Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	see_v	word_n	3,163	5	3.9207	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10083	Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and virtue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. Life of St. Antony.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. Antiquity, tradition, and succession of mystical divinity among the Gentiles.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. Enthusiasmus divinus: the guidance of the spirit of God.; Stephens, Edward, d. 1706. Apology for, and an invitation to, the people call'd Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5444E; Wing S5444E; ESTC R184630	221,170	486

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4_o 23.9_o 3._o by_o impulse_n and_o excitation_n v._n lu._n 2.27_o act._n 4.8_o 13_o 31_o 5.20_o 4._o by_o prohibition_n act._n 16.6_o 20.23_o 21.4_o 11._o and_o restraint_n act._n 16.7_o iu_o admonition_n 1._o how_o to_o obtain_v it_o jo._n 14.15_o 16_o 17_o 23_o act._n 5.32_o lu._n 11.12_o ja._n 1.5_o rev._n 3.20_o 1_o pet._n 4.13_o 2._o to_o follow_v and_o obey_v it_o rom._n 8.1_o 4_o 5_o 9_o 13_o 14._o gal._n 5.16_o 18_o 25._o eph._n 4.30_o 3._o to_o try_v the_o spirit_n 1_o jo._n 4.1_o 1_o cor._n 14.29_o more_o may_v be_v add_v but_o these_o be_v more_o than_o enough_o and_o to_o these_o it_o will_v not_o be_v hard_a to_o add_v a_o true_a catholic_n interpretation_n and_o comment_n that_o be_v the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n and_o other_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a of_o after_o age_n such_o as_o hermas_n justine_n tatian_n irenaeus_n tertullian_n cyprian_n novatian_a hilary_n