Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	body_n	reason_n	soul_n	1,909	5	5.0939	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33907	The difference between the present and future state of our bodies considered in a sermon / by Jeremy Collier.	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1686 (1686)	Wing C5251; ESTC R23724	13,546	37

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nature_n that_o we_o may_v be_v more_o careful_a to_o preserve_v the_o body_n from_o fall_v into_o decay_n pain_n i_o observe_v before_o be_v a_o unwelcome_a and_o grate_a sense_n of_o some_o injury_n which_o the_o body_n suffer_v now_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o intimate_o affect_v with_o alteration_n of_o this_o nature_n and_o concern_v upon_o its_o own_o account_n to_o procure_v the_o welfare_n of_o its_o companion_n we_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v a_o great_a many_o body_n will_v be_v very_o indifferent_o provide_v for_o for_o the_o mind_n will_v be_v so_o much_o take_v up_o with_o its_o own_o business_n that_o be_v it_o not_o admonish_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o body_n by_o partake_v of_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o they_o they_o will_v be_v often_o neglect_v man_n of_o covetous_a ambitious_a or_o contemplative_a mind_n rather_o than_o have_v their_o design_n and_o pleasure_n interrupt_v will_v be_v apt_a to_o deny_v the_o body_n its_o due_a maintenance_n in_o eat_v 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