Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	lord_n	truth_n	4,866	5	5.5488	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07186	Sions svveets, or, The spouses spikenard; and mysticall myrrhe / by Thomas Barnes, preacher of Gods vvord at St Margretts in New-fifth-street. London..	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1477.5; ESTC S124289	64,452	85

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sed_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n alone_o a_o speech_n much_o use_v by_o orthodoxal_a writer_n do_v not_o exclude_v the_o cause_n of_o justification_n without_o ourselves_o but_o it_o do_v include_v only_o but_o 1._o but_o quotie_n dicitur_fw-la solafides_fw-la iustificat_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la solamfiden_n esse_fw-la unicum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la &_o unicam_fw-la facultatem_fw-la quâ_fw-la recipitur_fw-la iustitia_fw-la christi_fw-la selnec_fw-la tract_n 3._o the_o fid_fw-we &_o sacram._n thes_n 1._o one_o faculty_n in_o ourselves_o by_o which_o alone_o we_o do_v apprehend_v that_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n which_o the_o lord_n do_v impute_v unto_o we_o for_o our_o justification_n whereupon_o say_v one_o by_o faith_n alone_o be_v not_o exclude_v superior_a cause_n as_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o merit_n of_o christ_n but_o middle_a cause_n which_o be_v coin_a by_o hypocrite_n as_o the_o strength_n of_o free_a will_n work_v merit_n etc._n etc._n so_o 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