Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	answer_n	answer_v	objection_n	2,644	5	9.4165	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47629	A treatise of divinity consisting of three bookes : The first of which handling the Scripture or Word of God, treateth of its divine authority, the canonicall bookes, the authenticall edition, and severall versions, the end, properties, and interpretation of Scripture : The second handling God sheweth that there is a God, and what he is, in his essence and several attributes, and likewise the distinction of persons in the divine essence : The third handleth the three principall works of God, decree, creation and providence / by Edward Leigh ...	Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671.	1646 (1646)	Wing L1011; ESTC R39008	467,641	520

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earth_n the_o vale_n be_v much_o more_o fruitful_a than_o if_o they_o be_v flat_n without_o hill_n because_o of_o the_o dew_n and_o moisture_n that_o descend_v upon_o they_o from_o the_o hill_n and_o some_o thing_n grow_v better_a upon_o the_o high_a place_n on_o the_o side_n or_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n 3._o without_o these_o hill_n and_o mountain_n there_o can_v not_o have_v be_v room_n for_o the_o water_n which_o before_o do_v swallow_v up_o the_o earth_n in_o its_o bowel_n neither_o can_v the_o dry_a land_n have_v appear_v 4._o without_o such_o hill_n and_o dale_n there_o can_v not_o have_v be_v river_n and_o spring_n run_v with_o so_o constant_a a_o course_n 5._o hill_n and_o mountain_n be_v the_o receptacle_n of_o the_o principal_a mine_n for_o metal_n and_o quarry_n for_o all_o kind_n of_o useful_a stone_n deut._n 8._o 9_o and_o 33._o 15._o they_o be_v for_o boundary_n betwixt_o country_n and_o country_n kingdom_n and_o kingdom_n we_o shall_v tell_v ourselves_o how_o admirable_a and_o useful_a this_o kind_n of_o frame_n and_o situation_n the_o earth_n be_v 4._o whether_o naturalis_fw-la island_n come_v since_o the_o flood_n 5._o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n naturalis_fw-la the_o water_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v salt_n not_o by_o nature_n but_o by_o accident_n aristotle_n refer_v the_o saltish_a quality_n of_o the_o sea-water_n to_o the_o sun_n as_o the_o chief_a cause_n for_o it_o draw_v up_o the_o thin_a and_o fresh_a part_n of_o the_o water_n leave_v the_o thick_a and_o low_a water_n to_o suffer_v adustion_n of_o the_o sunbeam_n and_o so_o consequent_o to_o become_v salt_n 100_o two_o thing_n chief_o concur_v to_o the_o generation_n of_o