Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	body_n	glorious_a	vile_a	1,567	5	10.2595	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62392	The faithful souldier's reward, or, A glimpse of the saints happiness discovered in two sermons, occasioned by the death of that truly vertuous and religious gentle woman, Mrs. Katherine Disney : the former preached at Kirkstead, the place of her last abode here upon the earth, on the 18th day of May, 1690, being the Lord's Day, and the latter at Swinderly, near Lincoln, where she was interr'd the Tuesday following / by William Scoffin.	Scoffin, William, 1655?-1732.	1692 (1692)	Wing S933; ESTC R11432	41,514	126

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make_v to_o yourselves_o friend_n of_o the_o mammon_n of_o vnrighteousness_n that_o when_o you_o fail_v they_o may_v receive_v you_o into_o everlasting_a habitation_n i_o e._n do_v good_a with_o your_o worldly_a riches_n and_o thereby_o evidence_n your_o faith_n to_o be_v true_a and_o so_o consequent_o make_v god_n your_o friend_n that_o when_o you_o come_v to_o die_v he_o may_v receive_v you_o into_o heaven_n 1_o tim._n 6.17_o 19_o luk._n 19.8_o act._n 10.4_o mat._n 25.34_o 36._o when_o you_o fail_v what_o be_v that_o time_n fail_v it_o can_v be_v mean_v of_o condemnation_n in_o the_o judgement_n for_o there_o be_v no_o escape_v or_o reverse_v that_o sentence_n therefore_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n then_o be_v believer_n receive_v into_o everlasting_a habitation_n and_o their_o everlasting_a habitation_n be_v in_o heaven_n another_o argument_n which_o prove_v this_o truth_n be_v that_o with_o which_o christ_n silence_v the_o sadducee_n mat._n 22.31_o 32._o have_v 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