Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	lord_n	love_n	love_v	2,989	5	6.7075	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14001	Nevv essayes: meditations, and vowes including in them the chiefe duties of a Christian, both for faith, and manners. By Thomas Tuke, minister of Gods Word, at S. Giles in the Fields.; New essayes: meditations, and vowes.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1614 (1614)	STC 24312; ESTC S105349	74,323	307

lord_n thy_o love_n unto_o we_o redeem_v we_o from_o our_o bondage_n save_v we_o from_o hell_n tread_v down_o our_o enemy_n protect_v and_o direct_v we_o in_o the_o world_n and_o safe_o bring_v we_o into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n the_o land_n of_o the_o live_v where_o we_o shall_v see_v thy_o face_n and_o enjoy_v the_o joy_n of_o bliss_n for_o evermore_o o_o lord_n thy_o love_n be_v life_n thy_o favour_n be_v felicity_n lord_n let_v the_o light_n of_o thy_o countenance_n shine_v upon_o i_o and_o grant_v i_o thy_o love_n which_o thou_o bear_v unto_o those_o who_o thou_o love_v ever_o and_o leave_v never_o of_o man_n love_n to_o god_n love_n of_o god_n do_v knit_v fast_o the_o heart_n unto_o he_o make_v it_o delight_n in_o he_o and_o to_o be_v content_v with_o he_o what_o cause_n have_v man_n to_o love_v he_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o conceive_v see_v he_o be_v altogether_o good_a in_o himself_o and_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o good_a in_o and_o to_o he_o be_v we_o live_v we_o understand_v we_o we_o must_v ascribe_v it_o unto_o god._n be_v we_o man_n or_o be_v we_o good_a man_n have_v we_o grace_n or_o expect_v we_o glory_n the_o praise_n belong_v to_o he_o the_o measure_n of_o our_o love_n shall_v be_v unmeasureable_a and_o the_o end_n endless_a the_o heart_n wherewith_o we_o love_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v half_a nor_o hollow_a but_o such_o as_o he_o make_v in_o we_o whole_a and_o undivided_a simple_a and_o not_o double_a how_o equal_a be_v it_o that_o man_n shall_v love_v his_o god_n see_v it_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o his_o law_n and_o see_v he_o be_v so_o much_o oblige_v to_o he_o for_o the_o token_n of_o his_o love_n to_o he_o how_o needful_a be_v it_o see_v otherwise_o he_o can_v love_v his_o neighbour_n in_o he_o no_o nor_o perform_v any_o act_n or_o office_n of_o religion_n pleas_o in_o his_o sight_n and_o how_o comfortable_a see_v it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o he_o and_o a_o undoubted_a effect_n and_o token_n of_o god_n love_n to_o he_o and_o of_o his_o faith_n in_o god_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n to_o see_v how_o rare_a this_o duty_n be_v among_o us._n how_o seldom_o do_v we_o think_v of_o god_n or_o of_o his_o service_n what_o capital_a and_o foul_a enormity_n be_v every_o where_o heap_v up_o against_o he_o how_o usual_a be_v it_o with_o man_n to_o turn_v his_o grace_n into_o wantonness_n how_o do_v the_o pleasure_n and_o care_n of_o the_o world_n deprive_v he_o of_o our_o heart_n how_o common_a be_v the_o contempt_n of_o his_o holy_a ordinance_n how_o great_a be_v the_o profanation_n of_o his_o holy_a day_n how_o customable_o be_v his_o fearful_a and_o glorious_a name_n vain_o use_v and_o how_o wanton_o do_v man_n deal_v with_o his_o sacred_a word_n what_o little_a zeal_n and_o courage_n be_v there_o in_o we_o for_o his_o glory_n alas_o we_o talk_v of_o love_n but_o demonstrate_v little_a the_o heart_n of_o the_o lover_n be_v rather_o where_o it_o love_v than_o where_o it_o live_v a_o man_n can_v 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