Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	authority_n	church_n	reject_v	2,895	5	9.0049	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67549	The chiefest divine vertues epitomized, or, A compendious treatise of the three theological graces, faith, hope, and charity by Richard Ward ...	Ward, Richard, 1601 or 2-1684.	1655 (1655)	Wing W802; ESTC R12309	115,178	272

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11.8.17_o vii_o perseverance_n joh._n 6.68_o viii_o a_o commend_v of_o the_o soul_n and_o spirit_n unto_o god_n act_v 7.49_o 50._o second_o faith_n work_v these_o thing_n towards_o our_o neighbour_n that_o be_v i._o towards_o the_o elect_a it_o work_v concord_n unity_n and_o unanimity_n act_v 3._o and_o 4._o chap._n ii_o towards_o all_o humanity_n courtesy_n pity_n and_o mercy_n three_o true_a faith_n towards_o a_o man_n self_n work_v these_o thing_n i._o patience_n and_o glory_n ng_z in_o affliction_n rom._n 5.3_o whence_o 1._o sometime_o faith_n and_o patience_n be_v join_v together_o as_o 1_o thes_n 1.14_o and_o 2._o sometime_o faith_n and_o joy_n heb._n 10.34_o ii_o it_o take_v away_o anxiety_n of_o mind_n and_o dejection_n of_o spirit_n in_o trouble_n math._n 6.25_o 26._o when_o wicked_a man_n faint_a and_o fear_v than_o those_o who_o be_v confirm_v in_o faith_n be_v free_a from_o carefulness_n iii_o consolation_n in_o god_n john_n 14.1_o 2._o iv_o such_o a_o measure_n of_o 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