Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	love_v	see_v	soul_n	10,942	5	5.2331	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49759	Two funeral sermons of the use and happiness of humane bodies Preached on I Corinth. vi. 13. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. With a brief account of the life and death of Mr. G. Lorimer, merchant; upon the occasion of whose death the second sermon was preacht. By Edward Lawrence, M.A. minister of the Gospel.	Lawrence, Edward, 1623-1695.	1690 (1690)	Wing L655; ESTC R216653	22,474	88

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present_v your_o body_n to_o the_o lord_n rom._n 12.1_o i_o beseech_v you_o brethren_n by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n that_o you_o present_v your_o body_n a_o live_a sacrifice_n holy_a acceptable_a to_o god_n which_o be_v your_o reasonable_a service_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d render_v present_a be_v a_o allusion_n to_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v set_v before_o god_n at_o the_o altar_n as_o ready_a to_o be_v offer_v to_o he_o so_o we_o must_v set_v not_o only_o our_o soul_n but_o our_o body_n before_o the_o lord_n as_o his_o due_n say_v this_o tongue_n and_o these_o eye_n and_o hand_n be_v for_o the_o lord_n pray_v he_o to_o take_v they_o and_o use_v they_o for_o himself_o 3._o in_o all_o place_n you_o be_v in_o with_o your_o body_n consider_v what_o work_n be_v to_o be_v do_v for_o the_o lord_n you_o can_v be_v no_o where_n but_o you_o may_v find_v work_n for_o the_o lord_n prov._n 27.8_o as_o a_o bird_n that_o wander_v from_o his_o nest_n so_o be_v a_o man_n 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