Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	judge_v	see_v	1,816	5	3.3060	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22983	A pretious booke of heauenlie meditations, called a priuate talke of the soule with God which who so zealouslie wil vse and pervse, shal feele in his mind an vnspeakable sweetenes of the euerlasting happines: written (as some thinke) by that reuerend, and religious Father S. Augustine; and not translated onlie, but purified also, and with most ample, and necessarie sentences of holie Scripture adorned, by Thomas Rogers.; De meditatione. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.	1581 (1581)	STC 944; ESTC S100313	79,627	230

not_o thou_o do_v redeem_v i_o 9_o when_o i_o be_v forlorn_a i_o have_v be_v destroy_v i_o have_v die_v but_o thou_o come_v down_o unto_o the_o dead_a thou_o tookedst_a mortality_n upon_o thou_o 7._o thou_o a_o king_n etc._n come_v down_o 10._o unto_o thy_o servant_n and_o to_o redeem_v thy_o servant_n thou_o do_v give_v thyself_o 25._o and_o that_o i_o may_v live_v thou_o do_v die_v 3_o and_o overcome_v death_n 10._o when_o thou_o do_v humble_v thyself_o 9_o thou_o do_v exalt_v i_o i_o be_v lose_v i_o follow_v after_o wickedness_n i_o be_v a_o bondslave_n to_o satan_n but_o thou_o wart_n sell_v for_o i_o etc._n to_o redeem_v i_o and_o so_o thou_o love_v i_o 16._o that_o thou_o give_v thy_o blood_n a_o ransom_n for_o i_o 7._o o_o lord_n thou_o have_v love_v i_o more_o than_o thyself_o 8._o because_o for_o my_o sake_n thou_o will_v needs_o die_v 10_o on_o such_o wise_a and_o with_o so_o dear_a a_o price_n thou_o have_v bring_v i_o home_o from_o banishment_n 16._o redeem_v i_o from_o bondage_n 13._o withdraw_v i_o from_o punishment_n etc._n call_v i_o by_o thy_o name_n 4._o and_o seal_v i_o with_o thy_o blood_n 3._o that_o i_o shall_v evermore_o have_v thou_o in_o remembrance_n and_o never_o forget_v he_o who_o for_o my_o sake_n shun_v not_o the_o cross_n 13._o thou_o have_v anoint_v i_o with_o that_o oil_n 21_o wherewith_o thou_o be_v oint_v that_o of_o thou_o christ_n i_o may_v be_v call_v a_o christian_n 16._o lo_o thou_o have_v write_v i_o upon_o thy_o hand_n 16_o so_o to_o have_v i_o in_o remembrance_n if_o so_o be_v continual_o i_o have_v thou_o in_o mind_n and_o thus_o always_o thy_o favour_n and_o thy_o mercy_n have_v prevent_v i_o 10_o for_o out_o of_o much_o and_o great_a peril_n thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o oftentimes_o etc._n o_o my_o saviour_n 27._o when_o i_o have_v wander_v thou_o have_v reclaim_v i_o when_o i_o have_v be_v ignorant_a thou_o have_v instruct_v i_o thou_o have_v correct_v i_o when_o i_o have_v sin_v when_o i_o despair_v thou_o have_v 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