Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	death_n	sting_n	victory_n	6,058	5	10.0485	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06202	Ecclesiastes, othervvise called The preacher Containing Salomons sermons or commentaries (as it may probably be collected) vpon the 49. Psalme of Dauid his father. Compendiously abridged, and also paraphrastically dilated in English poesie, according to the analogie of Scripture, and consent of the most approued writer thereof. Composed by H.L. Gentleman. Whereunto are annexed sundrie sonets of Christian passions heretofore printed, and now corrected and augmented, with other affectionate sonets of a feeling conscience of the same authors.	Lok, Henry.; Lok, Henry. Sundry Christian passions contained in two hundred sonnets.	1597 (1597)	STC 16696; ESTC S104588	172,130	348

a_o little_a back_n from_o ill_a to_o wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n again_o i_o go_v no_o power_n be_v in_o i_o lord_n my_o life_n to_o mend_v unless_o thy_o hand_n from_o heaven_n i_o comfort_n send_v son_n xxxii_o feign_v will_v i_o fence_v this_o feeble_a flesh_n of_o i_o from_o satan_n fury_n who_o i_o thus_o assail_v which_o do_v besiege_v my_o soul_n and_o mean_n to_o pine_v my_o conscience_n which_o my_o sin_n so_o sore_o bewail_v his_o busy_a brain_n to_o win_v i_o never_o fail_v and_o leave_v no_o stratagem_n at_o all_o untride_a my_o faint_a hope_n i_o know_v not_o what_o it_o ail_v but_o it_o do_v fear_v the_o battery_n to_o abide_v the_o safe_a way_n must_v be_v what_o ere_o betide_v to_o set_v a_o watch_n to_o look_v unto_o my_o way_n lest_o pride_n or_o lust_n or_o wrath_n do_v let_v he_o slide_v into_o my_o hart_n which_o yet_o unyeeld_v stay_v but_o like_o a_o thief_n he_o steal_v i_o upon_o watch_v thou_o i_o lord_n each_o hour_n else_o i_o be_o go_v son_n xxxiii_o my_o sin_n behold_v o_o lord_n be_v manifold_a which_o do_v incamp_v my_o soul_n each_o hour_n about_o still_o i_o entrench_v with_o distrust_n they_o hold_v so_o that_o no_o fruit_n of_o faith_n can_v issue_v out_o their_o fleshly_a champion_n be_v a_o soldier_n stout_a who_o be_v assist_v by_o world_n and_o satan_n aid_n and_o foul_a affection_n ready_a be_v in_o rout_n to_o further_a force_n to_o lust_n but_o hardly_o stay_v the_o earthly_a treasure_n have_v with_o pleasure_n pay_v the_o hateful_a army_n which_o do_v haste_n to_o hell_n my_o native_a power_n their_o passage_n not_o deny_v which_o make_v their_o pride_n and_o perverse_a will_n to_o swell_v i_o see_v no_o way_n to_o help_v to_o shun_v decay_n but_o on_o thy_o grace_n rescue_n lord_n to_o stay_v son_n xxxiiii_o the_o greediness_n of_o this_o my_o corrupt_a mind_n which_o taste_v not_o but_o of_o the_o earthly_a gain_n and_o in_o thy_o glory_n can_v no_o profit_n find_v but_o seek_v with_o simony_n my_o soul_n to_o stain_v make_v i_o alas_o for_o carnal_a treasor_n vain_a like_o elizeus_fw-la servant_n to_o desire_n a_o present_a of_o world_n pleasure_n mix_v with_o pain_n as_o recompense_v of_o heavenly_a comfort_n hire_v i_o sorcerer_n like_o do_v also_o oft_o require_v like_o merchandise_n thy_o grace_n for_o to_o buy_v suppose_v moral_a virtue_n may_v aspire_v to_o save_v my_o soul_n and_o sin_n to_o mortify_v but_o lo_o i_o see_v soul_n leprosy_n herein_o and_o crave_v that_o prayer_n may_v my_o pardon_n win_v son_n xxxv_o void_a of_o true_a life_n and_o bury_v in_o the_o grave_n of_o wicked_a flesh_n alas_o i_o long_o have_v be_v no_o earthly_a comfort_n can_v my_o conscience_n have_v which_o be_v corrupt_v with_o all_o loathsome_a sin_n my_o sister_n virtue_n to_o despair_v begin_v of_o ever_o see_v once_o my_o life_n restore_n ne_o be_v there_o any_o other_o way_n to_o win_v true_a life_n indeed_o which_o shall_v decay_v no_o more_o but_o prostrate_a lord_n thy_o help_n for_o to_o implore_v and_o crave_v thy_o gracious_a presence_n at_o the_o last_o to_o aid_v the_o soul_n thy_o son_n have_v love_v before_o for_o time_n of_o grace_n with_o thou_o be_v never_o past_a roll_v back_o hard_a stone_n from_o heart_n bid_v he_o arise_v who_o slave_n to_o sin_n in_o earthly_a coffin_n lie_v son_n xxxvi_o my_o body_n lord_n the_o house_n which_o have_v be_v long_o possess_v with_o spirit_n to_o ruin_v of_o the_o same_o which_o force_v i_o forward_o unto_o open_a wrong_n of_o conscience_n by_o deface_v of_o thy_o name_n have_v find_v some_o comfort_n since_o thy_o message_n come_v unto_o my_o soul_n which_o in_o thy_o word_n be_v send_v who_o powerful_a truth_n have_v bind_v &_o seek_v to_o tame_v the_o furious_a lust_n which_o to_o my_o ruin_n bend_v grant_v lord_n from_o heart_n i_o may_v indeed_o repent_v and_o therewith_o chase_v these_o fiend_n fro_o out_o of_o i_o sweep_v clean_o my_o house_n fro_o out_o of_o which_o they_o go_v and_o garnish_v with_o grace_n let_v it_o be_v let_v 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lord_n over_o the_o spirit_n to_o retain_v the_o spirit_n neither_o have_v he_o power_n in_o the_o day_n of_o death_n nor_o deliverance_n in_o battle_n neither_o shall_v wickedness_n deliver_v the_o possessor_n thereof_o and_o how_o shall_v he_o be_v able_a to_o foretell_v an_o other_o hap_n or_o action_n can_v you_o think_v that_o not_o foresee_v what_o to_o himself_o befall_v nor_o know_v his_o peril_n be_v at_o pit_n brink_n nor_o can_v defer_v his_o death_n or_o destiny_n with_o all_o the_o care_n he_o do_v thereto_o apply_v that_o can_v not_o tell_v the_o place_n the_o dart_n shall_v light_v that_o he_o in_o battle_n fling_v against_o his_o foe_n that_o can_v save_v himself_o amid_o the_o fight_n but_o bear_v the_o brunt_n perhaps_o of_o overthroe_n no_o wicked_a slight_n or_o art_n can_v sinner_n save_v but_o that_o they_o sure_o in_o fine_a their_o merit_n have_v verse_n 9_o all_o these_o i_o note_v and_o find_v sometime_o man_n power_n his_o overthrow_n verse_n 10_o these_o 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