Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	act_n	faith_n	grace_n	4,322	5	5.9067	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47437	Christ alone the way to Heaven, or, Jacob's ladder improved containing four sermons lately preach'd on Genesis XXVIII, XII : wherein the doctrine of free-grace is display'd through Jesus Christ : also discovering the nature, office, and ministration of the holy angels : to which is added one sermon on Rom. 8, 1 : with some short reflections on Mr. Samuel Clark's new book intituled Scripture justification / by Benjamin Keach.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1698 (1698)	Wing K53; ESTC R24422	80,847	121

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the_o lord_n of_o host_n ●oly_a be_v the_o father_n holy_n be_v the_o son_n and_o holy_a be_v the_o h●ly_a spirit_n and_o yet_o as_o moses_n say_v hear_v o_o 〈◊〉_d ●_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n be_v but_o one_o lord_n i._n e._n one_o in_o essence_n etc._n etc._n yet_o three_o person_n 5._o they_o harken_v to_o god_n command_n and_o do_v his_o will_n with_o all_o imaginable_a cheerfulness_n love_n delight_n alacrity_n and_o swiftness_n hence_o say_v to_o have_v the_o face_n of_o a_o eagle_n the_o swift_a of_o fowl_n and_o also_o to_o have_v wing_n 〈…〉_z tertullian_n say_v every_o spirit_n be_v wing_v they_o can_v fly_v in_o a_o moment_n into_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o swift_o and_o yet_o mr._n greenhill_n say_v as_o astronomer_n observe_v that_o