Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	call_v	lord_n	sinner_n	2,337	5	7.5568	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85674	An historical anatomy of Christian melancholy, sympathetically set forth, in a threefold state of the soul. 1 Endued with grace, 2 ensnared in sin, 3 troubled in conscience. With a concluding meditation on the fourth verse of the ninth chapter of Saint John. / By Edmund Gregory, sometimes Bachelour of Arts in Trin. Coll. Oxon.	Gregory, Edmund, b. 1615 or 16.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1885; Thomason E1145_1; ESTC R40271	96,908	160

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i_o say_v of_o be_v in_o a_o lesser_a degree_n of_o condemnation_n we_o can_v grant_v unto_o ourselves_o for_o we_o shall_v reason_v chief_o thus_o if_o god_n be_v most_o just_a as_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v he_o can_v but_o distribute_v equal_a right_a and_o justice_n unto_o all_o man_n and_o so_o he_o may_v not_o spare_v any_o one_o person_n more_o than_o other_o for_o any_o favour_n or_o respect_v whatsoever_o but_o only_o for_o their_o good_a behaviour_n and_o as_o they_o have_v better_o husband_v their_o time_n and_o his_o gift_n in_o they_o for_o will_v the_o righteous_a god_n of_o all_o the_o world_n judge_v partial_o no_o very_o he_o be_v truth_n itself_o far_o be_v it_o from_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 34._o of_o job_n and_o the_o 10_o verse_n that_o he_o shall_v do_v wickedness_n and_o from_o the_o almighty_a that_o he_o shall_v commit_v iniqutty_n for_o the_o work_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v he_o render_v unto_o he_o and_o cause_v every_o man_n to_o find_v 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have_v some_o reason_n in_o it_o in_o that_o we_o can_v deject_v ourselves_o as_o low_a as_o our_o sin_n deserve_v we_o know_v so_o much_o of_o ourselves_o that_o we_o can_v but_o think_v all_o other_o better_o than_o ourselves_o who_o be_v so_o exceed_o bad_a in_o ourselves_o i_o say_v again_o as_o it_o have_v reason_n in_o it_o due_o consider_v the_o unhappy_a state_n of_o sin_n and_o this_o transcendent_a unhappiness_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v now_o so_o full_a of_o the_o hell_n of_o torment_a distemper_n and_o despair_n that_o we_o can_v think_v ourselves_o possible_o capable_a of_o that_o most_o holy_a place_n and_o glorious_a condition_n which_o be_v only_o fit_a for_o the_o purity_n of_o saint_n and_o angel_n yet_o be_v there_o no_o question_n a_o kind_n of_o close_a stubbornness_n usual_o join_v with_o it_o even_o in_o this_o our_o low_a dejection_n thus_o i_o say_v there_o may_v be_v though_o we_o do_v not_o all_o perceive_v it_o too_o much_o stomach_n in_o we_o too_o much_o stomach_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v since_o that_o god_n have_v not_o deliver_v we_o from_o these_o sin_n and_o wretched_a untowardness_n we_o be_v therefore_o as_o it_o be_v careless_a to_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o punishment_n as_o if_o a_o father_n for_o some_o discontent_n shall_v shut_v his_o child_n out_o of_o door_n for_o a_o hour_n or_o two_o though_o perchance_o the_o father_n afterward_o will_v let_v he_o come_v in_o yet_o forsooth_o he_o will_v not_o but_o in_o a_o mog_a humour_n lie_v abroad_o all_o night_n so_o very_o in_o this_o aforesaid_a passage_n and_o conclusion_n of_o mind_n as_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v not_o much_o unlike_a with_o we_o as_o if_o god_n have_v fcarce_o deal_v well_o enough_o with_o we_o to_o let_v we_o fall_v into_o these_o snare_n of_o sin_n and_o distraction_n therefore_o now_o peradventure_o in_o this_o case_n we_o do_v not_o much_o care_n for_o mercy_n our_o melancholy_a forsake_a soul_n as_o david_n in_o the_o 77._o psalm_n refuse_v comfort_n and_o as_o jacob_n at_o the_o suppose_a news_n of_o ●osephs_n death_n in_o the_o 37._o of_o genesis_n will_v not_o take_v comfort_n of_o his_o friend_n so_o now_o either_o we_o can_v or_o will_v not_o take_v comfort_n from_o other_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o tell_v tru_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n for_o sin_n these_o motion_n have_v so_o deep_a a_o secrecy_n the_o truth_n thereof_o there_o be_v none_o can_v well_o descry_v as_o i_o say_v let_v the_o cause_n be_v what_o it_o will_v be_v either_o real_a or_o imaginary_a or_o delude_v for_o note_v this_o that_o the_o excess_n of_o melancholy_n in_o many_o of_o we_o be_v altogether_o a_o strong_a distemper_a delusion_n of_o fancy_n however_o sure_a enough_o it_o be_v to_o our_o seem_n that_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o receive_v it_o because_o whatsoever_o be_v say_v to_o we_o by_o any_o of_o our_o friend_n or_o other_o in_o the_o way_n of_o comfort_v we_o now_o in_o this_o our_o extreme_a distress_n of_o mind_n for_o the_o most_o 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