Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	believe_v	faith_n	unbelief_n	3,235	5	10.7449	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81131	The arraignment of unbelief, as the grand cause of our nationall non-establishment: cleared in a sermon to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament, at Margarets Westminster, upon the 28th. of May, 1645. being the day of their publike fast. / By Joseph Caryl, late preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne, now pastor at Magnus neer the bridge, London.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1645 (1645)	Wing C749; Thomason E286_5; ESTC R200075	31,767	54

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he_o have_v promise_v plenty_n in_o samaria_n behold_v thou_o shall_v see_v it_o with_o thy_o eye_n but_o shall_v not_o eat_v thereof_o 2_o king_n 7._o 2._o that_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n carry_v a_o show_n of_o opposition_n against_o this_o truth_n rom._n 11._o 32._o god_n say_v he_o have_v conclude_v they_o all_o sc_n jew_n and_o gentile_n in_o unbelief_n that_o he_o may_v have_v mercy_n upon_o all_o it_o seem_v then_o that_o mercy_n rather_o come_v in_o then_o be_v shut_v out_o by_o unbelief_n god_n have_v conclude_v they_o all_o in_o unbelief_n that_o he_o may_v have_v mercy_n upon_o all_o as_o if_o god_n intend_v to_o make_v his_o advantage_n and_o opportunity_n of_o show_v mercy_n to_o that_o people_n by_o find_v they_o in_o a_o unbelieved_a condition_n i_o answer_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a mercy_n first_o the_o mercy_n of_o vocation_n second_o the_o mercy_n of_o salvation_n when_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o god_n conclude_v or_o shut_v they_o all_o up_o in_o unbelief_n 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apostle_n argue_v about_o that_o great_a mercy_n of_o justification_n rom._n 3._o 19_o show_v how_o the_o lord_n stop_v every_o mouth_n and_o make_v all_o the_o world_n become_v guilty_a before_o he_o god_n do_v not_o justify_v any_o person_n because_o he_o be_v guiltless_a or_o holy_a but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v guiltless_a and_o holy_a he_o do_v not_o justify_v any_o man_n because_o he_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v free_a from_o sin_n thus_o the_o mercy_n of_o vocation_n prevent_v our_o faith_n and_o the_o mercy_n of_o justification_n prevent_v our_o righteousness_n and_o obedience_n god_n justify_v the_o ungodly_a but_o in_o give_v the_o mercy_n of_o salvation_n whether_o it_o be_v temporal_a or_o eternal_a salvation_n god_n look_v upon_o a_o people_n or_o a_o person_n believe_v and_o therefore_o make_v promise_n for_o faith_n to_o act_v upon_o that_o we_o may_v be_v save_v that_o we_o may_v be_v establish_v a_o second_o objection_n rise_v against_o this_o 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those_o time_n not_o a_o total_a decay_n of_o it_o second_o the_o intent_n of_o those_o word_n be_v not_o to_o bring_v unbelief_n into_o any_o credit_n but_o only_o to_o support_v and_o cherish_v the_o faith_n of_o some_o few_o in_o the_o appear_v of_o much_o unbelief_n and_o despondencie_n in_o other_o for_o in_o hard_a time_n we_o hear_v frequent_o such_o complaint_n as_o these_o do_v you_o not_o see_v how_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n fail_v how_o their_o spirit_n be_v down_o how_o they_o give_v up_o all_o for_o lose_v faith_n be_v never_o so_o low_a as_o now_o and_o therefore_o sure_o we_o must_v short_o be_v low_o than_o we_o be_v this_o prevail_a reign_n of_o unbelief_n among_o we_o be_v a_o sad_a argument_n that_o evil_n shall_v reign_v over_o we_o too_o thus_o the_o heart_n misgive_v to_o relieve_v such_o our_o lord_n christ_n say_v nevertheless_o when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v shall_v he_o find_v faith_n on_o the_o earth_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v though_o all_o aught_o 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unbelief_n every_o sin_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o be_v a_o bar_n in_o the_o way_n of_o mercy_n jer._n 5._o 25._o your_o iniquity_n have_v turn_v away_o these_o thing_n and_o your_o sin_n have_v withhold_v good_a thing_n from_o you_o but_o unbelief_n be_v a_o huge_a mountain_n and_o when_o once_o we_o have_v remove_v the_o mountain_n of_o unbelief_n all_o other_o mountain_n will_v quick_o become_v plain_n and_o valley_n before_o we_o unbelief_n be_v a_o sin_n of_o a_o very_a high_a stature_n a_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a wickedness_n and_o therefore_o a_o great_a wickedness_n there_o be_v much_o dispute_n among_o the_o learned_a whether_o unbelief_n be_v not_o the_o first_o sin_n that_o which_o open_v the_o door_n to_o let_v in_o every_o sin_n i_o believe_v we_o shall_v not_o wrong_a unbelief_n in_o give_v it_o precedency_n or_o in_o affirm_v that_o as_o unbelief_n now_o shut_v the_o door_n and_o keep_v out_o mercy_n so_o unbelief_n open_v the_o 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