Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	believe_v	faith_n	holy_a	13,469	5	5.2049	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53904	Naaman vindicated as well from the idolatries of the house of Rimmon in Syria, as from the abuses of the atheists and hypocrites in England / by Richard Pearson, priest of the Church of England.	Pearson, Richard, 1641?-1710.	1700 (1700)	Wing P1013; ESTC R28783	86,525	92

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apollonius_n be_v much_o encourage_v and_o even_o ashamed_a out_o of_o his_o former_a cowardice_n afterward_o with_o a_o constant_a mind_n undergo_v the_o same_o combat_n nay_o providence_n have_v be_v sometime_o please_v to_o declare_v the_o future_a reward_n of_o martyr_n and_o the_o punishment_n of_o desertor_n even_o by_o a_o vision_n from_o heaven_n so_o manifest_a to_o their_o very_a tormentor_n that_o they_o have_v become_v confessor_n thereupon_o to_o which_o purpose_n in_o one_o of_o martyr_n of_o basil_n orat_fw-la in_o 40._o martyr_n st._n basils_n oration_n we_o have_v this_o follow_a relation_n in_o the_o lesser_a armenia_n under_o the_o persecution_n of_o licinius_n forty_o christian_a soldier_n be_v condemn_v to_o die_v for_o their_o resolute_a confession_n of_o christ_n by_o be_v expose_v quite_o naked_a to_o the_o extremity_n of_o rigid_a cold_a and_o frost_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o any_o of_o they_o might_n upon_o their_o denial_n of_o their_o faith_n retire_v into_o 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after_o his_o resurrection_n act._n 1._o 8._o you_o shall_v be_v witness_n unto_o i_o both_o in_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o all_o judea_n and_o in_o samaria_n and_o unto_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o have_v his_o disciple_n whilst_o under_o their_o trial_n and_o manifold_a persecution_n deny_v christ_n with_o their_o mouth_n though_o they_o have_v secret_o acknowledge_v he_o in_o their_o heart_n they_o will_v have_v be_v find_v therein_o no_o better_a than_o false_a and_o lie_a witness_n and_o indeed_o none_o of_o christ_n but_o the_o devil_n martyr_n or_o witness_n who_o be_v a_o liar_n from_o the_o beginning_n and_o however_o peculiar_a this_o command_n may_v be_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o first_o disciple_n of_o our_o saviour_n who_o alone_o have_v the_o opportunity_n of_o be_v immediate_a eye-witness_n of_o his_o resurrection_n yet_o elsewhere_o the_o injunction_n be_v general_n and_o without_o exception_n indispensable_o oblige_v all_o christian_n in_o all_o age_n as_o a_o duty_n so_o absolute_o necessary_a that_o upon_o the_o performance_n or_o neglect_n thereof_o will_v depend_v our_o eternal_a happiness_n or_o misery_n our_o be_v own_v as_o his_o genuine_a disciple_n or_o our_o be_v final_o reject_v as_o castawaies_a at_o the_o last_o great_a day_n for_o those_o be_v the_o express_a word_n which_o flow_v also_o from_o the_o same_o bless_a lip_n of_o truth_n matth._n 18._o 32._o whosoever_o shall_v confess_v i_o before_o man_n he_o will_v i_o confess_v also_o before_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n but_o whosoever_o shall_v deny_v i_o before_o man_n he_o will_v i_o also_o deny_v before_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n upon_o which_o place_n thus_o say_v the_o comment_n of_o that_o ancient_n and_o learned_a author_n common_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o st._n chrysostom_n the_o faith_n of_o the_o heart_n will_v no_o more_o avail_n without_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n than_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n will_v without_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o if_o it_o must_v be_v enough_o for_o christ_n that_o we_o know_v he_o though_o we_o confess_v he_o not_o before_o man_n therefore_o it_o must_v be_v enough_o for_o we_o also_o that_o he_o know_v we_o though_o at_o the_o last_o he_o confess_v we_o not_o before_o men._n it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o any_o to_o say_v i_o retain_v the_o truth_n in_o my_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n disow_v it_o before_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o he_o do_v not_o say_v he_o that_o confess_v i_o in_o his_o heart_n but_o he_o that_o confess_v i_o before_o men._n and_o again_o mark_v 8._o 38._o whosoever_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a of_o i_o and_o of_o my_o word_n in_o this_o adulterous_a and_o sinful_a generation_n of_o he_o also_o shall_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v ashamed_a when_o he_o come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n with_o the_o holy_a angel_n consonant_a to_o this_o also_o be_v what_o st._n paul_n assure_v we_o rom._n 10._o 10._o with_o the_o heart_n man_n believe_v unto_o righteousness_n and_o with_o the_o mouth_n confession_n be_v make_v unto_o salvation_n and_o 2_o tim._n 2._o 12._o if_o we_o deny_v he_o he_o will_v deny_v we_o the_o same_o apostle_n likewise_o earnest_o exhort_v timothy_n not_o to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o lord_n but_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o gospel_n 2_o tim._n 1._o 8._o in_o like_a manner_n he_o plain_o intimate_v and_o necessary_o suppose_v that_o he_o that_o deny_v the_o faith_n be_v much_o worse_a than_o a_o infidel_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o so_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o it_o be_v the_o express_a will_n of_o god_n that_o every_o tongue_n shomld_v confess_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v the_o lord_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o father_n phil._n 2._o 11._o that_o apostle_n likewise_o who_o by_o sad_a experience_n be_v but_o too_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o heinousness_n of_o the_o crime_n and_o have_v 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in_o a_o strange_a land_n how_o can_v it_o be_v then_o expect_v that_o so_o young_a a_o proselyte_n as_o naaman_n shall_v find_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o do_v the_o like_a and_o much_o more_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n and_o without_o any_o command_n at_o all_o for_o his_o so_o do_v nor_o will_v it_o appear_v strange_a either_o that_o be_v resolve_v to_o return_v he_o shall_v also_o desire_v if_o he_o lawful_o can_v still_o to_o retain_v the_o same_o grandeur_n and_o high_a station_n and_o all_o the_o advantage_n attend_v it_o by_o obtain_v leave_n so_o to_o bow_n in_o the_o house_n of_o rimmon_n nor_o yet_o so_o strange_a that_o god_n shall_v think_v fit_a to_o grant_v his_o petition_n if_o we_o do_v but_o far_a consider_v these_o follow_a particular_n one_a we_o may_v consider_v that_o even_o the_o natural_a jew_n themselves_o be_v under_o such_o a_o state_n or_o dispensation_n wherein_o they_o be_v chief_o move_v to_o obedience_n by_o the_o hope_n and_o promise_v of_o temporal_a 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