Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	root_n	seed_n	small_a	3,122	5	5.7726	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20752	The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems of the spirituall ennemies of our saluation, Sathan and his assistants the world and the flesh, with the meanes also whereby the Christian may vvithstand and defeate them : and afterwards more speciallie their particvlar temptatiions, against the seuerall causes and meanes of our saluation, whereby on the one side they allure vs to security and presumption, and on the other side, draw vs to doubting and desperation, are expressed and answered : written especially for their sakes who are exercised in the spirituall conflict of temptations, and are afflicted in conscience in the sight and sense of their sinnes / by I. Dovvname ...	Downame, John, d. 1652.	1604 (1604)	STC 7133; ESTC S1536	575,484	731

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thou_o see_v many_o difficulty_n and_o mighty_a opposition_n by_o thy_o powerful_a enemy_n yet_o let_v not_o this_o discourage_v thou_o see_v the_o lord_n who_o be_v with_o thou_o be_v almighty_a and_o therefore_o able_a to_o repel_v the_o violence_n of_o all_o opposer_n and_o to_o make_v the_o most_o heavy_a and_o pinch_a yoke_n light_n and_o easy_a though_o in_o thyself_o thou_o be_v most_o weak_a and_o feeble_a 4.13_o matth._n 11.30_o eph._n 6.10_o phil._n 4.13_o yet_o thou_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n might_n and_o enable_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n through_o the_o help_n of_o christ_n which_o strengthen_v thou_o §_o sect._n 4_o three_o let_v we_o consider_v that_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v decree_v our_o salvation_n and_o promise_v unto_o we_o eternal_a life_n so_o he_o have_v also_o as_o certain_o decree_v and_o promise_v the_o mean_n tend_v thereunto_o salvation_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v as_o certain_o decree_v and_o promise_v our_o sanctification_n as_o our_o 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god_n immutable_a decree_n and_o never_o fail_v promise_n 2.28.29_o eph._n 1.4_o joh._n 14.16.17_o ezech._n 11.19_o and_o 36.26_o jer._n 31.33.34_o joel._n 2.28.29_o when_o then_o our_o small_a progress_n in_o true_a godliness_n cause_v through_o the_o violence_n of_o our_o corruption_n and_o opposition_n of_o our_o spiritual_a enemy_n discourage_v we_o make_v this_o work_n of_o sanctification_n seem_v impossible_a let_v we_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v as_o certain_o decree_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v his_o saint_n here_o upon_o earth_n as_o his_o saint_n in_o heaven_n that_o he_o have_v most_o faithful_o promise_v that_o he_o will_v direct_v we_o with_o his_o holy_a spirit_n take_v away_o from_o we_o our_o stony_a heart_n and_o give_v we_o fleshy_a heart_n illuminate_v our_o blind_a understanding_n with_o true_a save_v knowledge_n endue_v we_o with_o a_o lively_a faith_n and_o with_o all_o other_o sanctify_a grace_n enable_v we_o to_o perform_v in_o some_o measure_n holy_a obedience_n to_o his_o heavenly_a will_n mortify_v our_o corruption_n and_o enable_v we_o to_o serve_v he_o in_o newness_n of_o life_n all_o which_o gracious_a promise_n we_o be_v as_o undoubted_o to_o believe_v as_o those_o which_o concern_v either_o the_o remission_n of_o our_o sin_n or_o everlasting_a happiness_n and_o therefore_o though_o our_o own_o dulness_n backwardness_n and_o little_o profit_v in_o sanctification_n shall_v work_v in_o we_o true_a sorrow_n yet_o this_o shall_v not_o discourage_v we_o doubt_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o all_o our_o labour_n but_o know_v that_o god_n be_v alike_o true_a in_o all_o his_o promise_n let_v we_o set_v aside_o all_o difficulty_n beleene_n against_o belief_n and_o undoubted_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v finish_v that_o good_a work_n which_o he_o have_v begin_v in_o we_o though_o as_o yet_o it_o have_v but_o small_a