Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	apostle_n	pray_v	prayer_n	1,314	5	6.4509	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64835	Things worth thinking on, or, Helps to piety being remains of some meditations, experiences, and sentences &c. never published till now : and now are as an addition to them which were formerly made publick: together with a sermon entituled The beauty of holines / by Ralph Venning ...	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1664 (1664)	Wing V227; ESTC R38004	77,776	241

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more_o true_o honourable_a and_o glorious_a to_o serve_v that_o god_n who_o command_v all_o the_o world_n and_o will_v crown_v his_o servant_n with_o glory_n than_o to_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o those_o passion_n and_o lust_n which_o put_v man_n upon_o continual_a hard_a service_n and_o torment_v they_o for_o it_o when_o they_o have_v do_v matth._n 27.3_o 5._o 3_o two_o thing_n shall_v be_v much_o lay_v to_o heart_n by_o we_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o nature_n psal_n 51.5_o rom._n 7.24_o and_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n 1_o john_n 3.4_o 4_o if_o we_o come_v to_o christ_n he_o will_v not_o cast_v we_o out_o john_n 6.37_o but_o if_o we_o do_v not_o come_v to_o he_o we_o cast_v away_o ourselves_o prov._n 8.36_o john_n 8.24_o 5._o the_o command_v of_o god_n show_v we_o what_o our_o power_n be_v what_o our_o duty_n be_v and_o what_o our_o prayer_n shall_v be_v dam_fw-la quod_fw-la jubes_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la quod_fw-la vis_fw-la give_v we_o lord_n to_o do_v what_o thou_o command_v and_o command_v 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too_o near_o it_o psal_n 62.10_o and_o when_o we_o be_v in_o adversity_n we_o be_v as_o prone_a to_o lay_v it_o too_o near_o our_o heart_n psal_n 77.6_o 9_o 13_o the_o fear_n of_o a_o high_a power_n in_o heaven_n shall_v balance_v and_o bias_n they_o that_o be_v high_a in_o power_n on_o earth_n the_o great_a man_n have_v at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o meet_v with_o their_o match_n but_o the_o great_a god_n never_o meet_v with_o he_o job_n 31.13_o 14._o and_o 38.3_o and_o 40.2_o 8_o 9_o and_o 42.2_o 3._o 1_o cor._n 10.22_o act_n 5.39_o and_o 23.9_o 14_o book_n be_v a_o memory_n without_o we_o and_o memory_n be_v a_o book_n within_o we_o god_n have_v his_o book_n too_o which_o will_v be_v open_v happy_a they_o for_o who_o but_o miserable_a they_o against_o who_o they_o shall_v be_v open_v mal._n 3.16_o revel_v 20.12_o 15_o god_n declare_v himself_o three_o way_n 1_o by_o his_o work_n to_o the_o eye_n 2_o by_o his_o word_n to_o the_o ear_n and_o 3_o by_o his_o spirit_n to_o the_o heart_n bless_v be_v the_o eye_n which_o see_v the_o ear_n which_o hear_v and_o the_o heart_n which_o receive_v the_o declaration_n of_o god_n matth._n 13.16_o and_o luke_n 8.15_o but_o woe_n to_o other_o matth._n 13.13_o 14._o rom._n 1.19_o 20._o 16_o the_o new_a creature_n be_v but_o a_o creature_n and_o though_o it_o have_v communion_n with_o god_n it_o can_v be_v god_n divine_v it_o may_v a_o deity_n it_o can_v be_v let_v they_o consider_v it_o that_o talk_v so_o mad_o of_o be_v god_v with_o god_n etc._n etc._n 17_o a_o hard-heart_n be_v the_o devil_n cushion_n he_o sit_v soft_a on_o a_o heart_n of_o stone_n 2_o cor._n 4.4_o compare_v with_o eph._n 4.18_o