Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	grace_n	great_a	sin_n	12,671	5	4.8839	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09984	Mount Ebal, or A heavenly treatise of divine love Shewing the equity and necessity of his being accursed that loves not the Lord Iesus Christ. Together with the motives meanes markes of our love towards him. By that late faithfull and worthy divine, John Preston, Doctor in Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.	1638 (1638)	STC 20238; ESTC S115085	27,130	53

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the_o more_o commodity_n his_o master_n look_v he_o shall_v bring_v home_o with_o he_o for_o it_o so_o the_o more_o wit_n or_o understanding_n or_o learning_n or_o knowledge_n or_o authority_n and_o power_n thou_o have_v the_o more_o love_n must_v thou_o bear_v unto_o christ_n and_o show_v it_o by_o thy_o bring_v forth_o more_o fruit_n thereof_o unto_o he_o than_o other_o that_o have_v none_o of_o all_o these_o opportunity_n or_o not_o in_o so_o great_a a_o measure_n as_o thou_o have_v this_o be_v the_o first_o thing_n second_o thou_o must_v love_v he_o above_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n beside_o whether_o it_o be_v pleasure_n or_o honour_n