Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	apostle_n	law_n	transgression_n	5,619	5	10.4785	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62050	Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Baliol Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.	1659 (1659)	Wing S6279; ESTC R222455	190,466	458

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will_v be_v your_o god_n jer._n 7.23_o when_o he_o will_v dissuade_v and_o drive_v they_o from_o iniquity_n hos_fw-la sicut_fw-la sole_fw-la recedente_fw-la succedunt_fw-la densae_fw-la tene_fw-la brae_fw-la sic_fw-la deo_fw-la recedente_fw-la succedit_fw-la horribilis_fw-la maledictio_fw-la paraeus_n in_o ●_o hos_fw-la this_o be_v the_o sting_a whip_n be_v instruct_v o_o jerusalem_n lest_o my_o soul_n depart_v from_o thou_o jer._n 6.8_o when_o he_o will_v strike_v israel_n dead_a with_o a_o blow_n this_o be_v it_o woe_n unto_o they_o when_o i_o depart_v from_o they_o hos_n 9.12_o how_o sad_a a_o say_n be_v that_o of_o saul_n i_o be_o sore_o distress_a and_o well_o he_o may_v the_o philistine_n be_v upon_o i_o and_o god_n be_v depart_v from_o i_o 1_o sam._n 28.15_o if_o a_o partial_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n cause_n such_o a_o droop_a in_o the_o whole_a creation_n what_o will_v a_o total_a eclipse_n of_o this_o sun_n cause_n how_o mournful_o do_v micah_n bemoan_v the_o loss_n of_o of_o his_o dunghill_n deity_n you_o have_v take_v away_o my_o god_n and_o what_o have_v i_o mor●e_v and_o what_o be_v this_o that_o you_o say_v unto_o i_o what_o ail_v thou_o judg._n 18.24_o sure_o the_o damn_a as_o they_o will_v have_v infinite_o more_o cause_n so_o they_o will_v with_o more_o horror_n and_o anguish_n bewail_v the_o loss_n of_o the_o true_a god_n though_o all_o the_o tear_n in_o hell_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o bewail_v the_o loss_n of_o this_o heaven_n if_o the_o body_n from_o which_o the_o soul_n be_v part_v be_v such_o a_o deform_a sad_a spectacle_n what_o shall_v the_o condition_n of_o that_o soul_n be_v from_o which_o god_n be_v part_v for_o ever_o how_o unable_a be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n to_o bear_v the_o absence_n of_o god_n in_o this_o life_n though_o it_o be_v but_o in_o part_n and_o for_o a_o short_a time_n take_v heman_n psal_n 88.14_o 15._o lord_n why_o cast_v thou_o off_o my_o soul_n why_o hide_v thou_o thy_o face_n from_o i_o i_o be_o afflict_v 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out_o that_o expression_n my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o matth_n 27.46_o it_o be_v not_o his_o torture_n from_o man_n nor_o the_o terror_n of_o devil_n not_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n that_o christ_n complain_v so_o much_o of_o as_o the_o absence_n of_o god_n now_o meditate_v o_o sinner_n if_o the_o departure_n of_o god_n though_o partial_a and_o temporal_a be_v so_o terrible_a to_o his_o saint_n to_o his_o son_n how_o intolerable_a will_v the_o loss_n of_o god_n be_v to_o thou_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v total_a and_o eternal_a do_v they_o mourn_v so_o bitter_o when_o for_o a_o small_a moment_n he_o forsake_v they_o though_o with_o great_a mercy_n he_o gather_v they_o when_o in_o a_o little_a wrath_n he_o hide_v his_o face_n from_o they_o though_o with_o everlasting_a kindness_n he_o have_v mercy_n on_o they_o isa_n 54.7_o 8._o how_o bitter_o will_v thou_o complain_v when_o he_o shall_v forsake_v thou_o to_o eternity_n when_o he_o shall_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o thou_o for_o ever_o and_o not_o bestow_v on_o thou_o the_o least_o mercy_n or_o the_o small_a kindness_n this_o will_v be_v a_o woe_n with_o a_o witness_n suffer_v may_v be_v the_o portion_n of_o saint_n but_o separation_n from_o god_n the_o punishment_n of_o devil_n as_o the_o face_n and_o comfortable_a presence_n of_o god_n be_v the_o great_a felicity_n of_o the_o save_v 6._o summa_fw-la mors_fw-la animae_fw-la est_fw-la alienatio_fw-la à_fw-la vita_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o aeternitate_fw-la supplicii_fw-la aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o so_o the_o full_a withdrawing_n or_o absence_n of_o god_n will_v be_v the_o great_a misery_n of_o the_o damn_a now_o thou_o do_v not_o value_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n thou_o think_v often_o that_o he_o be_v too_o near_o thou_o the_o come_n of_o god_n to_o thou_o be_v as_o to_o the_o devil_n a_o torment_n matth._n 8.29_o if_o he_o draw_v nigh_o to_o thou_o sometime_o in_o a_o sermon_n in_o a_o private_a instruction_n in_o a_o motion_n of_o his_o spirit_n or_o in_o a_o conviction_n of_o thy_o conscience_n thou_o wish_v he_o far_o off_o with_o his_o precise_a law_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v more_o liberty_n for_o thy_o fleshly_a lust_n the_o voice_n of_o thy_o hellish_a heart_n unto_o god_n be_v depart_v from_o i_o i_o desire_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n job_n 21.14_o well_o thy_o petition_n shall_v be_v grant_v to_o thy_o destruction_n and_o god_n will_v take_v thou_o at_o thy_o word_n and_o give_v thou_o thy_o wish_n to_o thy_o woe_n when_o thy_o doom_n shall_v be_v to_o depart_v from_o he_o luke_n 13.27_o matth._n 25.41_o and_o then_o thou_o shall_v know_v the_o incomparable_a worth_n of_o he_o thy_o understanding_n shall_v