Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	power_n	soul_n	spirit_n	2,706	5	4.9818	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46627	A sermon preached at Guildhall-Chappel Decemb. 24, 1682 before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor &c. by John James.	James, John, b. 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing J428; ESTC R28735	23,041	39

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the_o gospel_n sound_v their_o clamorous_a oracle_n soon_o become_v dumb_a and_o their_o principal_a deity_n mute_a as_o a_o child_n their_o great_a god_n forsake_v their_o belove_a temple_n and_o though_o some_o be_v chain_v yet_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o run_v away_o nay_o so_o bold_a and_o confident_a be_v the_o primitive_a christian_n in_o their_o apology_n before_o their_o persecutor_n that_o they_o challenge_v the_o governor_n and_o ruler_n 22._o tert._n apol._n c._n 23_o 22._o before_o who_o they_o appear_v to_o bring_v any_o person_n possess_v with_o evil_a spirit_n or_o grieve_v with_o any_o other_o infirmity_n and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n restore_v the_o one_o sound_n to_o his_o health_n &_o the_o other_o to_o a_o entire_a mind_n they_o will_v be_v content_a to_o die_v the_o most_o ignominious_a accurse_a death_n nay_o 26_o lact._n the_o fall_v sap._n l._n 2._o c._n 25_o 26_o to_o discover_v the_o excellency_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o 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