Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	pray_v	prayer_n	use_v	2,592	5	5.6421	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32724	A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects by Stephen Charnock.	Charnock, Stephen, 1628-1680.; Charnock, Stephen, 1628-1680. Works of the late learned divine, Stephen Charnock.	1683 (1683)	Wing C3711C; ESTC R24823	277,473	158

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do_v not_o commit_v sin_n nor_o can_v sin_v he_o commit_v it_o not_o potiùs_fw-la patitur_fw-la quàm_fw-la facit_fw-la he_o give_v not_o a_o full_a consent_n to_o it_o he_o hate_v it_o while_o he_o can_v escape_v it_o he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o committer_n of_o it_o as_o to_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n john_n 8.34_o he_o that_o commit_v sin_n be_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o serve_v with_o his_o mind_n the_o law_n of_o god_n he_o bestow_v not_o all_o his_o thought_n and_o labour_n upon_o sin_n in_o make_v provision_n for_o the_o flesh_n rom._n 13.14_o in_o be_v a_o caterer_n for_o sin_n he_o yield_v not_o up_o his_o member_n as_o instrument_n of_o unrighteousness_n unto_o sin_n he_o do_v not_o let_v sin_n reign_v in_o his_o mortal_a body_n nor_o yield_v a_o voluntary_a obedience_n to_o it_o in_o the_o lust_n thereof_o rom._n 6.12_o 13._o for_o be_v god_n son_n he_o can_v be_v sin_n servant_n he_o can_v sin_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n and_o so_o absolute_o as_o one_o 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every_o regenerate_a man_n i_o intend_v not_o to_o run_v through_o all_o the_o part_n of_o this_o text_n have_v only_o choose_v it_o as_o a_o bar_n to_o presumption_n which_o may_v be_v occasion_v by_o the_o former_a doctrine_n upon_o man_n false_a supposition_n of_o their_o have_a grace_n there_o need_v not_o any_o doctrine_n from_o the_o text_n but_o if_o you_o please_v take_v this_o doct._n there_o be_v a_o mighty_a difference_n between_o the_o sin_v of_o a_o regenerate_a and_o a_o natural_a man_n a_o regenerate_a man_n do_v not_o neither_o can_v commit_v sin_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o a_o unregenerate_a man_n do_v that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v mistake_v observe_v when_o i_o use_v the_o word_n may_v sin_v i_o understand_v it_o of_o a_o may_v of_o possibility_n not_o a_o may_v of_o lawfulness_n and_o when_o i_o say_v a_o regenerate_a man_n can_v sin_v so_o or_o so_o understand_v it_o of_o a_o settle_a habitual_a frame_n distinguish_v between_o passion_n and_o surprise_v a_o 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a_o hypocrite_n that_o he_o will_v not_o always_o delight_v himself_o in_o the_o almighty_a nor_o always_o call_v upon_o god_n job_n 27.10_o i_o e._n not_o customary_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o a_o delight_n in_o god_n in_o duty_n of_o worship_n be_v a_o property_n of_o a_o regenerate_a man_n a_o act_n of_o sin_n may_v impair_v his_o liveliness_n in_o they_o but_o not_o cause_v he_o whole_o to_o omit_v they_o we_o need_v not_o question_n but_o david_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o impenitency_n do_v go_v to_o the_o tabernacle_n attend_v upon_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o for_o ten_o month_n together_o he_o shall_v whole_o omit_v it_o though_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o be_v dead-hearted_n in_o it_o which_o be_v intimate_v when_o he_o desire_v a_o free_a spirit_n ps_n 51._o &_o pray_v for_o quicken_a psa_n 143.11_o one_o of_o his_o penitential_a psalm_n a_o total_a neglect_n of_o ordinance_n and_o duty_n be_v a_o shrewd_a sign_n of_o a_o total_a apostasy_n 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