Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	great_a	mortal_a	venial_a	3,197	5	11.4523	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61294	A discourse concerning the devotions of the Church of Rome, especially, as compared with those of the Church of England in which it is shewn, that whatever the Romanists pretend, there is not so true devotion among them, nor such rational provision for it, nor encouragement to it, as in the church established by law among us.	Stanley, William, 1647-1731.	1685 (1685)	Wing S5244; ESTC R1838	44,628	70

that_o the_o confessor_n to_o save_v a_o kingdom_n dare_v not_o reveal_v or_o discover_v it_o three_o their_o doctrine_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o several_a sin_n be_v such_o as_o must_v needs_o rather_o encourage_v man_n to_o continue_v in_o sin_n than_o deliver_v we_o from_o it_o and_o will_v spoil_v all_o true_a devotion_n to_o god_n and_o that_o due_a regard_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v to_o his_o commandment_n they_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v a_o vast_a number_n of_o sin_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n venial_a 4._o escobar_n tract_n 2._o exam._n 1._o cap._n 4._o which_o be_v so_o very_o inconsiderable_a that_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o they_o altogether_o will_v not_o deprive_v a_o man_n of_o the_o grace_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n or_o make_v up_o one_o mortal_a sin_n and_o for_o the_o pardon_n of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o need_n or_o occasion_n for_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o they_o have_v no_o certain_a rule_n to_o discover_v whether_o a_o sin_n be_v mortal_a or_o venial_a so_o that_o man_n be_v in_o wonderful_a danger_n of_o be_v cheat_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a moment_n as_o their_o eternal_a salvation_n they_o tell_v we_o also_o 2._o escobar_n tract_n 2._o exam._n 1._o cap._n 2._o that_o a_o habitual_a sin_n be_v only_o a_o stain_v leave_v by_o former_a voluntary_a sin_n and_o a_o deprivation_n of_o habitual_a goodness_n but_o have_v nothing_o else_o that_o be_v evil_a in_o it_o from_o which_o doctrine_n it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o a_o man_n be_v guilty_a only_o of_o those_o sin_n which_o create_v this_o habit_n and_o that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o habitual_a repentance_n or_o course_n of_o life_n require_v to_o get_v pardon_n for_o habitual_a sin_n but_o a_o few_o or_o perhaps_o one_o single_a act_n of_o contrition_n will_v serve_v so_o that_o the_o more_o a_o man_n sin_v the_o better_a he_o may_v and_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o true_a prudence_n to_o get_v a_o habit_n of_o all_o sin_n betimes_o for_o a_o man_n be_v accountable_a only_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o precede_v the_o habit_n all_o the_o sin_n which_o follow_v it_o will_v pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o inadvertency_n and_o as_o such_o can_v be_v esteem_v only_o as_o a_o kind_n of_o venial_a sin_n and_o they_o not_o only_o allow_v the_o church_n power_n to_o command_v what_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o she_o in_o many_o cafe_v but_o give_v such_o authority_n to_o her_o command_n as_o to_o make_v the_o disobedience_n to_o they_o the_o great_a of_o all_o sin_n and_o make_v way_n for_o the_o break_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n that_o they_o may_v keep_v those_o of_o the_o church_n so_o marriage_n have_v be_v adjudge_v a_o great_a sin_n in_o a_o priest_n than_o fornication_n because_o the_o priest_n be_v oblige_v to_o celibacy_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n and_o their_o own_o vow_n as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o their_o vow_n of_o baptism_n more_o oblige_v to_o abstain_v from_o fornication_n and_o according_o for_o marriage_n a_o priest_n be_v excommunicate_v or_o depose_v but_o for_o fornication_n he_o be_v only_o oblige_v to_o confess_v it_o secret_o among_o his_o other_o sin_n and_o the_o gild_n and_o irregularity_n of_o it_o be_v do_v away_o by_o absolution_n indeed_o they_o bring_v almost_o all_o sin_n under_o the_o head_n of_o discipline_n not_o only_o by_o pretend_v to_o give_v pardon_n and_o dispensation_n for_o most_o sin_n that_o can_v be_v commit_v but_o also_o when_o they_o compare_v sin_n they_o be_v always_o most_o earnest_a against_o such_o as_o transgress_v the_o command_n of_o the_o church_n so_o u.g._n when_o escobar_n ask_v the_o question_n what_o if_o i_o communicate_v unworthy_o at_o easter_n he_o answer_v that_o by_o so_o do_v i_o fulfil_v the_o command_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v what_o i_o be_o immediate_o bind_v to_o and_o pass_v over_o the_o duty_n of_o self-examination_n and_o preparation_n so_o strict_o enjoin_v by_o st._n paul_n as_o not_o worthy_a to_o be_v consider_v and_o so_o in_o innumerable_a other_o case_n by_o which_o mean_v indeed_o they_o create_v a_o great_a veneration_n for_o the_o church_n or_o for_o that_o which_o they_o call_v the_o church_n but_o thereby_o make_v the_o command_v of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_n four_o their_o very_a doctrine_n concern_v their_o prayer_n and_o devotion_n and_o their_o practice_n consequent_a on_o it_o be_v such_o as_o be_v altogether_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o nature_n of_o true_a devotion_n for_o according_a to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o outward_a act_n will_v suffice_v in_o many_o case_n though_o nothing_o of_o the_o mind_n go_v along_o with_o it_o particular_o as_o to_o prayer_n escobar_n from_o coninch_n and_o durandus_fw-la affirm_v that_o neither_o a_o actual_a nor_o virtual_a attention_n be_v require_v when_o a_o man_n pray_v and_o they_o give_v a_o excellent_a reason_n for_o what_o they_o say_v viz._n because_o the_o church_n have_v no_o power_n in_o 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