Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	good_a	let_v	10,395	5	4.3193	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65441	The present miseries and mischiefs of sin discoursed in a sermon before the late Lord mayor of London at Guild-Hall chappel / by Robert Wensley ...	Wensley, Robert, 1647-1689.	1682 (1682)	Wing W1354; ESTC R11107	20,486	39

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of_o all_o kind_n of_o folly_n and_o misery_n for_o what_o with_o his_o continual_a plot_n and_o contrivance_n and_o his_o incessant_a care_n and_o business_n how_o do_v he_o sacrifice_v his_o health_n to_o his_o ambition_n for_o want_v of_o due_a repast_n or_o of_o quiet_a repose_n what_o with_o his_o envy_n at_o other_o that_o be_v high_o than_o himself_o and_o his_o eager_a desire_n after_o preferment_n together_o with_o his_o continual_a fear_n lest_o he_o shall_v miss_v of_o it_o how_o be_v he_o rack_v with_o endless_a torture_n what_o with_o the_o baseness_n and_o durtiness_n of_o the_o way_n to_o his_o proud_a design_n what_o with_o the_o many_o affront_n and_o denial_n what_o with_o his_o great_a hope_n and_o sometime_o his_o great_a despair_n a_o mixture_n of_o all_o which_o he_o can_v but_o meet_v with_o in_o it_o not_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o envy_n and_o scorn_n of_o other_o that_o attend_v his_o advancement_n or_o the_o little_a satisfaction_n that_o he_o 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and_o death_n be_v the_o natural_a effect_n of_o every_o one_o of_o these_o sin_n viz._n pride_n envy_n voluptuousness_n uncleanness_n anger_n gluttony_n drunkenness_n vncharitableness_n injustice_n profaneness_n and_o irreligion_n what_o then_o remain_v but_o that_o first_o we_o shall_v all_o keep_v watch_n and_o ward_n against_o deduction_n the_o first_o deduction_n these_o destroyer_n of_o mankind_n we_o be_v careful_a enough_o to_o keep_v our_o house_n from_o fire_n our_o good_n from_o thief_n and_o our_o body_n from_o infection_n of_o the_o plague_n and_o shall_v we_o be_v so_o foolish_a to_o hug_v these_o enemy_n of_o our_o life_n and_o to_o follow_v these_o sin_n which_o be_v no_o less_o destructive_a to_o we_o than_o all_o those_o other_o danger_n which_o we_o so_o much_o fear_n and_o so_o earnest_o endeavour_v to_o avoid_v to_o this_o end_n let_v every_o one_o of_o we_o consider_v serious_o what_o have_v be_v say_v against_o that_o particular_a sin_n to_o which_o he_o find_v 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the_o only_a show_n of_o reason_n by_o which_o the_o devil_n cheat_v too_o many_o of_o their_o eternal_a happiness_n be_v this_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v time_n enough_o to_o repent_v when_o they_o be_v pass_v their_o pleasure_n because_o there_o be_v some_o reason_n to_o hope_v that_o a_o death-bed-repentance_n may_v be_v sincere_a and_o acceptable_a with_o god_n to_o the_o save_n of_o our_o soul_n but_o though_o this_o pretence_n be_v most_o presumptuous_a and_o groundless_a yet_o the_o tempter_n can_v not_o have_v so_o much_o as_o this_o against_o we_o if_o we_o do_v but_o consider_v that_o our_o sin_n be_v as_o hurtful_a to_o our_o body_n as_o to_o our_o soul_n that_o they_o as_o much_o prejudice_n our_o present_a happiness_n as_o they_o do_v our_o future_a and_o therefore_o that_o though_o it_o be_v possible_a which_o we_o have_v no_o ground_n at_o all_o to_o suppose_v that_o a_o die_a repentance_n may_v come_v time_n enough_o to_o save_v our_o soul_n yet_o it_o 〈…〉_o absolute_o 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