Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	covenant_n	faith_n	work_n	14,030	5	6.5212	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94074	The vvay to the highest honour. Presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Peeres, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, at their late solemne monthly fast. Feb. 24. 1646. / By William Strong, one of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of the House of Peeres.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1647 (1647)	Wing S6013; Thomason E377_24; ESTC R201368	39,205	58

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our_o money_n twenty_o three_o million_o and_o a_o thousand_o pound_n which_o be_v more_o than_o any_o king_n in_o the_o world_n possess_v beside_o himselfe●_n and_o a_o matter_n but_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n exceed_v all_o belief_n sir_n w._n rawley_n hist_o of_o the_o world_n part_n 1._o l._n 2._o cap._n 1._o s._n 9_o ego_fw-la homo_fw-la tibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la boni_fw-la dedi_fw-la nihil_fw-la beneficii_fw-la contuli_fw-la quicquid_fw-la feci_fw-la aut_fw-la laboravi_fw-la tempore_fw-la exinanitionit_fw-la ●eae_fw-la sed_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sacis_fw-la in_o hominum_fw-la utilitat●m_fw-la &_o commodum_fw-la cedit_fw-la sanctis_fw-la in●●_n declaro_fw-la be●e●olentiam_fw-la meam_fw-la etc._n etc._n luther_n in_o com._n drusii_n quest_n &_o resp_n l._n 3._o q._n 72._o tarnor_n ●n_a psalm_n passionale_n moller_n in_o loc_n cum_fw-la anhelatione_fw-la &_o defatigatione_n laborare_fw-la render_v by_o the_o sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v wearisome_a waste_a and_o even_o faint_a labour_n math._n 11.28_o the_o next_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o signify_v humidum_fw-la radical_a ps_n 22.16_o my_o strength_n be_v dry_v up_o like_o a_o potsherd_v psal_n 71.9_o a_o labour_n even_o to_o the_o waste_n and_o dry_v up_o of_o a_o man_n natural_a strength_n and_o radical_a moist_a &c._n &c._n and_o the_o other_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v not_o a_o small_a and_o a_o moderate_a waste_n but_o a_o total_a a_o perfect_a and_o a_o utter_a consume_n thus_o do_v the_o lord_n christ_n to_o we_o a_o pattern_n as_o well_o as_o a_o principle_n of_o holiness_n lie_v out_o himself_o in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o his_o church_n and_o that_o wherein_o the_o main_a honour_n lie_v be_v this_o they_o be_v humble_v for_o what_o ever_o they_o do_v and_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v a_o thing_n whole_o unworthy_a of_o god_n david_n do_v prepare_v with_o all_o his_o might_n for_o the_o build_n of_o the_o 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