Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	faith_n	reason_n	word_n	5,359	5	4.6154	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14043	The vsurers plea answered In a sermon preached at Southampton the 18. day of Iuly, being Thursday, and their lecture day, 1633. By Roger Turner Mr. of Arts, and minister of Gods Word neere Southampton.	Turner, Roger, b. 1603.	1634 (1634)	STC 24348; ESTC S109442	19,738	28

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of_o nature_n be_v able_a to_o discover_v the_o same_o it_o will_v aggravate_v the_o matter_n much_o more_o there_o be_v moat_n which_o be_v not_o discern_v but_o in_o the_o sunshine_n saint_n paul_n faith_n 7.7_o faith_n rom._n 7.7_o that_o he_o have_v not_o know_v that_o concupiscence_n have_v be_v a_o sin_n except_o the_o law_n have_v manifest_v the_o same_o and_o suppose_v that_o usury_n be_v but_o as_o a_o moat_n in_o the_o eye_n yet_o that_o be_v troublesome_a because_o the_o eye_n be_v tender_a as_o the_o conscience_n of_o every_o christian_a ought_v to_o be_v but_o if_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o region_n of_o darkness_n that_o never_o see_v the_o sunshine_n of_o reveal_v truth_n shall_v notwithstanding_o discern_v usury_n to_o be_v inordinate_a and_o vicious_a doubtless_o than_o it_o be_v no_o moat_n beam_n may_v be_v discover_v by_o the_o twilight_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o have_v usury_n ever_o be_v hold_v even_o among_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o for_o a_o gross_a inormity_n plato_n in_o his_o law_n and_o his_o scholar_n aristotle_n in_o his_o politic_n have_v forbid_v it_o as_o unlawful_a benef._n 1_o lib._n cap._n 7._o polit_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr off._n lib._n 2._o seneca_n lib._n 7._o de_fw-fr benef._n and_o condemn_v it_o as_o unnatural_a cato_n make_v it_o twice_o as_o bad_a as_o theft_n and_o equal_v it_o with_o murder_n quid_fw-la foenerari_fw-la quid_fw-la hominem_fw-la occidere_fw-la seneca_n in_o his_o 7._o book_n de_fw-fr benef._n quid_fw-la foenus_fw-la &_o kalendarium_n &_o vsura_fw-la nisi_fw-la humanae_fw-la cupiditates_fw-la extra_fw-la naturam_fw-la quaesita_fw-la nomina_fw-la he_o find_v a_o place_n for_o it_o in_o the_o calendar_n but_o not_o in_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n write_v that_o usurer_n mock_v the_o philosopher_n for_o that_o old_a principle_n exit_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nihil_fw-la fit_a because_o they_o can_v make_v something_o of_o nothing_o and_o hence_o happy_o it_o be_v that_o the_o latin_n proper_a term_n for_o usury_n be_v foenus_fw-la quasi_fw-la foetus_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la the_o brood_n of_o money_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n do_v the_o greek_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o breed_v or_o bring_v forth_o though_o some_o will_v derive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v deceit_n or_o oppression_n as_o if_o usury_n be_v not_o to_o be_v mislike_v for_o its_o own_o sake_n unless_o it_o be_v convict_v of_o some_o sensible_a oppression_n but_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o grammarian_n fetch_v it_o near_a hand_n take_v the_o noun_n from_o the_o verb_n and_o the_o primitive_a signification_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v birth_n