Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	abraham_n	faith_n	righteousness_n	3,500	5	8.2980	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81985	The Protestants practice, or The compleat Christian. Being the true and perfect way to the celestiall Canaan. Necessary for the bringing up of young and the estabilshing of old Christians in the faith of the Gospel: the use whereof in families will preserve them from the errors of the times. / By a Reverend Father of the Church of England.	Davies, Athanasius, b. 1620 or 21.	1656 (1656)	Wing D395; Thomason E1708_1; ESTC R209509	72,826	348

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penny_n and_o some_o worldly_a pelf_n this_o lie_v be_v gehazi_n sin_n and_o a_o leprosy_n be_v his_o punishment_n 2_o king_n 5.22_o 25_o 27._o second_o in_o case_n of_o credit_n hence_o come_v so_o much_o lie_v in_o house_n because_o people_n have_v do_v amiss_o be_v loath_a to_o be_v know_v of_o it_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v put_v to_o shame_v by_o it_o therefore_o they_o deny_v it_o stout_o when_o god_n be_v able_a to_o say_v to_o they_o as_o to_o sarah_n who_o fail_v in_o the_o like_a case_n nay_o but_o thou_o do_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n gen._n 18.15_o three_o in_o case_n of_o safety_n and_o when_o some_o danger_n of_o smart_n be_v like_a to_o ensue_v by_o tell_v the_o truth_n hence_o child_n lie_v so_o often_o to_o avoid_v the_o rod_n yea_o god_n child_n also_o do_v to_o their_o shame_n and_o grief_n fail_v in_o this_o particular_a as_o abraham_n and_o peter_n gen._n 20.2.11.9_o 10._o mat._n 26.70_o 75._o but_o if_o holy_a parent_n whip_v a_o lie_a child_n twice_o one_o for_o 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