Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	grace_n	great_a	love_n	4,912	5	5.2007	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63826	A good day vvell improved, or Five sermons upon Acts 9. 31 Two of which were preached at Pauls, and ordered to be printed. To which is annexed a sermon on 2 Tim. 1. 13. Preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, on the Commencement Sabbath, June 30. 1650. By Anthony Tuckney D.D. and Master of St Johns College in Cambridge.	Tuckney, Anthony, 1599-1670.	1656 (1656)	Wing T3216A; ESTC R222406	116,693	318

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it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o every_o synagogue_n yea_o so_o as_o to_o persecute_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o strange_a or_o remote_a city_n damascus_n by_o what_o you_o hear_v before_o be_v at_o a_o pretty_a distance_n but_o although_o in_o all_o this_o he_o sore_o tyrannize_v over_o their_o body_n and_o outward_a man_n yet_o you_o may_v hope_v he_o attempt_v not_o their_o soul_n our_o saviour_n seem_v to_o set_v bound_n to_o these_o rage_a wave_n hitherto_o shall_v you_o go_v and_o no_o further_o and_o therefore_o say_v that_o when_o they_o have_v kill_v the_o body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o have_v nothing_o more_o that_o they_o can_v do_v luk._n 12._o 4._o and_o bless_v be_v god_n that_o they_o have_v not_o in_o that_o sense_n which_o our_o saviour_n there_o intend_v and_o yet_o the_o devilish_a assassinate_n after_o he_o have_v make_v his_o wretched_a enemy_n blaspheme_v christ_n can_v then_o stab_v he_o that_o he_o may_v undo_v body_n and_o soul_n both_o together_o our_o saul_n arise_v not_o to_o that_o height_n of_o hellish_a malice_n but_o he_o go_v very_o far_o when_o he_o compel_v they_o to_o blaspheme_v and_o may_v he_o not_o then_o well_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o be_v rave_v mad_a nay_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exceed_v mad_a when_o he_o add_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o our_o saviour_n say_v there_o be_v not_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o true_o this_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 21._o jam._n 1._o 21._o a_o abundant_a superfluity_n of_o malicious_a madness_n so_o that_o where_o sin_n do_v thus_o abound_v unless_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 20_o rom._n 5._o 20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grace_n have_v not_o much_o more_o abound_v as_o he_o humble_o and_o thankful_o afterward_o acknowledge_v it_o do_v to_o he_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v exceed_o abundant_a 1_o tim._n 1._o 14._o he_o have_v be_v past_o hope_n of_o receive_v any_o mercy_n from_o god_n who_o have_v show_v so_o little_a but_o the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o people_n but_o it_o may_v be_v think_v i_o have_v step_v too_o far_o out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o insist_v too_o long_o on_o the_o view_n of_o this_o sad_a spectacle_n you_o will_v more_o easy_o pardon_v i_o while_o you_o think_v that_o such_o doleful_a object_n sometime_o make_v we_o stand_v still_o and_o fix_v our_o eye_n on_o they_o 2_o sam._n 20._o 12._o 23._o 2_o sam._n 2._o 23._o as_o much_o as_o those_o that_o be_v more_o please_v but_o to_o return_v to_o what_o i_o intend_v all_o these_o sad_a passage_n of_o paul_n outrage_n i_o have_v the_o rather_o mention_v and_o so_o large_o insist_v upon_o to_o show_v how_o far_o some_o may_v go_v in_o a_o desperate_a way_n who_o yet_o afterward_o god_n in_o mercy_n may_v bring_v home_o and_o how_o far_o blind_a zeal_n and_o seem_v good_a intention_n such_o be_v in_o paul_n all_o this_o while_n may_v carry_v man_n in_o such_o a_o way_n and_o how_o open_a ingenuous_a punctual_a and_o abundant_a such_o as_o paul_n here_o be_v shall_v be_v in_o their_o 13._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 9_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 13._o humble_a confession_n afterward_o but_o especial_o and_o to_o my_o present_a purpose_n to_o show_v when_o it_o be_v that_o after_o forego_v trouble_n and_o exercise_n god_n use_v to_o vouchsafe_v rest_n to_o his_o weary_a people_n and_o church_n 36._o deut._n 32._o 36._o and_o that_o be_v after_o the_o heavy_a pressure_n a_o birth_n after_o the_o sharp_a throw_n daybreak_n when_o it_o have_v be_v dark_a asleep_o little_a before_o so_o christ_n tarry_v till_o the_o four_o watch_n of_o the_o night_n and_o come_v in_o the_o height_n of_o a_o storm_n to_o make_v a_o calm_a of_o it_o when_o the_o ship_n be_v now_o sink_v mat._n 14._o 24_o 25._o as_o in_o the_o same_o place_n when_o peter_n be_v also_o sink_v he_o then_o immediate_o stretch_v forth_o 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because_o god_n faithfulness_n and_o compassion_n be_v everlasting_a and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o although_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o need_v 6._o 1_o pet._n 1_o 6._o be_v the_o people_n of_o god_n be_v in_o heaviness_n through_o manifold_a temptation_n yet_o when_o that_o need_n be_v over_o because_o he_o do_v not_o willing_o or_o from_o the_o heart_n afflict_v or_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o man_n much_o less_o his_o own_o child_n when_o the_o child_n be_v humble_v the_o father_n more_o willing_o cast_v away_o the_o rod_n than_o ever_o he_o take_v it_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o therefore_o although_o be_v constrain_v he_o sometime_o and_o that_o for_o our_o good_a cause_v grief_n yet_o than_o he_o will_v have_v compassion_n according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o mercy_n lam._n 2._o 32_o 33._o and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n we_o think_v he_o tarry_v long_o before_o he_o show_v mercy_n it_o be_v only_o because_o indeed_o we_o stay_v long_o 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