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	world_n	9,451	5	6.1102	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72420	The soule is immortall, or, Certaine discourses defending the immortalitie of the soule against the limmes of Sathan to wit, Saducees, Anabaptists, atheists and such like of the hellish crue of aduersaries / written by Iohn Iackson.	Jackson, John, fl. 1611.; Houppelande, Guillaume, d. 1492. De immortalitate animae.; Xenocrates, of Chalcedon, ca. 396-ca. 314 B.C. De morte.; Athenagoras, 2nd cent. De resurrectione.; Palingenio Stellato, Marcello, ca. 1500-ca. 1543.	1611 (1611)	STC 14297a.3; ESTC S116566	64,456	189

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first_o it_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o in_o the_o gospel_n mat._n 10._o vers_fw-la 28._o 28._o fear_v you_o not_o they_o which_o kill_v the_o body_n but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o kill_v the_o soul_n but_o rather_o fear_v he_o which_o be_v able_a to_o destroy_v both_o body_n and_o soul_n in_o hell_n mat._n ca._n 18._o v._n 9_o 9_o it_o be_v better_a for_o thou_o to_o enter_v into_o life_n halt_v then_o have_v two_o foot_n to_o be_v cast_v into_o hell_n mar._n 9.43.44_o 43._o wherefore_o if_o thy_o hand_n cause_v thou_o to_o offend_v cut_v it_o off_o it_o be_v better_a for_o thou_o to_o enter_v into_o life_n maim_v then_o have_v two_o hand_n to_o go_v into_o hell_n into_o fire_n that_o never_o shall_v be_v quench_v 44._o where_o the_o worm_n die_v not_o and_o the_o fire_n never_o go_v out_o etc._n etc._n mat._n 25._o 31._o when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v in_o his_o glory_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a angel_n with_o he_o then_o shall_v he_o 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