Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	apostle_n	church_n	truth_n	3,216	5	6.2495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30197	Questions about the nature and perpetunity of the seventh-day Sabbath and proof that the first day of the week is the true Christian-sabbath / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1685 (1685)	Wing B5587; ESTC R17508	46,291	158

nay_o there_o dwell_v then_o at_o jerusalem_n man_n of_o tyre_n that_o on_o this_o sabbath_n sell_v their_o commodity_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o man_n of_o judah_n yet_o not_o they_o but_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n be_v contend_v with_o as_o the_o breaker_n of_o this_o sabbath_n true_o good_a nehemiah_n do_v threaten_v the_o gentile_n that_o be_v merchant_n for_o lie_v then_o about_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n for_o that_o by_o that_o mean_v they_o be_v a_o temptation_n to_o the_o jew_n to_o break_v their_o sabbath_n but_o still_o he_o charge_v the_o breach_n thereof_o only_o upon_o his_o own_o people_n neh._n 13._o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o but_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v have_v the_o gentile_n now_o be_v concern_v with_o this_o sabbath_n by_o law_n divine_a that_o so_o holy_a a_o man_n as_o nehemiah_n will_v have_v let_v they_o escape_v without_o a_o rebuke_n for_o so_o notorious_a a_o transgression_n thereof_o especial_o consider_v that_o now_o also_o they_o be_v upon_o god_n ground_n to_o wit_n within_o and_o without_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n four_o wherefore_o he_o say_v to_o israel_n again_o very_o my_o sabbath_n you_o shall_v keep_v and_o again_o you_o shall_v keep_v my_o sabbath_n and_o again_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v keep_v my_o sabbath_n to_o observe_v my_o sabbath_n throughout_o their_o generation_n exod._n 16._o 29._o ch_n 31._o 14_o 15_o 16._o what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a these_o thing_n thus_o stand_v in_o the_o testament_n of_o god_n than_o that_o the_o seventh-day-sabbath_n as_o such_o be_v give_v to_o israel_n to_o israel_n only_o and_o that_o the_o gentile_n as_o such_o be_v not_o concern_v therein_o five_o the_o very_a reason_n also_o of_o god_n give_v of_o the_o seventh-day-sabbath_n to_o the_o jew_n do_v exclude_v the_o gentile_n as_o such_o from_o have_v any_o concern_v therein_o for_o it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n as_o be_v say_v before_o as_o they_o be_v consider_v god_n church_n and_o for_o a_o sign_n and_o token_n by_o which_o they_o shall_v know_v that_o he_o have_v choose_v and_o sanctify_v they_o to_o himself_o for_o a_o peculiar_a people_n exod._n 31._o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o ezek._n 20._o 12_o 13._o and_o a_o great_a token_n and_o sign_n it_o be_v that_o he_o have_v so_o choose_v they_o for_o in_o that_o he_o have_v give_v to_o they_o this_o sabbath_n he_o have_v give_v to_o they_o his_o own_o rest_n a_o figure_n and_o pledge_n of_o his_o send_v his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o redeem_v they_o from_o the_o bondage_n and_o slavery_n of_o the_o devil_n of_o who_o indeed_o this_o sabbath_n be_v a_o shadow_n or_o type_n coloss._n 2._o 16_o 17._o thus_o have_v i_o conclude_v my_o ground_n for_o this_o three_o question_n i_o shall_v therefore_o now_o propound_v another_o quest_n iv._o whether_o the_o seven_o day-sabbath_n do_v not_o fall_v as_o such_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o jewish_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n or_o whether_o that_o day_n as_o a_o sabbath_n be_v afterward_o 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and_o shall_v not_o christian_n also_o mark_v the_o day_n in_o which_o our_o lord_n rise_v from_o the_o dead_a ruth_n 3._o 4._o i_o say_v shall_v we_o not_o mark_v it_o when_o so_o many_o memorable_a thing_n be_v do_v on_o it_o for_o and_o lo_o and_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n let_v saint_n be_v ashamed_a to_o think_v that_o such_o a_o day_n shall_v be_v look_v over_o or_o count_v common_a when_o tempt_v to_o it_o by_o satan_n when_o keep_v to_o religious_a service_n of_o old_a and_o when_o beautifle_v with_o so_o many_o divine_a character_n of_o sanctity_n as_o we_o have_v prove_v by_o christ_n his_o church_n the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o command_n of_o apostolical_a authority_n