Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	commandment_n	good_a	keep_v	2,571	5	5.4432	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21059	Tvvo treatises the one of Good conscicnce [sic]; shewing the nature, meanes, markes, benefits, and necessitie thereof. The other The mischiefe and misery of scandalls, both taken and given. Both published. by Ier: Dyke, minister of Gods Word at Epping in Essex.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Mischiefe and miserie of scandals both taken, and given. aut; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Good conscience. aut	1635 (1635)	STC 7428; ESTC S100168	221,877	565

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the_o minister_n with_o reproachful_a and_o disgraceful_a term_n to_o smite_v he_o with_o thy_o mouth_n how_o be_v thy_o conscience_n better_o than_o ananias_n his_o that_o command_v to_o smite_v paul_n on_o the_o mouth_n he_o that_o can_v brook_v that_o god_n minister_n shall_v not_o discharge_v a_o good_a conscience_n in_o preach_v to_o the_o conscience_n be_v bold_a to_o challenge_v that_o man_n for_o a_o man_n of_o a_o evil_a conscience_n 4._o that_o be_v a_o four_o note_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n sake_n 4_o note_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n to_o do_v duty_n for_o conscience_n sake_n rom._n 13._o 5._o you_o must_v be_v subject_a for_o conscience_n sake_n to_o do_v good_a or_o abstain_v from_o evil_a mere_o for_o conscience_n sake_n be_v a_o note_n of_o a_o right_n good_a conscience_n indeed_o conscience_n as_o we_o see_v before_o do_v excite_v and_o stir_v up_o and_o bind_v to_o the_o do_v of_o good_a and_o bind_v from_o the_o do_n of_o evil_a now_o when_o the_o conscience_n 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from_o a_o good_a conscience_n s_z description_n of_o a_o good_a man_n eccl._n 9_o 2._o be_v that_o he_o fear_v a_o oath_n he_o say_v not_o that_o swear_v not_o but_o that_o fear_v a_o oath_n for_o a_o man_n not_o to_o swear_v may_v be_v the_o fruit_n of_o good_a education_n and_o of_o the_o awe_n a_o man_n have_v stand_v in_o of_o his_o governor_n but_o to_o fear_v a_o oath_n argue_v that_o a_o man_n fear_v the_o commandment_n prov._n 13._o 13._o and_o to_o fear_v the_o commandment_n be_v the_o note_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n here_o let_v man_n conscience_n be_v try_v thou_o pray_v in_o thy_o family_n hear_v the_o word_n keep_v the_o sabbath_n etc._n etc._n now_o search_v thy_o heart_n and_o make_v inquiry_n what_o it_o be_v that_o carry_v thou_o to_o these_o duty_n do_v thou_o do_v they_o for_o conscience_n sake_n do_v thou_o find_v conscience_n to_o urge_v and_o press_v thou_o and_o to_o give_v satisfaction_n of_o the_o conscience_n and_o obedience_n to_o the_o injunction_n 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for_o conscience_n sake_n or_o else_o evil_a conscience_n you_o have_v in_o that_o you_o do_v the_o shechemite_n receive_v circumcision_n gen._n ●4_n and_o be_v not_o circumcision_n god_n ordinance_n and_o be_v it_o not_o joy_n of_o they_o that_o they_o will_v join_v to_o the_o church_n and_o profess_v the_o true_a religion_n yes_o sure_o if_o it_o be_v do_v for_o conscience_n ay_o but_o it_o be_v not_o do_v for_o conscience_n sake_n alas_o no_o such_o matter_n but_o for_o hamor_n sake_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o for_o shechems_n sake_n their_o young_a master_n and_o for_o the_o hope_n of_o gain_n sake_n shall_v not_o their_o cattle_n and_o their_o substance_n and_o every_o beast_n of_o they_o be_v we_o gen._n 34._o 23._o for_o the_o ox_n sake_n and_o not_o for_o conscience_n sake_n be_v the_o shechemite_v circumcise_v shechem_n for_o dinahs_n sake_n receive_v the_o sacrament_n oh_o the_o zeal_n and_o forwardness_n that_o some_o will_v profess_v on_o a_o sudden_a what_o 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quod_fw-la alius_fw-la moverit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la profecto_fw-la compescere_fw-la vos_fw-la potestis_fw-la nolle_n compescere_fw-la sine_fw-la culpa_fw-la erit_fw-la aut_fw-la velle_fw-la compescere_fw-la sine_fw-la gloria_fw-la erit_fw-la si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la vos_fw-la scandalum_fw-la cum_fw-la possitis_fw-la non_fw-la tollitis_fw-la plane_n non_fw-la impletis_fw-la ministerium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la bernard_n epist_n 200._o add_v vulgar_a episco_n audegav_n the_o which_o thing_n who_o so_o will_v not_o nor_o care_v not_o to_o do_v shall_v not_o be_v without_o blame_n and_o who_o so_o endeavour_n to_o do_v shall_v not_o be_v without_o his_o reward_n the_o which_o work_v who_o so_o do_v not_o when_o occasion_n serve_v fulfil_v not_o his_o ministry_n and_o the_o which_o work_n who_o so_o do_v he_o do_v a_o excellent_a and_o a_o worthy_a work_n even_o the_o work_n of_o angel_n ibid._n angel_n anon_o denique_fw-la ministerium_fw-la est_fw-la angelorum_fw-la tollere_fw-la scandala_fw-la 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zeal_n to_o remove_v the_o scandal_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o mischief_n it_o may_v do_v he_o burn_v with_o a_o holy_a fire_n of_o zeal_n to_o keep_v other_o from_o burn_v in_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n wherewith_o scandal_n do_v endanger_v they_o upon_o these_o ground_n have_v i_o be_v move_v &_o encourage_v to_o the_o publish_n of_o this_o follow_a treatise_n to_o try_v if_o by_o any_o mean_n either_o preach_v or_o print_v i_o may_v prevent_v the_o mischief_n of_o scandal_n be_v it_o that_o the_o fame_n of_o they_o do_v spread_v no_o far_o than_o the_o place_n where_o they_o happen_v this_o labour_n may_v have_v be_v spare_v but_o matth._n but_o sicut_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la alto_fw-mi cadit_fw-la grandem_fw-la sonum_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la audiant_fw-la omnes_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la de_fw-la alto_fw-mi gradu_fw-la cadit_fw-la ruina_fw-la illius_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la auditur_fw-la chrysost_n in_o matth._n as_o that_o which_o fall_v from_o a_o high_a place_n it_o be_v chrysostom_n comparison_n make_v a_o great_a noise_n so_o that_o all_o hear_v it_o so_o man_n that_o fall_v from_o a_o high_a degree_n of_o profession_n their_o fall_n be_v not_o without_o such_o a_o noise_n as_o be_v hear_v far_o and_o near_o it_o be_v needful_a therefore_o to_o proportion_v the_o remedy_n to_o the_o disease_n that_o the_o plaster_n shall_v be_v as_o broad_a as_o the_o sore_a and_o the_o medicine_n go_v as_o far_o as_o the_o poison_n when_o i_o see_v say_v paul_n that_o they_o walk_v not_o upright_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n i_o say_v unto_o peter_n before_o they_o all_o gal._n 2._o 14._o but_o why_o before_o they_o all_o why_o have_v he_o no_o more_o regard_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o peter_n why_o be_v it_o not_o speak_v to_o peter_n private_o and_o by_o himself_o alone_o why_o speak_v he_o that_o which_o may_v be_v to_o the_o discredit_n of_o peter_n before_o they_o all_o hierome_n give_v a_o good_a answer_n 2._o answer_n dixi_fw-la cephaee_fw-la publicum_fw-la scandalum_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la private_a curari_fw-la hieron_n in_o gal._n 2._o a_o public_a scandal_n can_v not_o be_v heal_v private_o it_o be_v very_o fit_a that_o public_a evil_n shall_v have_v public_a remedy_n if_o these_o endeavour_n of_o i_o such_o as_o they_o be_v shall_v through_o god_n blessing_n have_v such_o effect_n as_o to_o prevent_v any_o scandal_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v to_o save_v any_o from_o the_o danger_n of_o such_o as_o be_v already_o come_v or_o to_o bring_v any_o to_o repentance_n by_o who_o offence_n have_v come_v i_o shall_v have_v cause_n to_o think_v my_o time_n and_o pain_n happy_o bestow_v the_o several_a chapter_n of_o this_o treatise_n chap._n i._n the_o coherence_n and_o resolution_n of_o the_o text._n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o necessity_n of_o scandalous_a event_n in_o god_n church_n pag._n 7._o chap._n iii_o a_o