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
A51787	The immortality of the soul asserted, and practically improved shewing by Scripture, reason, and the testimony of the ancient philosophers, that the soul of man is capable of subsisting and acting in a state of separation from the body, and how much it concerns us all to prepare for that state : with some reflections on a pretended refutation of Mr. Bently's sermon / by Timothy Manlove.	Manlove, Timothy, d. 1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing M454; ESTC R6833	70,709	184

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o akin_a to_o god_n antoninus_n style_v the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o his_o 9th_o book_n sect._n 39_o will_v thou_o say_v to_o thy_o mind_n thou_o be_v dead_a or_o become_v like_o a_o beast_n seneca_n speak_v too_o high_a quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la vocas_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o will_v you_o call_v the_o soul_n but_o a_o deity_n dwell_v in_o a_o humane_a body_n and_o perhaps_o such_o boldness_n be_v one_o original_a of_o heathen_a idolatry_n and_o elsewhere_o animus_fw-la si_fw-la propriam_fw-la ejus_fw-la originem_fw-la aspexeris_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o soul_n if_o you_o consider_v its_o true_a original_a descend_v from_o that_o heavenly_a spirit_n sursum_fw-la animum_fw-la etc._n etc._n its_o beginning_n call_v it_o upward_o there_o eternal_a rest_n remain_v for_o it_o and_o comfort_v martia_n concern_v her_o dead_a son_n ipse_fw-la quidem_fw-la aeternus_fw-la he_o be_v eternal_a and_o in_o a_o better_a state_n now_o than_o 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