Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	faith_n	save_v	1,472	5	6.9646	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62910	Jehovah our righteousness, or, The justification of believers by the righteousness of Christ only asserted and applyed in several sermons / by Samuel Tomlyns.	Tomlyns, Samuel, 1632 or 3-1700.	1696 (1696)	Wing T1861; ESTC R25175	166,569	435

say_v i_o have_v make_v my_o heart_n clean_o i_o be_o pure_a from_o my_o sin_n prov._n 20.9.3_o who_o can_v understand_v his_o error_n psal_n 19.12.4_o if_o thou_o lord_n shall_v mark_v iniquity_n who_o shall_v stand_v psal_n 130.3_o 4._o though_o saint_n as_o job_n in_o their_o plead_n with_o man_n hold_v fast_o their_o integrity_n job_n 27.6_o yet_o they_o have_v let_v go_v all_o confidence_n in_o their_o own_o work_n in_o their_o approach_n to_o god_n we_o be_v all_o as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n and_o our_o righteousness_n be_v but_o filthy_a rag_n isa_n 64.6_o 10._o abraham_n be_v long_o before_o he_o offer_v up_o isaac_n a_o beleiver_n and_o a_o justify_v person_n gen._n 15.6_o abraham_n believe_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o count_v it_o to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n it_o be_v very_o observable_a that_o we_o have_v no_o mention_n or_o record_v make_v of_o abraham_n faith_n and_o justification_n till_o now_o though_o he_o be_v call_v effectual_o near_o twenty_o year_n before_o 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