Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	abraham_n	believe_v	work_n	2,176	5	6.8327	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06512	A methodicall preface prefixed before the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessary and profitable for the better vnderstandyng of it / made by the right reuerend father and faythfull seruant of Christ Iesus, Martin Luther ; nowe newly translated out of Latin into English, by W.W. ...	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; W. W.	1594 (1594)	STC 16985; ESTC S1353	22,201	55

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i_o be_o not_o iustify_v true_a ●t_z be_v for_o because_o this_o thy_o faith_n be_v nothing_o but_o thy_o own_o bare_a and_o naked_a imagination_n and_o cogitation_n of_o faith_n which_o do_v ●…ot_v innovate_v thy_o hart_n and_o which_o do_v move_v ●hee_fw-mi nothing_o at_o all_o there_o follow_v no_o newness_n ●f_a life_n no_o work_n of_o faith_n but_o a_o true_a faith_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n whereby_o we_o be_v regenerate_v and_o bear_v anew_o by_o his_o spirit_n john_n 1._o chapter_n whereby_o also_o our_o old_a adam_n be_v quell_v and_o we_o be_v whole_o transform_v we_o be_v make_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v new_a creature_n to_o christ_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o life_n and_o gonernment_n of_o our_o heart_n idle_a faith_n