Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	soul_n	14,434	5	5.5092	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57738	Tragi-comoedia being a brief relation of the strange, and wonderfull hand of God discovered at Witny, in the comedy acted there February the third, where there were some slaine, many hurt, and several other remarkable passages : together with what was preached in three sermons on that occasion from Rom. 1, 18 : both which may serve as some check to the growing atheisme of the present age / by John Rowe ...	Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1653 (1653)	Wing R2067; ESTC R6082	58,271	114

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the_o heathen_n can_v not_o do_v worse_o than_o so_o the_o philistine_n they_o say_v if_o the_o matter_n fall_v not_o out_o so_o and_o so_o as_o they_o have_v cast_v it_o it_o be_v not_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o smite_v they_o but_o it_o be_v a_o chance_n that_o happen_v 1._o sam._n 6.9_o shall_v we_o make_v ourselves_o philistine_n shall_v we_o compare_v ourselves_o with_o the_o worst_a of_o the_o heathen_n nay_o some_o of_o the_o heathen_n have_v acknowledge_v the_o 3._o the_o vide_fw-la lipsium_n physiolog_fw-la stoic_n l._n 1._o dissert_n undecimá_fw-fr et_fw-fr seq_fw-fr arrian_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o &_o 12_o mo_z jamblich_o de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la pythag._n cap._n 28._o stobaeum_n eclog._n physic_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 3._o providence_n of_o god_n in_o such_o 〈◊〉_d such_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hiero●l_n in_fw-it aur_fw-it carm_n paulo_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matter_n phys_n matter_n nec_fw-la homerus_fw-la hoc_fw-la nescivit_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la graecis_fw-la adflictis_fw-la causam_fw-la reddit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lip_n diss_fw-la 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n apud_fw-la s●obaeum_n in_o phys_n they_o look_v upon_o evil_n befalling_a they_o as_o the_o just_a punishment_n of_o their_o sin_n they_o have_v fear_v and_o tremble_v at_o the_o thing_n that_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v as_o acknowledge_v a_o divine_a power_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o they_o car._n they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hieroc_n in_o aur._n car._n the_o august●_n the_o circa_n religi●n●●_n talem_fw-la accepim●●_n tomtrua_n &_o sulgura_fw-la paulo_fw-la ●n●●rmius_fw-la e●pavescchat_v suct_n in_o august●_n roman_a emperor_n yea_o those_o among_o they_o who_o have_v be_v most_o dione_n most_o ausus_fw-la interdum_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la vultum_fw-la attollere_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refert_fw-la casaub_n de_fw-fr caligula_n ex_fw-la dione_n profane_a &_o wicked_a and_o at_o sometime_o have_v contemn_v god_n religion_n itself_o and_o have_v look_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n in_o the_o face_n with_o pride_n &_o scorn_n at_o other_o time_n they_o have_v be_v surprise_v with_o a_o panic_n fear_n if_o they_o hear_v but_o calig_n but_o nam_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-fr os_fw-la tantopere_fw-la contemneret_fw-la ad_fw-la minima_fw-la tonitrna_fw-la &_o fulgura_fw-la connivere_fw-la caput_fw-la obvolvere_fw-la advero_fw-la majora_fw-la proripere_fw-la se_fw-la estrato_fw-la sub_fw-la lectuque_fw-la condere_fw-la solebat_fw-la sue_n calig_n thunder_v &_o lightning_n they_o will_v crouch_v under_o their_o bed_n and_o hide_v their_o head_n fear_v that_o some_o plague_n from_o heaven_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o the_o historian_n report_v of_o