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	similitude_n	transgression_n	3,570	5	10.6752	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45744	A treatise of moral and intellectual virtues wherein their nature is fully explained and their usefulness proved, as being the best rules of life ... : with a preface shewing the vanity and deceitfulness of vice / by John Hartcliffe ...	Hartcliffe, John, 1651-1712.	1691 (1691)	Wing H971; ESTC R475	208,685	468

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abroad_o but_o they_o set_v a_o man_n against_o himself_o and_o deprive_v he_o of_o the_o peace_n of_o his_o own_o mind_n ourselves_o compassion_n and_o mercy_n be_v profitable_a to_o other_o and_o delightful_a to_o ourselves_o so_o compassion_n and_o mercy_n be_v not_o more_o profitable_a unto_o other_o man_n than_o they_o be_v delightful_a to_o our_o own_o soul_n and_o we_o do_v not_o only_o gratify_v ourselves_o by_o do_v service_n to_o other_o but_o we_o thereby_o provoke_v mankind_n by_o our_o example_n to_o the_o like_a kindness_n and_o so_o turn_v the_o pity_n of_o other_o to_o ourselves_o when_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v our_o turn_n to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o their_o help_n in_o like_a manner_n our_o reason_n direct_v we_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o truth_n fidelity_n and_o justice_n as_o the_o sure_a art_n of_o thrive_a in_o this_o world_n these_o beget_v confidence_n and_o give_v man_n a_o reputation_n in_o their_o neighbourhood_n and_o these_o virtue_n our_o reason_n 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which_o they_o offend_v for_o sin_n be_v not_o impute_v where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n but_o death_n reign_v from_o adam_n to_o moses_n even_o over_o they_o that_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n that_o be_v though_o they_o do_v not_o sin_n against_o any_o express_a law_n of_o god_n as_o adam_n do_v thus_o reason_n discover_v to_o we_o how_o that_o the_o natural_a dictate_v of_o our_o mind_n have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o law_n hence_o we_o may_v infer_v that_o mankind_n will_v have_v be_v under_o the_o obligation_n of_o religion_n though_o god_n have_v never_o make_v any_o immediate_a revelation_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o will_n unto_o they_o if_o this_o be_v not_o so_o the_o heathen_a who_o have_v no_o supernatural_a revelation_n from_o god_n can_v not_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n nor_o liable_a to_o his_o judgement_n for_o if_o nothing_o be_v virtue_n or_o vice_n but_o what_o be_v either_o express_o command_v or_o forbid_v by_o god_n 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this_o matter_n for_o as_o nothing_o do_v restore_v we_o more_o to_o ourselves_o when_o we_o faint_v and_o be_v weary_a than_o sleep_v sober_o take_v so_o nothing_o do_v more_o stupefy_v than_o its_o excess_n for_o this_o cause_n nirembergius_n a_o witty_a jesuit_n be_v angry_a with_o sleep_n and_o show_v such_o a_o multitude_n of_o inconvenience_n that_o sleep_v bring_v upon_o we_o that_o have_v not_o sleep_v the_o good_a fortune_n to_o have_v befall_v adam_n in_o his_o innocency_n he_o will_v have_v go_v near_o to_o have_v do_v as_o much_o for_o sleep_v as_o st._n augustine_n have_v do_v for_o natural_a lust_n and_o make_v it_o a_o second_o part_n of_o original_a sin_n therefore_o for_o the_o moderate_v this_o virtue_n the_o best_a counsel_n i_o can_v give_v be_v that_o of_o hypocrates_n labour_n cibus_fw-la somnus_fw-la venus_n omne_fw-la mediocria_fw-la the_o word_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o place_n so_o they_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n labour_n to_o procure_v appetite_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o he_o say_v liberality_n be_v direct_o opposite_a and_o be_v define_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o virtue_n easy_a and_o ready_a to_o lay_v out_o its_o money_n upon_o all_o good_a and_o lawful_a occasion_n when_o the_o want_n of_o liberality_n make_v man_n stingy_a that_o they_o grudge_n to_o be_v at_o the_o necessary_a expense_n of_o life_n commended·_v parsimony_n commended·_v indeed_o there_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o parsimony_n which_o we_o call_v a_o virtue_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o people_n of_o holland_n who_o be_v so_o industrious_a that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o furnish_v infinite_a luxury_n which_o they_o never_o practise_v and_o be_v so_o spare_v that_o they_o traffic_n all_o the_o year_n in_o pleasure_n which_o they_o never_o taste_v thus_o they_o be_v rich_a and_o happy_a in_o a_o voluntary_a poverty_n whilst_o other_o be_v poor_a and_o wretched_a in_o their_o real_a wealth_n as_o all_o be_v 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