Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	punishment_n	sin_n	transgression_n	4,361	5	10.4522	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30214	The work of Jesus Christ as an advocate clearly explained and largely improved for the benefit of all believers ... / by John Bunyan, author of The pilgrims progress.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5608; ESTC R36333	108,411	316

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thou_o cast_v i_o off_o psal._n 43.2_o psal._n 51.11_o cast_v i_o not_o away_o from_o thy_o presence_n psal._n 60.1_o and_o o_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o cast_v we_o off_o forever_o psal._n 74.1_o yet_o i_o find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o leviticus_n that_o though_o any_o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v have_v sell_v mortgage_v or_o make_v away_o with_o their_o inheritance_n they_o do_v not_o thereby_o utter_o make_v void_a their_o title_n to_o a_o interest_n therein_o but_o it_o shall_v again_o return_v to_o they_o and_o they_o again_o enjoy_v the_o possession_n of_o it_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n say_v god_n you_o shall_v return_v every_o man_n to_o his_o possession_n the_o land_n shall_v not_o be_v sell_v ●●r_n ever_o not_o be_v quite_o cut_v off_o for_o the_o land_n be_v i_o for_o you_o be_v stranger_n and_o sojourner_n with_o i_o in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o your_o possession_n you_o shall_v grant_v a_o redemption_n for_o the_o land_n levit._n 25.23_o 24_o 25._o the_o man_n in_o israel_n that_o by_o wax_a poor_a do_v sell_v his_o land_n in_o canaan_n be_v sure_o a_o type_n of_o the_o christian_a who_o by_o sin_n and_o decay_n in_o grace_n have_v forfeit_v his_o place_n and_o inheritance_n in_o heaven_n but_o as_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n provide_v that_o the_o poor_a man_n in_o canaan_n shall_v not_o by_o his_o poverty_n lose_v his_o portion_n in_o canaan_n forever_o but_o that_o it_o shall_v return_v to_o he_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n so_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n have_v provide_v that_o the_o child_n shall_v not_o for_o their_o sin_n lose_v their_o inheritance_n in_o heaven_n forever_o but_o that_o it_o shall_v return_v to_o they_o in_o the_o

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raiment_n josh._n 3.4_o now_o if_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n no_o sound_n and_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o build_v a_o charge_n against_o the_o child_n upon_o i_o mean_v as_o to_o eternal_a condemnation_n for_o that_o be_v the_o thing_n contend_v for_o then_o as_o i_o say_v satan_n must_v fall_v like_o lightning_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o be_v cast_v over_o the_o bar_n as_o a_o corrupt_a and_o illegal_a pleader_n but_o this_o be_v so_o as_o in_o part_n be_v prove_v already_o and_o will_v be_v further_o make_v out_o by_o that_o which_o follow_v they_o that_o have_v indeed_o christ_n to_o be_v their_o advocate_n be_v themselves_o by_o virtue_n of_o another_o law_n than_o that_o against_o which_o they_o have_v sin_v secure_v from_o the_o charge_n that_o satan_n bring_v in_o against_o they_o i_o grant_v before_o that_o the_o child_n of_o god_n have_v sin_v and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o law_n that_o condemn_v for_o this_o sin_n but_o here_o be_v the_o thing_n this_o child_n be_v remove_v by_o a_o act_n of_o grace_n into_o and_o under_o another_o law._n for_o we_o be_v not_o under_o the_o law_n rom._n 6.14_o chap._n 8.1_o and_o so_o consequent_o there_o be_v now_o no_o condemnation_n for_o they_o wherefore_o when_o god_n speak_v of_o his_o deal_n with_o he_o he_o say_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v by_o their_o covenant_n ezek._n 16.61_o that_o be_v not_o by_o that_o of_o the_o law_n they_o then_o be_v not_o under_o the_o law._n what_o if_o a_o plea_n be_v commence_v against_o they_o a_o plea_n for_o sin_n and_o they_o have_v commit_v sin_n a_o plea_n ground_v upon_o the_o law_n and_o the_o law_n take_v cognisance_n of_o their_o sin_n yet_o i_o say_v the_o plea_n want_v a_o good_a bottom_n for_o that_o the_o person_n thus_o accuse_v be_v put_v under_o another_o law._n hence_o he_o say_v sin_n shall_v not_o have_v dominion_n over_o you_o for_o you_o be_v not_o under_o the_o law._n if_o the_o child_n be_v under_o the_o law_n satan_n charge_n will_v be_v good_a because_o it_o will_v have_v a_o substantial_a ground_n of_o support_n but_o since_o the_o child_n be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n gal._n 2.16_o and_o that_o also_o dead_a to_o he_o for_o both_o be_v true_a as_o to_o condemnation_n rom._n 7.6_o how_o can_v it_o be_v that_o satan_n shall_v have_v a_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o his_o charge_n though_o he_o shall_v have_v matter_n of_o fact_n sufficient_a matter_n of_o fact_n that_o be_v sin_n for_o by_o his_o change_n of_o relation_n he_o be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o that_o law._n there_o be_v a_o woman_n a_o widow_n that_o owe_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n and_o she_o be_v threaten_v to_o be_v sue_v for_o the_o debt_n now_o what_o do_v she_o but_o marry_v so_o when_o the_o action_n be_v commence_v against_o she_o as_o a_o widow_n the_o law_n find_v she_o a_o marry_a woman_n what_o now_o can_v be_v do_v nothing_o to_o she_o she_o be_v not_o who_o she_o be_v she_o be_v deliver_v from_o that_o state_n by_o her_o marriage_n if_o any_o thing_n be_v do_v it_o must_v be_v do_v to_o her_o husband_n but_o if_o satan_n will_v sue_v christ_n for_o my_o debt_n he_o owe_v he_o nothing_o and_o as_o for_o what_o the_o law_n can_v claim_v of_o i_o while_o i_o be_v under_o it_o christ_n have_v deliver_v i_o by_o redemption_n from_o that_o curse_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o i_o gal._n 3.13_o now_o the_o covenant_n into_o which_o i_o be_o bring_v by_o grace_n by_o which_o also_o i_o be_o secure_v from_o the_o law_n be_v not_o a_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n as_o that_o be_v from_o under_o which_o i_o be_o bring_v rom._n 8.2_o but_o a_o law_n of_o grace_n and_o life_n so_o that_o satan_n can_v come_v at_o i_o by_o that_o law_n and_o by_o grace_n i_o be_o by_o th●t_n secure_v also_o from_o the_o hand_n and_o mouth_n and_o s●ing●_n of_o all_o other_o i_o mean_v still_o as_o to_o a_o eternal_a concern_v wherefore_o god_n say_v if_o we_o break_v his_o law_n the_o law_n of_o work_n he_o will_v visit_v our_o sin_n with_o a_o rod_n and_o our_o iniquity_n with_o stripe_n but_o his_o covenant_n his_o new_a covenant_n will_v he_o not_o break_v psal._n 89.30_o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37._o but_o will_v still_o keep_v close_o to_o that_o and_o so_o secure_v we_o from_o eternal_a condemnation_n christ_n also_o be_v make_v the_o mediator_n of_o tha_z covenant_n and_o therefore_o a_o advocate_n by_o that_o for_o his_o priestly_a office_n and_o advocateship_n be_v include_v by_o his_o mediation_n wherefore_o when_o satan_n plead_v by_o the_o old_a christ_n plead_v by_o the_o new_a covenant_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o which_o the_o old_a one_o be_v remove_v in_o that_o he_o say_v a_o new_a covenant_n he_o have_v make_v the_o first_o old_a now_o that_o which_o decay_v and_o wax_v old_a be_v ready_a to_o vanish_v away_o heb_n 8.13_o so_o then_o the_o ground_n of_o plea_n be_v with_o jesus_n christ_n and_o not_o with_o our_o accuser_n now_o what_o do_v christ_n plead_v and_o what_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o his_o plea_n why_o he_o 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