Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	lord_n	speak_v	4,579	5	4.5054	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02223	The great day, or, A sermon, setting forth the desperate estate and condition of the wicked at the day of iudgement Preached at Saint Andrews in Holborne at London By Nathaniel Grenfield, Master of Artes, and preacher of the Word of God at Whit-field in Oxfordshire.	Grenfield, Nathaniel, b. 1588 or 9.	1615 (1615)	STC 12358; ESTC S118555	51,838	174

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be_v condemn_v with_o the_o wicked_a for_o they_o shall_v both_o be_v judge_v apart_o the_o one_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n irenaeus_n mat._n 25.34.41_o non_fw-la iudicabitur_fw-la i_o no●_n condemnabitur_fw-la irenaeus_n the_o other_o at_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o christ_n and_o shall_v receive_v a_o far_o different_a doom_n as_o far_o as_o a_o curse_n differ_v from_o a_o blessing_n hell_n from_o heaven_n so_o that_o the_o text_n allege_v be_v thus_o to_o be_v reconcile_v the_o righteous_a shall_v not_o come_v into_o judgement_n that_o be_v into_o condemnation_n the_o wicked_a shall_v not_o stand_v in_o judgement_n that_o be_v they_o shall_v be_v convince_v in_o their_o own_o conscience_n of_o the_o just_a sentence_n and_o deserve_a condemnation_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o gain_v say_v or_o contradict_v now_o the_o strictness_n of_o their_o account_n will_v appear_v if_o we_o consider_v how_o many_o thing_n they_o shall_v be_v call_v unto_o a_o account_n for_o first_o cogitationibus_fw-la de_fw-fr cogitationibus_fw-la of_o the_o thought_n of_o our_o heart_n though_o never_o so_o secret_o contrive_v though_o never_o utter_v by_o the_o tongue_n though_o never_o act_v by_o the_o hand_n yet_o if_o there_o be_v a_o deliberate_a consent_n and_o free_a approbation_n of_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n and_o a_o full_a resolution_n to_o put_v the_o same_o in_o practice_n if_o we_o have_v place_n and_o fit_a opportunity_n i_o say_v this_o sin_n of_o thought_n shall_v not_o go_v for_o nought_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n else_o why_o shall_v the_o lord_n take_v notice_n of_o all_o the_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n genes_n 6.5_o why_o shall_v the_o lord_n desire_v so_o much_o the_o heart_n my_o son_n give_v i_o thy_o heart_n but_o because_o it_o be_v the_o root_n and_o fountain_n either_o of_o good_a or_o evil_n if_o it_o be_v the_o storehouse_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o treasury_n of_o divine_a meditation_n it_o be_v a_o temple_n meet_v for_o god_n to_o dwell_v in_o but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o cage_n of_o unclean_a bird_n of_o evil_a thought_n it_o be_v already_o possess_v with_o so_o many_o devil_n if_o the_o evil_a thought_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o sin_n and_o so_o by_o a_o consequent_a come_v to_o judgement_n why_o shall_v the_o lord_n style_v himself_o the_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o trier_n of_o the_o reins_n be_v it_o not_o so_o punish_v according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n there_o shall_v inquisition_n be_v make_v for_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o ungodly_a there_o shall_v not_o a_o wicked_a thought_n pass_v in_o judgement_n wis_v 1.9_o if_o adultery_n be_v a_o sin_n and_o lust_a after_o a_o woman_n though_o it_o break_v not_o out_o into_o act_n be_v adultery_n matth._n 5.28_o and_o no_o adulterer_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 1._o cor._n 6.9.10_o then_o be_v the_o thought_n of_o the_o heart_n sin_n and_o so_o by_o a_o consequent_a they_o 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reprove_v they_o and_o their_o righteousness_n which_o they_o do_v so_o much_o extol_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n notwithstanding_o this_o their_o righteousness_n show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o strict_a course_n require_v in_o perform_v the_o law_n for_o whosoever_o be_v angry_a with_o his_o brother_n unaduised_o shall_v be_v culpable_a of_o judgement_n matth._n 5.22_o the_o law_n condemn_v every_o inclination_n to_o be_v evil_a and_o the_o heart_n do_v kill_v as_o well_o as_o the_o hand_n in_o will_n in_o wish_n in_o desire_n the_o heart_n commit_v adultery_n the_o heart_n do_v steal_v as_o well_o or_o rather_o ill_a as_o the_o outward_a member_n for_o if_o we_o consent_v to_o those_o wicked_a motion_n suggest_v by_o satan_n though_o we_o never_o perform_v they_o outward_o in_o act_n yet_o before_o god_n we_o have_v do_v the_o sin_n and_o if_o the_o thought_n be_v true_o sin_n far_o great_a be_v that_o sin_n of_o act_n yea_o the_o sin_n of_o thought_n be_v not_o only_o a_o sin_n but_o be_v the_o very_a original_n the_o fountain_n and_o root_n from_o whence_o all_o other_o sin_n do_v spring_n and_o therefore_o say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n that_o which_o go_v into_o the_o man_n defile_v not_o the_o man_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o come_v forth_o from_o the_o hart_n as_o evil_a thought_n murder_n adultery_n fornication_n theft_n false_a witness_n blasphemy_n these_o defile_v the_o man_n mat._n 15.19_o so_o that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o sin_n of_o what_o nature_n soever_o great_a or_o small_a from_o the_o least_o infirmity_n to_o the_o high_a blasphemy_n but_o it_o have_v its_o first_o beginning_n from_o the_o heart_n thought_n be_v the_o seed_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o though_o but_o a_o spark_n at_o the_o first_o yet_o will_v it_o increase_v into_o a_o flame_n if_o it_o be_v not_o repress_v for_o this_o be_v sin_n gradation_n first_o meditat_fw-la hall_n meditat_fw-la there_o be_v present_v a_o fit_a object_n from_o 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