Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	wise_a	word_n	world_n	119	3	4.0442	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92272	Proverbs English, French, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. All Englished and alphabetically digested. By N.R. Gent.	N. R.	1659 (1659)	Wing R56; Thomason E1935_1; ESTC R203333	40,542	170

possessor_n 17._o gold_n be_v try_v with_o the_o touchstone_n but_o man_n by_o gold_n 18._o as_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n be_v know_v by_o humility_n and_o charity_n so_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v know_v by_o pride_n and_o cruelty_n 19_o no_o man_n gain_v by_o war_n but_o he_o that_o have_v not_o wherewith_o to_o live_v in_o peace_n 20._o pray_v often_o because_o thou_o sin_v always_o repent_v quick_o lest_o thou_o die_v sudden_o 21._o he_o be_v say_v true_o to_o serve_v his_o country_n who_o body_n execute_v what_o be_v wisdom_n plot_v 22._o the_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n stand_v in_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o people_n but_o his_o safety_n in_o the_o love_n of_o his_o subject_n 23._o be_v always_o less_o willing_a to_o speak_v then_o to_o hear_v when_o thou_o hear_v thou_o receive_v when_o thou_o speak_v thou_o give_v it_o be_v more_o glorious_a to_o give_v more_o profitable_a to_o receive_v 24._o prayer_n be_v one_o of_o the_o worthy_a action_n we_o do_v for_o we_o speak_v with_o god_n as_o it_o be_v reason_v with_o he_o it_o bring_v down_o god_n from_o heaven_n and_o make_v he_o grant_v our_o will_n and_o dwell_v with_o we_o and_o we_o with_o he_o eternal_o 25._o syward_a earl_n of_o northumberland_n lie_v on_o his_o sickbed_n and_o feel_a death_n approach_v sudden_o start_v out_o of_o his_o bed_n and_o put_v on_o his_o armour_n say_v it_o become_v not_o a_o valiant_a man_n to_o die_v lie_v like_o a_o beast_n 26._o if_o any_o speak_v ill_a of_o thou_o flee_v home_o to_o thy_o own_o conscience_n and_o examine_v thy_o heart_n if_o thou_o be_v guilty_a it_o be_v a_o just_a correction_n if_o not_o guilty_a it_o be_v a_o fair_a instruction_n make_v use_n of_o both_o so_o shall_v thou_o distil_v honey_n out_o of_o gall_n and_o of_o a_o open_a enemy_n create_v a_o secret_a friend_n 27._o religious_a alms-deed_n make_v god_n become_v our_o debtor_n 28._o he_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o command_v other_o that_o can_v bridle_v his_o own_o affection_n and_o unresonable_a appetite_n 29._o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n in_o his_o imprisonment_n be_v wont_a to_o comfort_v himself_o with_o this_o say_v that_o the_o world_n be_v but_o a_o wide_a prison_n and_o every_o day_n one_o or_o other_o be_v call_v out_o to_o execution_n 30._o we_o complain_v of_o the_o time_n and_o just_o for_o never_o more_o wicked_a but_o let_v we_o take_v heed_n that_o we_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o time_n and_o they_o make_v worse_o by_o our_o sin_n 31._o time_n the_o mother_n will_v bring_v forth_o virtue_n the_o daughter_n in_o due_a season_n 32._o king_n charles_n of_o ever_o bless_a memory_n use_v this_o speech_n to_o his_o second_o parliament_n that_o it_o be_v more_o honourable_a for_o a_o king_n to_o be_v invade_v and_o almost_o destroy_v by_o a_o foreign_a enemy_n then_o to_o be_v despise_v at_o home_n 33._o beware_v of_o drunkenness_n lest_o all_o good_a man_n beware_v of_o thou_o where_o drunkenness_n reign_v there_o reason_n be_v a_o exile_n virtue_n a_o stranger_n god_n a_o enemy_n blasphemy_n be_v wit_n oath_n be_v rhetoric_n and_o secret_n be_v proclamation_n noah_n discover_v that_o in_o one_o hour_n drink_v which_o sober_a he_o keep_v secret_a six_o hundred_o year_n 34._o antoninus_n the_o emperor_n have_v lay_v a_o double_a tax_n upon_o the_o people_n one_o of_o he_o under_o officer_n tell_v he_o if_o he_o will_v have_v the_o people_n pay_v two_o tax_n in_o one_o year_n be_v shall_v give_v they_o two_o seed-time_n and_o two_o harvest_n 35._o my_o lord_n bacon_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o law_n be_v like_o cobweb_n where_o the_o small_a fly_n be_v catch_v and_o the_o great_a fly_n break_v through_o 36._o if_o thou_o desire_v rest_n to_o thy_o soul_n be_v just_a for_o he_o that_o do_v no_o injury_n fear_v not_o to_o suffer_v injury_n the_o unjust_a mind_n be_v always_o in_o labour_n it_o either_o practice_n the_o evil_a it_o have_v project_v or_o project_n to_o avoid_v the_o evil_n it_o have_v deserve_v 37._o false_a miracle_n and_o lie_a news_n be_v the_o food_n of_o superstition_n which_o by_o credulity_n delude_v ignorant_a people_n 38._o william_n the_o conqueror_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o a_o unlearned_a king_n be_v a_o crown_a ass_n 39_o a_o rich_a merchant_n use_v constant_o to_o drink_v out_o of_o a_o wooden_a dish_n and_o be_v reprove_v for_o it_o by_o a_o friend_n answer_v i_o have_v rather_o drink_v out_o of_o wood_n and_o make_v golden_a payment_n then_o drink_v out_o of_o gold_n and_o make_v wooden_a payment_n 40._o in_o all_o thy_o action_n think_v god_n see_v thou_o and_o in_o all_o his_o action_n labour_v to_o see_v he_o that_o will_v make_v thou_o fear_v he_o this_o will_v move_v thou_o to_o love_v he_o 41._o continual_a experience_n show_v that_o idleness_n be_v the_o great_a spur_n to_o lechery_n 42._o the_o bird_n of_o the_o air_n die_v to_o sustain_v thou_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n die_v to_o nourish_v thou_o the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n die_v to_o feed_v thou_o our_o stomach_n be_v their_o common_a sepulchre_n good_a god_n with_o how_o many_o death_n be_v our_o poor_a life_n patch_v up_o of_o how_o full_a of_o death_n be_v the_o miserable_a life_n of_o mortal_a man_n 43._o suggestion_n be_v needless_a from_o abroad_o when_o the_o mischief_n be_v feel_v at_o home_n 44._o it_o be_v a_o hard_a thing_n to_o be_v rich_a and_o honour_a in_o this_o world_n and_o not_o strike_v with_o the_o dart_n of_o pride_n and_o vain_a glory_n 45._o a_o heart_n not_o exercise_v in_o some_o honest_a call_n work_v trouble_v out_o of_o itself_o 46._o the_o devil_n never_o assault_v a_o man_n except_o he_o find_v he_o either_o void_a of_o knowledge_n or_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n 47._o rebuke_v thy_o servant_n fault_n in_o private_a public_a reproof_n harden_v his_o shame_n if_o he_o be_v pass_v a_o youth_n strike_v he_o not_o he_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o thy_o service_n that_o after_o wise_a reproof_n will_v either_o deserve_v thy_o stroke_n or_o digest_v they_o 48._o god_n have_v leave_v three_o book_n in_o the_o world_n in_o each_o of_o which_o he_o may_v easy_o be_v find_v the_o book_n of_o the_o creature_n the_o book_n of_o conscience_n and_o his_o write_a word_n the_o first_o show_v his_o omnipotency_n the_o second_o his_o justice_n the_o three_o his_o mercy_n and_o goodness_n 49._o nothing_o inslave_v a_o grateful_a nature_n like_o a_o free_a benefit_n he_o that_o conferr_v it_o on_o i_o steal_v i_o from_o myself_o and_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o art_n make_v i_o a_o vassal_n and_o himself_o my_o king_n 50._o a_o prate_a barber_n come_v to_o trim_a king_n archelaus_n ask_v he_o sir_n how_o will_v you_o please_v to_o have_v i_o cut_v your_o hair_n the_o king_n silent_o answer_v though_o a_o man_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v but_o to_o hear_v and_o answer_v yet_o a_o limitless_a tongue_n be_v a_o strange_a unbitted_a beast_n to_o worry_v one_o with_o 51._o they_o that_o speak_v much_o seldom_o speak_v well_o for_o they_o that_o know_v how_o to_o speak_v right_a know_v not_o how_o to_o dwell_v in_o discourse_n 52._o he_o that_o have_v a_o wife_n and_o child_n have_v give_v hostage_n to_o fortune_n for_o they_o be_v impediment_n to_o great_a enterprise_n 53._o man_n in_o great_a place_n be_v thrice_o servant_n servant_n of_o the_o sovereign_n or_o state_n servants_z of_o fame_n or_o servant_n of_o business_n so_o that_o they_o may_v be_v true_o say_v to_o have_v no_o freedom_n neither_o in_o their_o person_n nor_o in_o their_o action_n 54._o riches_n may_v true_o be_v call_v the_o baggage_n of_o virtue_n for_o of_o great_a riches_n there_o be_v no_o real_a use_n except_o it_o be_v in_o distribution_n there_a be_v but_o conceit_v 55._o king_n and_o emperor_n be_v in_o a_o miserable_a condition_n for_o they_o have_v few_o thing_n to_o desire_v and_o many_o thing_n to_o fear_v 56._o plato_n observe_v that_o all_o knowledge_n be_v but_o remembrance_n and_o solomon_n say_v that_o all_o novelty_n be_v but_o oblivion_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o this_o world_n that_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v permanent_a but_o the_o two_o great_a winding-sheet_n that_o bury_v all_o thing_n in_o oblivion_n deluge_n and_o earthquake_n 57_o music_n be_v more_o for_o pleasure_n then_o profit_n to_o mankind_n which_o cause_v diogenes_n to_o say_v to_o one_o that_o brag_v in_o his_o skill_n that_o wisdom_n govern_v city_n but_o with_o song_n and_o music_n he_o can_v not_o expect_v to_o order_v a_o house_n well_o 58._o after_o a_o long_a sense_n of_o peace_n war_n enter_v the_o stage_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v the_o world_n physic_n it_o be_v both_o a_o a_o purge_v and_o a_o blood-letting_a peace_n fullness_n pride_n and_o war_n