Selected quad for the lemma: evil_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
evil_n	bitter_a	good_a	light_n	2,289	5	8.2364	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52345	A treatise of the difference bbtwixt [sic] the temporal and eternal composed in Spanish by Eusebius Nieremberg ... ; translated into English by Sir Vivian Mullineaux, Knight ; and since reviewed according to the tenth and last Spanish edition.; De la diferencia entre lo temporal y eterno. English	Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.; Mullineaux, Vivian, Sir.	1672 (1672)	Wing N1151; ESTC R181007	420,886	606

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live_v in_o what_o place_n soever_o thou_o shall_v be_v either_o dead_a or_o alive_a there_o also_o shall_v thy_o servant_n be_v if_o this_o be_v speak_v by_o a_o stranger_n what_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o loyalty_n of_o a_o natural_a subject_n let_v we_o bear_v that_o faith_n unto_o our_o saviour_n which_o urias_n do_v to_o joab_n his_o general_n when_o he_o say_v the_o ark_n of_o gad_n and_o judah_n and_o israel_n lodge_v in_o tent_n and_o my_o lord_n joab_n and_o the_o servant_n of_o my_o lord_n remain_v upon_o the_o earth_n and_o shall_v i_o enter_v into_o my_o house_n and_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o sleep_v with_o my_o wife_n by_o thy_o health_n and_o the_o health_n of_o thy_o soul_n o_o king_n i_o will_v do_v no_o such_o thing_n if_o christ_n remain_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o in_o sorrow_n how_o come_v thou_o to_o seek_v for_o ease_n if_o christ_n be_v poor_a why_o do_v thou_o abound_v if_o christ_n suffer_v why_o do_v thou_o pamper_v thy_o flesh_n if_o christ_n humble_a himself_o why_o do_v thou_o swell_v in_o pride_n if_o christ_n be_v in_o affliction_n why_o be_v thou_o in_o delight_n remember_v what_o he_o teach_v thou_o from_o the_o cross_n and_o esteem_v only_o that_o which_o he_o so_o much_o value_v as_o to_o deprive_v himself_o of_o the_o transitory_a good_n of_o this_o life_n consider_v the_o affliction_n and_o penance_n which_o the_o most_o innocent_a jesus_n take_v upon_o he_o for_o thy_o sin_n that_o thou_o may_v undergo_v some_o for_o thyself_o when_o the_o jew_n be_v free_v from_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n esdras_n know_v the_o great_a sin_n they_o have_v fall_v unto_o by_o their_o conversation_n with_o the_o gentile_n out_o of_o a_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o their_o transgression_n rend_v his_o garment_n and_o tear_v the_o hair_n off_o his_o head_n and_o beard_n afflict_a himself_o and_o abstain_v from_o food_n pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o weep_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n which_o resentment_n and_o penance_n of_o he_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o so_o more_v the_o jew_n that_o they_o begin_v to_o weep_v and_o do_v penance_n themselves_o for_o their_o own_o sin_n and_o that_o with_o so_o great_a compunction_n that_o they_o tremble_v for_o sorrow_n and_o public_o confess_v their_o offence_n why_o be_v not_o christian_n then_o move_v with_o sorrow_n and_o repentance_n when_o they_o behold_v not_o a_o esdras_n but_o the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o overcharge_v with_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n that_o he_o distil_v drop_n of_o blood_n from_o the_o pore_n of_o his_o bless_a body_n and_o rend_v his_o garment_n not_o of_o wool_n but_o of_o his_o sacred_a humanity_n which_o he_o willing_o offer_v to_o be_v tear_v with_o scourge_n thorn_n and_o nail_n suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v pluck_v by_o the_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n and_o beard_n and_o his_o sacred_a face_n to_o be_v buffet_v and_o spit_v upon_o will_v not_o taste_v eat_v or_o drink_v any_o thing_n but_o gall_n and_o 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who_o will_v not_o the_o sweet_a manner_n of_o his_o passion_n move_v see_v the_o son_n of_o god_n suffer_v with_o so_o much_o love_n and_o patience_n without_o complaint_n of_o any_o thing_n love_v we_o with_o that_o fervour_n that_o what_o he_o do_v seem_v little_a unto_o he_o ready_a if_o it_o have_v be_v necessary_a to_o suffer_v as_o much_o more_o for_o we_o yea_o such_o be_v his_o burn_a charity_n towards_o mandkind_a that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o other_o way_n leave_v for_o our_o redemption_n he_o will_v not_o have_v refuse_v to_o continue_v in_o those_o bitter_a torment_n till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o affection_n of_o jesus_n christ_n what_o gratitude_n do_v

chief_a end_n which_o be_v god_n and_o his_o glory_n for_o as_o a_o soldier_n when_o he_o be_v in_o health_n value_v not_o the_o physician_n and_o his_o medicine_n because_o they_o avail_v he_o not_o to_o the_o conquer_a of_o his_o enemy_n and_o when_o he_o be_v sick_a or_o hurt_v care_v not_o to_o put_v on_o his_o arm_n because_o they_o conduce_v not_o to_o the_o recovery_n of_o his_o health_n in_o the_o like_a manner_n we_o be_v to_o keep_v our_o heart_n and_o will_n free_a and_o disinterress_v from_o any_o thing_n but_o that_o which_o lead_v to_o our_o end_n and_o salvation_n the_o traveller_n who_o be_v fix_v in_o his_o determination_n of_o arrive_v to_o some_o certain_a place_n if_o he_o meet_v with_o two_o or_o three_o several_a way_n desire_v not_o this_o more_o than_o that_o but_o only_o in_o as_o much_o as_o this_o may_v more_o ready_o bring_v he_o to_o his_o rest_n he_o care_v not_o whether_o it_o be_v plain_a or_o hilly_a whether_o it_o lead_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o 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