Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	word_n	work_n	write_v	95	3	4.9387	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94356	Knovvledge of the times or, the resolution of the question, how long it shall be unto the end of wonders. By John Tillinghast, a servant of Jesus Christ.	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1179; Thomason E1467_1; ESTC R203797	191,673	390

observe_v god_n have_v assure_v his_o people_n of_o many_o great_a thing_n already_o he_o shut_v up_o all_o with_o this_o as_o the_o crown_a mercy_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n even_o say_v to_o jerusalem_n thou_o shall_v be_v build_v and_o to_o the_o temple_n thy_o foundation_n shall_v be_v lay_v as_o to_o say_v over_o and_o above_o all_o i_o have_v promise_v already_o i_o do_v also_o give_v particular_a assurance_n that_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v build_v and_o the_o foundation_n of_o my_o temple_n there_o shall_v be_v lay_v and_o to_o this_o our_o last_o english_a annotation_n agree_v interpret_n they_o to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n himself_o by_o render_v the_o word_n even_o say_v to_o jerusalem_n thou_o shall_v be_v build_v thus_o and_o say_v to_o jerusalem_n thou_o shall_v be_v build_v so_o by_o the_o copulation_n and_o put_v for_o even_o make_v in_o effect_n the_o word_n to_o have_v relation_n not_o to_o cyrus_n but_o to_o god_n himself_o who_o have_v say_v thus_o and_o thus_o 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there_o spread_v the_o whole_a before_o the_o lord_n the_o issue_n whereof_o be_v favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o king_n and_o authority_n from_o he_o to_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o build_v it_o thus_o much_o by_o way_n of_o answer_n to_o the_o text_n in_o which_o the_o force_n of_o the_o objection_n lie_v second_o i_o now_o come_v to_o add_v two_o or_o three_o consideration_n from_o scripture_n which_o may_v be_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o whole_a of_o the_o objection_n 1_o consideration_n whether_o it_o be_v not_o a_o very_a strange_a thing_n to_o suppose_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v be_v charge_v with_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o building_n jerusalem_n and_o the_o work_n they_o be_v about_o stop_v upon_o it_o that_o yet_o afterward_o the_o original_a copy_n of_o cyrus_n decree_n be_v find_v out_o among_o the_o court-roll_n in_o the_o second_o yer_z of_o darius_n and_o transcribe_v by_o ezra_n chap._n 6.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o not_o one_o word_n shall_v be_v mention_v of_o that_o about_o which_o have_v be_v so_o much_o noise_n and_o stir_v by_o the_o enemy_n but_o as_o the_o command_n chap._n 1._o so_o here_o the_o decree_n shall_v run_v altogether_o upon_o build_v the_o temple_n and_o not_o a_o tittle_n in_o it_o of_o jerusalem_n which_o who_o can_v think_v otherwise_o but_o that_o have_v there_o be_v but_o the_o least_o clause_n in_o cyrus_n decree_n empowr_v the_o jew_n to_o the_o building_n jerusalem_n upon_o which_o the_o jew_n have_v undertake_v it_o ezra_n though_o it_o be_v to_o vindicate_v the_o act_n of_o his_o nation_n and_o to_o show_v that_o what_o they_o do_v which_o be_v so_o cty_v out_o against_o and_o they_o suffer_v so_o much_o though_o unjust_o through_o forge_a accusation_n for_o be_v not_o without_o law_n and_o authority_n will_v not_o doubtless_o have_v the_o jew_n be_v real_o guilty_a of_o the_o act_n or_o the_o decree_n allow_v they_o any_o such_o thing_n in_o transcribe_v the_o decree_n have_v leave_v it_o out_o 2_o consideration_n whether_o the_o very_a word_n and_o manner_n of_o expression_n use_v by_o the_o angel_n do_v not_o import_v a_o effective_a command_n such_o a_o command_n as_o upon_o the_o go_n of_o it_o forth_o do_v cause_n a_o restore_n and_o build_v jorusalem_n vers_fw-la 25._o know_v therefore_o and_o understand_v that_o from_o the_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o commandment_n to_o restore_v and_o to_o build_v jerusalem_n observe_v the_o command_n be_v a_o command_n express_o to_o restore_v and_o to_o build_v which_o it_o be_v not_o proper_a to_o call_v that_o command_n which_o by_o virtue_n of_o itself_o alone_o do_v never_o produce_v any_o such_o effect_n consider_v too_o that_o god_n command_n as_o we_o be_v to_o look_v upon_o this_o though_o he_o use_v man_n as_o a_o instrument_n be_v every_o of_o they_o always_o effective_a now_o let_v it_o be_v consider_v whether_o the_o naked_a decree_n of_o cyrus_n ever_o have_v any_o such_o effect_n nay_o be_v not_o the_o contrary_a evident_a viz._n that_o for_o many_o year_n after_o the_o go_v forth_o of_o that_o decree_n even_o until_o the_o twenty_o of_o artaxerxes_n jerusalem_n lie_v waste_v as_o a_o ruin_a heap_n neh._n 1.3_o and_o when_o the_o time_n of_o build_v it_o come_v the_o work_n have_v for_o its_o basis_n not_o that_o decree_n but_o a_o new_a one_o of_o artaxerxes_n by_o which_o only_a nehemiah_n act_n and_o not_o at_o all_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o cyras_n as_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o whole_a of_o his_o book_n 3_o consideration_n whether_o the_o angel_n give_v daniel_n so_o many_o serious_a hint_n to_o pry_v well_o into_o this_o thing_n and_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o a_o too_o hasty_a conclude_v any_o thing_n lest_o he_o shall_v mistake_v vers_fw-la 25._o know_v therefore_o and_o understand_v vers_fw-la 23._o