Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	action_n	good_a	sin_n	2,029	5	4.5198	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12363	The lavviers question The answere to the lawiers question. The censure of Christ vpon the answere. By Henry Smith.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1595 (1595)	STC 22679; ESTC S103005	28,698	73

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obtain_n of_o such_o a_o happy_a state_n have_v impose_v such_o a_o easy_a task_n the_o eye_n have_v not_o see_v the_o ear_n have_v not_o hear_v neither_o can_v the_o heart_n conceive_v what_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o esay_n 64._o chap._n 4._o verse_n 1._o corinthian_n 2._o chap._n 9_o verse_n and_o for_o all_o these_o unspeakable_a joy_n which_o god_n have_v prepare_v he_o require_v no_o more_o of_o we_o but_o love_n how_o be_v god_n enamour_v of_o our_o love_n and_o how_o unkind_a shall_v we_o be_v to_o withhold_v it_o from_o he_o he_o have_v a_o innumerable_a company_n of_o angel_n which_o be_v inflame_v with_o his_o love_n and_o not_o content_a therewith_o he_o sue_v to_o have_v the_o love_n of_o man_n god_n have_v no_o need_n of_o our_o love_n no_o more_o than_o elisa_n have_v need_v of_o naamans_n cleanse_n but_o as_o elisa_n bid_v naaman_n wash_v that_o he_o may_v become_v clean_o in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n the_o five_o chapter_n so_o 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and_o labour_n and_o affliction_n which_o before_o be_v tedious_a and_o irksome_a become_v joyous_a and_o pleasant_a and_o comfortable_a after_o we_o be_v once_o bathe_v in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n it_o be_v like_o the_o salt_n that_o elisa_n cast_v into_o the_o noisome_a water_n to_o make_v they_o wholesome_a in_o the_o 2._o king_n and_o second_o chapter_n or_o like_o the_o meal_n that_o elisa_n put_v into_o the_o bitter_a pottage_n to_o make_v they_o sweet_a as_o in_o the_o 2._o king_n the_o 4._o chap._n so_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v shed_v in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v make_v all_o anguish_n and_o sickness_n and_o poverty_n and_o labour_n and_o watch_n and_o loss_n and_o injury_n and_o famishment_n and_o banishment_n and_o persecution_n &_o imprisonment_n yea_o &_o death_n itself_o to_o be_v welcome_a unto_o us._n such_o be_v the_o love_n of_o that_o choose_a vessel_n who_o for_o the_o love_n that_o he_o bear_v unto_o god_n wade_v through_o all_o these_o affliction_n 2._o cor._n 12._o and_o can_v not_o for_o all_o these_o and_o many_o more_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n as_o he_o protest_v rom._n 8._o wherefore_o belove_v see_v god_n that_o have_v do_v so_o much_o for_o we_o require_v no_o more_o but_o love_n of_o we_o which_o every_o one_o may_v easy_o afford_v let_v he_o be_v our_o love_n our_o joy_n and_o whole_a delight_n and_o then_o all_o our_o life_n will_v seem_v delightful_a as_o jaacob_n serve_v seven_o year_n for_o rachaell_n gen._n 29.20_o and_o they_o seem_v to_o he_o but_o a_o few_o day_n for_o the_o love_n that_o he_o bear_v unto_o she_o so_o when_o we_o have_v once_o set_v our_o love_n upon_o god_n our_o pain_n will_v be_v pleasure_n our_o sorrow_n will_v be_v joy_n our_o mourning_n will_v be_v mirth_n our_o service_n will_v be_v freedom_n and_o all_o our_o cross_n shall_v be_v count_v so_o many_o comfort_n for_o his_o sake_n who_o we_o love_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o than_o jaacob_n love_v rachel_n 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their_o heart_n be_v far_o from_o he_o matth._n 15._o he_o can_v abide_v dissembler_n which_o flatter_v with_o their_o lip_n and_o dissemble_v in_o their_o double_a heart_n psal._n 12._o and_o therefore_o though_o he_o require_v all_o the_o heart_n yet_o he_o require_v not_o a_o double_a heart_n to_o signify_v that_o a_o single_a heart_n be_v please_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o he_o detest_v a_o double_a hart_n as_o there_o be_v a_o gloss_a tongue_n a_o wanton_a eye_n a_o idle_a ear_n a_o wicked_a hand_n and_o a_o wander_a foot_n so_o there_o be_v a_o false_a and_o dissemble_a heart_n which_o mar_v all_o the_o rest_n as_o be_v the_o eye_n such_o be_v the_o light_n if_o the_o eye_n be_v single_a the_o body_n be_v full_a of_o light_n if_o the_o eye_n be_v wicked_a the_o body_n be_v full_a of_o darkness_n matth._n 6.22_o so_o as_o be_v the_o heart_n such_o be_v the_o action_n of_o the_o body_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o heart_n a_o good_a man_n out_o of_o the_o good_a treasure_n of_o 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indifferent_o &_o cast_v no_o man_n in_o the_o tooth_n jame._n 1._o chap._n 5._o verse_n so_o he_o will_v have_v we_o to_o give_v that_o which_o we_o give_v unto_o he_o willing_o without_o grutch_v if_o we_o give_v he_o love_n we_o must_v give_v it_o love_o if_o we_o give_v he_o our_o heart_n we_o must_v do_v it_o hearty_o if_o we_o give_v he_o our_o alm_n we_o must_v do_v it_o cheerful_o for_o as_o he_o love_v a_o cheerful_a giver_n 1._o cor._n 9.7_o so_o he_o love_v a_o cheerful_a lover_n but_o he_o that_o love_v not_o with_o the_o heart_n love_v not_o cheerful_o for_o out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o mouth_n speak_v matth._n 12.34_o the_o head_n devise_v the_o eye_n see_v the_o ear_n hear_v the_o hand_n work_v the_o foot_n walk_v if_o the_o heart_n be_v endite_v of_o a_o good_a matter_n the_o tongue_n will_v be_v as_o the_o pen_n of_o a_o ready_a writer_n psal._n 45.2_o but_o if_o the_o heart_n be_v unwilling_a every_o thing_n will_v be_v irksome_a like_o the_o 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