Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	heart_n	prayer_n	spirit_n	3,126	5	5.2833	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65809	The practice of Christian perfection wherein several considerations, cautions, and advices are set down, for the perfecting of the saints, and completing them in the knowledge of Christ Jesus / by Thomas White ...	White, Thomas, d. 1682.	1651 (1651)	Wing W1852; ESTC R39071	46,849	191

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prayer_n be_v but_o wind_n and_o they_o puff_n thou_o up_o for_o thy_o carnal_a heart_n will_v plead_v these_o carnal_a performance_n to_o thy_o conscience_n and_o make_v thou_o believe_v because_o thou_o have_v many_o piece_n of_o this_o counterfeit_a coin_n that_o thou_o be_v rich_a and_o want_v nothing_o though_o thou_o be_v poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a and_o miserable_a for_o thy_o duty_n have_v not_o the_o right_a stamp_n have_v neither_o the_o image_n nor_o superscription_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o be_v neither_o perform_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n nor_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n nor_o in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n and_o between_o carnal_a and_o spiritual_a duty_n this_o be_v the_o difference_n that_o we_o usual_o pride_n ourselves_o in_o the_o one_o and_o be_v humble_a by_o the_o other_o second_o which_o follow_v upon_o the_o former_a we_o shall_v grow_v weary_a in_o time_n of_o perform_v carnal_a duty_n for_o needs_o must_v we_o be_v weary_a of_o these_o 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