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	son_n	write_v	7,330	5	6.5418	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64835	Things worth thinking on, or, Helps to piety being remains of some meditations, experiences, and sentences &c. never published till now : and now are as an addition to them which were formerly made publick: together with a sermon entituled The beauty of holines / by Ralph Venning ...	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1664 (1664)	Wing V227; ESTC R38004	77,776	241

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to_o wake_v and_o watch_v psal_n 4.8_o &_o 3.5_o prov._n 3.24_o 17_o will-worship_n and_o will-suffering_a be_v both_o bad_a as_o be_v clear_a from_o col._n 2.23_o 1_o cor._n 13.3_o 18_o it_o be_v no_o cure_n of_o passion_n to_o delay_v it_o for_o that_o which_o athenodorus_n prescribe_v to_o augustus_n to_o repeat_v the_o alphabet_n between_o passion_n and_o revenge_n be_v but_o boyish_a and_o slight_a as_o divert_v the_o mind_n to_o a_o trifle_n which_o be_v only_o to_o cozen_v and_o not_o to_o conquer_v the_o distemper_n it_o be_v like_o the_o cure_n of_o empiric_n which_o may_v allay_v not_o free_a a_o disease_n it_o be_v best_a to_o pluck_v it_o up_o by_o the_o root_n and_o how_o that_o be_v do_v see_v gal._n 4.24_o 19_o they_o dispute_v best_a and_o be_v mos●_n like_a to_o prevail_v who_o use_v hard_a argument_n and_o soft_a word_n prov._n 15.1_o and_o 25.15_o john_n 7.46_o 20_o a_o hypocrite_n be_v one_o who_o seem_v to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v not_o and_o will_v not_o seem_v nor_o be_v see_v to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v matth._n 23.25_o 28._o 21_o all_o man_n offend_v in_o many_o thing_n james_n 3.2_o and_o many_o man_n offend_v in_o all_o they_o do_v gen._n 6.5_o 22_o if_o sinner_n be_v damn_v it_o be_v just_a with_o god_n to_o damn_v they_o if_o they_o be_v save_v it_o be_v mercy_n from_o god_n rom._n 6.23_o 23_o when_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v write_v in_o our_o heart_n to_o teach_v we_o our_o heart_n will_v be_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o do_v it_o psal_n 40.8_o heb._n 8.10_o 11._o 24_o if_o it_o be_v thy_o custom_n to_o sin_n know_v that_o it_o be_v god_n custom_n to_o punish_v sinner_n as_o rom._n 8.28_o 2_o thess_n 2.11_o 12._o 25_o he_o that_o have_v god_n for_o he_o need_v not_o fear_v what_o any_o man_n or_o devil_n can_v do_v against_o he_o rom._n 8.31_o 26_o we_o can_v call_v nothing_o proper_o our_o own_o but_o our_o sin_n for_o all_o thing_n else_o we_o owe_v and_o shall_v pay_v a_o acknowledgement_n to_o god_n yea_o even_o for_o our_o 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