Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19065	Christian offices crystall glasse In three bookes. First written in Latine, by that famous and renowned Father, Saint Ambrose Bishop of Millane. Whereunto is added his conuiction of Symmachus the Gentile. A worke tending to the advancement of vertue, and of holinesse: and to shew how much the morality of the Gentiles, is exceeded by the doctrine of Christianity. Translated into English by Richard Humfrey ...; De officiis. English	Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Humfrey, Richard.	1637 (1637)	STC 548; ESTC S100171	335,831	469

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promote_a the_o cause_n of_o a_o friend_n country_n religion_n falsehood_n must_v not_o be_v use_v testimony_n be_v to_o be_v seek_v after_o lest_o one_o friend_n which_o by_o his_o faith_n give_v aught_o to_o absolve_v another_o friend_n shall_v by_o his_o treachery_n desire_v to_o entangle_v he_o in_o a_o snare_n so_o then_o a_o friend_n eye_n must_v be_v always_o fasten_v upon_o the_o truth_n neither_o gratify_v the_o nocent_a nor_o beguile_v the_o innocent_a 18.15.16.17_o innocent_a mat._n 18.15.16.17_o very_o if_o he_o must_v needs_o bring_v in_o his_o witness_n what_o he_o know_v to_o be_v amiss_o in_o his_o friend_n he_o ought_v to_o admonish_v he_o of_o it_o 19.17_o it_o prov._n 27.5_o levit._fw-la 19.17_o secret_o but_o if_o be_v admonish_v he_o will_v not_o amend_v to_o reprove_v he_o open_o for_o correction_n be_v good_a and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n better_a than_o silent_a friendship_n howbeit_o thy_o friend_n think_v himself_o hurt_v yet_o rebuke_v he_o yea_o though_o 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