Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	let_v	lord_n	spirit_n	4,020	5	4.9859	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64808	Canaans flovvings, or, A second part of milk & honey being another collation of many Christian experiences, sayings, &c. : with an appendix called The heathen improved, or, The Gibeonites hewing of wood, and drawing of water for the sanctuary / by Ralph Venning.	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1653 (1653)	Wing V198; ESTC R7804	72,507	246

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to_o enjoy_v what_o be_v promise_v we_o must_v do_v what_o be_v command_v laboranti_fw-la &_o speranti_fw-la deus_fw-la dabit_fw-la though_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o give_v to_o they_o that_o ask_v yet_o he_o have_v not_o promise_v to_o give_v without_o ask_v and_o see_v it_o be_v but_o ask_v and_o have_v we_o may_v not_o blame_v god_n for_o not_o give_v but_o ourselves_o for_o not_o ask_v and_o if_o we_o ask_v and_o miss_v we_o may_v blame_v ourselves_o for_o ask_v amiss_o 312._o the_o most_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v perfect_o imperfect_a and_o the_o best_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v but_o imperfect_o perfect_a 313._o saint_n have_v so_o learned_a christ_n and_o of_o christ_n as_o not_o only_o to_o restrain_v their_o hand_n from_o hurt_v but_o their_o heart_n from_o hate_v their_o very_a enemy_n 314._o prayer_n be_v the_o sell_v in_o paraphrase_n which_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o soul_n enlarge_v and_o explain_v it_o be_v the_o soul_n speak_v its_o mind_n and_o mind_v what_o it_o speak_v to_o god_n and_o a_o gracious_a heart_n never_o think_v it_o well_o do_v but_o when_o every_o confession_n have_v its_o weight_n of_o sorrow_n and_o every_o petition_n its_o fill_n of_o grace_n 315._o be_o i_o become_v your_o enemy_n because_o i_o tell_v you_o the_o truth_n what_o turncoat_n be_v these_o but_o awhile_o since_o they_o will_v have_v pull_v out_o their_o eye_n for_o paul_n and_o now_o they_o will_v have_v pull_v out_o paul_n eye_n who_o tell_v they_o the_o truth_n light_n be_v pleasant_a yet_o offensive_a to_o sore_a eye_n honey_n be_v sweet_a but_o it_o make_v wound_n to_o smart_v truth_n be_v most_o wholesome_a but_o distasteful_a to_o distemper_a palate_n lord_n let_v i_o never_o hate_v they_o which_o tell_v i_o the_o truth_n nor_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o tell_v i_o 316._o a_o mistake_n the_o world_n have_v always_o have_v thought_n of_o religion_n clean_o contrary_a to_o what_o it_o be_v and_o do_v most_o man_n be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o 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wisdom_n let_v this_o be_v i_o to_o fear_v thou_o and_o to_o depart_v from_o evil_a let_v godliness_n be_v my_o gain_n while_o other_o take_v care_n to_o be_v great_a let_v i_o take_v care_n to_o be_v good_a while_o other_o seek_v conquest_n over_o man_n let_v i_o fight_v the_o good_a fight_n of_o faith_n whereby_o i_o may_v conquer_v the_o world_n and_o the_o evil_a man_n myself_o and_o if_o this_o be_v to_o be_v vile_a let_v i_o be_v more_o vile_a if_o this_o be_v to_o be_v a_o fool_n let_v i_o be_v a_o fool_n dear_a lord_n if_o none_o will_v love_v thou_o yet_o let_v i_o love_v thou_o it_o be_v better_a to_o go_v to_o heaven_n though_o alone_o then_o to_o go_v to_o hell_n with_o company_n as_o long_o as_o i_o be_o happy_a i_o care_v not_o though_o the_o world_n think_v i_o miserable_a 317._o worldly_n riches_n be_v like_o nut_n many_o clothes_n be_v tear_v in_o get_v they_o many_o a_o tooth_n break_v in_o crack_v they_o but_o never_o a_o belly_n fill_v with_o eat_v they_o 318._o love_n in_o descent_n be_v strong_a than_o love_n in_o ascent_n hence_o they_o say_v parent_n be_v more_o love_v to_o their_o child_n than_o child_n to_o their_o parent_n i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v true_a between_o god_n and_o we_o his_o descend_v and_o condescend_v to_o love_v we_o be_v strong_a than_o our_o ascend_a love_n to_o he_o 319._o every_o variation_n from_o unity_n be_v a_o step_n to_o nullity_n and_o when_o man_n go_v from_o one_o religion_n to_o all_o they_o be_v in_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o go_v from_o all_o to_o none_o 320._o whatever_o god_n give_v to_o we_o he_o give_v free_o and_o whatever_o he_o take_v from_o we_o he_o take_v just_o therefore_o where_o god_n be_v free_a to_o give_v let_v we_o be_v just_a to_o use_v and_o where_o god_n be_v just_a to_o take_v let_v we_o be_v free_a to_o resign_v 321._o the_o scripture_n be_v to_o many_o in_o a_o unknown_a tongue_n though_o in_o their_o own_o tongue_n 322._o indirect_a mean_n may_v sometime_o prosper_v but_o it_o be_v never_o blessed_v 323._o though_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o honest_a as_o to_o be_v plain_a yet_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o discreet_a as_o to_o be_v please_v when_o he_o reprove_v 324._o he_o speak_v himself_o a_o fool_n that_o do_v that_o which_o reason_n tell_v he_o be_v unreasonable_a hence_o sinner_n call_v fool_n 325._o love_n causinus_n tell_v we_o of_o one_o raimundus_n lullus_n who_o be_v so_o ravish_v with_o love_n that_o be_v ask_v any_o thing_n he_o will_v answer_v nothing_o but_o love_n where_o dwell_v thou_o with_o love_n to_o who_o belong_v thou_o to_o love_v whence_o come_v thou_o from_o love_n whither_o go_v thou_o to_o love_v etc._n etc._n oh_o that_o we_o be_v thus_o take_v with_o the_o love_n of_o our_o lovely_a and_o love_a god_n it_o be_v likewise_o say_v of_o mary_n that_o by_o strength_n of_o love_n she_o be_v dead_a to_o all_o the_o object_n of_o the_o world_n she_o have_v her_o thought_n so_o employ_v on_o she_o jesus_n that_o she_o be_v almost_o insensible_a she_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o ear_n and_o hear_v not_o sense_n and_o feel_v not_o she_o be_v not_o where_o she_o be_v for_o she_o be_v whole_o where_o her_o master_n be_v though_o she_o know_v not_o where_o he_o be_v she_o know_v not_o be_v but_o that_o of_o love_n all_o in_o she_o turn_v to_o the_o love_n of_o he_o who_o she_o love_v above_o all_o oh_o thus_o to_o love_v dear_a jesus_n be_v worth_a the_o name_n of_o love_n how_o cold_a and_o freeze_v be_v we_o 326._o hope_v against_o hope_n many_o man_n have_v be_v destroy_v by_o hope_v against_o hope_n and_o some_o have_v be_v preserve_v by_o