Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	grow_v	young_a	youth_n	34	3	7.8521	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94071	XXXI. select sermons, preached on special occasions; the titles and several texts, on which they were preached, follow. / By William Strong, that godly, able and faithful minister of Christ, lately of the Abby at Westminster. None of them being before made publique.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1656 (1656)	Wing S6007_pt2; Thomason E875_1; ESTC R203660	179,143	303

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covetousness_n and_o the_o thorny_a ground_n their_o lust_n run_v out_o in_o a_o lawful_a way_n mat._n 13_o 22._o a_o man_n individual_a love_n to_o a_o wife_n to_o a_o child_n etc._n etc._n may_v draw_v a_o man_n love_n from_o god_n and_o ruin_v he_o etc._n etc._n second_o this_o sin_n may_v be_v so_o far_o snib_v and_o prune_v by_o the_o word_n that_o for_o a_o long_a time_n it_o may_v not_o appear_v heb._n 12.15_o a_o root_n of_o bitterness_n yet_o it_o may_v lie_v hide_v as_o a_o root_n in_o the_o ground_n a_o long_a time_n and_o a_o man_n may_v cast_v it_o out_o at_o last_o and_o afterward_o he_o may_v return_v unto_o his_o vomit_n three_o a_o man_n darling_n may_v change_v with_o the_o change_n of_o a_o man_n condition_n and_o some_o occasion_n that_o may_v present_v itself_o what_o be_v saul_n and_o jehues_n sin_n before_o they_o come_v unto_o the_o crown_n we_o know_v not_o but_o sure_o it_o be_v that_o wherein_o their_o lust_n do_v afterward_o run_v out_o the_o establish_n 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