Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	affliction_n	furnace_n	zion_n	103	3	10.3512	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26847	A posing question, put by the wise man, viz. Solomon, to the wisest men concerning making a judgment of the temporal conditions : wherein you have the ignorance of man (in knowing, what is good, or evil, for man in this life) discovered, together, with the mistakes that flow from it : and the great question resolved, viz. whether the knowledg of, what is good for a man in this life, be so hid from man, that no man can attain it / preached at the weekly lecture at Upton ... by Benjamin Baxter ...	Baxter, Benjamin, Preacher of the Gospel.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1172A; ESTC R39509	142,945	270

spiritual_a advantage_n although_o it_o seem_v a_o barren_a condition_n yet_o it_o be_v improveable_a isa_n 41._o 19_o god_n say_v he_o will_v plant_v in_o the_o wilderness_n the_o cedar_n shittah_n tree_n and_o the_o myrtle_n tree_n etc._n etc._n he_o speak_v there_o of_o make_v the_o wilderness_n fruitful_a a_o afflict_a condition_n be_v a_o wilderness-condition_n and_o we_o shall_v see_v what_o fruitfulness_n there_o be_v in_o it_o it_o be_v sometime_o with_o condition_n according_a to_o what_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v in_o another_o case_n psal_n 107._o 34._o he_o turn_v a_o fruitful_a land_n into_o barrenness_n and_o verse_n 35._o he_o turn_v a_o wilderness_n into_o spring_n of_o water_n there_o be_v some_o condition_n that_o seem_v outward_o fruitful_a viz._n prosperous_a condition_n and_o these_o sometime_o be_v turn_v into_o barrenness_n some_o be_v spiritual_o barren_a in_o that_o condition_n some_o there_o be_v who_o condition_n be_v a_o wilderness_n and_o yet_o this_o condition_n be_v turn_v into_o spring_n of_o water_n and_o be_v make_v fruitful_a christian_n shall_v see_v whether_o they_o be_v fruitful_a in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o affliction_n you_o have_v a_o passage_n in_o gen._n 41._o 52._o that_o joseph_n call_v his_o son_n name_v ephraim_n for_o say_v he_o god_n have_v make_v i_o fruitful_a in_o the_o land_n of_o my_o affliction_n christian_n shall_v look_v what_o fruit_n their_o afflict_a condition_n bear_v and_o what_o they_o gather_v from_o it_o it_o be_v a_o condition_n plant_v with_o thorn_n and_o thistle_n but_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o before_o that_o there_o be_v a_o spiritual_a art_n of_o gather_v figgs_n from_o these_o thorn_n and_o grape_n from_o these_o thistle_n god_n in_o afflict_v intend_v our_o profit_n and_o gain_v and_o good_a heb._n 12._o 10._o it_o be_v our_o work_n to_o see_v whether_o we_o profit_v by_o affliction_n we_o can_v never_o say_v a_o affliction_n be_v good_a for_o we_o till_o we_o can_v say_v this_o 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