Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	assume_v	humane_a	union_n	3,291	5	9.5119	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35416	An elegant and learned discourse of the light of nature, with several other treatises Nathanael Culverwel ...	Culverwel, Nathanael, d. 1651?; Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689.	1652 (1652)	Wing C7569; ESTC R13398	340,382	446

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o not_o to_o disquiet_v this_o same_o pyrrhon_n any_o long_a i_o shall_v choose_v more_o real_o to_o scatter_v those_o empty_a fancy_n by_o discover_v the_o true_a original_n and_o foundation_n the_o right_a progress_n and_o method_n of_o all_o certainty_n now_o god_n himself_o that_o eternal_a and_o immutable_a be_v that_o fix_v and_o unshaken_a entity_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v needs_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o certainty_n as_o of_o all_o other_o perfection_n and_o if_o other_o thing_n be_v compare_v to_o he_o they_o may_v in_o this_o sense_n without_o any_o injury_n to_o they_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o respect_n of_o the_o infinite_a reality_n and_o weighty_a and_o massy_a solidity_n that_o be_v in_o his_o most_o glorious_a be_v by_o virtue_n of_o which_o as_o himself_o have_v everlasting_o the_o same_o invariable_a knowledge_n of_o all_o thing_n so_o he_o be_v also_o the_o most_o knowable_a and_o intelligible_a object_n a_o 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