Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	word_n	wrath_n	write_v	116	3	5.4889	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22627	Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete; Confessiones. English	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Watts, William, 1590?-1649.	1631 (1631)	STC 912; ESTC S100303	327,312	1,035

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i_o also_o bring_v forth_o whatsoever_o i_o have_v conceive_v hereby_o it_o clear_o appear_v that_o a_o free_a curiosity_n have_v more_o force_n in_o child_n learning_n of_o language_n than_o a_o frightful_a enforcement_n can_v have_v but_o the_o unsettledness_n of_o that_o freedom_n this_o enforcement_n restrain_v thy_o law_n o_o god_n yea_o thy_o law_n even_o from_o the_o schoolmaster_n ferula_fw-la to_o the_o martyr_n trial_n be_v able_a to_o temper_v wholesome_a and_o bitter_a together_o call_v we_o back_o by_o that_o mean_n unto_o thyself_o even_o from_o that_o infectious_a sweetness_n which_o at_o first_o allure_v we_o to_o fall_v away_o from_o thou_o chap._n 15._o his_o prayer_n to_o god_n 1._o hear_v my_o prayer_n o_o lord_n let_v not_o my_o soul_n faint_a under_o thy_o correction_n nor_o let_v i_o faint_v in_o confess_v unto_o thou_o thy_o own_o mercy_n by_o which_o thou_o have_v draw_v i_o out_o of_o all_o my_o own_o most_o wicked_a course_n that_o thyself_o may_v from_o 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there_o can_v in_o like_a manner_n any_o thing_n chance_n unto_o thou_o that_o be_v unchangeable_o eternal_a that_o be_v the_o eternal_a creator_n of_o soul_n like_a as_o therefore_o thou_o in_o the_o beginning_n know_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n without_o any_o variety_n of_o thy_o knowledge_n even_o so_o do_v thou_o in_o the_o beginning_n create_v heaven_n and_o earth_n without_o any_o distinction_n of_o thy_o action_n let_v he_o that_o understand_v it_o confess_v unto_o thou_o and_o let_v he_o that_o understand_v it_o not_o confess_v unto_o thou_o also_o oh_o how_o high_a be_v thou_o and_o yet_o the_o humble_a in_o heart_n be_v the_o house_n that_o thou_o dwell_v in_o for_o thou_o vayself_n 4_o wthose_n that_o be_v bow_v down_o and_o never_o can_v they_o fall_v who_o strength_n thou_o be_v saint_n augustine_n confession_n the_o twelve_o book_n chap._n 1._o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n my_o heart_n o_o lord_n truth_n touch_v with_o the_o word_n 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light_n where_o shall_v ●●_o have_v be_v bestow_v but_o in_o be_v over_o all_o by_o show_v itself_o and_o enlighten_v other_o where_o therefore_o as_o light_n be_v not_o yet_o what_o be_v it_o that_o darkness_n be_v present_a but_o that_o light_n be_v absent_a darkness_n therefore_o be_v over_o all_o hitherto_o because_o light_n be_v absent_a like_v as_o where_o there_o be_v no_o find_v there_o be_v silence_n and_o what_o be_v it_o to_o have_v silence_n there_o but_o to_o have_v no_o sound_n there_o have_v not_o thou_o o_o lord_n teach_v these_o thing_n unto_o the_o soul_n which_o thus_o confess_v unto_o thou_o have_v not_o thou_o teach_v i_o lord_n that_o before_o thou_o creat_v &_o diversify_v this_o unshape_a matter_n there_o be_v nothing_o neither_o colour_n nor_o figure_n nor_o body_n nor_o spirit_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o not_o altogether_o a_o absolute_a nothing_o for_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a unshapednes_n without_o any_o form_n in_o it_o chap._n 4._o of_o the_o chaos_n 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somewhat_o which_o the_o sense_n may_v fasten_v upon_o and_o return_n answer_v to_o itself_o it_o be_v no_o intelligible_a form_n as_o life_n be_v or_o as_o justice_n be_v because_o it_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o body_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n sensible_a for_o that_o in_o this_o earth_n invisible_a as_o yet_o and_o without_o form_n there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v perceive_v while_o man_n thought_n thus_o discourse_n unto_o himself_o let_v he_o endeavour_v either_o to_o know_v it_o by_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o or_o to_o be_v ignorant_a by_o know_v it_o chap._n 6._o what_o himself_o sometime_o think_v of_o it_o 1._o for_o my_o own_o part_n o_o lord_n if_o i_o may_v confess_v all_o unto_o thou_o both_o by_o tongue_n and_o pen_n whatever_o thyself_o have_v teach_v i_o of_o that_o matter_n the_o name_n whereof_o have_v hear_v before_o but_o not_o understand_v because_o they_o tell_v i_o of_o it_o who_o themselves_o understand_v it_o not_o i_o conceive_v of_o it_o as_o have_v 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