Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	accuse_v	accuser_n	adversary_n	14	3	9.3094	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26919	The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1664 (1664)	Wing B1254; ESTC R3168	316,514	416

or_o wit_n or_o wealth_n or_o power_n than_o you_o have_v and_o therefore_o seem_v more_o worthy_a of_o their_o friendship_n 10._o and_o some_o of_o they_o may_v think_v when_o you_o be_v in_o a_o low_a and_o suffer_a state_n and_o in_o danger_n of_o worse_a that_o it_o be_v part_n of_o their_o duty_n of_o self-preservation_n to_o be_v strange_a to_o you_o though_o in_o heart_n they_o wish_v you_o well_o they_o will_v think_v they_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o hazard_v themselves_o upon_o the_o displeasure_n of_o superior_n to_o own_o or_o befriend_v you_o or_o any_o other_o though_o they_o must_v not_o desert_n christ_n they_o think_v they_o may_v desert_v a_o man_n for_o their_o own_o preservation_n to_o avoid_v both_o extreme_n in_o such_o a_o case_n man_n must_v both_o study_v to_o understand_v which_o way_n be_v most_o serviceable_a to_o christ_n and_o to_o his_o church_n and_o withal_o to_o be_v able_a to_o deny_v themselves_o and_o also_o must_v study_v to_o understand_v what_o christ_n mean_v in_o his_o final_a sentence_n in_o as_o much_o as_o you_o do_v it_o or_o do_v it_o not_o to_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o my_o brethren_n you_o do_v it_o or_o do_v it_o not_o to_o i_o as_o if_o it_o be_v to_o visit_v the_o contagious_a we_o must_v neither_o cast_v away_o our_o life_n to_o do_v no_o good_a or_o for_o that_o which_o in_o value_n hold_v no_o proportion_n with_o they_o nor_o yet_o must_v we_o deny_v to_o run_v any_o hazard_n when_o it_o be_v indeed_o our_o duty_n so_o be_v it_o in_o our_o visit_v those_o that_o suffer_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o christ_n but_o that_o here_o the_o own_v they_o be_v the_o confess_v of_o he_o we_o need_v more_o seldom_o to_o fear_v be_v too_o forward_o 11._o and_o some_o of_o your_o friend_n may_v cover_v their_o unfaithfulness_n with_o the_o pretence_n of_o some_o fault_n that_o you_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o some_o error_n that_o you_o hold_v or_o some_o unhandsome_a or_o culpable_a act_n that_o you_o have_v do_v 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and_o now_o that_o he_o lie_v he_o shall_v rise_v up_o no_o more_o yea_o my_o own_o familiar_a friend_n in_o who_o i_o trust_v that_o do_v eat_v of_o my_o bread_n have_v lift_v up_o his_o heel_n against_o i_o yet_o we_o may_v add_v as_o he_o v_o 12._o and_n as_o for_o i_o thou_o upholde_v i_o in_o my_o integrity_n and_o set_v i_o before_o thy_o face_n for_o ever_o though_o as_o psal._n 35._o 7_o etc._n etc._n without_o cause_n they_o have_v hide_v for_o i_o their_o net_n in_o a_o pit_n which_o without_o cause_n they_o have_v dig_v for_o my_o soul_n 11._o and_o false_a witness_n do_v rise_v up_o they_o lay_v to_o my_o charge_n thing_n that_o i_o know_v not_o they_o reward_v i_o evil_n for_o good_a 15_o 16._o in_o my_o adversity_n they_o rojoyce_v and_o gather_v themselves_o together_o the_o abject_n gather_v themselves_o together_o against_o i_o and_o i_o know_v it_o not_o they_o do_v tear_v and_o cease_v not_o with_o hypocritical_a mocker_n in_o feast_n they_o gnash_v upon_o i_o with_o their_o tooth_n 20._o for_o they_o speak_v not_o peace_n but_o they_o devise_v deceitful_a matter_n against_o they_o that_o be_v quiet_a in_o the_o land_n yet_o vers_fw-la 9_o my_o soul_n shall_v be_v joyful_a in_o the_o lord_n it_o shall_v rejoice_v in_o his_o salvation_n 10._o all_o my_o bone_n shall_v say_v lord_n who_o be_v like_a unto_o thou_o who_o deliver_v the_o poor_a from_o he_o that_o be_v too_o strong_a for_o he_o yea_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o needy_a from_o he_o that_o spoil_v he_o though_o friend_n be_v far_o off_o the_o lord_n be_v nigh_o to_o they_o that_o be_v of_o a_o break_a heart_n and_o save_v such_o as_o be_v of_o a_o contrite_a spirit_n many_o be_v the_o affliction_n of_o the_o righteous_a but_o the_o lord_n deliver_v he_o out_o of_o they_o all_o psal._n 34_o 18_o 19_o the_o lord_n redeem_v the_o soul_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o none_o of_o they_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o shall_v be_v desolate_a v._n 22._o therefore_o i_o will_v be_v glad_a and_o rejoice_v in_o 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about_o with_o song_n of_o deliverance_n psal._n 32._o 6_o 7._o 3._o and_o as_o god_n be_v with_o we_o thus_o relative_o and_o efficient_o so_o also_o objective_o for_o our_o holy_a converse_n wherever_o our_o friend_n be_v god_n be_v still_o at_o ●and_n to_o be_v the_o most_o profitable_a honourable_a and_o delightful_a object_n of_o our_o thought_n there_o be_v enough_o in_o he_o to_o take_v up_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o my_o soul._n he_o that_o be_v but_o in_o a_o well_o furnish_v library_n may_v find_v great_a and_o excellent_a employment_n for_o his_o thought_n many_o year_n together_o and_o