Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	know_v	love_v	true_a	9,910	5	5.1266	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74655	Three treatises, being the substance of sundry discourses: viz. I. The fixed eye, or the mindful heart, on Psal. 25.15. II. The principal interest, or the propriety of the saints in God, on Micah 7.7. III. Gods interest in man natural and acquired, on Psal. 119.4. By that judicious and pious preacher of the gospel, Mr Joseph Symonds, M.A. late vice-provost of Eaton Colledg.	Symonds, Joseph.	1653 (1653)	Wing S6360; Thomason E1440_1; ESTC R209605	170,353	369

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restore_v and_o how_o by_o jesus_n christ_n pag._n 116_o chap._n 6._o god_n content_a to_o be_v we_o though_o we_o have_v disow_v he_o and_o deprave_a ourselves_o god_n interest_n in_o we_o chargeable_a to_o he_o god_n own_v not_o all_o but_o some_o peculiar_a frown_n upon_o those_o which_o walk_v unworthy_a of_o god_n pag._n 124_o chap._n 7._o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o interest_n in_o god_n god_n be_v either_o with_o or_o against_o his_o creature_n whosoever_o have_v not_o god_n have_v no_o true_a interest_n in_o any_o thing_n pag._n 128_o chap._n 8._o interest_n in_o god_n most_o attainable_a goodness_n and_o fullness_n the_o spring_n of_o communication_n desire_v easy_o and_o with_o most_o success_n reveal_v to_o god_n poor_a stranger_n impotent_a person_n not_o bar_v from_o god_n as_o from_o man_n interest_n in_o god_n incomparable_a in_o the_o enjoyment_n pag._n 133_o chap._n 9_o christian_n ought_v to_o clear_v their_o hope_n from_o their_o uncertainty_n believer_n 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