Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	husband_n	wife_n	2,730	5	6.6528	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69646	The Ivdgement of Martin Bucer concerning divorce written to Edward the sixt, in his second book of the Kingdom of Christ, and now Englisht : wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of divorce is heer confirm'd and justify'd by the authoritie of Martin Bucer to the Parlament of England.; De regno Christi. De coniugio & divortio. English	Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.	1644 (1644)	Wing B5270; ESTC R3964	32,365	42

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upon_o matthew_n chap._n 5._o 19_o i_o here_o insert_v it_o from_o p._n 46._o since_o we_o have_v need_n of_o civil_a law_n and_o the_o power_n of_o punish_v it_o will_v be_v wise_a not_o to_o contemn_v those_o give_v by_o moses_n but_o serious_o rather_o to_o consider_v what_o the_o meaning_n of_o god_n be_v in_o they_o what_o he_o chief_o require_v and_o how_o much_o it_o may_v be_v to_o the_o good_a of_o every_o nation_n if_o they_o will_v borrow_v thence_o their_o manner_n of_o govern_v the_o commonwealth_n yet_o free_o all_o thing_n and_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n for_o what_o solon_n or_o plato_n or_o aristotle_n what_o lawyer_n or_o caesar_n can_v make_v better_a law_n than_o god_n and_o it_o be_v no_o light_a argument_n that_o many_o magistrate_n at_o this_o day_n do_v not_o enough_o acknowledge_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n though_o they_o will_v seem_v most_o christian_a in_o that_o they_o govern_v their_o state_n by_o law_n so_o divers_a from_o those_o of_o 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