Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	child_n	die_v	receive_a	16	3	16.3371	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46985	A reply to the defense of the Exposition of the doctrin of the Church of England being a further vindication of the Bishop of Condom's exposition of the doctrin of the Catholic Church : with a second letter from the Bishop of Meaux.	Johnston, Joseph, d. 1723.	1687 (1687)	Wing J870; ESTC R36202	208,797	297

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other_o than_o st._n leo_n st._n chrysostom_n st._n ambrose_n st._n augustin_n st._n cyril_n and_o the_o holy_a pope_n syricius_n and_o innocentius_n all_o of_o they_o live_v within_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o four_o general_n council_n have_v he_o tell_v they_o also_o that_o these_o father_n do_v not_o only_o call_v it_o a_o mystery_n but_o a_o sacrament_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o ephes_n it_o vndecum_fw-la societon_fw-la nuptiarunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ab_fw-la ini●●o_fw-la constituta_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la praeter_fw-la sexuum_fw-la conjunctionem_fw-la haberet_fw-la in●se_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la dubium_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la mulierem_fw-la non_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la matrimenium_n in_o qu●_n docetur_fw-la nuptiale_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la mysterium_fw-la st._n leo_n epist._n 92._o ad_fw-la rusticum_n narbonensem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la c._n 4._o chrysost_n hom._n 20._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n express_v the_o union_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n have_v he_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o call_v the_o violation_n of_o it_o not_o only_o a_o sin_n against_o god_n and_o a_o breach_n of_o his_o law_n ephes_n law_n qui_fw-la sic_fw-la egerit_fw-la peceat_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la cujus_fw-la legem_fw-la violat_a gratiam_fw-la solvit_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la peccat_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la amittit_fw-la consortinum_fw-la ambr._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr abraham_n c._n 7_o ●●t_n ex_fw-la comment_n in_o c._n 5._o ad_fw-la ephes_n but_o a_o dissolve_v of_o grace_n a_o lose_v the_o consert_v of_o a_o heavenly_a sacrament_n and_o a_o 4._o a_o syricius_n papa_n epist_n 1._o cap._n 4._o sacrilege_n have_v he_o tell_v they_o that_o 22._o that_o cyrillus_n lib._n 2._o in_o joan._n c._n 22._o st._n cyril_n affirm_v that_o christ_n do_v not_o only_o sanctify_v marriage_n but_o prepare_v grace_n for_o it_o that_o our_o entrance_n into_o this_o life_n may_v be_v 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as_o that_o of_o christian_n upon_o what_o account_n be_v it_o in_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n make_v inseparable_a and_o tie_v to_o one_o and_o one_o if_o it_o neither_o signify_v the_o union_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n nor_o have_v a_o grace_n annex_v to_o it_o to_o enable_v person_n to_o overcome_v the_o innumerable_a difficulty_n which_o attend_v that_o state_n and_o possess_v their_o vessel_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o sanctification_n and_o honour_n and_o not_o in_o passion_n of_o lust_n and_o ignominy_n to_o preserve_v conjugal_a chastity_n in_o sickness_n and_o necessary_a absence_n to_o sweeten_v cohabitation_n and_o to_o enable_v they_o to_o bring_v up_o their_o child_n in_o the_o faith_n and_o fear_n of_o god_n for_o our_o part_n we_o acknowledge_v god_n mercy_n in_o give_v a_o grace_n in_o this_o sacrament_n for_o those_o great_a end_n sacrament_n marriage_n be_v grow_v contemptible_a in_o england_n since_o it_o be_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o sacrament_n but_o 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