Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	holy_a	son_n	trinity_n	4,094	5	10.4029	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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sequitur_fw-la multa_fw-la fecisti_fw-la tu_fw-la domine_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la tua_fw-la miracula_fw-la hominum_fw-la intuebatur_fw-la intendat_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la dei._n multa_fw-la fecit_fw-la dominus_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la sua_fw-la haec_fw-la respiciat_fw-la quare_fw-la illi_fw-la viluerunt_fw-la aurigam_fw-la laudas_fw-la regentem_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equos_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la lapsu_fw-la atque_fw-la offension_n currentes_fw-la forte_n talia_fw-la miracula_fw-la spiritalia_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la dominus_fw-la regat_fw-la luxuriam_fw-la regat_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la regat_fw-la imprudentiam_fw-la motus_fw-la istos_fw-la qui_fw-la nimium_fw-la lapsi_fw-la haec_fw-la vitia_fw-la faciunt_fw-la regat_fw-la &_o subdat_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o teneat_fw-la habena●_n &_o non_fw-la rapiatur_fw-la ducat_n quo_fw-la vult_fw-la non_fw-la ●rahatur_fw-la quò_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la aurigam_fw-la laudabat_fw-la aurigam_fw-la laudabit_fw-la clamabat_fw-la ut_fw-la auriga_fw-la veste_fw-la cooperiretur_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la vestietur_fw-la haec_fw-la munera_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la dedit_fw-la deus_fw-la clamat_fw-la de_fw-la caelum_fw-la specto_fw-la vos_fw-la luctamini_fw-la adjuvabo_fw-la vincite_fw-la coronabo_fw-la etc._n etc._n nunc_fw-la specta_fw-la histrionem_fw-la didicit_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la magno_fw-la study_v in_o fune_n ambulare_fw-la &_o pendens_fw-la te_fw-la suspendit_fw-la illu_z attend_v aeditorem_fw-la majorum_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la didicit_fw-la iste_fw-la in_o fune_n ambulare_fw-la nunquid_fw-la fecit_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la ambulare_fw-la obliviscere_fw-la theatrum_fw-la tuum_fw-la attend_v petrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o fune_n ambulantem_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la in_fw-la mari_fw-fr ambulantem_fw-la &c_n &c_n see_v here_o pag._n 345._o to_o 349._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n christian_n then_o in_o this_o father_n judgement_n have_v far_o great_a far_o better_a spectacle_n than_o all_o the_o playhouse_n in_o the_o world_n can_v yield_v they_o they_o have_v according_o many_o heavenly_a sweet_a and_o spiritual_a spectacle_n on_o which_o to_o cast_v their_o eye_n and_o thought_n these_o they_o must_v always_o contemplate_v not_o these_o base_a filthy_a interlude_n i_o shall_v therefore_o close_v up_o this_o objection_n with_o that_o excellent_a passage_n of_o tertullian_n which_o answer_v it_o to_o the_o full_a nostrae_fw-la caenae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la nondum_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la spectatoribus_fw-la discumbere_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la illi_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la vicibus_fw-la disposita_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la 403._o nunc_fw-la illi_fw-la letantur_fw-la nos_fw-la con●lictamur_fw-la 22._o seculum_fw-la inquit_fw-la gaudebit_fw-la vos_fw-la tri●tes_fw-la eritis_fw-la lugeamus_fw-la ergo_fw-la dum_fw-la ethnici_fw-la gaudent_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la lugere_fw-la caeperint_fw-la gaudeamus_fw-la ne_fw-la pariter_fw-la nunc_fw-la gaudentes_fw-la tunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la pariter_fw-la lugeamus_fw-la delicatus_fw-la es_fw-la christiane_n si_fw-la &_o in_fw-la seculo_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la concupiscis_fw-la im●_n nimium_fw-la stultus_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la existimas_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la philosophi_fw-la quidem_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la quieti_fw-la &_o tranquillitati_fw-la dederunt_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la gaudent_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la avocantur_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la etiam_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la tu_fw-la mihi_fw-la metas_fw-la &_o scenas_fw-la &_o pulverem_fw-la &_o harenas_fw-la suspiras_fw-la dicas_fw-la velim_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la vivere_fw-la sine_fw-la voluptate_fw-la qui_fw-la mori_fw-la cum_fw-la voluptate_fw-la debebimus_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la votum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o apostoli_fw-la 1.23_o exire_fw-la de_fw-la seculo_fw-la &_o recipi_fw-la apud_fw-la dominum_fw-la haec_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ubi_fw-la &_o votum_fw-la jam_fw-la nunc_fw-la si_fw-la putas_fw-la delectamentis_fw-la exigere_fw-la spacium_fw-la hoc_fw-la cur_n tàm_fw-la ingratus_fw-la es_fw-la ut_fw-la tot_fw-la &_o tale_n voluptales_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la contributas_fw-la tibi_fw-la satis_fw-la non_fw-la habeas_fw-la neque_fw-la recognoscas_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la jocundius_fw-la quam_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la quam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la revelatio_fw-la quam_fw-la errorum_fw-la recognitio_fw-la quam_fw-la tantorum_fw-la retrò_fw-la criminum_fw-la venia_fw-la quae_fw-la major_a voluptas_fw-la nota._n quam_fw-la fastidium_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la quam_fw-la seculi_fw-la totius_fw-la contemptus_fw-la quam_fw-la vera_fw-la libertas_fw-la quam_fw-la conscientia_fw-la integra_fw-la quam_fw-la vita_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la quam_fw-la mortis_fw-la timor_fw-la nullus_fw-la quod_fw-la calcas_fw-la deos_fw-la nationum_fw-la quod_fw-la daemonia_fw-la expellis_fw-la quod_fw-la medicinas_fw-la facis_fw-la quod_fw-la revelationes_fw-la pe●_n be_v quod_fw-la deo_fw-la vivis_fw-la hae_fw-la voluptales_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la christianorum_fw-la sancta_fw-la perpetua_fw-la gratuita_fw-la in_o his_o tibi_fw-la ludos_fw-la circenses_fw-la interpraetare_fw-la cursus_fw-la seculi_fw-la intuere_fw-la tempora_fw-la labentia_fw-la dinumera_fw-la metas_fw-la consummationis_fw-la expecta_fw-la societates_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la defend_v ad_fw-la signum_fw-la dei_fw-la suscitare_fw-la ad_fw-la tubam_fw-la angeli_fw-la erigere_fw-la ad_fw-la martyrij_fw-la palmas_fw-la gloriare_fw-la nota._n si_fw-mi scenicae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la delectant_fw-la satis_fw-la nobis_fw-la literarum_fw-la est_fw-la satis_fw-la versuum_fw-la est_fw-la satis_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la satis_fw-la etiam_fw-la canticorum_fw-la satis_fw-la vocum_fw-la nec_fw-la fabulae_fw-la sed_fw-la veritates_fw-la nec_fw-la strophae_fw-la sed_fw-la simplicitates_fw-la vis_fw-fr &_o pugillatus_fw-la &_o luctatus_fw-la praesto_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la parva_fw-la sed_fw-la multa_fw-la aspice_fw-la impudicitiam_fw-la dejectam_fw-la à_fw-la castitate_fw-la perfidiam_fw-la caesam_fw-la à_fw-la fide_fw-la saevitiam_fw-la à_fw-la misericordia_fw-la contusam_fw-la petulantiam_fw-la à_fw-la modestia_fw-la adumbratam_fw-la &_o tale_n apud_fw-la nos_fw-la sunt_fw-la agones_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la coronamur_fw-la vis_fw-fr autem_fw-la &_o

upon_o their_o solemn_a festival_n and_o that_o within_o their_o church_n in_o their_o mother_n tongue_n not_o out_o of_o any_o devotion_n but_o for_o mirth_n anb_fw-mi recreation_n sake_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n saint_n augustine_n write_v of_o the_o honour_n not_o of_o the_o adoration_n a_o thing_n not_o then_o in_o use_n which_o the_o christian_n give_v the_o martyr_n in_o his_o age_n inform_v we_o 27._o that_o they_o do_v neither_o exhilerate_v they_o with_o their_o crime_n nor_o yet_o with_o filthy_a play_n with_o which_o the_o gentile_n do_v usual_o delight_v their_o idol-god_n yet_o our_o novellize_a romanist_n who_o gentes_fw-la vaunt_v so_o much_o of_o antiquity_n though_o their_o whole_a religion_n wherein_o they_o vary_v from_o we_o be_v but_o novelty_n abandon_v the_o pious_a practice_n of_o these_o primitive_a christian_n conscious_a to_o themselves_o no_o doubt_n that_o many_o of_o their_o late_a canonize_v tiburne-martyr_n be_v no_o other_o no_o better_a than_o the_o devil-god_n of_o pagan_n according_o who_o be_v ofttimes_o deify_v for_o their_o notorious_a villainy_n as_o popish_a saint_n be_v for_o their_o matchless_a treason_n have_v not_o only_o 39_o adore_v they_o as_o god_n erect_v temple_n to_o their_o name_n and_o worship_n but_o likewise_o solemnize_v their_o anniversary_n commemoration_n by_o personate_n in_o their_o several_a temple_n the_o blasphemous_a lie_a legend_n of_o their_o life_n and_o miracle_n so_o fit_a for_o no_o place_n as_o the_o stage_n itself_o in_o some_o theatrical_a show_n adore_v and_o honour_v they_o in_o no_o other_o manner_n than_o the_o very_a pagan_n do_v their_o devil-god_n with_o who_o these_o ●ell-saints_n be_v most_o apt_o 4._o parallel_v such_o honour_n such_o worship_n give_v the_o papist_n to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n to_o these_o their_o idolised_a saint_n as_o thus_o to_o turn_v not_o only_o 403._o their_o priest_n into_o player_n their_o temple_n into_o theater_n but_o 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he_o and_o do_v we_o withal_o remember_v that_o this_o our_o bless_a saviour_n 1.7_o have_v call_v we_o not_o to_o uncleanness_n but_o unto_o holiness_n that_o he_o have_v likewise_o enjoin_v we_o 13._o to_o cast_v off_o all_o the_o work_n of_o darkness_n and_o to_o put_v on_o the_o armour_n of_o light_n to_o walk_v honest_o as_o in_o the_o day_n not_o in_o chamber_v and_o wantonness_n not_o in_o riot_v and_o drunkenness_n 3.3_o not_o in_o divers_a lust_n and_o pleasure_n 18._o according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n according_a to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o air_n which_o now_o work_v in_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n that_o he_o have_v serious_o charge_v we_o 30._o that_o we_o walk_v not_o from_o henceforth_o as_o other_o gentile_n walk_v in_o the_o vanity_n of_o their_o mind_n who_o have_v their_o understanding_n darken_v and_o be_v alienate_v from_o the_o life_n of_o god_n and_o past_o all_o feel_n have_v give_v themselves_o over_o 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scripture_n on_o the_o end_n of_o our_o saviour_n bless_a incarnation_n which_o be_v 9_o to_o redeem_v we_o from_o all_o these_o our_o sin_n and_o sinful_a pleasure_n to_o crucify_v our_o lust_n to_o regenerate_v and_o sanctify_v our_o deprave_a nature_n to_o make_v we_o holy_a even_o as_o he_o be_v holy_a and_o to_o conform_v we_o to_o himself_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o then_o this_o inveterate_a heathenish_a donato_n common_a custom_n of_o profane_v christ_n nativity_n with_o all_o kind_n of_o lasciviousness_n wickedness_n and_o delight_n of_o sin_n which_o shall_v be_v ●pent_v in_o honour_v blessing_n and_o praise_v of_o our_o gracious_a god_n for_o all_o his_o mercy_n to_o we_o in_o his_o son_n in_o psalm_n in_o hymn_n and_o spiritual_a song_n in_o holy_a and_o heavenly_a contemplation_n of_o all_o the_o benefit_n we_o receive_v by_o our_o saviour_n bless_a incarnation_n in_o charitable_a relieve_n of_o christ_n poor_a member_n and_o mutual_a amity_n one_o towards_o another_o will_n become_v most_o execrable_a to_o your_o pious_a soul_n the_o damnablenesse_n of_o which_o much_o applaud_a unruly_a christmas_n keep_v that_o you_o may_v more_o evident_o discern_v i_o shall_v for_o learning_n and_o religion_n sake_n discover_v whence_o it_o spring_v and_o that_o be_v original_o from_o the_o pagan_a saturnalia_fw-la from_o whence_o popery_n have_v borrow_v and_o transmit_v it_o unto_o we_o at_o the_o second_o hand_n the_o ancient_a pagan_a roman_n upon_o the_o 59_o ides_n of_o december_n 273._o consecrate_v to_o saturn_n and_o their_o goddess_n vesta_n not_o in_o the_o month_n of_o january_n as_o 10._o macrobius_n misreport_v accustom_v to_o keep_v their_o saturnalia_fw-la or_o annual_a feast_n of_o saturn_n for_o 7_o day_n together_o which_o they_o spend_v in_o feast_v drink_v dance_a play_n and_o interlude_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o they_o celebrate_v their_o 16._o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la on_o the_o first_o of_o january_n now_o our_o new-year_n day_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o idol_n janus_n which_o they_o likewise_o solemnize_v with_o stageplaye_n mummery_n masque_n dance_v feast_v drink_v and_o in_o send_v mutual_a new-year_n gift_n one_o to_o another_o for_o divers_a day_n together_o 71.75_o in_o these_o their_o saturnalia_fw-la and_o feast_n of_o janus_n all_o servant_n be_v set_v at_o lihertie_n and_o become_v checke-mate_n with_o their_o master_n with_o who_o they_o sit_v at_o table_n 19_o every_o man_n then_o wander_v about_o without_o control_v and_o take_v his_o fill_n of_o pleasure_n give_v himself_o over_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o luxury_n epicurism_n deboistnesse_n disorder_n pride_n and_o wantonness_n to_o pastime_n interlude_n mummery_n stageplay_n dan-cing_a drunkenness_n and_o those_o very_a disorder_n that_o accompany_v our_o grand_a unruly_a christmass_n which_o saturnalia_fw-la and_o festival_n the_o ensue_a author_n thus_o describe_v servicum_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la caenant_fw-la write_v 202._o plutarch_n aut_fw-la liberalia_fw-la in_fw-la agro_fw-la vagantes_fw-la celebrant_a ululatio_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la tumultus_fw-la far_o non_fw-la possis_fw-la prae_fw-la gaudio_fw-la et_fw-la imperitia_fw-la rerum_fw-la pulcrarum_fw-la talia_fw-la agentium_fw-la et_fw-la loquen●●um_fw-la quid_fw-la desides_fw-la quin_fw-la bibimus_fw-la et_fw-la capimus_fw-la cibos_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la miselle_fw-fr in_o promptu_fw-la cur_n tibiinvides_fw-la vocem_fw-la statim_fw-la hi_o dedêre_fw-la tum_fw-la bacchi_fw-la liquor_n infunditur_fw-la et_fw-la corona_fw-la aliqui●_n ornat_fw-la caput_fw-la laurique_n pulcram_fw-la ad_fw-la frondem_fw-la turpiter_fw-la canit_fw-la inducia_n phaebo_n januamque_fw-la alius_fw-la domus_fw-la pulsam_n operiens_fw-la excludit_fw-la caram_fw-la conjugem_fw-la etc._n etc._n saturnalibus_fw-la tota_fw-la seruis_fw-la licentia_fw-la permittitur_fw-la ludi_fw-la per_fw-la urbem_fw-la in_o compitis_fw-la agitantur_fw-la write_v 7._o macrobius_n maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la grai●m_fw-la saturno_n et_fw-la maxima_fw-la athenae_n conficiunt_fw-la sacra_fw-la quae_fw-la cronia_fw-la esse_fw-la iterantur_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la cumque_fw-la diem_fw-la celebrant_a per_fw-la agros_fw-la urbesque_fw-la ferè_fw-la omnes_fw-la exercent_fw-la epulis_fw-la laeti_fw-la famulosque_fw-la procuraut_v cuique_fw-la suos●_n nostrique_fw-la itidem_fw-la et_fw-la mos_fw-la traditur_fw-la illinc_fw-la iste_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dominis_fw-la famuli_fw-la epulentur_fw-la ibedeus_fw-la etc._n etc._n parallel_n to_o which_o be_v of_o 18._o seneca_n decemb●r_n est_fw-la mensis_fw-la quo_fw-la maximè_fw-la civitas_n desudat_fw-la jus_o lu●●uriae_fw-la publicè_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la ingenti_fw-la apparatu_fw-la sonant_fw-la omne_fw-la tanquam_fw-la quicquam_fw-la inter_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la nunc_fw-la intersit_fw-la et_fw-la dies_fw-la rerum_fw-la agendarum_fw-la adeo_fw-la nihil_fw-la interest_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la videatur_fw-la mihi_fw-la errâsse_fw-la qui_fw-la dixit_fw-la olim_fw-la mensem_fw-la decembrem_fw-la esse_fw-la nunc_fw-la annum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o of_o horace_n 227._o age_fw-la libertate_fw-la decembri_n quando_fw-la ita_fw-la majores_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la vtere_fw-la narra_fw-la etc._n etc._n 37._o nunc_fw-la est_fw-la bibendum_fw-la nunc_fw-la pede_fw-la libero_fw-la pulsanda_fw-la tellus_fw-la nunc_fw-la saliaribus_fw-la ornare_fw-la pulvinar_fw-la deorum_fw-la tempus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o ancient_a roman_n yea_o and_o the_o grecian_n too_o in_o time_n of_o paganism_n do_v spend_v their_o saturnalia_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la feriae_fw-la and_o other_o solemn_a festival_n in_o dance_v drink_v feast_v mummery_n masque_n and_o interlude_n the_o poet_n virgil_n ovid_n tibullus_n philo_n judaeus_fw-la with_o ibidem_fw-la sundry_a other_o will_v plentiful_o inform_v we_o the_o first_o of_o these_o describe_v it_o thus_o 57_o veteres_n ineunt_fw-la proscenia_fw-la ludi_fw-la praemiaque_fw-la ingentes_fw-la pagos_fw-la et_fw-la compita_fw-la cir●um_fw-la thesai●_n posuêre_fw-la eatque_fw-la inter_fw-la pocula_fw-la laeti_fw-la mollibus_fw-la in_o pratis_fw-la unctos_fw-la saliêre_fw-la per_fw-la utres_fw-fr necnon_fw-la ausonij_fw-la troia_n gens_fw-la missa_fw-la coloni_fw-la versibus_fw-la incompt●s_fw-la ludunt_fw-la risuque_fw-la soluto_fw-la oraque_fw-la corticibus_fw-la sumunt_fw-la horrenda_fw-la cavatis_fw-la et_fw-la te_fw-la bacche_fw-it vocant_fw-la per_fw-la carmina_fw-la laeti_fw-la tibique_fw-la oscilla_fw-la ex_fw-la altâ_fw-la suspendunt_fw-la mollia_fw-la pinu_fw-la the_o second_o thus_o margin_n

colit_fw-la peccat_fw-la quoniam_fw-la homini_fw-la mortuo_fw-la defert_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la obsequium_fw-la ind_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 4._o dies_fw-la observatis_fw-la et_fw-la menses_fw-la et_fw-la tempora_fw-la et_fw-la annos_fw-la timeo_fw-la ne_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la laboravero_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la observavit_fw-la enim_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la mensem_fw-la qui_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la aut_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la processit_fw-la observavit_fw-la diem_fw-la qui_fw-la hesterno_fw-la die_fw-la non_fw-la processit_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la processit_fw-la ad_fw-la campum_fw-la ergo_fw-la fratres_n omni_fw-la study_v gentilium_fw-la festivitatem_fw-la et_fw-la f●rias_fw-la declinemus_fw-la ut_fw-la quando_fw-la illi_fw-la epulantur_fw-la et_fw-la laet●_n sunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la nos_fw-la simus_fw-la sobrij_fw-la a●que_fw-la jejuni_fw-la quo_fw-la intelligant_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la nostra_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la condemnari_fw-la 18._o illi_fw-la habeant_fw-la mare_fw-la in_o theatro_fw-la nos_fw-la habeamus_fw-la portum_fw-la in_o christo._n if_o then_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n ought_v thus_o to_o be_v celebrate_v by_o we_o if_o all_o ●_o drunkenness_n epicurism_n health-quaffing_a dance_a dice_a interlude_n play_n lasciviousness_n pride_n and_o pagan_a custom_n must_v now_o be_v lay_v aside_o if_o all_o kind_n of_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n whatsoever_o must_v now_o be_v banish_v our_o body_n soul_n and_o house_n if_o our_o soul_n must_v now_o especial_o be_v cleanse_v by_o repentance_n from_o all_o their_o spiritual_a filthiness_n adorn_v beautify_v with_o every_o christian_a grace_n and_o make_v such_o holy_a spiritual_a temple_n that_o 10._o christ_n the_o king_n of_o glory_n may_v come_v and_o dwell_v within_o they_o if_o nought_o but_o 3.3_o holiness_n temperance_n sobriety_n and_o devotion_n must_v now_o be_v find_v within_o we_o yea_o if_o fast_v and_o 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