Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	heart_n	incline_v	law_n	17,044	5	8.6886	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64661	The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of the extent of Christs death and satisfaction &c, 2. Of the Sabbath, and observation of the Lords day, 3. Of the ordination in other reformed churches : with a vindication of him from a pretended change of opinion in the first, some advertisements upon the latter, and in prevention of further injuries, a declaration of his judgement in several other subjects / by N. Bernard.	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661.	1658 (1658)	Wing U188; ESTC R24649	53,942	189

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seem_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o also_o do_v lacta●tius_n lib._n 7_o cap._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherewith_o we_o may_v join_v that_o other_o place_n of_o johannes_n philoponus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o cap._n ult_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o with_o show_v the_o cause_n thereof_o thus_o shut_v up_o the_o whole_a work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o see_v it_o savage_n almost_o general_o observe_v in_o all_o nation_n though_o never_o so_o far_o distant_a and_o stranger_n one_o to_o another_o that_o in_o their_o reckon_n of_o number_n when_o they_o come_v to_o ten_o they_o return_v to_o their_o addition_n of_o 1._o 2._o and_o 3._o again_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v demand_v how_o they_o do_v all_o come_v to_o agree_v upon_o this_o kind_n of_o arithmetic_n and_o not_o some_o place_n their_o period_n at_o 8._o some_o at_o 12._o some_o at_o 15_o i_o suppose_v this_o can_v not_o be_v better_o resolve_v than_o by_o say_v they_o have_v this_o by_o tradition_n from_o the_o first_o father_n that_o live_v before_o the_o dispersion_n and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o a_o improbable_a evidence_n of_o that_o truth_n propound_v by_o the_o apostle_n unto_o the_o philosopher_n of_o athens_n act_v 17._o 26._o that_o god_n make_v of_o one_o blood_n all_o nation_n of_o man_n to_o dwell_v on_o all_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n how_o more_o when_o we_o find_v a_o far_o great_a agreement_n among_o the_o nation_n in_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o week_n the_o selfsame_a day_n which_o be_v account_v the_o first_o by_o one_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n reckon_v so_o by_o all_o notwithstanding_o that_o great_a variety_n of_o difference_n which_o be_v betwixt_o they_o in_o the_o order_n of_o their_o year_n and_o month_n how_o much_o more_o strong_o i_o say_v may_v we_o conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n be_v not_o of_o moses_n but_o of_o the_o father_n and_o do_v not_o begin_v with_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n but_o be_v derive_v unto_o all_o nation_n by_o lineal_a descent_n from_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n add_v hereunto_o that_o those_o heathen_n who_o be_v stranger_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n though_o they_o make_v not_o the_o seven_o day_n as_o festival_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v yet_o do_v they_o attribute_v some_o holiness_n to_o it_o and_o give_v it_o a_o peculiar_a honour_n above_o the_o other_o day_n of_o the_o week_n wherein_o they_o retain_v some_o relic_n and_o preserve_v still_o some_o clear_a footstep_n of_o the_o first_o institution_n quinetiam_fw-la populi_fw-la jam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d olim_fw-la say_v josephus_n sub_fw-la fin_fw-fr lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la apion_n multùm_fw-la nostram_fw-la pietatem_fw-la aemulantur_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la civitas_fw-la graecorum_n ulla_fw-la usquàm_fw-la aut_fw-la barbarorum_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la gens_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la septimanae_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la vacamus_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la minimè_fw-la pervenerit_fw-la jejuniaque_fw-la &_o candelabra_fw-la accensa_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o which_o rite_n of_o light_v of_o candle_n or_o lamp_n rather_o mention_v also_o be_v make_v by_o seneca_n in_o his_o 95_o the_o epistle_n accendere_fw-la aliquam_fw-la lucernam_fw-la sabbathis_n prohibeamus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la nec_fw-la lumine_fw-la dii_fw-la egent_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la homines_fw-la quidem_fw-la delectantur_fw-la fuligine_fw-la and_o by_o tertullian_n lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la nation_n cap._n 13._o where_o he_o note_v also_o those_o to_o be_v the_o sabbath_n observe_v by_o the_o nation_n say_v thus_o unto_o they_o qui_fw-fr solemn_a &_o diem_fw-la ejus_fw-la nobis_fw-la exprobratis_fw-la agnoscite_fw-la vicinitatem_fw-la non_fw-la longè_fw-la à_fw-fr saturno_n &_o sabbatis_fw-la vestris_n sumus_fw-la wherein_o though_o their_o devotion_n be_v somewhat_o like_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v all_o that_o those_o word_n of_o josephus_n do_v import_n multum_fw-la nostram_fw-la pietatem_fw-la aemulantur_fw-la yet_o that_o it_o be_v not_o do_v by_o any_o late_a imitation_n of_o they_o or_o with_o any_o relation_n at_o all_o to_o their_o observance_n that_o other_o place_n of_o tertullian_n do_v seem_v to_o evince_v in_o the_o 16_o the_o chapter_n of_o his_o apologeticum_n aequè_fw-la si_fw-la diem_fw-la solis_fw-la laetitiae_fw-la indulgemus_fw-la aliâ_fw-la longè_fw-la ratione_fw-la quam_fw-la religione_fw-la solis_fw-la secundo_fw-la loco_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n sumus_fw-la qui_fw-la diem_fw-la saturni_n otio_fw-la &_o victui_fw-la decernunt_fw-la exorbitante_n &_o ipsi_fw-la à_fw-la judaico_fw-la more_fw-it religiones_fw-la quem_fw-la ignorant_a and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o celebrate_v their_o satturdaye_n with_o that_o solemnity_n wherewith_o themselves_o do_v their_o annual_a festivity_n or_o the_o jew_n their_o weekly_a sabbath_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o 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