Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	good_a	great_a	world_n	3,752	5	4.4423	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47669	A sermon preach'd before the King at New-market, on Sunday the 16th day of April, 1699 by John Leng ...	Leng, John, 1665-1727.	1699 (1699)	Wing L1050; ESTC R11706	12,544	38

a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o king_n at_o newmarket_n on_o sunday_n the_o 16_o day_n of_o april_n 1699._o by_o john_n leng_n b.d._n and_o fellow_n of_o st._n katherines-hall_n in_o cambridge_n publish_a by_o his_o majesty_n special_a command_n cambridge_z print_v at_o the_o university_n press_n for_o r._n clavel_n at_o the_o peacock_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n london_n and_o edmund_n jeffery_n in_o cambridge_n 1699._o mr._n leng_n sermon_n before_o the_o king_n at_o newmarket_n eccles_n viij_o ver_fw-la xi_o because_o sentence_n against_o a_o evil_a work_n be_v not_o execute_v speedy_o therefore_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_o set_v in_o they_o to_o do_v evil_a the_o prodigious_a wickedness_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o mankind_n in_o almost_o all_o age_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v a_o thing_n with_o great_a grief_n of_o heart_n take_v notice_n of_o by_o good_a man_n in_o their_o several_a generation_n neither_o have_v those_o alone_o who_o labour_v to_o reform_v themselves_o and_o other_o be_v the_o only_a complainer_n of_o this_o general_a defection_n from_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n but_o even_o those_o also_o who_o have_v mighty_o increase_v the_o public_a stock_n of_o sin_n and_o impiety_n have_v often_o be_v as_o forward_o to_o declaim_v against_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o age_n they_o live_v in_o as_o other_o people_n in_o so_o much_o that_o there_o be_v frequent_a complaint_n of_o this_o kind_a to_o be_v find_v in_o lucretius_n and_o other_o such_o heathen_a writer_n who_o very_a principle_n incline_v they_o to_o sensuality_n as_o well_o as_o avow_a atheism_n though_o according_a to_o the_o different_a principle_n they_o go_v upon_o they_o have_v give_v different_a account_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o matter_n but_o as_o the_o holy_a scripture_n give_v we_o the_o true_a account_n of_o the_o depravedness_n of_o human_a nature_n in_o general_a so_o it_o likewise_o best_o inform_v we_o of_o those_o reason_n which_o wicked_a man_n frame_v to_o themselves_o to_o defend_v their_o own_o wicked_a practice_n withal_o and_o among_o other_o this_o place_n which_o i_o have_v choose_v for_o the_o subject_a of_o my_o present_a discourse_n show_v we_o the_o pretend_a ground_n that_o they_o go_v upon_o when_o they_o resolve_v to_o do_v wicked_o and_o those_o be_v their_o doubt_n about_o or_o disbelief_n of_o a_o divine_a providence_n arise_v from_o their_o observation_n of_o the_o slowness_n of_o divine_a reward_n and_o punishment_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o these_o word_n i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o show_v these_o two_o thing_n i._o that_o all_o the_o impiety_n and_o profaneness_n of_o man_n usual_o either_o proceed_v from_o or_o be_v accompany_v with_o a_o disbelief_n or_o at_o least_o false_a notion_n of_o god_n and_o his_o providence_n or_o doubt_v about_o future_a reward_n and_o punishment_n ii_o that_o disbelief_n or_o doubt_v about_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n be_v 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