Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	love_n	love_v	2,519	5	6.3625	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21041	Tvvo treatises. The one, a most fruitfull exposition vpon Philemon: the other, the schoole of affliction. Both penned, by the late faithfull minister of Gods Word, Daniel Dyke, Bachelor in Diuinitie: published since his death by his brother, I.D. minister of Gods Word	Dyke, Daniel, d. 1614.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.	1618 (1618)	STC 7410; ESTC S100162	203,709	388

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willing_a to_o forgo_v they_o when_o god_n call_v for_o they_o and_o therefore_o god_n himself_o say_v to_o abraham_n now_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o love_v i_o now_o i_o see_v that_o there_o be_v no_o creature_n no_o not_o isaac_n himself_o that_o be_v able_a to_o alienate_v and_o estrange_v thy_o affection_n from_o i_o now_o i_o see_v that_o howsoever_o thou_o love_v isaac_n well_o yet_o thou_o love_v i_o better_a and_o isaac_n only_o for_o my_o sake_n when_o at_o my_o command_n thou_o can_v even_o hate_v he_o second_o the_o apostle_n conjoin_v the_o love_n of_o doct._n 2_o the_o saint_n with_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n thereby_o will_v teach_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v love_v in_o his_o saint_n saint_n christ_n to_o be_v love_v in_o his_o saint_n and_o that_o in_o truth_n none_o love_v christ_n who_o also_o love_v not_o his_o member_n for_o we_o may_v true_o say_v with_o david_n psal_n 16._o 2._o lord_n my_o well-doing_n reach_v not_o to_o thou_o all_o my_o delight_n be_v 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