Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	bless_a	father_n	lord_n	5,208	5	3.8746	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85510	A modest vindication of the doctrine of conditions in the Covenant of Grace, and the defenders thereof, from the aspersions of arminianism & popery, which Mr. W. E. cast on them. By the late faithful and godly minister Mr. John Graile, minister of the gospel at Tidworth in the county of Wilts. Published with a preface concerning the nature of the Covenant of Grace, wherein is a discovery of the judgment of Dr. Twisse in the point of justification, clearing him from antinomianism therein. By Constant Jessop, minister of the Gospel at Wimborn minister in the county of Dorset. Whereunto is added, a sermon, preached at the funeral of the said Mr. John Grail. By Humphrey Chambers, D.D. and pastor of the church at Pewsie.	Graile, John.; Chambers, Humphrey, 1598 or 9-1662.; Jessop, Constantine, 1601 or 2-1658. Pauls sad farewel to his Ephesians.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1477; Thomason E817_1; Thomason E817_2; ESTC R207370	97,971	125

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ut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la salutem_fw-la quidem_fw-la antecedentem_fw-la sed_fw-la electionem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la consequentem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la à_fw-la nostris_fw-la negatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la summam_fw-la verò_fw-la cum_fw-la religione_fw-la constant_a traeditum_fw-la cor._n de_fw-fr elect._n c._n 1._o §._o 4._o p._n 7._o 7._o 2_o thes_n 2._o 11._o 11._o rejoynder_n p._n 47._o 47._o si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la haec_fw-la esset_fw-la mens_fw-la et_fw-la sententia_fw-la synodi_fw-la quod_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la vellet_fw-la monstrare_fw-la illum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la jam_fw-la diximus_fw-la modum_fw-la et_fw-la ordinem_fw-la quo_fw-la juxta_fw-la scripturae_fw-la traditionem_fw-la deus_fw-la utitur_fw-la quando_fw-la homines_fw-la vult_fw-la deducere_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la scriptura_fw-la tradit_fw-la procedere_fw-la tribuerent_fw-la non_fw-la viribus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la operationi_fw-la sp._n sancti_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la praeparationibus_fw-la constituerem_fw-la meritum_fw-la aut_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la justificemur_fw-la facilè_fw-la posset_n de_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la praeparationis_fw-la dextrè_n juxta_fw-la scripturam_fw-la intellecto_fw-la conveniri_fw-la exam._n part_n 1_o p._n 172._o 172._o falsum_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o 9_o canone_o nobis_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la docemus_fw-la nullum_fw-la plane_n motum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la donatum_fw-la et_fw-la excitatum_fw-la praece_v ere_o acceptionem_fw-la justificationis_fw-la omnino_fw-la enim_fw-la docemus_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la et_fw-la contritionem_fw-la praecedere_fw-la non_fw-la dicimus_fw-la praecedere_fw-la tanquam_fw-la meritum_fw-la quod_fw-la suâ_fw-la dignitate_fw-la cooperatur_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la consequendam_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la sensus_fw-la morbi_fw-la aut_fw-la dolour_n vulneris_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la meritum_fw-la sanationis_fw-la sed_fw-la urget_fw-la et_fw-la impellit_fw-la ad_fw-la desiderandum_fw-la quaerendum_fw-la et_fw-la sucipiendum_fw-la medicum_fw-la medicum_fw-la at_o evangelium_fw-la non_fw-la promittit_fw-la salutem_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la conditione_n legis_fw-la observandae_fw-la neque_fw-la id_fw-la nostrumquisquam_fw-la docuit_fw-la modò_fw-la ne_fw-la conditio_fw-la pro_fw-la merito_fw-la sumatur_fw-la tom_fw-mi 3._o l._n 15._o c._n 2._o §_o 9_o nam_fw-la et_fw-la fidei_fw-la conditio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la antecedens_fw-la sed_fw-la consequens_fw-la quia_fw-la nullum_fw-la fidei_fw-la meritum_fw-la attenditur_fw-la sive_fw-la fides_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la salutis_fw-la salutis_fw-la non_fw-la negamus_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la ullam_fw-la relationem_fw-la habere_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la habent_fw-la enim_fw-la relationem_fw-la adjuncti_fw-la consequentis_fw-la et_fw-la effecti_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la adeptam_fw-la et_fw-la adjuncti_fw-la antecedentis_fw-la ac_fw-la disponentis_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la adipiscendam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la argumenti_fw-la confirmantis_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la ac_fw-la spem_fw-la salutis_fw-la sed_fw-la negamus_fw-la ulla_fw-la opera_fw-la nostra_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la meritoriam_fw-la justificationis_fw-la ac_fw-la salutis_fw-la bel._n enter_v tom_n 4._o lib._n 6_o cap_n 6._o 6._o promissiones_fw-la cum_fw-la conditione_n obedientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la juris_fw-la quod_fw-la habemus_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la promissam_fw-la sunt_fw-la propriae_fw-la legis_fw-la sed_fw-la promissiones_fw-la cum_fw-la conditione_n obedientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la adjuncti_fw-la aut_fw-la effecti_fw-la rei_fw-la promissae_fw-la vel_fw-la dona●ionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum_fw-la suum_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o benignissimae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la regno_fw-la ubi_fw-la meritis_fw-la nostris_fw-la nullus_fw-la habetur_fw-la locus_fw-la cap._n 5._o §._o 2._o 2._o haec_fw-la et_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la opera_fw-la cordis_fw-la interna_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnibus_fw-la justificatis_fw-la necessaria_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la contineant_fw-la in_o se_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la seu_fw-la meritum_fw-la justificationis_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la juxta_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la divinam_fw-la vel_fw-la requirentur_fw-la ut_fw-la conditione_n praeviae_fw-la seu_fw-la concurrentes_fw-la sicuti_fw-la poenitere_fw-la et_fw-la credere_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la effecta_fw-la à_fw-la fide_fw-la justificante_fw-la necessariò_fw-la manartia_fw-la ut_fw-la amare_fw-la deum_fw-la diligere_fw-la proximum_fw-la de_fw-fr just_a act_n cap._n 30._o q._n 1._o

6_o 15._o john_n 8._o 24_o matth._n 18._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_v 11._o 26._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_v 5._o 36._o if_o but_o if_o unless_o except_o only_o si_fw-mi sin_n modo_fw-la dum_fw-la dummodo_fw-la be_v conditional_a when_o i_o learn_v my_o grammar_n 3._o the_o office_n of_o the_o ministry_n what_o be_v it_o for_o but_o to_o prepare_v people_n for_o mercy_n by_o work_v something_o in_o they_o that_o may_v fit_v they_o for_o the_o receipt_n of_o the_o benefit_n promise_v in_o the_o new_a covenant_n as_o john_n be_v so_o be_v they_o to_o be_v christ_n harbinger_n and_o be_v to_o make_v ready_a a_o people_n prepare_v for_o the_o lord_n luke_n 1._o 17._o to_o preach_v to_o they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v 1_o thess_n 2._o 16._o to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o from_o darkness_n to_o light_n and_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n etc._n etc._n act_v 26_o 18._o 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