Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	life_n	word_n	write_v	5,673	5	5.6270	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93382	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, at their monethly fast, May 29. 1644. By Peter Smith Doctor of Divinitie, minister of Gods Word at Barkway in Hertfordshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Smith, Peter, d. 1652? or 3?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4142; Thomason E52_24; ESTC R9534	45,343	53

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from_o distress_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n the_o trouble_n and_o distress_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n here_o in_o this_o pilgrimage_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o miserable_a absence_n from_o god_n for_o a_o season_n be_v many_o and_o various_a their_o whole_a life_n be_v like_o ezekiel_n book_n 〈…〉_o book_n scriptus_fw-la &_o in_fw-la 〈…〉_o write_v within_o and_o without_o and_o nothing_o else_o write_v but_o lamentation_n and_o mourning_n and_o woe_n ezek._n 2._o 10._o perplexity_n both_o of_o mind_n and_o body_n in_o ward_n and_o outward_a do_v accompany_v they_o daily_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v sometime_o to_o write_v bitter_a thing_n against_o they_o and_o to_o make_v their_o life_n very_o uncomfortable_a to_o they_o through_o the_o anguish_n of_o their_o soule●_n the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n will_v sustain_v his_o infirmity_n but_o a_o wound_a spirit_n who_o can_v bear_v it_o have_v cause_v many_o to_o cry_v with_o job_n chap._n 7._o 13_o etc._n etc._n when_o 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