Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advantage_n	great_a	part_n	1,014	5	3.9894	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25315	A discourse concerning the divine dreams mention'd in Scripture together with the marks and characters by which they might be distinguish'd from vain delusions : in a letter to Monsieur Gaches / by Moses Amyraldus ; translated out of French by Ja. Lowde ...; Discours sur les songes divins dont il est parlé dans l'Escriture. English	Amyraut, Moïse, 1596-1664.; Lowde, James.; Gaches, Raymond, d. 1668.	1676 (1676)	Wing A3034; ESTC R16142	63,942	221

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chap._n i._n of_o natural_a dream_n and_o their_o several_a cause_n pag._n 3._o chap._n ii_o of_o angelical_a dream_n in_o general_n and_o some_o rational_a reflection_n on_o particular_a one_o pag._n 19_o chap._n iii_o of_o divine_a dream_n pag._n 39_o chap._n iu._n the_o character_n by_o which_o they_o may_v know_v that_o those_o dream_n be_v true_o divine_a and_o not_o vain_a delusion_n pag._n 53._o chap._n v._n whether_o god_n do_v make_v use_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o revelation_n by_o dream_n now_o under_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o gospel_n pag._n 101._o finis_fw-la