Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	abraham_n	faith_n	son_n	6,204	5	6.4183	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90811	Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. / By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the Church at Teverton in Devon.	Polwheile, Theophilus, d. 1689.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2782; Thomason E1733_1; ESTC R209629	246,682	521

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i_o see_v withjoy_v say_v david_n thy_o people_n which_o be_v present_a here_o to_o offer_v willing_o unto_o thou_o 1_o chron._n 29.17_o i_o have_v no_o great_a joy_n say_v john_n than_o to_o hear_v that_o my_o child_n walk_v in_o truth_n epist_n 3.4_o 6_o we_o may_v rejoice_v in_o god_n work_n therefore_o in_o our_o own_o good_a work_n for_o they_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n 1_o we_o may_v rejoice_v in_o god_n work_n thou_o lord_n say_v david_n have_v make_v i_o glad_a through_o thy_o work_n i_o will_v triumph_v in_o the_o work_n of_o thy_o hand_n psal_n 92.4_o if_o we_o may_v triumph_v in_o the_o work_n of_o god_n hand_n much_o more_o than_o in_o the_o work_n of_o his_o spirit_n but_o 2._o such_o be_v all_o our_o good_a work_n 1_o pet._n 1.2.22_o it_o be_v god_n which_o work_v in_o you_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v say_v the_o apostle_n phil._n 2.13_o upon_o this_o account_n therefore_o the_o church_n comfort_v herself_o isa_n 26.12_o lord_n thou_o will_v ordain_v peace_n 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