Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	love_n	love_v	917	5	5.8596	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40738	The worlds honour detected, and, for the unprofitableness thereof, rejected, and the honour which comes from God alone, asserted, and reduced to practice, or, Some reasons why the people of God called Quakers, do deny the accustomary honour and salutations of the world ... by a friend to truth, who is no respector or regarder of persons, called a Quaker, B.F.	Furly, Benjamin, 1636-1714.	1663 (1663)	Wing F2541; ESTC R8091	54,243	70

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or_o intend_v it_o now_o as_o i_o have_v say_v there_o never_o be_v any_o people_n so_o dull_a but_o they_o have_v honour_v or_o have_v in_o esteem_n which_o be_v all_o one_o some_o or_o other_o at_o least_o their_o relation_n but_o to_o honour_v all_o man_n to_o love_v all_o man_n be_v the_o perfectian_n of_o a_o christion_n it_o be_v his_o work_n and_o his_o alone_a who_o be_v in_o the_o lord_n none_o else_o can_v but_o such_o as_o dwell_v in_o god_n that_o be_v in_o love_n which_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o perfection_n the_o heathen_n they_o love_v their_o friend_n and_o honour_v those_o that_o love_v they_o and_o the_o scribe_n &_o pharisees_n their_o brethren_n salute_v they_o with_o their_o self-invented_n and_o accumstomary_a salutation_n and_o manner_n but_o to_o love_v and_o honour_v all_o man_n belong_v to_o the_o perfection_n unto_o which_o christ_n the_o eternal_a son_n and_o love_n of_o the_o father_n labour_v to_o bring_v his_o disciple_n that_o they_o may_v be_v like_a 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