Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	john_n	love_v	true_a	4,911	5	5.7716	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52415	Christian blessedness, or, Discourses upon the beatitudes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ written by John Norris ... ; to which is added, reflections upon a late essay concerning human understanding, by the same author.	Norris, John, 1657-1711.	1690 (1690)	Wing N1246; ESTC R16064	112,867	310

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of_o the_o creature_n diminish_v from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n for_o there_o be_v so_o vast_a a_o disproportion_n between_o the_o kind_n as_o well_o as_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o two_o good_n that_o he_o that_o once_o come_v to_o relish_v one_o will_v find_v but_o little_a taste_n in_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o say_v st._n austin_n monemus_fw-la ne_fw-la mundum_fw-la ametis_fw-la nt_v eum_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la mundum_fw-la liberè_fw-la ametis_fw-la our_o advice_n be_v that_o you_o love_v not_o the_o world_n that_o so_o you_o may_v love_v its_o maker_n free_o the_o truth_n be_v to_o love_n god_n free_o we_o shall_v love_v he_o entire_o for_o every_o advance_v we_o make_v towards_o the_o creature_n so_o much_o we_o recede_v from_o god_n for_o these_o be_v two_o contrary_a term_n of_o motion_n and_o there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o contrariety_n between_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o the_o love_n of_o the_o world_n that_o they_o do_v not_o only_o abase_v each_o other_o but_o 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