Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	babel_n	time_n	zion_n	13	3	10.0459	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28527	Mercurius Teutonicus, or, A Christian information concerning the last times being divers propheticall passages of the fall of Babel and the new building in Zion / gathered out of the mysticall writings of that famous Germane author, Jacob Behmen, alias, Teutonicus Phylosophus.; Selections. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.	1649 (1649)	Wing B3409	51,513	57

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abomination_n and_o false_a will_n from_o you_o and_o bring_v your_o will_n with_o earnestness_n through_o christ_n unto_o the_o father_n and_o purpose_n never_o to_o enter_v any_o more_o into_o the_o iniquity_n viz._n into_o pride_n covetousness_n envy_n anger_n and_o falsehood_n regard_v not_o the_o highness_n of_o this_o world_n and_o humble_v yourselves_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o love_n towards_o the_o needy_a etc._n etc._n 129._o love_v brethren_n do_v not_o jest_v at_o it_o and_o hold_v it_o for_o a_o fiction_n it_o be_v know_v in_o the_o sacred_a ternary_n in_o the_o pure_a fountain_n out_o of_o zion_n let_v no_o man_n wait_v for_o a_o golden_a time_n when_o the_o holy_a spirit_n shall_v press_v or_o breath_n itself_o perforce_o into_o the_o bestial_a will_n of_o the_o harden_a and_o obstinate_a that_o will_v only_o live_v in_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n o_o no_o this_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v 130._o he_o that_o will_v hear_v the_o holy_a spirit_n 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