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	love_v	world_n	6,760	5	5.1542	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11603	Sermons experimentall: on Psalmes CXVI. & CXVII. Very vsefull for a vvounded spirit. By William Sclater D.D. sometimes rector of Limsham, and vicar of Pitmister, in Summerset-shire. Published by his son William Sclater Mr. of Arts, late fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, now a priest, and preacher of the Gospel in the city of Exeter, in Devon-shire.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1638 (1638)	STC 21844; ESTC S116824	112,358	217

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the_o virtue_n from_o the_o exercise_n second_o to_o all_o eternity_n there_o be_v use_v of_o god_n fidelity_n for_o that_o his_o saint_n continue_v in_o their_o blessedness_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o promise_n and_o fidelity_n wherefore_o divine_v also_o have_v say_v there_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o faith_n that_o last_v in_o heaven_n which_o they_o call_v fidem_fw-la dependentiae_fw-la thus_o far_o of_o explication_n now_o that_o god_n be_v thus_o true_a and_o faithful_a in_o perform_v all_o his_o purpose_n and_o promise_n according_a to_o his_o own_o intention_n scripture_n be_v plentiful_a see_v deut._n 7.9_o dan._n 9.4_o not_o a_o word_n go_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n but_o be_v exact_o perform_v see_v josh_n 21.45_o and_o 23.14_o 2_o chron._n 6.14_o 15._o 2_o king_n 10.10_o circumstance_n exact_o keep_v confer_v gen._n 15.13_o and_o exod._n