Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	body_n	true_a	word_n	4,161	5	4.6147	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76955	Of Christs testaments, viz: baptisme and the Supper. Written in two bookes. The 1. of holy Baptisme, how it is to be understood in the ground thereof, and why a Christian should be baptised. The 2. of the holy supper of the Lord Christ, what it is, with the benefit and effects of it, and how the same may be worthily participated of. And how these are to be understood, both according to the Old and New Testament. Set forth from the true theosophicall ground, through the three principles of the divine revelation, and presented to the children of God for the information of their understandings. / Written in the yeare of Christ 1624. by Jacob Behm of Old Seidenberg alias Teutonicus Philosophus. And Englished by John Sparrovv, barrister of the Inner Temple London.; Von Christi Testamenten. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1652 (1652)	Wing B3412; Thomason E665_4; ESTC R14724	100,767	137

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therefore_o the_o same_o aught_o to_o continue_v in_o its_o original_n or_o else_o it_o lose_v the_o divine_a knowledge_n power_n and_o skill_n and_o with_o selfe-speculation_n bring_v itself_o into_o centre_n of_o its_o own_o and_o strange_a image_v wherewith_o its_o original_a become_v darken_v and_o strange_a as_o be_v to_o be_v know_v by_o erroneous_a reason_n which_o ever_o teach_v concern_v god_n and_o yet_o have_v no_o true_a understanding_n also_o it_o never_o come_v to_o rest_v while_o it_o run_v on_o in_o strange_a image_v therefore_o say_v i_o that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a cause_n that_o man_n dispute_v and_o strive_v about_o god_n his_o word_n essence_n or_o be_v and_o will_n that_o the_o understanding_n of_o man_n have_v break_v itself_o off_o from_o its_o original_a and_o now_o run_v on_o in_o mere_a self-will_n thought_n and_o image_n in_o its_o own_o lust_n to_o