Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	9,072	5	3.5745	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87379	Moses his death: opened and applyed, in a sermon at Christ-Church in London, Decemb. 23. MDCLVI. at the funeral of Mr. Edward Bright, M.A. Fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and minister of the Gospel there. / By Samuel Jacombe M.A. Fellow of Queens Colledge in Cambridge, and pastor of Mary Woolnoth, Lumbardstreet, London. With some elegies.	Jacombe, Samuel, d. 1659.	1657 (1657)	Wing J109; Thomason E904_4; ESTC R202649	55,430	77

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when_o peter_n have_v the_o draught_n of_o fish_n he_o cry_v out_o lord_n i_o be_o a_o sinful_a man_n luke_n 5.8_o it_o be_v excellent_a when_o god_n affliction_n make_v we_o not_o to_o forget_v his_o goodness_n and_o when_o god_n mercy_n make_v we_o not_o to_o forget_v our_o sinfulness_n loss_n than_o the_o least_o of_o all_o saint_n be_v the_o motto_n of_o the_o great_a apostle_n i_o never_o perceive_v our_o good_a man_n apt_a to_o prefer_v himself_o above_o other_o he_o will_v hearty_o bless_v god_n for_o break_v that_o pride_n of_o his_o spirit_n which_o he_o will_v say_v be_v too_o wilful_a and_o excessive_o impetuous_a before_o he_o have_v a_o serious_a sense_n of_o true_a piety_n 2._o omni_fw-la acto_fw-la triumpho_fw-la depositus_fw-la triumphus_fw-la clarior_fw-la adeo_fw-la spreta_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la gloria_fw-la interdum_fw-la redit_fw-la cumulatior_fw-la livi._n lib_n 2._o when_o he_o read_v over_o to_o i_o as_o he_o do_v often_o the_o history_n of_o his_o life_n he_o 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