Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	age_n	time_n	zion_n	26	3	9.1022	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B25425	Troposchēmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. K; Tropologia. Book 4.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.; De Laune, Thomas, d. 1685. Tropologia. aut	1682 (1682)	Wing K101A; ESTC R7039	690,855	608

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he_o will_v be_v meddle_v prov._n 2.3_o 2._o one_o that_o be_v as_o you_o have_v hear_v mischievous_a prov._n 10.23_o 3._o one_o that_o many_o affliction_n and_o stripe_n will_v not_o work_v upon_o nor_o humble_a 4._o one_o who_o sin_n cleave_v to_o he_o prov._n 27.22_o 5._o one_o that_o be_v full_a of_o word_n eccles_n 10.14_o 6._o one_o that_o will_v utter_v all_o his_o mind_n prov._n 29.11_o speak_v that_o which_o he_o shall_v conceal_v 7._o one_o that_o prosperity_n destroy_v prov._n 1.32_o 8._o one_o that_o be_v slothful_a eccles_n 4.5_o 9_o one_o that_o trust_v in_o his_o own_o heart_n prov._n 28.26_o 10._o one_o that_o hold_v it_o folly_n to_o depart_v from_o evil._n prov._n 13.19_o wicked_a man_n compare_v to_o

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the_o heart_n and_o will_v make_v a_o man_n bold_a and_o courageous_a in_o the_o cause_n of_o christ_n in_o evil_a time_n we_o can_v but_o speak_v the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v both_o see_v and_o hear_v 4.20_o act_n 4.20_o 7._o it_o be_v a_o excellent_a remedy_n to_o purge_v out_o all_o noxious_a and_o evil_a humour_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o whence_o many_o distemper_n flow_v make_v a_o man_n sound_n at_o heart_n and_o holy_a in_o life_n 8._o it_o will_v effectual_o restore_v a_o lose_a appetite_n and_o make_v a_o man_n relish_v well_o the_o food_n of_o god_n word_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v sweet_a to_o he_o than_o honey_n 119.103_o psal_n 119.103_o or_o the_o honeycomb_n 9_o it_o will_v preserve_v from_o the_o plague_n of_o sin_n of_o what_o sort_n soever_o it_o be_v though_o a_o christian_a be_v among_o infect_a person_n every_o day_n 10._o it_o will_v revive_v a_o faint_a and_o droop_a spirit_n 11._o it_o will_v set_v and_o make_v whole_a all_o break_a bone_n 27.13_o psal_n 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