Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	adam_n	law_n	moral_a	4,944	5	10.5377	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67166	Folly detected or, Some animadversions on a b[ook] called, A brief discourse [con-]cerning singing in the pub[lic] worship of God; put forth by one Mr. Isaac Marlow 1690, and an appendix printed 1691 Wherein the weakness of his arguments against singing God's praises, the dangerousness of his assertions, and his unaccountable confidence is laid open; and singing of Psalms, &c. in God's worship proved a Gospel-ordinance. By Joseph Wright.	Wright, Joseph.; T. W. Appendix: or, A brief answer to Mr. Marlow's notion of the essence of singing.	1691 (1691)	Wing W3704; ESTC R221057	43,280	88

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shall_v be_v in_o the_o creature_n with_o reference_n to_o god_n law_n and_o so_o st._n john_n define_v it_o 1_o john_n 3.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n sin_n be_v the_o transgression_n of_o or_o the_o want_n of_o due_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n hence_o the_o learned_a turrettine_n define_v it_o thus_o say_v he_o hinc_fw-la sequitur_fw-la rationem_fw-la formalem_fw-la peccati_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o privatione_fw-la consistere_fw-la quae_fw-la notat_fw-la carentiam_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la seu_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la secundùm_fw-la prescriptum_fw-la legis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la creaturae_fw-la rationali_fw-la sive_fw-la ea_fw-la naturae_fw-la sit_fw-la seu_fw-la qualitatum_fw-la sive_fw-la actionum_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o p._n 651._o and_o other_o thus_o it_o be_v a_o inclination_n action_n or_o omission_n oppose_v the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o want_v that_o due_a legal_a rectitude_n it_o ought_v to_o have_v §_o 2._o but_o 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