Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	careful_a	conscience_n	great_a	23	3	2.0940	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85988	A soveraign antidote against sinful errors, the epidemical plague of these latter dayes. Extracted out of divine records, the dispensatory of Christianity: for the prevention and cure of our spiritual distempers. By Claudius Gilbert, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Limrick in Ireland.	Gilbert, Claudius, d. 1696?	1658 (1658)	Wing G704; Thomason E939_4; ESTC R202212	152,383	185

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in_o his_o instrument_n his_o civil_a deputy_n in_o the_o magistracy_n 1._o by_o the_o former_a evil_n 2._o by_o the_o papist_n who_o advance_v their_o antichristian_a head_n into_o the_o magistrate_n seat_n put_v the_o civil_a key_n into_o the_o pope_n hand_n and_o loosen_a the_o subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n to_o such_o superior_n who_o do_v not_o please_v he_o encroach_a much_o upon_o civil_a affair_n in_o their_o cannon_n law_n as_o about_o marriage_n incest_n adultery_n etc._n etc._n oblige_v their_o clergy_n to_o foreign_a supremacy_n forbid_v the_o magistrate_n his_o duty_n about_o external_o of_o the_o first_o table_n etc._n etc._n 3._o by_o quaker_n and_o notionist_n who_o labour_n to_o bring_v in_o confusion_n as_o the_o german_a anabaptist_n do_v 4._o yea_o by_o many_o who_o seem_v more_o sober_a yet_o deny_v the_o best_a part_n of_o his_o office_n that_o special_a care_n of_o the_o first_o table_n in_o its_o external_o wherein_o he_o be_v to_o do_v most_o for_o 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