Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	good_a	sin_n	transgression_n	4,384	5	10.5404	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47489	The everlasting covenant, a sweet cordial for a drooping soul, or, The excellent nature of the covenant of grace opened in a sermon preached January the 29th, at the funeral of Mr. Henry Forty, late pastor of a Church of Christ, at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, who departed this life Jan. 25th 1692/3 and was interr'd at Southwark ... : to which is added, An elegy on the death of the said minister / by Benjamine Keach ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1693 (1693)	Wing K62; ESTC R10226	54,891	60

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be_v cast_v down_o for_o the_o lord_n uphold_v he_o with_o his_o right_a hand_n psal._n 37.24_o 10._o do_v thou_o fear_v satan_n will_v be_v too_o hard_a for_o thou_o look_v into_o this_o covenont_n god_n shall_v bruise_v satan_n under_o your_o foot_n short_o rom._n 16.20_o o_o the_o comfort_n this_o covenant_n afford_v to_o we_o in_o every_o condition_n he_o will_v give_v grace_n and_o glory_n and_o no_o good_a thing_n will_v be_v withhold_v from_o they_o that_o walk_v upright_o christian_n what_o remain_v for_o you_o to_o do_v that_o you_o may_v have_v the_o comfort_n that_o be_v in_o this_o covenant_n but_o to_o go_v to_o god_n by_o christ_n your_o mediator_n he_o plead_v his_o own_o merit_n and_o