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	light_n	world_n	7,168	5	5.8727	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65888	A sober expostulation with some of the clergy against their pretended convert Francis Bugg his repeated gross abuse of the people called Quakers, in his books and pamphlets, viz., his New Rome arrainged, History of Quakerism, Second summons, Picture of Quakerism, and other pamphlets which may serve to invalidate the authority of the snake in the grass, as it refers to his books.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1697 (1697)	Wing W1959; ESTC R20305	65,396	156

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etc._n p._n 44._o note_v which_o base_a perversion_n and_o abuse_n be_v evident_o refute_v in_o the_o quaker_n vindication_n p._n 2._o col._n 1_o 2._o thus_o this_o be_v very_o partial_o and_o unjust_o cite_v and_o in_o the_o first_o word_n false_o for_o e._n burroughs_n answer_n in_o the_o very_a place_n be_v thus_o viz._n as_o for_o baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o do_v own_o it_o and_o it_o be_v practise_v of_o we_o in_o the_o life_n and_o power_n of_o god_n but_o as_o for_o your_o baptism_n that_o be_v to_o say_v sprinkle_v infant_n call_v it_o the_o baptism_n into_o the_o faith_n and_o that_o they_o be_v make_v member_n of_o the_o church_n thereby_o and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o seal_n of_o regeneration_n as_o you_o say_v these_o forego_v word_n bugg_n leave_v out_o that_o we_o do_v utter_o deny_v and_o do_v say_v it_o be_v no_o ordinance_n of_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o ever_o command_v by_o he_o or_o practise_v by_o his_o saint_n etc._n etc._n thus_o f._n b._n before_o cite_v e._n b._n but_o again_o note_v here_o he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o water-baptism_n without_o distinction_n be_v a_o popish_a institution_n but_o object_v against_o sprinkle_v infant_n and_o call_v it_o the_o baptism_n into_o the_o faith_n etc._n etc._n for_o he_o know_v that_o water_n baptism_n itself_o be_v practise_v by_o john_n the_o baptist_n by_o special_a commission_n from_o heaven_n peculiar_a to_o he_o and_o his_o ministry_n and_o also_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n by_o some_o of_o they_o long_o before_o the_o pope_n be_v wherefore_o f._n bugg_n gross_a perversion_n and_o abuse_v in_o this_o and_o many_o other_o thing_n too_o numerous_a now_o to_o recite_v be_v notorious_a and_o shameful_a the_o lord_n the_o righteous_a judge_n to_o who_o we_o commit_v our_o