Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	earth_n	element_n	world_n	2,435	4	4.7467	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41706	A discourse of Christ's coming and the influence, which the expectation thereof hath on al manner of holy conversation and godlinesse / by Theophilus Gale.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1673 (1673)	Wing G144; ESTC R6924	117,103	244

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impetum_fw-la veluti_fw-la sibila●tis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●_z beza_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la sibi_fw-la ●ar●_n cum_fw-la stridor●_n qualis_fw-la est_fw-la si●ilus_fw-la rerum_fw-la ovae_fw-la velo●issime_fw-la moventur_fw-la ut_fw-la sagitt●r●m_fw-la ventorum_fw-la b●daeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à_fw-la plutarc●o_fw-la usurpari_fw-la dicit_fw-la de_fw-la imp●tu_fw-la pro●urrentium_fw-la militum_fw-la i●_n pug●ae_fw-la initio_fw-la qui_fw-la magnum_fw-la solext_v edern_a clamor●m_n gerhard_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o signify_v the_o impetus_fw-la or_o violent_a force_n of_o a_o whistle_a tempestuous_a wind_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o hiss_v with_o a_o noise_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imply_v 1._o celerity_n and_o swiftness_n 2._o force_n and_o violence_n 3._o a_o clamour_n or_o noise_n thence_o the_o heaven_n be_v say_v here_o to_o pass_v away_o with_o a_o great_a noise_n to_o denote_v 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exitum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d u●cabant_fw-la id_fw-la zeno_n à_fw-la phoenicibus_fw-la acceperat_fw-la idem_fw-la habuit_fw-la a_o pythagoricis_fw-la h●raclitus_n pythagoras_n a_o judaeis_n grot._n in_o 2_o pet._n 3.7_o judaic_a church_n it_o follow_v v._o 11._o see_v then_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o participle_n of_o the_o present_a tense_n and_o so_o signify_v strict_o be_v dissolve_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v dissolve_v the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o use_v this_o manner_n of_o speech_n to_o show_v 1._o the_o certainty_n of_o christ_n come_v to_o destroy_v the_o world_n and_o 2._o the_o nearness_n of_o it_o that_o so_o man_n may_v ever_o have_v it_o before_o their_o eye_n and_o keep_v their_o heart_n in_o a_o posture_n ready_a to_o entertain_v it_o thence_o it_o follow_v what_o manner_n of_o person_n ought_v you_o to_o be_v in_o all_o holy_a conversation_n and_o 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