Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	eat_v	flesh_n	meat_n	7,845	5	9.0841	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46699	A second part of The mixture of scholasticall divinity, with practical, in several tractates: wherein some of the most difficult knots in divinity are untyed, many dark places of Scripture cleared, sundry heresies and errors refuted ... Whereunto are annexed, several letters of the same author, and Dr. Jeremy Taylor, concerning Original Sin. Together with a reply unto Dr. Hammonds vindication of his grounds of uniformity from 1 Cor. 14.40. By Henry Jeanes, minister of Gods Word at Chedzoy in Somersetshire.	Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662.; Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1660 (1660)	Wing J508; ESTC R202621	508,739	535

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siremaneat_a in_o communi_fw-la vitâ_fw-la significat_fw-la tamen_fw-la se_fw-la 〈◊〉_d usurum_fw-la potius_fw-la suâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la fit_a insirmis_fw-la offendiculo_fw-la nunquam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d licitus_fw-la est_fw-la usus_fw-la nisi_fw-la moderatus_fw-la ad_fw-la charitatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la this_o hyperbole_n of_o paul_n you_n may_v parallel_v with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n 〈◊〉_d 5._o 39_o 40_o 41._o whosoever_o shall_v smite_v thou_o on_o thy_o right_a 〈◊〉_d turn_v to_o he_o the_o other_o also_o and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v sue_v 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o law_n and_o take_v away_o thy_o coat_n let_v he_o have_v thy_o cloak_n also_o and_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v compel_v thou_o to_o go_v a_o mile_n go_v with_o he_o twain_o three_o paul_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o upon_o supposition_n that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v not_o be_v full_o promulgate_v and_o brethren_n shall_v remain_v uninstruct_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o christian_a liberty_n for_o usual_o it_o 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the_o weak_a for_o first_o such_o a_o scandal_n be_v of_o soul_n destroy_v nature_n destroy_v net_n he_o with_o thy_o meat_n rom._n 14._o 15._o and_o who_o so_o wicked_a and_o malicious_a upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o soul_n a_o true_a christian_a charity_n will_v exclude_v from_o its_o care_n mercy_n and_o compassion_n 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n motive_n reach_v unto_o the_o wicked_a and_o malicious_a destroy_v not_o he_o with_o thy_o meat_n for_o who_o christ_n die_v rom._n 14._o 15._o for_o they_o may_v be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o those_o for_o who_o christ_n die_v who_o for_o their_o present_a state_n and_o condition_n may_v be_v most_o wicked_a and_o malicious_a such_o as_o oppose_v themselves_o such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o devil_n take_v captive_a by_o he_o at_o his_o will_n 3._o the_o apostle_n prohibition_n 1_o cor._n 10._o 32._o extend_v unto_o the_o malicious_a as_o well_o as_o the_o weak_a give_v none_o offence_n neither_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d nor_o to_o the_o gentile_n nor_o to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n where_o jew_n and_o gentile_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o by_o they_o be_v mean_v such_o as_o be_v unconvert_v and_o as_o yet_o enemy_n unto_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o church_n of_o god_n and_o the_o thing_n wherein_o the_o 〈◊〉_d will_v have_v their_o offence_n to_o be_v avoid_v be_v matter_n of_o indifferency_n whether_o you_o cat_n or_o drink_n 〈◊〉_d 31._o but_o now_o lest_o some_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o object_v unto_o paul_n that_o which_o our_o saviour_n say_v of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n matth._n 23._o 4._o that_o he_o do_v bind_v a_o heavy_a burden_n and_o grievous_a to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o lay_v it_o upon_o man_n shoulder_n but_o he_o himself_o will_v not_o move_v it_o with_o one_o of_o his_o finger_n the_o apostle_n in_o the_o next_o verse_n show_v how_o that_o his_o practice_n be_v conformable_a unto_o his_o precept_n even_o as_o i_o please_v all_o man_n good_a and_o bad_a in_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o all_o indifferent_a thing_n not_o seek_v my_o own_o profit_n but_o the_o profit_n of_o many_o that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v 1_o cor._n 10._o 33._o in_o a_o second_o place_n the_o fautor_n of_o our_o ceremony_n limit_v this_o restraint_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a by_o charity_n in_o the_o case_n of_o scandal_n only_o unto_o thing_n undetermined_a by_o authority_n where_o authority_n have_v determine_v our_o choice_n we_o must_v say_v they_o hold_v to_o their_o determination_n any_o scandal_n to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o it_o seem_v then_o in_o case_n the_o magistrate_n command_v it_o we_o may_v wound_v the_o weak_a conscience_n of_o our_o brother_n destroy_v with_o our_o indifferency_n the_o work_n of_o god_n he_o for_o who_o christ_n die_v it_o be_v good_a say_v paul_n neither_o to_o eat_v flesh_n nor_o to_o drink_v wine_n nor_o any_o thing_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n stumble_v or_o be_v offend_v or_o be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d rom._n 14._o 22._o but_o our_o 〈◊〉_d determine_v quite_o otherwise_o if_o authority_n enjoin_v it_o it_o be_v good_a say_v they_o to_o eat_v bread_n drink_v wine_n we_o be_v a_o surpliee_n use_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o baptism_n though_o thereby_o never_o so_o many_o brethren_n stumble_v or_o be_v offend_v or_o make_v weak_a the_o unreasonableness_n of_o this_o assertion_n ames_n in_o his_o reply_n to_o morton_n have_v prove_v by_o many_o argument_n that_o be_v as_o yet_o unanswered_a which_o i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v a_o scandal_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o be_v spiritual_a murder_n now_o suppose_v a_o superior_a shall_v command_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o indifferent_a whereupon_o murder_n be_v like_a to_o follow_v as_o to_o run_v a_o horse_n

be_v apply_v unto_o our_o ceremony_n there_o will_v be_v in_o such_o application_n a_o mere_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n for_o that_o our_o ceremony_n be_v thing_n indifferent_a the_o command_n of_o they_o lawful_a the_o practice_n of_o they_o a_o duty_n of_o justice_n a_o legal_a debt_n be_v the_o main_a thing_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o the_o conformist_n 7._o and_o non-conformists'_a and_o therefore_o all_o this_o shall_v be_v prove_v and_o not_o bare_o presuppose_v as_o it_o be_v but_o second_o the_o fore_n mention_v rule_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v with_o this_o limitation_n caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la if_o the_o term_n of_o the_o comparison_n be_v equal_a and_o equal_a they_o be_v not_o when_o the_o minim_n of_o justice_n be_v put_v into_o the_o balance_n with_o the_o weighty_a duty_n of_o charity_n and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o present_a comparison_n though_o we_o suppose_v our_o ceremony_n to_o be_v indifferent_a and_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o a_o duty_n of_o 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