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	sin_n	sinner_n	3,410	5	7.5691	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72366	Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called the Lucydarye; Elucidarius	Honorius, of Autun, ca. 1080-ca. 1156.; Chertsey, Andrew.	1507 (1507)	STC 13685.5; ESTC S125242	28,310	52

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the_o wytche_n of_o the_o world_n ne_fw-fr all_o the_o devyls_n of_o hell_n ne_o can_v change_v one_o kind_n in_o to_o a_o other_o /_o as_z a_o man_n in_o to_o a_o dog_n /_o or_o a_o dog_n in_o to_o a_o ass_n /_o for_o it_o be_v impossyble_a unto_o they_o that_o to_o do_v /_o wherefore_o thou_o may_v well_o think_v that_o these_o feyrye_n that_o in_o such_o wise_n show_v they_o in_o dyvers_a form_z &_o kynde_v ne_o be_v man_n ne_o woman_n /_o ne_o other_o thing_n natural_a but_o be_v devylles_n that_o in_o such_o wise_n show_v they_o /_o &_o the_o which_o put_v they_o in_o their_o ydolle_n &_o speak_v &_o say_v some_o thing_n for_o to_o come_v by_o some_o conjecture_n /_o as_z by_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o body_n celestyalle_n /_o for_o otherwise_o the_o devyll_n have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n for_o to_o come_v &_o by_o this_o mean_a the_o say_v feyrye_n say_v that_o the_o people_n be_v desteny_v the_o one_o unto_o good_a that_o other_o to_o ill_a after_o the_o course_n of_o 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not_o govern_v he_o after_o his_o sensualyte_n &_o inclynacyon_n natural_a /_o ●ut_fw-la he_o shall_v govern_v he_o wise_o by_o reason_n follow_v the_o good_a &_o eschue_a the_o ill_n /_o for_o the_o will_n of_o man_n ●s_v so_o free_a that_o nothing_o ne_fw-fr may_v make_v it_o unfree_a /_o &_o if_o the_o man_n shall_v do_v good_a or_o ill_a by_o force_n ageyn_v his_o will_n he_o ne_o shall_v have_v liberal_a arbytre_fw-mi /_o &_o so_o his_o life_n shall_v have_v no_o meryte_n /_o the_o which_o thing_n be_v false_a and_o ageyn_v the_o faith_n /_o wherefore_o my_o child_n thou_o ne_fw-la shall_v believe_v it_o it_o be_v also_o defend_v upon_o the_o pain_n of_o dethe_v and_o of_o dampnacyon_n eternal_a /_o and_z in_o regard_n of_o the_o ●e_a word_n and_o of_o these_o speryte_n and_o elf_n /_o and_o also_o of_o many_o other_o vysyon_n that_o man_n say_v that_o they_o see_v by_o nyȝt_fw-la they_o be_v often_o devylles_n that_o put_v they_o in_o form_n of_o some_o deed_n body_n in_o feign_v his_o voice_n to_o tempt_v the_o person_n of_o some_o thing_n /_o for_o as_o say_v the_o psalmyst_n spiritus_fw-la vadens_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la rediens_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o after_z that_o the_o soul_n be_v depart_v from_o the_o body_z she_o gooth_o unto_o the_o pla●e_v where_o she_o have_v deserve_v wtout_fw-fr ever_o toretome_n till_o ●nto_n the_o day_n of_o jugement_n /_o if_o it_o be_v not_o by_o great_a necessyte_n /_o &_o great_a miracle_n /_o as_z we_o rede_v of_o lazare_n &_o of_o many_o other_o /_o but_z elf_n /_o gobelyn_v /_o &_o helquin_n that_o which_o man_n see_v by_o night_n /_o as_o man_n of_o arm_n trotting_a on_o horseback_n with_o great_a assemble_v /_o they_o been_v devylles_n the_o which_o be_v among_o we_o that_o which_o show_v theym_a in_o such_o a_o form_n and_o in_o many_o other_o form_z as_z of_o a_o dog_n /_o of_o a_o horse_n /_o of_o a_o tree_n /_o or_z of_o a_o stone_n /_o &_o in_o many_o other_o form_z for_o to_o tempt_v the_o man_n of_o some_o vice_n /_o &_o for_o to_o make_v he_o err_v in_o the_o faith_n /_o &_o sometime_o these_o devylles_n come_v unto_o the_o stable_n &_o find_v the_o horse_n &_o tourn_v all_o that_o the_o which_o be_v above_o undn_v by_o derysyon_n of_o the_o man_n &_o for_o to_o tempt_v he_o /_o and_o sometime_o they_o unbind_v the_o lytell_a thyldren_n and_o they_o cast_v from_o the_o cradle_n for_o to_o make_v the_o fader_fw-mi and_o the_o mother_n wroth_a &_o often_o kill_v the_o child_n when_o god_n it_o suffer_v /_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o fader_fw-mi /_o or_z of_o the_o mother_n /_o or_z for_o to_o prove_v they_o as_o he_o die_v job_n when_o he_o suffer_v that_o the_o devyll_n he_o die_v so_o many_o of_o ill_n /_o &_o of_o tourmente_n for_o to_o preve_v he_o in_o his_o great_a pacyence_n for_o without_o the_o permyssyon_n of_o god_n they_o have_v no_o puyssaunce_n /_o but_o be_v as_o the_o hang_fw-mi man_n the_o which_o wtout_fw-fr the_o bid_n of_o the_o juge_fw-fr ne_fw-fr may_v hang_fw-mi ne_fw-fr bete_a any_o evyll_n doer_n wherefore_o my_o child_n thou_o shall_v return_v that_o unto_o god_n &_o unto_o the_o saint_n &_o to_o live_v holy_o as_o say_v the_o psalmyst_n non_fw-la timebis_fw-la amore_fw-la nocturno_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o drede_v of_o choose_v folysshe_a vysyon_n by_o night_n for_o they_o ne_v be_v but_o illusyon_n make_v by_o the_o ennemye_n as_o it_o be_v say_v ¶_o master_n may_v the_o enemy_n be_v constrain_v to_o come_v by_o word_n or_o by_o sign_n my_o child_n nay_o /_o if_o he_o ne_o will_v /_o but_z they_o be_v the_o countenance_n that_o he_o have_v with_o those_z that_o ben_z of_o his_o sect_n the_o which_o in_o sa_v some_o word_n /_o or_z in_o make_v 〈…〉_o or_o cara●●●es_n thyder_n ●…keth_v that_o /_o that_z he_o demand_v /_o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o they_o hold_v the_o better_a in_o his_o line_n the_o master_n the_o dyscyple_a ¶_o master_n what_o say_v you_o of_o these_o dremes_n my_o child_n thou_o shall_v take_v no_o heed_n unto_o they_o for_o they_o ne_o be_v but_o vysyon_n of_o some_o thing_n on_o that_o which_o a_o man_n have_v thouȝt_a or_o seen_v before_o wake_a /_o &_o a_o man_n dreme_v often_o of_o that_o the_o which_o be_v semblable_a unto_o his_o complexyon_n ¶_o master_n how_o know_v the_o ꝓphete_n though_o dayye_n that_o the_o they_o see_v by_o dream_n my_o soon_o that_o be_v not_o by_o dremes_n all_o only_a /_o but_o it_o be_v by_o the_o revelacyon_n of_o god_n /_o for_o with_o the_o vysyon_n they_o have_v a_o ymagynacyon_n &_o believe_v especial_a in_o the_o bounte_n of_o our_o lord_n that_o /_o the_o thing_n that_o they_o have_v seen_v in_o sleep_a come_v ¶_o master_n since_o the_o god_n dyscend_v in_o earth_n for_o to_o save_v the_o sinner_n wherefore_o be_v they_o dampen_v my_o child_n there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o sinner_n in_o the_o world_n that_o &_o if_o he_o reknowelege_v his_o sin_n &_o cry_n god_n mercy_n with_o good_a herte_n but_o that_o he_o be_v perdon_v by_o the_o meryte_n of_o the_o do_v &_o passion_n of_o ihesu_n cryste_n /_o but_o those_z the_o will_v not_o knowledge_n their_o sin_n but_o be_v obstynate_n till_o unto_o the_o dethe_v /_o know_v thou_o that_o they_o be_v dampen_v eternal_o for_o god_n ne_o save_v the_o sinner_n the_o which_o will_v not_o save_v himself_o /_o &_o also_o paradyse_n be_v not_o deserve_v by_o sin_n but_o it_o be_v lose_v ¶_o master_n since_o that_o god_n dey_v for_o our_o sin_n wherefore_o be_v we_o baptyse_v

dymynuytion_n of_o their_o sin_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v &_o suffer_v in_o hell_n or_o they_o shall_v have_v increase_v of_o other_o great_a good_n temporel_n but_o god_n gyve_v of_o trybulacyon_n &_o adversytee_n unto_o the_o good_a for_o to_o prove_v they_o as_o unto_o job_n /_o &_o unto_o thobye_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o dysprayse_v the_o vanytee_n of_o this_o world_n /_o &_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o forgete_v their_o creature_n &_o that_o by_o their_o meryte_n in_o take_v all_o in_o pacyence_n they_o may_v have_v the_o glory_n of_o paradyse_n &_o sometime_o god_n they_o gyve_v of_o good_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o be_v the_o more_o charytable_n &_o that_o they_o augmenten_a in_o glory_n in_o parady_n the_o good_a die_v sometime_o anon_o to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o empeyre_n not_o for_o to_o avoid_v the_o peril_n &_o temptacyon_n the_o which_o be_v in_o this_o world_n /_o &_o also_o the_o good_a lyve_v sometime_o longe_o for_o to_o increase_v they_o in_o 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to_o do_v penance_n &_o satysfacconn_n how_o be_v it_o unto_o such_o purpose_n may_v they_o dye_v &_o in_o so_o great_a contrycyon_n of_o herte_fw-fr that_o god_n theym_n take_v unto_o mercy_n ¶_o master_n shall_v the_o rich_a &_o the_o poor_a be_v egallye_o guerdon_v &_o reward_v my_o child_n of_o as_o moche_v as_o they_o be_v the_o more_o sage_a &_o the_o more_o dygne_n of_o as_o moche_n shall_v they_o be_v the_o better_o reward_v when_o they_o shall_v be_v good_a and_o when_o that_o they_o shall_v mow_v be_v ill_a of_o as_o moche_n shall_v they_o be_v the_o more_o grevous_o punyssh_v ¶_o master_n may_o god_n do_v ill_a my_o child_n /_o nay_o /_o for_o how_o be_v it_o that_o he_o be_v all_o puissant_a /_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v not_o intend_v that_o he_o may_v do_v thing_n contrary_a unto_o rayson_a and_o that_o they_o ben_fw-mi impossyble_a to_o be_v ¶_o master_n wherefore_o suffer_v god_n that_o the_o beeste_n have_v so_o moche_n of_o pain_n /_o &_o also_o they_o have_v not_o 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those_o the_o which_o dampn_v theym selfe_o /_o for_o how_o be_v it_o that_o they_o se_fw-mi and_o know_v the_o danger_n that_o therein_o be_v /_o &_o also_o that_o they_o ben_fw-mi often_o scald_v by_o trybulacyon_n &_o adversytee_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o convert_v they_o &_o that_o by_o inspyracyon_n dyvyne_v they_o have_v some_o remor_n /_o how_o be_v it_o for_o that_o they_o cease_v not_o till_o unto_o the_o that_o of_o their_o own_o will_n &_o wtout_fw-fr any_o constraynt_n they_o put_v they_o so_o deep_a in_o the_o fire_n that_o they_o there_o abide_v &_o shall_v never_o go_v forth_o and_o how_o be_v it_o that_o god_n will_v of_o simple_a will_n that_o all_o man_n be_v save_v &_o have_v one_o so_o great_a a_o gift_n as_o the_o realm_n of_o parady_n without_o any_o meryte_n /_o and_z by_o such_o wise_n my_o child_n know_v thou_o that_o god_n have_v make_v the_o man_n not_o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o be_v dampen_v but_o to_o the_o end_n that_o by_o his_o holy_a 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