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	let_v	love_v	4,519	5	6.0059	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46354	Several sermons preach'd on the whole eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans eighteen of which preach'd on the first, second, third, fourth verses are here published : wherein the saints exemption from condemnation, the mystical union, the spiritual life, the dominion of sin and the spirits agency in freeing from it, the law's inability to justifie and save, Christ's mission, eternal sonship, incarnation, his being an expiatory sacrifice, fulfilling the laws righteousness (which is imputed to believers) are opened, confirmed, vindicated, and applied / by Tho. Jacomb.	Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687.	1672 (1672)	Wing J119; ESTC R26816	712,556	668

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they_o and_o to_o be_v thankful_a have_v they_o 3.16_o they_o joh._n 3.16_o so_o love_v we_o and_o shall_v not_o we_o return_v love_n for_o love_n what_o monster_n and_o prodigy_n shall_v we_o be_v if_o after_o such_o a_o manifestation_n of_o their_o love_n to_o we_o there_o be_v not_o reciprocation_n of_o our_o love_n to_o they_o god_n design_v and_o prepare_v the_o sacrifice_n therefore_o he_o must_v have_v our_o love_n christ_n be_v the_o sacrifice_n therefore_o he_o must_v have_v our_o love_n too_o both_o deserve_v it_o both_o must_v have_v it_o joh._n 10.17_o therefore_o do_v my_o father_n love_v i_o because_o i_o lay_v down_o my_o life_n now_o do_v the_o father_n love_v he_o for_o this_o and_o shall_v not_o we_o much_o more_o do_v we_o but_o think_v of_o this_o sacrifice_n and_o hold_v our_o heart_n close_o to_o it_o in_o holy_a meditation_n sure_o it_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o love_n christ_n then_o i_o say_v be_v thankful_a yea_o let_v your_o whole_a soul_n upon_o this_o go_v 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this_o applicable_a to_o christ_n also_o yes_o if_o you_o consider_v he_o as_o 204._o as_o quamvis_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la posset_n verè_fw-la dici_fw-la eum_fw-la expiare_fw-la authoritatiuè_fw-la &_o judicialitèr_n quatenus_fw-la ipse_fw-la cum_fw-la patre_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habet_fw-la remittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la quia_fw-la tamen_fw-la hic_fw-la consideratur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la mediator_n ut_fw-la sacerdos_n &_o victima_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la aliter_fw-la expiatio_fw-la fieri_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la poenae_fw-la lationem_fw-la succedaneam_fw-la &_o vicariam_fw-la mortem_fw-la explicari_fw-la turret_n de_fw-fr sat._n christi_fw-la pars_fw-la 6._o p._n 204._o god_n and_o as_o the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n so_o it_o be_v and_o be_v his_o act_n as_o well_o as_o the_o father_n to_o abolish_v acquit_v and_o absolve_v from_o sin_n guilt_n in_o a_o authoritative_a way_n but_o in_o the_o 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