Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	believe_v	faith_n	holy_a	10,213	4	5.4982	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46809	The blind guide, or, The doting doctor composed by way of reply to a late tediously trifling pamphlet, entituled, The youngling elder, &c., written by John Goodwin ... : this reply indifferently serving for the future direction of the seducer himself, and also of those his mis-led followers, who with him are turned enemies to the word and grace of God : to the authority of which word, and the efficacie of which grace are in this following treatise, succinctly, yet satisfactorily vindicated from the deplorably weak and erroneous cavills of the said John Goodwin in his late pamphlet / by William Jenkyn ...	Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685.	1648 (1648)	Wing J645; ESTC R32367	109,133	166

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opinion_n long_o before_o you_o be_v bear_v 2._o if_o the_o latter_a be_v your_o opinion_n viz._n that_o natural_a man_n be_v 〈…〉_o their_o present_a and_o actual_a indisposednesse_n and_o 〈…〉_o etc._n etc._n beside_o that_o i_o save_v confute_v it_o before_o it_o be_v evident_o coutrary_a to_o those_o texes_z of_o scripture_n impudent_o and_o impertinent_o cite_v by_o yourself_o for_o yourself_o as_o matt._n 12.24_o hew_v 〈◊〉_d be_v evil_a speak_v good_a thing_n joh._n 5.44_o how_o can_v you_o believe_v etc._n etc._n job_n 6.44_o no_o man_n can_v come_v to_o i_o unless_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n jo._n 12.39_o therefore_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v etc._n etc._n joh._n 15._o without_o we_o can_v d●_n nothing_o and_o joh._n 14.17_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n which_o the_o world_n can_v receive_v etc._n etc._n rom._n 8.8_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v pltase_v god_n to_o which_o you_o may_v as_o well_o have_v add_v have_v it_o not_o oppose_v you_o a_o little_a 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spiritual_a principle_n and_o faculty_n suitable_a to_o the_o duty_n and_o performance_n which_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v unable_a to_o do_v with_o ut_fw-la i_o you_o can_v do_v nothing_o 15.5_o joh._n 15.5_o 1_o cor._n 2_o 14_o the_o natural_a man_n can_v know_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v spiritual_o discern_v mat._n 7.18_o a_o corrupt_a tree_n can_v bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n mat._n 12.34_o how_o can_v you_o be_v ●bill_n speak_v good_a thing_n rom._n 8.8_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n can_v please_v god_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a man_n impotency_n proceed_v from_o the_o defect_n of_o a_o spiritual_a principle_n so_o for_o the_o removal_n of_o that_o impotency_n god_n bestow_v a_o new_a principle_n of_o spiritual_a life_n which_o be_v needless_a if_o man_n impotency_n proceed_v only_o from_o actual_a indisposednesse_n ezek._n 36.26_o a_o new_a heart_n will_v i_o give_v you_o and_o a_o new_a spirit_n will_v i_o put_v into_o you_o and_o i_o will_v give_v you_o a_o heart_n of_o flesh_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o impotency_n that_o proceed_v only_o from_o actual_a indisposednesse_n or_o unwillingness_n be_v clear_a in_o that_o a_o natural_a man_n can_v but_o be_v indispose_v 6.44_o joh._n 6.44_o and_o unwilling_a to_o every_o spiritual_a act_n to_o believe_v and_o repent_v etc._n etc._n no_o man_n can_v come_v to_o i_o except_o the_o father_n draw_v he_o 14.17_o joh._n 14.17_o no_o man_n can_v be_v willing_a or_o consent_n unless_o the_o father_n make_v he_o so_o the_o world_n can_v receive_v the_o spirit_n the_o like_a also_o be_v evident_a from_o rom._n 8.7_o the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v enmity_n against_o god_n and_o can_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n these_o be_v the_o principal_a passage_n which_o i_o find_v in_o his_o book_n wherein_o he_o pretend_v either_o to_o scripture_n or_o argument_n for_o indeed_o the_o business_n of_o argumentation_n be_v but_o the_o by-worke_n of_o this_o his_o big_a work_n the_o bulk_n of_o his_o book_n be_v a_o heap_n of_o defamation_n and_o scurrility_n fit_a for_o a_o sink_n than_o a_o study_n concern_v which_o i_o say_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o return_v he_o revile_v for_o revileng_v but_o this_o be_v to_o lay_v aside_o the_o minister_n the_o christian_a nay_o the_o man_n and_o as_o ridiculous_a as_o for_o a_o man_n who_o a_o ass_n have_v kick_v 1._o yo._n eld._n p._n 1._o to_o kick_v the_o ass_n again_o i_o shall_v couclude_v i_o mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la as_o m._n goodwin_n begin_v his_o though_o more_o true_o for_o a_o great_a part_n of_o mr._n goodwin_n his_o pamphlet_n the_o constitution_n and_o complexion_n of_o it_o ease_v i_o of_o the_o labour_n of_o make_v any_o answer_n or_o reply_v unto_o it_o for_o consist_v of_o such_o reproach_n vilification_n and_o disparagement_n the_o madness_n whereof_o be_v sufficient_o know_v unto_o and_o cry_v out_o against_o by_o all_o man_n i_o shall_v but_o actum_fw-la agere_fw-la and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v abundant_o do_v already_o to_o my_o bond_n if_o i_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o possess_v man_n of_o sobriety_n and_o judgement_n with_o the_o unsavourinesse_n thereof_o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 5._o marg._n read_v ac._n 1._o 25._o p._n 2._o l._n ult_n for_o stream_n read_v steame_n p._n 13._o l._n 35._o r._n poor_a than_o himself_o p_o 14._o l._n 25._o instead_o of_o for_o r._n only_o ●o_o amaze_v p_o 17_o l._n 2._o r._n their_o l._n 3_o r._n not_o p._n 26._o l._n 25._o r._n neaver_n p._n 31._o m._n r._n cc._n de_fw-fr scar._n d_o 36._o m._n l._n 15._o r_o divinarum_fw-la p._n 37_o l._n 15._o r._n wa●_n p._n 40_o l._n penult_n r_o place_n what_o follower_n p._n 41._o l._n 32_o r._n sumimus_fw-la p._n 43._o m_o r._n script_n p._n 47._o l_o 3●_n r._n tradita_fw-la p._n 58._o l._n r._n reveal_v p._n 77._o m._n r._n hominis_fw-la p._n 77._o m._n r._n efficaciffir●_n p._n 80._o m_o r._n concupiscentem_fw-la p._n 81._o l._n 11._o r._n illum_fw-la p._n 85._o m._n r._n qua_fw-la semper_fw-la mala_fw-la ib._n l._n arb●_n they_o p._n 86._o l._n 25._o l._n scripture_n p._n 87._o l._n 14._o r._n make_v p._n 88_o l._n 25._o r._n undervalew_v ib._n in_o m._n ●_o ut_fw-la p._n 89._o m._n l._n perpetrando_fw-la p._n 94._o l._n 34._o r._n and._n l._n penult_n deal_v you_o p._n 95._o l._n 9_o r._n causality_n p._n 93._o l._n 5._o deal_n of_o p._n 117._o l._n 30._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d