Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	goodness_n	lord_n	merciful_a	1,997	5	8.9155	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49178	The ascents of the soul, or, David's mount towards God's house being paraphrases on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees / written in Italian, by ... Gio. Francesco Loredano ..., 1656 ; render'd into English, Anno Dom. 1665.; Gradi dell'anima. English	Loredano, Giovanni Francesco, 1607-1661.; Coleraine, Hugh Hare, Baron, 1606?-1667.	1681 (1681)	Wing L3065; ESTC R6897	69,621	80

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myself_o no_o plea_n to_o make_v save_v the_o inexpressible_a desire_n of_o my_o poor_a soul_n not_o to_o be_v exclude_v with_o dog_n but_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o holy_a city_n the_o new_a jerusalem_n i_o confess_v good_a lord_n that_o i_o have_v neither_o worth_n nor_o will_n to_o follow_v the_o conduct_n of_o thy_o grace_n nor_o to_o arrive_v at_o thy_o favour_n all_o the_o course_n of_o my_o life_n have_v be_v great_a aggravation_n of_o my_o guiltiness_n for_o i_o have_v slight_v thy_o omnipotency_n by_o pride_v myself_o in_o thy_o extraordinary_a gift_n the_o very_a sight_n and_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n have_v appear_v not_o the_o loan_n of_o thy_o peculiar_a bounty_n but_o thing_n make_v on_o purpose_n for_o my_o convenience_n the_o return_n and_o pleasure_n of_o each_o season_n have_v be_v reckon_v the_o unavoidable_a act_n of_o sublunary_a creature_n thunder_z lightning_z and_o storm_n of_o hail_n be_v too_o often_o count_v the_o necessary_a effect_n of_o second_o cause_n 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enemy_n in_o his_o way_n such_o a_o one_o must_v sure_o be_v more_o than_o a_o man_n or_o mistake_v himself_o gross_o for_o he_o shall_v know_v it_o be_v only_o from_o the_o excess_n of_o thy_o pity_n that_o a_o sinner_n be_v turn_v from_o the_o evil_n of_o his_o way_n the_o prodigal_a soul_n that_o have_v long_o stray_v can_v never_o make_v up_o its_o loss_n nor_o mend_v its_o condition_n unless_o it_o be_v by_o the_o inexhausted_a treasure_n of_o thy_o grace_n help_v i_o therefore_o and_o redeem_v i_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n that_o be_v entrust_v with_o thy_o talent_n i_o may_v show_v forth_o to_o all_o thy_o manifold_a goodness_n and_o tender_a bowel_n of_o compassion_n so_o that_o sinner_n many_o with_o myself_o may_v be_v far_o convert_v unto_o thou_o and_o by_o my_o example_n inflame_v with_o thy_o love_n renounce_v earthly_a toy_n and_o pay_v thy_o clemency_n the_o due_a tribute_n of_o penitential_a tear_n and_o from_o whence_o dear_a god_n be_v yet_o 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psalm_n of_o degree_n be_v the_o 123_o psalm_n ad_fw-la te_fw-la levavi_fw-la etc._n etc._n come_v lord_n o_o come_v and_z and_o help_v my_o sink_a soul_n that_o be_v sear_v with_o many_o troublesome_a illusion_n will_v let_v i_o fall_v i_o doubt_v into_o the_o dark_a of_o sin_n i_o have_v experience_v to_o my_o cost_n how_o much_o the_o ill_a propensity_n of_o my_o nature_n corrupt_v my_o sentiment_n and_o habituate_a i_o to_o the_o relish_n of_o tentation_n almost_o persuade_v i_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o resist_v i_o live_v indeed_o with_o myself_o far_o from_o myself_o at_o such_o a_o distance_n from_o a_o good_a mind_n as_o to_o be_v without_o the_o neighbourhood_n or_o acquaintance_n of_o my_o own_o bad_a one_o self_n love_n delude_v i_o with_o false_a reflex_v and_o give_v to_o vice_n itself_o the_o surname_n of_o virtue_n it_o make_v i_o a_o self-deceiver_n and_o a_o gross_a flatterer_n of_o my_o own_o opinion_n so_o that_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o spare_v and_o connive_v at_o 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