Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	saint_n	young_a	youth_n	33	3	8.1501	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08772	The prentises practise in Godlinesse, and his true freedome Diuided into ten chapters. Written by B.P.	B. P., fl. 1608.; T. R., fl. 1608.	1608 (1608)	STC 19057; ESTC S120852	65,287	210

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in_o the_o end_n thereof_o there_o be_v great_a comfort_n and_o rest_n for_o it_o guide_v the_o passenger_n unto_o eternal_a happiness_n and_o salvation_n the_o other_o be_v wide_a and_o spacious_a at_o the_o beginning_n whereby_o many_o travail_n but_o in_o the_o end_n they_o find_v great_a trouble_n and_o straitness_n for_o it_o lead_v unto_o everlasting_a woe_n and_o destruction_n both_o these_o way_n be_v set_v before_o our_o eye_n as_o life_n and_o death_n for_o we_o may_v not_o be_v idle_a but_o of_o necessity_n must_v walk_v see_v our_o life_n be_v a_o pilgrimage_n and_o choose_v either_o to_o travel_v the_o narrow_a way_n unto_o life_n or_o to_o run_v the_o broad_a way_n unto_o death_n the_o way_n of_o life_n be_v a_o religious_a profession_n a_o virtuous_a and_o conscionable_a carriage_n when_o we_o give_v unto_o god_n that_o which_o be_v god_n and_o to_o cesar_n our_o magistrate_n and_o master_n that_o which_o belong_v unto_o they_o the_o gate_n of_o this_o way_n be_v 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