Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	judgement_n	sin_n	sinner_n	2,057	5	7.5058	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46819	The ages of sin, or Sinnes birth & groweth With the stepps, and degrees of sin, from thought to finall impenitencie.	Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631-1656, attributed name.; Langeren, Jacob van, engraver.	1655 (1655)	Wing J661A; ESTC R213543	883	19

THE Ages of Sin or Sinnes Birth groweth With the Stepps and Degrees of Sin from thought to finall Impenitencie Suggestion Originall-Concupiscence Doth make Our Nature like a foule great-Bellyed Snake For wer not Sathan apt to tempt to Sin Yett Lustfull-Thoughts would breed brood Within But happie Hee that takes These Little-Ones To Dash their Braines Soone 'gainst repentant-St●nes Rumination When lust hath thus Conceiu'd It brings forth Sin And Ruminating-thoughts Its Shape begin Like as the Beares oft-licking of her whelps That foule deformed Creatures Shape much helps The dangers great our Sinfull thoughts to Cherish Stop thire growth or thy poore Soule will perish DELECTATION If Sinfull Thoughts once nestle in mans heart The Sluce is ope Delight then playes its part Then like the old-Ape hugging in his armes His Apish-young-One Sin the Soule becharmes And when our Apish impious-Thoughts delight us Oh then alas most mortally They bite us CONSENT For where Sin workes Content Consent will follow And This the Soule into Sins Gulfe doth swollow For as two ravning Wolves for t is theire kinde To suck Lambs-blood doe hunt with equall-minde Even so the Soule Sin Consent in One Till Soule Body be quite overthrowne Act Sin and the Soule●●us ha●ing stricken Hands The Sinner now for Action ready stands And Tyger-like swollowes-up at One-bitt What euer impious Prey his H●●●● doth fitt Committing Sin with eager 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Selling his Soule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iteration From eager-Acting Sin comes Iteration Or frequent Custome of Sins perpetration Which like great Flesh-Flies liting on ra●●-Flesh Though oft beat-off if not kild come afresh Hence Be'lzebub is term'd Prince of fflesh-fflies 'Cause Sin still Acts vntill by Grace It Dies GLORIATION Custome in Sin takes Sense of Sin away This makes All-Sin seeme but a Sport a play Yea like a rampant-Lyon proud and Stout Insulting o're his Prey staulking about The saucy-Saucy-Sinner boasts braggs of Sinne As One oh woe that doth a Citty winne Obduration When Sinne brings Sinners to this fearefull pass What followes but a hard Heart-Brow of brass A Heart I say more hard then Tortess-back Which nether Sworde nor Axe can hew or hack Iudgements nor Mercies Treats nor threats can cause To leave-off Sin To Love or feare Gods Lawes FINALL-IMPENITENCY And now alas what is Sins last Extent A hard-Heart makes a Heart Impenitent For can a Leopard change his Spotted Skin No Nor a Heart accustom'd thus his Sin Then Conscience headlong casts Impenitence With horrid ffrights of Hellish Recompence