Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	according_a	speak_v	word_n	5,582	5	4.1899	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60284	Satan's invisible world discovered, or, A choice collection of modern relations proving evidently against the saducees and atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentick records, attestations of famous witnesses and undoubted verity : to all which is added, that marvellous history of Major Weir, and his sister : with two relations of apparitions at Edinburgh / by Georg Sinclar ...	Sinclair, George, d. 1696.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3858; ESTC R4971	118,890	288

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will._n 15_o that_o god_n by_o his_o power_n can_v make_v one_o thing_n contradictory_n to_o another_o 16_o that_o god_n can_v deceive_v if_o he_o please_v 17_o that_o god_n can_v make_v a_o infinitum_fw-la both_o as_o to_o bulk_n and_o number_n 18_o that_o god_n be_v from_o himself_o not_o only_o negative_a but_o also_o positive_a that_o be_v he_o be_v not_o only_o independent_a from_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o but_o be_v from_o himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o himself_o both_o prior_n and_o posterior_n to_o himself_o 19_o that_o his_o omnipresence_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o his_o most_o efficacious_a will_n by_o which_o he_o sustain_v and_o govern_v all_o thing_n 20_o that_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o trinity_n may_v be_v demonstrat_fw-la by_o natural_a reason_n 21_o that_o the_o communicability_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n do_v not_o arise_v from_o its_o infinitness_n 22_o that_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o godhead_n be_v neither_o distinguish_v among_o 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