Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	adam_n	law_n	moral_a	4,944	5	10.5377	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50303	Tri-unity, or, The doctrin of the Holy Trinity asserted in a discourse on 2 Cor. XIII. XIV / by Isaac Mauduit ...	Mauduit, Isaac.	1694 (1694)	Wing M1334; ESTC R32420	18,315	57

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conception_n be_v mix_v with_o many_o error_n they_o never_o attain_v to_o a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o eternal_a production_n of_o the_o divine_a word_n one_o verse_n of_o the_o evangelist_n be_v unconceivable_o more_o clear_a than_o all_o their_o write_n john_n 1.1_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v the_o word_n and_o the_o word_n be_v with_o god_n and_o the_o word_n be_v god_n by_o natural_a light_n we_o can_v full_o understand_v what_o relate_v to_o religious_a worship_n far_o less_o can_v we_o hereby_o distinct_o apprehend_v the_o essence_n nature_n and_o subsistence_n of_o the_o most_o high_a the_o dim_a light_n of_o nature_n can_v not_o have_v teach_v we_o that_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n shall_v be_v a_o sacrament_n to_o adam_n when_o in_o paradise_n neither_o do_v this_o instruct_v the_o jewish_a church_n what_o creature_n be_v ceremonial_o clean_a or_o impure_a nor_o do_v natural_a reason_n acquaint_v they_o that_o the_o priest_n hood_n shall_v settle_v in_o the_o family_n of_o 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