Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	good_a	sin_n	vice_n	2,913	5	8.3067	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13269	The rich mans vvarning-peece A sermon, vpon occasion, formerly preached, and now published, by the author, Humfrey Sydenham, late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford.	Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?	1630 (1630)	STC 23570; ESTC S118064	21,118	46

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this_o be_v in_o my_o ear_n say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n of_o a_o truth_n many_o house_n shall_v be_v desolate_a even_o great_a and_o fair_a without_o a_o inhabitant_n ten_o acre_n of_o vineyard_n shall_v yield_v one_o bath_n and_o the_o seed_n of_o a_o omer_n shall_v yield_v a_o ephah_n be_v this_o all_o no_o the_o thunder_n clap_n be_v behind_o hell_n have_v enlarge_v herself_o and_o open_v her_o mouth_n without_o measure_n and_o their_o multitude_n and_o their_o pomp_n shall_v descend_v into_o it_o esay_n 5.14_o there_o be_v no_o misery_n to_o unjust_a riches_n no_o leanness_n of_o tooth_n like_o those_o which_o grow_v fat_a with_o the_o substance_n of_o another_o but_o to_o they_o which_o grind_v poverty_n by_o extortion_n &_o devorant_fw-la plebem_fw-la sicut_fw-la escam_fw-la panis_fw-la eat_v up_o my_o people_n as_o a_o morsel_n of_o bread_n what_o hell_n here_o what_o horror_n in_o after_o time_n oh_o the_o fearful_a eiulation_n some_o have_v shriek_v will_v god_n have_v 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poverty_n seneca_n call_v it_o so_o in_o his_o fifteen_o epistle_n ad_fw-la lucillium_fw-la let_v we_o then_o 91●_n epist_n 91●_n borrow_v advice_n from_o that_o sacred_a heathen_a pardon_n the_o epithet_n seneca_n will_v own_v it_o and_o press_v it_o home_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o christian_a measure_v all_o thing_n by_o natural_a desire_n only_o beware_v thou_o mix_v not_o vice_n with_o desire_n nature_n content_v herself_o with_o a_o little_a what_o be_v beyond_o or_o above_o that_o be_v impertinent_a and_o not_o necessary_a thou_o be_v hungry_a reach_v not_o after_o dainty_n the_o appetite_n shall_v make_v that_o toothsome_a which_o be_v next_o whether_o thy_o bread_n be_v white_a or_o brown_a nature_n question_n be_v not_o illa_fw-la ventrem_fw-la nòn_n delectari_fw-la vult_fw-la sed_fw-la impleri_fw-la she_o will_v have_v the_o body_n feed_v not_o delight_v thou_o be_v dry_a whether_o this_o water_n run_v from_o the_o next_o lake_n or_o that_o which_o be_v art_z by_o 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outward_a creature_n sin_n be_v conceive_v 1._o aquin._n 2.2_o q._n 118._o art_n 1._o a_o capital_a and_o dare_v sin_n when_o above_o a_o due_a equality_n and_o measure_n we_o either_o acquire_v or_o retain_v they_o eager_o and_o this_o the_o schoolman_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o immoderate_a hunger_n and_o pursuit_n of_o temporal_n in_o secunda_fw-la secundae_fw-la 118._o quaest_n art_n 1._o there_o be_v no_o outward_a state_n of_o life_n so_o bless_a as_o that_o which_o diuide_n between_n penury_n and_o abundance_n the_o extreme_a on_o either_o side_n be_v misery_n and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a king_n that_o ever_o be_v and_o the_o great_a both_o for_o treasure_n and_o retinue_n in_o his_o own_o desire_n of_o secular_a thing_n ever_o mix_v his_o orison_n with_o this_o petition_n lord_n give_v i_o neither_o riches_n nor_o poverty_n sed_fw-la victui_fw-la meo_fw-la tribue_fw-la necessaria_fw-la feed_v i_o with_o food_n