Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	advantage_n	good_a	great_a	806	5	2.4173	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63812	A treatise of dreams & visions wherein the causes, natures, and uses, of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankind. Are theosophically unfolded; that is according to the Word of God, and the harmony of created beings. To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures, and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction. By Tho. Tryon, student in physick.	Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.	1689 (1689)	Wing T3197A; ESTC R221812	87,971	320

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that_o with_o a_o holy_a humility_n do_v aspire_v to_o this_o sublime_a knowledge_n viz._n of_o god_n nature_n and_o themselves_o ought_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o be_v in_o good_a earnest_n and_o zealous_a for_o cleanness_n and_o innocent_a live_n for_o abstinence_n sobriety_n and_o temperence_n do_v wonderful_o fortify_v the_o observer_n thereof_o against_o the_o assault_n and_o temptation_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o angel_n and_o make_v the_o body_n lightsome_a pleasant_a and_o healthy_a thereby_o enlarge_n all_o its_o function_n and_o also_o prepare_v the_o soul_n for_o celestial_a irradiation_n render_v it_o more_o fit_a to_o become_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o associate_v of_o holy_a power_n those_o pure_a abstemious_a virtue_n do_v in_o a_o wonderful_a but_o secret_a manner_n attract_v the_o good_a angel_n and_o spirit_n more_o especial_o to_o such_o person_n as_o by_o a_o insight_n into_o these_o mystery_n shall_v be_v satisfy_v of_o the_o possibility_n of_o such_o 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