Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	jesus_n	lord_n	8,211	5	3.8236	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10194	The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1626 (1626)	STC 20471; ESTC S115319	355,787	462

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in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr causa_fw-la dei_fw-la cap_n 23._o he_o prove_v quod_fw-la tam_fw-la sci●…ntia_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la voluntas_fw-la eius_fw-la est_fw-la omninò_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la and_o from_o thence_o he_o infer_v this_o five_o corolarie_n quod_fw-la omne_fw-la saluandum_fw-la aut_fw-la damnandum_fw-la praemiandum_fw-la vel_fw-la puniendum_fw-la sub_fw-la quocunque_fw-la gradu_fw-la voluit_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la saluari_fw-la vel_fw-la damnari_fw-la praemiari_fw-la similiter_fw-la vel_fw-la puniri_fw-la sub_fw-la eodem_fw-la gradu_fw-la praecise_a et_fw-la hoc_fw-la nedum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la conditional_a aut_fw-la indeterminata_fw-la sed_fw-la it_o a_o absoluta_fw-la et_fw-la determinata_fw-la sicut_fw-la vult_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la vel_fw-la finali_fw-la iudicio_fw-la aut_fw-la post_fw-la valet_fw-la which_o be_v the_o very_a ground_n and_o basis_n of_o the_o constant_a and_o final_a perseverance_n of_o the_o saint_n so_o in_o his_o 2._o book_n 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