Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	believe_v	confess_v	faith_n	4,621	5	5.6074	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76812	The covenant sealed. Or, A treatise of the sacraments of both covenants, polemicall and practicall. Especially of the sacraments of the covenant of grace. In which, the nature of them is laid open, the adæquate subject is largely inquired into, respective to right and proper interest. to fitnesse for admission to actual participation. Their necessity is made known. Their whole use and efficacy is set forth. Their number in Old and New Testament-times is determined. With several necessary and useful corollaries. Together with a brief answer to Reverend Mr. Baxter's apology, in defence of the treatise of the covenant. / By Thomas Blake, M.A. pastor of Tamworth, in the counties of Stafford and Warwick.	Blake, Thomas, 1597?-1657.; Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.	1655 (1655)	Wing B3144; Thomason E846_1; ESTC R4425	638,828	706

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18._o and_o i_o think_v no_o man_n believe_v that_o baptism_n do_v first_o put_v a_o man_n under_o such_o obligation_n some_o papist_n do_v charge_n upon_o we_o that_o we_o maintain_v that_o baptism_n deliver_v we_o from_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o therefore_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n anathematize_v those_o that_o hold_v it_o but_o never_o any_o i_o think_v be_v charge_v to_o say_v that_o baptism_n be_v our_o first_o obligation_n to_o it_o 2._o a_o unbaptised_a man_n be_v bind_v to_o endeavour_v to_o avoid_v damnation_n but_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v 3._o he_o be_v bind_v to_o endeavour_v to_o obtain_v salvation_n but_o we_o must_v believe_v with_o the_o heart_n and_o confess_v with_o the_o mouth_n to_o salvation_n 4._o baptism_n presuppose_v the_o covenant_n but_o the_o covenant_n as_o i_o have_v often_o say_v engage_v to_o believe_v 5._o none_o can_v be_v exempt_v from_o believe_v but_o they_o be_v withal_o exempt_v from_o repentance_n but_o unbaptised_a 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page_n 226_o the_o different_a practice_n of_o antiquity_n ibid._n schoolman_n divide_v about_o it_o ibid._n the_o present_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o

and_o so_o both_o seal_n be_v of_o equal_a latitude_n which_o yet_o be_v more_o plain_o express_v in_o his_o follow_a word_n but_o if_o you_o speak_v only_o of_o covenant-right_a to_o baptism_n coram_fw-la deo_fw-la by_o his_o gift_n of_o covenant_n than_o i_o make_v they_o of_o the_o same_o extent_n and_o i_o can_v tell_v what_o other_o covenant-right_a to_o speak_v of_o but_o that_o in_o which_o god_n avouch_v a_o people_n to_o be_v his_o and_o himself_o to_o be_v their_o god_n and_o i_o dare_v not_o have_v a_o thought_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o reality_n in_o his_o word_n for_o his_o distinction_n which_o he_o hint_n here_o and_o plain_o deliver_v elsewhere_o of_o right_a in_o foro_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o in_o foro_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la both_o to_o covenant_n and_o baptism_n i_o suppose_v considerate_a man_n will_v pause_v upon_o it_o before_o they_o receive_v it_o especial_o in_o the_o sense_n which_o he_o put_v upon_o it_o 1._o they_o may_v press_v he_o with_o his_o own_o rule_n 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