Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	distinction_n	mortal_a	venial_a	4,934	5	12.1153	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70803	A decad of caveats to the people of England of general use in all times, but most seasonable in these, as having a tendency to the satisfying such as are not content with the present government as it is by law establish'd, an aptitude to the setling the minds of such as are but seekers and erraticks in religion an aim at the uniting of our Protestant-dissenters in church and state : whereby the worst of all conspiracies lately rais'd against both, may be the greatest blessing, which could have happen'd to either of them : to which is added an appendix in order to the conviction of those three enemies to the deity, the atheist, the infidel and the setter up of science to the prejudice of religion / by Thomas Pierce ...	Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.	1679 (1679)	Wing P2176; Wing P2196; ESTC R18054	221,635	492

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partial_a abstinence_n will_v be_v of_o it_o be_v so_o easy_a for_o he_o to_o fall_v from_o one_o wickedness_n to_o another_o that_o wheresoever_o the_o cunning_a serpent_n get_v in_o his_o head_n he_o draw_v his_o whole_a body_n in_o with_o the_o great_a ease_n as_o if_o the_o contagion_n that_o be_v in_o vice_n be_v in_o proportion_n to_o the_o link_n in_o the_o chain_n of_o virtue_n our_o indulgency_n to_o one_o be_v apt_a to_o draw_v the_o rest_n after_o vuâ._fw-la one_o rot_a action_n do_v as_o glad_o infect_v another_o as_o one_o putrid_a grape_n do_v communicate_v its_o venom_n to_o all_o the_o cluster_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v very_o clear_a why_o he_o who_o give_v himself_o the_o liberty_n to_o feed_v intemperate_o on_o one_o sin_n be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la become_v obnoxious_a unto_o the_o surfeit_n upon_o all_o because_o he_o have_v not_o any_o principle_n or_o power_n within_o he_o by_o force_n of_o which_o he_o can_v be_v sure_a to_o abstain_v from_o any_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o reason_n be_v just_a as_o clear_v too_o for_o the_o same_o want_n of_o fear_n to_o offend_v his_o maker_n the_o same_o despite_n offer_v to_o grace_n and_o the_o same_o callousness_n of_o conscience_n which_o either_o allow_v or_o betray_v he_o to_o any_o one_o wilful_a sin_n leave_v he_o destitute_a and_o expose_v to_o the_o power_n of_o all._n so_o that_o if_o by_o not_o commit_v he_o seem_v at_o any_o time_n to_o abstain_v from_o this_o or_o that_o sort_n of_o vice_n it_o be_v not_o his_o virtue_n but_o his_o luck_n and_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v thank_v beside_o the_o restrain_v mercy_n of_o god_n who_o do_v often_o set_v his_o hook_n into_o the_o wicked_a man_n nostril_n he_o may_v thank_v his_o star_n for_o it_o at_o least_o his_o company_n or_o his_o custom_n or_o the_o law_n of_o the_o country_n wherein_o he_o live_v or_o at_o least_o the_o good_a hap_n of_o his_o constitution_n as_o not_o suffice_v he_o for_o some_o sin_n or_o not_o incline_v he_o 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impartiality_n even_o from_o all._n §_o 13._o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d abstain_v from_o all_o evil_a as_o well_o from_o the_o least_o as_o from_o the_o great_a because_o our_o very_a least_o sin_n do_v gather_v a_o greatness_n to_o themselves_o from_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o object_n we_o sin_n against_o and_o from_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o mean_n against_o which_o we_o sin_n i_o mean_v our_o prayer_n and_o our_o sacrament_n and_o the_o frequency_n of_o our_o sermon_n by_o which_o whoever_o be_v not_o mend_v be_v accidental_o make_v worse_a and_o because_o the_o least_o sin_n be_v apt_a to_o lead_v into_o the_o great_a beside_o siracides_n say_v wise_o in_o this_o sense_n also_o he_o that_o despise_v small_a thing_n shall_v perish_v by_o little_a and_o little_a ecclus._n 19_o 1._o the_o least_o sin_n therefore_o can_v possible_o be_v so_o light_a as_o that_o they_o may_v safe_o be_v slight_v by_o we_o because_o although_o what_o be_v venial_a can_v never_o lose_v 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