Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	brotherly_a	faith_n	godliness_n	2,884	5	9.6294	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19487	The anatomie of a Christian man VVherein is plainelie shewed out of the VVord of God, what manner of man a true Christian is in all his conuersation, both inward, and outward. ... By M. William Covvper, minister of Gods Word.	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1611 (1611)	STC 5912; ESTC S108976	153,437	332

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cor._n 13._o 11._o but_o as_o i_o grow_v in_o grace_n and_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n 2._o pet._n 3._o 18._o i_o put_v childish_a thing_n from_o i_o 1._o cor._n 13._o and_o now_o i_o give_v all_o diligence_n to_o join_v virtue_n with_o faith_n and_o with_o virtue_n knowledge_n and_o with_o knowledge_n temperance_n and_o with_o temperance_n patience_n and_o with_o patience_n godliness_n and_o with_o godliness_n brotherly_a kindness_n and_o with_o brotherly_a kindness_n love_n 2._o pet._n 1._o 5._o thus_o be_v knit_v to_o the_o head_n by_o joint_n and_o band_n i_o increase_v with_o the_o encreasing_n of_o god_n coloss._n 2._o 19_o fruitful_a in_o all_o good_a work_n and_o increase_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n coloss._n 1._o 10._o till_o at_o

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love_n be_v three_o the_o first_o th●…●…old_a be_v god_n the_o second_o ourselves_o the_o three_o be_v our_o neighbour_n it_o be_v customablie_o think_v among_o man_n a_o elect_a easy_a and_o common_a thing_n to_o love_n god_n and_o therefore_o in_o word_n all_o man_n profess_v it_o but_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v not_o so_o his_o love_n be_v as_o narrow_a as_o his_o election_n and_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o can_v love_v he_o but_o they_o who_o first_o have_v be_v belove_v of_o he_o herein_o be_v love_n not_o that_o we_o love_v god_n first_o but_o that_o 19_o he_o love_v us._n diligere_fw-la donum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ipse_fw-la 10●…_n ut_fw-la diligeretur_fw-la dedit_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la dilect_v we_o dilexit_fw-la so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o ascend_v into_o the_o secret_a us._n counsel_n of_o god_n to_o inquire_v there_o whether_o we_o be_v belove_v of_o god_n or_o not_o let_v we_o enter_v into_o our_o own_o heart_n and_o see_v if_o in_o a_o good_a 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mercenary_a love_n because_o satan_n place_v it_o his_o great_a vantage_n in_o it_o where_o he_o may_v prove_v it_o against_o us._n cavere_fw-la debemus_fw-la ne_fw-la propter_fw-la praemium_fw-la diligamus_fw-la deum_fw-la beware_v we_o love_v not_o god_n for_o a_o reward_n only_o and_o if_o we_o will_v quod_fw-la quaeso_fw-la dabitur_fw-la praemium_fw-la cum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la tibi_fw-la datur_fw-la we_o est_fw-la minus_fw-la sit_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la what_o reward_n can_v be_v give_v we_o see_v what_o ever_o other_o thing_n he_o give_v be_v less_o than_o himself_o sure_o it_o be_v the_o pure_a love_n which_o love_v god_n for_o himself_o the_o second_o object_n of_o our_o love_n be_v ourselves_o ourselves_o for_o in_o that_o i_o be_o command_v to_o love_v my_o neighbour_n as_o myself_o it_o be_v first_o require_v of_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v love_v myself_o prius_fw-la vide_fw-la si_fw-la nosti_fw-la diligere_fw-la 43._o teipsum_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la committo_fw-la tibi_fw-la proximum_fw-la quem_fw-la diligas_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la first_o see_v if_o thou_o have_v learned_a to_o love_v thyself_o then_o will_v i_o commit_v thy_o neighbour_n to_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v love_v he_o as_o thyself_o qui_fw-la amas_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la nolo_fw-la quenquam_fw-la 239._o diligas_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la sic_fw-la diligas_fw-la ut_fw-la perdas_fw-la te_fw-la sic_fw-la profecto_fw-la perditurus_fw-la es_fw-la quem_fw-la diligis_fw-la sicut_fw-la te_fw-la thou_o that_o love_v iniquity_n i_o will_v not_o thou_o love_v any_o man_n if_o so_o thou_o love_v thyself_o that_o thou_o destroy_v thyself_o thou_o will_v also_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n destroy_v he_o who_o thou_o love_v as_o thyself_o there_o be_v in_o man_n by_o nature_n a_o self-love_n by_o self-hatred_n which_o he_o be_v carry_v to_o please_v himself_o in_o the_o follow_n of_o his_o own_o will_n but_o this_o in_o very_a deed_n be_v self-hatred_n for_o amor_fw-la nequitiae_fw-la odium_fw-la est_fw-la 256._o animae_fw-la the_o love_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o hatred_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o saul_n achitophel_n and_o judas_n be_v slay_v with_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o no_o man_n can_v say_v they_o love_v themselves_o so_o do_v all_o the_o wicked_a perish_v by_o their_o own_o transgression_n and_o that_o same_o which_o in_o nature_n be_v call_v self-love_n in_o truth_n be_v self-murder_n and_o most_o just_o be_v this_o come_v upon_o man_n as_o himself_o a_o recompense_n of_o his_o error_n that_o because_o he_o will_v not_o love_n god_n he_o can_v love_v himself_o a_o lover_n of_o god_n he_o be_v not_o who_o do_v continue_v in_o his_o 256._o sin_n quomodo_fw-la amas_fw-la deum_fw-la cum_fw-la adhut_v amas_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o te_fw-la odit_fw-la deus_fw-la how_o can_v thou_o love_v god_n who_o as_o yet_o love_v that_o in_o thyself_o which_o god_n hate_v and_o as_o little_o can_v he_o be_v call_v a_o lover_n of_o himself_o who_o nourish_v a_o serpent_n in_o his_o bosom_n which_o can_v