Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	day_n	young_a	youth_n	296	4	8.7263	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00378	An exhortation to the diligent studye of scripture, made by Erasmus Roterodamus. And tra[n]slated in to inglissh. An exposition in to the seventh chaptre of the first pistle to the Corinthians; Paraclesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut	1529 (1529)	STC 10493; ESTC S109910	70,722	156

man_n not_o tun_n touch_v a_o woman_n nevertheless_o to_o avoid_v fornicacyon_n let_v every_o man_n have_v his_o wife_n and_o let_v every_o woman_n have_v her_o husband_n ¶_o consider_v well_o the_o word_n and_o behold_v how_o short_o he_o break_v of_o make_o digression_n from_o his_o first_o sentence_n it_o be_v say_v he_o good_a if_o a_o man_n do_v not_o touch_v a_o woman_n but_o in_o this_o he_o do_v neither_o bid_v ne_o forbid_v eny_z man_n so_o for_o to_o do_v but_z incontinent_a he_o hy_v he_o unto_o matrimony_n as_o if_o he_o do_v fear_n soche_v a_o good_a thing_n to_o be_v rare_a and_o unwonte_a and_o that_o in_o time_n come_v will_v turn_v and_o be_v change_v into_o fornicacyon_n afferminge_v that_o for_o love_n of_o avoydinge_v fornicacyon_n every_o man_n ought_v to_o have_v his_o wife_n therefore_o this_o be_v his_o first_o sentence_n or_o conclusion_n that_o whosoever_o in_o he_o silfe_n do_v not_o feel_v this_o godly_a and_o good_a thing_n i_o mean_v chastite_n but_o do_v feel_v and_o perceive_v incontinency_n unto_o he_o i_o say_v be_v here_o commandment_n give_v that_o he_o be_v marry_v and_o this_o commandment_n oughteste_v thou_o to_o receive_v as_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o man_n then_o here_o of_o do_v follow_v that_o no_o parsone_n may_v make_v a_o vow_n or_o promise_v to_o live_v chaste_a and_o single_a and_o that_o no_o parson_n be_v bind_v to_o keep_v and_o perform_v eny_z such_o vow_n once_o make_v but_o rather_o to_o fordo_v unkepe_a and_o break_v they_o when_o in_o he_o silfe_n he_o do_v not_o find_v nor_o feel_v this_o precyous_a and_o goodly_a gift_n of_o chastite_n but_o know_v he_o sil●e_o prone_a to_o lust_n and_o incontinencye_n for_o such_o a_o vow_n be_v plain_o make_v against_o this_o commandment_n but_o against_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n may_v no_o vow_n be_v make_v therefore_o if_o eny_z such_o vow_n be_v make_v he_o that_o shall_v observe_v and_o k●pe_v ●t_a be_v damnabyll_n you_o and_o by_o the_o 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unto_o a_o other_o and_o take_v also_o a_o way_n a_o lively_a body_n where_o apon_n he_o like_o wise_n have_v no_o power_n more_o over_o paul_n word_n be_v here_o manyfeste_a and_o do_v not_o need_v moche_n exposition_n neither_o dare_v i_o now_o hear_v serche_fw-fr y_fw-fr e_o pryvetye_n of_o marriage_n to_o write_v of_o then●ny_n unhonest_a or_o unclean_a thing_n a_o right_a christian_a shall_v here_o know_v by_o he_o sylfe_n how_o it_o shall_v become_v he_o to_o order_fw-fr behave_v he_o sylfe_o measurable_o neither_o make_v it_o eny_z matter_n how_o so_o ever_o a_o wicked_a &_o ungodly_a body_n be_v inflame_v &_o rage_v some_o old_a man_n have_v use_v this_o pagan_n by_o word_n he_o that_o burn_v overmoche_n in_o love_n is_z make_v a_o adoutrer_n in_o his_o own_fw-mi wife_n but_o by_o cawse_v it_o be_v a_o pagans_n sayenge_a carnal_a and_o lecherous_a parsone_n care_v not_o moche_v therefore_o and_o i_o say_v very_o that_o it_o be_v contrary_a un_fw-fr to_o the_o truth_n for_o no_o 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