Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	faith_n	patience_n	temperance_n	4,962	5	11.6128	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51292	Discourses on several texts of Scripture by Henry More.	More, Henry, 1614-1687.; Worthington, John, 1618-1671.	1692 (1692)	Wing M2649; ESTC R27512	212,373	520

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desire_n be_v that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o that_o therefore_o knowledge_n itself_o be_v not_o desirable_a but_o upon_o this_o account_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o make_v we_o good_a and_o happy_a who_o will_v have_v the_o experimental_a knowledge_n of_o the_o rack_n or_o of_o the_o stone_n and_o gout_n or_o of_o a_o draught_n of_o poison_n though_o he_o may_v have_v his_o antidote_n none_o but_o condemn_v person_n and_o the_o slave_n of_o mountebank_n nor_o they_o neither_o but_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o it_o to_o undergo_v therefore_o such_o base_a experiment_n in_o which_o there_o be_v so_o much_o loathsomeness_n and_o danger_n be_v to_o submit_v ourselves_o to_o be_v slave_n and_o be_v unworthy_a the_o nobleness_n of_o a_o humane_a soul_n but_o if_o we_o will_v be_v experiment_v let_v we_o not_o experiment_n downward_o by_o plunge_v ourselves_o into_o several_a sort_n and_o degree_n of_o lust_n of_o the_o fleshly_a or_o animal_n life_n but_o rather_o try_v how_o much_o 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