Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	according_a	pass_v	34	3	5.3025	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62378	An exposition vvith notes on the whole fourth chapter to the the Romanes wherein the grand question of justification by faith alone, without works, is controverted, stated, cleared, and fully resolved ... / by William Sclater, Doctor in Divinity, sometimes minister of Gods word at Pitminster, in Summerset ; now published by his son, William Sclater, Batchelar in Divinity, minister at Collompton in Devon.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S918; ESTC R37207	141,740	211

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obignorantiam_fw-la excusetur_fw-la a_o praevaricatione_fw-la praecepti_fw-la that_o they_o affirm_v and_o if_o any_o demand_n what_o time_n it_o come_v to_o this_o height_n of_o necessity_n they_o answer_v baptismus_fw-la christicaepit_fw-la esse_fw-la necessarius_fw-la necessitate_v medii_fw-la &_o praecepti_fw-la a_o die_n pentecostes_fw-la as_o touch_v what_o we_o be_v to_o hold_v in_o this_o question_n i_o have_v rather_o utter_v in_o bernard_n term_n then_o in_o my_o own_o consider_v what_o adversary_n we_o be_v be_v to_o deal_v with_o he_o therefore_o thus_o deliver_v his_o judgement_n 77._o bernard_n epist_n 77._o that_o whosoever_o in_o man_n of_o year_n if_o any_o man_n since_o the_o publish_n of_o that_o remedy_n for_o sin_n refuse_v to_o be_v baptise_a he_o add_v to_o the_o general_a contagion_n of_o nature_n the_o crime_n of_o pride_n and_o so_o carry_v with_o he_o a_o double_a cause_n of_o just_a damnation_n if_o he_o so_o die_v yet_o if_o before_o death_n he_o repent_v and_o have_v a_o will_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v baptise_a and_o can_v be_v prevent_v by_o death_n so_o be_v it_o he_o want_v not_o fides_fw-la recta_fw-la spes_fw-la pia_fw-la charitas_fw-la sincera_fw-la propitius_fw-la sit_fw-la mihi_fw-la deus_fw-la quia_fw-la huic_fw-la imperator_fw-la ambrose_n de_fw-fr obitu_fw-la valentiniani_n imperator_fw-la ob_fw-la solam_fw-la quavam_fw-la si_fw-la defuerit_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la desperare_fw-la possum_fw-la omnino_fw-la salutem_fw-la nec_fw-la vacuam_fw-la credere_fw-la fidem_fw-la nec_fw-la confundere_fw-la spem_fw-la nec_fw-la excidere_fw-la charitatem_fw-la tantum_fw-la si_fw-la aquam_fw-la non_fw-la contempus_fw-la sed_fw-la sola_fw-la prohibeat_fw-la impossibilitas_fw-la his_o reason_n be_v first_o from_o authority_n of_o ambrose_n and_o augustin_n ambrose_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o salvation_n of_o valentinian_n for_o his_o faith_n only_o though_o he_o die_v unbaptise_v because_o he_o have_v a_o purpose_n 22._o s._n augustin_n 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non_fw-la aliunde_fw-la martyrium_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la fidei_fw-la merito_fw-la illam_fw-la obtinuerit_fw-la praerogativam_fw-la ut_fw-la fingulariter_fw-la vice_fw-la baptismi_fw-la secure_a suscipiatur_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la ipsa_fw-la aeque_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la martyrio_fw-la apud_fw-la eum_fw-la tantundem_fw-la possit_fw-la cùm_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la martyrii_fw-la probamento_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la innotescit_fw-la 5._o