Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	body_n	heaven_n	soul_n	16,244	5	5.2792	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42886	The instruction of youth in Christian piety taken out of the sacred Scriptures, and Holy Fathers; divided into five parts. With a very profitable instruction for meditation, or mental prayer. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the House and Society of Sorbon, principal of the College of Plessis-Sorbon. The last edition in French, now render'd into English.; Instruction de la jeunesse en la piété chrétienne. English.	Gobinet, Charles, 1614-1690.	1687 (1687)	Wing G904D; ESTC R217420	333,500	593

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your_o patron_n the_o name_n of_o saint_n be_v give_v we_o at_o baptism_n that_o they_o may_v be_v our_o protector_n and_o intercessor_n to_o god_n sanct._n debent_fw-la enim_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la recognoscere_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la dignentur_fw-la domino_fw-la supplicare_fw-la s._n aug._n ser._n 39_o de_fw-fr sanct._n and_o that_o by_o their_o prayer_n and_o the_o example_n of_o their_o virtue_n we_o may_v acquit_v ourselves_o worthy_o of_o the_o obligation_n of_o a_o christian_a life_n whereof_o we_o make_v profession_n in_o baptism_n honour_n and_o love_v he_o who_o name_n you_o bear_v recommend_v yourself_o daily_o to_o he_o and_o that_o you_o may_v certain_o obtain_v his_o assistance_n remember_v to_o imitate_v his_o virtue_n chap._n xxi_o of_o keep_v of_o feast_n and_o particular_o of_o sunday_n the_o celebration_n of_o feast_n be_v also_o a_o mean_n which_o marvellous_o avail_v towards_o the_o gain_n of_o virtue_n when_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v according_a to_o the_o intention_n of_o god_n and_o the_o church_n feast_n the_o prime_a institution_n of_o feast_n these_o be_v the_o day_n which_o be_v give_v to_o man_n to_o attend_v to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o the_o sanctification_n of_o their_o soul_n which_o be_v well_o employ_v cause_v they_o to_o make_v a_o great_a progress_n in_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n their_o institution_n be_v as_o ancient_a as_o the_o world_n at_o the_o beginning_n whereof_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o god_n have_v create_v all_o thing_n in_o six_o day_n give_v his_o blessing_n to_o the_o 23._o the_o et_fw-la benedixit_fw-la diei_fw-la septimo_fw-la &_o sanctificavit_fw-la illum_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la cessaverat_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la opere_fw-la svo_fw-la gen._n 2._o memento_n ut_fw-la diem_fw-la sabbati_fw-la sanctifices_fw-la levit._fw-la 23._o seven_o and_o sanctify_v it_o in_o memory_n of_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o work_n he_o 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