o smite_v it_o have_v god_n fasces_fw-la and_o secure_v that_o be_v god_n rod_n and_o axe_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o must_v not_o bear_v those_o ensign_n of_o authority_n in_o vain_a but_o do_v execution_n with_o they_o as_o the_o great_a consul_n or_o dictator_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v appoint_v so_o much_o for_o the_o first_o reason_n second_o the_o next_o be_v this_o god_n have_v every_o way_n fit_v and_o frame_v conscience_n in_o its_o own_o fabric_n nature_n and_o constitution_n for_o such_o a_o work_n as_o this_o viz._n to_o smite_v man_n in_o reference_n to_o sin_n unto_o so_o do_v it_o be_v conduct_v as_o it_o be_v by_o instinct_n from_o god_n as_o be_v the_o sun_n to_o know_v its_o due_a time_n of_o rise_v and_o set_v and_o several_a creature_n void_a of_o understanding_n to_o know_v their_o proper_a season_n yea_o thing_n without_o life_n act_n according_a to_o that_o frame_n and_o make_v which_o art_n have_v give_v they_o so_o clock_n do_v strike_v and_o alarm_n go_v and_o sound_v at_o such_o season_n as_o they_o be_v make_v to_o do_v but_o for_o smiting_n of_o conscience_n there_o be_v further_a reason_n for_o conscience_n be_v at_o once_o both_o a_o law_n a_o witness_n and_o a_o judge_n appoint_v of_o god_n so_o to_o be_v and_o qualify_v according_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v rom._n 2.14_o 15._o these_o speak_v to_o the_o gentile_n have_v not_o the_o law_n be_v a_o law_n to_o themselves_o which_o law_n be_v conscience_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n now_o conscience_n as_o such_o be_v by_o divine_n call_v synteresis_fw-la be_v a_o storehouse_n of_o maxim_n and_o principle_n inform_v we_o of_o the_o eternae_fw-la &_o indispensabiles_fw-la rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la which_o divine_n do_v so_o much_o speak_v of_o engrave_v with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o common_a notion_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n second_o conscience_n be_v a_o witness_n yea_o a_o thousand_o witness_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o rom._n 2.15_o by_o these_o word_n which_o show_v the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n their_o conscience_n also_o bear_v witness_n and_o their_o thought_n mean_a while_n accuse_v or_o else_o excuse_v one_o another_o now_o as_o conscience_n be_v a_o witness_n divine_v call_v it_o syneidesis_n last_o conscience_n be_v a_o judge_n and_o as_o such_o be_v by_o divine_n call_v crisis_n witness_v 1_o john_n 3.20_o 21._o if_o our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o god_n be_v great_a than_o our_o heart_n and_o know_v all_o thing_n if_o our_o heart_n condemn_v we_o not_o then_o have_v we_o confidence_n towards_o god_n which_o word_n do_v show_v conscience_n to_o be_v a_o judge_n for_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n to_o pass_v sentence_n either_o of_o condemnation_n or_o absolution_n moreover_o in_o those_o word_n be_v intimate_v that_o god_n have_v give_v to_o conscience_n as_o it_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o have_v say_v unto_o it_o as_o unto_o peter_n and_o his_o successor_n matth._n 16.19_o i_o will_v give_v unto_o thou_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o whatever_o thou_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o whatever_o thou_o shall_v loose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n but_o now_o methinks_v i_o have_v to_o encounter_v with_o a_o very_a grand_a objection_n namely_o this_o how_o can_v conscience_n be_v say_v to_o be_v qualify_v as_o a_o reprover_n or_o smiter_n for_o sin_n since_o it_o sometime_o smite_v man_n for_o that_o which_o be_v no_o sin_n at_o other_o time_n when_o man_n do_v real_o sin_v against_o god_n it_o smite_v not_o at_o all_o but_o rather_o applaud_v and_o commend_v they_o as_o do_v the_o conscience_n of_o st._n paul_n which_o tell_v he_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v many_o thing_n against_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n and_o that_o it_o be_v true_a zeal_n in_o he_o to_o persecute_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n sith_o conscience_n sometime_o put_v darkness_n for_o light_n and_o light_n for_o darkness_n evil_a for_o good_a and_o good_a for_o evil_n what_o matter_n be_v it_o for_o its_o smiting_n unless_o it_o be_v wise_a and_o know_v how_o at_o all_o turn_v never_o to_o justify_v the_o wicked_a and_o condemn_v the_o righteous_a can_v it_o be_v may_v some_o say_v that_o god_n shall_v give_v a_o commission_n to_o conscience_n to_o smite_v those_o which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v smite_v or_o to_o chide_v those_o which_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v comfort_v or_o to_o comfort_n and_o commend_v those_o who_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v sound_o chide_v and_o condemn_v if_o conscience_n trifle_v at_o this_o rate_n may_v some_o say_v ought_v it_o not_o to_o be_v slight_v like_o a_o perfidious_a jury_n that_o bring_v in_o those_o guilty_a that_o be_v not_o guilty_a and_o those_o not_o guilty_a that_o be_v guilty_a this_o objection_n seem_v to_o stand_v like_o a_o mountain_n if_o not_o like_o mount_n zion_n itself_o which_o can_v never_o be_v remove_v yet_o wait_v but_o a_o while_n you_o may_v see_v it_o make_v a_o plane_n if_o not_o turn_v into_o a_o valley_n i_o premise_v a_o word_n or_o two_o by_o way_n of_o concession_n namely_o that_o conscience_n in_o this_o corrupt_a degenerate_a estate_n of_o all_o humane_a faculty_n do_v sometime_o mistake_v comfort_v those_o which_o it_o ought_v to_o chide_v and_o chide_v those_o who_o it_o ought_v to_o comfort_v but_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n there_o be_v a_o way_n to_o prevent_v those_o mistake_n time_n be_v when_o conscience_n may_v have_v serve_v as_o a_o law_n to_o we_o and_o of_o itself_o a_o kind_n of_o regula_fw-la pure_a regulans_fw-la but_o now_o it_o be_v a_o regula_fw-la regulata_fw-la viz._n a_o rule_n to_o be_v rule_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v to_o conscience_n as_o a_o light_n shine_v in_o a_o dark_a place_n to_o which_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n ought_v to_o take_v heed_n as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v a_o light_n to_o their_o foot_n and_o a_o lantern_n to_o their_o path_n there_o be_v a_o crookedness_n which_o have_v happen_v in_o part_n to_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n by_o adam_n fall_n and_o their_o fall_n in_o he_o but_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v rectify_v or_o make_v straight_o by_o attend_v to_o