Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	care_n	establish_v	great_a	205	3	2.0930	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01974	Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. Dignitie of chivalrie.; Gods three arrowes. aut	1631 (1631)	STC 12116; ESTC S103284	362,085	493

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read_v of_o altar_n build_v to_o worship_n god_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o erect_v by_o chief_a governor_n such_o as_o 20._o as_o as_o as_o 8._o 20._o noah_n 8._o noah_n noah_n noah_n 12_o 8._o abraham_n 25._o abraham_n abraham_n abraham_n 26._o 25._o isaac_n 20._o isaac_n isaac_n isaac_n 33._o 20._o jacob_n and_o other_o who_o in_o their_o life_n time_n be_v of_o high_a authority_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n so_o other_o act_n of_o piety_n be_v order_v by_o they_o under_o god_n &c_n god_n god_n god_n exo._n 3_o 5._o 1_o &c_n &c_n moses_n order_v all_o the_o duty_n of_o piety_n in_o the_o wilderness_n david_n in_o time_n of_o 19_o of_o of_o of_o 2_o sam_n 5._o 19_o war_n and_o 1._o and_o and_o and_o 21._o 1._o famine_n seek_v the_o lord_n and_o 25._o and_o and_o and_o 24._o 25._o in_o time_n of_o plague_n build_v a_o altar_n to_o pacify_v god_n wrath_n yea_o he_o 17._o he_o he_o he_o 6._o 17._o bring_v the_o ark_n to_o arrest_v place_n 26._o place_n place_n place_n 1_o chro._n 23._o &_o 24._o &_o 25._o &_o 26._o appoint_v the_o order_n and_o office_n of_o priest_n and_o levite_n and_o 11._o and_o and_o and_o 1_o chro._n 28._o 11._o make_v the_o pattern_n of_o the_o temple_n solomon_n his_o son_n 1._o son_n son_n son_n 2_o chro._n 3._o 1._o build_v the_o temple_n etc._n temple_n temple_n temple_n 4._o 1_o etc._n etc._n make_v all_o the_o holy_a vessel_n appertain_v thereto_o and_o etc._n and_o and_o and_o 6._o 1_o etc._n etc._n dedicate_v the_o same_o asa_n etc._n asa_n asa_n asa_n 2_o chro._n 14._o 3_o etc._n etc._n reform_a religion_n and_o 12._o and_o and_o and_o 15._o 12._o enter_v himself_o with_o his_o people_n into_o a_o covenant_n with_o god_n jehosaphat_n 7._o jehosaphat_n jehosaphat_n jehosaphat_n 17._o 7._o send_v levites_n into_o his_o city_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o in_o fear_n of_o danger_n 3._o danger_n danger_n danger_n 20._o 3._o proclaim_v a_o fast_n 5._o fast_n fast_n fast_n 24._o 5._o joash_n take_v order_n for_o repair_v the_o 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that_o i_o shall_v not_o destory_n it_o but_o i_o find_v none_o therefore_o have_v i_o pour_v out_o my_o indignation_n upon_o they_o i_o have_v consume_v they_o with_o the_o fire_n of_o my_o wrath_n etc._n wrath_n gen._n 18._o 24_o etc._n etc._n the_o integrity_n of_o some_o though_o but_o a_o few_o among_o many_o wicked_a be_v a_o mean_n to_o withhold_v the_o wrath_n of_o he_o who_o will_v not_o slay_v the_o righteous_a with_o the_o wicked_a but_o when_o there_o be_v none_o to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n how_o shall_v his_o wrath_n be_v stay_v 9_o obstinacy_n when_o man_n will_v not_o be_v reclaim_v but_o hate_v to_o be_v reform_v this_o provoke_v god_n to_o say_v to_o his_o own_o 6._o sicut_fw-la obdurata_fw-la corpora_fw-la &_o dura_fw-la non_fw-la obsequuntur_fw-la manibus_fw-la medicorum_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o animae_fw-la obdurate_a non_fw-la obsequuntur_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la chrys_n in_o heb._n 3_o hom._n 6._o people_n 21._o people_n ezek._n 20._o 21._o i_o will_v pour_v out_o my_o fury_n upon_o they_o to_o accomplish_v my_o anger_n against_o they_o obstinacy_n 25._o obstinacy_n isa_n 5._o 24_o 25._o after_o god_n have_v give_v his_o law_n and_o word_n to_o his_o people_n and_o give_v 35._o give_v numb_a 16._o 32_o 35._o former_a evidence_n of_o his_o wrath_n against_o they_o most_o incense_v divine_a fury_n lap_n fury_n 2_o chr._n 36._o 16._o peccantes_fw-la non_fw-la dolere_fw-la magis_fw-la deum_fw-la indignari_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o irasci_fw-la quam_fw-la peccare_fw-la chrys_n ad_fw-la pop._n hom._n ●6_n cui_fw-la deest_fw-la fiducia_fw-la januam_fw-la sibi_fw-la rest_n piscendi_fw-la semolobfirmavit_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la curriculum_fw-la aditum_fw-la interclusit_fw-la chrys_n pri_fw-la par_fw-fr ad_fw-la theod._n lap_n they_o mock_v the_o messenger_n of_o god_n and_o despise_v his_o word_n and_o misuse_v his_o prophet_n until_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n arise_v against_o his_o people_n till_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n not_o to_o be_v move_v with_o sin_n more_o incense_v god_n then_o to_o sin_n 10._o infidelity_n by_o this_o man_n put_v away_o the_o only_a mean_n of_o quench_v the_o fire_n of_o god_n wrath_n christ_n his_o blood_n his_o intercession_n 34._o intercession_n joh_n 3._o 36._o see_v more_o of_o this_o sin_n in_o the_o whole_a armour_n of_o god_n on_o ephes_n 6._o 16._o treat_n 2._o part_n 6._o §._o 34._o he_o that_o believe_v not_o the_o son_n shall_v not_o see_v life_n but_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n abide_v on_o he_o this_o sin_n be_v direct_o against_o the_o gospel_n against_o the_o mercy_n truth_n power_n and_o other_o like_a attribute_n of_o god_n theod._n god_n numb_a 20._o 12_o deut_n 3_o 26._o mafignus_fw-la nihil_fw-la non_fw-la tentat_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la dissidentem_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la inserat_fw-la chrys_n prio_fw-la par._n ad_fw-la theod._n for_o this_o be_v god_n angry_a even_o with_o moses_n and_o suffer_v he_o not_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n the_o evil_a one_o every_o way_n assay_v to_o work_v dissidence_n in_o man_n thus_o deal_v he_o with_o adam_n and_o prevail_v gen._n 3._o 1._o thus_o deal_v he_o with_o christ_n but_o nought_o avail_v mat._n 4._o 3_o 4._o 11._o impenitency_n to_o such_o a_o one_o say_v the_o apostle_n 5._o apostle_n rom._n 2._o 5._o de_fw-fr nulla_fw-la re_fw-mi sic_fw-la irascitur_fw-la deus_fw-la quemodo_fw-la si_fw-la peccator_fw-la superbiat_fw-la &_o erectus_fw-la ac_fw-la rigidus_fw-la non_fw-la sera_fw-it tur_fw-la in_o sletum_fw-la nec_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la postulet_fw-la pro_fw-la delicto_fw-la hier._n comment_n l._n 3._o in_o eph._n 5._o after_o thy_o hardness_n and_o impenitent_a heart_n thou_o treasure_v up_o unto_o thyself_o wrath_n against_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n great_a be_v that_o mercy_n that_o by_o the_o gospel_n be_v offer_v to_o sinner_n that_o thereby_o god_n may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o bolster_v up_o sinner_n repentance_n be_v require_v therefore_o he_o that_o come_v to_o save_v sinner_n say_v 38._o say_v mat._n 9_o 13._o impoenitentia_fw-la est_fw-la delietum_fw-la maximum_fw-la &_o blasphemia_fw-la irremissibi_fw-la lie_fw-la bern._n super_fw-la cant._n serm._n 38._o i_o be_o come_v to_o call_v sinner_n to_o repentance_n to_o live_v under_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o live_v in_o sin_n be_v to_o pervert_v the_o end_n of_o christ_n come_n to_o abuse_v mercy_n to_o scandalize_v the_o word_n of_o grace_n what_o then_o can_v be_v expect_v of_o such_o but_o wrath_n just_o may_v it_o be_v account_v the_o great_a sin_n 12._o apostasy_n by_o this_o man_n withdraw_v themselves_o from_o god_n 38._o god_n heb._n 10._o 38._o in_o they_o therefore_o god_n can_v have_v no_o pleasure_n they_o depart_v from_o the_o comfortable_a sunshine_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o cast_v themselves_o into_o the_o scald_a heat_n of_o his_o wrath_n moses_n foretell_v the_o fearful_a judgement_n which_o shall_v befall_v the_o israelite_n as_o evidence_n and_o effect_n of_o god_n wrath_n show_v that_o every_o one_o can_v tell_v the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o when_o all_o nation_n shall_v ask_v 15._o ask_v deut._n 29._o 24_o 25._o discedens_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la salutem_fw-la haberenon_fw-mi potest_fw-la ambr._n in_o psal_n 118._o serm._n 15._o wherefore_o have_v the_o lord_n do_v thus_o unto_o this_o land_n what_o mean_v the_o heat_n of_o this_o great_a anger_n then_o man_n shall_v say_v because_o they_o have_v forsake_v the_o covenant_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n apostate_n disgrace_v the_o religion_n and_o profession_n whence_o they_o fall_v offend_v the_o faithful_a professor_n thereof_o grieve_v the_o good_a spirit_n of_o god_n and_o open_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o gospel_n against_o their_o profession_n and_o so_o give_v great_a cause_n of_o wrath_n yea_o depart_v away_o from_o god_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o life_n they_o can_v have_v salvation_n §._o 46._o of_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n wrath_n among_o we_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v what_o 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