Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	act_n	grace_n	habit_n	906	5	9.7429	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20770	A treatise of the true nature and definition of justifying faith together with a defence of the same, against the answere of N. Baxter. By Iohn Downe B. in Divinity, and sometime fellow of Emanuel C. in Cambridge.; Selections	Downe, John, 1570?-1631.; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Bayly, Mr., fl. 1635.; Muret, Marc-Antoine, 1526-1585. Institutio puerilis. English.	1635 (1635)	STC 7153; ESTC S109816	240,136	421

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77._o saluantur_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la svam_fw-la sed_fw-la alienam_fw-la they_o be_v also_o save_v by_o faith_n yet_o not_o their_o own_o faith_n but_o another_o another_o will_v you_o say_v this_o seem_v very_o strange_a hear_v then_o what_o the_o same_o bernard_n yet_o further_o add_v dignum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la dei_fw-la spectat_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la quibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la aetas_fw-la denegat_fw-la propriam_fw-la gratia_fw-la concedat_fw-la prodesse_fw-la alienam_fw-la it_o be_v fit_a and_o belong_v unto_o the_o dignity_n of_o god_n that_o to_o who_o age_n deny_v a_o proper_a faith_n of_o their_o own_o grace_n shall_v yield_v they_o the_o benefit_n of_o another_o faith_n and_o again_o nec_fw-la enim_fw-la omnipotent_a be_v iustitia_fw-la propriam_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la putat_fw-la exigendam_fw-la fidem_fw-la quos_fw-la novit_fw-la propriam_fw-la nullam_fw-la habere_fw-la culpam_fw-la for_o neither_o do_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n almighty_n think_v that_o a_o proper_a faith_n be_v to_o be_v require_v of_o those_o who_o he_o know_v to_o have_v no_o proper_a fault_n of_o their_o own_o in_o which_o word_n of_o bernard_n two_o excellent_a reason_n be_v render_v why_o the_o faith_n of_o another_o through_o the_o grace_n and_o indulgence_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v available_a unto_o they_o the_o first_o because_o their_o jnfancy_n deny_v unto_o they_o a_o proper_a faith_n of_o their_o own_o the_o second_o because_o beside_o that_o original_a corruption_n traduce_v into_o they_o from_o their_o parent_n without_o their_o knowledge_n or_o consent_n they_o have_v no_o other_o sin_n of_o their_o own_o can_v they_o not_o then_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o tender_a year_n have_v a_o faith_n of_o their_o own_o it_o befit_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n that_o they_o be_v holpen_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o another_o have_v they_o no_o proper_a and_o particular_a