Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	flesh_n	person_n	unite_v	2,359	5	9.4576	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19485	The brazen serpent: or, the copie of a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, Decemb. 31. 1620. By Iohn Andrevves, priest and preacher of the VVord of God at Saint Iames Clerkenwell in Middlesex	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1621 (1621)	STC 591; ESTC S122344	23,076	64

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crimine_fw-la leo._n hom._n 11._o the_o pass_n dom._n and_o herein_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o new_a serpent_n go_v beyond_o the_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n the_o devil_n as_o objecit_fw-la as_o leo_n de_fw-fr pass_n dom._n ser_n 11._o christus_fw-la ut_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la vinculis_fw-la mortiferae_fw-la praevaricationis_fw-la absolúeret_fw-la et_fw-la saevienti_fw-la diabolo_fw-la potentiam_fw-la suae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la occultavit_fw-la et_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la nostrae_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la objecit_fw-la leo_n tell_v us._n for_o the_o devil_n because_o christ_n be_v a_o man_n in_o deed_n and_o truth_n albeit_o he_o be_v a_o very_a holyman_n think_v that_o he_o be_v also_o guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n derive_v from_o adam_n because_o all_o else_o even_o the_o best_a be_v so_o by_o natural_a generation_n and_o also_o though_o sometime_o he_o have_v see_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o deity_n and_o godhead_n and_o have_v confess_v he_o to_o be_v god_n indeed_o mark_v 1._o 24._o yet_o at_o other_o time_n his_o understanding_n be_v so_o dazzle_v that_o he_o do_v not_o steadfast_o believe_v that_o in_o he_o all_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n dwell_v bodily_a colos_n 2._o 9_o ibid._n 9_o si._n n._n crudelis_fw-la &_o superbus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la consilium_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la nosse_fw-la potuisset_fw-la judaeorum_n animos_fw-la mansuetudine_fw-la potiùs_fw-la temperare_fw-la quàm_fw-la iniustis_fw-la odijs_fw-la studuisset_fw-la accendere_fw-la ne_fw-la ominum_fw-la captivorum_fw-la amitteret_fw-la seruitutem_fw-la dum_fw-la nihil-sibi-debentis_a persequitur_fw-la libertatem_fw-la fefellit_fw-la igitur_fw-la eum_fw-la malignitas_fw-la sva_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n ibid._n for_o have_v he_o know_v certain_o that_o christ_n have_v be_v not_o only_o very_a man_n without_o sin_n but_o also_o very_a god_n in_o humane_a flesh_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o will_v have_v be_v as_o wise_a as_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n and_o saint_n paul_n say_v 1._o cor._n 2._o 6._o that_o if_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n have_v know_v it_o they_o will_v never_o have_v crucify_v the_o lord_n of_o glory_n wherefore_o the_o devil_n not_o believe_v firm_o that_o christ_n be_v very_a god_n and_o take_v he_o to_o be_v but_o a_o man_n as_o other_o be_v subject_a to_o sin_n at_o least_o to_o original_a guilt_n he_o make_v at_o he_o and_o use_v all_o mean_n to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o christ_n come_v to_o redeem_v the_o world_n do_v imitate_v the_o fisher_n intelligitur_fw-la fisher_n damascenus_n lib_n 3._o the_o orthod_n fide_fw-la cap._n 27._o gregor_n nyssen_n orat_fw-la cat._n cap._n 23._o naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la integumento_fw-la celatae_fw-la fuit_fw-la divinitas_fw-la ut_fw-la instar_fw-la piscium_fw-la cum_fw-la escâ_fw-la carnis_fw-la simul_fw-la attraheretur_fw-la hamus_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la vitâ_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la introductâ_fw-la &_o luce_n apparent_n in_o tenebris_fw-la luce_n &_o vitâ_fw-la deleretur_fw-la