Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	commandment_n	good_a	keep_v	2,571	5	5.4432	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12181	Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Grayes Inne in London	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Culverwell, Ezekiel, 1553 or 4-1631.	1638 (1638)	STC 22490; ESTC S112642	60,923	350

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