Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	lord_n	rest_n	sabbath_n	4,346	5	9.4970	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41191	A sober enquiry into the nature, measure and principle of moral virtue, its distinction from gospel-holiness with reflections upon what occurs disserviceable to truth and religion in this matter : in three late books, viz. Ecclesiastical policy, Defence and continuation, and Reproof to The rehearsal transpos'd / by R.F.	Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714.	1673 (1673)	Wing F760; ESTC R15565	149,850	362

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that_o essential_o belong_v to_o they_o ●_o interrogas_fw-la quid_fw-la petam_fw-la ex_fw-la virtute_fw-la ipsam●_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la melius_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pretium_fw-la svi_fw-la est●_n senec._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr beat_v vid._n etiam_fw-la de_fw-la clement_n cap._n 1._o &_o epist._n 113._o but_o first_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d palpable_a contradiction_n that_o any_o action_n or_o habit_n shall_v be_v moral_o beautiful_a otherwise_o than_o as_o it_o respect_v god_n who_o nature_n and_o will_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o all_o its_o moral_a pulchritude_n and_o therefore_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o its_o model_n yea_o not_o only_a the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o his_o nature_n require_v that_o whatever_o derive_v from_o he_o either_o as_o its_o idea_n or_o source_n shall_v be_v ultimate_o resolve_v and_o terminate_v in_o he_o as_o its_o centre_n second_o it_o be_v most_o false_a that_o either_o habit_n or_o act_n can_v be_v rational_o choose_v or_o final_o rest_v in_o for_o itself_o but_o either_o some_o benefit_n to_o ourselves_o and_o friend_n or_o the_o honour_n and_o glory_n of_o some_o other_o must_v be_v propose_v and_o intend_v by_o they_o for_o as_o all_o habit_n be_v desire_v in_o reference_n to_o action_n and_o operation_n so_o if_o in_o every_o action_n we_o design_v not_o a_o end_n in_o order_n to_o the_o attainment_n of_o which_o we_o so_o act_v we_o declare_v ourselves_o brutish_a and_o irrational_a though_o brutus_n be_v as_o far_o tincture_v with_o a_o persuasion_n that_o virtue_n be_v its_o own_o end_n and_o reward_n as_o any_o man_n else_o whatsoever_o yet_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o he_o reckon_v upon_o the_o accruement_n of_o something_o else_o by_o it_o whereof_o judge_v himself_o disappoint_v he_o proclaim_v virtue_n to_o be_v but_o a_o empty_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o shall_v shut_v up_o this_o with_o a_o sentence_n or_o two_o of_o austin_n virtutes_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la 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from_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o religion_n in_o its_o utmost_a latitude_n that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a measure_n of_o moral_a virtue_n §_o 7._o we_o come_v next_o to_o consider_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o right_a reason_n as_o it_o be_v objective_n in_o the_o decalogue_n which_o we_o have_v declare_v to_o be_v a_o transcript_n of_o the_o law_n of_o creation_n chap._n 2._o §_o 4._o and_o have_v also_o demonstrate_v its_o perfection_n and_o sufficiency_n for_o the_o regulate_v the_o duty_n we_o be_v under_o by_o the_o say_a law_n chap._n 2._o §_o 13._o we_o can_v without_o very_o unbecoming_a thought_n of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o legislator_n but_o judge_v it_o a_o complete_a measure_n of_o all_o moral_a office_n and_o performance_n see_v god_n design_v it_o for_o a_o law_n of_o morality_n for_o as_o plato_n say_v it_o belong_v to_o a_o lawgiver_n not_o only_o to_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o a_o few_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o to_o have_v a_o universal_a respect_n to_o all_o and_o to_o every_o virtue_n the_o legib_n 10._o nor_o can_v this_o be_v deny_v of_o the_o supreme_a rector_n presuppose_v he_o supernatural_o to_o reveal_v a_o law_n of_o manner_n without_o reflection_n both_o on_o his_o nature_n and_o government_n we_o will_v allow_v the_o orator_n to_o complain_v latius_fw-la patere_fw-la officiorum_fw-la quam_fw-la juris_fw-la regulam_fw-la that_o there_o be_v more_o belong_v to_o our_o duty_n than_o ever_o be_v enact_v by_o any_o civil_a law_n but_o we_o dare_v not_o entertain_v the_o like_a thought_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n especial_o when_o it_o be_v give_v by_o god_n for_o this_o very_a end_n that_o we_o may_v be_v illuminate_v and_o conduct_v by_o it_o in_o the_o office_n of_o morality_n it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o concern_n at_o present_a to_o inquire_v whether_o the_o decalogue_n comprehend_v any_o more_o in_o it_o than_o a_o transcript_n of_o the_o original_a law_n or_o whether_o beside_o its_o be_v a_o 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