Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	crop_n	year_n	yield_v	239	4	7.6753	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44245	Motives to a good life in ten sermons / by Barten Holyday ...	Holyday, Barten, 1593-1661.	1657 (1657)	Wing H2531; ESTC R36003	137,260	326

frequent_o and_o painful_o plowd-up_a than_o you_o must_v iterare_fw-la and_o tertiare_fw-la as_o the_o latin_n speak_v you_o must_v plough_v again_o and_o again_o indeed_o through_o many_o stir_n your_o fallow_a be_v bring_v to_o so_o fine_a a_o mould_n as_o it_o shall_v need_v very_o little_a or_o no_o harrow_n at_o all_o so_o through_o many_o examination_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o shall_v prove_v so_o smooth_a that_o without_o far_a labour_n it_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o entertain_v the_o spiritual_a seed_n it_o be_v a_o receive_v say_v the_o often_o the_o ground_n be_v stir_v the_o better_a it_o bear_v but_o as_o such_o labour_n must_v be_v use_v upon_o some_o ground_n so_o in_o some_o ground_n it_o must_v be_v spare_v for_o you_o must_v not_o plough_v in_o wet_a ground_n nor_o in_o wet_a weather_n no_o more_o must_v the_o spiritual_a husbandman_n press_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n to_o a_o soul_n that_o be_v already_o overflow'n_v with_o the_o tear_n of_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n 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