Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	denial_n	great_a	reservation_n	191	4	15.7961	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33343	The saints nosegay, or, A posie of 741 spirituall flowers both fragrant and fruitfull, pleasant and profitable / collected and composed by Samuel Clark.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1642 (1642)	Wing C4555; ESTC R23711	51,972	277

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help_n of_o god_n spirit_n or_o else_o it_o be_v no_o sacrifice_n fit_a for_o the_o lord_n 334_o when_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o escape_v a_o danger_n a_o christian_n can_v go_v by_o heaven_n as_o daedalus_n restatiter_fw-la coelo_fw-la coelo_fw-la tentabimus_fw-la ire_fw-la 335_o let_v papist_n number_v their_o bead_n that_o give_v their_o prayer_n to_o god_n by_o number_n not_o by_o zeal_n but_o let_v saint_n tell_v their_o tear_n till_o they_o be_v without_o number_n 336_o tertullian_n say_v that_o we_o shall_v make_v prayer_n fat_a with_o fast_n which_o ordinary_o be_v starve_v with_o formality_n 337_o god_n child_n have_v the_o altar_n of_o christ_n to_o receive_v the_o incense_n of_o christ_n to_o perfume_v the_o name_n and_o intercession_n of_o christ_n to_o present_v their_o prayer_n to_o god_n by_o 338_o god_n child_n shall_v proportion_v the_o vehemency_n of_o their_o prayer_n to_o the_o violence_n and_o urgency_n of_o their_o lust_n and_o temptation_n that_o 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sleep_v to_o make_v we_o awake_v out_o of_o our_o sleep_n and_o cry_v the_o loud_o to_o wake_v he_o out_o of_o his_o seem_a sleep_n psal_n 44.23.24_o 348_o god_n hear_v his_o child_n when_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o hear_v they_o to_o their_o profit_n though_o not_o to_o their_o pleasure_n he_o be_v present_a when_o he_o delay_v they_o yea_o he_o be_v present_a in_o that_o he_o do_v delay_v they_o and_o that_o be_v better_a than_o present_a with_o they_o that_o for_o the_o present_a be_v deny_v they_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o mercy_n in_o that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o forward_o to_o show_v mercy_n 349_o faithful_a prayer_n be_v ordain_v of_o god_n to_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o obtain_v what_o we_o desire_v and_o pray_v for_o and_o therefore_o be_v never_o put_v up_o in_o vain_a but_o shall_v have_v a_o answer_n 1._o john_n 5.14.15_o for_o where_o god_n give_v a_o heart_n to_o speak_v he_o have_v a_o ear_n to_o hear_v 350_o not_o the_o gift_n but_o the_o grace_n in_o prayer_n be_v they_o that_o move_v the_o lord_n 351_o as_o we_o stick_v the_o letter_n of_o friend_n in_o our_o window_n or_o carry_v they_o in_o our_o bosom_n that_o we_o may_v remember_v to_o answer_v they_o so_o the_o petition_n of_o god_n people_n pass_v not_o out_o of_o his_o sight_n till_o he_o send_v a_o answer_n 352_o as_o a_o sermon_n be_v not_o do_v when_o the_o preacher_n have_v do_v because_o it_o be_v not_o do_v till_o it_o be_v practise_v so_o our_o prayer_n be_v not_o hear_v when_o yet_o make_v but_o we_o must_v wait_v for_o and_o attend_v a_o answer_n 353_o when_o we_o have_v put_v up_o a_o faithful_a prayer_n god_n be_v make_v our_o debtor_n by_o his_o promise_n and_o we_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o his_o payment_n and_o give_v he_o a_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o receipt_n of_o it_o or_o else_o he_o lose_v of_o his_o glory_n 354_o when_o god_n intend_v not_o to_o hear_v he_o lay_v the_o key_n of_o prayer_n out_o of_o the_o way_n as_o be_v loath_a that_o such_o precious_a breath_n 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when_o they_o be_v answer_v oblique_o 359_o as_o when_o sin_n be_v punish_v misery_n come_v then_o in_o like_o army_n in_o troop_n so_o when_o prayer_n be_v answer_v usual_o mercy_n come_v thick_a and_o tumble_v in_o 360_o temporal_a thing_n grant_v out_o of_o ordinary_a providence_n only_o do_v increase_v our_o lust_n and_o be_v snare_n to_o we_o but_o obtain_v by_o prayer_n they_o be_v sanctify_v to_o we_o 361_o prayer_n and_o thanks_o be_v like_o the_o double_a motion_n of_o the_o lung_n the_o air_n that_o be_v suck_v in_o by_o prayer_n be_v breathe_v forth_o again_o by_o thanks_n 362_o thing_n long_o defer_v and_o at_o last_o obtain_v by_o prayer_n prove_v most_o comfortable_a and_o stable_a blessing_n 363_o as_o a_o wicked_a man_n deliverance_n and_o the_o grant_v his_o request_n lay_v a_o foundation_n and_o be_v a_o reservation_n of_o he_o to_o a_o worse_a judgement_n so_o the_o denial_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n prayer_n be_v for_o his_o great_a good_a and_o be_v lay_v as_o a_o 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