Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	die_v	son_n	william_n	10,701	5	7.6155	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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blame_v nicodemus_n for_o his_o ignorance_n in_o this_o point_n the_o necessity_n of_o that_o which_o he_o call_v the_o new_a birth_n v._o 10._o be_v thou_o a_o master_n of_o israel_n and_o know_v not_o these_o thing_n now_o sure_a if_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o baptism_n the_o ignorance_n of_o that_o ordinance_n can_v have_v be_v no_o such_o blemish_n to_o nicodemus_n the_o ordinance_n be_v so_o new_a and_o of_o he_o till_o that_o day_n unheard_a of_o 2._o beside_o this_o the_o purpose_n of_o our_o saviour_n more_o than_o seem_v to_o be_v this_o to_o exhort_v nicodemus_n to_o present_v labour_v for_o that_o who_o necessity_n christ_n teach_v to_o be_v so_o absolute_a now_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o at_o this_o time_n baptism_n be_v of_o so_o absolute_a necessity_n hear_v bernard_n he_o be_v inform_v of_o one_o that_o teach_v how_o that_o ever_o since_o this_o sentence_n be_v pronounce_v by_o our_o saviour_n none_o can_v in_o any_o wise_a be_v save_v without_o actual_a receive_v the_o visible_a sacrament_n or_o martyrdom_n in_o stead_n thereof_o now_o sure_a say_v bernard_n 77._o bernard_n epist_n 77._o de_fw-fr temporis_fw-la praefixione_fw-la durum_fw-la nimis_fw-la austerúmque_fw-la videtur_fw-la ut_fw-la videlicet_fw-la verbum_fw-la absconditum_fw-la palam_fw-la jam_fw-la noceat_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la judex_fw-la feriat_fw-la quàm_fw-la minetur_fw-la his_o argument_n in_o short_a be_v these_o 1._o it_o be_v improbable_a it_o shall_v so_o be_v because_o many_o shall_v by_o this_o mean_n be_v damn_v that_o never_o have_v knowledge_n of_o any_o such_o precept_n for_o this_o of_o baptism_n be_v not_o as_o some_o other_o thing_n be_v that_o be_v know_v by_o nature_n factitium_fw-la enim_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la naturale_fw-la mandatum_fw-la but_o that_o be_v impossible_a rom._n 10._o john_n 15._o ergò_fw-la 2._o circumcision_n as_o yet_o stand_v in_o force_n and_o have_v its_o virtue_n as_o baptism_n 3._o and_o from_o the_o day_n of_o john_n baptist_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n suffer_v violence_n 4._o fit_a injuria_fw-la antiquo_fw-la illi_fw-la dei_fw-la aeque_fw-la mandato_fw-la si_fw-la novo_fw-la adhuc_fw-la furtive_a superveniente_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la subveniente_fw-la illud_fw-la ita_fw-la subito_fw-la evanuisse_fw-la putetur_fw-la ut_fw-la prodesse_fw-la deinceps_fw-la non_fw-la valeret_fw-la 5._o and_o bellarmine_n confess_v that_o baptism_n become_v not_o thus_o necessary_a as_o a_o mean_a until_o ●he_v day_n of_o pentecost_n the_o inference_n be_v this_o that_o which_o christ_n teach_v nicodemus_n to_o be_v thus_o necessary_a be_v necessary_a at_o that_o time_n when_o he_o have_v conference_n with_o nicodemus_n baptism_n be_v not_o then_o so_o necessary_a therefore_o that_o that_o christ_n speak_v of_o be_v not_o baptism_n and_o do_v we_o think_v christ_n teach_v nicodemus_n that_o after_o the_o time_n of_o pentecost_n baptism_n shall_v become_v thus_o necessary_a the_o sense_n than_o must_v be_v this_o nicodemus_n look_v that_o thou_o procure_v baptism_n betwixt_o this_o and_o the_o next_o pentecost_n after_o my_o death_n if_o then_o thou_o want_v it_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n for_o thou_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n from_o those_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n beside_o other_o elsewhere_o point_v at_o it_o be_v clear_a i_o think_v that_o the_o place_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o baptism_n of_o water_n but_o of_o that_o which_o they_o call_v the_o baptism_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v of_o regeneration_n and_o see_v whether_o the_o reason_n annex_v prove_v not_o as_o much_o regeneration_n necessary_a for_o whatever_o we_o have_v by_o the_o first_o birth_n be_v fleshly_a and_o corrupt_v now_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o corruption_n be_v remove_v only_o by_o baptism_n or_o at_o least_o not_o without_o it_o faith_n purify_v the_o heart_n act_v 15.9_o and_o sometime_o say_v augustine_n 24._o s._n august_n de_fw-fr bapt._n contr_n donat._n l._n 4._o c._n 24._o before_o baptism_n the_o