Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	faith_n	holy_a	remission_n	4,483	5	9.4888	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85408	Philadelphia: or, XL. queries peaceably and inoffensively propounded for the discovery of truth in this question, or case of conscience; whether persons baptized (as themselves call baptism) after a profession of faith, may, or may not, lawfully, and with good conscience, hold communion with such churches, who judg themselves truly baptized, though in infancy, and before such a profession? Together with some few brief touches about infant, and after-baptism. By J.G. a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.	Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing G1189; Thomason E702_7; ESTC R207109	25,228	32

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nequit_fw-la and_o gravissimam_fw-la reprehensionem_fw-la coràm_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la merentur_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la beneficium_fw-la differunt_fw-la vel_fw-la sibi_fw-la vel_fw-la suis_fw-la liberis_fw-la accipere_fw-la b●za_n opusc._n p._n 334._o tingimus_fw-la pueros_fw-la tingimus_fw-la provectioris_fw-la aetatis_fw-la nullam_fw-la aetatem_fw-la praecepit_fw-la baptismo_fw-la christus_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la ullam_fw-la vetuit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la norlingensis_n pastor_fw-la scultet_fw-la annal._n anno_fw-la 1525._o finis_fw-la a_o gall_n 5._o 6._o b_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 19_o c_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 29._o v●_z cameron_n myroth_n p._n 229._o and_o ambross●m_fw-la in_fw-la locum_fw-la i_o know_v the_o place_n be_v much_o vex_v with_o interpreter_n and_o interpretation_n but_o certain_a i_o be_o that_o the_o sense_n here_o suppose_v and_o argue_v upon_o be_v the_o m●st_a grammatical_a and_o best_a comport_v with_o the_o propriety_n of_o he_o word_v and_o 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b_o exod._n 12._o 48._o vide_fw-la scultet_fw-la annal._n anno_fw-la 1521_o and_o 1525_o etc._n etc._n *_o see_v also_o mat_n 4_o 4_o and_o 12_o 12_o beside_o many_o other_o a_o eunomius_n defendit_fw-la hanc_fw-la haeresin_fw-la dissimilem_fw-la per_fw-la omnia_fw-la pa●r●_z asse●ens_fw-la filium_fw-la and_o filio_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la fertur_fw-la etiam_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la fuisse_fw-la bonis_fw-la moribus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la ut_fw-la asseveraret_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la cuique_fw-la obesset_fw-la quorumlibet_fw-la perpetratio_fw-la ac_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la peccator_fw-la rum_o si_fw-la huius_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la il_fw-it o_fw-it docebatur_fw-la fidei_fw-la particeps_fw-la effet_fw-fr aug._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la c._n 54_o b_o nam_fw-la illi_fw-la donatistae_fw-la dicebant_fw-la universum_fw-la orbem_fw-la christianum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la deinde_fw-la qui_fw-la prae_fw-la le_fw-la omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la christianos_fw-la condemnabant_fw-la severitatem_fw-la censurae_fw-la in_fw-la suos_fw-la relaxaverant_fw-la and_o in_fw-la suis_fw-la coetibus_fw-la homines_fw-la impurissimos_fw-la ut_fw-la optato●_z gildoniano●_z primianosque_fw-la patiebantur_fw-la p._n mar●y●_z loc._n class._n 4._o c._n 5._o sect._n 15._o c_o theophanes_n miscel._n l._n 21._o c._n ult_n and_o joseph_n mede_n apostasy_n of_o latter_o time_n p._n 131_o d_o ainsworth_n in_o levit._n 15._o 12_o e_o p._n gunter_n sermon_n of_o justification_n print_v anno_fw-la 1615._o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n p._n 3._o f_o smectymnuus_n vindicat._n p_o 8._o g_o mede_n apostasy_n of_o latter_o time_n p._n 140_o a_o de_fw-la peccatonum_fw-la meritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 3._o c._n 13._o b_o quod_fw-la traditum_fw-la cenet_fw-la universitas_fw-la ecclesi●…_n cum_fw-la parvuli_fw-la infant_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la nullus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la dixerit_fw-la eos_fw-la inaniter_fw-la baptizari_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quisquam_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la divinam_fw-la quaerat_fw-la quanquam_fw-la quod_fw-la universa_fw-la tenet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nec_fw-la conciliis_fw-la institutum_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la retentum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la apostolica_fw-la traditum_fw-la rectissime_fw-la creditur_fw-la tamen_fw-la veraciter_fw-la continere_fw-la possumus_fw-la quid_fw-la valeat_fw-la in_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la ex_fw-la circumcisione_fw-la carnis_fw-la quam_fw-la prio_fw-la populus_fw-la accepit_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donat._n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o c_o baptisma_fw-la unum_fw-la tenemus_fw-la quod_fw-la iisdem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la verbis_fw-la in_fw-la insantibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_fw-la majoribus_fw-la asserimus_fw-la esse_fw-la celebrandum_fw-la hieron._n t._n 4._o symboli_fw-la explan._n ad_fw-la dama●um_fw-la a_o mat._n 3._o 15_o that_o child_n be_v in_o favour_n with_o god_n and_o so_o declare_v see_v brief_o redemp._n redeem_a p._n 330_o 516_o 517._o