Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	great_a	read_v	3,182	5	5.8148	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04641	The gales of grace; or, the spirituall vvinde wherein the mysterie of sanctification is opened and handled. By Thomas Barnes ...	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1622 (1622)	STC 1476; ESTC S101226	81,318	222

man_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spirit_n he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n q._n d._n i_o think_v nicodemus_n i_o shall_v make_v thou_o wonder_n i_o tell_v thou_o i_o shall_v gravel_n thou_o well_o perceive_v thou_o thus_o plunge_v i_o will_v help_v thou_o the_o second_o or_o new_a birth_n which_o i_o nowspeake_v of_o be_v not_o natural_a but_o spiritual_a i_o discourse_v not_o of_o a_o re-enter_v into_o the_o mother_n womb_n the_o second_o time_n natural_o for_o i_o know_v that_o to_o be_v impossible_a but_o of_o a_o enter_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n into_o the_o soul_n by_o grace_n spiritual_o and_o in_o this_o sense_n will_v i_o have_v thou_o to_o understand_v i_o and_o for_o a_o man_n thus_o to_o be_v bear_v again_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v impossible_a that_o it_o be_v most_o necessary_a and_o needful_a if_o he_o mind_n ever_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n either_o of_o grace_n here_o or_o of_o glory_n hereafter_o 7._o hereafter_o verse_n 7._o marvel_v not_o therefore_o that_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o you_o must_v be_v bear_v again_o now_o our_o saviour_n have_v by_o this_o occasion_n enter_v upon_o so_o worthy_a a_o subject_n as_o the_o doctrine_n of_o regeneration_n be_v in_o handle_v the_o same_o he_o do_v amplify_v it_o from_o a_o threefold_n particular_a first_o from_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o second_o from_o the_o contrary_a three_o from_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o first_o the_o effect_n of_o regeneration_n be_v the_o reward_n that_o follow_v it_o viz._n the_o inheritance_n of_o a_o heavenly_a kingdom_n in_o the_o late_a end_n both_o of_o the_o three_o and_o five_o verse_n except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o or_o of_o the_o spirit_n he_o can_v not_o see_v nor_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o if_o a_o man_n be_v regenerate_v he_o shall_v possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n second_o the_o contrary_a unto_o this_o 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thou_o as_o to_o work_v thou_o to_o a_o reformation_n of_o thy_o open_a lewdness_n and_o profaneness_n confute_v 2._o the_o civil_a person_n self-conceit_n confute_v and_o now_o rid_v my_o hand_n of_o the_o profane_a person_n i_o come_v to_o encounter_v with_o the_o civil_a who_o i_o fear_v i_o shall_v find_v as_o strong_o wed_v to_o his_o own_o fancy_n as_o the_o former_a the_o goliath_n of_o who_o self_n conceit_n of_o have_v grace_n if_o i_o may_v but_o beat_v to_o the_o ground_n with_o this_o stone_n this_o doctrine_n i_o shall_v think_v myself_o happy_a in_o my_o sle_n and_o prosperous_a in_o confute_v and_o the_o more_o happy_a too_o because_o i_o know_v that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o convince_v a_o profane_a and_o notorious_a rebel_n against_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n then_o to_o remove_v a_o civil_a justiciarian_n from_o a_o high_a opinion_n of_o himself_o if_o he_o be_v once_o settle_v upon_o the_o lees_n of_o his_o own_o suppose_a righteousness_n well_o then_o in_o hope_n of_o 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and_o whosoever_o shall_v say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o bad_a and_o that_o the_o subtle_a serpent_n the_o devil_n and_o thy_o own_o cozen_a heart_n do_v nothing_o else_o but_o play_v the_o sophisticate_a impostor_n and_o deceiver_n with_o thou_o when_o they_o will_v make_v thou_o believe_v that_o thou_o be_v spiritual_o grace_v with_o inward_a sanctity_n because_o thou_o be_v restrayning_o endue_v with_o outward_a civility_n shall_v i_o close_v a_o little_a with_o thou_o and_o like_o s._n james_n in_o the_o case_n of_o faith_n deal_v with_o thou_o in_o this_o case_n of_o grace_n 2.18_o grace_n jac._n 2.18_o show_v i_o thy_o faith_n by_o thy_o work_n say_v he_o so_o say_v i_o show_v i_o the_o breathe_n of_o sound_a grace_n in_o thou_o by_o the_o sense_n and_o feeling_n it_o effect_v in_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n be_v there_o be_v a_o feel_n of_o the_o work_n of_o it_o sometime_o afflict_v thy_o heart_n with_o a_o sorrow_n for_o thy_o 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