Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	faith_n	grace_n	justification_n	1,459	5	9.0615	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06863	A booke of notes and common places, with their expositions, collected and gathered out of the workes of diuers singular writers, and brought alphabetically into order. A worke both profitable and also necessarie, to those that desire the true vnderstanding & meaning of holy Scripture By Iohn Marbeck	Merbecke, John, ca. 1510-ca. 1585.	1581 (1581)	STC 17299; ESTC S112020	964,085	1,258

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that_o be_v a_o borrow_a speech_n 2._o by_o which_o be_v signify_v the_o wicked_a enemy_n of_o david_n be_v most_o press_v and_o ready_a to_o destroy_v he_o for_o this_o psalm_n as_o some_o suppose_n be_v make_v when_o he_o flee_v from_o saul_n and_o hide_v himself_o from_o he_o in_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a place_n as_o you_o read_v 1._o reg._n from_o the._n 22._o to_o the._n 27._o where_o his_o persecution_n be_v so_o great_a that_o at_o length_n he_o be_v fain_o to_o fly_v out_o of_o y●_z coast_n of_o israel_n unto_o the_o philistine_n after_o the_o like_a manner_n do_v our_o saules_n daily_o persecute_v the_o christian_a psa._n 37._o 12._o t._n m._n ¶_o looke_n wicked_a unicorn_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o unicorn_n and_o hear_v i_o from_o among_o

the_o gentile_n be_v count_v as_o dead_a man_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o afterward_o where_o he_o say_v all_o that_o be_v in_o grave_n shall_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n he_o mean_v the_o general_a resurrection_n which_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o last_o day_n tindale_n ¶_o the_o dead_a shall_v hear_v etc._n etc._n ¶_o and_o who_o be_v those_o dead_a sure_o no_o man_n can_v be_v exempt_v for_o where_o at_o beginning_n god_n to_o make_v his_o doctrine_n available_a in_o we_o even_o at_o the_o draw_v of_o we_o out_o of_o the_o spiritual_a death_n wherein_o we_o be_v all_o hold_v for_o till_o such_o time_n as_o god_n enlighten_v we_o by_o his_o word_n we_o be_v blind_a till_o he_o open_v our_o ear_n we_o be_v deaf_a till_o he_o give_v we_o faith_n we_o have_v neither_o soul_n nor_o heart_n true_a it_o be_v that_o we_o may_v well_o seem_v to_o have_v some_o outward_a show_n of_o life_n the_o unbeléever_n doeate_v and_o drink_v as_o well_o 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