Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	father_n	person_n	trinity_n	2,522	5	9.8786	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

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as_o the_o light_n of_o our_o new_a creation_n for_o we_o be_v regenerate_v in_o christ_n 24._o eph._n 4.23_o 24._o and_o thereby_o we_o do_v declare_v ourselves_o to_o be_v justify_v before_o man_n therefore_o let_v we_o not_o only_o show_v ourselves_o to_o be_v christian_n in_o name_n but_o to_o become_v good_a of_o evil_n and_o to_o declare_v that_o goodness_n receive_v of_o christ_n by_o good_a work_n for_o they_o be_v as_o certain_a fruit_n of_o our_o life_n witness_v the_o goodness_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o declare_v the_o nature_n of_o our_o heavenly_a father_n good_a work_n be_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n they_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n which_o he_o work_v in_o we_o and_o by_o

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