Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	fire_n	set_v	tongue_n	3,652	5	9.4006	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10010	The saints qualification: or A treatise I. Of humiliation, in tenne sermons. II. Of sanctification, in nine sermons whereunto is added a treatise of communion with Christ in the sacrament, in three sermons. Preached, by the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Doctor in Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670.	1633 (1633)	STC 20262; ESTC S115180	353,805	720

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man_n it_o be_v true_a a_o man_n may_v go_v thus_o far_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o king_n or_o for_o a_o man_n in_o authority_n to_o set_v preferment_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o punishment_n on_o the_o other_o to_o make_v a_o man_n to_o do_v much_o or_o to_o suffer_v much_o but_o all_o this_o while_n here_o be_v but_o a_o turn_n of_o the_o action_n of_o man_n but_o to_o turn_v the_o inclination_n of_o man_n heart_n it_o be_v proper_a only_a to_o god_n man_n be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v it_o in_o any_o particular_a if_o a_o man_n heart_n be_v set_v upon_o covetousness_n christ_n say_v it_o be_v impossible_a all_o the_o man_n in_o the_o world_n can_v change_v his_o heart_n but_o put_v the_o case_n a_o man_n can_v do_v it_o as_o no_o man_n can_v if_o he_o can_v turn_v a_o man_n heart_n it_o will_v be_v but_o in_o a_o particular_a or_o two_o but_o to_o turn_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o make_v a_o general_a change_n to_o make_v he_o another_o man_n another_o 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