Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	age_n	old_a	youth_n	3,230	5	8.8580	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13005	The arraignement of covetousnesse in three sermons. By John Stoughton, Doctor in Divinitie, sometimes fellow of Immanuel Colledge in Cambridge, late of Aldermanbury, London.	Stoughton, John, d. 1639.	1640 (1640)	STC 23299; ESTC S101822	36,766	78

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a_o sly_a and_o subtle_a sin_n i_o will_v wish_v every_o man_n not_o light_o or_o rash_o to_o accuse_v another_o man_n of_o it_o and_o upbraid_v he_o with_o it_o but_o look_v to_o his_o warrant_n and_o ground_n for_o it_o if_o it_o be_v ambiguous_a and_o his_o action_n may_v admit_v of_o a_o fair_a construction_n i_o must_v not_o judge_v he_o i_o know_v not_o a_o man_n estate_n and_o many_o other_o such_o like_a circumstance_n may_v fall_v in_o and_o therefore_o i_o may_v not_o present_o condemn_v another_o of_o covetousness_n 2._o another_o point_n of_o wisdom_n rather_o more_o necessary_a be_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o easy_o excuse_v ourselves_o present_o bless_v not_o thyself_o as_o if_o thou_o can_v shun_v decline_v and_o avoid_v all_o reproof_n think_v this_o sin_n of_o covetousness_n concern_v not_o i_o it_o do_v not_o hit_v i_o so_o home_o in_o many_o thing_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o prove_v that_o which_o be_v clear_o true_a a_o man_n can_v by_o the_o law_n prove_v a_o man_n be_v drink_v unless_o he_o be_v so_o gross_o drink_v that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o keep_v out_o of_o a_o cart_n way_n and_o many_o other_o sign_n of_o a_o legal_a proof_n be_v hard_o but_o yet_o a_o conscientious_a proof_n betwixt_o god_n and_o a_o man_n own_o conscience_n may_v be_v discern_v though_o thy_o sin_n be_v such_o a_o sly_a sin_n as_o covetousness_n that_o another_o man_n be_v loath_a happy_o to_o charge_v it_o upon_o thou_o remember_v it_o be_v a_o sly_a sin_n and_o may_v lie_v at_o the_o heart_n suspect_v thyself_o therefore_o and_o do_v not_o easy_o excuse_v it_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o universal_a and_o general_a sin_n large_o disperse_v our_o saviour_n word_n imply_v so_o much_o therefore_o s●ith_o he_o take_v heed_n and_o beware_v there_o be_v a_o double_a caution_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v you_o have_v need_v to_o watch_v and_o to_o look_v narrow_o to_o it_o it_o be_v a_o sly_a sin_n a_o juggler_n that_o will_v cast_v a_o thousand_o mist_n before_o your_o eye_n and_o withal_o it_o imply_v that_o it_o be_v a_o general_a sin_n i_o speak_v to_o all_o of_o you_o say_v our_o saviour_n to_o his_o disciple_n and_o other_o also_o as_o if_o this_o be_v a_o general_a root_n of_o bitterness_n all_o the_o world_n over_o and_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v so_o a_o man_n may_v see_v it_o universal_o for_o 1._o there_o be_v no_o rank_n or_o sort_n of_o man_n which_o be_v altogether_o free_a 1._o wicked_a man_n some_o seem_v to_o walk_v contrary_a to_o it_o in_o prodigality_n yet_o either_o in_o predominancie_n or_o subserviencie_n scarce_o a_o wicked_a man_n but_o he_o be_v covetous_a he_o which_o be_v prodigal_a must_v scrape_v unjust_o to_o maintain_v that_o 2._o godly_a man_n be_v not_o altogether_o free_a there_o be_v the_o relic_n of_o this_o corruption_n in_o original_a sin_n and_o it_o show_v itself_o even_o in_o they_o godly_a man_n may_v do_v it_o under_o pretence_n of_o religion_n they_o as_o he_o say_v be_v then_o only_o godly_a when_o godliness_n be_v spare_v and_o frugal_a many_o man_n be_v against_o drunkenness_n in_o their_o family_n because_o it_o spend_v their_o estate_n under_o a_o vizor_n of_o godliness_n they_o keep_v man_n sober_a so_o that_o a_o man_n may_v pretend_v religion_n and_o yet_o within_o have_v a_o root_n of_o covetousness_n ii_o it_o be_v in_o all_o sort_n and_o rank_n of_o man_n 1._o poor_a man_n think_v they_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o it_o and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o their_o desire_n may_v be_v as_o large_a as_o hell_n there_o may_v be_v as_o much_o covetousness_n in_o a_o poor_a man_n as_o in_o a_o rich_a man_n 2._o rich_a man_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o be_v exceed_o obnoxious_a to_o it_o the_o have_v of_o much_o increase_v the_o desire_n of_o have_v of_o more_o 3._o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v among_o all_o calling_n the_o citizen_n the_o countryman_n the_o tradesman_n the_o gentleman_n the_o minister_n the_o lawyer_n all_o calling_n whether_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a even_a churchman_n 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