Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	eye_n	hand_n	lord_n	4,597	5	4.4180	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45564	A sad prognostick of approaching judgement, or, The happy misery of good men in bad times set forth in a sermon preached at St. Gregories, June the 13th, 1658 / by Nathaniell Hardy ...	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1658 (1658)	Wing H743; ESTC R334	20,404	40

his_o delight_n be_v with_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o his_o love_n to_o mankind_n be_v great_a than_o to_o any_o of_o his_o creature_n upon_o which_o account_n the_o psalmist_n say_v a_o little_a before_o lord_n what_o be_v man_n that_o thou_o 3._o take_v knowledge_n of_o he_o or_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o thou_o make_v account_n of_o he_o and_o as_o god_n have_v a_o more_o special_a love_n to_o man_n then_o any_o other_o creature_n so_o he_o have_v a_o more_o peculiar_a love_n to_o the_o righteous_a than_o any_o other_o man_n in_o which_o respect_n the_o psalmist_n say_v elsewhere_o thou_o lord_n will_v bless_v the_o righteous_a with_o favour_n 12._o will_v thou_o compass_v he_o as_o with_o a_o shield_n in_o this_o construction_n there_o be_v very_o good_a use_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o word_n in_o this_o scripture_n 1._o partly_o to_o inform_v we_o that_o they_o who_o perish_v in_o this_o world_n may_v yet_o be_v god_n favourite_n man_n be_v apt_a to_o think_v that_o god_n shall_v not_o let_v the_o wind_n blow_n upon_o his_o darling_n but_o they_o be_v deceive_v his_o love_n be_v not_o a_o motherly_a and_o cocker_a but_o a_o fatherly_a and_o prudent_a love_n benjamin_n be_v not_o the_o less_o regard_v by_o joseph_n because_o the_o cup_n be_v find_v in_o his_o sack_n we_o must_v not_o infer_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o outward_a affliction_n the_o absence_n of_o divine_a affection_n when_o he_o who_o be_v the_o righteous_a one_o of_o who_o the_o father_n say_v this_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n in_o who_o i_o be_o 17._o well_o please_v be_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n and_o acquaint_v with_o grief_n yea_o upon_o the_o cross_n breathe_v forth_o that_o doleful_a language_n my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o as_o be_v leave_v by_o god_n to_o the_o will_n of_o his_o enemy_n let_v we_o not_o doubt_v but_o that_o righteous_a person_n though_o they_o perish_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o man_n be_v yet_o in_o favour_n with_o god_n 2._o partly_o to_o comfort_v righteous_a one_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o their_o suffering_n consider_v that_o while_o the_o world_n frown_v god_n smile_v though_o the_o cold_a wind_n of_o persecution_n blow_n yet_o the_o sunbeam_n of_o divine_a affection_n shine_v upon_o they_o though_o they_o be_v reject_v as_o dross_n by_o man_n yet_o they_o be_v account_v by_o god_n as_o his_o jewel_n what_o matter_n it_o for_o man_n hatred_n so_o we_o have_v heaven_n love_v this_o may_v make_v the_o righteous_a not_o only_o content_v but_o cheerful_a in_o suffer_v the_o cruelty_n of_o their_o enemy_n that_o they_o be_v the_o man_n who_o god_n mark_n out_o for_o the_o object_n of_o his_o mercy_n 2._o but_o though_o this_o construction_n be_v pious_a and_o congruous_a yet_o i_o rather_o incline_v to_o the_o active_a notion_n of_o these_o word_n so_o much_o the_o rather_o because_o of_o that_o parallel_a place_n in_o the_o prophet_n micah_n where_o it_o be_v say_v the_o good_a man_n be_v perish_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n in_o 2._o this_o sense_n man_n of_o mercy_n be_v such_o as_o exercise_v mercy_n towards_o they_o that_o be_v in_o misery_n mercy_n in_o its_o general_a notion_n be_v alienis_fw-la miserijs_fw-la condolere_fw-la easque_fw-la proviribus_fw-la sublevare_fw-la a_o tender_a condolence_n with_o other_o misery_n and_o a_o ready_a willingness_n to_o succour_v they_o according_a to_o our_o ability_n such_o be_v the_o activity_n of_o this_o grace_n that_o it_o run_v through_o the_o whole_a man_n in_o the_o understanding_n it_o be_v a_o serious_a consideration_n how_o we_o may_v do_v good_a the_o liberal_a man_n say_v the_o prophet_n devise_v liberal_a thing_n his_o thought_n 8._o be_v take_v up_o with_o consult_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o distress_a in_o the_o memory_n it_o be_v a_o continual_a set_v the_o misery_n of_o our_o brethren_n before_o we_o the_o merciful_a man_n forget_v the_o injury_n that_o be_v do_v to_o himself_o and_o remember_v the_o misery_n that_o be_v suffer_v by_o other_o he_o still_o think_v he_o hear_v they_o groan_v and_o see_v they_o bleed_v in_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n it_o be_v a_o sweet_a sympathy_n whereby_o we_o do_v nolle_fw-la malum_fw-la velle_fw-la bonum_fw-la will_v the_o evil_a and_o will_v the_o good_a of_o another_o the_o merciful_a man_n heart_n ache_v for_o his_o brethren_n and_o he_o resent_v their_o suffering_n as_o if_o they_o be_v his_o own_o nor_o do_v mercy_n only_o retire_v itself_o into_o the_o chamber_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o look_v out_o at_o the_o window_n and_o go_v out_o of_o door_n for_o the_o succour_n of_o the_o afflict_a it_o open_v the_o eye_n to_o see_v and_o search_v out_o the_o miserable_a which_o behold_v they_o make_v report_n to_o the_o heart_n and_o that_o be_v affect_v with_o sorrow_n cause_v the_o eye_n to_o drop_v down_o tear_n it_o quicken_v the_o ear_n to_o attend_v and_o listen_v to_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o calamitous_a like_o the_o tender_a nurse_n which_o hear_v the_o least_o 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one_o he_o draw_v out_o his_o soul_n to_o the_o hungry_a by_o the_o other_o he_o reach_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o needy_a righteous_a man_n know_v that_o alm_n be_v the_o poor_a man_n due_a and_o mercy_n be_v a_o debt_n they_o owe_v to_o the_o miserable_a no_o wonder_n if_o they_o be_v careful_a to_o pay_v it_o and_o look_v how_o far_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o distress_a reach_v so_o far_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o righteous_a extend_v both_o to_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n of_o other_o namely_o they_o be_v man_n of_o mercy_n especial_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o other_o instruct_v the_o ignorant_a confirm_v the_o weak_a counsel_v the_o doubtful_a warn_v the_o unruly_a persuade_v the_o obstinate_a and_o comfort_v the_o grieve_a nor_o be_v they_o unmindful_a of_o the_o body_n of_o other_o clothing_n the_o naked_a feed_v the_o hungry_a refresh_v the_o thirsty_a visit_v the_o sick_a and_o entertain_v the_o stranger_n nor_o be_v their_o mercy_n only_o confine_v to_o friend_n but_o 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of_o the_o wicked_a harden_v that_o arise_v from_o grief_n this_o from_o grief_n mix_v with_o anger_n both_o very_a vehement_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o multiplication_n of_o several_a clause_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n god_n grant_v that_o i_o in_o handle_v and_o you_o in_o hear_v may_v have_v the_o same_o holy_a passion_n which_o our_o prophet_n have_v in_o utter_v this_o doleful_a ditty_n the_o righteous_a perish_v and_o no_o man_n lay_v it_o to_o heart_n etc._n etc._n begin_v we_o with_o the_o complaint_n concerning_o the_o godly_a which_o we_o find_v to_o be_v both_o amplify_v and_o mitigate_v 1._o amplify_v in_o two_o clause_n the_o righteous_a perish_v the_o merciful_a man_n be_v take_v away_o mitigate_v in_o one_o they_o be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o evil_a to_o come_v in_o the_o enlarge_n of_o the_o complaint_n we_o shall_v consider_v 1._o the_o godly_a man_n disposition_n and_o condition_n that_o real_o very_o good_a this_o seem_o very_a bad_a both_o characterizedin_fw-mi 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in_o the_o plural_a number_n merciful_a man_n i_o rather_o incline_v to_o understand_v this_o word_n though_o in_o the_o singular_a as_o nomen_fw-la collectivum_fw-la refer_v not_o to_o one_o but_o many_o and_o according_o those_o prophet_n and_o messenger_n of_o the_o lord_n together_o with_o the_o other_o of_o his_o faithful_a servant_n which_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o day_n of_o manasseh_n who_o shed_v innocent_a blood_n until_o he_o have_v fill_v jerusalem_n with_o 16._o blood_n from_o one_o end_n to_o the_o other_o be_v conceive_v by_o expositor_n loc._n to_o be_v those_o who_o the_o prophet_n here_o bemoan_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v now_o inquire_v in_o what_o notion_n this_o term_n righteous_a be_v attribute_v to_o they_o and_o may_v be_v affirm_v of_o every_o godly_a man_n i_o answer_v they_o be_v righteous_a in_o a_o threefold_a sense_n real_o interpretative_o comparative_o 1._o every_o godly_a man_n be_v real_o righteous_a inasmuch_o as_o 1._o his_o person_n be_v justify_v 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