Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	holy_a	son_n	trinity_n	2,147	5	9.6792	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75616	Armilla catechetica. A chain of principles; or, An orderly concatenation of theological aphorismes and exercitations; wherein, the chief heads of Christian religion are asserted and improved: by John Arrowsmith, D.D. late master both of St Johns and Trinity-Colledge successively, and Regius professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Published since his death according to his own manuscript allowed by himself in his life time under his own hand.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3772; Thomason E1007_1; ESTC R207935	193,137	525

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sure_a 18._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d novit_n deus_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la svi_fw-la non_fw-la quales_fw-la sed_fw-la qui._n rom._n 9_o 15_o 18._o have_v this_o seal_n the_o lord_n know_v who_o be_v his_o but_o rather_o what_o kind_n of_o man_n be_v he_o nor_o to_o the_o roman_n i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o again_o he_o have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o who_o he_o will_v he_o harden_v which_o do_v clear_o relate_v to_o person_n but_o rather_o what_o sort_n he_o will_n §_o 5._o against_o what_o have_v be_v say_v in_o this_o and_o the_o former_a paragraph_n there_o be_v two_o principal_a objection_n whereof_o neither_o be_v to_o be_v wave_v lest_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v unanswerable_a the_o first_o be_v borrow_v from_o philosophy_n and_o run_v thus_o act_n suppose_v the_o be_v of_o their_o object_n the_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v divine_a act_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o pass_v upon_o man_n 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