Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	earth_n	power_n	8,282	5	4.7469	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29649	The way to the Sabbath of rest, or, The souls progress in the work of regeneration being a brief experimental discourse of the new-birth in which many of the serpents wiles are detected, the mysteries of the Cross unvailed, the death of the old man, the life of the new man, the angelical dispensation, with the entrance to the divine / clearly laid open and discovered by Mr. Thomas Bromley.	Bromley, Thomas, 1629-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing B4888B; ESTC R35790	39,085	70

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the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n yea_o and_o of_o language_n for_o they_o must_v cease_v and_o give_v way_n to_o mankind_n unite_a blessedness_n when_o all_o our_o twilight_n knowledge_n will_v expire_v in_o the_o bright_a beam_n of_o its_o eternal_a fire_n 9_o knowledge_n and_o prophecy_n be_v but_o in_o part_n but_o love_n that_o essence_n which_o must_v fill_v the_o heart_n by_o that_o imperfect_a gift_n absorb_v must_v be_v but_o that_o end_v well_o that_o die_v in_o charity_n 10._o child_n like_o child_n reason_n think_v and_o speak_v their_o intellectual_a act_n be_v but_o weak_a but_o when_o to_o manly_a age_n we_o do_v arrive_v no_o long_o then_o in_o childish_a thing_n we_o live_v so_o when_o our_o hope_n in_o love_n consummate_v be_v imperfect_a light_n and_o gift_n will_v disappear_v 11._o for_o little_a here_o but_o image_n we_o see_v and_o picture_n of_o essential_a verity_n eternal_a truth_n in_o riddle_n do_v appear_v much_o be_v obscure_a but_o very_o little_a clear_a yet_o 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