Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	able_a	strong_a	zion_n	11	3	9.2718	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29529	Stand still: Or, A bridle for the times A discourse tending to still the murmuring, to settle the wavering, to stay the wandring, to strengthen the fainting. As it was delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth, Anno 1643. By John Brinsley, Minister of the Word there, and now published as a proper antidote against the present epidemicall distempers of the times.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1647 (1647)	Wing B4729; ESTC R217245	80,497	119

sea_n of_o this_o world_n as_o calvin_n prosecute_v it_o play_v and_o sport_v himself_o like_o the_o leviathan_n in_o the_o deep_a water_n 41._o or_o like_o the_o crocodile_n in_o nilus_n seek_v who_o he_o may_v devour_v and_o he_o be_v the_o spiritual_a pharaoh_n who_o hold_v all_o man_n by_o nature_n in_o a_o spiritual_a servitude_n and_o bondage_n he_o prosecute_v the_o israel_n of_o god_n all_o those_o who_o be_v take_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n translate_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n in_o measure_n free_v and_o deliver_v from_o his_o tyranny_n with_o all_o the_o power_n he_o can_v make_v seek_v either_o to_o reduce_v they_o or_o to_o destroy_v they_o now_o in_o reference_n to_o he_o and_o all_o these_o spiritual_a enemy_n the_o counsel_n in_o the_o text_n be_v very_o proper_a teach_v the_o lord_n people_n what_o they_o be_v to_o do_v enemy_n consistite_fw-la stand_v stand_v fast_o so_o the_o apostle_n press_v and_o inculcate_v it_o in_o the_o place_n forenamed_a ephe._n 6._o 1●_z 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the_o outcast_n of_o israel_n psal._n 147._o 147.2_o expulsos_fw-la ejectos_fw-la those_o that_o be_v cast_v and_o drive_v out_o as_o exile_n from_o house_n and_o home_n incertâ_fw-la sede_fw-la vagantes_fw-la 3●_z wander_v as_o those_o primitive_a saint_n be_v say_v to_o do_v not_o have_v any_o certain_a habitation_n but_o expose_v to_o the_o wide_a world_n as_o we_o say_v such_o the_o lord_n gather_v step_v into_o his_o people_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o great_a strait_n and_o extremity_n then_o show_v himself_o to_o they_o most_o clear_o most_o glorious_o perfect_v his_o power_n his_o goodness_n in_o their_o weakness_n their_o want_n whatever_o our_o condition_n then_o be_v though_o we_o be_v strip_v never_o so_o naked_a of_o all_o human_a help_n and_o creature-assistance_n yet_o despair_v not_o if_o god_n have_v a_o purpose_n to_o save_v we_o to_o deliver_v we_o his_o counsel_n shall_v stand_v his_o purpose_n shall_v take_v place_n 46._o my_o counsel_n shall_v stand_v say_v 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