Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	heaven_n	mercy_n	sinner_n	3,875	5	9.4539	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07609	A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit	Molina, Antonio de, d. 1619?; Floyd, John, 1572-1649, attributed name.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?	1623 (1623)	STC 18001; ESTC S112780	50,509	307

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interest_n and_o profit_n and_o to_o spare_v great_a pain_n and_o labour_n and_o to_o enrich_v our_o poverty_n to_o supply_v our_o want_n out_o of_o treasury_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n we_o ought_v to_o procure_v with_o all_o diligence_n to_o dispose_v our_o self_n to_o celebrate_v and_o to_o assist_v at_o the_o most_o sacred_a mystery_n of_o the_o mass_n and_o to_o receive_v the_o most_o divine_a sacrament_n with_o all_o purity_n and_o perfection_n possible_a the_o external_a reverence_n and_o worship_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o holy_a mass_n chap._n xiiii_o hitherto_o we_o have_v set_v down_o consideration_n that_o may_v stir_v up_o in_o we_o inward_a reverence_n and_o devotion_n towards_o the_o holy_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n aswell_o in_o priest_n that_o celebrat_n as_o in_o other_o christian_n that_o assist_v thereat_o and_o although_o where_o inward_a reverence_n and_o worship_n be_v find_v there_o external_a reverence_n gravity_n composition_n and_o all_o other_o decent_a gate_n will_v not_o be_v want_v yet_o to_o make_v this_o treatise_n more_o full_a it_o will_v be_v convenient_a to_o add_v something_o also_o concern_v this_o second_o kind_n of_o reverence_n the_o want_n whereof_o be_v scandalous_a and_o occasion_n to_o many_o to_o think_v less_o reverent_o of_o the_o holy_a mystery_n also_o the_o time_n we_o live_v in_o may_v seem_v to_o require_v both_o of_o priest_n and_o layman_n that_o in_o this_o external_a reverence_n they_o be_v most_o punctual_a and_o exact_a concern_v the_o sacred_a ceremony_n and_o external_a rite_n of_o this_o divine_a oblation_n because_o the_o heretic_n of_o our_o time_n do_v oppose_v special_o against_o these_o ceremony_n &_o impugn_v the_o external_a rite_n and_o worship_n use_v by_o the_o catholic_a church_n in_o the_o divine_a service_n wherefore_o it_o be_v good_a