Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	earnest_a	full_a	great_a	17	3	2.0871	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17051	The vvay to true peace and rest Deliuered at Edinborough in xvi. sermons: on the Lords Supper: Hezechiahs sicknesse: and other select Scriptures. By that reuerend & faithfull preacher of Gods word: Mr. Robert Bruce, for the present, minister of the Word in Scotland.; Sermons upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper	Bruce, Robert, 1554-1631.; Bruce, Robert, 1554-1631. Sermons preached in the Kirk of Edinburgh. aut; I. H., fl. 1617.; Mitchell, S., fl. 1614.	1617 (1617)	STC 3925; ESTC S105939	298,483	380

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little_a virtue_n in_o the_o syllable_n or_o pronounce_v of_o the_o word_n themselves_o so_o we_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o virtue_n enclose_v in_o the_o syllable_n or_o resident_a in_o the_o word_n but_o we_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o power_n conjoin_v with_o the_o word_n and_o this_o power_n be_v not_o resident_a in_o the_o word_n but_o be_v resident_a in_o the_o eternal_a word_n in_o the_o essential_a word_n whereof_o john_n the_o evangelist_n make_v mention_v chap._n 1._o the_o word_n which_o be_v from_o the_o beginning_n that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n christ_n jesus_n we_o say_v there_o be_v not_o a_o dram_n weight_n of_o this_o virtue_n &_o power_n resident_a in_o any_o creature_n that_o ever_o god_n create_v but_o it_o be_v only_o resident_a in_o christ_n jesus_n and_o therefore_o there_o flow_v no_o virtue_n from_o the_o syllable_n nor_o from_o the_o word_n that_o be_v speak_v but_o from_o christ_n and_o his_o spirit_n who_o give_v the_o virtue_n to_o those_o 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