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	lord_n	wait_v	2,901	5	9.3473	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92141	Influences of the life of grace. Or, A practical treatise concerning the way, manner, and means of having and improving of spiritual dispositions, and quickning influences from Christ the resurrection and the life. By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the Vniversity of St. Andrews in Scotland.	Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing R2380; Thomason E971_1; ESTC R207742	387,780	467

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moral_a cause_n of_o obedience_n because_o he_o work_v in_o we_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v but_o because_o he_o have_v command_v we_o to_o love_v he_o and_o to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n john_n 14._o 15._o psal_n 119._o 4_o 5_o 6._o hence_o 1._o the_o libertine_n be_v blasphemous_o wide_a the_o creature_n can_v do_v say_v he_o nothing_o good_a or_o evil_n god_n work_v all_o sin_n all_o obedience_n immediate_o in_o we_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o read_v pray_v hear_v the_o word_n meditate_v confer_v or_o go_v about_o work_n of_o reform_a abuse_n in_o religion_n because_o all_o these_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n without_o the_o