Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	rule_n	tradition_n	unwritten_a	2,845	5	12.5918	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70206	A sermon on Acts xxviii, 22 shewing, that the Christian religion is not a sect, and yet that it is every where spoken against / by Matthew Henry ...	Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.	1699 (1699)	Wing H1476; ESTC R19814	33,478	57

dare_v not_o speak_v out_o that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n psal_n 14.1_o and_o he_o that_o say_v there_o be_v no_o god_n wish_v there_o be_v none_o and_o if_o he_o can_v help_v it_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o other_o blaspheme_n the_o attribute_n of_o god_n that_o charge_v the_o all-seeing_a eye_n with_o blindness_n say_v the_o lord_n shall_v not_o see_v psal_n 94.7_o that_o charge_n the_o eternal_a mind_n with_o forgetfulness_n say_v god_n have_v forget_v psal_n 10.11_o that_o charge_n the_o almighty_a arm_n with_o impotency_n say_v can_v god_n furnish_v a_o table_n in_o the_o wilderness_n which_o be_v there_o call_v speak_v against_o god_n psal_n 78.19_o 20._o those_o speak_v against_o god_n that_o promise_n themselves_o impunity_n in_o sin_n say_v they_o shall_v not_o sure_o die_v 10.13_o and_o god_n will_v not_o require_v it_o and_o those_o that_o bold_o allow_v their_o impiety_n and_o irreligion_n say_v unto_o the_o almighty_a depart_v from_o we_o job_n 21.14_o 15._o some_o speak_v mean_o of_o god_n though_o he_o be_v infinite_o great_a and_o glorious_a other_o speak_v hardly_o of_o he_o though_o he_o be_v infinite_o just_a and_o good_n the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v speak_v against_o by_o the_o profane_a use_v of_o it_o so_o it_o be_v construe_v psal_n 139.20_o they_o speak_v against_o thou_o wicked_o thy_o enemy_n take_v thy_o name_n in_o vain_a can_v there_o be_v a_o great_a slight_n put_v upon_o the_o eternal_a god_n than_o for_o man_n to_o use_v his_o sacred_a and_o bless_a name_n as_o a_o byword_n with_o which_o they_o give_v vent_v to_o their_o exorbitant_a passion_n or_o fill_v up_o the_o vacancy_n of_o their_o other_o idle-word_n the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v thus_o abuse_v not_o only_o by_o those_o that_o belch_v out_o bloody_a oath_n and_o curse_n which_o make_v the_o ear_n of_o every_o good_a man_n to_o tingle_v but_o by_o those_o that_o mention_v the_o name_n of_o god_n slight_o and_o irreverent_o in_o their_o common_a conversation_n 12.2_o in_o who_o mouth_n he_o be_v near_o when_o he_o be_v far_o from_o their_o reins_o to_o use_v those_o form_n of_o speech_n which_o proper_o signify_v a_o acknowledgement_n and_o adoration_n of_o god_n be_v as_o o_o god_n or_o o_o lord_n or_o a_o appeal_n to_o his_o omniscience_n as_o god_n know_v or_o a_o invocation_n of_o his_o favour_n as_o god_n bless_v i_o or_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o i_o say_v to_o use_v these_o or_o the_o like_a expression_n impertinent_o and_o intend_v thereby_o to_o express_v only_o our_o wonder_n our_o surprise_n or_o our_o passionate_a resentment_n or_o any_o thing_n than_o that_o which_o be_v their_o proper_a and_o awful_a signification_n be_v a_o evidence_n of_o a_o vain_a mind_n that_o want_v a_o due_a regard_n to_o that_o glorious_a and_o fearful_a name_n 28.58_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n i_o see_v not_o that_o the_o profanation_n of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o pray_v be_v any_o better_a than_o the_o profanation_n of_o the_o ordinance_n of_o swear_v the_o 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