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
A73391	Five sermons, preached upon several texts by that learned and worthy divine, Thomas Wetherel, B.D. sometimes fellow of Gonevile and Caius Colledge in Cambridge, and parson of Newton in Suffolke.	Wetherel, Thomas, 1586-1630.	1635 (1635)	STC 25292.3; ESTC S125573	76,283	292

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about_o to_o speak_v so_o much_o for_o god_n punishment_n i_o hope_v marcion_n spirit_n live_v in_o no_o man_n now_o to_o think_v god_n can_v be_v both_o good_a and_o a_o judge_n and_o yet_o i_o know_v there_o be_v many_o who_o think_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n swallow_v up_o his_o justice_n hence_o spring_v that_o erroneous_a conceit_n which_o they_o say_v once_o possess_v origen_n that_o after_o some_o time_n of_o punishment_n all_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v hence_o that_o opinion_n also_o that_o all_o cross_n in_o this_o life_n be_v to_o no_o sort_n of_o man_n punishment_n but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admonition_n to_o reclaim_v they_o hence_o also_o that_o conceit_n of_o many_o that_o though_o they_o live_v wicked_o i_o and_o evil_n befall_v they_o yet_o they_o be_v in_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n but_o what_o have_v former_o be_v say_v sheweth_z the_o contrary_a to_o leave_v they_o therefore_o and_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n god_n revenge_a hand_n which_o we_o 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blood_n and_o therefore_o neither_o require_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o humane_a blood_n himself_o nor_o will_v have_v his_o delight_n in_o blood_n 1._o he_o require_v none_o such_o himself_n nay_o he_o forbid_v the_o israelite_n to_o imitate_v this_o devellish_a custom_n of_o the_o heathen_a deut._n 12._o 31._o once_o indeed_o he_o command_v abraham_n to_o offer_v up_o his_o son_n isaac_n for_o a_o whole_a burn_a sacrifice_n but_o it_o be_v only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o try_v his_o obedience_n and_o while_o abraham_n be_v about_o the_o business_n god_n send_v a_o countermand_n ne_o extendas_fw-la manum_fw-la super_fw-la pverum_fw-la for_o a_o world_n let_v not_o i_o cause_v thou_o to_o butcher_v thy_o son_n jephthai_n be_v the_o only_a man_n who_o some_o divine_n conceive_v to_o have_v sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n according_a to_o his_o vow_n but_o that_o fact_n of_o he_o if_o he_o do_v it_o have_v no_o approbation_n from_o god_n the_o scripture_n leave_v it_o uncensured_a 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he_o have_v declare_v divers_a way_n 1._o by_o his_o command_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v we_o see_v in_o the_o decalogue_n that_o next_o after_o his_o own_o worship_n and_o the_o duty_n to_o be_v do_v to_o parent_n who_o he_o have_v give_v unto_o we_o as_o god_n in_o his_o stead_n in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o give_v this_o precept_n against_o blood_n as_o be_v most_o dishonourable_a unto_o he_o in_o deface_v his_o image_n wherein_o he_o make_v man_n gen._n 9_o 8._o and_o most_o injurious_a to_o man_n who_o great_a good_n be_v thereby_o destroy_v 2._o by_o renew_v this_o commandment_n visible_o in_o the_o beast_n which_o be_v daily_o slay_v for_o sacrifice_n for_o whereas_o some_o part_n of_o they_o be_v allot_v to_o the_o priest_n use_v some_o part_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o people_n god_n express_o command_v that_o neither_o priest_n nor_o people_n shall_v have_v share_n in_o the_o blood_n but_o it_o shall_v be_v sprinkle_v upon_o the_o ground_n as_o water_n ad_fw-la 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it_o be_v direct_o express_v by_o the_o prophet_n amos_n chap._n 4._o 12._o thus_o will_v i_o do_v unto_o thou_o o_o israel_n and_o because_o i_o will_v do_v thus_o unto_o thou_o prepare_v to_o meet_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n the_o commination_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n do_v not_o shut_v up_o the_o way_n to_o repentance_n but_o rather_o open_v it_o invite_v the_o sinner_n to_o send_v up_o his_o humility_n his_o penitence_n his_o prayer_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n and_o to_o keep_v off_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n that_o it_o come_v not_o forth_o to_o consume_v he_o if_o i_o speak_v say_v god_n against_o a_o nation_n to_o pluck_v it_o up_o and_o destroy_v it_o if_o that_o nation_n against_o who_o i_o have_v pronounce_v turn_v from_o their_o evil_a way_n i_o will_v repent_v of_o the_o evil_n which_o i_o think_v to_o do_v unto_o they_o jer._n 18._o 7._o a_o manifest_a example_n whereof_o we_o have_v in_o that_o threaten_v denounce_v against_o niniveh_n a_o threaten_a than_o which_o 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