Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	concern_v	dionysius_n	wither_a	35	3	17.1782	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36047	The exposition of Dionysius Syrus written above 900 years since on the evangelist St. Mark / translated by Dudley Loftus ... anno 1672 ; wherewith are bound up several other tracts of the same authour, and an ancient Syriack scholia on the four evangelists, as also some Persian, Armenian, and Greek antiquities, translated as aforesaid : the titles whereof are set down immediately after the Epistle to the reader, with refereuce [sic] to the several pages where they are.	Dionysius Exiguus, d. ca. 540.; Loftus, Dudley, 1619-1695.	1672 (1672)	Wing D1525; ESTC R37278	110,280	261

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soldier_n lap_v the_o water_n page_n 164_o the_o letter_n of_o abgarus_n king_n of_o edessa_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n page_n 165_o the_o answer_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o letter_n of_o abgarus_n ibid._n pilate_n to_o tiberius_n caesar_n concern_v christ_n page_n 166_o lentulus_n precedent_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n greeting_n page_n 168_o dionysius_n syrus_n his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n page_n 169_o dionysius_n syrus_n concern_v freewill_n in_o his_o exposition_n on_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n of_o matthew_n ver_fw-la 7._o page_n 172_o dionysius_n syrus_n concern_v the_o woman_n that_o have_v six_o husband_n john_n 4._o page_n 175_o dionysius_n syrus_n concern_v herod_n take_n his_o brother_n wife_n page_n 177_o dionysius_n syrus_n his_o exposition_n on_o the_o wither_a of_o the_o figtree_n page_n 180_o dionysius_n syrus_n his_o exposition_n declare_v sundry_a opinion_n concern_v john_n the_o baptist_n eat_v of_o locust_n and_o honey_n page_n 183_o dionysius_n syrus_n concern_v the_o darkness_n over_o the_o earth_n when_o our_o saviour_n be_v crucify_v mention_v matthew_n 27_o page_n 185_o dionysius_n concern_v the_o majesty_n of_o christ_n page_n 187_o dionysius_n syrus_n his_o description_n of_o the_o roman_a government_n in_o judea_n page_n 189_o dionysius_n syrus_n his_o euposition_n concern_v the_o tax_n make_v by_o augustus_n page_n 191_o introductio_fw-la dionysii_fw-la sylli_n in_o expositionem_fw-la svam_fw-la quatuor_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la page_n 193_o errata_fw-la page_n 68_o line_n 28._o land_n for_o lord_n page_n 158._o line_n 2._o deference_n for_o difference_n page_n 182._o line_n 2._o branch_n for_o pranche_n chap._n i._n since_o that_o we_o have_v finish_v our_o treatise_n upon_o matthew_n the_o apostle_n at_o large_a and_o therein_o have_v gather_v together_o in_o write_v much_o of_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o fellow_n evangelist_n in_o such_o passage_n whetein_v they_o agree_v we_o be_v to_o proceed_v to_o the_o exposition_n of_o st._n mark_n and_o such_o exposition_n as_o you_o shall_v not_o find_v on_o he_o you_o may_v be_v furnish_v with_o out_o of_o what_o we_o have_v write_v on_o st._n matthew_n let_v we_o therefore_o apply_v ourselves_o to_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o book_n have_v confidence_n in_o god_n who_o be_v gracious_a and_o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o eve●_n and_o be_v also_o able_a to_o furnish_v we_o with_o strength_n and_o word_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o finish_v this_o enterprise_n the_o exposition_n of_o dionysius_n syrus_n alias_o jacobus_n exiguus_fw-la upon_o the_o gospel_n of_o st._n mark_n translate_v by_o dudley_n loftus_n j.u.d._n through_o confidence_n in_o god_n the_o lord_n of_o all_o the_o world_n assist_v and_o strengthen_v we_o we_o proceed_v to_o render_v the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o evangelist_n st._n mark_n the_o exposition_n of_o 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and_o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o ever_o and_o be_v also_o able_a to_o furnish_v we_o with_o strength_n and_o word_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o finish_v this_o enterprise_n chap._n ii_o the_o proper_a occasion_n of_o the_o book_n bless_a mark_n be_v he_o of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n john_n who_o be_v surname_v mark_n it_o be_v he_o who_o once_o adhere_v unto_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n when_o they_o preach_v unto_o the_o gentile_n he_o be_v of_o the_o college_n of_o the_o seventy_o two_o and_o a_o disciple_n of_o st._n peter_n he_o write_v his_o gospel_n in_o the_o roman_a tongue_n at_o rome_n he_o write_v it_o brief_o not_o but_o that_o he_o have_v enough_o to_o have_v write_v at_o large_a but_o that_o he_o have_v two_o reason_n to_o contract_v himself_o first_o he_o know_v that_o the_o roman_n be_v desirous_a to_o have_v receive_v the_o gospel_n from_o st._n peter_n the_o second_o reason_n be_v that_o he_o may_v imitate_v his_o master_n 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〈◊〉_d i.e._n come_v thou_o even_o unto_o i_o because_o the_o figtree_n be_v the_o tree_n whereof_o they_o eat_v and_o therefore_o our_o lord_n cause_v it_o to_o wither_v for_o that_o it_o have_v seduce_v adam_n and_o eve_n other_o say_v that_o when_o the_o multitude_n cut_v down_o branch_n from_o the_o tree_n and_o cast_v they_o in_o the_o way_n the_o owner_n of_o the_o figtree_n do_v not_o permit_v they_o to_o cut_v thereof_o and_o therefore_o he_o cause_v it_o to_o wither_v other_o say_v because_o the_o gadarens_n do_v not_o come_v to_o our_o lord_n he_o drown_v their_o swine_n that_o they_o may_v come_v forth_o to_o he_o against_o their_o will_n so_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o figtree_n determine_v in_o his_o mind_n that_o he_o will_v not_o come_v forth_o to_o christ_n and_o therefore_o he_o cause_v the_o fig_n tree_n to_o wither_v that_o he_o may_v come_v forth_o against_o his_o will_n other_o say_v that_o when_o our_o lord_n say_v destroy_v this_o temple_n and_o the_o three_o day_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o concern_v the_o temple_n of_o stone_n that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v leave_v a_o stone_n upon_o a_o stone_n that_o it_o be_v a_o expository_n sentence_n and_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o dry_n up_o of_o the_o figtree_n and_o straightway_o this_o figtree_n wither_v mark_n say_v that_o it_o wither_v in_o the_o morning_n and_o we_o say_v straightway_o because_o immediate_o it_o wither_v as_o st._n matthew_n say_v and_o in_o the_o morning_n the_o disciple_n say_v that_o it_o be_v wither_v as_o st._n mark_n say_v and_o his_o disciple_n marvail_v because_o that_o in_o the_o figtree_n he_o first_o show_v his_o power_n of_o inflict_a punishment_n dionysius_n syrus_n his_o exposition_n declare_v sundry_a opinion_n concern_v john_n the_o baptist_n eat_v of_o locust_n and_o honey_n translate_v by_o d._n l._n j._n u._n d._n and_o his_o meat_n be_v locust_n and_o wild_a honey_n some_o say_v that_o he_o call_v locust_n the_o honey_n which_o we_o eat_v for_o the_o wilderness_n of_o siphim_n be_v hot_a and_o there_o be_v continual_o produce_v therein_o locust_n and_o bee_n which_o yield_v honey_n other_o say_v that_o they_o be_v root_n which_o he_o pound_v and_o mix_v with_o honey_n and_o do_v eat_v thereof_o other_o say_v that_o it_o be_v write_v in_o some_o greek_a copy_n that_o he_o do_v eat_v sweet_a root_n and_o dwell_v in_o the_o desert_n the_o translator_n out_o of_o the_o greek_a into_o syriack_n from_o the_o similitude_n of_o word_n think_v that_o his_o meat_n be_v locust_n and_o wild_a honey_n other_o that_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n of_o four_o it_o be_v write_v that_o his_o meat_n be_v milk_n and_o wild_a honey_n use_v milk_n in_o his_o childhood_n and_o honey_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o stature_n of_o a_o man_n as_o other_o will_v have_v it_o they_o be_v moist_a and_o tender_a root_n like_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o very_o pleasant_a and_o some_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o say_v that_o they_o be_v root_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o show_n be_v like_a unto_o locust_n but_o in_o taste_n sweet_a as_o honey_n other_o say_v that_o they_o be_v sprout_n of_o plant_n and_o that_o this_o honey_n be_v bitter_a which_o wild_a bee_n make_v other_o say_v that_o a_o locust_n be_v a_o wing_a creature_n and_o that_o the_o honey_n be_v natural_a which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o warmth_n of_o the_o place_n and_o the_o mixture_n of_o the_o air_n be_v continual_o find_v therein_o moreover_o isiodor_n the_o presbyter_n say_v they_o be_v not_o locust_n but_o somewhat_o of_o the_o inward_o of_o cotton_n or_o the_o fruit_n of_o thorny_a cotton_n like_o the_o tender_a top_n or_o bud_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o branch_n of_o plant_n other_o say_v he_o call_v preach_v his_o meat_n and_o name_v it_o locust_n because_o it_o carry_v as_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o wing_n those_o who_o 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