Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	angel_n	constant_a	great_a	21	3	2.0960	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49178	The ascents of the soul, or, David's mount towards God's house being paraphrases on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees / written in Italian, by ... Gio. Francesco Loredano ..., 1656 ; render'd into English, Anno Dom. 1665.; Gradi dell'anima. English	Loredano, Giovanni Francesco, 1607-1661.; Coleraine, Hugh Hare, Baron, 1606?-1667.	1681 (1681)	Wing L3065; ESTC R6897	69,621	80

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thy_o escape_n and_o thy_o god_n shall_v be_v with_o thou_o thy_o tribulation_n shall_v but_o complete_a the_o worthiness_n of_o thy_o condition_n how_o oft_o in_o the_o more_o florid_n time_n of_o youth_n when_o that_o cool_a reason_n like_o a_o winter_n flee_v from_o the_o spring_n of_o sense_n and_o by_o the_o grow_a heat_n of_o this_o the_o other_o be_v drive_v away_o then_o how_o do_v the_o great_a enemy_n of_o my_o welfare_n play_v their_o game_n most_o cunning_o to_o estrange_v my_o heart_n from_o due_a obedience_n to_o its_o maker_n how_o oft_o do_v those_o deadly_a foe_n of_o i_o make_v use_v of_o the_o charm_n of_o such_o beauty_n as_o have_v but_o borrow_v all_o its_o fine_a feather_n from_o art_n and_o adorn_v its_o trophy_n with_o the_o spoil_n of_o many_o grave_n and_o all_o this_o to_o fetter_v i_o like_o a_o bondslave_n to_o fix_v i_o to_o this_o low_a world_n so_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v able_a to_o run_v the_o way_n of_o the_o command_v of_o god_n nor_o to_o 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