Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	hear_v	lord_n	merciful_a	2,985	5	9.4011	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59621	Antapologia, or, A discourse of excuses setting forth the variety and vanity of them, the sin and misery brought in by them, as being the greatest bar in the way to heaven, and the ready high way to hell : being the common snare wherein most of the children of men are intangled and ruined / by Jo. Sheffield ...	Sheffeild, John, d. 1680.	1672 (1672)	Wing S3061; ESTC R11053	145,253	322

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thy_o table_n do_v many_o good_a work_n and_o speak_v many_o good_a word_n 4._o it_o will_v be_v to_o as_o little_a purpose_n to_o say_v lord_n i_o trust_v in_o thy_o mercy_n to_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o son_n when_o the_o lord_n shall_v reply_v my_o mercy_n be_v declare_v to_o they_o that_o fear_v i_o my_o gospel_n for_o they_o that_o deny_v ungodliness_n and_o 7._o luk._n 1._o 50._o tit._n 2._o 12._o 1_o jo._n 1._o 7._o live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a my_o son_n blood_n be_v shed_v to_o cleanse_v and_o take_v away_o sin_n i_o be_o amaze_v and_o tremble_v to_o think_v what_o amazement_n and_o horror_n will_v then_o seize_v on_o all_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n when_o they_o see_v themselves_o thus_o disappoint_v of_o all_o their_o lie_a hope_n and_o it_o call_v to_o my_o mind_n the_o sad_a plight_n that_o that_o curse_a haman_n be_v in_o when_o he_o see_v the_o king_n queen_n mordecai_n harbonah_n all_o against_o he_o the_o king_n 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