Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	brethren_n	father_n	joseph_n	2,518	5	9.7131	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05185	The book of Ruth expounded in twenty eight sermons, by Levves Lauaterus of Tygurine, and by hym published in Latine, and now translated into Englishe by Ephraim Pagitt, a childe of eleuen yeares of age	Lavater, Ludwig, 1527-1586.; Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.	1586 (1586)	STC 15319; ESTC S108368	118,172	336

themselves_o to_o be_v call_v christian_n against_o the_o professor_n of_o pure_a doctrine_n in_o this_o place_n also_o may_v be_v note_v that_o it_o be_v write_v that_o elimelech_n be_v a_o stranger_n in_o the_o field_n of_o moab_n sometime_o it_o be_v say_v that_o naomi_n return_v out_o of_o the_o field_n of_o moab_n the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v a_o field_n also_o a_o country_n and_o the_o earth_n peradventure_o he_o will_v not_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n but_o in_o the_o field_n that_o he_o may_v the_o less_o be_v corrupt_v in_o the_o city_n many_o occasion_n be_v lay_v before_o we_o to_o entrap_v we_o for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v that_o many_o dwell_v in_o village_n and_o desert_a place_n jonadab_n counsel_v his_o son_n the_o rechabite_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 35._o chap._n of_o jere._n that_o they_o shall_v dwell_v in_o tabernacle_n and_o keep_v sheep_n by_o which_o mean_n they_o may_v serve_v god_n best_o general_o we_o say_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o we_o must_v not_o forsake_v those_o place_n where_o the_o pure_a word_n of_o god_n be_v preach_v open_o for_o it_o be_v most_o dangerous_a to_o dwell_v there_o where_o the_o word_n of_o god_n have_v no_o free_a passage_n for_o if_o thou_o be_v in_o those_o place_n where_o thou_o have_v the_o pure_a exercise_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o then_o thou_o be_v sometime_o in_o company_n with_o they_o who_o do_v not_o love_v the_o truth_n although_o thou_o do_v hear_v some_o sermon_n yet_o by_o little_a and_o little_a thy_o faith_n will_v be_v weaken_v what_o will_v be_v do_v then_o where_o no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o christ_n or_o of_o true_a religion_n and_o where_o we_o have_v so_o many_o thing_n before_o our_o eye_n which_o may_v weaken_v our_o faith_n but_o if_o necessity_n do_v constrain_v we_o to_o dwell_v in_o those_o place_n as_o it_o sometime_o do_v where_o wickedness_n do_v reign_v we_o must_v take_v heed_n that_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v christ._n joseph_n live_v holy_o in_o the_o court_n of_o potiphar_n in_o egypt_n at_o last_o be_v governor_n of_o all_o egypt_n the_o call_v unto_o he_o his_o father_n and_o his_o brethren_n for_o the_o greatness_n of_o famine_n to_o come_v to_o he_o david_n with_o six_o hundred_o man_n go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n great_a necessity_n drive_v he_o thereto_o though_o many_o interpreter_n find_v fault_n with_o this_o his_o flight_n 1._o sam_n 27._o nebuchadnezzar_a take_v daniel_n his_o fellow_n and_o many_o other_o captive_n as_o the_o turk_n now_o have_v in_o captivity_n flock_n of_o christian_n in_o everlasting_a bondage_n &_o to_o dwell_v amongst_o idolater_n whether_o they_o will_v or_o no._n but_o they_o shall_v endeavour_n to_o live_v amongst_o wicked_a man_n unblamable_o jerem._n 29._o chap._n he_o do_v teach_v his_o people_n how_o they_o shall_v behave_v themselves_o in_o babylon_n under_o nabuchadnezzar_a there_o be_v some_o who_o will_v say_v common_o if_o thou_o be_v at_o room_n live_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o room_n they_o command_v to_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o time_n but_o christ_n in_o the_o 10._o chap._n of_o mathew_n do_v require_v of_o his_o believer_n a_o confession_n of_o faith_n they_o be_v great_o to_o be_v reproove_v who_o of_o their_o own_o will_v for_o gain_n and_o such_o other_o light_a cause_n forsake_v jerusalem_n and_o go_v into_o babylon_n we_o may_v learn_v by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o moabite_n to_o yield_v harbour_n to_o good_a man_n for_o though_o they_o be_v molest_v by_o the_o israelite_n yet_o we_o read_v not_o they_o do_v annoy_n elimelech_n or_o any_o of_o he_o if_o thou_o say_v that_o they_o be_v so_o oppress_v of_o the_o israelite_n that_o they_o do_v that_o against_o their_o will_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o do_v yield_v harbour_n to_o david_n parent_n when_o they_o be_v old_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o 1._o samvel_n 22._o chap._n so_o the_o egyptian_n yield_v harbour_v to_o christ_n &_o his_o mother_n god_n do_v oftentimes_o commend_v unto_o we_o the_o state_n of_o stranger_n man_n be_v banish_v for_o many_o cause_n we_o can_v always_o stay_v in_o our_o own_o country_n though_o we_o will_v most_o willing_o there_o live_v let_v we_o not_o show_v ourselves_o in_o this_o part_n worse_o than_o gentile_n advise_v with_o thyself_o that_o the_o ancestor_n be_v not_o always_o in_o their_o own_o country_n but_o be_v stranger_n and_o pilgrim_n and_o consider_v the_o wonderful_a conversion_n which_o be_v of_o thing_n and_o the_o daily_o change_v of_o empire_n so_o that_o grievous_a war_n may_v easy_o arise_v by_o which_o many_o man_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o their_o seat_n and_o possession_n and_o be_v mindful_a of_o the_o change_n of_o worldly_a thing_n let_v we_o deal_v well_o one_o with_o a_o other_o elimelech_n be_v constrain_v to_o depart_v with_o he_o but_o if_o thou_o say_v that_o he_o be_v wicked_a and_o that_o he_o go_v with_o his_o will_n and_o no_o necessite_a drive_v he_o yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o have_v be_v many_o godly_a and_o good_a man_n in_o all_o age_n which_o have_v forsake_v their_o country_n and_o leave_v their_o house_n against_o their_o will_n god_n do_v in_o isai_n 16._o chap._n threaten_v the_o moabite_n that_o he_o will_v pull_v they_o out_o of_o their_o nest_n and_o yield_v this_o reason_n because_o they_o do_v not_o harbour_v the_o israelite_n that_o flee_v in_o the_o time_n of_o war_n or_o if_o they_o do_v receive_v they_o they_o betray_v they_o to_o their_o enemy_n also_o woman_n have_v a_o notable_a example_n of_o naomi_n who_o follow_v her_o husband_n into_o a_o strange_a country_n sara_n also_o do_v not_o forsake_v abraham_n for_o his_o troublesome_a estate_n though_o she_o do_v suffer_v great_a danger_n not_o only_o once_o for_o his_o sake_n and_o fault_n and_o also_o other_o godly_a matron_n have_v with_o their_o husband_n bear_v bannishment_n and_o other_o trouble_v patient_o but_o if_o man_n be_v despiser_n of_o true_a religion_n and_o go_v into_o a_o place_n in_o which_o godly_a man_n can_v be_v conversant_a with_o a_o safe_a conscience_n they_o ought_v not_o to_o cast_v themselves_o into_o open_a danger_n what_o do_v thou_o think_v of_o those_o woman_n which_o will_v show_v themselves_o hard_a to_o go_v with_o their_o husband_n from_o one_o street_n to_o another_o what_o do_v you_o think_v say_v i_o of_o those_o woman_n if_o their_o husband_n shall_v take_v great_a journey_n with_o great_a danger_n and_o labour_n true_o it_o be_v a_o troublesome_a thing_n to_o dwell_v amongst_o stranger_n but_o necessity_n that_o sharp_a dart_n do_v oftentimes_o prick_v us._n the_o 3._o sermon_n 3_o then_o elimelech_n the_o husband_n of_o naomie_n die_v and_o she_o remain_v with_o her_o two_o son_n 4_o which_o take_v they_o wife_n of_o the_o moabite_n the_o one_o name_n be_v orpah_n and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o other_o ruth_n and_o they_o dwell_v there_o about_o ten_o year_n 5_o and_o mahlon_n and_o chilion_n die_v also_o both_o twain_o so_o the_o woman_n be_v leave_v destitute_a of_o her_o two_o son_n and_o of_o her_o husband_n if_o any_o man_n will_v be_v conversant_a in_o the_o read_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n with_o profit_n first_o he_o must_v mark_v the_o sense_n &_o scope_n of_o every_o place_n next_o every_o thing_n must_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o amend_v of_o manner_n as_o to_o the_o especial_a end_n as_o concern_v these_o few_o word_n our_o writer_n say_v elimelech_n depart_v out_o of_o this_o life_n leave_v naomi_n and_o her_o two_o son_n which_o marry_v they_o wife_n of_o the_o moabite_n as_o it_o be_v note_v after_o in_o the_o four_o chapter_n mahlon_n marry_a ruth_n chilion_n marry_v orpah_n &_o they_o tarry_v ten_o year_n out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n afterward_o they_o both_o die_v naomi_n be_v leave_v alive_a destitute_a of_o her_o husband_n and_o her_o two_o son_n the_o hebrews_n say_v that_o this_o ruth_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o eglon_n king_n of_o moab_n who_o ehud_n who_o be_v also_o call_v azoth_n thrust_v through_o with_o a_o dagger_n judg_n 3._o who_o some_o christian_a interpreter_n do_v follow_v but_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o that_o king_n will_v marry_v his_o daughter_n to_o a_o hebrew_n a_o poor_a man_n and_o a_o man_n dwell_v out_o of_o his_o country_n or_o suffer_v she_o to_o live_v in_o poverty_n neither_o seem_v it_o to_o agree_v with_o the_o account_n of_o the_o time_n but_o the_o jew_n be_v wont_v to_o vaunt_v much_o of_o their_o country_n man_n and_o ambitious_o to_o counterfeit_v i_o know_v not_o what_o nobility_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o they_o which_o being_n poor_a than_o co●drvs_n and_o of_o no_o estimation_n yet_o sometime_o they_o do_v false_o brag_v of_o

be_v call_v the_o house_n of_o bread_n for_o that_o mystery_n that_o christ_n who_o say_v in_o the_o 6._o chapter_n of_o john_n that_o he_o be_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n shall_v be_v bear_v there_o but_o hierome_n call_v ephrata_n karpophorian_n which_o signify_v plentifulnes_n so_o this_o city_n for_o the_o agreement_n of_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n be_v call_v both_o ephrata_n and_o bethlehem_n some_o will_v have_v this_o city_n to_o be_v call_v ephrata_n of_o ephrata_n calebs_n wife_n but_o that_o do_v not_o please_v i_o for_o that_o city_n be_v call_v so_o long_o before_o this_o city_n have_v a_o three_o name_n for_o it_o be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o david_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o luke_n joseph_n go_v into_o the_o city_n of_o david_n which_o be_v call_v bedlam_n and_o afterward_o the_o angel_n say_v unto_o the_o shepherd_n this_o day_n a_o saviour_n be_v bear_v unto_o you_o in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n which_o be_v christ_n the_o lord_n it_o be_v so_o call_v because_o it_o be_v david_n country_n partly_o because_o he_o do_v re-edify_v it_o partly_o because_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o david_n be_v bear_v there_o who_o be_v also_o by_o the_o prophet_n simple_o call_v david_n zuph_n in_o the_o 1._o of_o sam_n 1._o chap._n be_v call_v a_o ephrathite_n because_o he_o dwell_v in_o mount_n ephraim_n these_o man_n be_v call_v ephrathites_n because_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o country_n of_o ephrata_n a_o ephrathite_n and_o a_o bethlemite_n be_v both_o one_o so_o isai_n david_n father_n be_v call_v a_o ephrathite_n because_o he_o come_v out_o of_o bethlehem_n which_o be_v wont_v to_o be_v call_v ephrata_n for_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o 1._o book_n of_o samuel_n the_o 17._o chap._n david_n be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o ephrathite_n of_o bethlehem_n name_v ishai_n or_o peradventure_o those_o which_o have_v be_v of_o that_o family_n be_v call_v ephrathites_n either_o for_o some_o excellency_n in_o they_o or_o by_o the_o figure_n antonomasia_fw-la the_o chalde_n interpreter_n do_v add_v noble_a man_n it_o be_v account_v amongst_o the_o external_a good_n to_o be_v bear_v in_o a_o notable_a country_n and_o of_o noble_a parent_n who_o have_v descend_v of_o good_a and_o noble_a family_n let_v they_o take_v heed_n that_o they_o do_v not_o any_o thing_n unworthy_a of_o their_o parent_n but_o they_o that_o come_v of_o base_a parent_n let_v they_o use_v diligence_n that_o they_o excel_v their_o parent_n in_o virtue_n it_o be_v set_v down_o where_o they_o be_v bear_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v think_v that_o they_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n what_o do_v elimelech_n when_o he_o go_v with_o his_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o juda_n into_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n and_o dwell_v there_o do_v he_o well_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o habitation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n into_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n of_o this_o deed_n it_o may_v be_v dispute_v of_o in_o both_o part_n they_o which_o do_v accuse_v he_o may_v use_v these_o or_o some_o other_o argument_n first_o the_o israelite_n be_v forbid_v the_o company_n of_o that_o nation_n for_o in_o the_o 23._o chapter_n of_o deuteronomie_n god_n make_v a_o law_n that_o the_o ammonite_n nor_o the_o moabite_n shall_v come_v into_o the_o church_n until_o the_o ten_o generation_n not_o that_o he_o will_v forbid_v they_o from_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o embrace_v of_o the_o true_a manner_n of_o worship_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v put_v in_o any_o office_n in_o the_o church_n or_o common_a wealth_n and_o lest_o they_o shall_v have_v any_o voice_n in_o the_o election_n or_o marry_v with_o the_o hebrew_n daughter_n the_o interpreter_n say_v that_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n do_v signify_v this_o there_o may_v be_v two_o reason_n of_o that_o law_n the_o first_o be_v because_o they_o deny_v their_o brethren_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n passage_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n the_o other_o be_v that_o the_o hire_a balaam_n the_o false_a prophet_n to_o curse_v the_o israelite_n num_fw-la 22._o and_o 23._o chapter_n and_o because_o they_o make_v they_o sin_n in_o baalpeor_n for_o the_o which_o cause_n many_o of_o they_o fall_v etc._n etc._n therefore_o because_o elimelech_n go_v with_o his_o to_o that_o nation_n which_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o god_n it_o seem_v a_o matter_n not_o to_o be_v praise_v next_o to_o forsake_v israelll_n in_o affliction_n again_o they_o be_v not_o his_o kinsman_n for_o as_o they_o who_o do_v forsake_v they_o in_o the_o time_n of_o war_n and_o pestilence_n do_v seem_v to_o offend_v so_o they_o which_o forsake_v they_o in_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n especial_o when_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v by_o the_o word_n of_o naomi_n that_o he_o be_v scotfree_a man_n flee_v out_o of_o their_o country_n be_v always_o bad_o speak_v of_o who_o will_v not_o disallow_v of_o their_o purpose_n now_o at_o this_o time_n who_o will_v get_v themselves_o in_o danger_n among_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o gospel_n also_o those_o thing_n seem_v to_o fight_v with_o say_v for_o he_o think_v that_o he_o can_v avoid_v the_o punishment_n of_o god_n the_o israelite_n have_v the_o promise_n that_o god_n will_v help_v they_o in_o affliction_n and_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o hang_v upon_o his_o providence_n and_o pray_v and_o look_v for_o a_o good_a and_o happy_a end_n of_o the_o famine_n for_o god_n may_v aswell_o have_v preserve_v he_o in_o so_o fruitful_a a_o ground_n as_o in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n for_o that_o which_o he_o do_v be_v against_o the_o fortitude_n and_o courage_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o he_o shall_v rather_o have_v bear_v any_o thing_n then_o forsake_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o go_v to_o a_o profane_a people_n further_o he_o cast_v his_o wife_n and_o child_n into_o danger_n of_o idolatry_n for_o every_o body_n know_v how_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o dwell_v among_o idolater_n among_o man_n of_o our_o own_o profession_n we_o be_v not_o without_o danger_n what_o than_o if_o we_o dwell_v among_o wicked_a man_n some_o of_o the_o event_n do_v argue_v of_o his_o go_n that_o he_o do_v not_o well_o because_o he_o be_v punish_v for_o forsake_v his_o country_n for_o he_o fall_v into_o extreme_a poverty_n the_o which_o he_o flee_v and_o die_v with_o his_o son_n in_o a_o strange_a land_n after_o this_o sort_n it_o fall_v out_o with_o jacob_n and_o joseph_n and_o diverse_a of_o good_a man_n so_o that_o they_o may_v not_o judge_v of_o the_o manner_n and_o faith_n of_o a_o man_n by_o thing_n which_o befall_v to_o he_o here_o they_o who_o defend_v this_o deed_n may_v bring_v in_o these_o argument_n first_o that_o that_o he_o do_v he_o do_v not_o by_o worldly_a counsel_n without_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n but_o by_o the_o example_n of_o godly_a man_n recite_v above_o who_o famine_n have_v not_o once_o constrain_v but_o many_o time_n to_o live_v as_o stranger_n next_o we_o must_v not_o tempt_v god_n his_o promise_n make_v not_o we_o slothful_a and_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o provide_v for_o himself_o and_o he_o and_o he_o leave_v his_o country_n without_o the_o hurt_n of_o his_o countryman_n that_o he_o may_v get_v food_n for_o his_o own_o household_n further_o these_o thing_n that_o he_o do_v prosper_v well_o by_o this_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v set_v forth_o and_o the_o oracle_n fulfil_v although_o this_o argument_n may_v be_v answer_v that_o god_n oftentime_o use_v the_o fall_n of_o his_o to_o good_a &_o in_o his_o goodness_n convert_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v evil_a to_o a_o good_a end_n it_o be_v true_a holy_a man_n do_v fall_v sometime_o into_o great_a sin_n but_o because_o we_o know_v not_o whether_o he_o go_v to_o the_o moabite_n in_o contempt_n of_o the_o law_n or_o of_o covetousness_n as_o the_o hebrews_n will_v have_v or_o by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n or_o by_o some_o special_a revelation_n or_o lead_v by_o some_o other_o necessary_a cause_n nor_o how_o he_o govern_v himself_o in_o a_o strange_a land_n we_o will_v neither_o praise_v his_o deed_n nor_o condemn_v he_o when_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o accuse_v man_n let_v not_o we_o accuse_v they_o especial_o when_o the_o matter_n be_v doutful_a we_o ought_v rather_o to_o think_v the_o best_a of_o man_n it_o may_v be_v that_o they_o have_v the_o liberty_n of_o their_o religion_n true_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o jew_v keep_v their_o religion_n under_o the_o ethnic_n king_n as_o they_o do_v this_o day_n under_o the_o christian_n there_o be_v not_o so_o great_a cruelty_n of_o those_o king_n against_o the_o jew_n as_o there_o be_v now_o at_o this_o day_n of_o some_o king_n and_o prince_n which_o will_v have_v