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	know_v	word_n	4,525	5	4.2540	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33971	Par nobile two treatises, the one concerning the excellent woman, evincing a person fearing the Lord to be the most excellent person, discoursed more privately upon occasion of the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Frances Hobart late of Norwich, from Pro. 31, 29, 30, 31 : the other discovering a fountain of comfort and satisfaction to persons walking with God, yet living and dying without sensible consolations , discovered from Psal. 17, 15 at the funerals of the Right Honourable the Lady Katherine Courten, preached at Blicklin in the county of Norfolk, March 27, 1652 : with the narratives of the holy lives and deaths of those two noble sisters / by J.C.	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.; Collinges, John, 1623-1690. Excellent woman.; Collinges, John, 1623-1690. Light in darkness.	1669 (1669)	Wing C5329; ESTC R26441	164,919	320

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enough_o for_o our_o salvation_n without_o the_o broad-seal_a of_o assurance_n this_o be_v sure_a to_o all_o the_o seed_n rom._n 4._o 16._o 16._o rom._n 4._o 16._o hence_o the_o apostle_n call_v hope_n a_o anchor_n of_o of_o the_o soul_n sure_a and_o steadfast_a the_o certainty_n of_o 19_o heb._n 6._o 19_o the_o anchor_n depend_v upon_o the_o ground_n where_o it_o be_v cast_v the_o certainty_n of_o hope_n depend_v upon_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o word_n now_o the_o promise_n be_v not_o make_v to_o they_o that_o see_v by_o the_o vision_n of_o sense_n but_o to_o they_o that_o believe_v to_o they_o who_o behold_v god_n by_o the_o steadfast_a eye_n of_o faith_n to_o he_o that_o believe_v joh._n 3._o 18_o 36._o 36._o john_n 3._o 18_o 36._o he_o that_o believe_v on_o the_o son_n have_v everlasting_a life_n and_o again_o he_o be_v not_o condemn_v and_o to_o he_o that_o order_v his_o conversation_n aright_o i_o 23._o psa_fw-la 50._o 23._o will_v show_v the_o salvation_n of_o god_n and_o 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