Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	goodness_n	lord_n	psal_n	4,045	5	7.5057	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94066	Higay'on selah The commemoration and exaltation of mercy. Delivered in a sermon preached to the Honourable, the House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, Novemb. 5. 1646. Being the day of their publike thanksgiving, for that eminent and ancient mercy, the deliverance of them, and the whole kingdome in them, from the popish and hellish conspiracy of the powder treason. / By William Strong, a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing S6000; Thomason E360_8; ESTC R201194	28,941	44

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mutat●ones_fw-mi dexiera_fw-fr cal._n he_o may_v repent_v of_o these_o mercy_n as_o he_o do_v that_o he_o have_v make_v saul_n king_n he_o may_v become_v our_o enemy_n and_o fight_v against_o we_o and_o may_v resolve_v to_o destroy_v we_o after_o he_o have_v do_v we_o good_a the_o light_n that_o god_n have_v cause_v to_o rise_v to_o we_o in_o obscurity_n 14.6_o josh_n 24.20_o zach._n 14.6_o be_v such_o as_o be_v neither_o clear_a nor_o dark_a we_o be_v in_o continuo_fw-la crepusculo_fw-la we_o can_v as_o yet_o say_v all_o our_o fear_n be_v over_o and_o that_o the_o sun_n have_v rise_v upon_o we_o to_o a_o perfect_a day_n and_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v every_o man_n heart_n be_v become_v a_o merchant_n 38.10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 38.10_o traffike_v too_o and_o fro_o not_o know_v where_o to_o rest_v leave_v your_o former_a mercy_n with_o god_n but_o so_o as_o to_o improve_v they_o for_o god_n while_o you_o do_v enjoy_v they_o commit_v the_o keep_n of_o 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it_o be_v a_o mercy_n which_o though_o exceed_v great_a in_o itself_o god_n have_v drown_v as_o it_o be_v with_o great_a mercy_n since_o god_n do_v sometime_o darken_v former_a mercy_n by_o great_a deliverance_n he_o say_v the_o day_n shall_v come_v when_o they_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o the_o lord_n live_v which_o bring_v up_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n 23.8.9_o jer._n 23.8.9_o but_o the_o lord_n live_v which_o bring_v up_o and_o lead_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o the_o north_n country_n and_o from_o all_o the_o country_n whither_o he_o have_v drive_v they_o etc._n etc._n the_o great_a mercy_n shall_v as_o it_o be_v eclipse_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o former_a that_o in_o comparison_n it_o shall_v disappear_v tanquam_fw-la stellae_fw-la exiliores_fw-la as_o exortum_fw-la solis_fw-la but_o though_o god_n may_v thus_o darken_v mercy_n in_o themselves_o yet_o great_a mercy_n shall_v not_o ●so_o darken_v the_o former_a 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shittim_n to_o gilgal_n that_o we_o may_v know_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o lord_n 68.26_o psal_n 68.26_o and_o that_o we_o may_v praise_v the_o lord_n from_o the_o fountain_n of_o israel_n even_o from_o the_o time_n that_o the_o first_o corner_n stone_n of_o mercy_n be_v lay_v unto_o this_o day_n such_o thought_n as_o these_o satan_n will_v be_v ready_a to_o inject_v to_o extenuate_v this_o mercy_n to_o lessen_v your_o thankfulness_n and_o if_o your_o vial_n be_v not_o full_a of_o odour_n to_o clog_v your_o spirit_n upon_o this_o joyful_a day_n have_v thus_o endeavour_v to_o remove_v those_o thing_n with_o might_n cause_n the_o mercy_n to_o seem_v small_a i_o shall_v now_o propose_v some_o consideration_n which_o may_v raise_v the_o mercy_n and_o make_v it_o glorious_a in_o your_o eye_n that_o you_o may_v say_v with_o ezra_n his_o affection_n thou_o have_v give_v such_o a_o deliverance_n as_o this_o 1._o the_o more_o bitter_a the_o enemy_n and_o the_o more_o deadly_a the_o 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party_n of_o the_o kingdom_n who_o they_o know_v to_o be_v extreme_o hate_v among_o we_o and_o therefore_o we_o be_v apt_a upon_o any_o slander_n raise_v to_o believe_v any_o thing_n concern_v they_o which_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v may_v have_v produce_v as_o great_a a_o massacre_n upon_o all_o the_o godly_a in_o this_o kingdom_n as_o that_o in_o france_n be_v but_o there_o be_v a_o god_n that_o reveal_v secret_n before_o who_o hell_n and_o destruction_n be_v open_a much_o more_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o he_o discover_v it_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o those_o that_o plot_n against_o god_n and_o dig_v deep_a to_o hide_v their_o counsel_n from_o he_o he_o will_v certain_o out_o wit_v they_o all_o at_o last_o and_o will_v take_v the_o wise_a in_o

judgement_n our_o dwell_a place_n have_v cast_v we_o out_o and_o by_o the_o river_n of_o babylon_n we_o sit_v down_o and_o weep_v for_o seventy_o year_n in_o babylon_n we_o remember_v zion_n and_o be_v return_v to_o zion_n it_o behoove_v we_o to_o remember_v babylon_n after_o all_o this_o be_v come_v upon_o we_o for_o our_o evil_a deed_n and_o for_o our_o great_a trespass_n 2._o take_a from_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n jerm_fw-la psal_n 78.38_o e●●●_n 28.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d infra_fw-la peccata_fw-la jerm_fw-la and_o that_o both_o punish_v and_o deliver_v first_n punish_v the_o lord_n have_v not_o deal_v with_o we_o according_a to_o our_o sin_n he_o do_v not_o stir_v up_o all_o his_o wrath_n but_o stay_v his_o rough_a wind_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o east_n wind_n he_o have_v punish_v we_o less_o than_o our_o iniquity_n deserve_v 136.23_o ezech._n 37.1.2_o psalm_n 136.23_o second_o deliver_v we_o be_v a_o field_n of_o dry_a bone_n he_o may_v have_v make_v our_o grave_n in_o the_o land_n of_o our_o captivity_n and_o we_o may_v never_o have_v return_v again_o to_o see_v our_o native_a country_n but_o he_o remember_v we_o in_o our_o low_a estate_n for_o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o ever_o and_o as_o be_v punish_v we_o below_o our_o desert_n so_o he_o deliver_v we_o above_o our_o expectation_n 3._o take_a from_o the_o issue_n and_o the_o dangerous_a consequence_n of_o such_o a_o revolt_n 34.17_o jerm_n 34.17_o many_o of_o we_o have_v be_v sweep_v away_o in_o this_o judgement_n and_o we_o be_v number_v to_o the_o famine_n to_o the_o sword_n and_o to_o the_o pestilence_n we_o be_v resemble_v by_o the_o hair_n ezech._n 5.2_o a_o unprofitable_a excrement_n some_o cut_n with_o a_o knife_n and_o some_o scatter_v with_o the_o wind_n yet_o a_o few_o in_o number_n be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o prophet_n his_o skirt_n some_o write_v to_o life_n in_o jerusalem_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n but_o if_o we_o shall_v again_o break_v his_o commandment_n 〈◊〉_d esay_n 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as_o great_a the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o original_a have_v a_o special_a emphasis_n in_o i●_n such_o a_o deliverance_n as_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o express_v our_o enemy_n be_v the_o great_a monarch_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o we_o in_o as_o low_a a_o condition_n as_o can_v be_v prisoner_n in_o a_o pit_n 41.14_o zach._n 9.11_o ezech._n 37.2_o esay_n 41.14_o dry_a bone_n worm_n who_o none_o love_v none_o fear_v but_o every_o man_n ready_a to_o tread_v upon_o and_o in_o this_o condition_n we_o have_v be_v for_o seventy_o year_n that_o we_o have_v now_o even_o forget_v prosperity_n and_o seem_v man_n add_v mancipium_fw-la nati_fw-la 3.17_o lam._n 3.17_o home-born_a slave_n who_o have_v not_o only_o lose_v our_o liberty_n 53.10_o jer._n 2.14_o ezech._n 37.12_o esay_n 53.10_o but_o our_o hope_n too_o that_o now_o deliverance_n shall_v arise_v to_o we_o our_o light_n break_v forth_o in_o obscurity_n and_o we_o not_o make_v a_o escape_n as_o those_o that_o break_v 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