Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	adam_n	law_n	transgression_n	5,599	5	10.5016	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17308	Truth's triumph ouer Trent: or, the great gulfe betweene Sion and Babylon That is, the vnreconcileable opposition betweene the Apostolicke Church of Christ, and the apostate synagogue of Antichrist, in the maine and fundamentall doctrine of iustification, for which the Church of England Christs spouse, hath iustly, through Gods mercie, for these manie yeares, according to Christs voyce, separated her selfe from Babylon, with whom from henceforth she must hold no communion. By H.B. rector of S. Mathews Friday-Street.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1629 (1629)	STC 4156; ESTC S107077	312,928	398

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god_n for_o christ_n be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n for_o righteousness_n to_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v for_o moses_n describe_v the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v of_o the_o law_n that_o the_o man_n which_o do_v those_o thing_n shall_v live_v by_o they_o but_o the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v of_o faith_n be_v to_o confess_v with_o thy_o mouth_n the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o to_o believe_v in_o thy_o heart_n that_o god_n raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v save_v also_o rom._n 11._o 6._o if_o it_o be_v by_o grace_n it_o be_v no_o more_o of_o work_n otherwise_o grace_n be_v no_o more_o grace_n but_o if_o it_o be_v of_o work_n than_o it_o be_v no_o more_o grace_n otherwise_o work_n be_v no_o more_o work_n also_o rom._n 4._o the_o apostle_n set_v down_o this_o same_o opposition_n between_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o of_o faith_n say_v on_o this_o wise_a v_o 2._o etc._n etc._n if_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n he_o have_v whereof_o to_o glory_v but_o not_o before_o god_n for_o what_o say_v the_o scripture_n abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v count_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n now_o to_o he_o that_o work_v be_v the_o reward_n not_o reckon_v of_o grace_n but_o of_o debt_n but_o to_o he_o that_o work_v not_o but_o believe_v on_o he_o that_o justify_v the_o ungodly_a his_o faith_n be_v count_v for_o righteousness_n even_o as_o david_n also_o describe_v the_o blessedness_n of_o the_o man_n unto_o who_o god_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n say_v bless_a be_v they_o who_o iniquity_n be_v forgive_v and_o who_o sin_n be_v cover_v bless_a be_v the_o man_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o impute_v sin_n what_o clear_a testimony_n yea_o this_o do_v god_n himself_o teach_v we_o not_o obscure_o by_o his_o own_o act_n gen._n 3._o for_o when_o adam_n have_v forfeit_v the_o first_o covenant_n which_o be_v of_o work_n make_v with_o he_o in_o paradise_n before_o his_o fall_n and_o after_o his_o fall_n have_v 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faith_n do_v merit_v justification_n his_o meaning_n be_v faith_n obtain_v justification_n sine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratione_fw-la meriti_fw-la without_o any_o respect_n of_o merit_n here_o let_v i_o insert_v by_o the_o way_n a_o worthy_a annotation_n of_o merit_n george_n cassander_n upon_o the_o word_n mereri_fw-la or_o merit_n in_o his_o second_o scholia_fw-la upon_o his_o ecclesiastic_a hymn_n print_v at_o paris_n 1616_o for_o in_o other_o late_a impression_n haply_o you_o shall_v find_v this_o scholia_fw-la be_v quite_o purge_v out_o by_o the_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la compose_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o catholic_a king_n philip_n the_o second_o and_o by_o the_o advice_n also_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o albany_n the_o copy_n whereof_o be_v print_v at_o strasburgh_n the_o word_n of_o the_o index_n be_v these_o scholium_fw-la incipiens_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la merendi_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la etc._n etc._n deleatur_fw-la totum_fw-la the_o scholium_fw-la of_o george_n cassander_n begin_v thus_o etc._n etc._n let_v it_o be_v whole_o cancel_v but_o be_v notwithstanding_o preserve_v from_o this_o purgatory_n fire_n let_v we_o note_v it_o vocabulum_fw-la merendi_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la scriptores_fw-la ferè_fw-la idem_fw-la valet_fw-la quod_fw-la consequt_fw-la seu_fw-la aptum_fw-la idoneumque_fw-la fieri_fw-la ad_fw-la consequendum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la cypriani_fw-la loco_fw-la apparet_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n inquit_fw-la 1._o tim._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la vulgò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la consecutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la erasmus_fw-la vertit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la adeptus_fw-la sum_fw-la id_fw-la cyprianus_n ad_fw-la jubaianum_fw-la legit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la merui_fw-la et_fw-la multa_fw-la loca_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la officijs_fw-la &_o precibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la hoc_fw-la intellectu_fw-la accipi_fw-la debeat_fw-la quae_fw-la vocis_fw-la notio_fw-la si_fw-la retineatur_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la duriùs_fw-la dici_fw-la videntur_fw-la mitiora_fw-la &_o commodiora_fw-la apparebunt_fw-la the_o word_n merit_n say_v cassander_n among_o ancient_a ecclesiastical_a writer_n do_v common_o import_v as_o much_o as_o to_o attain_v or_o to_o be_v make_v apt_a and_o fit_a to_o attain_v or_o obtain_v that_o which_o among_o other_o do_v appear_v out_o of_o one_o place_n of_o cyprian_a for_o that_o which_o paul_n say_v 1._o tim._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a render_v but_o i_o obtain_v mercy_n or_o as_o erasmus_n render_v it_o i_o get_v or_o receive_v mercy_n the_o same_o do_v cyprian_a to_o jubaianus_n read_v i_o merit_v mercy_n and_o many_o other_o place_n say_v he_o there_o be_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a office_n and_o prayer_n where_o this_o word_n merit_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v in_o this_o sense_n which_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n if_o it_o be_v retain_v many_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v harsh_o will_v appear_v more_o gentle_a and_o accommodate_v thus_o cassander_n but_o this_o among_o sundry_a other_o say_n of_o cassander_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o index_n to_o be_v purge_v out_o of_o his_o work_n do_v plain_o show_v what_o opinion_n the_o pontifician_n have_v of_o merit_n advance_v it_o to_o a_o sense_n of_o a_o high_a strain_n than_o the_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o church_n be_v ever_o acquaint_v withal_o or_o let_v the_o pontifician_n themselves_o interpret_v unto_o we_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o word_n merit_n use_v by_o st._n augustine_n speak_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n foelix_fw-la culpa_fw-la quae_fw-la talem_fw-la august_n meruit_fw-la redemptorem_fw-la will_v they_o say_v that_o adam_n sin_n merit_v either_o by_o congruity_n or_o by_o condignity_n christ_n the_o redeemer_n and_o again_o where_o he_o say_v nemo_fw-la de_fw-la 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uncertainty_n of_o our_o own_o righteousness_n and_o the_o peril_n of_o vain_a glory_n it_o be_v most_o safe_a to_o repose_v our_o confidence_n in_o the_o only_a mercy_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n only_o herein_o be_v unlike_o this_o brother_n or_o father_n of_o thou_o for_o this_o sentence_n of_o his_o stand_n in_o his_o work_n shall_v rise_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o he_o at_o the_o latter_a day_n for_o all_o his_o lie_n speak_v through_o hypocrisy_n but_o let_v it_o teach_v thou_o so_o to_o renounce_v all_o thy_o suppose_a merit_n as_o repose_v thyself_o in_o the_o only_a mercy_n of_o god_n and_o merit_n of_o christ_n thou_o may_v fly_v from_o babylon_n find_v mercy_n and_o salvation_n in_o the_o great_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n let_v i_o hereunto_o add_v a_o passage_n or_o two_o one_o out_o of_o augustine_n his_o manual_n which_o book_n though_o it_o be_v father_v upon_o some_o other_o author_n yet_o the_o chief_a matter_n of_o it_o be_v confess_v to_o be_v collect_v out_o of_o augustine_n work_n in_o omnibus_fw-la adversitatibus_fw-la 9_o non_fw-la in●eni●_n t●m_fw-la efficax_n remedium_fw-la quam_fw-la vulner_n a_o christi_fw-la in_fw-la illis_fw-la dormio_fw-la secur●s_fw-la &_o requiesco_fw-la intrepidus_fw-la christus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la esh_fw-mi pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la amarum_fw-la quod_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la sanet●r_fw-la t●ta_fw-la spes_fw-la mea_fw-la est_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la domini_fw-la mei_fw-la mors_fw-la eius_fw-la meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la refugium_fw-la meum_fw-la s●lu●_n vita_fw-la &_o resurrectio_fw-la mea_fw-la meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la meriti_fw-la inops_fw-la quamdi●_n ille_fw-la miserationum_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la defuerit_fw-la et_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la domini_fw-la mult●_fw-la multus_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o meritis_fw-la quanto_fw-la ille_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la saluandum_fw-la tanto_fw-la ego_fw-la securier_n peccaut_n peccatum_fw-la grande_fw-fr &_o multorum_fw-la sum_fw-la mihi_fw-la conscius_fw-la delictorum_fw-la nec_fw-la sic_fw-la despero_fw-la quia_fw-la ubi_fw-la abundau●runt_fw-la delicta_fw-la superabundavit_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la in_o all_o adversity_n say_v he_o i_o find_v not_o a_o more_o effectual_a remedy_n than_o the_o wound_n of_o christ_n in_o they_o i_o sleep_v secure_o in_o they_o i_o rest_v without_o fear_n christ_n die_v for_o us._n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o death_n so_o bitter_a which_o can_v be_v cure_v with_o the_o death_n of_o christ._n all_o my_o hope_n be_v in_o the_o death_n of_o my_o lord_n his_o death_n be_v my_o demerit_n my_o refuge_n my_o salvation_n life_n and_o resurrection_n my_o merit_n be_v the_o lord_n mercy_n i_o want_v no_o merit_n so_o long_o as_o the_o lord_n of_o mercy_n be_v not_o want_v and_o while_o the_o lord_n be_v rich_a in_o mercy_n i_o be_o rich_a in_o merit_n the_o more_o able_a he_o be_v to_o save_v the_o more_o be_o i_o secure_a i_o have_v commit_v some_o heinous_a sin_n and_o be_o guilty_a of_o many_o trespass_n yet_o i_o despair_v not_o because_o where_o sin_n have_v abound_v there_o grace_n have_v also_o superabounded_a and_o in_o the_o 23._o chapter_n inter_fw-la brachia_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o vivere_fw-la volo_fw-la &_o mori_fw-la ●upio_fw-la between_o the_o arm_n of_o my_o saviour_n it_o be_v both_o my_o will_n to_o live_v and_o my_o wish_n to_o die_v another_o passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n i_o find_v in_o gregory_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o that_o singular_a work_n of_o his_o moral_n where_o speak_v of_o man_n good_a work_n and_o good_a intention_n 26._o conclude_v thus_o si_fw-mi de_fw-fr he_o divinitus_fw-la districtè_fw-la dis●ntimur_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la ista_fw-la remanet_fw-la salutis_fw-la locus_fw-la quando_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la nostra_fw-la pura_fw-la mala_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la quae_fw-la nos_fw-la habere_fw-la credimus_fw-la pura_fw-la bona_fw-la esse_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la possunt_fw-la if_o say_v he_o we_o be_v strictly-sifted_n by_o god_n concern_v these_o thing_n what_o place_n will_v be_v leave_v for_o salvation_n in_o they_o see_v that_o both_o our_o evil_a action_n be_v simple_o evil_a and_o the_o good_a thing_n which_o we_o believe_v we_o have_v can_v be_v simple_o good_a which_o place_n of_o gregory_n be_v allege_v by_o luther_n to_o prove_v none_o can_v be_v certain_a that_o he_o do_v not_o always_o 35._o mortal_o sin_n although_o john_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n will_v have_v gregory_n to_o mean_v not_o all_o work_n but_o only_o such_o as_o we_o vain_o boast_v of_o as_o sixtus_n senensis_n relate_v yet_o gregory_n 45._o meaning_n be_v easy_o discover_v by_o the_o title_n or_o content_n prefix_v to_o the_o say_a chapter_n in_o these_o word_n quod_fw-la s●nctus_n gr●gorius_n in_o his_o quae_fw-la iam_fw-la recta_fw-la intention_n protulit_fw-la vanae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la vel_fw-la laudis_fw-la humanae_fw-la favorem_fw-la subrepsisse_fw-la sibi_fw-la formidat_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la recompensatione_fw-la operis_fw-la post●lat_fw-la orationem_fw-la loctoris_fw-la that_o be_v that_o st._n gregory_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v with_o a_o right_a intention_n fear_v lest_o some_o affectation_n of_o vain_a glory_n or_o humane_a applause_n may_v have_v creep_v in_o upon_o he_o and_o for_o a_o recompense_n of_o his_o work_n desire_v the_o reader_n prayer_n and_o it_o be_v plain_a also_o by_o the_o whole_a tenure_n of_o that_o chapter_n that_o gregory_n dare_v not_o trust_v his_o best_a work_n upon_o the_o trial_n of_o god_n strict_a judgement_n see_v that_o a_o man_n best_a intention_n be_v subject_a to_o be_v taint_v with_o secret_a pride_n and_o vain_a glory_n and_o the_o say_a bishop_n of_o rochester_n may_v seem_v too_o sharp_a in_o his_o censure_n the_o sequel_n whereof_o tend_v to_o a_o flat_a condemnation_n of_o gregory_n best_a intention_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v 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