Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	call_v	day_n	sabbath_n	1,461	5	9.9421	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75620	Theanthrōpos; or, God-man: being an exposition upon the first eighteen verses of the first chapter of the Gospel according to St John. Wherein, is most accurately and divinely handled, the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ; proving him to be God and man, coequall and coeternall with the Father: to the confutation of severall heresies both ancient and modern. By that eminently learned and reverend divine, John Arrowsmith, D.D. late Master of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge, and Professor of Divinity there.	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1660 (1660)	Wing A3778; Thomason E1014_1; ESTC R10473	267,525	319

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divine_a a_o word_n too_o much_o scorn_v now_o a_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o because_o he_o do_v set_v forth_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v call_v divine_a because_o he_o hold_v forth_o the_o divinity_n of_o the_o word_n namely_o of_o christ_n other_o do_v it_o as_o well_o as_o he._n but_o not_o so_o much_o you_o shall_v find_v luke_n call_v christ_n the_o word_n in_o that_o place_n though_o not_o often_o yet_o worthy_a your_o note_n luke_n 1._o 2._o even_o as_o they_o deliver_v they_o unto_o we_o which_o from_o the_o beginning_n be_v eye_n witness_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n what_o be_v that_o not_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d follower_n of_o jesus_n christ_n st._n luke_n have_v that_o relation_n from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o who_o be_v eye-witness_n of_o christ_n and_o from_o the_o seventy_o disciple_n who_o be_v likewise_o servant_n of_o the_o word_n and_o in_o all_o reason_n this_o must_v be_v the_o 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