Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	pray_v	spirit_n	utter_v	2,382	5	9.4981	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02339	Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.; Anathomie of sinne.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656, attributed name.; Humfrey, Richard, attributed name.	1604 (1604)	STC 12466; ESTC S118647	67,276	265

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we_o do_v not_o pray_v in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n without_o who_o intercession_n nothing_o be_v acceptable_a in_o god_n sight_n and_o through_o who_o the_o father_n will_v give_v we_o whatsoever_o we_o ask_v io._n 16._o four_o because_o we_o pray_v more_o to_o satisfy_v our_o own_o lust_n than_o to_o glorify_v god_n more_o for_o temporal_a thing_n than_o spiritual_a thing_n fiftlie_o because_o we_o use_v much_o babble_n as_o though_o god_n do_v not_o know_v what_o we_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o except_o we_o set_v forth_o our_o defect_n with_o a_o elaborat_a and_o rhetorical_a kind_n of_o oration_n and_o because_o we_o pray_v not_o continual_o but_o use_v our_o invocation_n by_o start_n six_o because_o we_o be_v not_o so_o fervent_a as_o we_o shall_v be_v nor_o so_o attentive_a to_o the_o matter_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n but_o suffer_v our_o thought_n to_o wander_v hither_o and_o thither_o whilst_o our_o tongue_n speak_v unto_o god_n the_o efficacy_n of_o prayer_n first_o 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