Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	faith_n	justification_n	work_n	32,098	5	6.7418	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09069	A booke of Christian exercise appertaining to resolution, that is, shewing how that we should resolve our selves to become Christians indeed: by R.P. Perused, and accompanied now with a treatise tending to pacification: by Edm. Bunny.; Booke of Christian exercise. Part 1.	Bunny, Edmund, 1540-1619.; Bunny, Edmund, 1540-1619. Treatise tending to pacification.; Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610. Christian directory.	1584 (1584)	STC 19355; ESTC S105868	310,605	572

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further_o saint_n james_n 4._o that_o whosoever_o but_o desire_v to_o be_v friend_n of_o this_o world_n be_v thereby_o make_v a_o enemy_n to_o god_n what_o will_v worldly_a man_n say_v to_o this_o saint_n paul_n affirm_v plain_o 11._o that_o this_o world_n be_v to_o be_v damn_v and_o christ_n insinuate_v the_o same_o in_o saint_n johns_n gospel_n 12._o but_o most_o of_o all_o in_o that_o wonderful_a fact_n of_o he_o when_o pray_v to_o his_o father_n for_o other_o matter_n he_o except_v the_o world_n by_o name_n 17._o non_fw-la pro_fw-la mundo_fw-la rogo_fw-la say_v he_o i_o do_v not_o ask_v mercy_n and_o pardon_v for_o the_o world_n but_o for_o those_o which_o thou_o have_v give_v i_o out_o of_o the_o world_n oh_o what_o a_o dreadful_a exception_n be_v this_o make_v by_o the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n 23._o by_o the_o lamb_n that_o take_v away_o all_o sin_n