Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	conscience_n	life_n	write_v	2,698	5	5.9690	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56656	Divine arithmetick, or, The right art of numbring our dayes being a sermon preached June 17, 1659, at the funerals of Mr. Samuel Jacomb, B.D., minister of the Gospel at S. Mary Woolnoth in Lumbardstreet, London, and lately fellow of Queens Colledge in Cambridge / by Simon Patrick ...	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1659 (1659)	Wing P792; ESTC R11929	59,678	90

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his_o scholar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n what_o sin_n have_v i_o commit_v what_o good_a have_v i_o do_v what_o good_a have_v i_o neglect_v what_o stand_v all_o these_o action_n for_o be_v they_o figure_n or_o cypher_n have_v i_o live_v or_o only_o be_v do_v my_o work_n go_v on_o or_o be_o i_o run_v in_o arrear_n do_v i_o live_v as_o if_o i_o be_v go_v to_o die_v be_v eternity_n in_o my_o thought_n and_o the_o great_a account_n that_o i_o must_v give_v if_o we_o can_v call_v ourselves_o to_o such_o a_o reckon_n than_o we_o may_v correct_v any_o fault_n we_o find_v betimes_o before_o it_o be_v grow_v to_o such_o a_o number_n that_o it_o will_v be_v beyond_o our_o thought_n and_o give_v up_o our_o account_n more_o fair_a and_o in_o order_n when_o god_n call_v for_o they_o and_o may_v hope_v they_o will_v be_v accept_v by_o he_o and_o for_o the_o do_v of_o this_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o account_v every_o day_n as_o if_o it_o be_v our_o last_o which_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o this_o divine_a art_n of_o number_v that_o flow_v from_o the_o first_o proposition_n see_v our_o time_n that_o be_v to_o come_v be_v in_o god_n hand_n therefore_o we_o must_v live_v this_o day_n as_o though_o we_o have_v no_o more_o day_n to_o live_v and_o a_o heathen_a can_v say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o live_v the_o present_a day_n well_o 52._o musonius_n apud_fw-la stob._n serm_n 1._o epist_n 52._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o do_v not_o propose_v to_o himself_o to_o live_v it_o as_o his_o last_o and_o so_o seneca_n