Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	iniquity_n	lord_n	sin_n	10,725	5	5.0015	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02138	The myrrour of modestie wherein appeareth as in a perfect glasse howe the Lorde deliuereth the innocent from all imminent perils, and plagueth the bloudthirstie hypocrites with deserued punishments. Shewing that the graie heades of dooting adulterers shall not go with peace into the graue, neither shall the righteous be forsaken in the daie of trouble. By R.G. Maister of Artes.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 12278; ESTC S105813	16,444	48

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this_o ●…ourned_a 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o ha●…e_n and_o ●…he_a gl●…ts_n say_v thus_o unto_o he_o since_o it_o have_v please_v god_n quoth_v they_o that_o ●…ere_o be_v wisdom_n find_v in_o thy_o lip_n and_o understand_v in_o thy_o heart_n and_o that_o thou_o have_v knowledge_n give_v thou_o from_o about_o to_o search_v out_o that_o which_o have_v be_v hide_v from_o we_o all_o come_v sit_v down_o among_o we_o and_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o a_o elder_a that_o through_o thou_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a in_o reward_v the_o wicked_a and_o defend_v the_o innocent_a then_o say_v daniel_n unto_o they_o put_v these_o two_o aside_o one_o from_o another_o and_o i_o will_v examine_v they_o so_o when_o they_o be_v separate_v he_o call_v one_o of_o they_o to_o who_o he_o utter_v these_o word_n be_v a_o sai●…ng_n quoth_v he_o not_o so_o common_a as_o true_a that_o he_o which_o look_v continual_o on_o the_o sun_n shall_v at_o last_o be_v blind_a that_o who_o so_o handle_v 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promise_v that_o a_o false_a witness_n shall_v not_o be_v unpunished_a and_o he_o that_o speak_v lie_n shall_v perish_v so_o they_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o the_o innocent_a blood_n be_v save_v the_o same_o day_n helchias_n and_o his_o wife_n see_v that_o their_o ●…aughter_n be_v by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n preserve_v from_o the_o wicked_a pretence_n of_o these_o unjust_a judge_n and_o joachim_n her_o husband_n hear_v his_o wife_n clere_v of_o this_o crime_n yea_o all_o her_o kindred_n see_v y_o ●_o there_o be_v no_o disho●…_n nestie_n find_v in_o she_o but_o that_o she_o be_v with_o out_o spot_n and_o their_o stock_n unstained_a they_o all_o praise_v god_n that_o the_o innocent_a lamb_n be_v deliver_v and_o the_o faithful_a hypocrite_n so_o fit_o detect_v and_o from_o that_o day_n forth_o daniel_n be_v in_o great_a reputation_n among_o all_o the_o people_n finis_fw-la london_n print_v by_o roger_n ward_n dwell_v a●…_n the_o sign_n of_o the_o talbot_n near_o unto_o holborn_n conduit_n 1584._o