Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	best_a	love_n	love_v	1,137	5	6.0709	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76239	An antidote against immoderate sorrow for the death of our friends: taken from an assured hope of our resurrection to life and glory. Delivered in a sermon preached in the parish-church of North-Wraxall in Wiltshire, the 12th. of Aprill 1660. at the funeral of Sr William Button Baronet. By Francis Bayly his houshold chaplain.	[Bayly, Francis, fl. 1660].	1660 (1660)	Wing B1474; Thomason E1026_5; ESTC R208754	22,562	34

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exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o christian_a moderation_n we_o show_v ourselves_o rather_o hopeless_a infidel_n then_o believe_v christian_n that_o advice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o sirach_n be_v good_a and_o remarkable_a ecclesiasticus_fw-la 38.16.17_o my_o son_n pour_v forth_o tear_n over_o the_o dead_a and_o begin_v to_o mourn_v as_o if_o thou_o have_v suffer_v great_a harm_n thyself_o and_o then_o cover_v his_o body_n according_a to_o his_o appointment_n and_o neglect_v not_o his_o burial_n make_v a_o grievous_a lamentation_n and_o be_v earnest_a in_o mourning_n and_o use_v lamentation_n as_o he_o be_v worthy_a and_o that_o a_o day_n or_o two_o lest_o thou_o be_v evil_o speak_v of_o and_o then_o comfort_v thyself_o for_o thy_o heaviness_n and_o as_o it_o be_v verse_n 23._o see_v the_o dead_a be_v at_o rest_n let_v his_o remembrance_n rest_n and_o comfort_v thyself_o again_o for_o he_o when_o his_o spirit_n be_v depart_v from_o he_o where_o he_o show_v that_o there_o be_v three_o thing_n 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question_n why_o child_n and_o patent_n wife_n and_o husband_n enjoy_v not_o one_o the_o other_o so_o long_o now_o as_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o give_v this_o reason_n speak_v of_o sarahs_n behaviour_n towards_o abraham_n quoniam_fw-la e●_n vivente_fw-la deum_fw-la praetulit_fw-la because_o whilst_o he_o live_v she_o prefer_v god_n before_o he_o and_o again_o speak_v of_o abraham_n towards_o sarah_n quoniam_fw-la câ_fw-la etiam_fw-la viuâ_fw-la deo_fw-la magis_fw-la audivit_fw-la quà_fw-la ipsam_fw-la because_o whilst_o she_o live_v he_o hearken_v more_o to_o god_n then_o she_o neither_o for_o the_o love_n of_o husband_n nor_o of_o wife_n nor_o for_o the_o care_n of_o child_n do_v any_o one_o provoke_v god_n to_o anger_n and_o conclude_v ne_fw-la diligas_fw-la maritum_fw-la plusquam_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o nunquam_fw-la senties_fw-la viduitatem_fw-la love_v not_o thy_o husband_n more_o than_o god_n and_o thou_o shall_v never_o feel_v widowhood_n for_o thou_o shall_v 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