Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	essence_n	father_n	son_n	10,781	5	6.4274	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43351	Miscellanea, or, A mixture of choyce observations and institutions, moral, and divine, composed for private use being the product of spare hours, and the meditations of J.H.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1669 (1669)	Wing H1480; ESTC R4644	40,398	215

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be_v yet_o such_o as_o thy_o companion_n be_v such_o will_v thou_o be_v think_v be_v be_v chap._n xvi_o let_v thy_o recreation_n be_v moderate_a seasonable_a lawful_a and_o such_o as_o do_v become_v thou_o let_v it_o be_v moderate_a therefore_o spend_v not_o too_o much_o of_o thy_o strength_n nor_o too_o much_o of_o thy_o time_n nor_o too_o much_o of_o thy_o estate_n in_o recreation_n thy_o time_n be_v short_a and_o precious_a eternity_n depend_v upon_o thy_o good_a improvement_n of_o this_o moment_n yesterday_o can_v be_v recall_v and_o to_o morrow_n be_v not_o sure_a spend_v not_o too_o much_o of_o thy_o strength_n the_o end_n and_o use_v of_o recreation_n be_v to_o sweeten_v thy_o rest_n and_o to_o renew_v thy_o strength_n for_o labour_n he_o that_o waste_v his_o estate_n to_o recreate_v himself_o make_v a_o sport_n of_o his_o own_o ruin_n let_v thy_o recreation_n be_v seasonable_a and_o a_o servant_n to_o thy_o business_n lest_o thou_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o it_o and_o remember_v 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what_o thou_o can_v not_o recover_v with_o pain_n he_o that_o carnal_o afflict_v his_o soul_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o transitory_a good_a cast_v away_o the_o kernel_n because_o he_o have_v lose_v the_o shell_n chap._n xx._n let_v not_o the_o fall_n of_o salt_n the_o cross_v of_o a_o hare_n the_o chatter_a of_o a_o pie_n the_o fly_a of_o a_o crow_n or_o the_o cry_n of_o a_o cricket_n trouble_v thou_o they_o portend_v no_o evil_a but_o what_o thou_o fear_v he_o be_v ill_o acquaint_v with_o himself_o that_o know_v not_o his_o own_o fortune_n better_a than_o they_o he_o have_v little_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o less_o faith_n in_o he_o who_o know_v not_o his_o power_n or_o believe_v not_o his_o providence_n to_o be_v above_o the_o portent_n of_o these_o silly_a thing_n if_o evil_n follow_v it_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o thy_o superstition_n not_o the_o fulfil_n of_o their_o prediction_n all_o thing_n be_v lucky_a to_o thou_o if_o thou_o love_v god_n and_o live_v in_o his_o fear_n 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