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	law_n	love_v	7,725	5	6.9269	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61215	The mutual duties of elders and people Delivered in a discourse at Beckles in Suffolk, Octob. 13. 1697. At the setting apart of Mr. John Killinghal, to the office of an elder, over a Church of Christ there. By John Stackhouse, elder of a Church of Christ in Norwich.	Stackhouse, John, dissenting minister.	1698 (1698)	Wing S5104; ESTC R220764	32,438	41

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the_o first_o duty_n you_o must_v know_v they_o you_o must_v acknowledge_v they_o you_o must_v mind_n and_o consider_v they_o and_o what_o they_o say_v you_o must_v care_n and_o provide_v for_o they_o and_o love_v they_o ii_o but_o second_o you_o must_v esteem_v they_o very_o high_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d superabundant_o oh_o be_v not_o afraid_a that_o you_o shall_v abound_v too_o much_o in_o your_o esteem_v they_o iii_o and_o three_o you_o must_v love_v they_o esteem_v they_o high_o in_o love_n hereunto_o be_v add_v the_o true_a motive_n of_o your_o esteem_v they_o and_o love_v they_o that_o be_v for_o their_o work_n