Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	knowledge_n	temperance_n	unfruitful_a	1,028	5	13.4547	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12996	A treatise on the First Psalme. By Mathew Stonham. Minister and preacher in the cittie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1610 (1610)	STC 23289; ESTC S117850	168,319	238

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persecution_n more_o hot_a in_o zeal_n then_o his_o torment_n in_o bloodshed_n break_v he_o forth_o into_o this_o protestation_n sexaginta_fw-la et_fw-la sex_n annos_fw-la seruio_fw-la christo_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la i_o l●sit_fw-la unquam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la possum_fw-la maledicere_fw-la ei_fw-la et_fw-la blasphemare_fw-la regem_fw-la meum_fw-la qui_fw-la salutem_fw-la m●hi_fw-la dedit_fw-la sixty_o and_o six_o year_n do_v i_o serve_v christ_n and_o he_o have_v never_o hurt_v i_o at_o any_o time_n how_o can_v i_o now_o speak_v evil_a of_o he_o and_o blaspheme_v my_o king_n which_o have_v give_v saving-health_n unto_o i_o of_o this_o so_o holy_a a_o speech_n may_v we_o make_v a_o holy_a use_n unto_o ourselves_o that_o for_o as_o much_o as_o we_o have_v so_o and_o so_o many_o year_n be_v as_o fruitful_a tree_n in_o the_o lord_n service_n we_o shall_v not_o now_o in_o any_o case_n become_v barr●n_o be_v it_o report_v of_o socrates_n that_o he_o never_o change_v his_o countenance_n 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