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	young_a	youth_n	300	4	8.0702	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01935	Certaine sermons preached upon severall occasions viz. The vvay to prosper. The vvay to be content. The vvay to vvell-doing. A summer sermon. A vvinter sermon. Vnknowne kindnesse. The poore mans hope. By Iohn Gore Rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to prosper.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to be content.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to well-doing.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Summer sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Winter sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Unknowne kindnesse.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Poore mans hope.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Oracle of God.	1636 (1636)	STC 12071; ESTC S120526	199,234	334

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care_n for_o all_o church_n &_o christian_a soul_n under_o the_o cope_n of_o heaven_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 28._o non_fw-la aliter_fw-la in_o ecclesias_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la remotas_fw-la affectus_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la illas_fw-la humeris_fw-la gestaret_fw-la as_o beza_n say_v of_o calvin_n he_o be_v no_o less_o tender_o affect_v for_o those_o church_n that_o be_v remote_a and_o far-off_a than_o if_o he_o have_v bear_v they_o upon_o his_o own_o shoulder_n and_o carry_v they_o as_o nurse_n do_v their_o babe_n in_o his_o own_o bosom_n but_o his_o three_o and_o most_o especial_a care_n be_v for_o the_o soul_n and_o save_a health_n of_o his_o little_a child_n as_o he_o call_v they_o gal._n 4._o 20._o of_o who_o he_o traveil_v in_o birth_n till_o christ_n be_v form_v in_o they_o his_o care_n be_v great_a for_o they_o than_o either_o for_o himself_o or_o any_o other_o and_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o say_v he_o i_o stand_v in_o doubt_n of_o you_o good_a 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periculis_fw-la a_o man_n in_o many_o peril_n and_o danger_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o escape_v they_o all_o that_o he_o be_v homo_fw-la in_o tentationibus_fw-la a_o man_n mighty_o trouble_v with_o temptation_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o overcome_v they_o all_o all_o these_o i_o purposely_o overslip_v which_o perhaps_o may_v comply_v with_o many_o a_o man_n condition_n and_o conduce_v to_o his_o comfort_n but_o there_o be_v one_o behind_o that_o be_v of_o great_a value_n than_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o s._n paul_n be_v as_o i_o pray_v god_n of_o his_o mercy_n make_v i_o and_o thou_o and_o every_o christian_a soul_n to_o be_v 5._o homo_fw-la in_o coelestibus_fw-la a_o man_n of_o a_o heavenly_a disposition_n though_o his_o bodily_a abode_n be_v upon_o earth_n yet_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o soul_n commerce_n and_o conversation_n be_v in_o heaven_n phil._n 3._o 20._o no_o marvel_v then_o that_o be_v so_o much_o acquaint_v with_o god_n as_o 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comfort_n thou_o be_v the_o man_n who_o god_n delight_v to_o favour_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o patriach_n be_v say_v heb._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o to_o kiss_v and_o embrace_v the_o promise_n of_o christ_n so_o do_v thou_o even_o clasp_v and_o hug_v this_o promise_n of_o grace_n to_o thyself_o and_o let_v neither_o thy_o want_n nor_o thy_o weakness_n dismay_v thou_o for_o both_o in_o life_n and_o death_n thou_o shall_v find_v god_n grace_n to_o be_v sufficient_a for_o thou_o which_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n grant_v unto_o we_o all_o etc._n etc._n amen_n finis_fw-la