Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	abraham_n	faith_n	work_n	983	5	7.3635	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01935	Certaine sermons preached upon severall occasions viz. The vvay to prosper. The vvay to be content. The vvay to vvell-doing. A summer sermon. A vvinter sermon. Vnknowne kindnesse. The poore mans hope. By Iohn Gore Rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to prosper.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to be content.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to well-doing.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Summer sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Winter sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Unknowne kindnesse.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Poore mans hope.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Oracle of God.	1636 (1636)	STC 12071; ESTC S120526	199,234	334

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than_o so_o be_v he_o that_o be_v a_o servant_n of_o sin_n my_o brethren_n say_v s._n james_n he_o not_o many_o master_n jam._n 3._o 1._o every_o man_n natural_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o master_n in_o himself_o every_o temptation_n every_o sin_n every_o lust_n be_v a_o wicked_a man_n master_n pride_n come_v and_o that_o master_n he_o then_o come_v anger_n and_o that_o master_n he_o then_o come_v covetousness_n or_o worldliness_n or_o filthy_a uncleanness_n all_o these_o get_v the_o mastery_n of_o he_o and_o keep_v they_o in_o subjection_n that_o he_o be_v not_o himself_o o_o quam_fw-la multos_fw-la dominos_fw-la habet_fw-la qui_fw-la unum_fw-la not_o habet_fw-la oh_o how_o many_o master_n and_o lord_n have_v that_o man_n that_o have_v not_o thou_o o_fw-fr god_n for_o his_o lord_n and_o master_n the_o very_a devil_n himself_o be_v his_o master_n yea_o more_o than_o that_o he_o be_v his_o god_n therefore_o he_o be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o this_o world_n 2_o cor._n 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