Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	father_n	lord_n	redeemer_n	2,002	5	9.8210	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65422	Popery anatomized, or, A learned, pious, and elaborat treatise wherein many of the greatest and weightiest points of controversie, between us and papists, are handled, and the truth of our doctrine clearly proved : and the falshood of their religion and doctrine anatomized, and laid open, and most evidently convicted and confuted by Scripture, fathers, and also by some of their own popes, doctors, cardinals, and of their own writers : in answer to M. Gilbert Brown, priest / by that learned, singularly pious, and eminently faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. John Welsch ...; Reply against Mr. Gilbert Browne, priest	Welch, John, 1568?-1622.; Craford, Matthew. Brief discovery of the bloody, rebellious and treasonable principles and practises of papists.	1672 (1672)	Wing W1312; ESTC R38526	397,536	586

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sin_n very_o great_a and_o be_v not_o the_o cry_n of_o they_o come_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o be_v not_o the_o lord_n harken_v and_o hear_v if_o any_o man_n will_v repent_v he_o 〈◊〉_d the_o evil_a of_o his_o do_n and_o say_v what_o evil_a have_v i_o do_v for_o he_o be_v wait_v to_o see_v what_o we_o will_v do_v before_o he_o leave_v we_o altogether_o for_o he_o have_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n leave_v we_o already_o for_o be_v we_o not_o strike_v with_o blindness_n confusion_n and_o astonishment_n and_o tremble_v of_o heart_n be_v he_o not_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n depart_v from_o his_o ordinance_n for_o be_v not_o that_o light_n darken_v that_o life_n wither_v that_o strength_n abate_v that_o presence_n evanish_v that_o tenderness_n go_v these_o influence_n withhold_v that_o sometime_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v feel_v in_o ordinance_n yea_o be_v not_o prayer_n restrain_v and_o love_n wax_v exceed_v cold_a and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n grow_v universal_a delight_n in_o god_n and_o in_o 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against_o you_o for_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n than_o ever_o abel_n blood_n do_v against_o his_o brother_n cain_n gen._n 4.10_o now_o therefore_o at_o the_o last_o repent_v you_o of_o it_o purge_v your_o hand_n of_o it_o and_o at_o the_o least_o vouchsafe_v so_o much_o upon_o every_o church_n as_o may_v sustain_v a_o pastor_n to_o break_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n unto_o they_o and_o think_v the_o damnation_n of_o so_o many_o million_o of_o soul_n of_o your_o poor_a brethren_n who_o may_v have_v be_v save_v for_o aught_o that_o you_o know_v if_o they_o have_v have_v the_o gospel_n of_o salvation_n preach_v unto_o they_o too_o great_a guiltiness_n suppose_v you_o have_v not_o blood_n upon_o blood_n otherwise_o if_o you_o will_v not_o i_o call_v heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o witness_v against_o you_o deut._n 30.19_o that_o the_o indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v root_v you_o and_o your_o posterity_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n and_o their_o blood_n that_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o teach_v shall_v be_v lay_v to_o your_o charge_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v arraign_v as_o murderer_n of_o their_o soul_n in_o that_o great_a day_n and_o not_o only_o that_o curse_n shall_v fall_v upon_o you_o which_o be_v command_v to_o be_v pronounce_v upon_o mount_n hebal_n deut._n 27.23.18_o for_o cause_v the_o blind_a to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n whereunto_o all_o the_o people_n shall_v say_v amen_n but_o also_o that_o most_o fearful_a and_o irrevocable_a sentence_n shall_v be_v pronounce_v and_o execute_v upon_o you_o in_o that_o great_a day_n by_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v in_o that_o everlasting_a fire_n of_o hell_n to_o be_v damn_v with_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n for_o evermore_o matth._n 25.41_o lay_v it_o therefore_o to_o your_o heart_n and_o flatter_v not_o yourselves_o in_o a_o carnal_a and_o vain_a presumption_n be_v not_o cruel_a to_o your_o own_o soul_n and_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o poor_a people_n any_o more_o otherwise_o you_o shall_v most_o assure_o drink_v of_o the_o wine_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o be_v casten_z in_o the_o great_a wine-fat_n of_o his_o wrath_n where_o there_o you_o shall_v be_v torment_v day_n and_o night_n let_v every_o one_o of_o we_o therefore_o in_o the_o conscience_n of_o so_o great_a and_o singular_a mercy_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v vouchsafe_v upon_o we_o in_o such_o a_o plentiful_a measure_n harden_n not_o our_o heart_n while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n but_o let_v we_o rend_v they_o and_o turn_v they_o unto_o the_o lord_z our_o god_n heb._n 4.7_o joel_n 2.13_o and_o let_v we_o not_o delay_v it_o while_o he_o call_v upon_o we_o by_o his_o word_n and_o spread_v out_o his_o arm_n unto_o we_o otherwise_o if_o we_o will_v not_o but_o despise_v the_o day_n of_o our_o salvation_n than_o i_o protest_v unto_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o great_a god_n that_o he_o will_v hear_v the_o cry_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o will_v abhor_v we_o great_o as_o he_o do_v israel_n that_o he_o shall_v forsake_v his_o glorious_a tent_n and_o tabernacle_n in_o this_o land_n and_o first_o give_v over_o his_o strength_n to_o captivity_n and_o his_o glory_n to_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o enemy_n psal_n 78.49.60.61_o etc._n etc._n and_o then_o account_v no_o more_o of_o we_o then_o of_o the_o mire_n in_o the_o street_n he_o shall_v deliver_v we_o over_o both_o old_a and_o young_a pastor_n and_o people_n to_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o enemy_n for_o this_o i_o dare_v say_v if_o he_o take_v his_o kingdom_n from_o we_o he_o shall_v not_o let_v scotland_n be_v a_o free_a kingdom_n matth._n 21.43_o as_o it_o have_v be_v before_o for_o true_a be_v he_o who_o have_v say_v it_o the_o nation_n and_o kingdom_n that_o will_v not_o serve_v thou_o shall_v perish_v and_o these_o nation_n shall_v be_v utter_o destroy_v esai_n 60.12_o and_o if_o he_o spare_v not_o his_o own_o strength_n and_o glory_n i_o mean_v his_o glorious_a gospel_n but_o deliver_v 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lord_z our_o god_n blaspheme_v thy_o holy_a name_n when_o they_o shall_v see_v thou_o angry_a with_o thy_o own_o inheritance_n and_o redeem_v one_o oh_o turn_v we_o unto_o thou_o and_o put_v we_o not_o away_o from_o thy_o face_n and_o let_v not_o those_o that_o be_v thy_o enemy_n triumph_n over_o we_o purchase_v thyself_o a_o everlasting_a name_n through_o our_o conversion_n and_o repentance_n that_o the_o enemy_n and_o the_o avenger_n may_v be_v still_o and_o our_o heart_n may_v be_v enlarge_v and_o our_o mouth_n may_v be_v open_v to_o proclaim_v the_o everlasting_a mercy_n and_o to_o shout_n forth_o thy_o praise_n turn_v you_o unto_o he_o you_o that_o be_v his_o child_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o tent_n you_o that_o love_v

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