Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	believe_v	father_n	son_n	3,272	5	5.4832	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17689	Of the life or conuersation of a Christen man, a right godly treatise, wyrtten [sic] in the latin tonge, by maister Iohn Caluyne, a man of ryghte excellente learnynge and of no lesse godly conuersation. Translated into English by Thomas Broke Esquier Paymaister of Douer. An[no] M. D. XLix. The first day of Ianuary	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.	1549 (1549)	STC 4436; ESTC S110975	42,086	164

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he_o dwell_v in_o we_o and_o we_o in_o he_o neither_o dwell_v his_o son_n christ_n idle_o in_o our_o herte_n for_o if_o thou_o have_v a_o true_a faith_n &_o not_o a_o opinion_n only_o thou_o have_v now_o a_o certainty_n that_o thou_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n c._n i_o io._n v._o c._n &_o as_o s._n john_n say_v that_o thou_o art_n translate_v from_o death_n into_o life_n c._n i_o io._n three_o c._n now_o therefore_o that_o thou_o may_v feel_v &_o know_v that_o thou_o have_v a_o true_a faith_n a_o sure_a confidence_n &_o a_o infallible_a certainty_n in_o thy_o herte_n of_o god_n mercy_n towards_o the_o i_o will_v by_o discribe_v unto_o that_o what_o i_o take_v a_o true_a say_v to_o be_v induce_v the_o thereunto_o after_o the_o poor_a talon_n of_o my_o knowledge_n ☞_o fayth_n be_v such_o a_o trust_n in_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n as_o work_v in_o a_o man_n herte_n a_o earnest_a repentance_n of_o sin_n and_o a_o desire_n to_o do_v god_n will_n b._n act._n ●_o ●_o io_o three_o b._n 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