Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	body_n	heaven_n	soul_n	16,244	5	5.2792	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36873	The love of God, or, Love divine being the subject of these ensuing meditations / collected out of Mr. Gorings English translation ; originally penned by Peter Du Moulin ... ; digested into divine poems by William Wood ...	Wood, William.; Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2588; ESTC R37780	15,390	32

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also_o 〈…〉_o and_o firm●_n effect_n of_o god_n true_a love_n if_o 〈…〉_o next_o under_o heave●●_n 〈…〉_o w●_n shall_v require_v more_o than_o this_o grace_n to_o love_v with_o whole_a de●●●●_n for_o to_o the_o faithful_a this_o do_v testify_v that_o god_n with_o his_o love_n his_o soul_n shall_v satisfy_v this_o love_n be_v the_o very_a first_o effe●●_n of_o faith_n trace_v god_n image_n as_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v the_o mark_n and_o 〈…〉_o for_o they_o be_v endow_v wit●_n love_n and_o fil●ull_a fear_n this_o love_n be_v the_o so●●_n of_o virtue_n 〈◊〉_d and_o oth●●_n have_v sovereign_a eminen●●_n 〈◊〉_d elder_a brother_n she_o sit_v as_o judge_n our_o 〈…〉_o reg●leth_v sum_v up_o the_o la●_n 〈◊〉_d judge_n and_o 〈◊〉_d this_o love_n sustain_v 〈◊〉_d do_v s●●ph●●_n a_o ladder_n that_o can_v each_o ●●_o high_a as_o heaven_n she_o be_v peace_n of_o conscienc●●_n yield_v that_o content_n be_v superexcellent_o 〈◊〉_d yea_o it_o be_v such_o i_o dare_v ●ith_n boldness_n say_v give_v we_o 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