Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	mercy_n	sin_n	23,325	5	4.9570	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38593	Geologia Norvegica, or, A brief instructive remembrancer concerning that very great and spacious earthquake, which hapned [sic] almost quite through the south parts of Norvvay upon the 24th day of April, in the year 1657 also physical, historical, and theological grounds and reasons concerning the causes and significations of earthquakes / written in the Danish tongue by Michael Peterson Escholt ... ; and Englished by Daniel Collins.; Geologia Norvegica. English	Escholt, Michel Pedersøn, d. 1666.; Collins, Daniel, 17th cent.	1663 (1663)	Wing E3252; ESTC R15886	31,029	106

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evangelist_n st._n john_n record_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n chap._n 6._o 12._o 8._o 5._o 11._o 13_o 19_o and_o 16._o 18._o because_o general_o divine_v and_o the_o faithful_a teacher_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n do_v expound_v those_o thing_n allegorical_o and_o do_v understand_v thereby_o the_o great_a and_o terrible_a persecution_n and_o efusion_n of_o blood_n which_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n have_v partly_o suffer_v now_o lie_v under_o &_o hereafter_o shall_v suffer_v by_o mean_n of_o divers_a heretic_n false_a teacher_n and_o tyrant_n which_o will_v assist_v they_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n from_o who_o the_o lord_n in_o mercy_n preserve_v these_o country_n and_o kingdom_n for_o jesus_n christ_n his_o sake_n but_o that_o most_o serious_a pprophecy_n which_o jesus_n christ_n the_o foundation_n and_o mouth_n of_o truth_n as_o a_o true_a prophet_n do_v prophesy_v and_o leave_v unto_o his_o church_n concern_v such_o earthquake_n as_o shall_v 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jeremy_n chap._n 5._o 3._o thou_o have_v strike_v they_o but_o they_o have_v not_o grieve_v thou_o have_v consume_v they_o but_o they_o have_v refuse_v to_o receive_v correction_n they_o have_v make_v their_o face_n hard_a than_o a_o rock_n they_o have_v refuse_v to_o return_v and_o also_o with_o the_o prophet_n zachary_n in_o chap._n 7._o 12._o yea_o they_o have_v make_v their_o heart_n as_o and_o adamant_n stone_n therefore_o come_v a_o great_a wrath_n from_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n o_o man_n man_n consider_v now_o well_o with_o thyself_o in_o time_n that_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o now_o be_v move_v to_o tremble_v and_o quake_v for_o that_o god_n that_o can_v so_o move_v the_o earth_n and_o cause_v she_o to_o tremble_v and_o quake_v then_o thou_o may_v just_o fear_v that_o when_o the_o lord_n almighty_n will_v so_o move_v the_o earth_n that_o the_o heaven_n shall_v pass_v away_o with_o a_o great_a noise_n and_o the_o element_n shall_v melt_v with_o fervent_a heat_n the_o earth_n also_o and_o the_o work_n that_o be_v therein_o shall_v be_v burn_v up_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 10._o that_o it_o will_v be_v then_o too_o late_o for_o thou_o to_o tremble_v and_o quake_v and_o if_o any_o now_o may_v be_v move_v to_o great_a fear_n and_o amazement_n by_o these_o small_a earthquake_n which_o do_v no_o very_a great_a harm_n what_o kind_n of_o anguish_n and_o terror_n think_v thou_o will_v at_o that_o time_n fall_v upon_o all_o ungodly_a and_o incorrigible_a man_n that_o here_o will_v never_o fear_v such_o a_o god_n true_o then_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o rich_a man_n and_o the_o chief_a captain_n and_o the_o mighty_a man_n and_o every_o bondman_n and_o every_o freeman_n shall_v hide_v themselves_o in_o the_o denn_n and_o in_o the_o rock_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o say_v to_o the_o mountain_n and_o rock_n fall_v on_o we_o and_o hide_v we_o from_o the_o face_n of_o he_o that_o sit_v on_o the_o throne_n and_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lamb_n for_o the_o great_a day_n of_o his_o wrath_n be_v come_v and_o who_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o stand_v oh_o jesus_n christ_n suspirium_fw-la thou_o rock_n of_o salvation_n and_o precious_a cornerstone_n of_o zion_n do_v thou_o mollify_v our_o hard_a and_o stony_a heart_n and_o according_a to_o thy_o promise_n give_v we_o heart_n of_o flesh_n ezek._n 36._o 26._o that_o we_o may_v now_o in_o the_o time_n of_o grace_n be_v amaze_v and_o tremble_v at_o our_o bloody_a sin_n and_o their_o well_o deserve_a and_o impendent_a punishment_n that_o so_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v either_o gracious_o mitigate_v or_o whole_o divert_v according_a to_o thy_o divine_a will_n for_o thy_o great_a mercy_n sake_n amen_n now_o he_o that_o can_v give_v any_o better_a or_o more_o perfect_a instruction_n or_o information_n concern_v earthquake_n and_o yet_o will_v not_o do_v it_o commit_v a_o great_a sin_n inasmuch_o as_o he_o conceal_v such_o wonderful_a work_n of_o the_o lord_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la in_o the_o 3_o 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each_o in_o his_o celestial_a station_n about_o the_o space_n of_o a_o whole_a day_n and_o a_o night_n josh_n 10._o 13._o also_o before_o the_o moabite_n be_v subdue_v by_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n the_o moabite_n water_n be_v turn_v into_o blood_n 2_o kin._n 3._o 22._o i_o will_v not_o now_o speak_v of_o the_o many_o sign_n and_o token_n that_o precede_v the_o desolation_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o harden_a egyptian_n and_o jerusalem_n because_o it_o will_v be_v too_o tedious_a to_o recite_v here_o but_o i_o do_v aver_v that_o when_o such_o unusual_a sign_n and_o token_n do_v happen_v especial_o when_o such_o a_o mountainous_a and_o rocky_a land_n norway_n even_o from_o its_o foundation_n upward_o with_o its_o sea_n stream_n and_o river_n shall_v for_o the_o space_n of_o so_o many_o mile_n together_o tremble_v and_o quake_v we_o ought_v not_o in_o any_o case_n to_o slight_v or_o think_v light_o of_o it_o wherefore_o without_o any_o long_a delay_n i_o will_v now_o 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misery_n in_o the_o 19_o chap._n of_o the_o book_n of_o his_o patience_n v._o 27._o and_o beside_o this_o we_o can_v never_o sufficient_o conceive_v and_o apprehend_v what_o rich_a treasure_n and_o precious_a jewel_n the_o earth_n retain_v within_o itself_o partly_o hide_v and_o partly_o discoverable_a some_o whereof_o she_o yearly_o distribute_v to_o her_o inhabitant_n none_o of_o the_o four_o element_n be_v more_o constant_o near_o we_o or_o a_o more_o faithful_a and_o continual_a assistant_n unto_o we_o then_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o element_n of_o water_n and_o air_n do_v often_o much_o damnify_v and_o endanger_v we_o the_o element_n fire_n be_v too_o high_a for_o we_o or_o else_o may_v do_v we_o good_a by_o its_o warmth_n and_o operation_n yet_o sometime_o by_o thunder_n and_o lightning_n do_v sufficient_o affright_v and_o hurt_v we_o but_o the_o element_n of_o earth_n only_o as_o a_o faithful_a nurse_n mother_n never_o forsake_v we_o so_o long_o as_o the_o world_n endure_v 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