Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bear_v	good_a	will_n	815	5	5.7471	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75710	Living loves betwixt Christ and dying Christians A sermon preached at M. Magdalene Bermondsey in Southwark, near London, June 6. 1654. At the funeral of that faithful servant of Christ Mr. Jeremiah Whitaker, Minister of the Gospel, and pastor of the church there. With a narative of his exemplarily holy life and death. By Simeon Ashe, his much endeared friend and brother. Together with poems and elegies on his death, by divers ministers in the city of London.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing A3961A; ESTC R223578	67,742	92

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do_v not_o commit_v himself_o unto_o they_o because_o he_o know_v all_o man_n and_o need_v not_o that_o any_o shall_v testify_v of_o man_n for_o he_o know_v what_o be_v in_o man_n 4_o because_o we_o can_v tell_v how_o soon_o we_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o the_o scrutiny_n the_o lord_n may_v be_v awaken_n our_o conscience_n and_o set_v they_o as_o upon_o a_o rack_n propound_v that_o question_n unto_o we_o which_o he_o ask_v peter_n once_o and_o again_o and_o the_o three_o time_n love_v thou_o i_o but_o though_o he_o shall_v 15._o john_n 27._o 15._o not_o deal_v thus_o with_o we_o in_o our_o life_n time_n yet_o be_v sure_a we_o shall_v be_v examine_v upon_o our_o departure_n hence_o for_o after_o death_n 27._o heb._n 9_o 27._o come_v judgement_n infallible_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v our_o wisdom_n in_o the_o way_n of_o self-renuing_a to_o say_v as_o job_n do_v when_o god_n visit_v 14._o job_n ●●_o 14._o what_o shall_v i_o answer_v he_o 5._o because_o by_o serious_a self-reflection_n 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