Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bless_v	magnify_v	praise_v	46,047	5	12.5813	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32805	Of God Almighty's providence both in the sending and dissolving great snows & frosts, and the improvement we ought to make of it a sermon occasioned by the late extreme cold weather, preached in it to his neighbours, and now thought fit to be made more public, for the common good / by Benj. Camfield ...	Camfield, Benjamin, 1638-1693.	1684 (1684)	Wing C382; ESTC R5822	19,660	35

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man_n do_v not_o well_o consider_v this_o and_o a_o fool_n do_v not_o understand_v it_o psal_n xcii_o v_o vi_fw-mi therefore_o be_v they_o all_o call_v upon_o to_o praise_n god_n because_o they_o afford_v we_o so_o much_o matter_n occasion_n and_o motive_n so_o to_o do_v continual_o they_o be_v the_o stand_n and_o universal_a witness_n of_o his_o infinite_a power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n in_o the_o world_n they_o be_v the_o natural_a preacher_n of_o divinity_n who_o voice_n be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v hear_v declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o show_v his_o handy_a work_n as_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v particular_o of_o the_o heaven_n and_o firmament_n with_o the_o star_n of_o light_n psal_n xix_o there_o be_v neither_o speech_n nor_o language_n but_o their_o voice_n be_v hear_v among_o they_o their_o sound_n be_v go_v out_o to_o all_o land_n and_o their_o word_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n we_o may_v say_v of_o they_o therefore_o god_n give_v the_o word_n great_a be_v the_o company_n of_o preacher_n psal_n lxviii_o and_o among_o the_o other_o work_v of_o god_n we_o call_v more_o particular_o in_o the_o benedicite_fw-la to_o these_o meteor_n to_o bless_v and_o praise_v and_o magnify_v he_o for_o ever_o o_o you_o shower_n and_o dew_n o_o you_o wind_n of_o god_n o_o you_o winter_n and_o summer_n o_o you_o frost_n and_o cold_a o_o you_o ice_n and_o snow_n bless_v you_o the_o lord_n praise_v he_o and_o magnify_v he_o for_o ever_o which_o kind_n of_o language_n by_o way_n of_o address_n to_o insensible_a creature_n whoever_o be_v offend_v at_o must_v first_o blame_v the_o holy_a penman_n who_o set_v the_o copy_n of_o it_o psal_n clxviii_o viij_o as_o i_o before_o quote_v it_o and_o again_o psal_n ciii_o ult_n o_o speak_v good_a of_o the_o lord_n all_o you_o work_v of_o his_o in_o all_o place_n of_o his_o dominion_n we_o see_v as_o clarius_n note_v upon_o the_o text_n what_o occasion_n devout_a and_o pious_a man_n take_v of_o praise_v god_n and_o yet_o 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worst_a of_o condition_n that_o can_v befall_v we_o for_o there_o be_v nothing_o too_o hard_o for_o god_n to_o alter_v and_o remove_v horat._n remove_v *_o sperat_fw-la infestis_fw-la metuit_fw-la secundis_fw-la alteram_fw-la sortem_fw-la benè_fw-la praeparatum_fw-la pectus_fw-la inform_v hiemes_fw-la reducit_fw-la jupiter_n idem_fw-la sumeret_fw-la non_fw-la si_fw-la malè_fw-la nunc_fw-la &_o olim_fw-la sic_fw-la erit_fw-la horat._n with_o less_o trouble_n and_o diffienlty_n than_o we_o speak_v a_o word_n be_v the_o season_n never_o so_o rigorous_a and_o extreme_a so_o that_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o hold_v up_o long_o under_o it_o yet_o he_o can_v send_v out_o his_o word_n and_o dissolve_v all_o into_o softness_n blow_v upon_o the_o freeze_a ice_n with_o his_o south_n wind_n and_o make_v the_o water_n flow_v again_o out_o of_o the_o rock_n he_o can_v hush_v and_o lay_v the_o stormy_a tempest_n or_o turn_v it_o into_o a_o calm_a our_o night_n into_o day_n our_o calamity_n and_o 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vanity_n of_o profane_a man_n who_o can_v ever_o think_v to_o thrive_v in_o the_o world_n without_o god_n leave_n and_o blessing_n when_o as_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o not_o only_o we_o ourselves_o subsist_v by_o he_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v in_o he_o live_v not_o by_o bread_n alone_o but_o by_o every_o word_n of_o god_n but_o the_o very_a common_a mean_n of_o our_o subsistence_n depend_v altogether_o and_o entire_o upon_o he_o upon_o his_o smile_n to_o vouchsafe_v secure_a and_o succeed_v they_o or_o upon_o his_o frown_n to_o disappoint_v and_o deprive_v we_o of_o they_o or_o blast_v they_o to_o we_o and_o render_v they_o ineffectual_a there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n that_o go_v to_o the_o uphold_v of_o we_o in_o the_o world_n and_o we_o can_v have_v none_o of_o they_o all_o unless_o he_o please_v nor_o any_o of_o they_o long_o than_o he_o please_v nor_o can_v any_o of_o they_o do_v we_o good_a further_o than_o he_o please_v to_o bless_v it_o we_o too_o much_o verify_v the_o vulgar_a emblem_n of_o swine_n feed_v upon_o acorn_n on_o the_o ground_n without_o look_v up_o to_o the_o tree_n that_o scatter_v they_o we_o be_v maintain_v by_o god_n heavenly_a bounty_n but_o consider_v not_o as_o we_o ought_v the_o invisible_a hand_n in_o the_o cloud_n that_o dispense_v all_o unto_o we_o we_o poor_a only_a upon_o the_o crop_n before_o we_o without_o think_v how_o many_o cause_n and_o circumstance_n the_o production_n of_o it_o be_v owe_v to_o we_o consider_v not_o how_o the_o earth_n must_v hear_v the_o corn_n and_o grass_n and_o the_o heaven_n also_o hear_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n prosper_v both_o it_o be_v he_o that_o must_v open_v the_o window_n of_o heaven_n and_o pour_v we_o out_o a_o blessing_n from_o thence_o that_o we_o may_v have_v a_o sufficiency_n or_o plenty_n of_o all_o necessary_n malachi_n iii_o x._o this_o be_v the_o sense_n and_o importance_n of_o that_o excellent_a psalm_n psal_n cxxvii_o except_o the_o lord_n build_v the_o house_n the_o workman_n build_v in_o vain_a except_o the_o lord_n keep_v the_o city_n the_o watchman_n also_o wake_v in_o vain_a and_o so_o in_o like_a manner_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o our_o toil_n and_o labour_n be_v in_o vain_a unless_o he_o speed_v the_o plough_n and_o give_v the_o increase_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n in_o the_o world_n the_o husbandman_n one_o will_v think_v and_o consequent_o indeed_o all_o other_o who_o be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o behold_v to_o he_o for_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v for_o all_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v serve_v by_o the_o field_n eccles_n v._o ix_o but_o of_o all_o other_o i_o say_v the_o husbandman_n shall_v be_v religious_a who_o livelihood_n and_o success_n do_v all_o along_o so_o visible_o depend_v upon_o god_n almighty_n providence_n st._n james_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o patience_n and_o he_o recommend_v it_o for_o a_o pattern_n worthy_a of_o imitation_n behold_v the_o husbandman_n wait_v 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