Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	church_n	true_a	visible_a	19,269	5	9.3685	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12168	A breathing after God. Or a Christians desire of Gods presence. By the late reverent and worthy divine Richard Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Graies-Inne	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1639 (1639)	STC 22477; ESTC S102403	23,657	124

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distinguish_v a_o christian_n than_o those_o that_o be_v inward_a hypocrisy_n like_o sale-worke_n may_v make_v a_o fair_a show_n outward_a a_o hypocrite_n may_v perform_v external_a work_n but_o can_v dissemble_v inward_a affection_n and_o among_o they_o none_o better_a discover_v his_o temper_n than_o the_o beat_n of_o the_o pulse_n of_o his_o desire_n w_z ch_z this_o worthy_a author_n who_o depart_v not_o without_o be_v much_o desire_v and_o no_o less_o lament_v have_v most_o lively_o set_v forth_o in_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n which_o a_o christian_a hold_v as_o a_o glass_n before_o he_o may_v discern_v whether_o he_o have_v life_n or_o no_o by_o these_o breathe_n for_o the_o object_n here_o propound_v what_o more_o desirable_a than_o the_o chief_a good_a for_o the_o place_n where_o can_v it_o be_v more_o desire_v then_o in_o his_o house_n where_o his_o presence_n be_v manifest_v what_o better_a end_n to_o be_v in_o that_o house_n then_o to_o behold_v god_n in_o the_o beauty_n of_o 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